We recently had riots in the streets of Missouri because the police shot a black, male teenager. I have no idea if the shooting was justified, but why all the media coverage? I would not call a teenager that is large enough to be a strong-arm thief a child, but the media and race baiters do. That same weekend in Chicago a half dozen people were killed and four times that many wounded in Chicago, but that does not seem to be news worthy.
We have a crisis at the border with illegal children, and many cry out to save the children. When we don’t secure the boarder we encourage more people to risk their lives using criminal enterprises to get to our southern boarder. Why do we want to endanger these children and keep them from their families? They should be returned to their families and if they have illegal families here, the entire family should be sent back. “Undocumented workers” often live in poverty. Legal immigration is the right option. Then they can learn the language, assimilate and thrive like our ancestors did. But, the boarder must be secure first.
We have shootings in schools and people blame guns. No gun bans can or will keep guns from the criminals any better than proper enforcement of our current laws.
No one wants to take the personal responsibility to identify and treat the mentally ill. Major Hasan killed 12 and injured 31 in an obvious terrorist act at Fort Hood and our government calls it “workplace violence.” Many knew he was a threat, but were afraid to say anything that might be considered politically incorrect.
We may not be able to change the world, but we better recognize that we are in a terrorist war with radical Islam. They want Sharia law worldwide. We have Hamas in Gaza using elementary schools to hide military operations with no concern for the children. Radial Islamic terrorists kill woman and children around the world. Some Islam cultures allow mutilation of young girls, but we don’t want to say any thing that might be perceived as politically incorrect.
We can’t protect all the children of the world and we can’t bring them all here. We must focus on saving the children in this country. Our children are the future. We must protect and educate them. We must get over the partisan politics, race baiting, and worrying about political correctness. This is not productive.
The facts are that crime is ten times as prevalent with young black males than any other demographic. This is not because they are black. It is because of the environment in which they are raised. They grow up in a welfare environment with a lack of any good family structure, as too many are born to single mothers. They have no work ethic, a poor education, and no job skills. They have no way out. Young males turn to drugs and guns. Young females have children for the welfare money, and the cycle continues. Young Hollywood and the media contribute to the problem by romanticizing this life style.
We must change this cycle. We now have three generations that don’t know any different life. We also have more and more illegal immigrants that compound the problem. We must save these children. We must educate them with job skills, a work ethic, and pride in family. We must get them off welfare and out of the slums.
I am not a big fan of Franklin D. Roosevelt as he was too liberal for me, but even he knew welfare was not the solution. He established the Works Projects Administration. It gave people work, hope, and a sense of pride in family and country. We must do the same. We must move families out of the bad neighborhoods, and give them a sense of purpose and pride in family. Save the children.
Why all the media coverage? I guess you missed the rioting. You wouldn't call the dead teen a child because he was big enough to be a strong armed thief? Why do you use strong armed thief as an example of him not being a child? Sounds like you've already judged him to be guilty, even though you say you don't know what happened. As to the Chicago murders not being newsworthy, I don't know what bubble you are living in. It's in the media all the time. Why do we want to endanger these children and keep them away from their families? From what I've read, their families are sending them away to keep them from being forced into gangs that run rampant in these Central American countries. Perhaps you missed that part of the story. Undocumented workers live in poverty. Well, what do you think they live in down there? At least they have work here. Many live in poverty because they send money back home to help out the even poorer people where they came from. As to female genital mutilation, it has nothing to do with Islam. It is a cultural practice that existed before these people became Muslims. You can say a lot of legitimate things about how bad Islam is, but this has nothing to do with Islam. It is African culture. Non-African Muslims do not perform female genital mutilation. That means over 90% of Muslims don't do it. In case you hadn't noticed, this is illegal in this country and millions of people speak out against it. Your political correctness argument is 100% false on this issue. And finally, I applaud your comments about taking care of our own children and helping out the black community in particular, and also about caring for the mentally ill. But since you don't like paying taxes, how do you propose you accomplish this? FDR spent tons of money putting people to work. He taxed the rich heavily. How would you afford to do these things? Oh, and border is spelled border, not boarder. That's the guy you have sleeping in the basement.
ReplyDeleteSince anonymous was the only way I could post, I used that. The above comment came from John Hardin. Hi Terry.
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