Illegal Aliens Do We Need Them

This is a picture of illegal immigrants being smuggled into America in order to find a better way of life. If these people are willing to come into this country in this particular manner who are we to deny them? If the situations were flipped would you leave your family to come to a foreign land? Most people assume that we do not need illegal immigrants, but I believe we do. They are hard working group of people that afford Americans with good service, and cheap food. "Somebody has to do the dirty work" and illegal immigrants do exactly that for this country. Some people get upset because they feel illegal immigrants take advantage of the system. These people are not living in a mansion with a swimming pool, and wearing diamonds. They are living in a one to two bedroom apartment with six other people trying to pay the bills here and then send money back to their country.

In addition to the criticism from people illegal immigrants have to work in grueling conditions and long hours just to make minimum wage. If illegal immigrants were not allowed to come back in the country then Americans would have to take over the jobs. These low paying jobs attract low skilled workers and therefore it would not be beneficial for everyone. Many businesses would go out of business because they could not afford labor. The economy in these other countries where these immigrants live would not be stimulated causing crisis.

In the end illegal immigrants provide us with services that many people would not want to do even if they were paid enough to do it. Illegal immigrants are people just like anybody else, and deserve to live a happy life. If they are working and providing services why should we send them back. They are not a burden they are an asset to our society and should not be punished.

Proposition Hate (8)!

While perusing through magazines online I found a article that caught my eye. The article was on proposition 8, and how with new technology a person could track where most of the contributions came from for the supporters of proposition 8. This infamous proposition was created to put a halt to gay marriages in the state of California. As the article went on it gave specific areas where donations came from which were high income areas in California. This was of no surprise to me because in order to get anything changed there needs to be some type of financial backing.

However, this poses a problem in my opinion. This is such a controversial topic is it safe to have this kind of information floating freely in cyber space. There are angry people out there who are waiting for an opportunity to attack someone because they feel like their rights are being stripped from them. The Internet is a wonderful tool that should be used to create and share knowledge. Is it important for people to know which cities these contributions came from. If it were the other way around and the amendment did not get passed would people be interested in who gave donations to support that side.

In the big picture, of this whole argument who are we as a society to tell anyone who they can be married to! Law makers either impose religious beliefs in their laws or they impose what is "normal". To many people being heterosexual is normal, to others being homosexual is normal. Proposition 8 has left many gay marriages in the air, there are same sex couples out there who do not even know what is going to happen to their marriage. Our law makers just need to let people live their lives.

America Wake Up!!!!

Americans assume that today's society is in good shape. Even though, there is a Economic slump people are content because they have jobs, and all of their belongings are place. Members of our society have no clue what is going on around them. This week I learned a few fascinating pieces of information that I believe should be shared.


Firstly, Law makers are trying to enact a bill so that when people take pictures with there cell phone there has to be shutter sound so that others can know that there picture is being taken. How preposterous is this? They say that this is to cut down on people who are taking inappropriate pictures. I am for certain that enacting this law is not going to cut down on people taking pictures when they are not suppose to.

In addition, to that particular law being passed the victims of Katrina are still at war with finding a place to lay their head. Due to our "wonderful and thriving" economy the public housing projects that needed to be built for the victims can not be built because of funding issues.

"New Orleans is frighteningly close to another calamity, but this time, it’s not the result of a breached levee or corrupt politics. This potential disaster has to do with the economy: Without a recovery of the credit market, the city could be unable to complete the redevelopment of four desperately-needed public housing projects torn down after Hurricane Katrina. "

The victims of Katrina have displaced for three years, and they would like a home to go to. Our federal government is bailing out car companies, but to give people a home seems to be difficult. The people in New Orleans can only hope that perhaps the economic stimulus package can help them get on their feet.

Lastly, Obama requested 200 million dollars for the national mall to have it renovated. I voted for Obama personally and when I saw that request disappointment set in. Along with that request he asked for 30 million for the roads in our country. So the roads we drive on is not as important as the mall we shop in. The Jefferson monument is close by the mall and that needs renovation, and nothing has been brought up about that.

America needs help, bu it seems like everyone has their own agenda. How is the mall more important than roads? Why are victims from a natural disaster still misplaced. In order to correct these problems there needs to be a collective effort from government officials and the community or else we will be in this situation for a long time.