BORDER BULL

The furor over the Arizona bill that says it will enforce America's border laws to keep illegal immigrants out of the country, something the Obama people don't want to do, reveals the depth of America's political and moral decay.

We have laws on the books. Enforce them or move to repeal them. There is nothing in our Constitution that gives any person, including the President, the right to decide which laws to enforce and which to ignore...or what portions of the Constitution are still relevant and which aren't, or who should get favored government treatment and who shouldn't.

There are vital reasons for our immigration laws, including:

* health reasons to keep contagion out of our country
* security reasons to keep terrorists out
* police reasons to keep criminals out
* educational reasons to keep our schools open to our citizens who pay for them

There is one reason not to enforce our immigration laws: to curry the favor of voters of Latin American, Spanish or Mexican heritage...the same heritage of most illegal immigrants...most of whom vote Democratic.

The argument that the new Arizona law will allow Arizona police to engage in racial profiling, is specious. Nothing in the law permits it, and any law can be enforced improperly. If police are found to be engaging in racial profiling, or any other misconduct, they ought be appropriately punished. It is ludicrous to argue that our welfare and security are threatened more by the possibility of police misconduct than by the documented illegal activities of illegal immigrants. People here legally will not be bothered to be asked for papers, they will be happy the gendarmes are doing their job and helping to keep them safe. Only the illegals will be bothered...and they should be!

So, Pres. Obama, do the job we are paying you to do, or vamoose, take a trip...perhaps to Mexico. But be sure to bring your papers, Mexico is one of those foolish countries that won't let you in without them.

OUT AND STAY OUT!

Years and years ago, a group of friends and friends of friends met at my home each week to have a roundtable discussion of some political, social, ethical issue. The issue one week was this: If you were in pressing financial need of funds and you saw some of my money or jewelry on a table, would you take it? Most said they would, with arguments like "You are doing well. you have more than you need, you won't miss it". I immediately told all those who would steal my property to leave and that they were no longer welcome in my home. Some thought I was overreacting.

Does the story sound familiar? It should, because that is precisely what the present Administration and their supporters are doing now: taking away my money without my consent, and using it as they see fit for themselves or for those they claim are in need. And it is not just my money they are stealing, but my life and my freedom to live it as I choose. And those rights the Constitution recognized and confirmed, what about them? "Hey," they say, "the Constitution is out of date, we will decide what rights you have or haven't". I guess "unalienable" meant aliens can't take them from you, but other Americans can.

So, here we go again. All of you who support the idea that my life, my property, my spirit, are yours to control to any extent, are not welcome in my home. I will treat you as I would any other criminal. Out and stay out! My friendship, my hospitality, my trust, are reserved for those who respect my freedom and my life.

I was right years ago, and I am right now. It's not a game we're playing.

199-1, NOT GOOD ENOUGH?

There are about 200 countries in the world. Every one of them...whether socialist, fascist, communist, monarchy, dictatorship, religious...is based to one extent or the other on the premise that each individual life is indebted, obliged, duty-bound, mortgaged, to the needs, welfare and benefit of the collective, the group, the group's leader.

Except one. America was founded on the idea that each of us has an inalienable right to our own life, that we have an inalienable right to pursue OUR OWN HAPPINESS, that we are serfs of none, masters of none.

So, to all those who think America is based on the wrong premises, who would like to conform it to the other 200, I say this:

Pick out one of those other countries...England, France, Switzerland, China, India, Chile, Argentina, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera...pack up your political philosophies AND MOVE THERE. Is it too much to ask that we who know the Founders were enlightened have ONE country to live in? You can have the other 200...200!... and you ought be happy with that since you obviously do not see the connection between America's ideals and why your soul longs to live here.

LISTEN, IT IS YOUR SOUL

The full grandeur of living an independent life, in freedom, is seemingly beyond the vision and sensation of most.

The butterfly is free and even the infant smiles at the beauty of its unrestrained flight. But we disdain unrestrained flight for ourselves, we do not comprehend the purity, the treasure, of total independence, total freedom.

We mouth the words (equality, freedom, liberty) but know them not. We refuse to blow with the carefree wind, or be swept by the free flowing stream.

Do we shackle ourselves with social restraints because of a dread of self-responsibility? Or the fear of the full illumination of our own true identity, which total freedom brings? Or is it because we have accepted our role as pawns of greater authority, as children forever?

There is a part of each of us that cannot be but free. It is our soul.

“Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.” Sexton

“Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be...Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before.” Fromm

MUSINGS IV

"The way to a man's heart is through his stomach" is nonsense. It may be the way to his money, it may be the way to your being named spouse on a wedding certificate, and he may love the herring you made him for dinner...but it has no relevance to his loving you.
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Isn't the first thing we ought teach every child is that his or her mind has the power to choose, and that when it is up against something it cannot control, it may become frustrated and anxious..and what serves best is for the child to remember that it can still choose how it relates to and will respond to that lack of control?
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The notion that everyone needs a 4-year college degree, or more, is a commercial written by those who run colleges and graduate schools...and you know how reliable commercials are.
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It seems like that must have been a much more crowded closet than was generally thought.
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Shouldn't the U.S. Constitution be amended to allow for recall votes of all politicians after half their term?
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Is the reason we love animals so much that:
(a) we were once animals
(b) it is hard to find humans to love
(c) we don't really know what love is
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Can I please see a list of Democrats in office, including Pres. Obama, showing how much of their wealth they redistributed last year.
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Why don't we start school later in the morning and invoke double daylight savings time year round?
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Who really cares what O'Reilly, Hannity, Maddow, Limbaugh, Olberman and the rest of those pundits feel about an issue, if they do not prove they are right...which they never do?
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If the average grade nationwide on the S.A.T. exam is equivalent to 50%, isn't public education failing horribly?
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Considering the obesity level in America, wouldn't eating only two meals a day help?
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VERY GOOD

We are under siege by negativity in our country. Every human activity is seen to contain an insolvable problem rather than an anticipated hurdle to get over and past. Mayhem, mischief and madness dominate the media. Politicians see war lurking around every corner. The Earth itself is trembling.

We are in urgent need of positivity...and so I have invented a game. Here is the background of the game:

GENESIS 1:31 "And the Lord saw all that He had made and behold it was VERY GOOD"

The words VERY GOOD have a combined 8 letters. The number 8 has different meanings in different cultures around the world, and, interestingly, they all relate to the elements of a good life, including:

Perfection
Infinity
Love
Friendship
Prosperity
To the Chinese, double fortune
To the Buddhists, long life
To the Egyptians, cosmic order.

The name of my game is VERY GOOD...what else?. Each time during the day that you recognize and acknowledge something very good in your life, you earn a letter. For the first one, you earn a V, for the second an E, for the third an R...and so on. Do it 8 times in one day, spell out VERY GOOD, and you're a winner! Your prize: the difficulty you will have the rest of the day saying anything negative, listening to anything negative...borderline impossible.

Good game, yes?

You have a V.

SHUT UP

Talk, talk, talk, talk. 21st centurions love to talk...can't walk to the 7-11 without getting on that cell phone. Can't wait 'till they get home, have to have to have to talk now...and later. Radio and tv talk shows abound, blaring in homes, cars, elevators, offices. Can't even wait for my telephone call to be picked up...someone yakking in my ear "Your call is important to us...a representative will be with you shortly... your estimated wait time is 5 minutes...would you care to complete a short survey after your call is completed?...please don't hang up, your call is important to us".

Our tongue is king...but here come our fingers. We let our digits do the walking and the talking in 1,000,000,000 daily text messages, and on over 1,000,000,000 internet devices spewing out over 50,000,000,000 daily e-mails. We sure must have a lot to say!

Or do we? Tell me one memorable, historically important, statement by one renowned person during the past 50 years...other than Rosa Parks', "I will not move to the back of the bus". One?

Even the fiercest animals sit quietly and peacefully, their babies nestled against them, and savor the silence.