Immigration Law and Ignorance

Arizona recently passed a state law regarding illegal immigrants. Then there was an uproar. Those opposing the law made all kind of claims about what was in the law. The problem is that what they claim is in the law just isn't there.

What I have noticed repeatedly is that people opposing the law have a lot to say about it, but there seems to be no sign that any of them have actually read it. If they did they would be very surprised that it is only a re-statement of existing federal law. So what's the difference and why the uproar? It appears that the opponents aren't afraid of what the law says. They are afraid that they are about to find themselves dealing with state law agencies that will "enforce" the law as opposed to federal law agencies which have "failed to enforce" the law.

It also has not escaped my notice that those making erroneous claims about the law are never asked if they have actually read it. So this leads to an obvious question.

Are these people just ignorant?

Ignorance can be corrected. One really ought to do some research to find out what is really going on before they stick their foot in their mouth. If one finds out what things actually say and how they work it can be an amazing eye opener.

I'm afraid with the "dumbing down of America" we are dealing these days with a lot of people who have become dependent upon people telling them what to think because they have been systematically trained to not think for themselves.

The Spirit of 1776

These days there is a growing undercurrent of those who are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the present actions of our government. Many find a resonance with the statement of President Ronald Reagan who said, "In this present crisis government is not the solution to the problem, Government IS the problem."

Is it genetic memory, reincarnation of our revolutionary ancestors, or a spiritual connection with our forefathers? Whatever it may be, there are many who are beginning to relate to the the motto of, "No taxation without representation."

Whether it be health care legislation, cap and trade, or some other form of socialized government imposition, many are recognizing that our government is increasing its control and demands over our lives and decreasingly paying any attention to the will of its constituency. This is a replay of the theme that culminated in the American Revolution and many are beginning to feel a deep kinship and gut level identification with our ancestors.

In the American Revolution it was not everyone who opposed the the mindless taxation and arrogance of King George, but those who did refused to knuckle under. "Give me liberty, or give me death," was not just a bunch of words spoken by Patrick Henry. It was the attitude of a people who refused to let things continue on an unjust path.

Those who are spiritual decendants of our Revolutionary War forefathers can only be pushed so far and no farther.

Is Jopseph Stack a hero?

On February 18th, 53-year-old Joseph Stack, killed both himself and a 67-year-old IRS employee, Vernon Hunter, by flying a small private plane into a building.

Was Joseph a hero? In a word, no. He didn't become a hero by flying a plane into a building and killing a random person any more than the people flying planes into the World Trade Center or the Pentegon did on September, 11th.

So, was he just a nut? I don't think so. I think he's a little more like a canary in a mine.

Long ago, canaries were used in mines to protect the miners from poisonous gas build up in the mines. Canaries, it seems, were more susceptible to such gasses and would die from breathing them long before they had reached levels that would be dangerous to the miners. So, when a canary died, you knew that something bad was beginning to happen.

Joseph Stack was a canary.

This is a man who, for all appearances, was rather marginally stable. He could withstand just so much before he went over the edge and did something a more rational person would not have done under the same circumstances. Notice I said "more rational" rather than just rational. There are matters of degree to rationality just as there are to mental illness. You see if Joseph Stack could be pushed over the edge, there is a slightly less susceptible canary who is just one step short of the same kind of action. Then there is yet another right behind him.

The higher the level of stress being placed upon people the higher up the "rationality chain" such behavior may progress. The issue is not whether Joseph Stack had a problem, but whether we are all being subjected to something that is very bad for all of us?

Perhaps we should pay attention to what the dead canary is telling us.

Discouragement has its limits

There is no doubt that people are discouraged. Some are losing jobs. Others have been struggling to find jobs with little if any success. All are suffering the loss of buying power for whatever money they have as the dollar takes a beating. City and State governments are on the verge of bankruptcy and are trying to find ways to grab whatever money these people have left. They are even beginning to tax food, an absolute necessity.

People have been discouraged and downtrodden before. They withstood an oppressive system for a very long time. They found ways to "make do" and work around the system. They worked around an oppressive tax system. They found ways around a government that no longer represented them.

Then there was a Revolution.

Ellie not so Light

So, it seems Ellie isn't a woman, and isn't light either. Instead he's just a large liberal who is firmly entrenched in the idea that the end justifies the means. Is this really any surprise?

Lying is exactly what Cass Sunstein was suggesting.

Who is Ellie Light?

Ellie Light has managed to get "letters to the editor" published in about a dozen different newspapers including USA Today. These letters are all in support of the Obama administration, and strangely they list different local addresses all over the country.

Obviously Ellie Light is not as she portrays herself, a local concerned citizen. Also, it is likely that Ellie Light is a pseudonym.

Now I've found that pseudonyms sometimes can be connected with the real name of the person if you know what to look for. For example, Light... maybe Sunlight? Sunlight... maybe Sunstein? Ellie... maybe Spanish Ella indicating a woman? Woman Sunstein? Mrs. Sunstein? Mrs. Cass Sunstein? Mrs. Cass Sunstein would be Samantha Powers who is the woman removed from the Obama campaign after she called Hillary a monster. Hmmm

Interestingly Cass Sunstein advocates that there should be Government stealth infiltration of various sources of information which could be accomplished by sending covert agents into "chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups." He also has proposed that the Government could make secret payments to called "independent" credible voices to bolster the Government's messaging. This is based on the idea that those who don't believe government will be more inclined to listen to those who appear independent while secretly acting on behalf of the Government. His recommended program would be aimed at those the administration considered guilty of advocating false "conspiracy theories," which he defines as: "an attempt to explain an event or practice by reference to the machinations of powerful people, who have also managed to conceal their role."

Powerful people... Mrs. Sunstein... Ellie Light? Would that be a conspiracy theory?

People who desire power and authority

We all know people who desire power and authority. They are the ones who want to control everything and everyone. They want you to live your life their way. They want you to look the way they want you to look, behave the way they want you to behave, think the way they want you to think, avoid the things they want you to avoid, talk the way they want you to talk, and like every bit of it for your own good of course.

They are liberals.

These are the people who are drawn to positions of power and authority the way a moth is drawn to the light. They are compelled from within to be part of Home Owner Associations, School Boards, City Councils, and any of a number of elected positions.

Unfortunately the people who seek these positions are often the very people that should not be in them because they are there for the wrong reason. Their reason is "to control" rather than "to serve."