News Flash! The proverbial Shit Creek has been located!

It is the Rio Grande. And our political leaders are sending the country up it without a paddle!

I am disgusted with this Administration and the Congress, especially over the immigration issue. Bush, Kennedy, et al, are selling us a bill of goods with this so-called 'compromise' on a comprehensive immigration bill.

I used to be a strong Bush supporter. I am afraid I have come to the realization that Bush is weak, ineffective and, much worse, possibly a Dumbo-crat in disguise.

May god save our country...because our elected officials definitely will not!!

Opinionated Fool
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Amnesty by any other name ...

Welcome to los Estados Unidos de América. El Presidente and el Senado leaders have come up with a comprehensive immigration reform compromise. Yeah, right.

The U.S. is well on its way to becoming the northern-most state of Mexico!

Amnesty by any other name is still amnesty! Can we say: Screw the American public.

Why do we keep voting these clowns into Clown-gress. In my case, it does no good for me to even write either of my senators: One is a reproba-lican who helped in developing this abortion and the other is a dumb-ocrat. I lose no matter what.

In my opinion, our elected officials really do not have the AMERICAN interests at heart. They say they do, but words are very cheap to a politician. Maybe the American voter IS getting what it deserves.

Admittedly, I have not had a chance to read this thing, but here are some excerpts:

1. It will create a 400,000-employee-a-year guestworker program and a system for issuing over 1 million permanent visas annually on the basis of job skills, education and family ties to legal residents.

My opinion: This will focus on 'family ties', screw job skills and education. End result: more illegals allowed to be 'legals.' Can we say AMNESTY?

2. It will would provide a path to citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants.

My opinion: Can we say 'line-jumper'? Can we say 'fast-track'? Can we say AMNESTY?

3. The guestworker program could not begin until the enforcement provisions under the bill were implemented. It includes a doubling of the border patrol and the construction of the fence along the Mexican border.

My opinion: Yeah. Right. Ok. And do you have any Florida swamp land you care to sell me?

Correct me if I am wrong: Wasn't there a fence 'promised' in S. 2611 last year? And an increase in Border Patrol personnel 'promised' in S. 2611?

So basically, nothing happened with last year's great compromise bill that so much time was wasted on, why should I think things will be different with this compromise?

4. An estimated 12 million illegal immigrants who arrived before Jan. 1 of last year could receive a "work authorization" immediately after enactment and subsequently be granted a "Z visa" putting them on a path to citizenship.

My opinion: Amnesty! Amnesty! Call it what you want, it is still AMNESTY!

5. Heads of households would have to first pay a $5,000 fine and return home within eight years to become eligible to file a citizenship application.

My opinion: We can't find the illegals right now, how do these pols expect us to find them later AND get $5,000 from each them? If we can't find them, if we can't get the $5000 from them, how are we going to get them to go home and file for legal citizenship? Do my clown-gressmen think I am stupid? Evidently they must.

6. The deal also carves out of the point system all families that applied for green cards before May 2005 -- the "backlog" of applicants. All other applicants now awaiting green cards would have to reapply under the new point system

My opinion: I haven't figured this one out yet! But it does sound like they are punishing those who attempted to do things legally in order to give preference to illegals!!

7. Upon enactment, 1.1 million of the green cards issued under the new point system would be family-based, and 140,000 would be merit-based

My opinion: Amnesty for individuals and their families (however many THAT might be!)

8. Have to learn English.

My opinion: Duh!

No mention of the 14th Amendment issue - the much mis-interpreted 'anchor-baby' concept. Surprise there. NO ANCHOR-BABIES!!!!

Grrrr!!!!!

Opinionated Fool
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Once again the negroes get something for nothing

In 2005, JPMorgan Chase issued a letter apologizing to negroes for its participation in slavery issues way back when. It also established a $5 million scholarship fund for negroes in Louisiana.

Now the stockholders at JPMorgan have gotten into the fight - because the then-Chairman & CEO William B. Harrison Jr. and then- President & COO Jamie Dimon used stockholder money! My opinion: if these two felt the need to cough-up $5 million to the negroes, they should have written a personal check, not use stockholder money.

The apology and scholarship was wrong then and is still wrong now. It seems the negroes continue to prove my basic belief about them: they can't seem to get by on their own, always needing the white people giving them something.

Any company/organization that feels the need to apologize/pay extortion money to any group for historical issues is weak. In this instance, I am not aware of any whites currently owning slaves. It happened in the past, get over it.

Why is white America so afraid of negroes? Negroes represent just under 13% of the population. Their annual income per capita is one of the lowest of any other ethnic group in the country. So why do American corporations fear a boycott by negroes? If I were a business, I would be more afraid of losing my white customers (you know, the ones who represent the majority as well as having the money) or even the Asians or Hispanics (both of whom have a higher per capita income).

So, call me racist, bigoted, whatever. That just puts me on equal footing with others like the Rebrobates - oops, Reverends - Jackson, Sharpton, et al.

Opinionated Fool
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Comrade Hillary Clinton - Ever the Socialist

"BATON ROUGE, La. - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina and pledged Saturday to funnel more federal aid to the still-recovering Gulf Coast if elected." (5 May 2007)

Well, why not!? It isn't like enough money hasn't already been WASTED there.

I have a problem with the government giving help to people who seem determined NOT to help themselves - too deadbeat to get themsleves out of harm's way but strong enough to DEMAND the government "take care of them." (Aimed specifically at New Orleans)

Given the number of people displaced by Katrina and the amount of money already spent there (again, New Orleans), I just hope the government is there to give me more than what I started out with next time I am in a disaster!

But leave it to Comrade Hillary to want to send more of my damned tax dollars to an area predominately populated by deadbeats (and again, I direct this at New Orleans).

Quote from Comrade Hillary: "Many of you are well enough off that...the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

America is already on track - maybe Comrade Hillary is looking down the wrong tracks?

Opinionated Fool
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Nicolas Sarkozy - French conservative - France's new president!

Never thought I would say it - Congratulations and hooray to France!! If Mr Sarkozy does as he indicated, it will be to France's benefit.

I just hope the United States has an electorate smart enough to stop the socialist trend emerging in this country.

Stop socialism - vote against the (Socialist) Democrats.

Opinionated Fool
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Democrats and Gas Prices

Prior to the November 2006 Congressional elections, I remember the Democrats blaming the Republican-controlled Congress for the high gas prices at the pump, suggesting the Republicans controlled gas prices and/or were gouging the public.

Well, the elections are over and it is now May 2007. And the gas prices are not only at the pre-Nov 2006 levels but are projected to hit $4 soon.

My question to the Democratically-controlled Congress: You harped about high prices before the election, now explain to me why YOU, the Democrats, aren't controlling prices at the pump now?

Still haven't received an answer from my Democratic senator. Surprise there!

Opinionated Fool
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