‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness’….. a beautiful distillation of the American Dream and the American Promise, is it not, as penned by Thomas Jefferson at the outset of our American Journey. A journey in pursuit of the perfection of the dream and the promise. We’ve come a long way, opened a lot of doors, and secured life, liberty, and pursuit for untold millions. Who could not revel in the liberty? Who would not want to participate in the pursuit?
Millions have flocked to our shores to join in the dream, some legally, some not so much. All born on American soil, whether a child of a 10th generation American or of an illegal immigrant, are automatically granted U.S. citizenship. The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Sure, we want to share the blessings with ‘… the tired, the poor,the huddled masses yearning to breathe free…’, but our porous borders allow tens of thousands to step around our official immigration policies, and new ‘citizens’, born to illegals (and often called ‘anchor babies’), help seal their parents’ resident status, legal or not. Discussion of impact aside, should we allow this bestowing of citizen rights to newborns to continue to draw illegals to our country, somehow stepping to the head of the line, or should we consider amending the 14th Amendment? Food for thought………………..
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Opening Act
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Welcome to 'TalkTalk', where we'll explore how one blog can save the world. We'll eventually turn this into a Podcast, just wading in here. The blogosphere has created a cacaphony where all are heard, but little rises above the din. Is politics the solution, or is politics the problem? Is blogging the solution, or is blogging the problem? If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem... In 'Working Class Hero', John Lennon said '...keep you doped with religion and sex and TV....'. We can probably add the 'net and blogging to that (I don't think John would mind). Still, the power is unavoidable, unmistakable. Howard Dean brought politics to the internet on a large-scale platform, Barack Obama capitalized on it and used the power to attain perhaps the most powerful office in the World. And he uses it still.... check out change.gov, for instance. If people get the kind of government they deserve, we must be better people than we were 6 or 8 years ago. So, to bloggers everywhere, whether you've got anything to contribute or are just adding to the din, Blog On!
Welcome to 'TalkTalk', where we'll explore how one blog can save the world. We'll eventually turn this into a Podcast, just wading in here. The blogosphere has created a cacaphony where all are heard, but little rises above the din. Is politics the solution, or is politics the problem? Is blogging the solution, or is blogging the problem? If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem... In 'Working Class Hero', John Lennon said '...keep you doped with religion and sex and TV....'. We can probably add the 'net and blogging to that (I don't think John would mind). Still, the power is unavoidable, unmistakable. Howard Dean brought politics to the internet on a large-scale platform, Barack Obama capitalized on it and used the power to attain perhaps the most powerful office in the World. And he uses it still.... check out change.gov, for instance. If people get the kind of government they deserve, we must be better people than we were 6 or 8 years ago. So, to bloggers everywhere, whether you've got anything to contribute or are just adding to the din, Blog On!
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