Ahh The Spin

  The article I am posting this week is by Fox News and has some of the most far leaning right wing news i have seen on the topic so far. The House has passed a more or less symbolic bill on the floor and it will in essences do nothing more than serve to make the republicans like they actually have some sway. The article uses quotations around tons of words to draw negative attention to them. if you are trying to write a persuasive paper, give this a read and use some of the spin moves. Cheers, John Here is the article: Fox Spin

Obama makes good

So this is happening right now, President Obama has eased the minds of some five million immigrants who are in this country illegally but  know no other place as their home. He has given a sort of amnesty to those who are here already as the parents of children who are American citizens through birth. I personally think this is the best thing he could have done and hopefully this will force the hand of the house and now the senate to get off of their over paid duffs and do what the people of this country sent them to Washington to do I the first place; run this country. The lack of education amongst the main body of politicians of the hill is appalling and the president should have done this long long ago. I for one think this action was long over due and am very grateful the country is moving in the right direction agin. America was and still is built on the backs of immigrants and immigration and were it not for the decades of it ,we would never have become the greatest nation on the planet. Obama

Politicians Are Missing The Boat; Again!

    This week I am posting an article that clearly states that the actual immigration numbers, both illegal and legal, don't match the current policies that are being discussed by the politicians in DC and the state levels. Not surprising as they are so dysfunctional its amazing they even know what year it is any more. Much of the policy that is being discussed now focuses on immigrants from Mexico but data suggests that most new immigrants aren't even coming from there in large numbers. The current data shows immigration for just Mexico has leveled off and now immigrants from Asia, India, and Central America have the lions share. As usual the politicians are creating votes for themselves through fear mongering and state sanctioned racism, all the while the federal government wont even give them the time of day in court. You can access the article here and decide for yourself: Politics??

Florida Split Into Two States?

   As I mentioned in class. their are some people in Florida who want the state cut in two, with the new Northern boundary set at the northern boundary of my old county, Brevard.  The reasons for the split aren't the obvious ones. It is actually much less complicated than the differences between demographics. In spite of what I was assuming the real reason that the two congress men who pushed the bill it is quite different indeed. The two people seem to think that the current state of Florida is not doing enough about climate change and they are of the belief that the entirety of south Florida will be underwater, sooner rather than later, and the current state is not doing enough to prepare. They say the state has no plan now or for the foreseeable future and that is why they want the split. They have the most to lose after all.  Huh, super interesting  but I don't see it happening. People in California have been trying to tear the state apart almost as long as it has been one; and you see how that has worked out for them. You can access the article here: Florida

The Tea Parties Problem

The article I am sharing this week is about the Tea Party and Cuban immigration. The Tea Party stands for the most part as far left on the immigration debate as one could be, except that is for their two most recent and rising stars. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, who just so happen to be Cuban-Americans who have both benefited from immigration to this country. The article talks about the status of Cuban immigration and the conundrum between these two men and their parties preverbal line drawn in the sand. The article also mentions amnesty for those here illegally already, which Cruz staunchly opposes, but the majority of Americans seem to be okay with some. The Tea Party has played games with American politics, causing to many problems for far to long and its time Americans recognized them for what they are, Isolationist war hawks. You can access the article here: Cuba

Castro's Impact on Florida

The article I am posting this week is about Florida, Cuban immigrants, and the impact they have made on every aspect of life in the state. I lived in Florid from 1986 until 2003 and during those years went to Miami on several occasions. The article states that South Florida is bilingual, I would say this is really false, Spanish is almost exclusively spoken everywhere, except the major malls , but even there Spanish dominates. It is almost like going to Havana I would imagine. But Miami also has some very distinct ethnic enclaves. The Cubans and all other cultures in south Florida have made an incredibly unique and amazing experience. read here: Cuban Refuges

Working on the Border

This weeks chapter reminds me of  my time in the Army. For a three month period I was deployed to the US-Mexico border to help build a road and  bridge over the Rio Grande. We lived in the desert in and around Eagle pass Texas and El Indio Mexico. The border there was just as they say in the article; almost nonexistent, or completely figurative really, and very lightly guarded. The article I am attaching sites ridicules figures that the United States government is throwing at the border "problem". This is in my opinion a waste of resources. This country was and still is made and carried on the backs of immigrants and really all of our families were  at one point immigrants. The administration needs to get off its ass and make immigration reform a real priority and stop wasting my money. You can access the article here and make your own dicision: Aljazeera