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Over the weekend there were mass demonstrations across the country of illegal immigrants who were upset over new legislation that will crack down on illegal immigration.

I have to admit that I don’t agree with these Latinos.  Let me give you some information before I continue.

I was born in Guatemala and was brought here as an illegal alien at the age of 1.

During the 80's my family qualified for amnesty that was provided under the Reagan Administration. We eventually became naturalized citizens.

I don’t have a problem with immigrants coming to this country. I think immigrants played and still play an important role in the formation of this country.

The problem that I have with some of these demonstrations I saw on the news, and student protests that took place today, is that I see them waving the Mexican flag or the Salvadoran Flag, Guatemalan flag.. etc.

These people are fools. I take offense to them waving those nations flags. If those countries are so great then why in the world did we come here??

When Illegals come to this country they need to realize that, it is this country that has given them everything they have.

I think most Americans look at those images and feel the same way.

If we Hispanics would embrace American values and become 'Americanized' there would be no problem.  But what I see happening a lot is that Latinos bring those same ideas that haven’t worked in their countries and try to apply them here. It's not gonna work.

Guatemala Sucks. El Salvador Sucks. Mexico Sucks... and they won’t get any better if their governments’ don’t change.

The Pew Research center has come out with their latest survey on the issue of happiness. Turns out Republicans tend to be happier then democrats and independents.

I have my theory for why conservative men are happier than liberal men....

 

And this man  is still bad-mouthing america throughout the world

Former Vice President Al Gore told a mainly Saudi audience on Sunday that the U.S. government committed "terrible abuses" against Arabs after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and that most Americans did not support such treatment.

Gore said Arabs had been "indiscriminately rounded up" and held in "unforgivable" conditions. The former vice president said the Bush administration was playing into al-Qaida's hands by routinely blocking Saudi visa applications.

"The thoughtless way in which visas are now handled, that is a mistake," Gore said during the Jiddah Economic Forum.

There I put it on my blog....

So why wont the New York Times publish it? I thought they were interested in the truth and the freedom of speech and freedom of the press? And dont bring me that excuse that it will create more hatred towards America. The Abu Ghraib pictures created hatred towards America and yet they felt the need to address it everyday for a whole month. So why not New York Times? I'll tell you why... Because you are cowards. Even the European press has stood in solidarity by publishing it, but yet you remain silent. The left is Typical. Only when it deals with Bush and conservatives are they brave and will speak out.

“Iraq was not a breeding ground for terrorism. Our invasion has made it one.”
--Sen. Ted Kennedy

 

"Iraq was not a terrorist haven before the invasion."
--Sen. John Kerry

 

Michelle Malkin and the blogosphere are all over this one. 

America has fought many wars throughout its existence; a war for independence, wars of liberation and wars of preemption. The United States also had a civil war where Americans fought Americans. 144 years ago the American Civil war changed the course of America. It was a war that left hundreds of thousands dead and countless wounded. Both sides fought for what they thought was the best path the country should take.

Today, America once again is having a civil war. It is a war that is being waged on American values. It is a war of ideologies. Unlike the first war, the modern civil war is not being fought in battle fields like Gettysburg. It is being fought in the halls of congress, in the classrooms of academia and at the pulpits of the church. It is a war that will spare no one. It is being fought for the hearts and minds of the American people. Americans who have preferred to be indifferent can no longer sit idly by as mere spectators. It is a time of choosing on what side of history we will be. Will we, as a nation, side with the notions of pessimism and defeatism, or will we stand on the side of optimism and preemption.

Will you, my friend, take time to seriously think about the future of this Great Nation? And it is a great nation - despite its past sins. We are a morally better country than any country in the world. The reason is because on every major war America has stood on the side that stands for Good. America has used its size and strength not to conquer and suppress but to liberate and give hope. America has become great because of its moral values. Nowadays students are learning that America is not such a great country after all, because Americans owned slaves and because America 'has supported dictatorial regimes'. The left will call you a nationalist with tendencies similar to those of Hitler and the Nazis, but I tell you my friend that there is no other country that puts forth its resources and troops for the betterment of nations like the United States.

I believe that to say that 'America is not a decent country because it invades countries for oil' is a moronic statement. It is lacking in depth and serious thought because it offers no evidence to the charge. If any country has benefited from oil it would be the European countries who have opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning. (Oil for food scandal)

A party that glories itself in human civil rights and women rights, but sits silently while millions across the world don’t have that freedom, and criticizes the administration who has brought that to them, is a party with a lost cause.

The Democratic Party is dragging this country to the hole and putting American troops in more danger. I don’t think most American liberals are doing it on purpose because i believe that they do have a vision for the country. I think most liberals/democrats want to have peace and live in a world with no wars. Republicans and conservatives want that as well. It is the means to get there that we differ on.

Congressman Murtha stated that what we face in Iraq is insurgents not terrorists. Men who strap themselves with bombs and blow up women and children and democrats refuse to call them terrorists?? That is the difference dear reader. That the party of JFK has lost it's course and no longer knows the difference between what is good and what is evil.

Friday night, like most political junkies, I watched the CSpan coverage of the House of Representatives.  I have to admit I was surprised by the results. You know,... for a moment I thought that democrats would have the courage (guts) to put their vote where their mouth is; Yet I failed to see the whole picture. You see; democrats are known to retreat from battle, I guess they decided to retreat from this one as well. They cloaked their true stance by positioning themselves as defenders of Senator Murtha's Honor. They made a mockery of the vote by overwhelmingly opposing the resolution of immediate withdraw.
For months they've been calling President Bush a liar and have claimed the he manipulated intelligence information in order to go to war. They had been calling for the withdraw of troops from Iraq for weeks and yet they opposed the very resolution that gave them what they asked for. Somebody explain to me what the Democrats strategy is on the Iraq situation. Or do they just not have one? Oh, I’m sorry.. They will have one sometime next year? Is that right? Please people!
All those Representatives, who for political reasons, call this war the wrong war at the wrong time; are free to express that opinion. But, they should be well aware that by doing so they position themselves as non-supporters of the American troops. You cannot say you support the troops and in the same breath say their mission is wrong.  For if this war is wrong than the 2000+ soldiers who've died there have died for no reason.  If there was an immediate withdraw it would absolutely guarantee that they died for no reason.
War Protesters undermine the purpose of the war on terror when they protest because Iraq IS the central front of that war.
 
I don’t know how much more clearly their vote is to our soldiers. After the rejection of that resolution, our troops should know that the American People overwhelmingly supports them.
 

"The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow." -- Bill Clinton in 1998

 

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including Al Qaeda members, though there is apparently no evidence of his involvement in the terrible events of September 11, 2001. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons. Should he succeed in that endeavor, he could alter the political and security landscape of the Middle East, which as we know all too well affects American security." -- Hillary Clinton, October 10, 2002

 

"Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people." -- Tom Daschle in 1998

 

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." -- Ted Kennedy, September 27, 2002

 

"There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein's regime is a serious danger, that he is a tyrant, and that his pursuit of lethal weapons of mass destruction cannot be tolerated. He must be disarmed." -- Ted Kennedy, Sept 27, 2002

 

"I will be voting to give the president of the United States the authority to use force - if necessary - to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- John F. Kerry, Oct 2002

"....Admittedly there is a risk in any course we follow other than this, but every lesson in history tells us that the greater risk lies in appeasement, and this is the specter our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face--that their policy of accommodation is appeasement," ......"You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery. If nothing in life is worth dying for, when did this begin--just in the face of this enemy? Or should Moses have told the children of Israel to live in slavery under the pharaohs? Should Christ have refused the cross? Should the patriots at Concord Bridge have thrown down their guns and refused to fire the shot heard 'round the world? The martyrs of history were not fools, and our honored dead who gave their lives to stop the advance of the Nazis didn't die in vain. Where, then, is the road to peace? Well, it's a simple answer after all.

You and I have the courage to say to our enemies, 'There is a price we will not pay.' There is a point beyond which they must not advance."

Google is in the efforts to create the world's first online Global Library

"Imagine sitting at your computer and, in less than a second, searching the full text of every book ever written. Imagine an historian being able to instantly find every book that mentions the Battle of Algiers. Imagine a high school student in Bangladesh discovering an out-of-print author held only in a library in Ann Arbor. Imagine one giant electronic card catalog that makes all the world's books discoverable with just a few keystrokes by anyone, anywhere, anytime.

That's the vision behind Google Print, a program we introduced last fall to help users search through the oceans of information contained in the world's books." ......Adam Mathes, Associate Product Manager for the Google Print Team,

Elim Trip to Europe in 2003. Video Coming soon....

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For information on trip to  Greece and Israel in January '06 go here