I am going to attempt the construction of an analogy between America and illegal immigration on the one hand and our homes and rain on the other. I suppose this might sound quite strange at first blush, but it is an attempt to inject some practical perspective into an issue that is spiraling out of all control and reason. Please bear with me as I venture into this exercise.
Rain is a natural occurrence. It is also a double-edged sword. The right amount of rain at the proper time puts food on our tables, water in our faucets, greenery to our planet, and relief to millions of people. Too much rain at the wrong place can result in catastrophic flooding and terrible loss of lives. It can wash away generations of accomplishment in the blink of an eye.
Because of this inherent contradiction in the receipt of rainfall, we have developed ways to deal with it. We have umbrellas that keep us dry during showers. We have windshield wipers to clean the moisture off our windshields so we drive safely in the rain. We have gutters on our houses, ditches on our roads, and canopies over our patios and porches. In the country, we build watershed lakes to replenish our reservoirs and control flooding along our creeks. And most important of all, we build roofs on our houses. The roof does not stop the rain, it redirects it; it manages it in a way that allows us to coexist with something that is fundamental and necessary. It protects our families, our belongings, and allows us to function in a normal fashion.
Much like the rain, immigration along our southern border is natural. It too is a double-edged sword and can be both a valuable asset and destructive problem. Too much unregulated immigration can result in criminal activities ranging from human smuggling, drug running, and illicit espionage from terrorists and unfriendly foreign nations. It taxes the resources of communities where illegal immigrants settle, putting stress on health and education institutions. Once it reaches the point of occurrence, it creates human tragedies which have no simple solutions.
On the other hand, humane and responsible regulation of our immigration systems allows the reasonable flow of new citizens into our nation. This influx of non-American people into our country provides a valuable human resource to our communities, creates a healthy diversity in our social consciousness and fabric, and injects our society with some exceptional people who make invaluable contributions to our lives. Immigration itself is not the problem; controlling the process in which immigration occurs is the challenge that we face as a nation.
Just as the roofs on our homes control and protect us from rain, so good immigration policy can control and protect us from the potentially pernicious effects of unmanaged and excessive immigration. Like our roofs, good immigration policy controls a natural occurrence that can prove destructive if not managed properly. We would never wish upon ourselves a cessation of rainfall because of its bad effects; we instead attempt to mitigate those adverse effects. Likewise, we can have a sound and healthy immigration system in America that bolsters our communities and mitigates the perils of rampant and unconstrained immigration across our southern border.
In his infantile and partisan attempt to airbrush away any trace of Donald Trump from American history, President Biden has rashly and unwisely eliminated many of the positive steps that the Trump Administration had taken to bring immigration under control, attempting to mange it in order to yield positive results. To put it in plain terms and frame it in my analogy, Joe Biden has ripped the roof off of our homes and exposed our families and all we have to the perils of unrestricted rainfall. Some may not like the roof that Trump built. They may have preferred a hip roof rather than a straight gable roof. They may have wanted a dormer or two put here or there. Some folks like shingles and some folks like metal. But at the end of the day, the roof was put in place to protect our nation. Before we start tearing the roof off our country, we had better have a sound plan in place to keep us safe and dry. I fear that plan is not in place, was never anticipated, and we are on the verge of sitting in our homes with no roof whatsoever and the forecast is for severe thunder storms.
Here is the real tragedy in this story: A solution was in hand…twice. A bipartisan group of Senators proposed a compromised comprehensive immigration bill during the Obama Administration. It passed the Democratic Senate and was not even considered in the Republican House. President Trump, along with a handful of Republican Senators, proposed a compromised comprehensive immigration bill a couple of years ago and the House Democrats refused to negotiate. BOTH NATIONAL PARTIES have failed miserably when dealing with this issue. I predict right now the bill that ultimately passes Congress (if?) and is signed by President Biden will be neither as effective nor as friendly to liberal desires as the one proposed by Trump. Time will tell.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/psaki-whitehouse-immigration-advice/2021/03/05/id/1012741/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/please-let-us-in.php
The characters that Joe Biden continues to select for positions of power, authority, and influence in his new Administration are quite unusual (I am reaching for a kind description here). These articles might be amusing if these people were not going to be placed in offices that have tremendous impact on our daily lives and puts them in control of millions in tax revenues. What possible good can come out of putting folks like this in charge?
https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-energy-sec-i-drive-on-sunshine
A person can’t write anything these days without some mention of the pandemic. I celebrate with the “Neanderthals” in Texas and Mississippi and salute the Democratic state of Connecticut for taking a huge step towards a return to normal life and personal freedoms by “opening up” their states. Once again, the Biden Administration belittles itself with its petulant attitude towards all things Trump. Biden’s press mouthpiece Jen Psaki is proving to be the gift that just keeps on giving…at least until she is gone.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/whitehouse-psaki-warpspeed-covid/2021/03/04/id/1012566/
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/why-is-the-cdc-delaying-its-vaccine-guidelines/
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/one-year-of-relative-solitude.php
As teacher associations and unions all across America celebrate the goodies they will soon be receiving in the Democrat’s upcoming Covid Relief Legislation, our children and grandchildren continue to suffer the consequences of losing an entire year of essential education. That particular loss will never be recovered. It is gone forever.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-5
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/our-public-schools-worse-than-you-can-imagine.php
As our nation’s Capitol continues to look like a war zone compared to Russia’s Red Square (think about that for a moment), the liberal Democratic clique that controls much of our society continue their hysterics surrounding the so-called January 6th insurrection, idiotic wokeness, election reform that actually dilutes the integrity of our electoral system, and abandonment of our dedicated frontline American law enforcement officials. Welcome to Oz.
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/as-the-insurrection-narrative-crumbles
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/03/tie-a-presidential-inauguration-support-ribbon.php
Note: this is satire. https://babylonbee.com/news/study-finds-book-burners-always-stop-with-just-a-few-fringe-books-so-theres-nothing-to-worry-about
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ezra-klein-still-doesnt-understand-the-constitution/
https://nypost.com/2021/03/05/liberals-are-pushing-us-fast-back-to-the-bad-old-days/
Finally, here is a note on the misadventures of the National Football League (NFL). Having reaped its riches and influence from its protected position as a monopoly in professional football and a fearless and foolish social warrior, the NFL has stumbled into a situation that I find extremely interesting. I suppose I should first admit to the disclaimer that having been infuriated by the Black Lives Matter worship and the kneeling debacles contained therein and sworn to never again watch another NFL game, I pitifully surrendered to my desperate need for the sport and have returned as consumer of professional football. I just try my best to avoid and ignore all the bullshit that surrounds it in the form of prima donna players, ridiculous commercial sponsor messaging, and stupidly feeble attempts by the NFL to influence the social fabric of our country.
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