All Posts Tagged With: "immigration"
Immigration – Underground Railroad
We are talking about people. Suffering people. oppressed people. Oppressed by poverty, by repressive land owners, by corporate greed, by poor health care, and by an unresponsive government. North, they are told. North to a land of opportunity. A land where they will not be subjected to the fierce drudgery of poverty.
They have relatives who [...]
Where is Woody Guthrie
It was hot. And dry. The wind blew and a dust storm raged. People finally just started calling it a dust bowl. The Midwest was overwhelmed with drought, the country overwhelmed with depression.
People got tired. They got hungry. They got desperate. They could not feed their children. But they heard a story, a story of [...]
Woody Guthrie Sings About Immigration
I took some minor liberties with the title. Woody Guthrie was singing about immigration – but he was referring to the dust bowl immigrants to California. We forget that time when Americans were denied entrance into another State because of economics. See Also: Where is Woody Guthrie.
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17Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
English – a Mandatory Language?
We have a new pork processing plant in our town – we think the Triumph Foods Human Resource office is located in Mexico City. You know how these big corporations are. Our local school system is being challenged to offer a regular old American education to children who cannot speak the language. There is great [...]
2Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 2 comments | Continued
Limbaugh looks and sounds like Tim Russert
Son,
I hearken back a few weeks to a Democratic Debate sponsored by MSNBC. The moderator was Tim Russert. As we reflect on substance we can see that Tim Russert has drug MSNBC and NBC down to the level of conservative talk radio. Russert has climbed to the top of the ‘good old boys’ network by [...]
Clinton-Obama, Democratic Debate, 1-31-08
Son,
For the first time ever we are watching a woman and an African-American debate for the nomination of their party for President of the United States. Wolf Blitzer has just introduced the candidates. There is a couple of minutes of photo-ops. The stakes are very high – with only five days to the Super Tuesday [...]
Democrats on speaking English as official language
Son,
I am happy that these folks take these issues seriously. Sometimes they sound like they are spinning the issue in their favor - but I believe that they are not. They are pointing out the necessary complications of making rash political decisions. Wolf Blitzer asked the question because he knows it is a hot button [...]
Bruce Springsteen on Immigration
Son,
Bruce Springsteen sings “This Land is Your Land” – a beautiful rendition of the Woody Guthrie classic. This song was written by a frustrated Guthrie in protest about the State by State policy on immigration. See Where is Woody Guthrie.
The tragedy of the Dust Bowl swept this great nation during the Depression. People were forced [...]
McCain on Immigration – I like him (video)
Son,
I like John McCain. I think he is an honest and practical man. Unfortunately the Republican Party is so irrational that the fringe party base makes it difficult for a man like McCain to win the nomination. I write about immigration from the perspective of humanity rather than economics – and that is how I [...]
immigration, hate crime, gun control —
Son,
The conservatives have lost their bearing. And I must say that if not for the craziness I would be enjoying myself watching the circus. Here is the conservative philosophy – one which I cannot dispute: Less Government, fewer laws – generally better. The philosophy goes to a level of foolishness. Hate crime you say – [...]
Blunt Immigration – No Drivers Licenses
Son,
Governor Matt Blunt of Missouri has taken a pro-bureaucracy, anti-immigration, big Government, do-the-wrong-thing, position to get reelected. This is typical politics. Solving problems means solving the political problem – not making life better for citizens. This mentality is exactly what is wrong with government. And we the people are to blame. We are to blame [...]
Huckabee is a win for John McCain
Son,
John McCain is the real winner tonight, this caucus night in Iowa. Mike Huckabee polled the largest numbers of support- soundly putting Mitt Romney in his appropriate place – way don there somewhere. But McCain is the real winner because the Republican Party does not want Huckabee.
The importance of the Iowa Caucus was to eliminate [...]
Resolutions 2008 – WWJD
Son,
Faith is expounded by all candidates. Hey – the evangelicals have done a good job in politics. They have swayed elections. They have gained power. They influence the national debate.
I just wrote a post on Mike Huckabee. He is that one guy who is a Christian Minister who is running for President. I reflected on [...]
Ron Paul – the Physician Metaphor
Son,
Ron Paul is a physician, a doctor, a M. D. Some folks think that qualifies him to be President. He is obviously very intelligent and very well educated. I suspect he knows a thing or two about health care issues. His physician experience is as a flight surgeon in the U. S. Air Force and [...]
Media Hosts fail as Celebrities
Son,
A tragedy has befallen American Journalism. Cable and satellite feeds have created monster celebrities in the field of journalism. Everyone wants to be Walter Cronkite. The problem is that hey have not earned the stature.
Wolf Blitzer, Chris Matthews, Tim Russert, Bill O’Reilly, Shawn Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, to name a few. These people have differing views [...]
Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Below is an excerpt from A Toolkit For Christian Education and Action on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, brought to us by our brothers and sisters at Sojourners/Call To Renewal
“The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the [...]
6Oct2007 | bryan | 4 comments | Continued
Dead Immigrants
Son,
We have become a disgusting society. Reader – prepare yourself for some sarcasm – this struck me as a blatant disregard for human life – read on. The banner headline on MSNBC as we speak is “Unidentified bodies often buried at taxpayer expense.” Heaven Forbid! What have we come to? Doctor Stern (Someone being interviewed [...]
Dump Joe Cannon as editor of the Deseret News over Pedophile Cover Up! 
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Interesting post.
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