Creative Solutions to Foreign Worker Problems

Tags:foreign workers, illegal aliens, INS, unemployment.

This was written in response to comments I read about the new U.S. method of dealing with companies which hire foreign laborers.  There are two aspects to the article.  In the first, I respond to some rather caloused individuals.  The remainder identifies the real culprit and offers constructive solutions.

To those who responded  with “they broke The Law” and use that as reason to judge and execute these people, bear in mind that we all break “The Law” every day.  These people have far better reason to do so than our desire to get somewhere a very few minutes earlier.  These “illegal” people are WORKING, to SURVIVE  (not sitting on their butts looking for a handout.)  How can there be a higher calling than that?  “Go back to Mexico and survive”?  If it were all that easy (or even possible,) do you really think people would spend their last peso and risk walking scores of miles across a scorching desert to come here for work?  (more…)

The Fine Print

Tags:ebay, half-gallon, honesty, ice cream, swoopo, swoopo.com, there's a sucker born every minute, truth in advertising.

“If it looks to good to be true, it probably is. ” — unknown

Within the past couple decades, this nation went through a Truth In Advertising phase.  It became illegal to have a “going out of business” sale, for example, unless you were really going out of business.  (Then again, Tide has been “New” and “Improved” for decades, too.  I hope I’m not buying  used laundry detergent!)  Through the years since that renaissance, though, it seems that war was subtly lost to dishonesty.  We’ve gotten used to there being small print, excuses, caveats, and other legalese names to sugar-coat what amounts, quite simply, to a lie.

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Burn, Baby, Burn!

Tags:alternative energy, natural gas, oil, senator michael bennet, solar, tide, wind.

I received a letter (quoted below) from Colorado’s U.S. Senator, Michael Bennet. It should be noted that Senator Bennet was appointed to fill the vacancy made when Ken Salizar was appointed to be Secretary of the Interior; he was not elected. His previous position was as a superintendent of the Denver Public School system. A Yale graduate, his education is in law; Of course, Mr. Bennet is a lawyer.

Cutting through the rhetoric, the Senator’s message (along with most of the rest of our Federal elected officials,) is clearly “Burn, baby, burn!” Our representatives aren’t looking for non-combustion solutions. (more…)

As An Adult

Tags:2nd amendment, as an adult, child killing, child prosecution.

Earlier today, the news announced that an 11 year old in Pennsylvania who used a shotgun to kill his father’s fiance and her unborn child, is being charged and treated as an adult. A few days ago, I read about a 14 year old being charged as an adult after using a firearm to kill. In Arizona, a 9 year old was recently charged as an adult after killing his father and his father’s friend with a .22.

There are two huge aspects to consider in this matter. (more…)

Economy, Stimulus, Pork and Solutions (I know a man who’d know what to do.)

Tags:appointments, economy, green, Jeffrey Gaines, jobless rate, stimulus package, transportation.

This isn’t going to be eloquent.  Instead, it’s going to be pointed, direct, blunt.

The NY Times announced another 600,000 people are jobless this month.  That figure’s probably low, as it doesn’t include people who have been off the system’s radar for a long time.  They say it comes to 7.6% of the population.  That figure’s STILL not right, because the census hasn’t been done in nearly a decade, so we really don’t know how many people we have in this nation, and these Fear Pimps certainly haven’t taken the time to calculate and adjust to reflect reality… and none of that matters one single bit. (more…)