Juan William's comments.

Juan William's comments were not racist.  He was stating a fear that many people have.  The terrorist were of the islamic faith.  He was not stating all people of the faith were taerrorist.  Bill O'Reilly was stating the same thing in his recent comments.

While most people need to understand the difference between Islamic and Islamist.  Islamism—an extremist and at times violent ideology, which is different with the more normal versions of Islam.

All Muslims are not terrorist, just as all Christians are not terrorist.  However a higher degree of various versions of Islam have been high jacked by extremes and are exposing their extreme faiths here and abroad.  That is why there is a greater fear of home grown terrorist.  More so then your racist/militia type extremist.  Christianity and Islam are not religions, they are faiths.  Religion is man made.  the constitutions bars this country to have a specific religion.  That is why the Pilgrims fled England in the first place.  Yes it would be beneficial for people to understand Islam better, just as it would for Muslims to understand Christianity better.

Mr. Williams and Mr. O'Reilly did not say nothing inaccurate or mean spirited.  Mr. Williams and the NPR might have had their differences before his comments.  However Mr. Williams is a progressive and maybe the biggest mistake was he did not sound like one to the NPR.

Immigration and border security

The immigration issue is that politics will not let be solved.  I will go as far as saying that there are politicians of all nationalities that do not want it to be solved.  Big business does not want no reform that increases the cost of their migrant worker.  Meet packing plants are the same way.  The average american workers do not want to see the cost of the things they buy go up. 

we talk about the illegal Mexican workers but the we have issues with immigration when there was even no actual laws covering it. 

In the last few years when Border patrol got increases in their manpower and start various new programs and procedural changes; there were major drops in crossings.  If you initiated these programs across the southern border you would decrease crossings substantially.  However there is no political will in Washington DC to do so. 

Mexicans and other South & Central American illegals already in this country are now in a sense trapped.  So why not start a amnesty programs to identify them and provide them with proper documentation.  In a sense make them post a bond of several thousand dollars.  Do a criminal history check and give them a visa for several years to allow them to start a process of citizenship.  Speed up the process for immigrants who are already doing things the legal way.  When identifying anyone who has committed a crime then send them back to their country or origin.  This includes the use of fraudulent identification.

I know this view mainly deals with the issue of immigration on our southern border.  I will post more about other nationalities in the future.

2012

This will be a short post.  Conservatives and the tea party may influence the 2010 elections and republicans politics.  But there is no way that they will guarantee the Republicans the 2012 presidential elections.  Conservatives have never delivered a presidential elections. 

Conservatives and moderates need to work together to delivered 2012 presidential election for the republicans.  They better start doing it now.  They also need to come up new presidential hopefuls.  The re-treads from 2008 will not cut.  Republicans need to do better.

British defense cuts

The below link is to a article about upcoming defense cuts with the british defense budget.  This should be a major concern to all Americans for two reasons.  A major Allied military forces will be gutted.  Losing a military allied with forces with their own unique capabilities.  Also a highly professional force too.  This will also put a major burden on future military operation by this country because we lost such a strong partner.

Also this could also be a forcast of things to come if we do not get our budget under control.  Remember social and domestic growth in our budget is what putting a burden on us.  You can cut our defense budget the same way and it will not give us any major relief on our debt or deficit. 

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/18/britain-ponders-deep-military-spending-cuts.html

After the mid-terms

If the republicans make major gains or wins both the house and senate they need take it as a mandate.  What has happen is a repeat of 2008, but in a compressed time frame and different reasons.  Things turned on Obama because the people who got him elected, did not know how to run a administration.  Obama was inexperienced in government and the politics in government.  Obama is also more egotistic then over confident. 

Obama though he had a mandate and he did not.  Obama asked too much of a congress that was mostly made up of moderate democrats who were in majority.  He did not give them political coverage when he pushed his budget busting agenda.

So the republicans do not really have a mandate.  The republicans or the Tea party movement has not presented a coherent comprehensive to deal with the deficit or debt.  The democrats has not done so either.  I do not see the republicans presenting one now or 2012.  That is what scares me. 

9/11 and tolerance

‎9/11 changed my life. Like Pearl Harbor, 9/11 was an attack on this country. We know who the threat is and where they come from. We know where they get their beliefs and inspiration. We do not need to be understanding to their cause, but we need to be aware. It is others in their cause who need to prove they are not a threat to this country and christians worldwide.

Muslims are not tolerant.  So call moderate muslims need to do more to show me that islam is not a threat to other religions and faiths.  But mainly are not a threat to countries that are not islamic republics.

Be careful for what you ask for

As of right now the GOP appears to make major gains in the house and senate.  Possibly winning the majority in both.  I hope they are ready to hit the floor running.  They better have a plan of action to work with the President to get things done.  Reform government, cut spending,  reform our tax cut, keep big business accountable for their actions, reform medicare and medicaid and finish our involvement in Afghanistan.

They cannot try to stay in power by blaming Obama, they must take action, they must work with Obama and force him to sign laws they pass.  They must present a strong presidential candidate  who is not just a media figure.  Winning in 2010, is no guarantee for 2012.