There are nutjobs on the extreme right and extreme left. Pat Robertson is the idiot on the extreme right of the religious issue. So is that 'tard from Westboro Baptist Church who protests soldiers funerals with the signs that reads GOD HATES FAGS.
That being said...I do think our core values are being erroded in this country. This country was founded by a group of men wishing to escape religous persecution. Now religion and God are being removed from everything at a alarming rate.
One of my key beefs living in Texas right now is the illegal immigrants. In the past 10 years the population of my town has had a huge surge in hispanic population. Almost none of them are legal. Why aren't we kicking their asses back over the border? Instead we give them free medical care which has nearly bankrupted the local hospital district and raised the cost to the point I meet my insurance deductible the first time I step through the door. They are getting social security checks. If they squat out a kid on American soil the kid is a citizen. That is complete crap. There were here illegally and should not have been here to have that kid.
The school district in which I work spends outrageous money each year on free and reduced lunch. We have schools were 90% of the student population gets a free lunch. Don't get me wrong...I don't think we should let these kids go hungry. The issue is that their parent's don't show enough income. Why? Because they are illegal and most of their income is unreported. And its unreported because they are illegal. So why is the kid even there?
My district is also spending incredible amounts of money to recruit bilingual teachers because the vast part of the hispanic population does not speak english.
Try jumping over our north or south border illegally and demand free health care, free money, free food, and that everybody address you in your native language.
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That being said...I do think our core values are being erroded in this country. This country was founded by a group of men wishing to escape religous persecution. Now religion and God are being removed from everything at a alarming rate.
One of my key beefs living in Texas right now is the illegal immigrants. In the past 10 years the population of my town has had a huge surge in hispanic population. Almost none of them are legal. Why aren't we kicking their asses back over the border? Instead we give them free medical care which has nearly bankrupted the local hospital district and raised the cost to the point I meet my insurance deductible the first time I step through the door. They are getting social security checks. If they squat out a kid on American soil the kid is a citizen. That is complete crap. There were here illegally and should not have been here to have that kid.
The school district in which I work spends outrageous money each year on free and reduced lunch. We have schools were 90% of the student population gets a free lunch. Don't get me wrong...I don't think we should let these kids go hungry. The issue is that their parent's don't show enough income. Why? Because they are illegal and most of their income is unreported. And its unreported because they are illegal. So why is the kid even there?
My district is also spending incredible amounts of money to recruit bilingual teachers because the vast part of the hispanic population does not speak english.
Try jumping over our north or south border illegally and demand free health care, free money, free food, and that everybody address you in your native language.
End rant.