Movie Controversy

Choosing a candidate for the right reasons

With all the candidates running for various offices how can one make an intelligent choice? Some select strictly by party. But what's to be done when there are many candidates for one office, especially for the Presidential nomination?
---Vote for the most popular?
---Or the best public speaker?

You can find information on the candidates and issues at the following websites:
American Family Association: www.afa.net
American Policy Center: www.americanpolicy.org
Concerned Women for America: www.cwfa.org
Eagle Forum: www.eagleforum.org
Family Research Council: www.frc.org
Focus on the Family: www.family.org
Heritage Foundation: www.heritage.org
National Right to Life Committee: www.nrtlc.org
National Right to Work Committee: www.nrtwc.org


Harold Shira

Exposed Finally!

Consequences for illegal action??

There seems to be an apparent contradiction in our immigration laws in that while it is illegal to enter the country, it is not necessarily illegal to be in the country, so our courts have ruled. Whoa, figure that one out! Accordingly, Congress should make it a felony, not just for re-entry after deportation. However, illegal aliens, even though they might be otherwise decent people can’t help but break our laws if they are to live and move around.

We must restore the Rule of Law and eliminate sanctuary cities. Why would any city give sanctuary from detection, arrest and prosecution? Does this involve committing crimes by not doing anything? Non- or Malfeasance comes to mind. There are over 30 major cities that are known “Sanctuary Cities” with a “don’t ask, don’t tell” mandate to police officers from asking about immigration status without criminal cause. However, the most important mission of the police is to enforce criminal laws and to protect its citizens. Putting blinders on will not solve anything. Best then to go sit and stay in a donut shop and ignore lawlessness or hide behind excuses for letting lawbreakers off the hook.

George Sahling

And the Correct Answer is?

Illegal means ....?

Major news networks rarely provide us with insights regarding the criminal aspects of illegal immigration that make a mockery of our laws and impact our nation.

Thirty years in law-enforcement investigating almost every conceivable crime left me believing that the term illegal meant against the law and that helping someone commit a crime was also a crime. I did not know that it was optional to ignore or blatantly thumb one’s nose at our country’s former foundation based on and committed to the Rule of Law.

It is estimated that around 20 million illegal aliens from around the world are in our country when the majority should never have reached here in the first place. Being an illegal alien is more than just arriving at our doorstep seeking work and a better life. For the most part it results, by necessity, in the breaking of a whole range of laws from possessing and using forged documents to receiving social services under false pretences. I am not including crimes against persons or property in this category. It also involves those who aid and abet them and who in-turn break a long litany of laws, including hiring practices without the usual documentation, to not reporting their wages.

As US citizens we have to pay FICA, Social Security, Federal and State taxes, workers’ comp., pensions, health insurance etc. Not paying some of these items would land us in jail, period.

George Sahlin

No Brainer

Some things are “no brainers.” For instance, if one product can be bought for less money than another product of equal quality, that is a good deal. Most people shop around for those kinds of deals—but none of this applies when one is talking about education in the government school system. For illustration purposes lets say it costs Delaware taxpayers $9,000 per year to educate one student. If the state provided parents the option of taking a $3,000 per year voucher to use at a non-government school, that child’s education would save Delaware’s taxpayers $6,000 per year. Multiply that $6,000 savings by thousands of students and you are talking about serious budget reduction. Another advantage of the non-government school is that the taxpayer does not have to pay for the construction and maintenance of facilities--that means a decrease in the number of referendums and more stability in local property taxes.

Delaware’s education budget is one of the largest expenditures in state government. Vouchers/scholarships could reduce the State budget. Because of the competition that would come from the non-government schools, the quality of education in public schools would be enhanced, and its teachers and administrators would be more accountable. If it is such a “no brainer,” why don’t Delaware’s legislators enact education voucher/scholarship legislation? Good question! I imagine the answer can be found in two areas: one, it has to do with the voting influence of government school employee unions, and two, it’s more important for many legislators to retain their elected office than it is to find ways to spend taxpayer dollars more efficiently and effectively.