Two Articles

1) What you don't read in the MSM about the torture memos. "Far from 'green lighting' torture -- or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees -- the memos detail the actual techniques used and the many measures taken to ensure that interrogations did not cause severe pain or degradation." Link here.

2) Granting Haitian illegal immigrants legal status because of the economy. "Clinton told reporters Thursday that because of Haiti's dire economic situation, the Obama administration is considering granting temporary legal status to Haitians who have come to the United States illegally, so they could still keep sending money home. And she promised to continue helping Haiti rebuild its shattered economy, after the United States and other countries and organizations at a conference in Washington this week made pledges of $324 million in aid, far less than the $900 million sought by the Haitian government." (Link)

Seriously? Really? This is your immigration policy plan? "Oooops, we're in a bad situation; the economy is bad. But instead of finding ways to KEEP OUR MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES, we're going to keep letting people here illegally ship it out of country."

Hopefully you know I'm not cold hearted. I applaud those who work hard to help their families. And there is a place for personal/social (primary) and some governmental (much more secondary, IMHO) assistance for countries/people in need. But where do we get off excusing breaking our laws, depleting our economy, and then we just wave a magic wand and let them off the hook even more!!??

The argument for a long time has been, "Well, they're doing jobs that Americans aren't going to want to do." But let's look at our job situation; Michigan is at a 12.6% unemployment rate (I heard anecdotally that Detroit had a 21% unemployment rate). Forty-six states saw an uptick in unemployment this month. Shouldn't we want to employ our citizens over those here illegally? Don't we want to find ways to keep our children off the streets, our parents off of unemployment, and our families sticking together? Granted, it's not an exact trade-off, but there are people without work all across the country.

And if it starts with Haiti, where does it end? Why not all illegals? What's the goal? What's the plan? Where's the strategy? Oh, that's right, we'll just go chum it up with Chavez, apologize for being tyrannical and imperial in Latin America, and go reading books about plotting the downfall of America. Sounds like a great foreign (and domestic) policy to me....