SHAMNESTY?part A?
this is one of those blogs which i mentioned in which i disagree with our president. i was reading his speech about "immigration reform" (yes i have a copy, a friend e-mailed it to me) and realized something-our president states that it is not amnesty but i must disagree lets have a look;
"I believe that illegal immigrants...who meet these conditions should be able to apply for citizenship..."
hmmm, what are those conditions?
1. "pay a meaningful penalty for breaking the law"
2. "pay their taxes"
3. "learn English"
4. "work in a job for a number of years"
well lets see I am a citizen of the U.S.A. (third generation) and
1. any time i get a parking ticket or a speeding ticket i have to "pay a meaningful penalty for breaking the law".
2. i have been working since i was 15 and have been paying taxes.
3. english is my first language and i still studied and learned about it growing up. in fact i have english speaking children (who are legal citizens)in my classroom (i am a teacher) who are studying the rules of english and learning it.
4. i have been in this job for eight years, my second job for five and have been working in various jobs since i was 15.
so there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of difference between me, my students and an illegal alien when it comes to citizenship criteria...mr. president with all due respect-you and those who agree with you have cheapened citizenship in this country this cheapening of citizenship on your part is something that i, those who have become naturalized citizens in this country (through legal means, not amnesty)and, especially those legal citizens that are presently fighting and dieing to preserve the right of legal citizens of this country will not take lightly.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Monday, May 08, 2006
UNITED 93 part A
so i went to see "united 93" tonight. i am pleased that this blogspot has a save as draft button as i know this blog will take up quite a bit of time as well as energy and blog space. i have to admit that when it comes to the movie i am left without words, truly speechless. normally after i see a movie my lovely wife asks me what i thought of it, how was it, etc. as i drove home i began to think of the movie and the questions that my wife would ask and realized that i could not answer them...at least not in the usual sense. i think this is because of my motivation for wanting to see this film. unlike a film like "lord of the rings" which i saw because i enjoy good literature or "pride and prejudice" (the most recent one) which i saw with my wife as a romantic time together as well as an "escape from reality", my motivation for seeing this film was to get a little dose/reminder of reality. i wanted a reminder of the reality of those people and the events that lead up to their heroic actions. i wanted to remember and reflect on what happened on september 11th. this is not due to any preoccupation with tragedies such as this or any saddistic/masochistic tendencies on my part, but simply because i don't want to forget 9/11. on the surface that statement may seem absurd, obviously an event of this type and magnitude is not something that any right minded person easily forgets or puts behind them.
however, i have to admit that it would be much easier to simply "move on" from 9/11. after all, i do not personally know anyone who died, nor even know anyone who was related to or who knew one of the victims (in any of the tragedies). so it would be quite easy to remove myself from what happened. i am being honest, to me this can very easily be only a "national" tragedy not also a personal one like those who were much closer to those who died. however, the reality of this horrendous act is such that it must be personal to me and every other adult in this country. unfortunately, what i believe i am seeing in our country as we move farther away from that day is that we are "forgetting" 9/11. we seem less and less concerned about what happened (i could be wrong and hope i am). a very good example is what is happening on the political front in our nation. so many of our elected officals seem more concerned about gaining back "power" or holding their proverbial fingers up to see which way the "popularity" wind is blowing in any case there is a great deal of politicking going on. i do not name specific individuals or parties because (unfortunately) it is coming from both sides of the aisle. i will say this however, we need to support our president and what he is doing (in iraq) to try to keep this country safe (yes i am a republican and i did vote for him). I wish i could only chalk it up to the democrates and their hatred for bush, but as stated earlier he is getting shot at from both sides. this is (obviously)not good for our governmant or the security of our country-perhaps i shouldn't say "obviously" as it doesn't seem obvious to those who continually attack our president. this is not to say that i think our president is perfect or that i agree with all that he has/is done/doing, but those are topics for other blogs. this blog is about "united 93".
so i went to see "united 93" tonight. i am pleased that this blogspot has a save as draft button as i know this blog will take up quite a bit of time as well as energy and blog space. i have to admit that when it comes to the movie i am left without words, truly speechless. normally after i see a movie my lovely wife asks me what i thought of it, how was it, etc. as i drove home i began to think of the movie and the questions that my wife would ask and realized that i could not answer them...at least not in the usual sense. i think this is because of my motivation for wanting to see this film. unlike a film like "lord of the rings" which i saw because i enjoy good literature or "pride and prejudice" (the most recent one) which i saw with my wife as a romantic time together as well as an "escape from reality", my motivation for seeing this film was to get a little dose/reminder of reality. i wanted a reminder of the reality of those people and the events that lead up to their heroic actions. i wanted to remember and reflect on what happened on september 11th. this is not due to any preoccupation with tragedies such as this or any saddistic/masochistic tendencies on my part, but simply because i don't want to forget 9/11. on the surface that statement may seem absurd, obviously an event of this type and magnitude is not something that any right minded person easily forgets or puts behind them.
however, i have to admit that it would be much easier to simply "move on" from 9/11. after all, i do not personally know anyone who died, nor even know anyone who was related to or who knew one of the victims (in any of the tragedies). so it would be quite easy to remove myself from what happened. i am being honest, to me this can very easily be only a "national" tragedy not also a personal one like those who were much closer to those who died. however, the reality of this horrendous act is such that it must be personal to me and every other adult in this country. unfortunately, what i believe i am seeing in our country as we move farther away from that day is that we are "forgetting" 9/11. we seem less and less concerned about what happened (i could be wrong and hope i am). a very good example is what is happening on the political front in our nation. so many of our elected officals seem more concerned about gaining back "power" or holding their proverbial fingers up to see which way the "popularity" wind is blowing in any case there is a great deal of politicking going on. i do not name specific individuals or parties because (unfortunately) it is coming from both sides of the aisle. i will say this however, we need to support our president and what he is doing (in iraq) to try to keep this country safe (yes i am a republican and i did vote for him). I wish i could only chalk it up to the democrates and their hatred for bush, but as stated earlier he is getting shot at from both sides. this is (obviously)not good for our governmant or the security of our country-perhaps i shouldn't say "obviously" as it doesn't seem obvious to those who continually attack our president. this is not to say that i think our president is perfect or that i agree with all that he has/is done/doing, but those are topics for other blogs. this blog is about "united 93".
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