ICE released the man on his own after being arrested twice for drunkeness.

The man suspected of drunken driving and killing a Catholic nun in Prince William County this weekend is an illegal immigrant who was awaiting deportation and who federal immigration authorities had released pending further proceedings, police said Monday.

The man, Carlos Montano, a county resident, had been arrested by police twice before on drunk-driving charges, and on at least one of those occasions county police reported him to federal authorities.

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Hmm?  I was thinking that our federal government and the numerous agencies funded by our taxes are supposed to protect us average citizens.  When has all that changed?

Arizona sure did open a Pandora’s box when they passed their new immigration laws.  The law reflects the current national laws for the enforcement of breaking into the country illegally.  Sure does.

The president of Mexico criticized the act, and our democrat lawmakers gave the guy a standing ovation for doing so.  But what about the immigration laws in Mexico that’ll send an illegal entrant immediately to jail?   The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is not going to process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona officials.  But what about their duty to uphold American laws?

And Obama is going to take an exceedingly “close look” at the Arizona law.  Is he looking at the gaps in the wall?  Is he looking at the tunnels being built under the river and border?  Is he taking an all terrain vehicle to personally see the trash being left by illegal entrants?  Will he be interviewing the frustrated border agents?  Will he be interviewing the ranchers along the border who have had their homes broken into?

Nope, Obama will be investigating civil rights issues?  Dag gone it, these people have rights too. Where’s your humanity?

Anyone can now claim a civil rights violation for being denied the right to put a tent up in your back yard, kick your dog, come in and use your shower and kitchen, grab a few band-aids and aspirin, or cut down your tree to use as firewood to roast a pig, and use your lawnmower to earn some cash.

When I was pulled over for a traffic violation (not wearing seat belt) the first thing the officer wanted was for me to show my identification (drivers license) and proof of insurance.  With those documents in hand he proceeded back to his vehicle and guess what?  He then knew all about my driving record, whether I was wanted for another crime or not, and what ever else is kept in their database.   

If that’s not a violation of my civil rights, then it’s not a violation of the civil rights of immigrants, legal or illegal, for them to show an identification.

If I had been wanted for another crime, I would have been arrested on the spot.

The same should go for immigrants to this country.  Produce an ID or be arrested.

And also,

If I got to pee to get a job, then all people who collect money from the government (the pockets of working taxpaying citizens) should have to pee to get any welfare check from the feds.  And, I’m also subjected to random drug testing to keep this job, then everyone collecting benefits from Uncle Sam (us taxpayers) should be subjected to on going random drug testing for them  to keep on getting those benefits.  If I got caught in violation of the drug laws, I’d been fired on the spot.  If a welfare recipient gets caught in violation of drug laws, then the cash should stop immediately.

Sounds logical right?

But for some reason, it’s not logical to those illogical ones running things in Washington and the state capitals.

Hiding in the bushes, behind trees, and parked vehicles you might see someone watching what’s going on in your home or the neighbors home, at the construction sites, in and out of small businesses, on the farms, at employee parking lots of manufacturers, restaurants and fast food joints.  To catch the illegal workers, government spies are doing just that. 

But that’s not in the US.  That’s not been thought of here.   Whereas 7 to 8 million illegal immigrants are currently working in the US, even though companies use the government devised and run “E-Verify” system to ascertain employees eligibility, and thus to keep jobs open for citizens.   Yet E-verify misses the illegal workers 54% of the time.

The bureaucratic government experts told the media that 100,000 people could lose their jobs in February due to the blizzards.  The blizzards came and then Harry Reid thought it was really good news that only 36,000 Americans lost their jobs in February. 

Now the democrat controlled congress has passed a new jobs plan which looks the illegal workers in the eye and says: “you’re safe”.  And to the American citizens: “I feel your pain”.

Senate Passes Jobs Bill That Rewards Businesses for Hiring Illegal Aliens

The Senate voted 70-to-28, passing the $15 billion jobs package, including a $13 billion tax incentive for employers who hire new workers. The component of the bill exempts employers from paying payroll taxes if the new hire has been recently unemployed. The bill does not require the employers to use E-Verify, so employers could receive tax incentives for hiring illegal aliens.

Senators Urge Majority Leader Reid to Include Immigration-Related Amendments in Jobs Bill

The statistics are sobering. Currently 15.3 million Americans are officially unemployed. If one adds the number of Americans who are underemployed, what the Department of Labor calls the U-6 unemployment rate, that number jumps to 26.5 million. Meanwhile, there are between 7 and 8 million illegal aliens in the U.S. labor market, many of whom have only recently entered the country.

No, politically correct sensibilities would not allow profiling of our illegal immigrants within our borders and kick them out of the country, but another country has no qualms about it.  They are protecting their citizens.  With Passover approaching, the nation of Israel is working to clean out illegal workers by sending out the Oz unit spying for illegal workers.  

Yeowee!   What is going on in this crazy modern world of ours?   According to the fast food industry, the America adult cannot be trusted with a little independence.

According to representatives from the nation’s six largest fast food chains, Americans use more than $18 million worth of ketchup per year, with nearly $7 million of the tomato-based condiment ending up smeared on the backs of chairs, on nearby tables, or in the hair of small children, and in some cases simply spilt in large, repulsive puddles on the floor.  More of the report.

And so the fast food industry, consisting of those mega operations like McDonalds and Burger King, are removing the self-serve ketchup dispensers and instituting a 2 package ketchup rule with each Burger meal.  And if a patron wants more than that they must fill out the Ketchup Request Form, which must be verified by the manager, an ID presented and a reason why additional ketchup is required.

And then we wonder why our federal government treats the average Joe American like little tots who need to be ruled because there are so many adults acting like little tots, little 2 year olds who kick up a hissy fit it they don’t get their way. . . immediately.   Whatever it takes be the first in line to gather up the bargains on Black Friday, and get out of my way when the doors open.

Time out corners don’t work.

Liberal policies don’t work.

Freedom is not working.

Independence is not working.

Dependency is not working.

Personal accountability is not working.

Responsibility is not working.

Spanking is out of the question.

Don’t offend me now, or else.

Churches are not working.  You get the same rush to get the front row seats.  You get the same actions in the parking lots.  You get the same rudeness by the kids running down the hallways to get to the game center.   You put up with their screaming tots at the restaurant after church.

So, what’s a politician to do?   Create more laws.  Make themselves the Nanny.  Reform health Care.  Reform the schools.  Reform the banking industry.  Reform the auto industry.   Reform the insurance industry.   Reform the food labeling industry.   Reform the agriculture industry.  Reform the energy industry.  Reform the alternative energy industry.  Reform the light bulb industry.  Reform the immigration rules.   Reform the defense operations.  Reform the Libraries.  Reform the marriage laws.  Reward the non offensiveness indoctrination industry.  Reward the Diversity industry.  Pass out checks when people want a new car, a new home, or install new energy star plus appliances replacing the old clunkers.  Reform the Constitution.   Dag gone it, colleges have specified specific locations on campuses that are free-speech zones.   All other areas of campus is restricted to approved speech no weapons areas.  A boy scout gets suspended from school for bringing his camping utensil to school to eat his lunch because administrators have no tolerance for that kind of stuff.  Straight talking conservatives get dis-invited to speak at commencement celebrations as the opposing side would shout them down and disrupt the speech and spoil the ceremonies.

On and on it goes, and where the country will go from this spinning age is up for grabs, but it currently looks like the black Friday crowd has been running things.

The state of education in the US is indicative by a test administered to students in Oklahoma. 

Oklahoma high school students are ill informed on the constitution, and only one in four can name the first president of the United States, according to a recent survey.
The survey was conducted to find the students’ level of basic civil knowledge. It took 10 questions from the test candidates for U.S. citizenship take. It was sponsored by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs think tank to coincide with Constitution Day on Thursday.
The passing rate for Oklahoma high school students was 2.8 percent, compared to 92 percent of candidates for U.S. citizenship.
"In that miracle at Philadelphia 222 years ago, the Framers gave us a document which they hoped would secure our freedoms," OCPA Vice President Brandon Dutcher said in a statement. "But they knew that only a well-informed citizenry could remain free. If these survey results are any indication, we are very much a nation at risk."   Tulsa World

Do you think it’s only in Oklahoma that high school students have very little knowledge of the founding of this country?   Would similar results be the same across the country? 

Sad and Pathetic. 

Comparing the knowledge of current high school kids to the knowledge of the people going for citizenship was clever, as it showed that immigrants must study our countries history to pass that citizen test, and those running our public school system think that the historical development of the US is an unnecessary factor of education.

A nation at risk.  These kids will be given the responsibility to vote in a few years.

This must be a very, very, extremely important person that would drive a US Senator from California to draft legislation specifically designed to protect this one person.   And, of course, the bill would also provide a loophole for all others to follow that may fall into the same mold as the subject of this bill, 43-year-old Philippines national Shirley Tan.  Tan came to the United States on a visitor’s visa in 1989. She overstayed that visa and has been living in a lesbian relationship with a naturalized citizen in Pacifica, California.

The argument goes something like this.   If Tan had fallen in love with a man, they could get married, and live happy ever after, making Tan eligible for residency.

I find it very odd that a senator would write a bill that specifically fits the desires of just one particular person out of a country of over 300 million.   How was the Senator made aware of Miss Tan and her predicament?   Who brought it to her attention?   Who pushed the case right up there on top of all the other stacks of pertinent information on the Senators desk?   

Move congress just for one person, an illegal one at that.   

Gee, there are another 300 million Americans wishing they could get the ear of any member of congress to write bills for their isolated problem.  

Oh yes, this is a new administration and these are part of the changes America voted for.

I hate to be cynical all the time, but how long has the US government been fussing over the southern border?   Close it up?  No, the immigrants are doing the work Americans won’t do.  You can’t build a fence tall enough.  On and on it goes.   And now, we’ve got a real financial recession and Americans are losing their jobs right and left, and the new Homeland security secretary wants to give the illegal immigrants work permits and imprison the employers who hired them.   It won’t be long before the Americans who have lost their jobs will be wanting those jobs the Mexican illegal’s are doing now and then there will be civil rights issues made because the illegal’s are replaced by Americans.

The news has been getting out recently that the Mexican drug cartels are getting their guns from American dealers along the Texas border and smuggling them into Mexico for the drug kingpins to use on our American border agents along with the official police in Mexico. 

Now, is this not another good reason to build that fence strong and as impenetrable as possible?

No, but what will happen is that the liberals will go after more gun control measures restricting again more of American freedoms. 

Close that border.

The HSD was supposed to have fenced the border several years ago, but politics as usual and environmentalists as usual slow down anything the feds attempt to do, to a snails crawl on a tablet of vaseline.   Then they all cheer because the people have forgotten about it.  And then  something like the gun problem comes up, and after several Americans are killed making headlines.

Gunrunners’ land of plenty.

Read also: American Guns and Mexicans by Michael Yon.

What does Janet Napolitano, the new head of Homeland Security, intend to do about the southern border?  She intends to prosecute Americans for hiring illegal immigrants and then give the illegal’s work permits.   What about the gun situation?  She intends to strip search the trucks and vehicles crossing over INTO Mexico.

A Shift to Make the Border Safe, From the Inside Out

What about the wall? 

Read here about the Border Fence Project.  

On and On it goes when the government does not protect Americans and sees it’s most important issue as growing the size of government, and getting involved in take overs of the private sector.

President Obama regularly talks about the American dream as threatened and its restoration as a central goal. “We have begun the essential work of keeping the American dream alive in our time,” he said when he signed the $787 billion stimulus bill.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs ticks off what the White House sees as elements of the American dream: “That you could get a job that pays a living wage, that if you got sick you wouldn’t go bankrupt, that you don’t have to be rich to send your kids to college, that you could have a secure retirement.”   USA Today…

So, Obama wants to restore the American dream, to keep it alive and thriving.  He intends to do it by expanding the federal government, by providing relief to homeowners who are loosing their homes, by expanding the welfare rolls, by something called “making work pay,” and other bailing out programs.

But those have nothing to do with the American dream, do they?

Big government has had little to do with enabling the American dream.  Our founding fathers did.   Our constitution did.  Our welcoming of immigrants from all over the globe did.  Millions came to America because of the freedoms prevalent throughout our society.  Over the years discrimination based upon skin color, sex and ethnic group were eliminated by edit, by wars and by individual struggle against the forces of . . . government.  Yes, you read that right.  Government is the one force that has continually, even to this day, grouped people into objects belonging to a particular race, religion, gender or ethnic group, and made laws for and/or against certain groups.  We’ve tried to be a melting pot, but government keeps getting in the way.

If a bunch of white male congressmen started a Congressional White Caucus, there would be hell fire to pay, but a Congressional Black Caucus lives and thrives within the hall of congress.   Politicians have always gotten in the way of freedom.

Millions of Americans living here accepted the work of millions of immigrants who came here to work their own American dream.   Diverse we are, but not because of the government.  We started seeing Italian eateries, Polish restaurants, Mexican restaurants, Chinese buffets and Swedish bakeries, long before any politician enjoyed those meals.   We started enjoying the classical music of Italians and French, the rock and roll of the British, the homey country music of southerners, and the jazz and soul of Africans long before politicians became aware of that diverse nature of the country.

Every bit of it done by private enterprise, by individuals pursuing their own happiness and fulfillment.

That’s the American way, that’s the American dream.

American citizens working independent of the government have produced the most economically also.   Politicians would like you to believe it is them who drove the economic development of American, like Al Gore saying he invented the Internet.   Sorry folks, the only thing Gore invented was a fortune for himself.

BIG, and the ever expanding federal government has had the exact opposite effect on the American dream.

Stifles it.

Soon the census people will be canvassing the neighborhoods of America getting their official count for the decade, and guess what they’ll want to know.   Age, sex, race, religious affiliation and ethnicity.  They’ll probably ask your sexual preference, but not your age preference.

How about just treating us all as simply America citizens?   305,000,000  of us living in the country and most of the adults working hard to support 537 elected federal politicians trying to fulfill their dreams for an equitable society.

This is 2009 already, and how many years has it been now since the technological revolution where businesses and governments started going paperless, to keeping all the files and records on computer disks and hard drives.   You know, no more stacks and rows upon rows of filing cabinets storing the records, as nowadays one simple disk can store thousands of records, if not millions.   Remember the Y2K scare of midnight on December 31, 1999?   We were told the computers might well crash at the stroke of 2000 because they were only formatted to record dates with a 1 before the other 3 digits instead of a 2.

Well, now it seems the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services may be still acting on that scare, or they are still operating with Commodore 64’s.   

There’s a new $500 million effort to finally convert the agencies case-management records from paper based to computer based.  "The new system would allow government agencies, from the Border Patrol to the FBI to the Labor Department, to access immigration records faster and more accurately. In combination with initiatives to link digital fingerprint scans to unique identification numbers, it would create a lifelong digital record for applicants. It also would eliminate the need for time- and labor-intensive filing and refiling of paper forms, which are stored at 200 locations in 70 million manila file folders."  Washington Post.

It’s no wonder our immigration system is such a nightmare.

“Government investigators have reported that the [USCIS’] pre-computer-age paper filing system incurs $100 million a year in archiving, storage, retrieval and shipping costs; has led to the loss or misplacement of more than 100,000 files; and has contributed to backlogs and delays for millions of cases.”

And, not too long ago, the country was contemplating a guest-worker program that would have allowed millions of foreign nationals into the country to do the jobs Americans would not do, and then have no idea where these people were, who they were and what they were doing, except on a piece of paper somewhere in a file cabinet somewhere, possibly in row 36, cabinet 673, 3rd drawer from the top.   Or was it in row 78?

So, now the USCIS needs a bail out to fix this outdated system.   Wonders never cease to amaze Americans at how Washington works.

It gets worse.

" . . . the taxpayers’ burden for the USCIS’s dereliction of duty manifests in other ways: taxpayers fund government lawyers to defend its ineptitude.

Under 8 United States Code § 1447(b) lawful immigrants may file a lawsuit after a “reasonable” period of time, compelling the USCIS to act if the agency “has failed to issue a decision on a properly filed immigration application.” Called a Writ of Mandamus, it “does not force the USCIS to reach a favorable result, but “to take action that it is legally obligated to take.” 

Who defends the USCIS’ inability to perform their job? The taxpayers funded Office of Immigration litigation (OIL), part of the U.S. Department of Justice.  According to Justice, OIL employs “approximately 250 attorneys” and “100 support staff.” A December 2008 nationwide salary search indicates on average a trial attorney at OIL in Washington, D.C. earns $77,000 annually adding another $20 million a-year cost burden to taxpayers. That figure does not factor in the cost of OIL’s support staff or other ancillary costs to maintain this department.  Canada Free Press.

Now, can anything good be said about our federal government?   Yes, there is one thing.  The intelligence agencies have kept America free of another terrorist attack for 7 years.