Green Card, Yellow Card, Red Card, & Migrant Labor

 

Among the many issues raised, real or imagined,  regarding immigration, the basics are about legal v. illegal migration, the need for labor, and the processes.

As it stands, through the magic of metaphor, ICE raids a business--a restaurant, goes into the kitchen, and finds 10 migrants working.  The operative word is "working".

As it is now, those who are here illegally are arrested and slated for deportation.  This of course hurts both the responsible as well as hurting the business(es) that rely on migrant workers.

Enter, a new paradigm:

The Green Card (in force and understood)

The Yellow Card, this for minor infractions but does not rise to the level of removal.

The Red Card, for major infractions resulting in removal.

Hence, ICE raids the restaurants, checks credentials, finds 4 workers who are here illegally but are actually working and contributing to the economy, and issue Yellow cards.  They find 4 workers who are here both illegally and engaged or engaging in criminal misconduct.  They issue Red Cards and they are arrested and processed for removal.

This helps migrants who are responsible.

This helps business (including farms and farmworkers)

This helps the larger community by protecting the community from unbridled criminal misconduct.

Just a thought.

Best wishes,

Slim.

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Pen Argyl, PA 18072

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Pretty Words: Appealing to the Downtrodden

 

Vladimir Lenin became leader off Russia by appealing to the downtrodden people of Russia.  How did it work out for the downtrodden people of Russia?  Not good.

Schicklgruber became leader of Germany by appealing to the downtrodden people of Germany.  How did that work out for the downtrodden people of Germany?  Not good.

Robespierre became leader of France by appealing to the downtrodden people of France.  How did that work out for the downtrodden people of France?  Not good:

The  Committee for Public Safety

The Reign of Terror

The Guillotine

And Robespierre, to mix a metaphor, was hoisted with his own petard.  He ended up on the Guillotine.

In the novel, Danton's Death, Danton, a member of the Committee for Public Safety, was discussing the "lessons of the revolution".  "The Lessons of the Revolution are these:  They are suspect, we are suspect, all are suspect.

At his inauguration, President Kennedy said,  "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."

Pretty words.  But in 1962 the Berlin Wall went up and JFK flew to Berlin to announce to the world, "Ich bin ein Berliner."  Pretty words. But the Berlin Wall stood for 27 years, more or less, until the high, great, and wonderful President Ronald Reagan went to Berlin and Single Handedly tore down the Berlin Wall.  Remember?  "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall".  Not, "let's tear down this wall", not "let's talk about this wall", not "let's discuss our differences".  Subsequently, the wall came down and Ronald Reagan succeeded in liberating one billion people ground beneath the bootheel of Soviet Military Occupation.

"Pretty words do not pay the bills.  Starving Children cannot eat symbolic gestures."  ~ Slim Fairview.

Best wishes,

Slim

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Separation of Church and Court

Without reinventing the wheel or attempting to relive history, I will jump straight to the subject matter at hand.

The Supreme Court created a doctrine. The Doctrine of the Separation of Church and State.  And ever since, the state has violated the Separation of Church and State.  The First Third of the First Amendment reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;

Note the obvious.

CONGRESS

LAW

AN ESTABLISHMENT

OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE

The case began back in the day when someone obected to her daughter being "required" to pray in school. 

"Okay.  You don't have to pray."

But that wasn't good enough. If she doesn't want to pray, no one is allowed to pray. And there the Court overstepped its bounds.  There we moved from the Right to Accomodation to the right to infliction.

Through the magic of metaphor, East Side High School is playing West Side High.

Just before the kickoff, the Principal of East Side High heads to the bench to wish the team luck. There, he hears the Coach say, "You can do what you want, but before the kickoff, I'm going to kneel and pray for victory."  The Principal is incensed.  He orders the Coach not to pray. But the Coach defires his order. Come Monday, the Principal fires the Coach for insubordination. And the Coach sues.

Meanwhile, across the field, the Coach of West Side High is giving his team a pep talk.  The Principal shows up and tells the Coach, "Before the kickoff, I want you to kneel down and pray for victory." The Coach refuses.  Come Monday, the Principal fires the Coach for insubordination. The Coach sues.

The Cases go to the Supreme Court.  Not a Liberal or Conservative Court.  Not a Democrat or a Republican Supreme Court.  But rather to a Slim Fairview Supreme Court.

The Court Rules on the Case of West Side High.  The Court rules that by ordering the Coach to pray, the Principal violated the Separation of Church and State and orders the Coach reinstated the Coach with all back pay and benefits and seniority.

Then the Court rules on East Side High. The Court rules, by telling the Coach he cannot pray, the Principal violated the Separation of Church and State. Specifically, "nor prohibit the free excercise thereof."  

The first ruling of the Courts on the matter failed to distinguish between the institution and the individual.  To paraphrase the ACLU, When the Coach enters the school, he does not leave his First Amenment  Rights out at the Gate.

While the Schools cannot require prayer, the Schools cannot prohibit prayer.

Best wishes,

Slim.

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Are You a Wishy Washy Leader?

 

Strong Leaders!

Much on line has been focused on Susie Wiles. President

Trump's White House Chief of Staff. And the Book

The Gatekeepers by Chris Whipple. And there have been

interviews galore with former Chiefs of Staff.

This leads to the backstory.

In Court, in Rumpole of the Bailey, Horace Rumpole in his

internal monologue says of his Senior Chair, "You've violated

the first rule of interrogating a witness: Never ask the witness

a question unless you, yourself, know the answer.

Hence: Are you a wishy-washy person?

To understand this question, we hearken to Kasper Gutman

who asked Samuel Spade, "Are you a closed mouth person?

Spade: No, I like to talk.

Gutman: Better and better. I don't trust a closed mouth man.

They generally choose the wrong time to speak and say the

wrong thing when they do."

Wishy-washy people generally choose the wrong time to

act an do the wrong thing when they do. ~ Slim Fairview

The Toxic Boss is not a strong leader. And the Strong Leader

is not the Toxic boss. It is the wishy-washy leader, feeling

weak, indecisive, unqualified who chooses the wrong time

to assert himself/herself. And they do the wrong thing when

they do.

Best wishes,

strong

Slim.

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