BY RUSSELL TURNER
CRAP KICKING
I have found that caring for and raising farm animals can give a person a lot of perspective on how things work in the real world. On my farm we raise beef cattle; occasionally we will have a cow that delivers a baby calf and for some reason the cow will not accept or care for the newborn calf. Whenever the calf tries to nurse the cow will kick the crap out of the little calf, after a couple of times of being kicked the calf becomes afraid of it’s mother and stops trying to nurse. If the farmer is not aware of the kicking mother and doesn’t make other arrangements, the calf will eventually starve itself to death. Getting the crap kicked out of you by anyone will more than likely change your behavior and our political class is no exception.
Over the years I have noticed that the mainstream media is very adept in crap kicking, and their main focus seems to be anyone possessing conservative values. Many of our elected leaders are like the little calf that is afraid to nurse. In the recent debate over the executive action by our president concerning amnesty for illegal aliens, many so-called conservatives have lost their backbone and refuse to oppose the illegal actions of our president because the mainstream media will accuse them of shutting down the government. Because of their fear all Americans are paying a huge price.
A few days ago I was reading an article about how the American taxpayers were paying for passenger air travel for the families of illegal aliens to come and be reunited with them here in the good ole USA. This free air travel is happening because of the Executive Action of president Obama where he essentially granted amnesty to people that do not respect our laws and have crossed into our country illegally. I am touched by the caring and humanitarian actions of the current administration, but I have a question. If the administration were so concerned with reuniting those families, wouldn’t it be just as practical to use those airliners to haul the illegal emigrants back to their families in their home countries? Now I hear that 541,000 illegals have obtained Social Security Cards. Now the very people that snub their noses at our laws are eligible for refundable tax credits, social security retirement benefits and social security disability benefits.
For all of those that claim we are a nation of immigrants, that may be true but there are some huge differences between the immigrants of the past and what we are experiencing today. In the past most immigrants came to this country to become Americans and the vast majority obeyed and respected our immigration laws. Now a president who is only concerned with his legacy and doesn’t seem to care about the country he was elected to lead is coddling those who ignore our laws. Our gutless leaders are afraid of getting the crap kicked out of them, but from where I sit it looks like we average citizens are the ones receiving the crap kicking.
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