Bernie: "America Not Compassionate" WRONG!

Bernie Sanders said today that "America is not a Compassionate Society" This is what is wrong with Progressives, Liberals and Some Democrats. And Bernie.

Our "society" has agreed to $trillions in taxes used to pay benefits in America to people that need help. It takes the form of food stamps, Section 8 housing, Medicaid (health care for the poor), and hundreds of other programs for people in need. We also provide an array of programs to educate and retrain people.

The values that made America the country it is today is liberty and self-reliance. And Compassion. When Europeans came across the Atlantic, they did not have a government to refuel their ships. When settlers traveled through the West, they had little or nothing from the US government to support them. They survived on self-reliance and grit. We have never been a country that values government supporting "everyone". Most businesses have thrived on sheer determination, not government support.

And yet, we (as an American Society) have been willing to provide these $trillions to help our fellow man. And that doesn't include $trillions more than come through private donations and contributions.

And, while we are at it, who but America shows up all over the world to help those in need. Have these progressives forgot about Europe and Hitler, or our disaster relief in Thailand, Earthquake relief in Pakistan, or never ending offers of aid to China, Russia and other countries. And don't overlook the military commitments to keep the world safe paid for by America.

Bernie Sanders is wrong! If you support him you are ignorant or subscribe to un-American values. Condemn his comments or choose another more compassionate country to live in.

Did We All Fail when the Bridge Collapsed?

First, let me express sympathy for the families that are missing their loved ones in Minnesota.

The possible cracks in the Minnesota bridge reveal the cracks in our democracy that risk the collapse of what we cherish.


I would stand at the front of the line defending our system of government. Yet, it has its deficiencies. Like cracks in a bridge, our system has cracks that we may have noticed in an inspection, but, fail to repair.

The news accounts now inform us that the Minnesota bridge was "structurally deficient" similar to thousands of other bridges that we drive on. Tonight's news revealed that reports in 2005 and 2006 revealed serious concerns. These same cracks were viewable in New Orleans. Also in the anti-terrorism group in Washington. These cracks are clearly visible in our education system (i.e. drop out rates, education achievement, school violence, and poor college persistence).

Immigration According to Teddy

Teddy Rooselvelt that is...

"Those that do not learn the lessons of history are bound to repeat the mistakes of the past." We frequently look for an original way to think or comment on important issues when others before us have "nailed the issue". The debate on immigration could be helped by considering the views of a previous American president.

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who say s he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language, and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt 1907