Thread: Brewer, Homeland Security chief visit Nogales center holding migrant kids

I was 14 years old when Dad put me in charge of the hay criw, 5-7 boys usually 16-19 years old. I heard Mom tell him that he was about to get me killed. Sure enough about a month into the season, I had a slacker, a real slacker..I warned him about 9 am that he needed to do his part of the work,at 9:30 am I fired him.

So many lessons was learned by myself that day. One of them simply being that life was going require tough decisions, that if I wanted hay in the barn, I had to do what was best for the crew, not one individual.

Our government is charged with doing right for Americans, not what feels good to do for unfortunate aliens. I've recognized for some time that it is time to replace persons supposedly representing us that are not performing in good faith. It is time to fire them, and maybe even those that show softness when confronted with reality.

That 19 year old did not think this 14 yer old would stand up to him, I know that I had to, it was my job!

Sorry but I've traveled many places around the world. I have seen hungry children in every country I have been be it a poor or rich country. I have seen poverty, lack of education, lack of medical attention, and governments who just don't give a damn. There are billions of people like this. We can NOT help them all. We can't even help most of them. Our resources are limited and we also have a duty to protect our own first and not disrupt our way of life just because theirs may be harder.

But even more so by giving Amnesty, letting them stay, or even giving hope that someone else will fix their problems for them won't help them at all. These people need a real education dealing and to take a political stand in their own countries. These people need to grow a backbone back home and learn to stand for themselves and depend on themselves. Giving them handouts in any way does NOT help. They need to be taught that they need to solve their own problems rather then running away to cry to somebody else.

The US helps by being an example. That is what the US has meant for the world for centuries. An example of what people can do if they rise up for what they believe is right and force change. This is how the US claimed independence. This is how the US threw down slavery. This is how the US strived for equality for blacks and women. The US made itself an example of what people can achieve when they come together to throw down oppression and demand a chance to succeed with their own 2 hands. However the US is no longer an example of that. That example has been killed by liberal politics. Its no longer an example of what people can achieve when they rise up against those who hold them down.

Its a sad day for the US and I haven't celebrated the 4th of July in a handful of years as I don't see the US as standing for freedom and against oppression anymore. But I earned that right as a disabled veteran who fought for my country.