- Let's start with a quote from Iowa Congressional candidate Pat Bertroche on illegal aliens that was originally quoted in the Cedar Rapids Gazette on April 27, 2010: "I think we should catch 'em, we should document 'em, make sure we know where they are and where they are going. I actually support micro-chipping them. I can micro-chip my dog so I can find it. Why can't I micro-chip an illegal?" Where to begin on such an inane quote as this? Did Mr. Bertroche consider the following:
- If there are truly over 12 million illegal aliens in the country today, what would be the cost of actually finding even a fraction of these people who do not want to be found in the first place and is that a good use of limited funds and law enforcement resources?
- If we somehow did find many of them, why would we not send them back to their home country rather than document them and track them like you propose? Wouldn't it be much more inexpensive to just return them from where they came?
- If you did return them to where they came from, there wouldn't be any need to microchip them, would there?
- And finally, did Mr. Bertroche graduate from the George Orwell School of Political Thought? The idea of micochipping any human being in order to control their life, regardless of who they are, is repugnant and so 1984ish. People are not dogs, Mr. Bertroche, regardless of their political status.
- From the news reports and the actual video of the encounter, the owner was not acting in a flip or disrespectful manner that would justify being called a smart ass by a leader of the country.
- Since Biden had never met the owner before, why did he assume that the owner was a "smart ass all of the time?" Makes no sense.
- And what is wrong with an American expressing his views about the tax situation in this country? He has the right to express his opinion without being called a degrading name.
- I particularly like Biden's second sentence, "Say something nice." It comes off as pompous and arrogant to insist that people say nice things to him.
- Although I do not have the exact quote from the government official, I decided to include this incident today anyway. According to a short article in the "Only In America" section of the July 2, 2010 issue of The Week magazine, a 28 year old rafting guide in Colorado was arrested and charged with "obstructing government operations" because he dove into a river to help rescue a drowning 13 year old girl. By doing so, he disobeyed a direct order from government officers when he made his way through river rapids to help the girl who had fallen out of her raft. Let's see: help save a drowning girl or listen to an order from a government bureaucrat? Thankfully, the river guide, Ryan Snodgrass, did the right, human thing and took the dive despite becoming a criminal in the eyes of the government.
- Saving the best for last, this one comes courtesy of Congressman Hank Johnson of Georgia. I had to go to the Internet and actually see the exchange to believe what the Congressman actually said, it is that unbelievable. I was made aware of the Congressman's quotes from a recent Cato Policy Report publication that quoted an article from The Hill publication from March 31, 2010. In a hearing with a Navy admiral, Congressman Johnson stated that he was afraid that the U.S. Territory of Guam is going to "tip over and capsize" due to over population. His exact quote was: "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize." While stating this opinion, the Congressman made a tippy motion with his hands, according to the article. This is one of 535 members of Congress that is responsible for the direction of this country, one of our so-called leaders. If that does not keep you up at night knowing that a leader in this country is worried about islands flipping over, then you are a better person than me. I wonder why Manhattan Island has not flipped over? It has many more people than Guam on a small geographic footprint. It also has many more skyscrapers than Guam that make it more top heavy. Is the Congressman aware of this situation?
There you have it, just four examples of the political class and their government agents that have no clue about reality (how impossible and ridiculous it would be to microchip 12 million people who do not want to be found), no clue about our rights to express an opinion without being called a degrading name in public ("smartass"), no clue about setting the right priorities (saving a life in distress is better than obeying a government edict), and those that just have no clue at all (those who think that islands actually float in the ocean and have the ability to flip over.) Be scared, be very, very scared. Just four more examples why it is critical this November to get rid of those in power that see themselves as more important and smarter than the rest of the country and install new politicians that are actually smart, humble and creative leaders. If Guam flips over because of neglect by new leaders, that is the risk I am willing to take.
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