The United States Senate and the Bush White House have apparently failed to consider the hard and soft costs of the illegal immigration that has been permitted to thrive in our country. At a time when national security is a leading issue in the media and on a majority of the public’s mind, and at a time that our nation has federal troops guarding the borders of such nations as South Korea, Germany, and Iraq, our leaders tell us that the border between Mexico and the United States is too long to be guarded effectively. The truth of the matter is that our government could secure the border within 24 hours if it wanted to. The ugly truth is that our government does not want to secure the border. The federal government has implemented a policy of defeatism and failure with respect to the border with Mexico.  And to make it worse, the United States Senate has forged legislation which does not represent the best interests of our nation or even the will of the people. Instead, our Leaders have mortgaged our nation’s future both financially and culturally. Call it racism or whatever moniker you wish but I do not want to live in Mexico, I do not want to live amongst Mexicans, and I do not want to speak Spanish. Do I dislike Mexicans? No. Do I dislike Mexicans in my country in large numbers, using our healthcare system, causing wrecks without insurance, engaging in drug trafficking, and giving birth to more poor Americans when they should not be here in the first place? The answer is YES !!  or , for those of you whom are politically correct and do not want to insult our invading neighbors, the answer is “SI”! The hard costs of our government’s defeatist policy is evident in the underfunded healthcare systems in the border states as well as others including Tennessee. The recent failure of Tennessee’s Medicaid system was due in large part to the number of Mexicans and other illegal Hispanics who jumped on the system like the proverbial “Mexican jumping bean”. This has caused real citizens of Tennessee to suffer. What price do you put on the loss of life amongst real citizens? How about the number of uninsured motorist accidents caused by illegal aliens. ( I purposely use the word “alien” as opposed to “immigrant” because aliens are what they are. The word “immigrant” denotes a sense of legality and legal purpose.) These people are criminals by the very nature of their actions in illegally coming to the United States. Yes, I said it , “Criminals!!!!”.  Has the federal government considered the cost of educating these criminals? Of course not. The wise ones in the ivory towers on the Hill have not considered this cost because it is a local financial issue. The state and local governments are saddled with the burden of financing the education of these alien invaders without federal assistance. The states are helpless under the weight of these unfunded federal mandates. The states are bearing the costs of our federal government’s policy of not enforcing immigration laws and securing our borders. Instead, our government chooses to spend billions of dollars a day defending the borders of Korea, Germany and Iraq while the drug running Mexicans enter our great nation by 1,000s a day.
    The hard costs today can be calculated by examining the social services these criminals suck out of America from the school systems to the healthcare systems. The soft costs involve the cultural and language changes in America. I do not want to live in Mexico. And I do not want my country to become Mexico. This is a soft cost that cannot be calculated in dollars and cents in today’s dollars but if our country continues to experience the current Mexification perhaps it can be calculated in twenty years in pesos because it will probably be on par with the dollar.
 

I have followed the Duke Lacrosse Players’ case since the inception and it is clear to me that the D.A. has abused the system and the easy indictment process by indicting these young players so quickly. According to reports that I have heard in the media, the discovery that he handed over to the defense contained statements the “alleged victim” made to the police which were inconsistent and even said that no rape occurred. I have practiced criminal law for over ten years and I not seen a prosecutor this reckless. It was clear from his statements in  court hearing last week that there was evidence that he had not reviewed. Despite the fact that apparently this “alleged victim” has falsely charged people in the past, her statements are inconsistent with respect to the alleged rape, the forensic tests such as DNA do not corroborate her story, and she is stripper, this district attorney has proceeded  with the worst rape prosecution that I have ever seen or heard of. Not only does the “alleged victim’s” story not pass muster, this D.A. must be an absolute idiot!!! These young men at Duke need to get this case dismissed and then sue this overzealous, insipid district attorney for malicious prosecution and take away some of his peace and dignity. In fact, he deserves jail time for his reckless prosecution of these boys and as we say in the South “  a good ass-whipping!!!”  This is an abuse of process and some action should be taken against D.A. Mike Nifong!!!   

GALLATIN PRINCIPAL LASSITER IS NO ROLE MODEL  The principal of Gallatin High School, Rufus Lassiter, has charged the valedictorian of the 2006 Gallatin High School graduating class, Chris Linzy, with disorderly conduct and withheld his diploma. This is one of the most abusive actions I have ever heard of by a school administrator.

Tennessee law defines “disorderly conduct” at Tenn. Code Annotated section 39-17-305 which states as follows: “Disorderly Conduct—-

(a) A person commits an offense who, in a public place and with intent to cause public annoyance or alarm: 

(1)   Engages in fighting or in violent or threatening behavior; 

(2)    Refuses to obey an official order to disperse  issued to maintain public safety in dangerous proximity to a fire, hazard or other emergency; or 

(3)   Creates a hazardous or physically offensive condition by any act that serves no legitimate purpose. 

(b) A person also violates this section who makes unreasonable noise which prevents others from carrying on lawful activities. 

© A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor. 

The valedictorian did not violate this statute in my opinion. This is clearly the actions of an abusive school principal. It is easy to take a warrant out on someone. This case should be dismissed and the Court should order that the bonehead principal at Gallatin apologize to Mr. Linzy in public.