Category: Immigration

Culture Wars

Where is the United States culture being driven these days? This is a great question considering the current importation of immigrants with cultures that seem to conflict with U.S. norms.

United States culture is centered on core values like individualism, equality, and freedom that are enumerated in our Constitution and expressed through norms of a strong work ethic, informality, direct communication, and appreciation for innovation, alongside popular elements like sports, diverse cuisine, and a powerful entertainment industry. However, safety is one value that is becoming increasingly overlooked.

Safety is widely considered a fundamental personal and organizational value that guides behavior and decision-making. The feeling of safety in the home, workplace and during travel should never be compromised, however we all must practice awareness of our surroundings because the human race is quite imperfect. Governments implement a system of rules and enforcement tools to deal with individuals who impede the safety of greater society. A culture of peace and prosperity is hindered when governments fail to use common sense when implementing the safety system.

There is currently a war being waged in our country between the safety of the law abiding citizen and the aloof civil officials. We never saw this war coming because it simply wouldn’t occur to the average law abiding citizen that their government would not protect them. Of course government cannot be present for every safety concern which is why our constitution explicitly states that we have a right to self defense. However it appears that many local jurisdictions are testing the average law abiding citizen by allowing repeat criminals to roam freely and in many instances these criminals avoid showing up to their court appearances thereby causing a warrant for their arrest. Breaking another law! Common sense be dammed.

But it gets worse…many civil officials actually believe that criminals should be shown more compassion than their victims. This is morally backwards because justice will not work under this condition. To have true justice the alleged perpetrator must be adjudicated within an established system that recognizes victims rights. A different standard of constitutional rights applies to non citizens depending on their status. This is why a non citizen must be especially aware of and responsible for their own status. Overstaying a visa, not showing up for an asylum hearing, evading border control, using a stolen or made up social security number to obtain work or benefits, and working under the table are all examples of criminal activity under federal law and examples of unfair practices towards citizens. Civil officials who condone the breaking of laws or who incite unrest among people are causing a reflexive unrest among other people. This “war” causes divisiveness within our culture.

We don’t have two different cultures, we have one culture with two sides that understand rights and responsibilities differently. The resulting chaos is a Marxist ploy for revolution whether we understand it or not.

The Enemies in Public Office

US Congress Oath of Office: I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

“…enemies, foreign and domestic…” Who are these “enemies” and how is this phrase applied to the work of our US Representatives?

I believe the first sentence of the oath is clear that Congress supports and defends the Constitution against these “enemies”. It does not say that Congress supports and defends democracy or even an ideology against these “enemies”.

Democracy is defined as control of an organization by the majority of its members.*

An ideology is a system of ideas that aspires both to explain the world and to change it.**

A constitution is a body of fundamental principles to which an organization is acknowledged to be governed.*

In the US Constitution the control is defined and enumerated among three distinct branches of government, and ideology is best left to the individual as a right of belief.

Given all the above definitions we can easily see that Congress today is leading from a perspective of CONTROL and IDEOLOGY. This is not their charge!! Congress has moved so far from their Constitutional powers that they have in fact become a domestic enemy. Their efforts to have a political party assume majority powers has made them believe that they can impose their political ideology AND that they have the moral authority to do this. Over the past twenty years I have seen the decay of Congressional leadership…No more compromise or negotiation toward bills that incorporate the best ideas from all sides of an issue. The best ideas are where we achieve the greatest form of diversity and move our country toward progress…A diversity NOT based on gender, race or ethnicity!

I believe Congress’ domestic enemy status has perpetuated the unfortunate circumstance of allowing foreign enemies to invade our soil through a porous border and the relaxed policing standards within our states. One party rule has meant that our Republic is no longer functioning as it should. Our representatives in the Senate and the House must be sent a daily message that We the People will not stand for their tyrannical behavior. Call, email or write your representatives in Washington DC. Tell them that they do not honor their oath by not working across the isle with the minority…This is the way it has been in the past and must continue to be. God help us all!

*Google dictionary; **britannica.com

Shrew View: The Duty of Privilege

To perceive or assume privilege on another necessitates blame and thus removes the obligation for the “accuser” to see their own power to positively change themselves for the betterment of community.

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