THE DREAM ACT OR A NIGHTMARE?

Wasn't the 2010 election message "CUT FEDERAL SPENDING?" Well, now we know how the Lame Duck Congress plans to do just that. The liberal, generous Dems, who have been in power for 6 years and will be until January, are proposing to pass The DREAM Act, which will take $44 billion a year from you taxpayers and hand it over to illegals currently in the U.S. just so they can go to college!

Here are 10 things you need to know about The DREAM Act:

1. The Act is NOT limited to children. In the current proposal the applicant must be under 35 on the date of enactment, which means the illegal would be 41 by the time they obtained full status under the Act. Not exactly "kids" that the pushers and shovers keep screaming about.

2. The Act protects any alien, including criminals, from being removed or deported once they simply submit an application. While that application is pending the applicant cannot be removed from the country for ANY reason, including criminal record or criminal conduct. This loophole allows applications to stay "pending" for many years as a delay tactic to prevent the illegals being removal from the U.S. This is what Obama/Dems want - to keep them all here.

3. The Act makes certain criminal aliens eligible for full amnesty. This includes alien gang members, aliens with misdemeanor convictions, aliens involved in voter fraud, aliens who have falsely claimed U.S. citizenship, aliens who have abused their student visas, aliens who have committed marriage fraud, aliens who pose a public health threat, aliens who have been permanently barred from obtaining U.S. citizenship, aliens who are likely to become a public charge, and aliens guilty of DUIs. And this is not a complete list of who will be eligible for full amnesty. Yippee, just the kind of people we want as full citizens.

4. The Act would be extended to a minimum of 2.1 million illegals. This is an estimate, but the reality is that no one knows the "for sure" figure. It is likely that the actual number will be much higher due to fraud and the inability of our government to accurately estimate the illegal alien population already residing here. What an invitation to other illegals! The message will be "enter the U.S. illegally and within 5 years you will be placed on a path to citizenship." Talk about OPEN BORDERS. It's pretty clear Obama/Dems won't close the border because they don't want to. They are pushing legislation to let more people in, not get them out.

5. The Act extends In-State tuition benefits to illegals, even when it is not being offered to U.S. citizens. Guess who's going to pay for this little gem? You'd be right if you guessed "you."

6. The Act does not require that any illegal finish any type of degree as a condition of amnesty. It ensures that illegal alien high school dropouts will also be put on a pathway to citizenship.

7. The Act does not require that an illegal alien serve in the military as a condition for being granted amnesty. Illegals will be required to work in "uniformed services," for example, The Public Health Service, for 2 years. But if they can demonstrate "hardship" they are excused from this provision. So we send them to school, then we pay their wages while they are awaiting citizenship, and we pay if they are on welfare or are getting social services, if they have kids and are sending them to public schools, medical care, food stamps, and hundreds of other social programs. Pay, Pay, Pay, and it's all coming out of our pocket.

8. The Act grants to illegal aliens all the rights that legal immigrants receive, including the legal right to sponsor their parents and extended family members for entry into the U.S. This can be done without regard to "numerical caps." This provision applies to the DREAM Act applicant's parents, who are responsible for the illegal DREAM Act applicant being here in the first place. Does this stink like a skunk? The parents who came here illegally, have been here illegally for many years, will suddenly become citizens thanks to their "child" who they brought with them illegally. Only a liberal Democrat and Obama could Dream up something as stupid as this. But then, we have always known they want amnesty no matter what the cost.

9. The Act provides that current illegal aliens will get state and federal student loans, federal work study dollars and other forms of federal financial aid. And they can continue to received student loans for 8 years even if they do not get a degree. Yep, they qualify for all of it, every single thing our taxes pay for that should be spent on our citizens. So how many of your sons and daughters will not get Pell Grants, etc., because the money is going to a non-citizen? Or how many won't even get into the college of their choice or any college because the available desks are taken up by 2 million illegals? Better wake up quick, Mom and Dad. You may be footing the whole bill for your college student while also paying for this nonsense. That is if your kid even gets an acceptance letter.

10. The Act prevents the Dept. of Homeland Security from using any information provided by illegal aliens whose DREAM Act amnesty applications are denied. The information cannot be used to send the illegal alien back home, and it can't be used in any investigation or prosecution of any crime committed by the illegal alien. So if the DREAM Act application is denied the alien reverts back to their "previous immigration status," which is illegal or deportable. But the bill prohibits the government from using any information contained in the application to ship the illegal out of here. Can it get any more convoluted than this??

This DREAM Act was already rejected once by Congress. But oh, no, that's not good enough for Obama/Reid/Pelosi. They are going to give it another try during the Lame Duck session. And the rumor in Washington is that they are going to shove it through the process without hearings and the public be damned. Just like they've done with hundreds of other bills.

My thoughts on why this bill and why now? Because Obama/Reid/Pelosi are looking at the election of 2010 and they are scared. They are paying back Hispanics for sending Reid and Pelosi back to Washington. They see their prospects for 2012 as dismal. They desperately need millions of new voters who will support them. What better way to do it than to open up hundreds of entitlements to millions of illegals? Talk about buying votes? And they're doing it with your tax dollars.

The price tag? For tuition and college costs only, $44 billion. And that doesn't include the rest of the real costs of this program. With deficits drowning us, what makes anyone in Washington think anything in this Act should be the law of the land? Apparently the fiscal lesson of the 2010 election was lost to the Dems. I can't wait until January.

In the meantime call and write your Congressmen and Senators and let them know very clearly that you oppose the DREAM Act. Google their names to contact them, or click on the link in my blog. I can't guarantee that they will listen to you any more than they did last year, but if they don't, 2012 is coming soon.

9-11. IT WAS MURDER PLAIN AND SIMPLE!

Tomorrow marks nine years since over 3,000 Americans were "murdered" at Ground Zero. They were innocent people who were murdered in cold blood by lunatics hiding behind the label Islamic Jihadist and justifying their reprehensible actions because they believe anyone not of their "faith" is considered an infidel and should be destroyed. And their "faith," by the way, is Islam.

We all know and will never forget where we were nine years ago. We also remember the horror we felt as we saw the Twin Towers come down, people jumping from windows to their absolute death, the fire fighters, policemen, Americans helping Americans to safety, the gray clouds of toxic dust come rolling down the streets of New York engulfing everything and everyone in its path, the plane crash in the field, Todd Beamer's command to "Let's Roll. The images are seared forever into our minds.

Americans wept, Americans hurt, Americans were brought to their knees. And then Americans came together, got angry, picked themselves up, and went on the offensive. Americans named the enemy, and that enemy was and forever remains Islam, a religion that calls for the destruction of non-believers. Educate yourself on the Koran. It is eye-opening.

Today we are still fighting these murderers. It is ugly, it is hard, and it is taking a long time. We are winning this war, but war is not a board game with rules. It would enable our troops to end this war if the leftist apologists and Obama would allow our troops to do what they are trained to do so well and stop hampering their success with ridiculous rules of engagement that have prevented them from winning this war by any and all means possible.

We have allowed the political agenda of the liberals to circumvent the entire process of a military force, changing their mission from "defense" of our nation into "nation building" and painting targets on their collective backs by not allowing them to conduct the war to win it. Sacrificing American military lives for politics is reprehensible.

Today we are still under attack not only by unknown Jihadists, but also by powerful elected officials who say we have to accept Islam as a fact of life, and we should allow them to build their victory memorial on the ground where they murdered our neighbors. We are told that if we don't allow them to do this they will stay mad at us. We are told that there will be "grave" consequences if this isn't resolved satisfactorily, meaning if they can't build it, we are dead. Sure sounds like a peaceful religion, doesn't it?

Denying people an appropriate place to worship goes against the Constitution we all love, but somewhere between the law and lunacy comes common sense. And common sense dictates if you continue to allow people to threaten you, murder you, and then use your own laws to reach their ultimate goal of destroying you, your laws, your country, your future, and your beliefs, then it becomes a case of sheer stupidity.

When we go along to get along, and of course, be politically correct, and we back off because a "religion" says if we move their victory mosque one brick down the street from where they want it they will be "forced" to kill us, then we become complicit in the further destruction of America.

Remember, this victory mosque wants to be built by a religion that blows up women, children and innocents, flies planes into buildings, bombs train stations and night clubs, sets off car bombs, stones women who committed the act of wearing comfortable shoes, believes in female genital mutilation, beheads people of their own religion and others for whatever justification they can find, believes in "Honor Killings," the right to kill a wife/girlfriend/daughter if they don't do exactly as the man dictates.

This is a religion that burns Bibles and the American Flag with impunity but then kills innocent people because cartoons/pictures/articles about Islam that they don't like are printed in various publications. This is a religion that threatens us if even one American tries to burn the Koran or because 70% of Americans say "NO" to their victory mosque being built where they murdered us. Is this really "tolerance," "sanity" and "reason?"

Mr. Obama and others say they have an absolute Constitutional right to build the victory mosque anywhere they want, but the same Mr. Obama says it is wrong to burn the Koran. So which is it, Mr. Obama? If you believe the Constitution gives them the right to build it at Ground Zero, then the same Constitution gives someone the right to burn the Koran. I believe it's called the First Amendment. I personally think that neither should happen, but if one is Constitutionally protected, then so is the other.

The only thing that can stop the certain progression of an Islamic takeover of America (look at what is happening in Europe right now) is We The People standing up, standing tall, standing united and saying as loud as we can, "No, We will never surrender to tyranny or to terror, and will will not let you have our country."

To save America each and every one of us who cares about our safety, our freedom and our security has to speak out loudly, clearly and consistently. We have to de-elect anyone who does not take seriously this fight for our Constitutional rights of liberty, security and the future of this Great Nation.

Another 9-11 is simply not acceptable.

GLENN BECK RALLY SUCCESS

Glenn Beck was the star at his "Restoring Honor" event at the Lincoln Memorial last week.
Between 300,000 to 500,000 Americans made the pilgrimage to Washington to attend. Beck's focus was on restoring faith and on the sacrifices of Americans serving in our Military. Beck urged Americans to live according to the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope, Charity. He urged people to attend and bring their children and he instructed his TV and radio audiences to "leave your signs at home." This "has nothing to do with politics; it has everything to do with God."

A variety of speakers and religious leaders left the crowd in mostly silent respect. The crowd itself included veterans, parents, disabled Americans, people of all ages and, contrary to the main stream media's report, attendees of many races and ethnicities.

The end of the event was highlighted by over 200 clergy from all religions linking arms on stage and praying for America. Many attendees interviewed after the rally stated that it was a profound spiritual uniting event. Many were moved to tears.

You can Google this and get all kinds of information on the event. I urge you to do that. I also encourage you to listen to Glenn's radio program and watch his TV show on Fox Network News at 4:00 CST. Conservatives with jobs are not home at this hour but you can DVR or TIVO the program. It is worth your time. His message is one of redemption and faith in God and America.

Pure Political Play

The USS Cole was one of the first terrorist attacks of this decade, taking place 10 years ago. The men who masterminded this atrocity have never been tried, convicted or punished for the 17 deaths of our service members. It was scheduled to be tried in military court.

The Bush administration failed to get this case to trial and there is no excuse for Bush not getting it done. When Obama took office he met with the families of the deceased and told them he would get it resolved and push the trial forward.

Now the Obama administration has announced that the prosecution of those responsible is being put off indefinitely, for sure until after the elections. Insiders have leaked that no trial will go forward in military court prior to the election because it would look bad for Obama because of his insistence on trying terrorists in the American civil court system rather than in military courts.

Well, isn't that just great! At least Bush just failed to get it done. Obama doesn't want to get it done because he doesn't want any heat for having a military trial when he is recommending civil trials for other terrorists.

Just proves you can't trust anything this government does. This is a pure political play. And Congress has no say in this. They are powerless.

But we can vote these people out of office. That is exactly what we need to do!