Thread: In Defense Of Aunt Zeituni

After her recent interview with a Boston news reporter, doesn't anyone have something nice to say about our president's (former illegal alien) aunt?

As it turns out, a few do.

http://derailamnestydotcom.blogspot.com ... ituni.html

She may have been right on, it's the system, but I noticed that she sure wasn't turning down any of the freebies though was she?????

Far as I'm concerned, politicians are to blame.

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then
> campaign against them.
>
> Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are
> against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
>
> Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and
> high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?
>
> You and I don't propose a federal budget. The president does.
>
> You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on
> appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
>
> You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
>
> You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
>
> One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president, and nine Supreme
> Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300 million are
> directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic
> problems that plague this country.
>
> I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem
> was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its
> Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered,
> but private, central bank.
>
> I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason..
> They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a
> congressman, or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care
> if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has
> the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it
> is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.
>
> Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what
> they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless
> of party.
> What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive
> amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker,
> who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.. The
> president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to
> accept it.
>
> The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole
> responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and
> approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House?
> Nancy Pelosi. She is the leader of the majority party. She and fellow
> House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the
> president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
>
> It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace
> 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of incompetence and
> irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not
> traceable directly to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain
> truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it
> must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
>
> If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.
>
> If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red ..
>
> If the Army &Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they want them in IRAQ
>
> If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan
> not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.
>
> There are no insoluble government problems.
>
> Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire
> and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they
> can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from
> whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let them con you into
> the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the
> economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent them from doing what they
> take an oath to do.
>
> Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
>
> They, and they alone, have the power.
>
> They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are
> their bosses.
>
> Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
>
> We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!
>
> Charlie Reese is a former columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
>
> What you do with this article now that you have read it.......... Is up to
> you.
>
>
> This might be funny if it weren't so darned true.
> Be sure to read all the way to the end:
>
> Tax his land,
> Tax his bed,
> Tax the table
> At which he's fed.
>
> Tax his tractor,
> Tax his mule,
> Teach him taxes
> Are the rule.
>
> Tax his work,
> Tax his pay,
> He works for peanuts
> Anyway!
> Tax his cow,
> Tax his goat,
> Tax his pants,
> Tax his coat.
> Tax his ties,
> Tax his shirt,
> Tax his work,
> Tax his dirt.
>
> Tax his tobacco,
> Tax his drink,
> Tax him if he
> Tries to think.
>
> Tax his cigars,
> Tax his beers,
> If he cries
> Tax his tears.
>
> Tax his car,
> Tax his gas,
> Find other ways
> To tax his ass.
>
> Tax all he has
> Then let him know
> That you won't be done
> Till he has no dough.
>
> When he screams and hollers;
> Then tax him some more,
> Tax him till
> He's good and sore.
> Then tax his coffin,
> Tax his grave,
> Tax the sod in
> Which he's laid.
>
> Put these words
> Upon his tomb,
> Taxes drove me
> to my doom...'
>
> When he's gone,
> Do not relax,
> Its time to apply
> The inheritance tax.
> Accounts Receivable Tax
> Building Permit Tax
> CDL license Tax
> Cigarette Tax
> Corporate Income Tax
> Dog License Tax
> Excise Taxes
> Federal Income Tax
> Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
> Fishing License Tax
> Food License Tax
> Fuel Permit Tax
> Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)
> Gross Receipts Tax
> Hunting License Tax
> Inheritance Tax
> Inventory Tax
> IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
> Liquor Tax
> Luxury Taxes
> Marriage License Tax
> Medicare Tax
> Personal Property Tax
> Property Tax
> Real Estate Tax
> Service Charge T ax
> Social Security Tax
> Road Usage Tax
> Sales Tax
> Recreational Vehicle Tax
> School Tax
> State Income Tax
> State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
> Telephone Federal Excise Tax
> Telephone Federal Universal Ser vice FeeTax
> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
> Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge=2 0Tax
> Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
> Telephone State and Local Tax
> Telephone Usage Charge Tax
> Utility Taxes
> Vehicle License Registration Tax
> Vehicle Sales Tax
> Watercraft Registration Tax
> Well Permit Tax
> Workers Compensation Tax
>
> STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Not one of these taxes existed 100 years
> ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely
> no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed
> home to raise the kids.
> What in the hell happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
> And I still have to 'press 1' for English!?
>
> I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times!!! YOU can help it get
> there!!!
> GO AHEAD - - - BE AN AMERICAN!!!

you are 100 % right

She has a very rich nephew who refuses to help his aunt and HE DEMANDS hurting,struggling taxpaying citizens to foot the bill for her care even though she has NEVER EVER paid a dime to our Government like citizens do.

This is disgusting,shameful,arrogant,disrespectful and totally morally WRONG WRONG WRONG !!!!!!!!!.

Sure seems like Obama purposely ignores the fact that this aunt exists. I've never seen or heard him talk about her at all.

the people defending her are naive ... i bet you their tune would change the INSTANT money started coming out of their pockets for her upkeep .

I know an individual who worked for 38 years, had a trible heart by-pass, and applied for disability. She was turned down. She finally got a lawyer and was awarded $586 in payment and $10 monthly in food stamps. She applied for public housing and was told there was a 4 year waiting list. She recently passed away. When I drive by the public housing development, I see illegals coming and going. This is so sad when our government allows individuals who are in this country illegally, never paid into the system and are able to receive benefits that a citizen who has worked all of her life, paid into the system and ends up having to fight for what rightfully should have been hers.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/business/ci_ ... otimes.com
By Jenn Crawford \ Special to the Times
Posted: 09/26/2010 12:00:00 AM MDT

Entrepreneur profile: College job became career for Morales

It was by chance that Edith Morales started in the office supply business. But it was through years of hard work and dedication that she became a successful entrepreneur in that field.

Morales, owner of El Paso-based Printek Supplies Inc., started working part time in 1992 at a call center for Daisytek International Inc., another office supply company, because it was close to the University of Texas at Dallas campus, where she was taking classes.

She continued to work at Daisytek after completing her bachelor's degree in business in 1997, rising through the ranks until she ran the company's Latin American division out of Miami. She also spent two years in Mexico City, opening a call center.

When Daisytek went bankrupt in 2002, Morales decided to start her own office supply company.

"It was basically the only thing I knew to do after the company went down," she said.

She was offered jobs with other companies but wanted the freedom of running her own business.

"I wanted to have control of my time, and I wanted to grow something for (my family), and build something that was our own," she said.

She and her husband, Eduardo, initially started Printek Supplies in Miami in 2002, selling to companies around Latin American. But soon, El Paso beckoned.

Morales was born in El Paso -- her mother had crossed the border from Mexico to give birth to her -- but was raised in Juárez. She returned to El Paso as a teenager, finishing her last two years at Socorro High School.
She wanted her children to grow up near family, so she and her husband moved back to El Paso in 2005, when she was pregnant with their second daughter.


When she first considered expanding her business to include El Paso, Morales found it difficult to compete with the national office supply chains.

"The biggest challenge was getting people to understand that they can buy locally," she said. "We help people understand that doing business locally can save them money, and besides saving money, they are growing the economy here."

She began to network. She talked with Teresa Gándara, owner of Pencil Cup Office Products Inc., also a small office supply business. She became involved in the chambers of commerce and Homegrown El Paso, as well as E-Women Network, where she connected with other women running businesses.

"When I met Edith, she was questioning whether or not she could begin her own business (locally)," Gándara said. "Having spoken to her, I realized she possessed the one single quality that was most important to an entrepreneur, and that was the passion to start her own business. The rest is history. She went into this business and became one of my competitiors. É She's holding her own. I'm very proud of her."

Printek sells mainly to suppliers who resell the office products -- pens, paper, printers, toner, office furniture and computer supplies. Printek staffers pride themselves on next-day delivery and excellent service.

"One of the things that they don't have, these big companies É is service," Morales said. "It's not all the time about the price. They can call right now, and since we're a small company, they can talk to the owner."

Morales started a second business in September 2009, a restaurant in East El Paso named Burrito Ocho. It can be difficult to run both companies and while taking care of her two daughters, she said. For now, she handles the marketing for Printek, and her husband runs the day-to-day operations while she is at the restaurant. But she's confident that she'll succeed.

"You can do whatever you want," she said. "Just as long as you believe it, you can do it, but never give up."

Paso del Norte Entrepreneurship project
# Hispanic entrepreneurs have played an integral role in El Paso's business and economic growth. The Paso del Norte Entrepreneurship Oral History Project, a partnership between the University of Texas at El Paso's Institute of Oral History and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a Kansas City-based foundation devoted to entrepreneurship, identifies some of these prominent business owners and tells their stories of overcoming expectations to become successful role models.
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My husband and I never could pay for college for our three boys. This kind of thing for the illegals really ticks me off. We are part of the crushed middle class and therefore never are able to qualify for anything. Not poor enough to qualify and not rich enough to pay. I had the sense from reading this article that it was deliberately printed in the paper to specifically highlight the fact that this woman is an example of an anchor baby who has done well and isn't in the US just to scam benefits. Frankly, I don't care what her achievements are because I cannot get past the fact that my own children who are REAL Americans have not ever been given or qualify for such opportunities.