Well the past few months have been 'interesting', as in the ancient Chinese curse 'May you live in interesting times.' meaning.
First: The assassination of Charlie Kirk, the head of Turning Point USA last week.
A definite tragedy all the way around, regardless of his ideology, this reminds me much of the shooting of MLK in some respects. In both instances, the shooter was someone who feared the words of the victim, felt 'threatened', and decided the violent approach was the only way to go. When one brings violence and bloodshed to the political arena in order to initiate the furtherance of a political objective, that is terrorism.
And per the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of terrorism is:
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
So here we are not too clear yet on Kirk's shooters actual motivations, but it should flesh out more as the investigation continues, and I will always try to keep an open mind.
Second: ICE deportations.
An extreme solution to the problem of illegal criminal immigrants in this nation, but unfortunately justified given the Biden admin's previous 4 years of throwing open the floodgates so to speak. However, this just needs to reinforce the need for a proper 'guest worker' program to be implemented which will allow those who want to work to come into the US to do so but at the same time do two important things:
1. Protect the ability of US citizens to work, and...
2. Ensure that the guest worker does not get a 'free ride' on the public trough.
In addition, ICE needs to continue to focus on criminal illegals, not just the regular working folks just trying to make a living, and who actually pay into the system (i.e. taxes, social security). Let's clean up the trash first, and hopefully by then both the deplorable D's and reprehensible R's can come up with a workable bipartisan solution.
As you may be aware, I am registered as a Libertarian, but I do not hold with the 'open borders' portion of the national party's plank.
Without borders, you do not have a nation.
'Nuff said...for now at least.
