Illegal Aliens--A Cheeky Bunch

As I've probably written and said before Illegal aliens residing in this country expect the U.S. government to give them legality and even citizenship just because they feel coming here and working is sufficient grounds for them to receive such treatment. Their slogan, "Immigration Reform" is nothing more than a euphemism for amnesty.
The main reason I am against amnesty is because it would set a double precedent (1986 and the present amnesty); you might as well open our borders, throw away immigration laws, passports and visas, and anything else related to immigration control and sovereignty. Our country would be wide open to illegal immigration; people would be coming over our borders like never before, all because we give out citizenship on the basis of entry alone. If the American people want a nightmare, worse than the movie "Halloween", go along with the impending amnesty about to be perpetrated.

The Kyle-Specter Immigration Legislation

This legislation is supposedly heavy on border and enforcement and gives legal status to those illegal aliens now in the shadows. It is "the nose of the camel under the tent" strategy to give illegals legal status and pave the way for citizenship later on. Legalizing them would relieve the pressure on them to make them return to their own country and at the same time give amnesty to those employers in the construction, restaurant, hotel and motel, meat packing, and other businesses who rely on cheap labor to make big profits. These legislators "concern" about having millions of aliens in the shadows is a farce. They are engaging in blatant propaganda to convince the public that the problem is solvable by making illegals "legal". They avoid the argument that giving legal status to those engaging in illegal activities is promoting anarchy, and a general contempt for our laws and sovereignty. We don't want illegal aliens feeling secure in engaging in illegal activities; identity theft, document fraud and forgery, illegal entry, using public welfare under false pretenses, tax avoidance, to name a few. Besides the illegal activities they engage in and promote there are social repercussions. Blighted neighborhoods, depressed wages, lost jobs, negative politicization of immigration issues, added costs to public and emergency services etc.
No, the piece-meal amnesty that is being proposed by Kyle-Specter is underhanded and dishonest, a sleight of hand by politicians who should know better.

Desperately Looking For a Presidential Candidate

I'm unabashedly an Independent with leanings toward conservatism regarding the Nation's sovereignty on the one hand and towards the liberal side when it comes to labor. None of the presidential candidates reaches muster as far as I'm concerned. Guiliani is too slick and too liberal in areas such as gun control to suit me. He might have some ethics and moral issues not yet resolved. Hillary is too well connected to corporations and other special interests to suit me; and her belief that the U.S. should be a good Samaritan when it comes to illegal aliens in this country bothers me. When someone touts their credentials about national defense on the one hand and then is willing to give over U.S. sovereignty to our neighbors to the south on the other hand does not inspire faith in her judgment. Her husband was instrumental in passing NAFTA; which turned out to be a fiasco. I think she should get more scrutiny and some hard questions. Obama is an eloquent speaker but his comment about being an advocate for illegal aliens, in their quest for citizenship, makes me wonder if he is at all jealous about this country's sovereignty.
Mitt Romney shows some balance between the two extremes: but, he still has to open up. He certainly seems capable of getting things done.
What we don't need is a one party government like the one we just had. There needs to be oversight, and checks and balances. Another thing we need is term limits. A democracy should not be run by professional politicians--like Ted Kennedy. Corruption happens, especially when a person holds power for long periods of time. Too much of government time is spent campaigning. Too much money is spent getting reelected. The political parties are too obsessed with power and the interests of a few; and not in representation of all the citizens that make up this country. When this administration speaks of protecting citizens it is not speaking about the many millions that make up this country; but of the elite that it hobnobs with. The ones who are making Chaney a rich man behind the scenes. How much will his assets hidden away will grow while he is vice-president? What will his cut be from Halliburton?
I have a feeling that this next election will spell disaster for the U.S. It seems, by the continuing romance with presidential candidates who continue to propagandize, and who take huge sums of money from special interests, and who continue to make it clear they will not represent the Middle Class in this country, that we will end up with another incompetent administration.
We are faced now with some serious problems: China is growing militarily, as well as economically, Iran is developing WMDs, Iraq has turned out to be a "tar baby" we can't get unstuck from, our sovereignty is a joke, laws are passed that are not funded, U.S. labor is weak, we are importing 60% of our oil and that is increasing, the oil industry has managed to have just enough refinery capacity to rake in huge profits, the stock market is over valued, our congress doesn't represent U.S. citizens, our government has ignored food and consumer safety in favor of corporate profits, and a host of other problems I can't think of at the moment.
The one question is, who has the brains, the judgment, leadership, balance, and ethics that is needed to solve our problems? Our candidates have made a lot of promises, held up their credentials, professed honesty--but do they really let you know who they are, who they represent, who they hobnob with?