Comments on: Barack = John Kerry Part Deux??

By: AskDave

AskDave — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:40:42 +0000

“Right…those of us who want to enforce the law and just want people to come into the country legally are somehow transmogrified into xenophobes? It strains credulity.”

Lock down the border and shoot anybody who tries to come across illegally. Yeah, I am generally a nice guy. I try to push kindness, decency, tolerance, fairness and general good behavior. But my neighborhood was locked down a few weeks ago by federal and local law enforcement thanks to an MS13 event and the neighborhood is still under watch for “likely retaliation.” I’ve lost any and all possible sympathy with illegals. I’m done. I’m sick of sacrificing my rights, my job opportunities and now my family’s safety for people who broke the law the minute they set foot on US soil.

Simple as this – come here legally, obey the laws, be an upstanding citizen and I welcome you with open arms. Don’t, though, and you are a member of an invading force and should be dealt with accordingly – At the very least, penalties for employing illegals should carry a minimum mandatory prison sentence to discourage the practice and remove the incentive to come here illegally.

This one really pisses me off. That anybody should be above the law simply based on numbers and volume of voice is utterly offensive to me. And to pander to the Hispanic vote by casting those supporting legal immigration in a negative light is doubly offensive.

By: AskDave

AskDave — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:18:27 +0000

“I wonder how Barack explains the nationwide unemployment rate which has hovered around 5% for over a decade.”
- Don’t know if he could, but I’ll give it a shot. Jobs shift. Even our current economic woes are being somewhat offset by something unexpected. We’re in a male recession (stop looking at my hairline). I mean, while men are losing jobs in construction and manufacturing, hiring is up in nursing and healthcare. Women are finding more jobs while men are finding less (or losing more). From November to April, women have gained nearly 300,000 jobs while men have lost 700,000.

Something similar applies to your example. You don’t really think America has as many manufacturing/factory jobs available today as it did 25 years ago, do you? No sir. But we’ve seen growth in other industries such as finance (until recently) healthcare, technology and consulting.

So the plight of the blue collar laborer is very real despite Obama’s ineloquent choice of shoe food. He’s an elitist, yes. But then so are most politicians. I’d suggest you can’t be a politician unless you long ago lost touch with the reality most of us live with.

By: Saucy T

Saucy T — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:16:42 +0000

He is so out of touch. I watched only a few moments of last night’s debate and it was interesting how he spoke so slowly as to not mangle his thoughts. It cracked me up to hear both of them talk about how they wanted less government for the people and they represent BIG government…i mean are people too stupid to see universal health care is BIG government? Maybe I’m missing something…*scratches head*

By: Thai

Thai — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:11:28 +0000

Thanks Saucy. He really is out of touch isn’t he?

By: Saucy T

Saucy T — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:06:40 +0000

As usual thaiphoon, you are ON the money.

I have been so sick of Obama for weeks now. Thanks for getting it out there that Obama is a certifiable elitest. Can’t believe how people listen to him and give him a free pass for stepping in it almost everyday.

He makes John Kerry look good. And I detest John Kerry.