Monday, July 31, 2017

End Obamacare Exemption For Congress Now

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander
Time on Obamacare reform Trump to end role as bystander
Time for the gang of 535 and their staff
Punishment for failing a replace bill to craft
Their exemption from Obamacare to deprive
Share the pain of mere mortals trying to survive
The gang of 535 has turned into a remote, wealthy elite
Concerned not about the nation only raising enough money to avoid defeat
Any law passed should apply equally to Congress and its bloated staff
Hard working Americans disgusted that they are ignored and viewed as expendable riffraff
The Swamp is held outside the Beltway in disgusted contempt
Time for Trump on Obamacare to make the gang and the staff no longer exempt
Watch when these parasites have to start writing expensive checks
Passage of a repeal and replacement bill as the choice they will select  
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July 31, 2017 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Ranger Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For July 31, 2017 The clock is ticking for North Korea and for China who could castrate the North Korean economy and bring its obese lunatic to its knees (if the North and South were united just like East and West Germany within a few years you would have not any more U.S. troops and a booming economy that would be a magnet for Chinese goods); cannot believe that Chinese leaders cannot turn the light bulb on to realize Kim Jong Un is a dead end street and should be eliminated); Venezuela once the richest country in South America and now bankrupt due to socialist policies in a “sham election” has granted Maduro dictatorial power and  is facing potential sanctions from the U.S. like banning all imports of oil from that country (something we can do due to fracking and the elimination of misguided energy restrictions from Obama); on the war on MS-13 front some progress but pressure must be brought to bear on the Blues who must have only contempt for our safety to inform them in no uncertain terms to get behind and support Kate’s Law and an end to all federal funding for Sanctuary Cities (how many innocents have to be killed, raped or assaulted before these Blue protected idiots come to their senses?); while the 535 gang of parasites and their bloated staff enjoy the good life of ACA subsidies, mere mortals living in 1332 counties have only one insurance company to chose from and in 40 counties none (only word to use to describe this mess is pathetic—solution is term limits and purge every incumbent from office?); through July 30 2182 people have been shot in Chicago 382 of whom have died (sadly the ATF agents Trump has sent has not put a damper on the carnage).
    As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Los Del Rio, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote by Adolph Hitler, hoping your issues and challenges are not invictive,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. Ka Hae Hawaii Daycelebrating in Hawaii the adoption of its state flag, the only one in the 50 states that includes the flag of a foreign nation, the Union Jack.
2. World Ranger Day—commemorating since 2007 the sacrifice of park rangers who have died in the line of duty protecting visitors to parks and game reserves and the animals who resided there
3. 1996 Number One Song—the number one song in 1996 on a long run of 14 weeks in that position was “Macarena” by Los Del Rios. Here is a performance by the duo of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiOGjn1Ms4w
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “invictive” which means insurmountable which sadly seems to describe the difficulties we face in draining the Swamp. 
5. A Real Successful Maverick—celebrating the birth on this day in 1958 of Mark Cuban since it is Shark Week, one of the stars of “Shark Tank”, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, one very successful entrepreneur who also dances very well.   
On this day in:                                                                                 
a. 1790 the first U.S. Patent is issued to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process. 
b. 1874 Dr. Francis Patrick Healy became the first African American to be named president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown.                
c. 1941 in a sad day for humanity Hermann Goring  ordered SS General Reinhardt Heydrich to submit plans for the “Final Solution” of the Jewish problem.
d. 1948 at Idlewild Field New York International Airport (later renamed John F Kennedy) was dedicated.
e. 1991 in a step to make the planet a safer place the U.S. and Soviet Union signed START 1, a treaty to reduce their respective nuclear stockpiles.        
Reflections on why we need to listen rogue nation threats from North Korea and Iran: “Today I will once more be a prophet: If the international Jewish financiers in and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, then the result will not be the bolshevization of the earth, and thus the victory of Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe!” Adolph Hitler in a speech January 31,1939 Sadly no one listened and took heed even as the obese lunatic from North Korea rants about annihilating us. Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.  
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Sunday, July 30, 2017

Smell Roses In Portland and Be Raped by Illegal 20 Time Deportee

Sergio Martinez has to be the poster child for sanctuary cities running wild and amok
20 times deported and released despite a detainer request and with another rape attempt has struck
Portland has blood on its hands as this scumbag with a rap sheet a mile long
Released onto the streets where he definitely did not belong
Who will mourn for the 65 year victim traumatized beyond belief?
When will cities like Portland provide its citizens some protection and relief?
Portland in March joined the ranks of the idiots who feel from criminal illegals they have no duty to us protect
Blood on their hands and sick ideas we Americans must soundly reject
The left is on an anarchist dangerous binge
Fearing for our safety we should all cringe
When it comes to shuffling the cards of citizen safety Portland’s mayor deserves to be replaced as a dealer
He has blood on his hands, should be ashamed and resign this Mayor Wheeler
The two Blue Senators from Oregon must vote for Kate’s Law and to federal funds to sanctuary cities block
If convicted this scum bag should be put in prison for life with his prison cell never to be unlocked
Another example of why Blue leftists cannot be trusted to protect us
To protect illegals perceived to be future Blue voters they will throw us under the bus
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July 30, 2017 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Friendship Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For July 30, 2017 While most Americans are being crushed with higher premiums and higher deductibles the gang of 535 and their staff are exempt from Obamacare (time to get on the phone and write Trump to end that exemption so these parasites get brought back to reality and work to repeal this disaster); time to ultimatum China who is an enabler for that obese lunatic in North Korea and time to figure out where this lunatic is and remove him and every member of his family; another example of Germany’s idiotic posture on refugees as an Iraqi went into a nightclub in southern German with an automatic rifle and started spraying bullets, killing one and wounding several before sent to Paradise by police; UC Irvine is eating crow as it rescinded almost 500 acceptance letters for this year’s incoming class (do you expect competency from a State of California Institution?); in another reason why we need Kate’s Law that the Blues are fighting tooth and nail Sergio Martinez with a rap sheet a mile long and who has been deported 20 times (prime example of why we need a wall) has been arrested in the sanctuary city of Portland, Oregon for raping a 65 year old woman (if this scum bag is convicted lock him up for the rest of his miserable life and if a lesser sentence, castrate him before deporting him) through July 29 2173 people have been shot in Chicago 379 of whom have died (sadly the ATF agents Trump has sent has not put a damper on the carnage).
    As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, music links to TLC and the Beatles, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote by St. Thomas Aquinas on friendship, hoping you are able to avoid inverecund behavior,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. International Friendship Daycelebrating one’s friends since no man is an island and without friends life becomes very unbearable and lonely.
2. Paperback Book Day—celebrating Penguin Books introduction of paperback books into the retail market on this day in 1935. In honor of the day here is a link to the Beatles performing “Paperback Writer”: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbihws         
3. 1995 Number One Song—the number one song in 1995 on a run of 7 weeks in that position was “Waterfalls” by TLC. Here is a performance by the trio of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEtxJ4-sh4
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “inverecund” which means shameless or unabashed which when it comes to hypocrisy describes politicians to a tee. 
5. I’ll Be Back—celebrating the birth on this day in 1947 of Arnold Schwarzenegger of Terminator fame and former governor of California still going strong at 70 but due to infidelity absent his ex-wife Maria Shriver.  
On this day in:                                                                                 
a. 1865 the paddle wheel steamboat Brother Jonathan hit an uncharted rock of the coast of Crescent City, California and sank taking 225 passengers and crew to Davy Jones Locker (only 19 survived) along with a cargo of gold which was discovered in the late 1990’s which true to form a rapacious California tried to claim to no avail. 
b. 1932 Walt Disney premiered Flowers and Trees, the first animated cartoon to utilize Technicolor and the first animated short to win an Academy Award.                
c. 1965 President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Social Security Act of 1965 which created Medicare and Medicaid which are now under great fiscal strain as the population is getting older and older.
d. 1974 President Richard Nixon turned over to the Senate the Watergate Tapes as ordered by SCOTUS.
e. 1975 Teamsters Union President Jimmy Hoffa disappeared from the Machus Red Fox restaurant parking lot in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan never to be seen again.      
Reflections friendship: “There is nothing more to be prized on this Earth than true friendship” Saint Thomas Aquinas Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.  
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Saturday, July 29, 2017

July 29, 2017 Ridley's Believe It Or Not International Tiger Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For July 29, 2017 The Reds who campaigned on repeal and replace Obamacare thanks to three Benedicts, Collins, Murkowski and McCain have failed so we get to watch the agony of a failed program that will implode in front of our very eyes knowing that Congress and its staff have been exempted from complying with a flawed law (so typical of the Swamp denizens to insulate themselves from the pain they impose upon us mere mortals); shakeup at the White House with Priebus leaving and Kelley assuming his role and Scaramucci declaring war on leakers; another ICBM test (if we know where that obese lunatic is, time to take him and his family out if China refuses to get involved (China work for regime change or kiss the U.S. market goodbye); Iran complaining that warning shots fired by U.S. Naval vessel in Persian Gulf were unprofessional (problem is that the Iranian boat was not sunk); in another example of total ineptness billions of student debt may be written off due to misplaced or lost paper work; through July 28 2168 people have been shot in Chicago 370 of whom have died (sadly the ATF agents Trump has sent has not put a damper on the carnage).
    As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to All-for-One, factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote by Paris Hilton on what a woman needs, hoping you can resist people who are inveigling you,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. International Tiger Daycelebrating not the athletic teams of Princeton but a day to promote awareness of the problems faced by tigers in the wild and the threats to their habitat.
2. Rain Day—never underestimate the ability of a local community to create a reason to suck in tourists to spend money in the community—Waynesburg, PA where it always seems to rain on the 29th of July celebrates a rain day festival on this day.      
3. 1994 Number One Song—the number one song in 1994 on a run of 11 weeks in that position was “I Swear” by  All-4-One. Here is a performance by the group of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25rL-ooWICU
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “inveigle” which means to entice which sadly Trump failed to do to get three Red Senators to vote in the proper manner on the repeal of Obamacare. 
5. To Lose a Sister—celebrating the birth on this day in 1957 of Denise Brown, the older sister of murdered Nicole Brown Simpson who has become a vocal advocate against domestic violence and who must be truly saddened that the Juice will be getting out of prison in October.  
On this day in:                                                                                   
a. 1858 Japan and the U.S. signed the Harris Treaty opening up 5 Japanese ports to American ships. 
b. 1932 U.S. troops dispersed by force the last of the Bonus Army protestors from the Washington Mall.                
c. 1981 over 700 million people watched the wedding of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles (what an idiot Prince Charles is to have dumped Diana for his current wife).
d. 1987 Margaret Thatcher and Francois Mitterrand signed an agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel to connect France and England.
e. 1996 the child protection provisions of the Communications Decency Act were struck down by a federal court for being too broad.      
Reflections on pets a woman needs: Every woman should have four pets in her life. A mink in her closet, a jaguar in her garage, a tiger in her bed, and a jackass who pays for everything.” Paris Hilton
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Friday, July 28, 2017

July 28, 2017 Ridley's Believe It Or Not World Hepatitis Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For July 28, 2017 The drama on repeal of Obamacare had its curtain call last night with three Reds voting no and Schumer today at his most hypocritical best urging bipartisanship (if you want Congress to be bipartisan on this have Trump remove the exemption for Congress and its staff from Obamacare and watch the stampede to try to solve this disaster); Maxine Waters put on a disgusting but typical show interrupting continually the testimony of Treasury Secretary Mnuchin (this absentee plantation owner should be thrown out of office by the voters in her district that she doesn’t live in); another day of China trying to do both support North Korea and do business with U.S. and another ballistic missile test landing in the economic zone waters of Japan which fortunately did not hit any vessels in the area (China needs to chose one path or the other); get ready for another special prosecutor as Reds are demanding one to investigate Lynch, Comey and your favorite potential felon HRC; on the terror front another knife wielding “Allahu Akbar” attacker in Hamburg killing one person and wounding 4 others before being subdued; on the PC Academic front a conservative professor Keith Fink teaching free speech at UCLA has been fired even though he possessed an excellent rating; through July 27, 2152 people have been shot in Chicago 376 of whom have died (sadly the ATF agents Trump has sent has not put a damper on the carnage).
    As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to UB40; factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote by Tom Libri on the need to vaccinate against hepetitis, hoping you do not have to put up with people inveighing against you,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval (Canada)designated in 2003 to commemorate the forced expulsion of French speaking Acadians from the Maritime Provinces in Canada following the French and  Indian War; many of whom settled in Louisiana.
2. World Hepatitis Day—creating awareness of the alphabet disease of hepatitis A,B,C,D, and E that affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and kills over a million each year.       
3. 1993 Number One Song—the number one song in 1993 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “Can’t Help Falling in Love” by  UB40. Here is a performance by the group of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajp0Uaw4rqo
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “inveigh” which means to attack in speech or in writing which is all we are being forced to endure in the Swamp instead of Congress getting anything done. 
5. Change the Channel on the Telly—celebrating or bemoaning depending on your political views the birth on this day in 1957 of Scott Pelley former news anchor for CBS Evening News who was canned in part due to failing ratings probably due to his unconcealed bias and partisan attacks on Trump and conservatives.
On this day in:                                                                                   
a. 1854 in the world is changing moment, the USS Constellation, the last all sail warship in the US Navy, was commissioned. 
b. 1868 the 14th Amendment to the Constitution granting citizenship to African Americans and guaranteeing due process of law to all was ratified.               
c. 1917 the Silent Parade a parade of 8-10,000 African-Americans  protesting the lynching, murders and other violence directed against African-Americans took place in New York City.
d. 1965 the march to disaster known as the Vietnam War quickened its pace as President Johnson announced the increase in troop levels from 75,000 to 125,000.
e. 1984 the XXIII Summer Olympics opened in Los Angeles which were dominated by the U.S. due in large part to the fact that in a tit-for-tat moment the Soviets boycotted the games.       
Reflections on how to prevent the spread of Hepetitis A and B: Giving vaccine works because we’ve seen case levels of hepatitis A and B drop in Florida. In the past eight years (2001-2008), acute hepatitis B cases have decreased by 49 percent, and hepatitis A cases have dropped by 84 percent.” » Tom Liberti, retired Bureau Chief of the Florida Department of Health.   Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.  
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Thursday, July 27, 2017

ICE Mandatory Retirement Age=Bad Idea

It is a good thing that because of the growing illegals’ perception
That they will find themselves the target of ICE interceptions
So the number of crossings at the border is at an historic low and continuing to fall
Better yet the House has tightened the screws and appropriated almost $2 billion as a down payment for the wall
But before popping the champagne corks and raising glasses to toast
We have another example of why when it comes to efficiency, government we need to roast
ICE has a shortage of agents due to retirement and Trump’s demand to enforce the law
Yet agents who want to stay employed are subject to a mandatory retirement age flaw
At 57 no matter your skills or mental or physical condition you are out the door
No matter how many drugs you have seized or illegals caught your worth is to be ignored
In the private sector if a person with many years of experience continued to perform well
The last thing you would want to do would be to force him or her to ring the retirement bell
More likely than not in that case you would be sued for discrimination
Sent to the purgatory of never ending litigation damnation
If we are serious about draining the sanctuary cities’ illegal alien swamp
Where illegals especially criminals think they can roam free and on residents stomp
We need more ICE agents not less
Enforcement of mandatory retirement ages we should suppress
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July 27, 2017 Ridley's Believe It Or Not Bagpipe Appreciation Day

Ridley’s Believe It Or Not For July 27, 2017 House has voted to appropriate $1.8 billion as a down payment for construction of the much needed wall on our border with Mexico; if you look at the tweet’s from ideologues like Harris, Warren, Sanders, Murray, Schumer et al McCain’s plea for bipartisanship fell on deaf ears but the Reds are trying to craft a “skinny repeal” that will eliminate the most objectionable parts of Obamacare only that may get enough Red votes to pass and send to committee with the House (total drama that brings into question the wisdom of the founding fathers in creating the Senate that was designed to be removed from the democratic passions of the people); more drama and expenditure of political capital at the White House with Trump’s transgender order, Scaramucci and Priebus feuding, and Trump’s tweet rails against Sessions and Mueller (total distraction from what this nation must have—tax cuts, border security, and infrastructure spending); lost in the shuffle in the MSM’s anti-Trump was the announcement that Foxconn which builds parts for Apple products will be building a $10 billion plant in Wisconsin that will create thousands of jobs; on the terror front reports that U.S. Syrian forces have reclaimed half of Raqqa, the “capital of the ISIS Caliphate”; in yet another example of the war by the left on free speech and assembly the Michigan People’s Defense Network is gearing up to disrupt in Michigan a Catholic conference on promoting what is needed for men to be good fathers and husbands; the law firm for the Pakistani IT staffer for Debbie Wasserman Schultz under criminal investigation nabbed trying to flee the country has resorted to parroting the race and Islamophobic card so quickly dropped by many Blues claiming the arrest was due to his ethnicity and religion; we all know that the skies are not friendly in United Airlines for cramped passengers and now that truism will be tested in court for animals as United Airlines is being sued for the death of Simon, a Continental Giant rabbit, who perished on a flight from England to the U.S. (on behalf of all passengers who have endure no service, no food, and no leg room sock it to them jury) through July 26, 2137 people have been shot in Chicago 373 of whom have died (sadly the ATF agents Trump has sent has not put a damper on the carnage).
    As always, I hope you enjoy today’s holidays and observances, a music link to Sir Mix-a-Lot; factoids of interest for this day in history, a relevant quote from the Korean War Memorial, hoping your day is free from interfacing with people who display inurbanity towards you,  secure in the knowledge that if you want to find a gift for any memorable events like weddings, or anniversaries, you know that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great price tailored to the event and the recipient. You need only contact me for details.
1. Korean War Armistice Daycelebrating the Armistice Agreement signed on this day in 1953 that ended the hostilities on the Korean Peninsula but with no regime change in the North has necessitated the presence of large numbers of U.S. troops who unless we or the Chinese act will soon be armed with nuclear weapons capable of reaching the U.S.  
2. Bagpipe Appreciation Day—celebrating that musical instrument that can continue to play as long as the piper can continue to breath and is great to listen to if going into battle, great to fear if heard through the fog waiting for a bunch of face painted Scots to descend and guaranteed to bring tears to one’s eyes at a funeral when “Amazing Grace” is played.      
3. 1992 Number One Song—the number one song in 1992 on a run of 5 weeks in that position was “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot. Here is a performance by him of the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JphDdGV2TU
4. Word of the Day—today’s word of the day is “inurbanity” which means a lack of manners or deportment which is what we are seeing far too often from our politicians which explains the gridlock we are facing in the Swamp.                
5. Ash Hot Rod—celebrating the birth on this day in 1975 of baseball great Alex Rodriguez who ended his career with 696 homeruns even with a one year suspension for using steroids (drugs may enhance performance but in the end like LeMond or Maguire you get caught and all the records and fame go for naught).   
On this day in:                                                                                   
a. 1921 researchers at the University of Toronto discovered that the hormone insulin regulates the blood sugar levels.   
b. 1929 the Geneva Convention regulating the treatment of prisoners was signed by 53 nations.                
c. 1949 in another the world become much smaller moment the de Havilland Comet, the first commercial jet airliner, was flown.
d. 1964 the mission creep to disaster that would become the Vietnam War continued as 5,000 more military advisers were sent to South Vietnam increasing the total to 21,000.  
e. 1974 the House Judiciary Committee voted Articles of Impeachment for obstruction of justice against President Richard Nixon.     
Quotation on the Korean War Memorial which was dedicated on this day in 1995 “Our nation honors its sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a nation they never knew and a people they never met.” Please enjoy the poems on events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and follow me) and follow my blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs—click on the links below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day in History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on breaking news items of importance or go to Ridley's Believe It Or Not for just This Day in History.  
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

ICE Raid 97/114 Perps in NYC

New York City may pride itself as a Sanctuary City a haven for illegals a safe shelter
That idea has just been torn asunder  with a planned round up not done helter-skelter
ICE nabbed 114 illegals in an 11 day raid, 97 of whom were stars in the criminal perp parade
Illegals especially criminals can hopefully look for more not less raids
As the word gets out that a new sheriff unlike Obama will enforce our immigration code
More agents to the non border cities as the flow of illegals has slowed
Deportations rising and If Trump can construct a border wall
We will have a chance for real immigration reform heretofore stalled
Secure and seal our porous border
Immigration reform can be in order
A rational discussion of how many people with what skills are in the best interests of the nation
A rational discussion of what is needed to insure proper assimilation
Legal status to stay and work and pay taxes but if criteria of what we need not met
A path to citizenship is something they can completely forget
No more admitting illiterate, low skilled just because a relative has made in across
Only the best and the brightest to avoid crime and further financial loss
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Blues Ignore McCain's Plea For Compromise

You have to admire McCain flying back to the Swamp after being diagnosed with cancer of the brain
Real class act by a Senator who the current gridlock clearly disdains
The only adult in the chambers of the Senate
Bemoaning that my way or the highway had become its main tenet
Calling out Senators on both sides for gridlock
Any chance of getting anything done totally blocked
McCain came across as a Senator of the old school
While too many of his colleagues came across as fools
Applauded when he urged them to the journalists and talk show hosts ignore
Their rhetoric getting in the way of accomplishment of anything on the Senate floor
A standing ovation of both Blues and Reds
A nation held its breath to see if there was any hope partisanship might be shed
A glance at emails from Warren, Sanders, Harris, Schumer, Murray et al shows rabid partisanship alive and well not dead
We are sick of the temper tantrums of spoiled brats who in the middle refuse to meet
While the Trump agenda of jobs, safety, tax cuts and infrastructure languish and face defeat
Party before nation, raising money for reelection their focused
Hands out for cash from the lobbyists, cheaply selling their souls
Too many deaf ears in the Senate unwilling to hear or if heard refusing to budge
A true Swamp choking us all with rabid partisanship sludge
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