Illegals Solution

The solution to the illegal immigration issue is not as complicated as the politicians would have us believe. Let me use this analogy: you forgot a couple of things for supper and decide to make a quick run to the store, before you leave you put a load of clothes into the washer. When you get back, the washer has leaked and is still pouring water onto the floor, what is the first thing you should do?
a) start mopping
b) fix leak
c) turn off the water
The answer, of course, is to turn off the water, from that point you can do all necessary actions.
a) Turn off the water,i.e., build a nearly impenetrable wall across our southern border with a two year max time frame. The country that built the Panama Canal can surely build a wall, if not, hire the Germans, they are good wall builders.
b) Fix the leak,i.e., cut off all aid to illegals: welfare, food stamps, health care, education. Heavily penalize ANYONE who hires illegals, provides housing to illegals, or in any way supports illegals. Including churches. We prosecute churches and individuals who bomb abortion clinics, what makes one law more important than another? Stop allowing illegals to send money out of the country.
The first two measures will take care of the majority of the problem, but finally: Start mopping,i.e., incarcerate illegals in bare bones facilities in remote sections of the southwest. While awaiting deportaion, they work on public projects to earn their food and living quarters and to pay for the guards to keep them in place. The American people have the will to do this, but don't have the resources because the government taxes so much to pay for all the benefits the illegals receive now. The government doesn't have the will to do what is right, but it has ALL the resources it has taxed away from US. Now, what is wrong with this picture?

Talk Radio

Remember Trent Lott? He was run out of his Senate leadership position by democrats for exercising his 1st Amendment right of free speech. Well, now that he has been chastised he has come back as a born again control freak. He has seen the light of political correctness and has been healed! Anyone got an "amen'? How about an "awomen"? Yes, we have to be equal. But, in all seriousness, for Trent Lott to say that talk radio runs America and is a problem past due on being addressed is a frightening example of Big Brother (Sister?) at work. According to recent studies, the talk radio audience is middle of the road, independent America. There is an annual family income of between $30,000 and $75,000. 55% of the audience is male and 45% female, aged between 25 and 60, of whom 75% voted in the last election cycle. In other words, you and I. Talk radio is the last vestige of independent and interactive media. It has been described as America's front porch for gatherings and discussions. It is the epitome of the 1st Amendment and the free market system. Which is precisely why the liberals want to stifle it with the "fairness" doctrine. Talk radio allows, encourages disagreement and exchange of ideas and those in charge of ABS, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, etc. cannot tolerate disagreement. Which is one reason why the "fairness" doctrine has to be killed and buried and talk radio allowed to thrive as the voice of American reason.

Hard to believe...

It is hard to believe that this is the same country that was known for its rugged individualism and strength, that this country, now importing cheap, poor quality food, fed the world, that the country which defeated the two most powerful war machines on earth has been reduced to a group of squabbling politicians who do not have the nerve to destroy an enemy or even protect our borders. We should be emulating Thomas Jefferson, not William Jefferson Clinton. What will it take for Americans to remember their birthright and replace these parasites of government who are sucking us dry of our strength, our industry, our will, our country with people of character who put American interests first? It's not just the democrats, although they were in the lead, republicans have jumped aboard the "just feel good express" because it carries them where they want to be. In a position of power to control honest citizens.
From the first British colony of 1607 to 1775's "Shot heard 'round the world" was 168 years. How long will it take for Americans to want their freedom, their strength, their country back? If you're asleep, WAKE UP; if you're awake, AWAKEN others. The time is short, the wolves are in the door, and nothing in OUR home, America, is safe.

The Battle Of Athens, TN

The Battle of Athens, Tennessee
As Recently As 1946, American Citizens Were Forced To Take Up Arms As A Last Resort Against Corrupt Government Officials.
Published in Guns & Ammo October 1995, pp. 50-51
On August 1-2, 1946, some Americans, brutalized by their county government, used armed force as a last resort to overturn it. These Americans wanted honest open elections. For years they had asked for state or federal election monitors to prevent vote fraud (forged ballots, secret ballot counts and intimidation by armed sheriff's deputies) by the local political boss. They got no help.
These Americans' absolute refusal to knuckle under had been hardened by service in World War II. Having fought to free other countries from murderous regimes, they rejected vicious abuse by their county government.
These Americans had a choice. Their state's Constitution -- Article 1, Section 26 -- recorded their right to keep and bear arms for the common defense. Few "gun control" laws had been enacted.
These Americans were residents of McMinn County, which is located between Chattanooga and Knoxville in Eastern Tennessee. The two main towns were Athens and Etowah. McMinn County residents had long been independent political thinkers. For a long time they also had: accepted bribe-taking by politicians and/or the sheriff to overlook illicit whiskey-making and ; financed the sheriff's department from fines-usually for speeding or public drunkenness which promoted false arrests; and put up with voting fraud by both Democrats and Republicans.
The wealthy Cantrell family, of Etowah, backed Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1932 election, hoping New Deal programs would revive the local economy and help Democrats to replace Republicans in the county government. So it proved.
Paul Cantrell was elected sheriff in the 1936,1938 and 1940 elections, but by slim margins. The sheriff was the key county official. Cantrell was elected to the state senate in 1942 and 1944; his chief deputy, Pat Mansfield, was elected sheriff. In 1946 Paul Cantrell again sought the sheriff's office.
At the end of 1945, some 3,000 battle-hardened veterans returned to McMinn County; the GIs held Cantrell politically responsible for Mansfield's doings. Early in 1946, some newly returned ex-GIs decided to challenge Cantrell politically by offering an all-ex-GI, non-partisan ticket. They promised a fraud-free election, stating in ads and speeches that there would be an honest ballot count and reform of county government.
At a rally, a GI speaker said, "The principles that we fought for in this past war do not exist in McMinn County. We fought for democracy because we believe in democracy but not the form we live under in this county" (Daily Post-Athenian, 17 June 1946, p.1 ). At the end of July 1946, 159 McMinn County GIs petitioned the FBI to send election monitors. There was no response. The Department of Justice had not responded to McMinn County residents' complaints of election fraud in 1940, 1942 and 1944.
FROM BALLOTS TO BULLETS
The primary election was held on August 1. To intimidate voters, Mansfield brought in some 200 armed "deputies." GI poll-watchers were beaten almost at once. At about 3 p.m., Tom Gillespie, an African- American voter was told by a sheriff's deputy that he could not vote. Despite being beaten, Gillespie persisted. The enraged deputy shot him. The gunshot drew a crowd. Rumors spread that Gillespie had been shot in the back; he later recovered (C. Stephen Byrum, The Battle of Athens, Paidia Productions, Chattanooga, TN, 1987; pp. 155-57).
Other deputies detained ex-GI poll-watchers in a polling place, as that made the ballot counting "Public" A crowd gathered. Sheriff Mansfield told his deputies to disperse the crowd. When the two ex-GIs smashed a big window and escaped, the crowd surged forward. The deputies, with guns drawn, formed a tight half-circle around the front of the polling place. One deputy, "his gun raised high...shouted: 'If you sons of bitches cross this street I'll kill you!'" (Byrum, p.165).
Mansfield took the ballot boxes to the jail for counting. The deputies seemed to fear immediate attack by the "people who had just liberated Europe and the South Pacific from two of the most powerful war machines in human history" (Byrum, pp. 168-69).
Short of firearms and ammunition, the GIs scoured the county to find them. By borrowing keys to the National Guard and State Guard armories, they got three M-1 rifles, five .45 semi-automatic pistols and 24 British Enfield rifles. The armories were nearly empty after the war's end. By 8 p.m. a group of GIs and "local boys" headed for the jail but left the back door unguarded to give the jail's defenders an easy way out.
Three GIs alerting passersby to danger were fired on from the jail. Two GIs were wounded. Other GIs returned fire.
Firing subsided after 30 minutes; ammunition ran low and night had fallen. Thick brick walls shielded those inside the jail. Absent radios, the GIs' rifle fire was uncoordinated. "From the hillside fire rose and fell in disorganized cascades. More than anything else, people were simply shooting at the jail" (Byrum, p.189).
Several who ventured into the street in front of the jail were wounded. One man inside the jail was badly hurt; he recovered. Most sheriff's deputies wanted to hunker down and await rescue. Governor McCord mobilized the State Guard, perhaps to scare the GIs into withdrawing. The State Guard never went to Athens. McCord may have feared that Guard units filled with ex-GIs might not fire on other ex-GIs.
At about 2 a.m. on August 2, the GIs forced the issue. Men from Meigs County threw dynamite sticks and damaged the jail's porch. The panicked deputies surrendered. GIs quickly secured the building. Paul Cantrell faded into the night, having almost been shot by a GI who knew him, but whose .45 pistol had jammed. Mansfield's deputies were kept overnight in jail for their own safety. Calm soon returned. The GIs posted guards. The rifles borrowed from the armory were cleaned and returned before sunup.
THE AFTERMATH: RESTORING DEMOCRACY
In five precincts free of vote fraud, the GI candidate for sheriff, Knox Henry, won 1,168 votes to Cantrell's 789. Other GI candidates won by similar margins.
The GI's did not hate Cantrell. They only wanted honest government. On August 2, a town meeting set up a three-man governing committee. The regular police having fled, six men were chosen to police Etowah. In addition, "Individual citizens were called upon to form patrols or guard groups, often led by a GI... To their credit, however, there is not a single mention of an abuse of power on their behalf" (Byrum, p. 220).
Once the GI candidates' victory had been certified, they cleaned up county government, the jail was fixed, newly elected officials accepted a $5,000 pay limit and Mansfield supporters who resigned were replaced.
The general election on November 5 passed quietly. McMinn County residents, having restored the rule of law, returned to their daily lives. Pat Mansfield moved back to Georgia. Paul Cantrell set up an auto dealership in Etowah. "Almost everyone who knew Cantrell in the years after the Battle' agree that he was not bitter about what had happened" (Byrum pp. 232-33; see also New York Times, 9 August 1946, p. 8).
The 79th Congress adjourned on August 2, 1946, when the Battle of Athens ended. However, Representative John Jennings Jr. from Tennessee decried McMinn County's sorry situation under Cantrell and Mansfield and the Justice Department's repeated failures to help the McMinn County residents. Jennings was delighted that "...at long last, decency and honesty, liberty and law have returned to the fine county of McMinn.. " (Congressional Record, House; U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1946; Appendix, Volume 92, Part 13, p. A4870).
THE LESSONS OF ATHENS
Those who took up arms in Athens, Tennessee, wanted honest elections, a cornerstone of our constitutional order. They had repeatedly tried to get federal or state election monitors and had used armed force so as to minimize harm to the law-breakers, showing little malice to the defeated law-breakers. They restored lawful government.
The Battle of Athens clearly shows how Americans can and should lawfully use armed force and also shows why the rule of law requires unrestricted access to firearms and how civilians with military-type firearms can beat the forces of government gone bad.
Dictators believe that public order is more important than the rule of law. However, Americans reject this idea. Brutal political repression is lethal to many. An individual criminal can harm a handful of people. Governments alone can brutalize thousands, or millions.
Law-abiding McMinn County residents won the Battle of Athens because they were not hamstrung by "gun control " They showed us when citizens can and should use armed force to support the rule of law.

"Guest Worker" Reasoning

Herein lies the "reasoning" behind the amnesty bill and the "guest worker program" -- Corporations do not want any of it's employees to have any loyalty, but to them. American workers are stubborn and proud; GOD, family, and country loyal first and their jobs are further down the list. Plus we're expensive, we expect a fair wage for a fair day's work. Imagine! So along comes NAFTA , a fine example of bipartisan statesmanship. NAFTA was bought and paid for by corporations, and as Ross Perot predicted, there soon followed a huge sucking sound as American jobs began going south of the border. Years pass and the corporate masters decide that it is too expensive to relocate factories, so how to get skilled labor cheaply in the U.S.? Eliminate the border or invent a "guest worker program". They've proven that the Mexican labor force can perform the skilled labor necessary for a modern factory; now bring them to the U.S., legally if possible, and pay them the U.S. minimum wage, which is a huge improvement over what they are getting in Mexico. This forces down the wages of current U.S. employees and instantly increases corporate profits. Admittedly, I was slow to understand the details, some of you were way ahead of me on this. That is what we are facing and neither party wants us to understand nor do they want us to voice our opinion. We are interfering with their well laid plans to turn the U.S. into a feudal society with a thin layer of super rich on top and the rest of us on the bottom. Like Mexico has always been.

Islam Is Not a Religion of Peace

Islam is not a religion of peace - it is a religion of violence and terror. Historically, every rising of Islam has been on the wave of violence. There are no Islamic missionaries, there are Islamic jihadists. Even Malcolm X, when he espoused violence, the black Muslims embraced him and his message. But, when he spoke out for peace, the Muslims did what the American Nazis and The KKK could not do, they assassinated him. Terror and butchery spread Islam through North Africa and into Spain, and Islam is trying to regain it's hold on Europe and the world. The doctrine of Islam is to be Muslim or die. Reference www.islam-watch.org/JihadiUmmah/What-Islam-Wants-Nabiullah-Khan.htm.