According to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, the White House is going to sue Arizona over it’s impending immigration law that will go into effect in July. Remember that when asked in a congressional hearing if he had read the law, Eric Holder said no. Homeland Security Secretary, Janet Napolitano, also had not read the law. I seriously doubt that BO (that’s the president) has read the law. Why oh why spend our money on suing a state that is only doing what the federal government should be doing and that’s enforcing immigration laws. I have read and watched debates about the Arizona law. BO said if you go out for ice cream you could possibly be stopped by police and asked for your papers. How silly. If you are doing something wrong that warrants being stopped by police then you may be asked for papers if the police have reasonable suspicion that you may be in the country illegally. Some New Mexicans are afraid they may be stopped in Arizona because New Mexico gives drivers licenses to whoever wants them. New Mexicans believe they may have to carry a passport to Arizona. This is really getting out of control. First, the president, the attorney general and homeland security secretary don’t read the law but decry it. Then they decide to sue Arizona. There are a lot more important things to do. Let me think… the economy, the oil spill in the Gulf (that’s another blog post), the war in Afghanistan just to name a few. Let’s get this country back on track and forget about the state that is only trying to do what the federal government should have been doing all along.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Lost
When is the last time you saw a pay phone? I bet it’s been awhile. Today, I had one of those days when I needed one. I left my cell phone at home. We were down in Albuquerque for swim lessons. I had made plans with Bill to meet him for lunch. He said I will call you. Well he called me, but I didn’t get any of the calls. I left my phone on my dresser. UGH!!!! When I got to the restaurant Bill was no where to be found. So I took off down the road in search of a pay phone. None to be found. Plus since we still have Maryland numbers, I wasn’t sure 75 cents would pay for a long distance call. Billy told me he saw a pay phone by the ATM. I thought he was just being silly. That is until we went to Walmart in Edgewood to return something and there in Customer Service was a pay phone next to the ATM. He was right. It all ended well. I spied Bill’s truck traveling down Central Avenue and we had lunch after all. From now on, I will make a mental checklist, wallet, keys and cell phone. Can’t leave home without it.
Girl Power
The primary for the 2010 election were held in New Mexico today. The biggest race was for the republican candidate for governor. Susanna Martinez won the nomination and will face off against Diane Denish, the current lieutenant governor. Talk about girl power. This will be the first time in New Mexico where two women will run against one another for governor. Already people are wondering if the campaign will be dirty because two women are running? I think this is a bit sexist. Are they saying women are catty? I mean there are women who are, but I would hope that both the candidates would rise above this talk and run fair campaigns. Even though I am not a registered a voter of New Mexico (I vote in Utah), I am looking forward to the coming months to see how the campaigns are run. I hope these women can show the detractors a thing or two.
The American Dream
I was watching America’s Got Talent. This is a show where people of all ages come to show off their talents to possibly win a show in Las Vegas. There are people from all walks of life. There was an awesome choir made of formerly homeless veterans. They were great. There were also some really bad acts, too. The thing that got me though were the people from other countries who had come to the United States for the American Dream. This one guy from France came specifically to make it big. He said he hated to leave his family in France, but he had to achieve the American Dream. This got me to thinking that I never hear anybody say I want the English Dream or the French Dream or any other country for that matter. What is it about America that makes people from other countries believe their dreams can be achieved here? Despite what our current president thinks, we are a great country. People from other countries dream of coming here to make it big or just to do better for their families. When I hear people say they want to move to another country, I think they have to be crazy. Why would anyone want to move away from the greatest country in the world? America does have talent in its people and in the dreams it extends to those around the world.