Stand up and be Heard - LG

In light of the protests in recent days supporting the massive influx of illegal immigrants into this country.  I say 'I hope the path of your march leads straight back home!'  Its time I start taking a stand.  Its time for people like myself to proclaim that we desire the punishment and deportation of illegals and enforced punishment for those who assist, encourage, and aid an illegal immigrant to maintain residence in the United States.  Sorry Chris if you didnt want politicized issues popping up on the blog, but I've had enough.  And nobody call me racist over this.  I'm against illegal immigration, not against allowing people to gain lawful entry into our country.  I've met and come to know Mexican nationals who gained lawful entry to our country and have nothing but respect for them.  Below is a letter I wrote to John Cornyn.  Some of it is incomplete and will be worked out later.  Please, my fellow Americans,  Stand up for what you believe, the future is ours, wake up and take it! 

Senator Cornyn,

Thank you for voting against the bill that came out of the Senate Subcommittee.  The bill that made it out of the subcommittee is a slap in the face to every voting American and to any family who ever made it to the fertile soil of the United States legally, as my family did through Ellis Island and many hispanics have done before.  The subcommittee has taken all the teeth out of the House bill under pressure from marching illegal immigrants and the Mexican government, not to mention the big businesses.  I am disgusted that our legislature shows no backbone for their biggest constituents, the American PEOPLE!  Not Mexicans, not OTMs, not Vicente Fox, not big business!  As a republican and conservative, I am disgusted with the actions of the president regarding immigration reform and beg of you and the other Senators to break away from Bush on this Issue and hand down a bill with some teeth.  We need to do what we can to discourage the illegal entry to our country.  We need to discourage the assistance of illegals remaining in the country.  And we need to not make the same mistake made in 1986 with Reagan's Amnesty.  Give me back the criminal offenses.  Illegal Immigrants already showed a disdain for our laws by circumventing our processes; they should be held accountable.  Give me back the penalties to business and enforce these penalties.  Include the House portion where employers must electronically verify an applicants status.  Enforce! Enforce! Enforce!  Put pressure on the executive branch to enforce the laws that our legislature passes!  Please Senator Cornyn, so many Americans are losing hope in our government, believing that outside sources play a bigger role in our policy making than our own citizens.  This issue needs to be driven home from capital hill.  Our democracy is by majority rule, and the majority of this great nation demands that the holes be plugged along the border.  The majority of this great nation demands that those who circumvent our laws be punished.  The definition of a criminal, sir, is a man or woman who breaks the law and that is what we have.  Amnesty can not be a plausible solution and is unacceptable to the majority of the legal, voting public.  They call us racist for wanting reform.  I am by no means racist.  I am an American who is asking for everyone to be accountable to our laws.  There should be no special treatment for those who disrespect our country.  For my friends who have made the journey legally, the Senate owes us.  For my family who went through the process on Ellis Island, the Senate owes us.  For those who lived the life found in The Grapes of Wrath, the Senate owes us.  Criminalize, deport, and discourage the rampant abuse of our immigration laws. 

A concerned citizen,
Logan H Gearheart

 

...so i start a revolution from my bed

I'm Still Alive

This is gonna be short. I have not written much on this site in a long while, so it's high time I do so. Anyway, I haven't done a ton of stuff over the past few weeks. I took a trip to NYC two weeks ago. It was cold as hell outside, but I had a good time.

On the academic front, I found out I got into Washington University (St. Louis) and UCLA (Los Angeles) business schools. Oh yea, I got full tuition scholarships to each. Pretty sweet, huh?

I am still holding out for Stanford and UT. Hopefully, their acceptances will come soon.

By the way, if I get into Stanford, I'm throwing a big ass party, one that will rival Tyrone Biggums $450,000 crack party, except without the crack. But first things first, I need to get in.

In other news, I've been to the lovely La Strada for two of the past three weekends. I actually met a really great girl there this past weekend. Her name's Lindsay and she's in med school. Updates if relevant/appropriate.

My NCAA tournament bracket is complete. The excitement starts in 8 hours.

More Chuck Norris

Thanks to my boy Harsha for more Chuck Norris amazement...

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