Op-ed: 

Not Dreaming the Dreamers Dream 

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

“The fight to protect Dreamers...is also a critical component of the Democratic Party’s future electoral success...If Democrats don’t try to do everything in their power to defend Dreamers, that will jeopardize Democrats’ electoral chances in 2018 and beyond.”
- The Center for American Progress Action Fund

Kudos must go out to President Trump for standing his ground against Chuck Schummer and his merry band of miscreants who proved beyond a shadow of a doubt how much they really despise our beloved America, American citizens, and especially our military.

And if the Democrats forcing the shutdown of our government wasn't bad enough, their reasons for doing so and the ramifications that ensued make the situation even more grievous than it appears on the surface for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schummer tried hard to blackmail Congress...as in we'll give you funding for the wall and a budget passed in exchange for the DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act becoming law....blackmail that failed when within mere days of the shutdown his own party and most of the media rightfully turned against him.

DREAMers over our military being paid backfired on Schummer big time.

And what is saddest of all is that there is a very simple solution regarding the DREAMers...a solution that would expose the Democrats agenda and I'll get to that in a bit, but first some much needed background information to understand exactly the true situation we face minus the media's twisting of the facts.

So let's start with Democrats claiming that their vote to shut the government down was the result of Republicans unwilling to see the value of both the DACA (the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program and the DREAMers* themselves. Regurgitated ad-nauseum their time-worn rhetoric that DREAMers are but innocent victims who came to our country not of their own accord but through the (illegal) actions of their parents, the Democrats chose to play the 'compassion' game...a game they love to play almost as much as they love to pull out the race card when all else fails.

And to that affect, Chuck Schummer and crew wanted us to believe then and still want us to believe now that in the case of said DREAMers the sins of the father (and of the mother) should not be placed upon the children. And so while that is true in some instances, it is surely not true in the case of illegals in general nor is it true in the case of DREAMers in specific for if most DREAMers had really wanted to become red, white, and blue American citizens they would have done so under the auspices of the DACA program, yet save for a few who did not willfully let their DACA status* lapse, most have not.

And why not...because there is no reason to through the effort or expense of becoming an American citizen when one currently gets most all the benefits and protections of said citizenship without having to go through both the detailed and the time consuming process of actually become a citizen.

Now remember, Obama created today's version of DACA in 2012 by executive order...a true unilateral overreach of power...calling it but a “temporary and stopgap measure” to provide “pseudo-legal status” to what even he called “illegal aliens” brought to the U.S. as minors, including as teenagers. Promising that these children would not be deported and providing said DREAMers with needed work authorizations, job benefits including health care, access to Social Security, getting a driver’s license, the chance to build a credit score and apply for a credit card, being allowed to put utility bills in their name, and so much more... what Obama did was make the illegal children of illegal parents defacto citizens when they were anything but citizens.

And the DREAMers reveled in their status...who wouldn't with the free ride afforded them... that is until Donald Trump became president and when in September 2017 now President Trump ordered a phased-out end to Obama's program...a phase-out set to begin this very March...a phase-out of the program he rightfully said shielded DREAMers from deportation through an “amnesty-first” approach.

And these are the very people Chuck Schummer and the Democrats are fighting to give rights to...as they try to put DREAMers supposed rights before the rights of law-abiding American citizens; as they try to put DREAMers supposed rights before both the rights of our men and women in uniform and our veterans; and dare I say as they try to put DREAMers supposed rights even before the words of our Constitution...the very law of our land.

Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution entrusts the federal legislative branch with the power to “establish a uniform Rule of Naturalization.” In other words, Congress alone is responsible for “crafting the laws” that determine how and when non-citizens can or cannot become naturalized American citizens. And with Congress having said power coupled with the fact that they have never given any president the ability nor the authority to 'executive order' in immigration law nor given them the specific power to provide a “pseudo-amnesty” and government benefits to illegal aliens no matter their age, means that Obama's DACA program is itself unconstitutional and should be thrown out on legal grounds alone.

And know that President Trump is most assuredly well aware of the constitutional status of DACA, yet he has in the name of bipartisanship and compassion tried to work with Congress to “fix” DACA, but to date to no avail. But with Chuck Schummer and the Democrats holding DACA and DREAMers as leverage over Republicans as to lock in the budget...the budget DACA never had any business being part of...there is a simple “fix” being overlooked that would not only be a win for Republicans and for American citizens but would publicly show the Democrats for who they really are...users, miscreants, and obstructors of justice...in addition to our having $135 billion of our taxpayer dollars being spent on illegals who have absolutely no business being here (illegal=breaking the law) but who Democrats think should go to the head of the immigration line.

Remember, the true issue for Democrats is not now nor has it ever been about compassion for DREAMers, but has always been and remains about votes...securing and garnering votes by any and all means possible, and the DREAMers are now their focused target of choice. And why...because DREAMER votes alone would allow for a much needed so-called “generational shift” that would greatly help negate the current Trump electoral college majority. And garnering votes to the Democrats means that the above stated billions spent on illegals is money well spent for they know well that the now would be citizen DREAMers will always vote for the party that afforded them all their 'free stuff ' including citizenship with its safety from deportation.

So how do Republicans stop this vote garnering from happening while at the same time helping to keep the families together? How do Republicans get the all-important yet long overdue budget passed and at the same time get the funding for the wall all while striving for and hopefully achieving much needed bipartisanship? And how how do Republicans not allow 3.6 million DREAMers (not the 800,000 the Democrats and media claim there are) the ability to determine most future elections? How...simply by passing the Democrat's and RINO's 'Pathway to Citizenship' bill...a 'pathway' bill not now or ever to be amnesty...but a 'pathway' bill with one all-important key provision added...a provision stating that said 'pathway' is minus the right to vote for a minimum of at least five years after each and every DREAMer affected becomes a citizen as well as cutting off all government handouts and benefits while they are in the 'pathway' process. 

And with this must have provision in place, Democrats would find it extremely hard to sway or 'fix' the 2018 and 2020 elections...manipulating neither the popular nor the electoral college vote...as they would now be denied the much coveted DREAMer voting numbers by which they would try to do so.

 

In other words, hold the DREAMers to the exact same rules and steps legal immigrants must adhere to while they are in the process of becoming citizens, but with the addition for those on the 'pathway' that once they become a citizen their right to vote is held in check for at least five years as punishment for breaking our immigration laws. Remember, nowhere in the Constitution does it say "illegal foreigners"...the true name for what DREAMers are...must be afforded voting rights that is until after naturalization...but also nowhere in the Constitution is a time frame given for when said voting rights after naturalization has to occur.

And since citizenship takes years for legal immigrants to attain it should take the same amount of years for those who came here illegally even with giving them said 'pathway'...a 'pathway' which would now legally shield them from deportation, and isn't that what the DREAMers and the Democrats claim they really wanted..safety from deportation. And if that is the truth not just mere words spoken then the penalty of five years to be able to vote should be a mute point with the only exception being for DREAMers who serve in our military as that very act shows their dedication to these United States and to becoming American citizens.

And know that what I proposed is truly fair for after all DREAMers, as I stated earlier, had years to apply for either a green card or citizenship under DACA but did not. And if the Democrats do not agree with no strings or counter demands attached, then the truth about them only wanting the DREAMers votes would finally be exposed for all to see with Democrats now having no rebuttal or recourse at all.

Then once the DREAMers are dealt with and only after the budget is passed should we deal with immigration in general...with in general includes getting the must have wall funded and built, dismantling sanctuary cities and states by cutting off all their federal funding...letting them go broke if need be...and by enforcing any and all immigration laws currently on the books.

The time to stop placating, compromising with, or outright caving to the enemy...the Democrat enemy within...is over as we finally have a president with enough guts and determination to stand strong against said enemy. Now if only President Trump can get a united Republican House and Senate on board to help him kick the enemy within...along with their illegal cohorts...to the curb where they truly belong...if only...sigh.

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* The criteria of eligibility under the current DREAM act is similar to the provisions of the House-passed version of the original DREAM Act in 2010, and includes in eligibility anyone who came to the U.S. before age 16 and is over age 14 and under age 31 on June 15, 2012 if they have lived in the U.S. for at least five consecutive years since (illegally) arriving; if male having registered with the selective service for potential military conscription; being between the ages of 12 and 35; having been admitted, attending, or having graduated from an American high school or having passed the General Education Development test (GED); and being of “good moral character.”

** DACA status is the must be renewed every two-years mandated filing for deferred action from deportation.
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Copyright @ 2018 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.

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RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS...LIVE!

Today, Friday, January 26th from 7 to 9pm on American Political Radio, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori discuss DREAMers and the government shutdown; Schiff, Feinstein and the FISA memo; and important news of the day. 

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Op-ed:
The debt ceiling/default debacle...the sky ain't falling
By: Diane Sori

October 17th…the day Obama claims the sky will fall as the US goes into default...or so he says.

October 17th…the day Treasury Department spokespeople have said that the government’s cash-on-hand will only be $30 billion when everyday our government must spend at least $60 billion…and they claim there is NO way of reducing payments by an across-the-board percentage to stay under the debt limit.

By October 17th “The debt ceiling must be raised…this cannot and should not be a matter of negotiation,” so bloviates Obama mouthpiece Jay Carney.

And as October 17th draws near “The president is risking default by not having a conversation with us,” says Speaker of the House John Boehner.

But the thing is they’re ALL wrong for there is NOTHING magical about October 17th as the debt ceiling was actually reached back on May 19th.

And on that day as we knew they would, the Treasury Department did some clever ‘hokus-pokus’ paper shuffling and tapped into exchange-rate funds to ‘miraculously’ find $303 billion in extra funds, and they also delayed some pension fund payments and drew down an emergency fund to get even more cash on hand…thus allowing us to NOT run out of money to pay our bills until the end of October or later…if we actually run out at all.

Guess what...we won’t.

And all this bru-haha about debt ceilings is just nonsense for what NO one…NOT Obama…NOT Prince Harry…NOT John Boehner…and for sure NOT the media...will tell “We the People’ is that the debt ceiling in and of itself does NOT dictate how much the government is allowed to spend simply because that's Congress' job to do when the budget is set each year. The debt ceiling does only one thing and one thing alone…it lays the amount of dollars the government can borrow to fulfill obligations that Congress has already passed into law.

And herein lies the real problem…we have NO budget and have NOT had one for going on four years now…four years under Obama’s watch.

So with NO budget in place Obama was unleashed to spend our money basically unfettered for there were NO budget constraints that would have reigned him in. And make NO mistake about it…if we had had a budget…a working budget…in place all these years we would NOT be in the position we find ourselves in today…and Barack HUSSEIN Obama and his Democratic cohorts built this mess and own it all.

And now we have the doom and gloomers circling overhead like vultures…circling and crying that if the House refuses to raise the debt ceiling the federal government will be forced to raise taxes on ‘We the People’ to meet its obligations…and raise them high…as if they aren’t high enough already.

But that is NOT likely to happen nor is it even the truth as the mid-term elections are coming up, and those up for re-election in both parties know that to even suggest raising taxes would be political suicide.

So if taxes will NOT be raised to meet our obligations and with notes coming due must the House Republicans…who right now are standing strong…be forced to acquiesce to Obama to avoid default…NOT so fast for default can be avoided by simply paying the interest on notes due.

And rest assured we have plenty of funds to do just that as Obama and Reid are truly trying to pull the wool over the American people’s eyes as they whine that America will be broke. But once again they’re wrong for as per Forbes, the fiscal 2013 debt service for the twelve months that ended on September 30 will end up being around $420 billion. IRS revenues for the calendar 2012 tax year will end up being around $2.3 trillion, and together this equates to over a five and a half times the monies needed for debt ceiling coverage.

So while we have plenty of cash to meet our current obligations as stated by the numbers above, there obviously is NOT enough for everything. With around $850 billion estimated to be the deficit for fiscal year 2014, some services will obviously have to be cut…and cut across the board…while leaving services like Social Security, Medicare, and of course interest on the debt alone as they MUST be met as per law…and these Obama must protect at all costs if he is to save his ‘legacy.’

So Obama and his Democratic cohorts will be forced to compromise…even if it’s at the 12th hour…and Boehner and crew must use ObamaCare as the means to turn this battle into their favor. And with the Bipartisan Policy Center report estimating that Congress would need to raise the debt ceiling by around $1.1 trillion to allow the government to meet all of its obligations in full…NOT just making interest payments…through the end of 2014, Obama needs to make nice-nice with Republicans or the entire phony debt ceiling/defaulting debacle risks exploding in his face.

And that will be a legacy he’s worthy of.

Op-ed:
The blame game...and 'We the People' are the losers
By: Diane Sori

Clueless...totally clueless...don't you just love how some people NEVER see themselves as the cause of or involved in anything..as in 'who me'...NO way.

And that cluelessness becomes outright dangerous when that clueless person is Barack HUSSEIN Obama, the supposed leader of the free world.

Some cases in point in 'Obamaspeak':

• The Arab Spring turned Arab Winter...it's NOT my fault those countries want my brethren in power (pssst...here guys more taxpayer dollars and weapons but shhhhhhh...don't say a word)
• Benghazi...it was the CIA's and the DOD's fault that four Americans died
• The AP scandal...it's their own fault for daring to write something bad about me... forgetting their place is to promote me and my agenda and NOTHING else
• The IRS scandal...it's Conservative and TEA Party groups fault for wanting to promote God, county, family, and the 2nd Amendment...and using that awful word 'patriot' in their names
• The NSA scandal...you Americans have to be monitored for your own good you know
• The economy...but I have to give 'the sponges' free stuff so they will support me and my party
• Iran on the road to become nuclear...they're my brethren so it's only fair
• Stabbing Israel in the back...it's the Jews fault for denying my Palestinian peeps a homeland...hell...everything is the Jews fault...as my brethren say

And dare we forget... Obama blames Bush, Congress, Bush, budget cuts, Bush, Republicans, Bush, Syria’s dictator, Bush, and any and everyone else for the oh so shaky scandal laden start to his second term.

So as Obama and his minions claim that each scandal is just an isolated NO big deal incident...just a few bumps in Obama's otherwise stellar road to greatness (gag)...they try their damnedest to play-down scandal after scandal as more pop up it seems every day, and they do so while taking potshots at Republicans each and every chance they get.

Potshots like Obama saying...or at least thinking...

The bad Republicans want to know why I gave...ooops...I mean who gave the order to 'stand down' in Benghazi (and stand down it was NOT they were told to go to the airport). The bad Republicans don't want to give my sheeple anymore free stuff...hell...they even want my sheeple to work for their stuff just like they do...imagine that. The bad Republicans like to play with 'bad guns' so they voted down my wanting to take them away.

The bad Republicans want the borders sealed...but how then will future Democratic voters get in (so I can give them all that free stuff to buy their votes). The bad Republicans want me to stop spending their taxpayer dollars like a drunken sailor and actually want me to make a workable budget...like that will ever happen...and especially to stop sending their money to those out to kill them...as in to kill 'them' NOT kill me because I'm one of them.

The bad Republicans actually expect me to govern by the law of the Constitution...but like I told Russian President Medvedev at the APEC Summit in Singapore, “It doesn’t matter since for all intent and purposes the US Constitution is dead” so that ain't gonna happen.

And the bad Republicans hate me because I'm black...NEVER mind that I'm the worst president in history...that's why I hold Congress and everyone else hostage with the race card...I have to because if I don't they'll really find out just how bad I really am.

Yeah Obama says or thinks all that...and more...for NEVER before in our nation's history has an American president treated half the country like enemies...but what can you expect from a president who is a proponent of BIG all-intrusive government...a president who sees NOTHING wrong with spying on 'We the People...a president who would rather be out campaigning or golfing then attending to the business of the country...a president who leans so far to the left that individual liberties be damned...and a president who sides with America's enemies against her.

Yeah that's our president all right...clueless and dangerous all rolled into one and its our beloved America and 'We the People' that are suffering for it.

Where is a lightning bolt 'from above' when you need one...