n00b's blog: "muse views"

it probably comes as no surprise that i am completely disgusted by our elected representatives in washington.  i dont know whether i am more disgusted by their naked pursuit of popular poll via the refugee topic, or their gross disavowal of every elevated idea contained in our founding documents.

we are a nation of immigrants.  even "native" americans immigrated here.  there is not a person in this country, even on this continent who can not trace their ancestry back to another country, or another continent.  this idea that we must protect ourselves from immigration is rediculous in the extreme.

and since we are talking about hypocrisy, lets talk about syria.

guess what folks.  we created (or at least significantly contributed to) the refugee "crisis".  why are people so surprised that people do not want to live in a war zone?  we throw guns, ammunition, air strikes, even train mercinaries, throw them into a civil war and then wonder why the civilian population will do almost anything to get away from it.  america should not be accepting 10,000 refugees, america should be willing to accept 100,000 or even more refugees because we are responsible for the situation.  congress is acting like a scared child with his hand in the cookie jar saying its not my fault.

now lets think about the refugees.  does anyone in congress even realize that in order to qualify as a "refugee" you must subject yourself to a multi-year process and convince multiple judges and administrators of your sincerity of intent and desperation of circumstance.  this horseshit about making america safe because we punish people from specific ethnic backgrounds and geographic locations is utterly insane.  as much as i am loathe to agree with a politician, obama is right; the more we discrimate against refugees the more we feed the ISIL narrative.  

not one single person involved with the events in paris was a refugee.  none of the 9/11 terrorists were refugees.  in fact research all the acts of terror and atrocity have been perpetrated by citizens who became radicalized.  this idea of refugees wearing suicide vests streaming across borders is rediculous in the extreme.  i am sickened in my heart to hear all the lies discribed as legislation bandied about as if they are legitimate and thoughtful responses to complex problems that face our nation.  i believe our founding fathers are dismayed at what we have interpreted as inalienable rights and self evident truths.  it seems the only truth that has become self evident is the popularity poll, and the knee jerk reaction