Open Borders?

 https://www.cato.org/blog/bidens-border-policy-not-open-borders

Open Borders?

I have not followed the hullabaloo about Invasion of Southern Borders. I do not follow politics much now-a-days. I am more concerned about women losing their 14th Amendment right to liberty ~ freedom of choice, and the Russia invasion of Ukraine, then the open border controversy.

I am most interested in trump getting his comeuppance. Until GOP stops their support of the con artist, I will not feel safe that the United States of America will survive, rather than following in Nazi Germany's footsteps. Oh, I do not think our government would be so cruel to start executing those it feels are undesirable. 

I fear a dictatorship. Being forced to worship a state mandated religion, and salute the dictator or face imprisonment. The former guy has lead citizens in that direction and they applaud him. Anyone who sees through his act are called sheep, when it is they, themselves who sheepishly follow their leader, no matter how outrageous his behavior. 

I wonder what would happen to the real Americans ~ the descendants of tribes whose land our forefathers stole. Unless you are one of them, you, too are here due to immigration from other lands. 

Whole Earth

 The only flag I would fly is a Whole Earth flag. 

Christians and others, but mostly Christians, insist that their God created the earth. He did not create countries, humans did that. They decided it was okay to claim ownership over areas of land, give it a name, rule the people living upon that land. They fly flags; They fight. I want your land to be my land. I want your natural resources to be my natural resources. I do not want your people to come to my land.

One earth, people should be able to move about it freely without restrictions. Imagine a no borders world! Of course, I understand, that can create problems. People bringing diseases or invasive species into other areas. 

I happened upon a PBS series: The U.S. and the Holocaust Some one who favored allowing Jews to immigrate to the United States said something I often say: there is plenty of room in the United States, let them come. How many Jewish lives could the United States have helped to save if they had allowed an influx of Germany (Poland, etal) Jews to flee Nazi Germany?

Does the United States have enough jobs and natural resources to support a large influx of refugees and immigrants? Probably not. Droughts and water shortages, limiting available water for drinking, growing crops, bathing and all else that needs water. 

Could the government place refugees on large stretch of unoccupied land, and let them create their own towns, their own jobs? The government owns all unoccupied land, so bring back the Homestead Act. Let newcomers settle the land, much like in pioneer days. Humane would be to give them tents and seeds to get started. If they arrive with all their worldly possessions, they might have useful tools. They also might be skilled professionals ~ doctors, nurses, technicians. 

I have never been able to travel, but got to meet people from around the world, living in the "International City," Long Beach, California. I love learning about their cultures, their religions, and getting to taste their foods. 

What a wonderful earth if people stopped hating the others, rather than embracing them. 

Invasion at the southern border

 Lately I have noticed comments from trumpets about the Invasion at Our Southern Border. They blame Biden's "Open Borders" policy. 

Russia invaded Ukraine. To the best of my knowledge no one arrived at our southern borders with armed forces, invading the United States of America. A home invasion is when wannabe burglars enter premises when occupants are present. They usually break and enter carrying weapons. I do not know if I ever watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers. People's bodies invaded by alien seeds? Is the southern border being invaded by body snatching aliens? 

Could it be compared to an invasion of Lantern Flies? I suppose the anti crowd would liken persons fleeing war torn countries to be an invasive species? 

I have read headlines about DeSantis bussing migrants out of Florida. (Today I saw a headline saying Florida is going to take in Hurricane Fiona exiles.) 

By invasion do they mean a large influx of refugees seeking asylum? 

The anti's who use the word invasion are quick to point out that immigrants or illegal aliens come to the country bringing diseases, are responsible for increased crimes, they want to overthrow the U.S. of  A. (I guess they are referring to immigrants from Muslim countries?) They are dirty, they will not learn to speak English, they do not assimilate to the American culture. 

Millions have been arrested at the border. They are being detained until their case goes to court, where upon they are deported. How can people who were never allowed to enter the country be invading it? 

Just a lot of GOP propaganda hogwash. People need to learn the difference between refugees seeking asylum, immigrants and those who enter the country illegally to live as citizens or those who overstay their visas. 

hatred

 Southern Bred Boy article comment:

"And you think the Democrats are any saner, letting their hatred of one man lead them to ignore the actual rule of law and any other rule they say applies to everybody in order to destroy that one man and anybody who even remotely supports him? Let's face it, there is insanity on both sides, but the bulk seems to reside with politicians with a big D next to their name." How ironic. Democrats are definitely saner. Who could love a con man, a lying, corrupt businessman hellbent on destroying the U.S. of A.? tbc

What Are You Hungry For?

 What Are You Hungry For? Is Deepak Chopra's solution to weight loss. Or a book explaining weight gain, and how to overcome it without really trying.

What does that have to do with Roe v Wade or politics in general? Stress.  High cortisol levels contribute to belly fat. High cortisol levels are related to too much stress. According to Deepak and others, when people are stressed they eat more.

I am not stressed. Unless it is the post traumatic disorder kind. I am basically calm. Insomnia, vivid, wild, crazy dreams that you remember are also symptoms of stress. Aha. In a word trump. Irritability and anger are signs of stress. I can think I am living a calm, stress-free life, when actually I get irritable and angry reading comments by trumpets. 

Are they willfully ignorant or blind? He should be irrelevant and shunned due to his misbehavior, especially on Jan. 6th when he led his pets to storm the Capitol to "stop the steal." Why do elected Republicans still support the man?

Its a conspiracy I tell you, as my son used to say. 

He is still holding rallies spewing his lies to the faithful. It scares me. It saddens me. It makes me angry. Um, stress, I see. 

Biden vs Trump

 In previous post it was noted that Democrats and Republicans agree that the U.S. democracy is in danger of collapse ~ according to poll ~ 69% of each group. Republicans blame Biden; Democrats blame Trump.

Loyalty to party rather than loyalty to country, and Republicans call themselves patriots? 

Will President Biden claim he won the election if he loses it? Will he hold a rally on January 6th, tweeting "be there, it will be wild" and telling his supporters to "Stop The Steal" by marching to the Capitol building? No, no, and no. 

Losing candidates have sometimes contested the election results; but none have held rallies on the day Electoral college votes were to be counted. None asked their VP to illegally change state votes in his favor. None, except Trump have called governors asking them to find votes. Crooked through and through. 

Yet Republicans are so blind they can not see that the wannabe President for Life is the enemy of democracy?

I read comments. 😎 Trump fans insist Jan. 6th was a riot, not an instructionss. An insurrectionn is a violent uprisingg against government. They claim that in no way was the sitting president responsiblee for the breaking,enteringg of the Capitoll Building.He told them he was going to march with them to the Capitol to "stop the steal." What were they going to do when they got there? Stand outside chanting: Stop the Steal; give trump the win?

Too bad common sense is not. How did trump think his fans were going to stop Congress from doing their job? How do those 69% of Republicans polled think it was okay for the protestors to break into a government building in an attempt to "stop the steal." If the woman had not been illegally in the Capitol building climbing through a broken glass window, she would not have gotten shot. 

Why was she there? Because her man trump told her to be there to stop the steal.

In a way I am sad that it is highly unlikely I will live to see the U.S. of A democracy  collapse because of an outspoken Birther, corrupt con man. He supports White Nationalists to the extent that he refused to host President Obama at a White House  unveiling of Obama's portrait. 

This is what will destroy the United States of America ~ white Republicans hatred of black, brown citizens. They are also  misogynist, so that if enough white women get disgusted with them, we still have a chance to remain a nation.

Democracy on danger of collapse?

 The Republicans’ reaction to Mr. Biden’s speech was remarkable. For years, they stood quietly by as Mr. Trump vilified and demonized anyone who disagreed with him — encouraging supporters to beat up protesters; demanding that his rivals be arrested; accusing critics of treason and even murder; calling opponents “fascists”; and retweeting a supporter saying “the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.” But they rose up as one on Thursday night and Friday to complain that Mr. Biden was the one being divisive.

In a remarkable consensus, a new Quinnipiac University poll found that 69 percent of Democrats and 69 percent of Republicans say that democracy is “in danger of collapse.” But one side blames former President Donald J. Trump and his “MAGA Republicans” while the other fingers President Biden and the “socialist Democrats.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/us/politics/trump-biden-democracy.html?name=styln-democracy-challenged&region=TOP_BANNER&block=storyline_menu_recirc&action=click&pgtype=Article&variant=show&is_new=false

Democracy in danger of collapse?