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AZ Man Faces Jail For Seeking A Better Life

Aug 25, 2011 Political

Cristian Alfredo Urquijo, a 39 year old man, was arrested in Arizona last July and his crime really amounts to trying to have a better life. He was unemployed and needed to eat so he performed odd jobs (jobs very few are willing to do) to make ends meet and so that he would not starve to death.

I would say that he was trying to make a better life for his family as well but I do not know if he has family.

One would think that this Man, Urquitjo, was here illegally trying to make life better life for himself and has been arrested and is awaiting deportation – especially since this is Arizona. This is, after all, the picture we have been painted.

They came here because there were no opportunities in their native country, they had no jobs, they wanted to provide a better life for themselves and their families and they are no threat to the country. What laws have they really broken?

This case though, involves a person whose immigration status is not identified. He is identified as a bank robber who claims he was out of work and needed to eat so he took to robbing banks.

All this poor guy wanted was to make a better life for himself. He was no real threat to anyone. Yeah, he pointed a gun when he robbed banks but he never hurt anyone. He was only acting out of desperation. What laws did he really break?

Illegally entering this country is a felony as is bank robbing. Most banks have armed guards in them to keep bad people out and our borders have armed guards in most places who are there to keep bad people out. In both cases, entering illegally or robbing a bank, the person or persons involved only want a better life for themselves and seek that better life by breaking the law.

The only difference is that the bank robber faces 20-35 years in jail as reward for his felony while those who enter this country illegally are given jobs, don’t pay taxes, are given welfare and social security, their kids are allowed to attend school and Obama will reward them by Executive Order for reward for their felony.

Reward them? Yes, with a “path to citizenship” called the DREAM Act, or, more appropriately, amnesty. This is a plan that was defeated several times in Congress but Obama will enact it via fiat.

The people who broke the law getting here are coddled by the Democrats while those who rob banks will be sent to jail.

Yep, our system needs an overhaul.

As does the roster of those occupying elected positions…

Source:
al-Reuters

Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.

Tags: amnesty, bank robber, executive order, illegal, Immigration

I’ll Make You Fishers Of Men…

Mar 10, 2010 Political

It looks like the left’s messiah, Barack Obama, is not much of a fan of fishing. A panel working on this issue is set to make recommendations by the end of March and the recommendations are likely to involve ending fishing in “…the nation’s oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters.”

About 60 million people fish in this country but now that might end if the environmental groups involved in this process get their way. If they make recommendations to end fishing, Mr. Transparent, is expected to implement the recommendations by issuing an Executive Order.

Many people in this country earn an honest living by fishing and millions more enjoy the sport as a past time. Obama can eliminate many jobs and end this past time with the stroke of his pen. The indications are all there that this will happen and happen soon. The government has cut off public comment on the issue which means that the people will no longer be heard on the subject.

Complaining to members of Congress, while therapeutic, will be of no avail because Obama will bypass Congress and enact this via EO.

What will happen next? Will Obama convene a panel to look at hunting? If the environmentalist wackos decide (and they will) that hunting should not be allowed in this country will Obama enact that via EO?

Will he convene a panel of Brady gun control freaks to decide if guns should be allowed in America and then enact gun control via EO?

This might sound unrealistic but who would have ever thought a US leader would ban fishing in this country?

Barack Obama won the last election with 69.5 million votes. I am willing to bet that with 60 million anglers in this country he will not get that many the next time.

Is there any person in this country who has this much disdain for the American way of life, our values and traditions?

It is time for the states to step up and tell this anti American zealot that any waterways belonging to the states will not have fishing banned and if the feds do not like it they can pound sand. It is time for those who fish to let Obama know they will not obey his EO.

Obama will make fishers of men and those men will be fishing for a new leader.

Source:
ESPN

Tags: espn, executive order, fishing, Obama

Obama To Bypass Congress

Feb 16, 2010 Political

Barack Obama criticized George Bush for using Executive Orders to get things done. The Democrats complained that Mr. Bush had taken too much power for the Executive branch. They did not like him getting things done via Executive Order.

Executive Orders have their place. The President can use them to issue orders to the Executive Branch departments and direct how they will run. The day to day kinds of things. There is an EO regarding the drug free federal workplace. This is an expectation from the Executive to the workers.

On the other hand, EOs can be very bad. The president signs them directing one thing or another and thus takes power away from the Congress. This is not good practice and it diminishes the legislative branch further. Right now, Obama’s team is looking at the things they could not get done through the Congress and are working on getting them done by EO:

“We are reviewing a list of presidential executive orders and directives to get the job done across a front of issues,” said Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff. NYT

We have seen this with some legislation that Congress has rejected. Obama said he would institute what he wanted via EO after Congress rejected it. This is wrong and it is not the way to govern.

To be clear, many past presidents have done this and it was no more right then than it is now. However, Obama was the one who made a big stink about EOs (and signing statements, which he uses as well) and he chastised Mr. Bush for what he did.

Now Obama is doing the very same things and his minions on the left are giving him a pass. How long will Congress sit by while their power is usurped by the Executive Branch?

Obama plans to push his agenda and get things done whether he has to do it through Congress or through EO. Congress needs to put an end to this.

As an aside, isn’t it funny that all the people, who for years criticized the way Bush handled the war on terror and terror suspects, are justifying what Obama is doing by saying he is doing the same thing Bush did?

Tags: Congress, executive order, lies, Obama, signing statements