An American who has lost a job to one of these people, or has their salary diminished by people that will work for less than market wages, calls them "illegal immigrants".

Well, let's examine one typical person, while ignoring their motivation, just the way we would assess someone that holds up a 7-11. First, they have broken a federal law-illegal entry into the US. So 1) they are felons in the eyes of the law. Secondly, they are not immigrants, as they were not invited here, and they are not here legally. I don't think that aliens has much meaning either. They seem to be simple felons. In the case where they seemingly obey all our other laws, they are really guilty of fraud (lying on employment forms, etc.), they are guilty of identity theft in some cases, they are guilty of obtaining fraudulent identifications, they are guilty of "invasion" of our country and taking property or other assets (jobs, etc.) rightfully belonging to US citizens (read the Constitution on this one), and a litany of burdening via fraud and other means, our support services paid for US citizens, for the use of US citizens. There is more, and I'm not piling on, I'm just showing that these people are felons, regardless of their motivations and the perceptions of various people in the US.

The question is therefore, what do we do with the situation. If the congress had done their job (Republican and Democrats, going back years), we would have enforced the border security and had guest worker programs for legal temporary help to supplement the normal levels of legal immigration, which is NOT an issue in this discussion beyond the fact that it is the job of the Dept.'s of Labor and Commerce to advise Congress on what the legal levels should be to meet our needs.

Notice the power fights in congress where hispanic congresspersons want uncontrolled illegals given amnesty and citizenship, chain migration, etc., and increased legal levels to grow to increase their political power (note Sen. Mendenez of NJ as a prime supporter). This is not a human rights issue. It is an economic issue, and more importantly, the congress and others are directly working against the overwhelming view of American citizens, the people they are supposed to represent, who want a controlled immigration policy that is fair, considers human rights, but again most importantly makes economic sense for American workers. If central and south america have human rights problems, help fix them in their own countries, not ours.

So in the late 90's, our elected idiots decided that they could use other people's money (the taxpayers) to allow people not qualified or capable of handling a mortgage to get a house at no risk to themselves. All the risk was on the taxpayer, which we are finding out. It was social engineering pushed by the radical left. They went so far as to give mortgages of $1,000,000 with no down payment. This would translate to a monthly payment of about $6000, yet the borrower theoretically couldn't come up with a down payment.

The cause of the problem is simple. Radical left wing Democrats-the Barney Franks, the Hilary Clintons, Barack Obamas, Chris Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, and the list goes on. They are always the cause, because your money burns a hole in their pockets, and they think they know better than you, how to spend it. Tax and spend. Cut and run. Obstruct. That is their mantra. Now they are trying to find a scapegoat. Everyone except themselves. Congress is responsible for the mess, and they are responsible to fix it. Again, read the Constitution. It is quite clear as to who is responsible.

They didn't plan on the Arabs (Obama is 43% Arab blood) raising the prices, or the speculators screwing around, selling and reselling futures contracts dozens of times to drive the cost per barrel through the roof. But seeing all this, what did Nancy Pelosi do? Go on vacation of course. While we suffer through the high prices, she drives for free in a government limo, and has a private plane to fly her back to San Francisco to see her family.

The radical left wing of the Democratic Party at work. The problem is 100% their fault, and they go on vacation. Have you seen them lift a finger to do anything? I wouldn't plan on it. They all make enough, and have stolen enough to not be effected by high gasoline prices. These prices won't go away until we are energy independent, and they obstruct progress towards independence? Meanwhile, Bubba makes millions working for Arab causes to steal more money from America. And money from America means money stolen from you, the taxpayer. $700 BILLION in oil imports, while we let our oil sit in the ground owned by America-you own it. Tell the elected idiots to start working for you, not the Arabs.

Added later. December 26, 2008- Gasoline has dropped below $1.40/gallon, so the oil cartel lowers output to drive prices back up. Nancy said earlier that having ANWR online would only drop prices by 10 cents/gallon, and it would take 10 years to get any of it. I guess she and the other Democrats were LYING again. What has congress done to help the consumer? NOTHING ! Are they waiting until it gets back to $4/gallon again before the think about doing something. Why do these idiots get re-elected?

The second part of his curve ball repertoire, is that he claims everyone else will get a tax cut. Now the curve. When pressed for details, he says "everyone will pay less taxes than they paid under BILL CLINTON !!!  Well Barack, we are now paying less than we paid under Bill Clinton- substantially less. You want to increase capital gains, the inheritance tax, FICA, and so forth. By' his words, your taxes can go up, but be below the levels of Bill Clinton, and he didn't lie. He certainly would have obfuscated the truth, a LIE, but according to our radical left friends,  it depends on the meaning of the word is !

God protect us from these anti-American elitists. They are no better than burglars that hold up 7-11's. There is no difference in the morality of what they are doing. Our elected idiots are common thieves. They pick your pocket with a smile, or in the case of Mr. Foot-in-Mouth Biden, a smirk. They have no record of honest or integrity, and if elected, they will prove their dishonesty- over and over.

This is another time when it is essential that the crackpots be defeated again. The Democrats-Reid, Obama, Durbin, Pelosi, etc., are not people of ideas or integrity, they are obstructionists whose only purpose is to be in charge to dispense patronage, and get first crack at the public trough.

So I will continue to try to tell the truth about the issues, and hope that mainstream Democrats will fairly consider my arguments before falling back to loyalty to their party, captured by the crackpot left. Check our what I write. Am I wrong? I don't think so, and if you check the facts out, you will agree with me. Thank you for your attention.

1. Take the example, if someone kills a pregnant woman, they are charged with killing two people, inferring that life begins at conception. An inference that is not supported by all people, but for now let's see where the inference leads.

2. Late term abortion- This defines an abortion in the third tri-mester, in which a potentially viable baby (all signs point to viability)  is purposefully killed by the delivery process. From #1, we have the inference that the baby is alive from conception, so that this process is simple murder, with the mother and the doctor complicit. Sounds like this process should be resolved by making it illegal to perform 3rd tri-mester abortions unless some extraordinary circumstances exist like saving the mothers life, etc. Obama by the way supports late term abortions.

3. Botched Abortion Birth- This condition is when a baby is born alive at any point in the pregnancy, if the baby is viable. Again, referring to #1, if the baby is born alive, any action to deprive it of life by the doctor or the mother is murder. Once again, Obama sees nothing wrong with murder of these babies, because it was the original intent of the mother to murder the baby.

You could write a book about all the positions about abortion, and the nuances, special circumstances, age of mother, and on and on, but can't we agree on just these two cases of  obvious murder. You can't have #1, but think that #2 and #3 are OK. Think about the hypocrisy of #1 being a double murder, but #'s 2 and 3 are OK. Something is wrong with this.

But we overrate the importance of security and diplomacy. What did being nice guys get us relative to 9/11 ? Nothing. We have to have a competent group of specialists that live and breathe security, and being tougher and meaner than the opposition. The meek will not inherit the earth. Patton had it right when he said the purpose of war is to get the people on the other side to die for their country, and he would accommodate them.

So the whole argument of experience in foreign affairs is a lot of bullshit. What has the UN done for us? Nothing ! What won the cold war? The Soviets realizing that they couldn't keep pace with the strength of the US? Of course there are always other factors in every issue, but thinking that experience in foreign affairs is essential for a President is deceiving themselves.

Biden was chairman of the foreign affairs committee. What did they ever do that was important, seeing the the Constitution gives the power in dealings with foreign governments to the President. The important factors in this area are honesty, integrity, judgment, and courage. McCain has plenty, Obama has none.

This scenario defines how you get health insurance. If you pay the required premium, there is no incentive to even watch what your bills are. If there are charges for services not performed, or services not needed, the patient generally ignores those items. Can you imagine buying a car, not getting the options you ordered, and being charged for services not done. You read your bill, you check out what you got, and so forth. There might be a better example, but the principle is the same. The patient has no responsibility or incentive to get value for the services provided. An example of getting the patient involved, is the medical savings account. If you take the theoretical $300/month above, and keep it in a separate account to draw upon when needed, then at the end of each year, you get to keep what's left, you would have an incentive to check your bills, and not use services you don't need.  The insurance company is only responsible for bills over a fixed large amount (catastrophic insurance), which reduces their administrative costs, and the patient gets to make the savings as opposed to letting the insurance company pocket the amounts not spent or applied to other patients. It is more complex than I have stated, but there is a principle involved, which is responsibilty for yourself. Obviously, there are people that can't deal with this complexity, but again, that is a detail, not the norm.