The immigration debate, why this could be a losing issue for the Democrats.

The US has always been a nation of immigrants, but while new waves of immigrants have contributed to America's economic growth, they have also been a source of controversy.
It's estimated that the number of illegal immigrants in the country could be as high as 12 million.
Why is the debate so charged? Polls suggest that a majority of Americans see illegal immigration as a serious problem for the US.Opposition to illegal immigration has been reflected in the emergence of Minutemen groups - citizens who have taken it upon themselves to patrol the US borders and to confront illegal workers in cities around the US.
With almost All the Republican candidates saying they want to be tough on illegal immigrants,and that they back a plan to build a $7bn fence along the 2,000-mile border between the US and Mexico, they are seen by most Hispanic immigrant as hostile to them, the democrats on the other hand are hoping to capitalise on the Republican disarray, and this perception that the party is hostile to Hispanics - now the largest ethnic minority group in the country - to gain more of their votes.
However, the issue is not necessarily a comfortable one for the Democrats either,As fears grow of an economic slowdown, it is also clear that many Americans blame immigrants for the loss of their jobs.

In November, the Democratic governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, was forced by popular pressure and the New York State Senate, to withdraw a plan to allow illegal immigrants to get driving licences.

As a recent immigrant myself to this great country , i would love to see some form of immigration reform, many of these people come to the states and refused to assimilate into the society, they make demands on the one hand that they are not criminals, and on the other hand want reforms that will put them on the path to citizenship.How can you make demands of something you are not even entitle to if you were not suppose to be here in the first place?
We have to know that been here as an immigrant is not our rights, but a privilege, and that if we want to live in this great country, we have to learn Americans values. and learning their values mean assimilating and becoming one with them. After all when you are in Rome live like the Romans, when in America live like the Americans. we are in no position to be making demands, this is their country and they make the laws, all we can do is ask for their understanding,and respect .

Vladimir Putin named Time Person of the Year?

Russian president Vladimir Putin was named Time magazine's Person of the Year on Wednesday,
The magazine recognized Putin's "extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability," ,In prizing stability over freedom, he has made Russia powerful again and beholden to no nation Time's managing editor Richard Stengel said.

While the Kremlin celebrated Time's selection, US officials declined to comment. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said only that Putin was "a very intriguing figure in modern history" while the State Department sidestepped the question.

I for my part question seriously this year pick by Time magazine for person of the year, President Putin is a thug, a bully and a tyrant, he will in a heartbeat get rid of anyone who dare criticize him, as was the case last year in London when Russian agents killed a former kGB agent who was a staunch critic of the president.

and to prove my point check out this video of how his state police treats their citizens. the video clearly shows police beating up an old lady. what could she have done so much to warrant such an attack? one can only speculate.

Time magazine could have easily pick someone like former U.S. Vice President Al Gore who actually have done something to help bring awareness to countless other important issues like global warming . one would only hope that next year they will come to senses and do the right thing instead of opting to sell their magazine.

When Career Day Goes Wrong..

Ok so what exactly does this kid wants to be when she grows up?

Have a great weekend folks

SO Funny .............................

OK people this is so funny i just had to post it. My wife and Kid are the worst people ever to sleep beside on a bed, its like a war zone when you sleep with them, and to prove my point i toke these pictures last night.

Here she is so calm on her way to work in the morning.

Now check out these two at night

No wonder i don't get enough sleep at night, and as long as these two sleeping beauties continues to sleep like this, i am afraid its always going to be the sofa for me.

Whos next?

Roberts Hawkins the Omaha gunman.

For the past few weeks it seems there have been shooting all over the news, in LAS VEGAS Assailants shot six young people Tuesday at a school bus stop, wounding two critically, in a midday attack that followed a fight over a girl, authorities said. and just few days ago in Colorado springs, Five people including the suspected attacker were killed on Sunday in a shooting near a church. and last week in Omaha a teen shot and killed 9 people at the mall. why all this shootings in the news lately? the answer is simple, the guns law in this country is too lax, in the 90s the Clinton administration try to control the sale of firearms, but everything was overturned when the republicans came to power. something has got to be done to address this problem, or the next time there is another news of shootings, it just might be your neighborhood mall.

can Hillary Clinton win the Dems nomination for President.

With only about a month to go before the Iowa caucus on Jan. 3, it is becoming harder and harder for me to watch the news, it seems every poll is suggesting that Senator Clinton is slipping, and being one of the biggest fan of the Senator and the former President, that is not good news, I have decided not to watch the news again until i know who won Iowa on the 3rd of next month. The Vinton Eagle a local Iowa news paper today made their case as to why they think Hillary should be the party's nominee for president.

After examining each of the candidates, Sen. Clinton offers the complete package for what America needs in 2008. Through eight years as the First Lady during her husband, President Bill Clinton's administration, she helped shaped policy on a regular basis. And in an election year in which it is essential that we get it right, she is without question, the right choice.
It was 15 years ago when Hillary Clinton championed universal health care in her husband's campaign. And today, in her own campaign, she has held tight to that cause. Her health care plan would allow all Americans who so choose to have the same coverage afforded to members of Congress and all federal employees. She will see to it that no matter what preexisting condition you have, it will be covered and that any treatment or therapy will be covered in full.
In the area of foreign policy, Sen. Clinton spent eight years in the White House and the last eight in the Senate with a front-row seat to American foreign policy. She has dealt with these foreign leaders directly in critical situations up close. She has already had her on-the-job training in the White House and in the executive branch.

In the question of women's health, Sen. Clinton remains pro-choice, but she also champions a plan that would promote education, adoption and foster parenting for children of unwanted pregnancies as an alternative to abortion.

There is no doubt that other candidates in the Democratic field would make good presidents. The top two, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina would make excellent presidents. We could truly be comfortable with either of them in the White House.

But today is not a time to settle for "being comfortable.- Here, in 2007, going into 2008, we need to have the best.

In the current field on either side, only one candidate truly fits that description, and that is Hillary Clinton. On Jan. 3, at your local caucus site, when the opportunity comes up to step up and make your stand for your candidate, make that stand for Hillary Clinton. Carry through with Iowa's awesome responsibility to make the right choice and choose the next president of the United States.

I wholeheartedly agree.

Old man winter is here!

We had a our first real blast of old man winter today, here in the twin cities area, here is
the scene outside the front of the house today.

And here is the back of the house

And finally the scene across the street, i can't really say i am sad, in fact i wanted a white Christmas, and it seems we will have one here in the Midwest.

Baby Grace finally identified.

When i first heard the story of baby Grace, the baby whose body was found in a box in Galveston Bay, Texas on October 29, 2007, my heart sank, who would in their right state of mind do this to a baby? and just when you think the story could not get any sadder, we learned today, that A woman believed to be the mother of the 2-year-old whose body was found in Galveston Bay told police she and the girl's stepfather beat and tortured the child to death.In a statement to police included in the affidavit,Kimberly Dawn Trenor, 19, the biological mother said she and Royce Clyde Zeigler, 24, the step father killed the baby whose real name is Riley Ann Sawyers on July 24.The girl was beaten with leather belts, had her head held underwater in a bathtub and then was thrown across a room, her head slamming into a tile floor, Trenor said in the document. She said they kept the body in a storage shed for one to two months before they put it in a plastic bin and dumped it into Galveston.Trenor said in the document that after her daughter was killed, Zeigler had her forge a document that the Ohio Department of Children's Services had taken Riley away because of allegations of sexual abuse. Trenor and Zeigler were charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence.

Kembely Dawn Trenor

(This bitch should never see daylight again.)

Royce Zeigler

in my opinion these two devils incarnate should never ever again see the light of day, what they did to that poor innocent baby is so wrong, its hard to put into words how i feel. when i look at Riley's picture all i see is the face of my own daughter, so beautiful, and so innocent, it just makes me mad that these two trash, who were suppose to protect and love her, would instead end her short life so brutally.the consolation we have now is the fact that she is in a better place with the almighty himself, where no one can ever hurt her again.
Rest In peace sweetheart.

Remember Darfur this Thanks giving.

As we prepare to spend time with family and friends this thanks giving, let us not forget the millions of people in Darfur who do not have the opportunity to do the same. The killings of thousands of people as well as the raping of women and children, are still going on, the world continues to turn a blind eye as if nothing is happening, what else must these people do before we can help them.The Darfur region of western Sudan has been the focus of international attention since 2004, when government troops and militia groups known as janjaweed moved to crush rebels who complained that the black residents of the region had been neglected by the Muslim central government. Many people speak of government aircraft bombing villages, after which the Arab Janjaweed militia would ride in on camels and horses to slaughter, rape and steal.The refugees and some western observers said there was a deliberate attempt to drive black Africans out of Darfur.The government admits mobilising "self-defence militias", but denies links to the Janjaweed and says the problems have been exaggerated. Those who fled the violence are now living in camps across Darfur. About 200,000 refugees have crossed the border into Chad. it is estimated that about 400,000 people have lost their lives in Darfur.

How many more children have to die before we do something?

how many more women must be rape before we say no more?

After the Rwanda genocide of the 90s the whole world promise never again to let such atrocities to ever happen again, but right before our own eyes, it is happening, the fact that children as little as my own daughter, die everyday from starvation, is very painful and wrong, i would not want my kid or anybody's kid for that matter to experience such hell, let us all do what ever we can to help these poor people, let us be the voice for the voiceless, let us demand that the the Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir and all those responsible for the darfur genocide be tried for crimes against humanity, these bastard should all pay for their actions, and they should all pay dearly for it.

Here are some videos about the crisis in darfur.

I posted this video before, and i am posting it again, this video really bring to life what is happening to these people.



I hope we all can do our part, and fight for justice for these poor people.

When will these morons listen.

Japan said today that it plans to go ahead with its annual whale hunt of about 1,000 whales.For the first time this will include humpbacks, currently listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List. Four decades ago, the world banned the slaughter of humpback whales after rampant hunting drove the gentle giants to near extinction. Now, Japan is set to break the 1966 moratorium as the country prepares to launch its largest ever scientific whaling program in the South Pacific this week end.Environmentalists criticize Japan's research program as a pretext for keeping the whaling industry alive, and have long campaigned for an end to the winter catch in the Southern Ocean and a mission in the North Pacific that kills about 100 minke whales a year.

Stop the slaughter of Whales now!

The new hunt is certain to renew Japan's angry standoff with anti-whaling forces. Greenpeace and the animal rights activist group Sea Shepherd have said they will track Japan's hunt in the South Pacific.

We all can help protect these gentle animals by not buying japnese products,Japan’s repeated assertion that its whaling activities are legal is incorrect and misleading. ‘Scientific whaling’ as conducted by Japan violates international law and should not be allowed to continue.

strictly for laughs.

Rent

A businessman met a beautiful girl and agreed to spend the night with her for $500. They did their thing, and, before he left, he told her that he did not have any cash with him,
but he would have his secretary write a check and mail it to her, calling the payment "RENT FOR APARTMENT."
On the way to the office, he regretted what he had done, realizingthat the whole event had not been worth the price.So he had his secretary send a check for $250 and enclosed the following typed note:
Dear Madam: Please find enclosed a check for $250 for rent of your apartment. I amnot sending the amount agreed upon, because when I rented the place, I was under the impression that:
"it had never been occupied;there was plenty of heat; andit was small enough to make me feel cozy and at home.

However, I found out thatit had been previously occupied,there wasn't any heat, andit was entirely too large."

Upon receipt of the note, the girl immediately returned the check for $250 with the following note: Dear Sir:I cannot understand how you could expect a beautiful apartment to remain unoccupied indefinitely.As for the heat, there is plenty of it, if you know how to turn it on.Regarding the space, the apartment is indeed of regular size, but if you don't have enough furniture to fill it, please do not blame the management.
Please send the rent in full or we will be forced to contact your present landlady-

Is it me, or our minnesota vikings just plain sucks?

it seems every time i watch the Minnesota vikings play, we always lose, sunday match against the Dallas cowboys, was painful to watch, i really thought we could hold our own against them,
Despite dominating Minnesota for most of the game, Dallas did all it could to let the Vikings stay close, even in the lead. Then, when Dallas was about to fall behind again late in the third quarter,Dallas's Chris Canty blocked a potential field goal and Pat Watkins returned it 68 yards

for the touchdown that sent the Cowboys to a 24-14 victory Sunday.
maybe its me, maybe i always jinx the team whenever i watch their game, or maybe we should just own up to the fact, that we sucked and we sucked big time.

Another Reason these islamic terrorist should be stop.

Two explosions ripped through this city of Karachi late Thursday night, killing 126 people or more, after Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistani opposition leader and twice prime minister, returned from exile to her home city.

Her celebratory welcome, with hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets and dancing atop vehicles, turned chaotic when the blasts went off near a truck carrying the former prime minister, who was returning after eight years in exile.

Karachi hospital officials said early Friday morning that 108 people were killed by the explosions, the Associated Press reported, although the death toll remained in flux. A police surgeon told Reuters that 80 dead had been brought to three hospitals of the city. A Reuters reporter counted 35 bodies in another hospital.

Well over 100 people were thought to have been wounded by the blasts.

Bhutto herself was unhurt, news agencies reported.



How in the world can these monsters, these savages, Killed so many people and yet still say they are doing the will of God?

My Trip to New York in Pictures

After almost 9 hours delayed by the airline,(northwest)at the Minneapolis St Paul airport, i was about to cancel my trip and go back home, i was so pissed, i knew northwest airline had a reputation for delays, but i was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, for one because the airline, is based out of Minneapolis, so the thought was why not support the airline from your state first, but boy that was a huge mistake on my part,i was tired, i was hungry, and like hell i was pissed,i am never ever flying northwest again.
I know i promise you guys i was going to blog from New York, but i got caught up in the fun,i did however take a couple of pictures for my blog.

These are pictures i took of 42 and Broadway in new york.







These pictures i toke from the ferry that runs between Staten island and Manhattan.


View of Manhattan skyline

Thats the statue of Liberty in the background.





Downtown Manhattan


and finally from inside the train that runs in the subway.




New york has its pros and cons, there where some things i liked and some i did not like, for one i thought, there were just too many people, so would i give up Minnesota, to live in New York, hmmmmm.... let me just say, i am glad to be back home.

New york here i come!

i am sorry guys for the delays in posting to my blog,between job, school and my daughter, its hard to keep up, but i will be leaving for New york tomorrow for some much needed break,i will be blogging from there and telling you guys all about my new york experience, until than New York here i come.

The Burmese Malitary government ought to be ashamed of themselves.

If you are a news junkie like me and have been following the news out of the south east Asian country of Burma, i am sure you were angry and concerned for the the thousands of pro-democracy activists, who along with Buddhist monks pour unto the streets to protest the military government brutal rule. After shutting down telephone and Internet access, the military has raided the monasteries of the Monks who were protesting and brutally murdered them, and taking countless others away, with no way of knowing their fate, this is an outrage,the Burmese authority, along with all their friends who support them, like China for one, should be charged with gross human rights violations,let them be taught a lesson, that it is not OK to beat and kill unarmed people only because they want their rights.


here is an Exclusive video smuggled out of Burma showing protesters arrested and beaten by police.





These savages have no regard what so ever for human lives,let alone their own citizens,and the world must make them pay dearly for their actions.

The Iranian president needs some serious help!

Have you ever wonder if the world has gone mad?i saw the president of Iran addressed the students of Columbia university and the united nation general assembly, and i swear i could not believe what i was hearing,that mad man was denying the fact that the massacre of six million Jews ever happen during the second world war, he casually dismissed it as a myth, and i said to myself, how could a nation ever elect someone like this for president? i have always been a left leaning person when it comes to my political views, i have always advocated peace instead of war, but lately with everything that is happening in the middle east, i am beginning to question my stance, how so? you may ask, well when you have a mad man like the president of Iran calling for the nation of Israel to be wipe out from the face of the earth, in the 21st century it makes your blood boil, Israel and her people have a right to live in peace like the rest of the world, if Islam is indeed a religion of peace let it refused to accept men like the president of Iran and Syria who by the way profess to be true Muslim on the one hand and advocate the genocide of an entire nation on the other hand. until than i am of the opinion that these mad men, these Hitler wanna be must be stop, and they must be stop at all cost, no matter what the price.The United state made a huge mistake by invading Iraq and removing Saddam from power,Saddam was the only person Iran feared,it takes a mad man to stop another mad man, when Saddam was in power he was the check and balance in that region,now that he is gone and the united states stretch thin on two fronts, fighting two wars,Iran is doing all it can to create chaos,and bring the west to its knees. if we are to secure a future in which our children will play and not worry about terror, we must act now, stand up for what you know is right, i have live in and seen war up close and personal, in my native Liberia, i do not wish it upon anybody, but what else can the sane world do? stand by and watch those genocide advocating, Hitlers wanna be develop and have weapons of mass destruction? than God help us all. i say no for our children sick, to evil men like those two, and yes to a peaceful and more just world were we can all work together for the good of mankind.




Here is a video of the Iranian President talking about the Holocaust.

here are some political cartoons i found interesting online.




When Isreal built a fence to stop suicide bombers from entering Isreal, many people said Isreal should take the fence down, how else could they have protected their people from constant attacks.



this cartoon by some right wing nuts pokes fun at the aclu and Liberals.

I dare you not to laugh at these Videos

having noting really to blog about today, i decided to post some funny videos i found on youtube,i swear to God i almost die laughing, and i hope you guys enjoy them too.




If you ever watch the movie Borat, than you have to check out his interview with David Letteman.



And i love this President bush joke,this guy is so so funny, his Impersonation of the president is so funny.




This standup comedian is called Lisa lampanelli, one of my favorite comedian, if you like hard core comedy, she is definitely the one you should look for.




This video is from the tv show in living color, a comedy show on tv in the 90s. in this skit Homeless Anton played by Damon wayans, wants to join the army.




another video from the tv show In living color, this time Jim carey is Fire Marshal Bill.

The golden Years of R&B, the sixties and the seventies.

On my way to see some friends of mine today, i turn on my car radio so i can listen to some relaxing music, i was thinking some R&B or soft rock will do, but to my surprise, i could not find anything worth listening to, don't get me wrong, its not that i don't like hip-hop or some hardcore music, its just that i am really selective, and when i was growing up as a little boy in Paynesville, Liberia, my mother, a big fan of Motown always had classic R&B playing in the house. so i grew up listening to great artist like Sam Cooke, the Temptations, Smokey Robinson, and many more of the 60s and 70s great singers, I am a big fan of these classics, music back than it seems had meaning, and even though i wasn't even born, i tend to agree with my mom that the 50s, 60s, and the rolling 70s, where the golden age of R&B.
some of my favorite all time groups were,



The Temptations,which by the way, i think is the best R&B groups of all time and




The Miracles.

Here are some videos of my all time favorite songs.




This one is by the Tempatations and its called Ain't Too Proud To Beg.




This song is called My guy, by Mary Wells.





This one is by The Marvelettes, its called Mr post man.





This one is by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, and its call Ain't No Mountain High Enough.




From the 70s came this song by the Chi Lites, and its called oh girl.


From the 80s too, my generation, came some beatiful songs, that can without any doubt became calssics too. here are a couple of my favorites.




This one is called shake you down, by Gregory Abbott.




Another 80s classic by the Manhattans call Shining star.




And finally this one is call Rock you tonight by freddie Jackon.

I swear they don't make music like they used to, the music was great, the times were simple, it must have been a lot of fun back than.

My Little Princess turns One tomorrow.

Its hard to believe its almost a year since my baby girl was born, and though i am still adjusting to being a dad for the first time, all the sleepless nights,all the worries,and all the tears was worth it, to see my little girl grow up everyday, into a strong healthy young woman is priceless,and i would gladly do it all over again.

Happy Birthday Kiera Daddy loves you, and wish you many more happy birthday.