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Immigration Woes

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Photo Credit used under CC 2.0 "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?"  Donald J. Trump, January 11, 2018 News anchors are struggling with reporting this quote. Wolf Blitzer couldn't bring himself to say the word while Erin Burnett said it with no problem. This statement was made public by Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and confirmed by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). The conversation began with talks about immigration and DACA or Dreamers as part of bi-partisan protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries. All this right before his speech honoring MLK Jr. and encouraging all to celebrate the day with acts of civic work and service, while he played golf from his FL resort. How can this get any worse you ask? Well, Jorge Garcia was deported to Mexico leaving his wife and children behind. He was brought to the U.S. illegally by relatives and has been here ever since. Thirty years he has called the

The End of 2017

The End of 2017 As we are nearing the end of 2017 we should take some time to reflect on the events of this year. This year we have seated a reality show business man in the highest office. A man who has boasted about his sexual transgressions for the world to hear, apologized, and then questioned the authenticity of the tape. He has encouraged the resignation of a senator who has done some inappropriate things in the name of comedy while maintaining his presidency. He has endorsed a God loving, accused pedophile for congress who openly admits he believes the U.S. was better off during the time of slavery. He has colluded with Russia, denies it, and then blames the media for creating fake news while he parades around and obstructs believing no one has caught on to his shenanigans. He has had a shouting match via Twitter with the lunatic in North Korea calling him Little Rocket Man. Those are the big things. Here is some of the less worrisome issues: Said a war hero wasn't