Who is the Candyman?

 

 

"Years ago, the promise was two chickens in every pot. Today it is just candy, lots and lots of candy!"

There is an old saying. One of the main differences between a Conservative and a Progressive is simply this: When someone desires to become an American, a Progressive will promise that person free stuff; the Conservative will only promise freedom.

I was reminded of that as we watch the human tragedy unfold on our southern border. It is a mess of historic dimensions. As I was watching one of the news shows, someone on the panel asked why the Administration would have (allegedly) sent the word out that kids could freely come into this country. Thank you, Dream Act. Another person on the panel responded by saying the proof is solid and irrefutable. Many immigrants when they first enter the country vote for the "Candyman". In other words, after Progressives have filled newly arrived immigrants with promises of "free stuff", they vote Democratic. Instant surge in voting numbers.

Here are the facts plain and simple from where I sit. We have had an immigration system for many years now, going back to Ellis Island. Many people have used the system to become American citizens. My great grandparents did. IT IS NOT BROKEN! The fact we have millions in this country right now illegally does not mean anything is broken, other than our border security. We have quotas and a procedure for immigration in this country for a good reason. To not have it, to have "open borders to everyone", would swamp the boat - it would ruin the country.

The fact the Administration (allegedly) is using small children in this latest assault on our borders is not lost on me. "Oh, how in the world can you turn away small children? That is not what America is all about!" Yes, I can read the stitches on this fast ball. Meanwhile, these small children who somehow traveled here hundreds of miles without parents, are overwhelming our social services network on the border. Ergo, the Administration is busing them all over the country.

Unfortunately, along with the children come gang members and diseases, some of which we have not seen for years. Some are even incurable. Is this what we want for our country? Is this part of the "unmaking of America" our President wants? Hope and change? This is like watching a bad movie and anxiously waiting for it to end so we can go home. But we can't - this is not a movie. This is real, and it is very, very dangerous.

So here we sit, in the middle of the "land of nothing going right", with one more issue brought on by the "gang who can't shoot straight". How this will end on the southern border, I don't know. All I know is this - as we would say at one of my former companies, "This is a huge mucking fess!"