I'm a curiously idealistic - pragmatic mix of urban tastes with a down to earth approuch to most things, I do afterall work in clay...mud, it doesn't get more down to earth than that!
I've avoided "political" comment on facebook, but for rare occassion when my fingers hit the keyboard in an uncontrolled reply that typically ignites a firestorm among my more liberal friends.
SO...What's she really about? What does she really think this artist, this self relient, independant solo act?
IMMIGRATION:
My grandparents arrived on Ellis Island with nothing but an eagerness to learn the language, with a burning desire to embrace the opportunites of freedom, capitalism.. ready to work hard..a dream to become Americans to raise their family in the greatest of all lands to better themselves and make better yet the lives of their decentants.
America offers to anyone willing and wanting such to do just that, and they did. They suffered thru the bigotry of "Italians with broken English", Italians who had very limited doors that would open, and succeeded by virtue of the faith in what this country stands for...equal opportunity for all. My grandfather bought a barbershop across from the grand old historic Court house downtown, an elegant establishment with immaculate chairs and mirrors, employees mandated to wear starched shirts and ties. It was a place the local judges, lawyers, city officials came, which put Grandpa on the map and into circles that over the years served him quite well. It is afterall " who l you know" and he knew everyone who was everyone. While my grandmothers sisters all had go to work in factories during the depression, My Grandma Jean didn't, instead attended the performances at the Eastman Theater, operas and symphonies. Her childred dressed in the grandest most fashionable attire, and grandpa worked tirelessly till the day he died, proudly living the American dream.
Arizona is suffering the brunt of illegal immigration, the costs to the State are staggering in healh care, housing, schooling, bankrupting both Arizona and California, 12 million illegal persons. Crime, gang wars, drugs, killings, the kidnapping capital making security and safety for the legal residents an ongoing ever increasing nightmare. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT has not adequatly secured the boarders, has not done what the government is mandated to do....provide security and deal with the massive problem of the South West boarder communities and cities. I BELIEVE a path to citizenship for those illegals here, working ,living...raising their families here MUST have the ways and means to expidite legal citizenship, and BE MANDATED to become LEGAL. Illegals engaged in crime, gangs, drugs, human trafficing MUST be deported, and above all else...the boarders MUST be CLOSED NOW till a path to legal citizenship is enacted. Common sense, we have laws, we ignore them....WHY?? Latios can be a major voting block in this country plain and simple. Politicans playing politics is the reason we have this costly explosivly devisive problem....They who endear themselves thru turning a blind eye, not enforcing the laws pertaining to illegal aliens, those establishing sancuary cities and/or pushing a blanket amnesty for breaking the immigration laws will gain the Latio vote. This is about Political power, not homeland security, not the safety of the legal citizens, not anything but finding the political ways and means to USE immigration and race as a means to gain millions in votes for the polical party seeking that latio vote... I sickens me, when the GOP came up with a plan, it was blocked....the opposing party is fighting for the VOTES.
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