Democratic Debate  

Posted by Linda Keilbart Scanlan in , , , , , , , ,

I only want to talk on one aspect of the debate and it is that of the illegal immigrants. Bill O'Reilly, Andrew Wilkow, Mike Church, Michael Reagan and others have continued to talk about Hillary's inability to answer the simple question about supporting a bill in New York for illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licences.

The definition of "illegal" is that which is against the law. An illegal immigrant is one who is not an American citizen and has broken the laws of this land by entering illegally. They should not receive, licences, welfare, education or medical benefits until they have gone through the correct channels.

June's edition of Time magazine showed the "plight" of southern illegal immigrants in Ilinois. The article showed rooms where several people lived in order to survive the high cost of living on their own. Our sailors live in smaller spaces on ships while putting their lives at risk defending this country. Most enlisted military are qualified for welfare also.

The democrats ideology of "live and let live" seems to apply to those who are criminals in our own country rather than for those who die fighting for their country. Does this picture seem wrong to you? It certainly does from this side of the fence.

Mitt Romney had it right when he said that we have laws already in place to handle the problem, all we need to do is enforce them. Hillary's whining complaint was one of compliancy as she wondered how else to deal with the problem in her state. People if she can't handle this opposition which is so important and yet small compared to the concerns of the this land, how in the world is she going to handle decisions in the White House? I say we took the garbage out 8 years ago, lets not bring it back in.

Mercy vs Justice: Part 2  

Posted by Linda Keilbart Scanlan in , ,

We have a young boy at the age of ten who caused thousand of acres of California lands to be burned and over twenty homes to be burned. The news reports that the parents are open to many civil suits. I am concerned over this.

21 home owners filing civil lawsuits over an accident. Law suits that could legally be won because of the admission and honesty of the very family that will be sued. The amount that would be awarded could not possibly be paid by this family. This family would be ruined and haunted for years to come.

Each home owner, assumably, would have ample insurance to cover their losses. That would have been a responsible thing to have as a home owner and which banks require if there is a mortgage still on the home. Their loss could be financially covered by their insurances. The more important things, like family pictures and heirlooms, may not be replaceable, but the lives that were not taken should be sufficient gain to overcome those losses.

People, we are talking about a ten year old boy who admitted to his guilt and his parents who revealed that truth to the proper authorities. The California fires are a tragedy, but let humanity shine through in this instance. Let forgiveness be showered upon a ten year old and his family. Let the home owners carefully weigh their decisions before contacting a lawyer.

How many of us have done something terrible and tragic in our pasts and not been caught? Life was not taken in this case. Everything else is just material things that for the most part can be replaced. As they say "You can't take it with you." Don't let something so temporal replace the divine act of forgiveness.

Mercy vs Justice: Part 1  

Posted by Linda Keilbart Scanlan in , ,

I've been on the rod again this week and have listened to a lot of talk radio. One of the issues that is being repeated is the little boy who started one of the fires in California. I have a problem with the boy being prosecuted (if it goes that far).

The boy is 10 years old. He was man enough to admit it to his parents. His parents in turn were honest enough to go to the police and tell them what happened. Kudos to the parents for raising such a responsible boy and for setting te right example for him. Now the young boy is being considered for prosecution.

He's 10 years old people!!!! It was an accident. He will remember this for the rest of his life and I am pretty sure that his next three generations will also learn from this. Is there no such thing as "accidents" any more? Must there always be a law and accountability for everything?

I know that was a bold and broad statement but let's keep in in context with this story. Should a little boy, barely old enough to be accountable for his actions, be prosecuted? Should he be put in juvenile? Should he even be mandated to counseling?

He showed remorse and accountability. There is no way for him to pay back that which was taken. Maybe he should do community service by speaking to kids in the school systems about not playing with matches. I say give him some slack. Use All States plan of accident forgiveness.