By Ron Dupuis
“Cha-Ching! Cha -Ching!
That’s the sound of the United States taxpayer’s cash register every time it has to pay for service’s provided for illegal aliens. The conservative estimates are that over 12 million illegal aliens currently reside in the United States. Almost all receiving some sort of “social service’s” paid for by the U.S. taxpayer. Additionally, there are approximately 1100 illegals sneaking across the border every day in order to apply for those U.S. benefits.
Cha-Ching! Cha-Ching!
What we need is a little common sense thinking. A migrant worker here to help with the lettuce or tomato crop a few months out of the year does not have to bring his entire family. Programs in other countries are designed to make it economically viable to import workers, give them a good standard of living while here, then return them home with enough cash to raise their economic position, have been in place for years.
I don’t know of any American who is opposed to people legally entering this country in order to escape deplorable economic conditions in their own land. In fact, most Americans that I have spoken with feel that if some social service type assistance is needed in order to start a new life, so be it. The problem is that waves of illegals entering through our porous borders are not only destroying the very programs designed to help them, they are impacting the quality of life they seek here. We are a compassionate people. We simply cannot afford to maintain the standard of living we all enjoy in America while providing for these illegals and their families.
Congress is attempting to resolve this problem. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 was an attempt to comprehensively address the issue of illegals entering this country. It was designed to punish corporations for hiring undocumented aliens, strengthen our border enforcement, and expand a path to citizenship for three million illegals already living here. If all of this sounds familiar to you, if may because the current legislation being debated in Congress is pretty much the same as that 1986 Act. Only now there are over twelve million illegals living in this country. It didn’t work then, and it won’t work now.
If it takes ten thousand new border patrol agents, a barrier the size of the Great Wall of China, or the 2nd Marine division in full battle array, what Congress needs to do is close the borders and close them immediately. Then, and only then, can we resolve to question of illegals workers and their families living on the U.S. taxpayers dollar.
Cha-Ching!
5.29.2006
5.10.2006
On...
---By Ron Dupuis
…Gas prices and Democrats- Senator Chuck Schumer recently said that higher gas prices are going to be the” final nail in the GOP coffin this election year”. I guess Senator Schumer and the Democrats think all of us out here with our “gas guzzlers” are going to follow their “blame the Republicans in power” mantra every time we fill our tanks. Most of us realize that it’s the obstructionist Democrats that are partially responsible for our dependence on foreign oil. No drilling in Alaska, no drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, in fact no exploration on any ocean of the entire world without paying the United Nations a tax (Law of the Sea Treaty). My personal favorite; no wind farm off the shore within view of the Kennedy compound on Cape Cod? If there are to be ANY “final Nails” in a political party’s coffin, it will be the nails of the Democratic hypocrisy.
…Illegal immigration- The Democrats, in my humble opinion, cannot win the House. That’s not to say that the Republican cannot lose it. Democrats are against any extraordinary measures to stem the flow of illegals into this country. They are also in favor of some sort of amnesty for the twelve or so million illegals already here. My suggestion to Republican candidates for ANY office is to form a Newt Gingrich type contract with America with immigration as the primary issue. Think of it! Thirty or forty congressional candidates telling the voters that their primary goal for the new session will be to close the borders and stop the rape of American social services. They would ALL be swept into office.
United 93- The critics who felt it was too early to make a movie about the tragic events of September 11th were wrong. I urge everyone to see this movie soon. After that go on the internet and bring up a web site the shows the photographs of the twin towers. Just to be reminded as to what about a billion Muslim fanatics want to do to us.
…Gas prices and Democrats- Senator Chuck Schumer recently said that higher gas prices are going to be the” final nail in the GOP coffin this election year”. I guess Senator Schumer and the Democrats think all of us out here with our “gas guzzlers” are going to follow their “blame the Republicans in power” mantra every time we fill our tanks. Most of us realize that it’s the obstructionist Democrats that are partially responsible for our dependence on foreign oil. No drilling in Alaska, no drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, in fact no exploration on any ocean of the entire world without paying the United Nations a tax (Law of the Sea Treaty). My personal favorite; no wind farm off the shore within view of the Kennedy compound on Cape Cod? If there are to be ANY “final Nails” in a political party’s coffin, it will be the nails of the Democratic hypocrisy.
…Illegal immigration- The Democrats, in my humble opinion, cannot win the House. That’s not to say that the Republican cannot lose it. Democrats are against any extraordinary measures to stem the flow of illegals into this country. They are also in favor of some sort of amnesty for the twelve or so million illegals already here. My suggestion to Republican candidates for ANY office is to form a Newt Gingrich type contract with America with immigration as the primary issue. Think of it! Thirty or forty congressional candidates telling the voters that their primary goal for the new session will be to close the borders and stop the rape of American social services. They would ALL be swept into office.
United 93- The critics who felt it was too early to make a movie about the tragic events of September 11th were wrong. I urge everyone to see this movie soon. After that go on the internet and bring up a web site the shows the photographs of the twin towers. Just to be reminded as to what about a billion Muslim fanatics want to do to us.
5.04.2006
Moussaoui: Justice vs. Revenge
---by Micheal
Zacarias Moussaoui got life in prison instead of death. Predictably, some people are satisfied and others are not. One man, whose wife died in the twin towers was angry. "I wanted revenge," he said. "Justice was not served," he added later.
While I can certainly understand his feelings, the reality of what he said is troubling. Revenge equals justice?
The prosecution, and the popular media, were painting Moussaoui as a goat -- the only goat US authorities had in custody -- upon which all the sins of 9/11 could be placed. He was played up as an evil, sadistic jihadist for which the 3,000 deaths could be blamed. Death for death.
But, our laws and court system were built upon fairness and getting at the truth. There is supposed to be a balance of punishment to the crime. We don't cut off hands for petty theft. In Singapore, the punishment for overstaying your visa or rape is caning.
While wanting death for death is a very human feeling, is it really the direction we want to go? Look at the culture of death in Iraq. If your political views upset someone, they kill you. If you belong to the "wrong" ethnic group or sect you can be kidnapped and executed, or just blown to bits on the street, as revenge for some deaths in the other ethnicity or sect, which might have occurred before you were even born.
This mind-set, this eagerness to dish up death in revenge for wrongs, is what will destroy the nation of Iraq. In that Iraqi culture, revenge equals justice. Do we really want to adopt that system?
From what I'd seen and read of the trial, Moussaoui was a two-bit nobody who only fancied himself to be a big-time terrorist. He wanted to be infamous. In reality, he is nothing. At least in a "martyr's" death, he could be somebody. The jury denied him his desire. The facts didn't bear out his claims.
Justice was served. An unstable idiot who says he wants to kill people is kept off the streets. Killing him might have made some people feel better, but justice in America is not supposed to be driven by our feelings.
Zacarias Moussaoui got life in prison instead of death. Predictably, some people are satisfied and others are not. One man, whose wife died in the twin towers was angry. "I wanted revenge," he said. "Justice was not served," he added later.
While I can certainly understand his feelings, the reality of what he said is troubling. Revenge equals justice?
The prosecution, and the popular media, were painting Moussaoui as a goat -- the only goat US authorities had in custody -- upon which all the sins of 9/11 could be placed. He was played up as an evil, sadistic jihadist for which the 3,000 deaths could be blamed. Death for death.
But, our laws and court system were built upon fairness and getting at the truth. There is supposed to be a balance of punishment to the crime. We don't cut off hands for petty theft. In Singapore, the punishment for overstaying your visa or rape is caning.
While wanting death for death is a very human feeling, is it really the direction we want to go? Look at the culture of death in Iraq. If your political views upset someone, they kill you. If you belong to the "wrong" ethnic group or sect you can be kidnapped and executed, or just blown to bits on the street, as revenge for some deaths in the other ethnicity or sect, which might have occurred before you were even born.
This mind-set, this eagerness to dish up death in revenge for wrongs, is what will destroy the nation of Iraq. In that Iraqi culture, revenge equals justice. Do we really want to adopt that system?
From what I'd seen and read of the trial, Moussaoui was a two-bit nobody who only fancied himself to be a big-time terrorist. He wanted to be infamous. In reality, he is nothing. At least in a "martyr's" death, he could be somebody. The jury denied him his desire. The facts didn't bear out his claims.
Justice was served. An unstable idiot who says he wants to kill people is kept off the streets. Killing him might have made some people feel better, but justice in America is not supposed to be driven by our feelings.
5.01.2006
Brave New Era
-- by Ed Naile
Sometime this week the NH Senate will vote to pass HB 626 and for all intents and purposes end the Right to Know Law as we know it. (For now.)
This action is the culmination of a lot of hard lobbying, and frankly, lying, by members of the sham Right To Know Commission. The NH Municipal Association, now under a new name and NOT under its original purpose has been out to gut RSA 91-A since they themselves became subject to the Right To Know law after a loss to the Manchester Association of Firefighters over the Association's right to NHMA documents. NHMA was deemed a public organization by the State Supreme Court. So this is really an act of self preservation for them.
In any case, this will be interesting to watch as school boards, boards of selectmen and especially school superintendents and town managers test the new limits of their secrecy largess.
CNHT did our part in exposing what the intent of HB 626 was so we have no responsibility for this mess. Actually, we have as much new opportunity as we found in the View Tax. That stupid idea was cooked up by the same type of elitists that are cut from the same mold as the RTK Commission.
The View Tax took a little time to catch hold but it happened and assessing firms that tried to scam taxpayers with a computer program full of garbage have a lot less swagger in them than they did a year ago. They are also under a lot more scrutiny. We have some new faces on the Assessing Standards Board so it will no longer be the refuge of the self-interested it once was.
This time around it will be NHMA that is responsible for the mistrust and contempt taxpayers will have for elected officials who make secret deals with each other. We know how to catch elected officials who cheat and will be glad to show new members how it is done. Then let the local sparks fly.
No NH newspaper will admit we are in the midst of a sizable taxpayer revolt but anyone with a rudimentary understanding of our annual meetings could see coming. It was mentioned at least once in the Boston Globe right after the city elections last November but seems not to be news here.
Predictions:
The next move the RTK Commission will make will be to create new amendments to remove elected officials who betray other officials who they catch cutting back-room deals. Any board member who publicizes intercepted secret emails must be punished by the other members.
Another move by the RTK Commission will be to charge an hourly rate to assemble public documents for taxpayers to make access much more expensive and limit requests. Now, taxpayers often have to go to Superior Court or get elected to office just to get the simplest of records. Case in point, newly elected Dover City Councilor Dave Scott just uncovered an unlawful $3.2 million dollar pay and benefits plan for the Dover Police Chief.
The City Manager, Paul Beecher, who tried to scam taxpayers in that deal split for Kingman Arizona days after the “heist.”
Paul Beecher used to be the head honcho at NHMA.
See how much fun this is going to be.
Sometime this week the NH Senate will vote to pass HB 626 and for all intents and purposes end the Right to Know Law as we know it. (For now.)
This action is the culmination of a lot of hard lobbying, and frankly, lying, by members of the sham Right To Know Commission. The NH Municipal Association, now under a new name and NOT under its original purpose has been out to gut RSA 91-A since they themselves became subject to the Right To Know law after a loss to the Manchester Association of Firefighters over the Association's right to NHMA documents. NHMA was deemed a public organization by the State Supreme Court. So this is really an act of self preservation for them.
In any case, this will be interesting to watch as school boards, boards of selectmen and especially school superintendents and town managers test the new limits of their secrecy largess.
CNHT did our part in exposing what the intent of HB 626 was so we have no responsibility for this mess. Actually, we have as much new opportunity as we found in the View Tax. That stupid idea was cooked up by the same type of elitists that are cut from the same mold as the RTK Commission.
The View Tax took a little time to catch hold but it happened and assessing firms that tried to scam taxpayers with a computer program full of garbage have a lot less swagger in them than they did a year ago. They are also under a lot more scrutiny. We have some new faces on the Assessing Standards Board so it will no longer be the refuge of the self-interested it once was.
This time around it will be NHMA that is responsible for the mistrust and contempt taxpayers will have for elected officials who make secret deals with each other. We know how to catch elected officials who cheat and will be glad to show new members how it is done. Then let the local sparks fly.
No NH newspaper will admit we are in the midst of a sizable taxpayer revolt but anyone with a rudimentary understanding of our annual meetings could see coming. It was mentioned at least once in the Boston Globe right after the city elections last November but seems not to be news here.
Predictions:
The next move the RTK Commission will make will be to create new amendments to remove elected officials who betray other officials who they catch cutting back-room deals. Any board member who publicizes intercepted secret emails must be punished by the other members.
Another move by the RTK Commission will be to charge an hourly rate to assemble public documents for taxpayers to make access much more expensive and limit requests. Now, taxpayers often have to go to Superior Court or get elected to office just to get the simplest of records. Case in point, newly elected Dover City Councilor Dave Scott just uncovered an unlawful $3.2 million dollar pay and benefits plan for the Dover Police Chief.
The City Manager, Paul Beecher, who tried to scam taxpayers in that deal split for Kingman Arizona days after the “heist.”
Paul Beecher used to be the head honcho at NHMA.
See how much fun this is going to be.
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