Undocumented Workers in America, Part 2 by Chelle Stockman

 There is a way to protect illegal immigrants from Mexico of becoming the scourge of the United States.  It's radical so bear with me.  Before I share this notion, allow me to deliver Americans one swift kick in our collective butts.  First you must ask yourselves why so many employers are willing to employ insourced workers from Mexico.  I'll tell you why.

Insurance!   Insurance companies are the driving force behind our economic and employment structures in America.  Employers must have every kind of insurance from Workmen's Comp. to Liability.  Every time a legitimate claim is filed, every consumer and employer loses  while insurance premiums go up percentage points for every insured American, regardless of their carrier.  Add fraudulent claims to the mix and you have created the need for cheap labor.  It wasn't the "illegal" immigrants that began this trend; it was the opportunistic American leeches looking to get something for nothing. 

Forty years later, with the accelearation of lawsuits and claims filed, we have insourcing of service jobs, outsourcing of industry, dwindling education and heath care, sky-rocketing prices of homes, cars the prices of a home just 35 years ago,  and annual energy bills the cost of a car just 25 years ago.

Still, the Mexicans come to America and believe they can make a better life for themselves.  I believe in my heart they can; and if they can, Americans can too. How can we make this happen together?

Do away with all the different avenues of taxation except a consumer tax.  From every raw material corporations buy to make their products to every product  purchased in any way or form, excluding services rendered, should be taxed.  Welfare recipients to corporations will be paying taxes that will triple our monetary resources available for necessary programs like street paving, bridge building, schools, hospitals, etc. 

To further hedge our standing, perhaps we should go to war with Mexico. Claim Mexico as a territory of the United States in order to rebuild their infrastructure and provide them with much needed resources such as sewer and potable water.

I do believe we can all make a better life for ourselves, but many many things must change at every level before we can, beginning with our method of taxation and the disempowerment of the Insurance Industry.  We need to prosecute bogus lawsuits and investigate people if they have ever sued in more than one case in order to determine their habits.  This makes much better sense to me.

I told you it was a radical notion, one I don't believe we are brave enough to do.  Should we not take this route, we will always be tempted to criminalize people who struggle for a better life, the very people willing to work for it.

Chelle Stockman

"Guest Workers" Part 1 by Chelle Stockman

Undocumented workers have garnished a lot of attention lately, partly because their presence is contributing to the breaking up of unions and the declining living wage base of "blue collar" workers and those in service jobs. The many people concerned with this trend to "insource" our jobs by hiring "illegal" immigrants face opposition by Americans, who due to compassion, feel sorry that Mexicans have to work here in order to support their families at home.  No matter which side you favor in the argument, you will be partly right. 

The reality is that most of the money sent back to Mexico at the hands of our undocumented workers goes to family members and friends waiting to make their treacherous journey across our borders.  Meanwhile, we the tax payers sponsor the healthcare and education for these unappreciated slaves as they wait the arrival of those they send the money back to.

The questions we should be asking are:
1) What is so terrible about Mexico that makes their citizens risk their lives and donate all their income to something that might not ever happen for them?
2) With so many coming to America, unaware they will be "Americanized" and one day deported, how will the citizens of Mexico ever have the power to affect positive change in their own country?

The undocumented workers hanging out daily at locations all over America are asking for 10 bucks an hour.  What if every American organized and took just one day a month to go out to the Home Depots, farms, etc., and offered to work for  50% less?  My guess is that the undocumented workers would eventually return to their native home.  My thought about that is, that when we quit supporting their presence as "guest workers", then and only then will the people of Mexico have a collective strength to affect necessary change in their homeland.

Let's with our minds and hearts think soundly about the long-term effects upon their nation.

A little side-note: South America is growing as a threat to the United States due to the presence of the Chinese Army who is training those impoverished.  The "Chinese Liberation Army" is growing fast in 6 countries of South America.  Could it be that the acceleration of "guest workers" in our country has one more purpose?  Could it be that we are "Americanizing" them so they will return home to be our first line of defense? I wonder what would happen once they returned to Mexico?  Would America be able to trust them to be that first line of defense or would the returnees contract out to the highest bidder should the situation in South America become a challenge to the North? 

Chelle Stockman

Iran: Savior or Threat by Chelle Stockman

It is common for people around the world to shout "Oil" when it comes to preemptive maneuvers against a country we eventually go to war with.  For America, it is "bringing others democracy" that we say is our goal for war.  In the case of Iran it is neither. 

 

Secretary Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, and Cheney have all threatened Iran by warning against isolationism, accusing them of proliferation of nuclear weapons, and calling them a regime.

 

Many here in America say, "Geeze, that sounds familiar."  But I assure you that while it sounds familiar, there is nothing about Iran that remotely resembles one thing regarding to other countries, not North Korea, not Iraq, not even South American countries.  So what do you suppose makes Iran unique when compared to the other so called threats in this world?

 

Iran, like most Middle Eastern countries have little potable water, a few rivers is all.  So they use the salty ocean waters and are gifted with a process called desalinization.  In their quest for a more cost effective method of desalination, they discovered a process of nuclear fission and fusion that could save the entire region.  It has the ability to irrigate vast desert lands and turn them into vegetative oasis. 

 

Iran has surpassed China, the United States, Russia, France and Japan when it comes the reprocessing and separation of uranium and plutonium.  They safely and in a cost effective way have figured out how to best use U, Pu+actinides and every other fission byproduct.  In doing so, they have figured out how to take a cup of water and add to the plasma created; hence, they are able to fuel entirely the city of San Francisco for one week at less than half the cost of natural gas, oil, and electricity.  The good deal is that they have done this and left virtually only reusable radioactive wastes which is superior to other methods of energy known to man.  In addition to this, they have solved the problem of what to do with gamma radioactivity which can be used in new technology to read chemical components, you know, the stuff our military can use to detect IEDs and such.  Also, they have discovered technology that will fuel vehicles going out into space, far superior to that of Japan and Russia.  Their cutting edge now sets them totally above every country in the world.  They are on the verge of a formula to travel at the speedof light with the only problem being the material composition for such a vehicle.  Currently our materials in vehicle use have too much mass and suffer burn or freeze from this nuclear propelled technology.

 

Ask yourselves who stands to lose?  It seems like a win-win technology, right?  I mean, no waste, safe energy for all at far cheaper costs.  Imagine how the oil companies, the electric companies, and natural gas companies shall react to this?  This will put them out of business.  Oil companies will be relegated to manufacturing products only for household or cosmetic purposes.   LOL   Refineries will be called RAID  or Powder Puffs!  <smile>  There goes any chances of mass control of people around the world.  No more oil addiction!  Old people won't die from lack of air-conditioning or freezing temperatures anymore.  The energy will be for rich and poor alike!  No more high profits!  Uh oh, there goes our chances of paying off our outrageous deficits from wars.  Oops, maybe we should have thought this out better.  Damn Iranians. 

 

So why are we accusing them of proliferation?  Quite simply, whenever you use a process of separating plutonium, it can be used to create nuclear weapons.  I am telling you that Iran hasn't got to waste their time, energy and money on such technology.  They can buy them for so much less from Russia and China and probably already have.  The real threat is in the killing of major global players who promote profits over the environment and people. Is America a noble enough nation to allow such a near perfect technology manifest or are we more concerned about what will happen when people all over the world will lose their jobs?  Guess we will have to see if we are going to go to war over this before we try to answer that question.

Moussaoui and the Death Penalty by Chelle Stockman

If history teaches us anything, let us know that to hold any Middle Easterner in prison will eventually become a bartering tool for the terrorists.  In each terrorist case coming from outside our country, a warning was issued with a demand for release of specific prisoners.  To put this man, Moussaoui, in prison for life should he escape the death penalty, will put Americans in danger here at home, but also abroad.

 

Note that Americans are constantly being taken hostage with several being killed.  When a head is cut off, it is a sign to Americans that we are not held in honor in the eyes of that land.  When a bullet is put through a hostage, there is still honor in their death.  In the case of the Christian Science journalist who is hostage, the robes they film her in tells me that when she dies, she will be considered to be a martyr for their cause and will also take her place in heaven.  They respect her greatly but will kill her if they deem it necessary to further their cause.  In most all of the cases, it is for Americans to stop doing business in the lands where hostages are held or for prisoners to be released.  Think about it.

 

Chelle Stockman 

Prudhoe Bay Spill and Democrats' Platform

 

 

This is a letter I sent to the DNC , Republican Senator Snowe and others this morning.  It is about environment as well as what I feel our platform should be.

 

"I Told You So, I Told You So," should be the cry of the people, but most especially the Democrats.

 

We are told we have no platform. That's a lie only the inept buy into which tells me we have more inept souls here than we have well informed souls. 

 

The environment must be our number one priority.  Education our second with Hillary's Universal Health Care plan tweaked and made our number 3 priority. 

 

Look, we have an expanding government under the Republican control which is contradictory to their "small Govt." stance of the past.  With all this government, shouldn't we take advantage of it?  Inform the people, the constituents, any way possible.  Turn up the volume, please. (Let's take a look at all the environmental legislation from the past 12 years and strengthen the many areas of weakness)

 

Take, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, where a "catastrophic" (not enough to be called a disaster) oil spill occurred due to a hole 1/4" in the pipeline.  The hole was plugged while production continued and five days later, bingo!--an oil spill of 300,000 gallons which has penetrated the snow and destroyed 2 acres (no big deal, right?) of tundra.  With the greedy for profits attitude of Don Young and his coconspirator, Pombo, we have the largest "insignificant" oil spill in that area, excluding the Exxon Valdez. 

 

What don't people get? Destroy the earth, we have no place to live let alone a purpose to live.  So Environment is what I want to hear coming out of our party.  I'm livid right now, barely able to see my own typing.  Forgive me any errors and turn up the volume on this important issue, please. We are all running out of time while people are playing politics and profits-the age old game of fascist imperialism.

 

Thanks for letting me vent,
Chelle Stockman 

My Oh, My, from trade tariffs to Dubai by Chelle Stockman

Please Read!  Trade Infractions and 3 Dubai Companies Quest To Purchase:
1) Ports 2) Weapons Manufacturing 3)Military Vehicle Manufacturing 4) Airlines


This letter is for the Senators and Congressmen.  I can't fax to all of them so I'm counting on those who do receive this to alert their co-legislators.

Dear Senators and members of the House of Representatives:

Our President needs our help-big time.  In regard to the free-trade agreements dealing with Dubai entities making bids to buy up ports, weapons facilities, military manufacturing, and airlines here in the United States, our President, due to the global capitalism movement, finds us to be in a global snare where trade tariffs on our exports will send us backward financially for generations to come.  He needs our help!

It started here:
It came to my attention in January of 2006 when Greece banned bio-seeds, which is a huge American export from Monsanto (Dow and Dupont also).  Since we are competing globally to bolster our exports in hopes that we will bail our country out of a long term deficit, our best shot so far is through bio-engineered food sources with our only competition being Great Britain. 

President Bush was not happy when Greece decided to do their own study on bio-diversity, the effects of GE seeds in regard to cross-pollination, the environmental impact, and its potential harm to animal life including human life.  This would mean we'd have to find another way to pull our country out of its historically enormous debt.  So President Bush complained to Tony Blair who in turn warned Greece that they were in violation of trade agreements. Greece rallied with France and Germany who then reported the list of trade violations made by the United States.  Tony Blair issued the United States a warning that we'd be fined in the way of tariffs on every export to every participating EU member.  I'm lucky to have heard this live announcement made by Mr. Blair because most were sidetracked with the Cheney shooting fiasco when it was made.

Herein lays the fight for our country's safety.
While foreign news is reporting our polling results, the President, I believe is counting on us to fight him every step of the way, taking advantage of his negative popularity right now.  He is not able to come out and ask us to fight him but if we thepeople decide we won't be a part of the deals coming out of Dubai, our President is able to maintain his trade positions as he faces the EU.  Though I never supported globalism, our President and the past two presidents before him do.  So we find ourselves in this peculiar result from yet another human policy designed to improve global standing for all which appears to be backfiring on us.

What I suggest we do to help our President and our country.
Stall on our decisions regarding Dubai.  Meanwhile, you in the Senate and you in Congress must turn up the volume on your discourse.  We the people must turn up the volume on our dissent and outrage.  We must get the media on our side and have them report or sensationalize the aspects of our discourse as well as our dissent.  The foreign media will catch it and report on it also.  This is necessary.
Our President must calmly (half-heartedly) try to sell us the purpose and benefits of Dubai companies owning important homeland corporations and facilities. He then must veto our decision.  We then must find a way to override his veto.  It is as simple as that.

Closing:
I'll tell you this.   As much as I've found to disagree with this administration about, I have a feeling in my gut that our President is counting on us to use our liberty by way of dissent.  If we don't do this, we don't deserve the liberty any longer.  I only hope it isn't too late.

God Bless Us All.

Chelle Stockman
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