Should People Who Refuse To Assimulate Be Allowed To Immigrate To America? I Don't Think So!

The airwaves today are wall to wall Trump after he suggested America bar Muslims from coming to America until our government can get the immigration process right.   I take exception with Donald Trump's position that all Muslims should be barred from immigrating to America...that said, there is an argument to be made that everyone from EVERYWHERE should be kept from immigrating to America (legally or illegally) until we get our own house in order when it comes to people immigrating to America.  

1.  Lets deal with our borders.

2.  Lets deal with those who overstay their Visa.

3.  Let's come up with a system of checks and balances that facilitates legal immigration into our nation, while at the same time keeps undesirables out, including criminals, malcontents and possible terrorists.

4.  Figure out a system that makes sure those who come here do assimilate into our country, learn to read, write, speak and understand our language.

Let us as a nation take a time out, absorb those who are already here, and come to an agreement on who should or should not be allowed to come to America, and once we our in agreement, lets stick to the list, apply equal standards to EVERYONE, regardless of their race, creed, religion, sexual orientation or country of origin.

First thing that should be on that list of things for our government to address when deciding who can and who cannot immigrate to America should be their willingness to assimilate, which includes learning to speak, read and comprehend our English language.  If you have been in America for 10, 20 or more years and still cannot read, speak and comprehend English, then you have no business living in America.   The days of pushing 2 for Spanish needs to end.   If you are not willing to relinquish citizenship granted to you from some other nation, and swear allegiance to America, then you should not be here.   A perfect example of this can be found in sports where we have citizens of America playing professional sports, making millions of dollars here in America who go play sports for their home country's Olympic team...that is a divided allegiance that needs to end.

As a nation,let us not ban someone based on their religion, but let us also not allow people access to American citizenship who are not willing to fully embrace what it means to be American. 

Matthew 6:24 states, "No one can serve two masters.  For you will hate one and love the other, you will be devoted to one and despise the other."   People cannot be true citizens of America if they still pledge allegiance to another country, and that country's value systems and laws.  Still hold duel citizenship here and elsewhere.  It is in this context that Trump has opened up an ugly can of worms that no one really wants to discuss, finding it easier to label "The Trump" a heretic than discuss the issues that he so un-artfully brought to light in his call for banning all Muslims.

Let's as example look at Saudi Arabia which is a Muslim country, most of those who live there practicing Islam in one form or another.   No problem so far...BUT, it is also a country that both embraces and has codified Sharia Law, a set or rules and regulations based (supposedly) on the Quran, which is supposedly the word of Allah, much like Moses and the Ten Commandments.   Let's face it, Sharia Law has NO PLACE in America, no place in our culture.   Is it fair under our constitution to ask people to swear to uphold our laws and system of government, and denounce and/or abandon their beliefs in Sharia Law? If someone of Muslim faith wants to believe that their faith requires them to embrace and support Sharia Law, we as a nation do have a problem when it comes to them becoming citizens of our nation.   Perhaps the best example of this problem is the growing problem of "Honor Killings" here in America.

I do not agree with how Donald Trump has framed this important conversation that our nation, and our leaders need to have...who gets to come to America, and what rules and regulations do we need to have in place when it comes to saying yes or no to those wishing to immigrate here.  However I do agree that A) we should declare a full and complete moratorium on immigration until we address the problems with the immigration system, and B) we should not allow 10,000 refugees from war torn areas of the Middle East unless we have the ability to fully and completely vet each and every one of them before they ever set foot on America's shores.

To Terrorists Family...We Do Not Care About Your Pain...To The Press and President Obama, Leave Our Guns Alone

We all had to  endure a very odd and long press conference held by the attorneys for the family of the two terrorists who killed 14 people, injured 21 others in a ruthless, maniacal, senseless attack in San Bernardino.  The two take a ways?  They want Americans to not rush to judgement regarding this brutality being a terrorist attack, and suggesting now is the time for us as a Christian nation to exercise forgiveness. 

First, let there be no doubt...the bloody ruthless killing of 14 people, the injuring of 21 others was/is and always will be a terrorist attack, and if the woman terrorist's Facebook post is to believed,  she is associated, be it directly or indirectly, with ISIS.   Secondly, most of us could care less about your family's pain right at this moment.  Our caring goes out to the families and friends of those 14 families who have lost a loved one just at the start of the Christmas Holidays.   Our sympathies go out to the family and friends of those injured in this senseless,demonic attack of terrorism. You appearing on the news seeking sympathy and understanding for the terrorists families is, in my opinion, in very poor taste.

Let's move on to the press, and to President Obama who is going to speak to the nation tonight about Terrorism and gun control legislation...him and the press seem to be following two separate lines of reasoning that contradict each other.

On the one hand, we have both the press, and the Obama Administration chiding us to we careful not to punish five million peaceful Muslims (is this an oxymoron?) because of the terrorists actions of a few bad apples who have, are and will continue to attack us.  On the other hand, they seem fine attacking our "Second Amendment Rights" because of the of a few.

If we are not supposed to group all Muslims together under the concept of shared or group guilt (much like Black Lives Matter does), if it is unfair to blame all Muslims for the actions of a few, then why is it affair to go after millions of law abiding American gun owners because of the actions of a few terrorists and mad men/women.   Personal accountability on one hand, but group guilt and group punishment on the other?

Equality for all means no double standards and yet the press and our President are trying to have exactly that...DOUBLE STANDARDS.   If America's gun owners under the concept of shared guilt are going to have our rights abridged, then under that same concept of shared guilt should not all Muslims have their rights abridged?   Or instead, under the concept of PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, should we as Americans caution ourselves not to blame all Muslims for the actions of a few, while being secure under that same concept that our elected officials will not abridge our Second Amendment Rights because of the actions of a few bad apples?

No BIG SURPRISE...San Bernardino Terrorist IS A MUSLIM!

A Radicalized Muslim Living Among Us

Let's not kid ourselves...Syed Farook WAS A TERRORIST, IS A TERRORIST, and surprise of all surprises, he just happens to be a Muslim!

Not saying here that all Muslims are terrorist, but am saying that "ALMOST ALL TERRORISTS ARE MUSLIMS!"  That is not prejudice, that is a fact that we need to accept, and once there has been acceptance, we as a nation need to decide what we are going to do about that fact, and how we are going to handle any future immigration into America of Muslims, regardless of their country of origin.  We as a nation should also give serious consideration to a "National Registry" that tracks all Muslims, and perhaps need to consider placing any Muslim who posts anti American rhetoric online on our "No Fly List".  

Syed Farook did not just lose his temper...he had planned an attack, perhaps not this attack, but some kind of an attack meant to kill Americans.   Explosives, Long Rifles, Hand Guns, Bullet Proof Clothing are not something he just had laying around his apartment.  They were planned purchases made with forethought and purpose.  His actions in San Bernardino were not the actions of a disgruntled employee, they were and are the actions of a terrorist meant on bringing America to it's knees.  How many more Syed Farook's are hiding in the Muslim community, going to Muslim Mosques, praying to Allah while planning attacks against us?

The "Statue of Liberty" does not tell the world, "Give us your terrorists, your misfits, your mentally corrupt and insane, give us your Radical Islamic Fundamentalist bent on doing harm to our nation. The time to tighten up our immigration rules and regulations, the time to secure our borders, and the time to track every Muslim visitor to America is upon us.   Lastly....sorry President Obama, but in these troubling times the last thing America needs to do is bring in 10-20,000 refugees from war torn Syria.   Like it or not, the mathematical odds guarantee you that some of those refugees are going to be  terrorists in sheep's clothing, and that is not a risk most Americans are willing to stomach in the name of being humane World Citizens.

Syrian and/or Muslim Refuges of War Should NOT Be Allowed In America

Well aware of the words on the "Statue of Liberty" and what America stands for.  Also know that our immigration policies are the most liberal in the world.   They are even more liberal when you consider the fact that our Federal Government refuses to deport over 12 million illegal aliens who are in America  illegally.   We have a president that wants to let up to 10,000 refuges from the war in Syria and the Middle East into America, while we have governors from 30 states saying WE DO NOT WANT THESE PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR STATE.  Let's not invite another Paris,another 9/11 to our shores, lets not go giving the leader of ISIS the ability to make his prediction of attacking America on our shores come true by inviting his terrorists in through the front door.

The governors are right!  

I'm as liberal as they come on most issues, but consider some very basic hard math.  If even one tenth of one percent of these war refugees are actually terrorists, that means allowing ten thousand refugees into America brings with them TEN TERRORISTS...it only took 8 terrorists to wreak havoc in Paris this past weekend.  Let's say America lets 20,000 war refugees into our country...that means we have 20 terrorists that were given a free pass into our borders...how many terrorists did it take to create 9/11?

Even the most generous of countries have the right some times to "Just say no!" and in light of this Jehad against the west, it is time for America to take a pass on this one.   Let Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey, or any other country in the world play host...We here in America should err on the side of safety of our own citizens an refuse to participate in the relocation of this group of refugees rather than risk allowing terrorist a free pass to come to America.

Ben Carson Has a Point...Anyone Running For Public Office Should Renounce Sharia Law

Personally, am very tied of having to be politically correct, having to dance around hot button issues because some group or another is going to be offended.  Ben Carson would never get my vote, nor would Donald Trump...that said, they both are bringing out from underneath the rug some very ugly issues that need to be discussed from a perspective of what is best for America, and its legal citizens.  

The latest so called misstep for both Donald Trump and Ben Carson revolves around Muslims and Sharia Law.   Personally, have no problem here with a Muslim or someone of the "Islamic Faith" holding political office...as long as they are not a proponent of, or advocate for Sharia Law to be embraced and/or practiced here in America.   Someone advocating for Sharia Law should be a disqualifying factor which disqualifies  that person holding ANY PUBLIC OFFICE in the United States of America.   

Let's look at some of what Sharia Law would demand of us here in America.  In general, Sharia law is the most intrusive and strict set of laws in the world, wrongfully inserting itself into our private lives and liberties...especially when it comes to women.  Some of the specifics are startling frightening, and have no place in America Society or our courts.

•  Theft is punishable by amputation of the right hand.
•  Criticizing or denying any part of the Quran is punishable by death
•  Criticizing or denying Muhammad is a prophet is punishable by death.
•  Criticizing or denying Allah, the moon god of Islam is punishable by death.
•  A Muslim who becomes a non-Muslim is punishable by death.
•  A non-Muslim who leads a Muslim away from Islam is punishable by death.
•  A non-Muslim man who marries a Muslim woman is punishable by death.
•  A man can marry an infant girl and consummate the marriage when she is 9 years old.
•  Girls' clitoris should be cut (per Muhammad's words in Book 41, Kitab Al-Adab, Hadith 5251).
•  A woman can have 1 husband, but a man can have up to 4 wives; Muhammad can have more.
•  A man can unilaterally divorce his wife but a woman needs her husband's consent to divorce.
•  A man can beat his wife for insubordination.
•  Testimonies of four male witnesses are required to prove rape against a woman.
•  A woman who has been raped cannot testify in court against her rapist(s).
•  A woman's testimony in court, allowed only in property cases, carries half the weight of a man's.
•  A female heir inherits half of what a male heir inherits.
•  A woman cannot drive a car, as it leads to fitnah (upheaval).
•  A woman cannot speak alone to a man who is not her husband or relative.
•  Meat to be eaten must come from animals that have been sacrificed to Allah - i.e., be Halal.
•  Muslims should engage in Taqiyya and lie to non-Muslims to advance Islam.

In general, "Sharia Law" runs contrary to our American Democracy, is disrespectful of holding any religious belief other than Islam, and treats women as second class citizens and/or chattel.  Ben Carson expressing his personal views, even as a Presidential Candidate is his right, and more importantly, even though his comments are considered "Politically Incorrect", he is probably correct in stating a Muslim should not be allowed to serve as President of the United States unless he/she is willing to denounce "Sharia Law.

Have a question for Muslims in closing...why is it that you can insult Christianity, even burn a Bible and that is OK, but you want to kill people if they speak ill of Muhammad/Allah, or burn a Quran in protest.  Seems far more than a double standard if you ask me.