Where is Mexico?

"Where there is a Mexican, there is Mexico. Mexico does not end at its borders."
- Mexico's President Felipe Calderon

Awwwweeee, what a sweet State of the Union Address President Calderon gave. How beautiful. I had no idea that Mexico so lovingly extended its borders. Pres. Calderon also preached about how he is going to "redouble efforts to protect the rights of undocumented Mexicans living in the US." He is also against a wall being constructed between our two countries. I personally don't know why he is worried about a wall. A wall can't stop Mexico from living in our hearts (or wherever a Mexican lives). I read about it here.

Hmmmm....whats funny about Pres. Calderon's heartwarming speech is that Mexico somehow forgets how open she is when it comes to letting in folks through their Southern' border. It turns out that Belize and Guatemala are more depressed than Mexico. The Mexicans do a great job protecting their Southern Border from the entrance of illegal immigrants, (I mean, undocumented workers).

I am sure that Pres. Calderon is a loving man who cares deeply about the immigrants from his country who reside in the US. He is sweet that way. I know its not really any of my business or anything but I'd like to see a little more effort going towards cleaning up the extensive corruption in the Mexican Government and Law Enforcement Agencies. It is a little too well known that Mexican Law Enforcement and Government Officials can easily be paid off. Gangs have way too much power down there. Its out of control. (I am not implying that the US doesn't have problems with corruption. Its just no where near as extensive as it is in Mexico."

Ya know, I think we need to just hug it out till we can work it out with Mexico. :)

Bee Invasion

Yesterday afternoon I took the girls outside to play at their water table. The water in it was dirty so I picked it up and tipped it out over the banister. I soon noticed a whole bunch of bees flying around. Then I looked down in front of me and saw a bees nest attached underneath the water table. I quickly let go of the table and it fell off the banister onto the ground below. The bees were all upset and I hurried the girls into the house. Eliza and Sadie were so upset that they didn't get to play in the water. We watched the bees fly around all upset through the window.

I am actually kind-of surprised that I didn't get stung when I was disrupting the bees nest. Without realizing it, when I had the table resting on its side on the banister, the nest was parallel with my stomach. Scary. I told David about it on the phone. When he got home from work he picked the nest up with his hands and carried it to some spot in the yard and smooched it with his shoe. A bee tried to follow him into the house but he managed to keep it out. I like to go to David's blog and tease him by making this comment , "You are so brave." Its sort-of turned into a joke between us. However, this time I have to say that David really is brave!

So the girls got to have their water table fun this morning instead. (You may have noticed that Sadie's swim suit is a little too big. She refused to take her suit off last night and it got dirty when she ate dinner in it. She had to wear one of Eliza's swim suits instead). As the kiddos played I kept my eyes on these four bees who kept flying around us. They mostly hung out on the ceiling of the porch. They were making me nervous. After about 40 minutes I think I finally made Eliza nervous enough to want to come inside. Does anyone know how to dissuade these bees from being interested in living on my porch?

Scum Walking!

I listened to Sean Hannity on the radio yesterday evening. He told a news story that I can't stop thinking about.

Three years ago, police in Maryland arrested Mahamu Kanneh for REPEATED Sexual Assualt to a 7 year old girl. He spent one night in jail and was released on bail. Judge Katherine D. Savage has dismissed the case! Why?....

Kanneh, immigrated to the US from Liberia. He was granted asylum. He attended high school and college in the United States. He spoke English to the detectives who first arrested him. However, when interviewed by a court psychiatrist, it was determined that he needed a translator. (Am I the only one who thinks that would be easy to fake?). The court had a difficult time finding a translator of his remote West-African triable language. Hence a delay in his trail. Kenneh's attorney argued that he has been denied his right to a speedy trial. So, his case is dismissed and he cannont be charged again.

This story infuriates me!! This child rapist is now freely living in society! So, Kenneh manges to get through high school and 2 years of college. He knows enough English to accomplish that but not to stand trial!! Okay, but lets say he didn't speak a word of English, we still can't let him go free because the courts don't find a translator in time!

I have never had passionate feelings about an Official Language, per say. I've thought about it before. I have always thought it was important for the citizens of our country to speak the same language. I mean if New Englanders spoke a different language than Iowans than it would be a dividing. Our Founding Fathers did not want the States to be like Europe. We want our great States to stand United and strong, right? I believe we need to speak the same language to encourage communication and unity. While I believe that I never formed a passionate opinion about laws being passed in regards to an official legal language....

Until now...If you immigrate to this country and don't speak English than you better not commit any crimes. I think its fine to continue to provide translators to the accused if its convenient. I mean, hey, the tax payers don't have enough to pay for, right! But, in a case like this where its nearly impossible, than the accused should stand trial in English. I am irked! This evil creep spoke enough English anyway.

As a society, we HAVE to PROTECT OUR CHILDREN!!! One cannot steal the innocence of a seven year old and walk free to harm the next child because of a pitiful reason like this!!!

The next time Kenneh gets charged, after another innocent child is harmed, he will just pretend he doesn't speak English again. I hope the courts are prepared next time.

I Would Die For That

Terri just introduced me to Becki. Becki is awesome. She had this video posted on her blog. I really liked it. I often think about how grateful I am that Eliza's birthmom chose to place her baby for adoption and David and I are SO lucky she chose to place with us. This movie reminded me that before she chose adoption, she chose life. I am so grateful she let her baby live. I commend all single moms who make the sometimes difficult choice to choose life, especially when it seems so much easier to just end an unwanted pregnancy. Its so sad that the laws of our country do not protect the rights of an innocent, defenseless baby to live. Instead, laws protect a woman's choice to destroy her own child. The laws should be standing up for and protecting the voiceless baby.

Whats with opening night?

David has a ticket to go see Harry Potter tomorrow night at Richmond's Imax Theater. He was able to persuade me that it would be worth it to some people to pay a few dollars more to see a movie on a giant Imax screen than on a regular big screen. I personally don't care. I am happy to watch movies at home on dvd, but I can see how some people might prefer the big screen.

Here's what I don't get: David is very happy to be going to the movies. Its a rare treat for him, even rarer for me but I care less. However, each time a Harry Potter or a Star Wars movie came out he feels like he HAS to see it on opening night. (He even saw some of them in theater more than once). This time is no exception, while he is happy to be seeing the movie at all, he still made the comment that its too bad he doesn't get to go on opening night. Whats with opening night? The movie is the same on opening night and two nights later. And why does he enjoy watching the same trailers over and over again?

Parents Can Be So Silly

A Texas high school had cheer leading tryouts last May. Typically a squad has 8 members but last year the school made an exception and had 9 members instead. This year they didn't make the exception and they had to cut one person who tried out. The young lady who was cut was a 14 year old, soon to be freshman. She is devastated, embarrassed, humiliated, crying all the time etc.

So what do her parents do? They say, "Oh thats too bad, Honey. You did great anyway. Better luck next year."

NOPE!!!! Silly Parents...

Instead they hire an attorney. Thats right; they are suing because baby girl doesn't get to cheer this year. They "want her cheering, not crying." After all, "I'm very disappointed with my school," Wycoda, the cut teen, said "I've been in it all my life. It was a big dream."

I mean thats too bad that she was the only girl cut and it seems easy enough to me to just let one more girl be on the squad. However, it seems selfish to me to sue the school. As a tax payer, I don't want the school's money to be spent in court on a stupid case like this. I would like my tax money to go to, ummm, I don't know.... Education??

If she does win, will she not be embarrassed that the only reason she's on the squad is because her parents bullied the school into making another exception? It seems like a little case of "I believe the whole world revolves around me syndrome."

Read the article here.

GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

This is a little late but I still want to make an Independence Day Post. Last week on the 3rd of July I was listening to Glen Beck on the radio as I was driving in my car. I caught the end of a story he was telling about the sacrifice of a patriot from Virginia, who was once wealthy but gave up all of his riches because he had a vision for a new government that granted liberty to all. He signed the Declaration of Independence. By so doing, he became a target for the British. The entire essay that Mr. Beck delivered is posted on his website. Please take the time to read it. Its excellent and its short. The following is an exerpt from the essay:

"Thomas Nelson, Jr. of Virginia raised more than $2 million for the patriots cause on his own personal credit. The Government never reimbursed him, and repaying the loans wiped out his entire estate. During the battle of Yorktown, his house which had been seized by the British and occupied by General Cornwallis, Nelson quietly urged the gunners to fire on his own home. They did so destroying it. He was never again a man of wealth. He died, was buried in an unmarked grave. He stopped in a New Jersey Supreme Court, betrayed by loyalist neighbors. He was dragged from his bed, thrown in prison where he was brutally beaten and starved. His lands were devastated, his horses stolen, his library burned and his family lived on charity for the rest of their lives. And then there was John Hart, the speaker of the New Jersey assembly. He was forced to flee in the winter of '76 at the age of 65 from his dying wife's bedside while he hid in forests and caves. His home was demolished, his fields and mill lay waste and his 13 children put to flight. When it was finally safe for him to return, he found his wife dead, his children missing, his property decimated. He never saw any of his family again."

God truly has blessed this great nation. I am so blessed to live here and enjoy liberty. I am so grateful for the brave men and women who willingly sacrificed their lives and wealth for the great cause of liberty. Thank God for their vision and dedication to freedom! God bless our beloved troops, and all the men and women, who are serving today to preserve the liberty that keeps us comfortable and provides us with endless opportunity in the land of the free.