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One Reporter's Opinion — Crazy 'Believe It or Not' Stories
George Putnam
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007

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One Reporter's Opinion — Crazy 'Believe It or Not' Stories
George Putnam
Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007



It is this reporter's opinion that the late Robert Ripley would have had a field day with many of the current news stories that balance between the absurd and the ridiculous.

Let's look at a few examples. The Bank of America offers the first shocker: offering credit cards to illegal immigrants. In the past, banks have offered checking accounts and mortgages but it has been difficult for illegal workers to get major credit cards.

But now Bank of America, founded by an Italian immigrant, Amadeo Peter Giannini, has opened the door.

We can't stop there. What about Social Security for illegals?

A pending agreement with Mexico would make Mexican workers and their families eligible for Social Security benefits. It means millions of illegals will be receiving Social Security checks. Workers could claim eligibility simply by documenting their work history through old pay stubs or tax receipts.

This has been labeled "a totalization agreement."

Most recently, we had the Mexican government, through their consulates, dictating some of the events in our court system.

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We have the case of a Mexican consular official demanding the prosecution of one of our own citizens — a Border Patrol agent, involved in his sworn duty to apprehend an illegal drug smuggler coming across the border.

Another "believe it or not": the recent action by the professional football league which refused a recruitment ad for the U.S. Border Patrol that would air during the Super Bowl. The ad was labeled controversial because it mentions "fighting terrorism" and stopping drug smuggling via illegal aliens at the border. The spokesperson for the NFL, Greg Aiello said, "It made us a little bit uncomfortable."

He added that the borders immigration debate is a particularly controversial issue, noting, "The game was in Miami, where [immigration] is a sensitive political issue."

Another shocker came when Rep. Tom Tancredo, R–Colo., was told he should not smoke a cigar in his own congressional office. The complaint came from freshman Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat of Minnesota.

This is the same congressman who insisted he be sworn into Congress with his hand not on the holy Bible but on the Quran.


It is this reporter's opinion that the late Robert Ripley would have had a field day with many of the current news stories that balance between the absurd and the ridiculous.

Let's look at a few examples. The Bank of America offers the first shocker: offering credit cards to illegal immigrants. In the past, banks have offered checking accounts and mortgages but it has been difficult for illegal workers to get major credit cards.

But now Bank of America, founded by an Italian immigrant, Amadeo Peter Giannini, has opened the door.

We can't stop there. What about Social Security for illegals?

A pending agreement with Mexico would make Mexican workers and their families eligible for Social Security benefits. It means millions of illegals will be receiving Social Security checks. Workers could claim eligibility simply by documenting their work history through old pay stubs or tax receipts.

This has been labeled "a totalization agreement."

Most recently, we had the Mexican government, through their consulates, dictating some of the events in our court system.

Story Continues Below




We have the case of a Mexican consular official demanding the prosecution of one of our own citizens — a Border Patrol agent, involved in his sworn duty to apprehend an illegal drug smuggler coming across the border.

Another "believe it or not": the recent action by the professional football league which refused a recruitment ad for the U.S. Border Patrol that would air during the Super Bowl. The ad was labeled controversial because it mentions "fighting terrorism" and stopping drug smuggling via illegal aliens at the border. The spokesperson for the NFL, Greg Aiello said, "It made us a little bit uncomfortable."

He added that the borders immigration debate is a particularly controversial issue, noting, "The game was in Miami, where [immigration] is a sensitive political issue."

Another shocker came when Rep. Tom Tancredo, R–Colo., was told he should not smoke a cigar in his own congressional office. The complaint came from freshman Rep. Keith Ellison, a Democrat of Minnesota.

This is the same congressman who insisted he be sworn into Congress with his hand not on the holy Bible but on the Quran.

Ya.....it really is crazy. Our own citizens can't all open checking accounts if they've had any past financial issues....let alone get a credit card. Your credit is tied to whether or not you can qualify for a home loan and they apparently don't have to prove anything. Our social security is supposidly going bankrupt to where citizens who have paid in for a lifetime might not get....yet we can afford to cover God only knows how many, who only have to prove they worked. You can't even do legal things without being targeted as some low life while they reward illegal behavior. Things are sadly upside-down and inside-out.

I smell a revolt coming to America, and it aint going to be funny!

Originally Posted by nittygritty

I smell a revolt coming to America, and it aint going to be funny!

I hear 'ya Nitty. Things are getting scary.

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" (Isa. 5:20).

This bible quote seems to be a reality in todays world.

CUUSA wrote:

This bible quote seems to be a reality in todays world

I certainly agree everything is backwards in a very Bad way and there are those who want it to stay that way.

We all better get right on that revolt....and go full force, Nitty.