A Cogent Illegal Voter Law

Hundreds of illegal immigrants have registered to vote in Bexar County (San Antonio,Texas) in recent years and dozens of them have actually cast ballots, canceling out the votes of U.S. citizens, 1200 WOAI news will report Thursday morning.

Figures obtained by 1200 WOAI news shows 303 illegals successfully registered to vote, and at least 41 cast ballots in various elections.

One short investigation reporters, yields over 300 illegal voter registrations.

Here’s the deal.

Anyone caught registering illegal voters (aliens, felons, etc) ought to face mandatory jail time and lose their voting privileges. If they are working at the behest of an organization, the organizations needs to be fined and precluded from registering any voters in the state where the offense was committed. That sentence could be mitigated by 10 percent for every illegal voter or voter registrar that enrolled illegal voters turned in, up to a maximum of 80 percent sentence reduction.

Any person who registers illegally should face a mandatory one year prison sentence. If the person caught trying to register is an illegal alien, that person ought to be deported to his or her country of origin and be precluded from entering the United States and/or from participating in any kind of illegal alien amnesty program.

Any person caught voting more than once ought to face a five year prison term. That sentence could be mitigated by 10 percent for every illegal voter or voter registrar that enrolled illegal voters turned in, for a maximum of 80 percent sentence reduction.

Enough is enough.

Democrats and Republicans who have long complained about voter fraud, ought to embrace the idea.

Progressive Thinking, Welcoming Armageddon And Myra Bradwell

Dr Sanity, in The Evolution From Education To Indoctrination:

If you can convince children that objective reality is an illusion; that A does not equal A; that black is white; and that good is bad; if you can make them accept that everything is subjective and relative; then you have successfully breathed new life into doctrines that by all objective measures and standards led to the death and misery of millions of people. Through the careful manipulation of language, everything can be distorted, without the messy need to resort to facts, logic, or reason.

For the children of postmodernism, what matters is not truth or falsity–only the effectiveness of the language used. Lies, distortions, ad hominem attacks; attempts to silence opposing views–all are strategies that are perfectly satisfactory if they achieve the desired effect–i.e., furthering the collectivist agenda. Ideas and reason make way for reification of feelings; and freedom is replaced by thought control and preservation of “self-esteem” at all costs….

Even 5-year olds and younger children are not too young for collectivist propaganda to be inculcated. Destroy free will; inoculate them with political correctness; treat the “insanity” of their attachment to parents, the Judeo-Christian tradition; or their country–i.e., all traditional Western values that brought civilization, individual freedom and economic progress; achieve a “higher order” of thought by showing them there is no right or wrong; good or evil…

One very harmful result of this sorry educational situation is that there are few people–even among those who stalwartly defend the free market, who understand and appreciate the essential morality of capitalism. Certainly our children, taught by ideological purists like the ones above who are leftover from the 20th century debacle of socialist/communist tyranny–never even have a chance to rationally consider any ideas not approved by their aggressively collectivist teachers, so intent at quashing those aspects of human nature they don’t like.

This is child abuse, pure and simple. It is indoctrination. It is the willful manipulation of young minds which cannot never be allowed to develop even the capability of thinking for themselves. And these perverts call it “social justice.”

In fact there is nothing that is “just” about it. It represents the worse kind of oppression with the goal of enslaving the human mind. And enslavement is exactly what is required to establish their socialist utopia, since it refuses to acknowledge the reality of human nature…

Children propagandized by dogmatic tyrants like the ones above have had not only their capacity to think for themselves abrogated; they have had their capacity to make moral choices taken from them…

The truth is that neither socialism nor communism nor any kind of religious fundamentalism is compatible with morality at all.

If one’s actions are coerced by the state or religion, or both; if human activity is indoctrinated, legislated, regulated and ordained down to the last minute detail–particularly to the degree we see in other countries of the world (e.g., Cuba, China, most Middle Eastern countries, North Korea, and now in Venezuela–then how can it possibly be argued that one’s actions are moral? Human behavior under such systems is not voluntarily chosen, but actively coerced.

Morality, though, must always be a matter of choice, not mandate…

Taking the mind of a child and feeding it exclusively on your ideological pablum is not only the most cruel and abusive of behaviors; it also ensures that such a mind becomes cognitively stunted and morally impaired (much like the minds of the teachers who so proudly perform such oppressive acts).

There is a reason so many ‘progressives’ appear to be welcoming a ‘natural’ Armageddon. If the world is indeed destroyed, the record of leftist perfidy and treasonous behavior will be lost forever. If we survive, they and their legacy will be reviled by the generations they have poisoned.

Here are a few more ‘progressive’ quotes. Ask yourself if any of them sound as if they came from Washington, Jefferson or Lincoln.

“…humanists still believe that traditional theism, especially faith in the prayer-hearing God, assumed to love and care for persons, to hear and understand their prayers, and to be able to do something about them, is an unproved and outmoded faith.”

“Traditional moral codes… fail to meet the pressing needs of today and tomorrow…”

“To achieve world government, it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism, loyalty to family traditions, national patriotism and religious dogmas…”

Teaching school children to read was a “perversion” and high literacy rate bred “the sustaining force behind individualism.”

“We can choose to use our growing knowledge to enslave people in ways never dreamed of before, depersonalizing them, controlling them by means so carefully selected that they will perhaps never be aware of their loss of personhood.”

“One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order.”

“Those of us who work in this field see a developing potential for nearly a total control of human emotional status, mental functioning, and will to act. These human phenomena can be started, stopped or eliminated by the use of various types of chemical substances. What we can produce with our science now will affect the entire society.” A “utopia” could be found – providing “a sense of stability and certainty, whether realistic or not.”

“If the race is to be freed from its crippling burden of good and evil it must be psychiatrists who take the original responsibility”

“…the pretense is made, as it has been made in relation to the finding of any extension of truth, that to do away with right and wrong would produce uncivilized people, immorality, lawlessness and social chaos. The fact is that most psychiatrists and psychologists and other respected people have escaped from moral chains and are able to think freely.”

“The re-interpretation and eventually (sic) eradication of the concept of right and wrong which has been the basis of child training, the substitution of intelligent and rational thinking for faith… are the belated objectives of practically all effective psychotherapy. The fact is, that most psychiatrists and psychologists and other respectable people have escaped from these moral chains and are able to observe and think freely.”

“The family is now one of the major obstacles to improved mental health, and hence should be weakened, if possible, so as to free individuals and especially children from the coercion of family life.”

From Margaret Sanger, first goddess of feminism’

“The most merciful thing that a family does to one of its infant members is to kill it.”

“Birth control must lead ultimately to a cleaner race.”

“We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don’t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population. and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.”

“Eugenics is … the most adequate and thorough avenue to the solution of racial, political and social problems.

Mary Bradwell wasn’t evil or ugly enough in character to a role model for leftist oriented feminism.

She never took her clothes off, she never put politics ahead of helping women and she never wanted attention for herself.

No wonder she is rejected and forgotten by feminists today. She was everything they’ll never be.

Commitment

Marriages, families and relationships would endure and thrive if some men put as much commitment into those things as they did into their cars, the gym, favorite sports teams, political beliefs and music.

Marriages, families and relationships would endure and thrive if some women put as much commitment into those things as they did their careers, wardrobe, the gym, political beliefs and beauty routines.

Children would contribute to the success and elevation of themselves and their families if they put as much effort into those things as they do shopping, time online, texting and TV watching.

Our national identity and commitment to freedom and democracy would be elevated if we allowed more than 15 minutes before we yielded to the forces that oppose those things and we allowed ourselves to be torn apart from within.

The commitment the members of our armed forces have made to our nation is at once easily visible and understood to be an expression of the faith they have in the values and principles that guide our nation. Our military has never asked to lead the nation, only to serve and defend we who are so blessed with freedom. Whatever our political affiliation, their commitment to the nation is absolutely unimpeachable. To dismiss, hobble, hamper or impede our military is to dismiss, hobble, hamper and impede freedom and democracy.

Our elected representatives would be that much more responsive to the people who elected them and the nation, if they committed themselves to the work they were elected to do, rather than with fund raising for the next election.

Our political leaders would serve the nation and the ideals upon which this nation was built if they were committed to those principles, instead of governing by the whims of the polls.

If our media were as committed to the the truth as it is to any particular agenda, they would be respected and trusted and not reviled.

If our schools were committed to educating children, we would have decent, honest and educated children.

If our society were truly committed to provide a constructive environment to raise children, Hollywood, the media and publishing enterprises would not spew forth that which harms children, under the guise of ‘free speech.’

If those with differing views were committed to honest opposition, they would engage in vigorous and spirited debate and not viciousness, deceit and character assassination.

Getting To Know You

This is the second post in a series “that will attempt to define relationships and how each of us, as men and women, have come to develop certain expectations when it comes to those relationships. We will look at the baggage we all carry, be it from the past or baggage that comes from certain expectations and assumptions about what the future holds.”

In our first post on relationships, Friends First, Friends Forever, we discussed platonic friendship and how that kind of friendship can enhance a close, intimate and physical relationship.

Of course, being a friend means a lot more than lending someone your car or helping them move across town. Those kind of of things are easy expressions of friendship. Lending someone a few possessions or a few hours is a nice thing to do, kind even, but that in no way is a measure of real friendship. The more profound aspects of friendship are more sublime, because those more sublime aspects of friendship are measured by how you give of yourself. In order to really give of yourself, you must really know yourself.

There are many people who recognize themselves in the mirror. They know how to look attractive to members of the opposite sex, or how to be charming, or how to be be a sparkling conversationalist. Many of those same people don’t have a clue as to who they really are. They think they are who they see in the mirror. They believe they are identifiable by their jobs, possessions, choice of music, books or political ideologies.

If you identify yourself by external ideas and trappings, chances are you have no idea who you are. If you have no idea who you are, you cannot possibly be a good friend, because you don’t have the capacity to give of a part of yourself you aren’t familiar with. You can’t have an intimate relationship with anyone else if you aren’t intimate with yourself.

The perceptions we have of ourselves, and how we project those perceptions, are not necessarily who we are. Sometimes those perceptions are self deluding and so far off the mark, they become toxic. ‘I am a failure. No one could possibly love me if they knew me. I chase love away,‘ are a few of those self deluding perceptions. There are many people who believe those perceptions- not because they reflect reality, but rather, because they reflect how little an individual might know him or herself.

All of us know loss, separation, hurt and failure. If we allow ourselves to be enslaved to those things, we are limit our possibilities. If we reflect back and say, “If only I had done this, I could have prevented that,” or “If only I had recognized the signs, I would have known,” we assign ourselves a power we do not have. We cannot control our world single handedly. We cannot change the events over which we had no control or we did not cause, or events in which others made the wrong choice. We are not all powerful. We have all been influenced by our past experiences, but those experiences are not the road map of our destiny. We choose that destiny more often than not.

To reflect back on events in the past and events and choices over which we had no control is to hobble the future. Imagine a walking around with a mirror in front of you, all the time. Imagine there were two small holes at eye level that let you see out just far enough so you would at least know in which direction you are headed.

If you don’t know who you are, it is inevitable that you will define yourself by what you see in the mirror and not by how others see you. The past too, is reflected back. With so much to look at, there isn’t much of a visible future.

Who you will be is reflected by the future choices you make. Who you will become will not be authored by others or by the opinions of others. If you believe that your life and existence are meaningful, life can be very rich indeed.

Our identity as individuals and within a collective, are determined by the choices we make. The choices we make says a lot about who we are , how we regard ourselves and where we are going. To attract the people we want and need in our lives, we need to be in close proximity to them, by virtue of the choices we make. That proximity is determined by the choices we make. For example, we can choose to surround ourselves with people who have a negative influence or we can choose to surround ourselves with people we admire, look up to and elevate us.

Healthy self esteem comes about as the result of great efforts in the expression of our humanity and acts of selflessness. Healthy people feel good about themselves because of the efforts and inclusiveness they extend toward others. Our efforts to do good are the direct result of choices we make. Real self esteem is reinforced with every act of selflessness. Our heroes and the people we look up to, all have that in common, too.

We wrote, in A World Without You In It,

…we suffer a kind of debilitating malaise- “Nothing I do or say really matters.” There is the belief that whether or not we contribute anything to the the world and those around us, the world would be no different. It is the ‘my vote doesn’t really count’ school of thought. No matter our efforts, nothing will ever really change.

If you truly believe that your efforts and contributions are meaningless, can you really know and have passion? What can you truly look forward to, what will truly excite you? To what can you truly be committed? Will you ever know that ‘fire in the belly’?

Of course, that way of thinking is skewed. You matter because you were born. For those of you that believe in God, man’s destiny is waiting to be written by virtue of your efforts and passions. For those of you that do not believe in God, the power and potential of man is in your hands. This means that your very existence is vital. You are indispensable to mankind.

What notes will you choose to play in the symphony of life? Will you add to the music, or will your efforts be lacking, resulting in a hollowness?

Many people have had the great misfortune of growing up in less than ideal, or even dysfunctional families. There is no question that many of us, in one form or another, carry a certain amount of ‘baggage.’ That truth begs another question: “Is my worth based on whether or not I was valued at home by my immediate family, is it based on my achievements, or, do I matter because I exist?”

The almost universal knee jerk reaction is, “Of course I matter! My family, friends and community value and love me!”

Now, ask yourself again, that initial question- would it make a difference if you were never born? Would those around you be poorer for not knowing you?

In fact, you do matter. Not because of your wealth or looks, or productivity or great ideas. You matter because you were born- and because of the potential contributions you might make in that symphony of life. In fact, there are those notes that only you can play. You are irreplaceable. Just ask those people who love you and care for you. It is incumbent upon you to contribute to their lives and their well being. That in fact, is the greatest of destinies- to transform and make better, those around you. If you can do that, you will have changed lives, forever.

Once you understand those truths, that you know that you and what you contribute are essential to the wellbeing of others, the passion and fire cannot be extinguished.

There is much tragedy and suffering in this world. If every person understood that they matter, their lives matter and the notes they play matter, they would come to understand that they are indispensable and of great value.

People who believe and know they matter are capable of great things.

The search for meaning is a call for an audit of our attitudes, biases, values, hopes and dreams. That ‘inner audit’ has to be done in the context of our relationships with others, how we see ourselves and even our own closely held beliefs. Our existence as we and others relate to it, is really no more than a manifestation of our inner selves. Virtually every problem we face is the conflict between our ‘inner’ and ‘outer,’ or manifested, selves. Reality is the expression on canvas of our ‘inner’ and ‘outer’ selves.

Your friends know who you are. Ask them to be honest and to highlight the good and not so good. You can’t fix a leaky roof if you don’t where the leak is.

Who you are is about more than a personality inventory. As we have noted, you are what what you share of yourself. Are you handy around the house? Are you generous with your time in helping others? Are you a good cook? Being a friend is not just about being there and being relatively passive until called upon. Being a friend, a really good friend, is about being involved and anticipating how to be meaningful to another. Being a friend is a lot like being an attentive lover, only clothed. if you can’t be a friend with your pants on, you aren’t really all that in the bedroom. Sexual attraction emerges from the real intimacy and insights of real friendship.

Lots of people have dismissed the idea of friendship as a necessary ingredient for a successful romantic relationship. What those people usually have in common is a track record of failed relationships. Some people just have a hard time learning and accepting the lessons that more times than not, keeping one’s pants on for a little why longer is usually a good idea. Sex is not a substitute for real intimacy, nor is at shortcut that brings people closer together. Sex without real intimacy (and not hoped for intimacy) is a mechanical exercise that is designed to be physically pleasurable (hopefully). That’s it. If that is all you want, more power to you. Just don’t be surprised when down the road, you run into someone who doesn’t think like you. There are a lot of people who don’t believe that having sex is like shaking hands. Sexual needs are not the same as emotional needs.

Even if you don’t fully buy into the idea, pretend you do and give it a try. Actions and behaviors change people As a rule, no one has ever wished they had jumped into the sack earlier. If the subject of sex comes up (and it will!), change the topic. “Tell me a bit more about you,” is the perfect segue into a conversation that can only enhance a friendship. If it doesn’t, the handwriting is on the wall as far as that relationship goes.

None of this is to say that sex is not an integral part of a relationship. Clearly, it is. Nevertheless, sexual availability is not the same as sex within the confines of a loving relationship. There are distinct differences. Pleasure is not as profound as joy and being spent is not the same as feeling sated and fulfilled. The mechanics are the same, but the satisfaction derived from the relationships are very different.

When nature- that is, a deep seated need that humans have to truly bond with one another in an emotionally intimate way, is not allowed to take it’s course, the physical intimacy will be found lacking and hollow.

Tomorrow, we will discuss the steps to take that can and will make a difference in developing a healthy relationship. Time to tilt the odds in your favor.