A friend on Facebook seems to be upset with me because I have refused to accept her version of reality. Perhaps she missed my article, I Saw It with My Own Eyes. Key to our reality is the programming of our past. We often see what we have programmed ourselves to see.
In reference to the deaths involving ICE officers, I believe that there should be trials. Shouldn’t there be trials anytime someone is shot and killed? Those are no exceptions.
I have refused to enter the fray. I have seen videos showing both sides. I know better than to accept one over another. I refuse to allow my preconceived notions of yesterday choose my reality today. I want to control my brain.
I encourage you to start with a fresh reality. What you are seeing may not be true. I took a gun safety class when I was a boy scout. The instructor showed us his revolver. He unloaded it. He began to tell a story. It was about a little boy who picked up his father’s revolver. The teacher picked up his revolver. He pointed the gun at his father and pulled the trigger. Daddy you’re dead. His dad laughed. He pointed the gun at his mother and pulled the trigger. The instructor’s gun fired. I knew what was going to happen. Even though I knew what to look for, I didn’t see him put a bullet in the revolver. I can’t believe my eyes. Even when I am there.
I do believe in the rule of law. Many say they want laws to be followed, but when I ask, they point to a specific law. For example, some point to a judge’s decision that ICE should stand down. What about immigration law? Should that be followed?
It is a new phenomenon that suddenly protestors are on the side of illegal immigrants. When Clinton’s administration deported local immigrants, letters to the editor blamed the local business that hired them. The argument was if businesses didn’t hire them, they wouldn’t come.
Obama gave Tom Homan a medal for his work deporting illegal aliens. As soon as Trump was elected, people claimed that farmers needed illegal immigrants to pick crops. Farmers need cheap labor. Wait a minute. I thought businesses were the problem. What happened to minimum wage?
Last year, I saw images of construction sites that were idle because all of the illegal aliens left. Suddenly that is Trump’s fault. How did the illegals get into the country? Why was there no outcry among the party that has the backs of the blue-collar workers - the construction unions?
Why are illegal aliens attracted to Minnesota? Are businesses to blame? Or do they come for some form of economic opportunity unrelated to work?
Some think that the Democrats are winning in Minnesota. They believe they are taking a stand and the average union worker (who wasn’t working) is going to see how well they are fighting for illegal aliens will be more likely to vote Democrat. Really? I don’t get it.
In fact, I just got back from a few days in Palm Springs. My next article will be on the surprise conversation I had with a man waiting for the bus. He was dark complected and spoke English and Spanish. Watch for my next post.