So its Friday babysitters and it’s been a
pretty interesting week. Not just for me,
but for many within the borders of this country. I have tapered back my thought provoking
posts because I am focusing most of my attention on my masters. Between work, family, and mentoring, I don’t
have a lot of time to poke the bear. So
what I have decided to do is at a minimum post once every Friday. And that Friday post will be a thought
provoking post which will be based off of things I may have seen on Facebook or
stories within the news. There will be a
topic and at the end questions to ponder. So with that being said…let’s get to
it.
Throughout this week I have posted a few
times brining up topics and asking questions. The common theme/thread to all of these posts
was morality and how we choose to view right versus wrong. It is clear (and has been for a very, very
long time) that we have an immigration issue in this country. We are a nation that was founded on
immigration so for some it’s hard to distance themselves and look at it
logically and without emotion. That
coupled with just how polarized we are as a nation, it’s not making things
easier; because what ends up happening is you will fall on one side or the
other. You are left or right, red or blue, socialist liberal or racist
conservative. Labels…nothing but labels.
Our government officials have made a
living/career of keeping us living in a state of fear as well as ignorance;
blaming problems on the poor, drug users, Muslims, the Irish, Italians, Blacks,
Chinese, Mexicans, and now immigrants.
It’s easy to control the masses when they don’t know what you know. My fellow military members know this all too
well. We are taught from day one that
knowledge is power. Some leaders have made
a living off of keeping the important information to themselves. Telling their subordinates only what they
wanted them to know. Some do this for
personal gain and some do it to protect.
I had a former boss tell me when we returned from Iraq that these very
dangerous missions we would execute weekly, well I had the ability to tell him
no, me and my platoon would not execute the missions. He told me had I told him no, there would
have been nothing he could have done to me or made me do it. I was shocked. I told him I would have done the missions
anyway and he said I know which is why I never told you. But it did make me think just what did I not
know about things in the military? Especially in the realm of following orders.
So, exactly where does our morality fit
into all of this? That’s a good
question. Another would be do we compromise our principals and beliefs and
allow things to happen that MORALLY we know are wrong but do so under the guise
of patriotism and love of country? I
caution that we be careful with allowing our morals to be swayed by those that
would turn their attention to us if it suited them and their cause. How many of you have actually talked to
immigrants and asked them what motivated them to leave their country and come
here? How long do they plan on
staying? Hell, do they even want to stay
in this country? And just what jobs are
these people taking from us Americans?
Where is all this free candy that immigrants are getting? I don’t mean
Facebook, meme candy, I mean here is the policy and it states this is what they
get. In other words I want to hear it
from the “lawyers,” not the “shit house lawyers” repeating what their mom’s
boyfriend’s cousin once removed said because he heard some guy say it in line
and the corner store.
Morally we have an obligation to do the right
thing even when it’s not popular. I
think we also must ensure that we are fully informed before we allow others to
make decisions for us that are not in our best interest and violate our
personal moral codes. Folks have got to
educate themselves and stop blindly following those who know but don’t want you
to know. Folks need to be mindful of
what you say or post because like it or not, it does influence others and if
you are wrong, then you now have two people who are wrong. And then it spreads like a virus and before
you know it you have hundreds of people angry about an issue which truly isn’t
an issue. We must demand more of those
in office and call them out when they are inciting fear and hatred. Words are powerful. Words can teach a child
to love and words can teach a child to hate.
Is ending the birthrights given to those
who are born in this country to immigrants is this the solution to our
immigration issue? Ok, say tomorrow we
wake up and it’s done, what will our lives look like? The birthrights issue
really doesn’t affect the average American and I will wager nothing will
change. Taxes won’t go down, the economy
won’t start booming. Life will continue
as it has. Only difference is children
born here of immigrant parents will still be immigrants too. Immigrants will still desire to come
here. And without the immigration policy
fixed…many will still come illegally.
Here is a thought, imagine if you will, they actually fixed the
immigration issue that has been broken for the better part of 30 years and 6
Presidents. Imagine if they created a
process where they could apply for a work visa and be able to work legally in
the country in 30 days or less. It’s
hard to fathom that in a country such as ours, where a college kid could create
Facebook and become a millionaire, but 300 professional lawyers/politicians for
30 plus years we haven’t been able to figure out how to create a streamlined
visa process and immigration process.
Questions to ponder over your morning coffee or at
the water cooler:
1. Who within the government benefits (financially)
from the immigration policy as it stands today?
2. How many politicians benefit from being able to
use the immigration issue every election?
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