Op-ed: 

 The Root Cause of Today's Problems 

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

The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google

 

...But no matter the two parties current differences, the root cause of all the“problems” we as a nation still face today, whether we be Republicans or Democrats...I believe... remains the same, as in one Barack Hussein Obama, America's 44th president, whose platform when running for office was “Hope and Change” which when elected morphed into the “fundamental transformation of America.” And this in turnset into motion not only what became known as the “weakest recovery from a recession in modern American history,” but all the hate, divisiveness, and anger that follow us to this day. How so...because the America Obama led for eight years was then and remains now, vastly different than the America he inherited, but obviously not in a good sense for his presidency heralded in extreme social, demographic, and cultural changes that caused tenuous shifts in both government policy and in the “court of public opinion.”

 

Known also in some Democrat circles as the “Father of DEI,” Obama started said transformation by establishing “The Diversity & Inclusion Council” via “Executive Order 13583,” beginning with the infamous  Department of Education...and not surprisingly we all know how well that turned out now don't we...Read entire article here, 

Op-ed: 

The Root Cause of Today's Problems 

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

The article posted here is the authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google

The very nature of the word “problem” itself...whether it be an individual's personal problem or a generalized all encompassing political problem...usually implies that a specific situation has gone against what is considered to be the accepted “norm,” and thus must be either resolved in full or at least tempered down to some degree via what is known as “compromise,” a seemingly “dirty word” in relation to today's political discourse.

And while the word “problem,” vernacular wise, does tend to encompass the sum of American politics no matter which political party one aligns themselves with, said “problem” more times than not has its basis in a commonality that is either willingly being ignored by one party or simply not being addressed by the other party out of fear of facing what are sure to come ramifications. And while most Republicans rightfully feel that today's Democrat party has lost all vestiges of what is both “common sense” and “rational thinking,” thus leaving them in multi-stages of chaos, misdirection, and an uncertain political future; most Democrat's feel that the Republican party is not willing enough, not open minded enough, in its thinking to even try to understand why they deem the concept of “inclusion” to be so important.

But no matter the two parties current differences, the root cause of all the“problems” we as a nation still face today, whether we be Republicans or Democrats...I believe... remains the same, as in one Barack Hussein Obama, America's 44th president, whose platform when running for office was “Hope and Change” which when elected morphed into the “fundamental transformation of America.” And this in turn set into motion not only what became known as the “weakest recovery from a recession in modern American history,” but all the hate, divisiveness, and anger that follow us to this day. How so...because the America Obama led for eight years was then and remains now, vastly different than the America he inherited, but obviously not in a good sense for his presidency heralded in extreme social, demographic, and cultural changes that caused tenuous shifts in both government policy and in the “court of public opinion.”

Known also in some Democrat circles as the “Father of DEI,” Obama started said transformation by establishing “The Diversity & Inclusion Council” via “Executive Order 13583,” beginning with the infamous  Department of Education...and not surprisingly we all know how well that turned out now don't we. And while Obama claimed that DEI would, “lead us down the path to true equality,” DEI instead turned out to be a guise for anything but “equality” as skin color and misguided sexual deviations overrode not just common sense, but merit based qualifications in both educational endeavors and in the public work force hiring.

And again, America's current troubles were courtesy of the“media anointed” first black president...a misnomer to begin with as Barack Hussein Obama technically is of “mixed race”...or what's scientifically classified as “bi-racial”...as his mother was white and his father black...yet he still deliberately ripped open what was, at the time, healing racial wounds. How so...by his outwardly embracing radically dangerous groups like “Black Lives Matter” and “Antifa” while turning black criminals...like Michael Brown, George Floyd, and the infamous, “If I had a son...” Trayvon Martin...into heroes and victims simply because their skin color was black.

And while Obama's supposed “blackness” was and does remain his true driving force, his political ineptitude while in office led to more Americans receiving government aid...aka “welfare”...then working full-time, thus creating a new generation of “welfare dependent” individuals, which unfortunately continues to this day. Remember too, that it was Obama who, in 2012, helped shield from deportation over 1.2 million so called “Dreamers”....as in children brought to our country at a young age and whose families our taxpayer dollars helped to support...as well as his 2014 spending of our monies on five million then called “undocumented residents.” Simply, Obama loved spending what was our hard earned taxpayer dollars on individuals that it should never have been spent on.

And dare not forget that Obama's answer to all America's money “problems”...“problems” including his putting us on a so-called “fiscal cliff” by having added $6.5+ trillion dollars to the then national debt...was simply to “print more money,” never mind the fact that the needed “treasure” to back it up was simply not there.

And while Americans were financially hurting at the same time the printing presses were merrily rolling along, Obama relished in shoving his namesake piece of legislation known as “ObamaCare” down American's collective throats.

“ObamaCare”...the healthcare disaster that was then and still remains now in the hands of “pencil pushing” bureaucrats instead of seeing an individuals doctor/patient relationship deciding what should be the logistics of ones healthcare plan. Simply put, “Obamacare” is but another name for government controlled healthcare for the masses that comes replete, yet unknown to most, with its own dirty little secrets...secrets such as the fact that “Obamacare” made it all but impossible for millions of hard working Americans to keep what was their individual or employee-sponsored group health insurance, and led to hundreds of thousands...possibly millions...of workers losing what was full-time, good paying jobs. How so...because the actual healthcare costs dictated by “Obamacare”..as in the costs carried by one's employer...literally became unsustainable for most business owners/employers to bear, especially when an additional “destructive tax” on all medical devices was added into the mix.

And not to be forgotten is Obama's what some call “foreign policy blunders,” but what I call his back-stabbing traitorous actions...a list that truly did go from bad to worse with number one on said list being:

1. Obama's infamous “I Apologize for America” tours based upon his utter and total disdain for our U.S. armed forces even when being deployed on behalf of our national interests.

2. The disaster known as “Benghazi” which cost U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, and C.I.A. Operatives Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty their lives, and whose blood is clearly on Obama's and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's hands.

3. Obama's ever so proudly signing what was the the “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action” ...useless U.N. nonsense that has done absolutely nothing to stop or even deter Iran's nuclear ambition

4, Obama's ever infamous five Taliban terrorists for one American traitor deal.

5. Obama's too numerous backstabbing betrayals of the Jewish State of Israel who is America's staunchest ally.

6. Obama's exposing his true “personal allegiance” with these 15 words, “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

7. Obama's secret middle of the night deal where he sent $400 million dollars in cash to Iran, then as is now the world's leading sponsor of terrorism...while knowing well that said monies would likely be used to increase funding to their proxy armies...armies like Hamas and Hezbollah...in their quest to wipe Israel off the map.

And these seven “foreign policy blunders” along with the previously stated domestic based “problems” lying at his feet, are just the proverbial “tip of the iceberg” in regards to all the harm this one man has done to both our beloved America and “We the American People.” But to make it all even worse is the fact that not one of our duly elected officials, to date, has officially and publicly called Obama to task “on the record,” let alone charged him with any (I believe ) crime committed. Getting away with murder so to speak, Obama has not even been held accountable for any of the damage that he has caused out country. And why...in my opinion...it's because of fear of the “race card” once again coming into play.

Remember, to most people using “common sense” skin color means nothing...but to Obama and his minions skin color was, is, and will always remain everything to them as it helps to focus their hate to a point where pulling out the “race card” becomes the answer to their “problems.” How so...because most people will do every and anything not to be seen as being “racist.” And besides, those folks whose entire existence is defined by one's skin color, and their “self perceived” definition of “inequities,” do tend to reach for the “race card” when facts, reality, and truth gets in the way of what is actually their anti-American agenda.

And why so...because for a man like Obama who wasn't “white enough” to “pass” while growing up, he embraced his having been socially deemed to be black, after all it gave him the coveted chance to be “anointed” as America's “first black president.” And in the symbolic nature of his having fully erased his white half, Obama was able to openly embrace the radical left's “Black agenda” replete with the implementation of “white guilt.” And sadly, because a sizeable number of very vocal people “of color” continued to think about the color of their skin upon first awakening in the morning and as the last thing before going to bed at night, Obama had a dedicated group of supporters who would do and say anything to help rip open the aforementioned, once healing, racial wounds.

Also, remember that while the sum total of Obama's presidency was one of putting the wants and needs of our enemies over America herself; over “We the American People;” as well as over our country's allies and friends; it was “We the People” who suffered through eight long years of Obama shoving his race driven and overtly anti-America agenda down our collective throats. And yet Republican leaders still have done nothing of substance about it. And why...because the only logical explanation can be is that they still fear being called “racist” in both the still leftist controlled media and in the court of public opinion no matter that Trump is now, thankfully, in charge.

And while Donald Trump, during his first term as president, did try to expose the truth about Obama, his administration, and all the harm he and they did to our country, Obama...in my opinion...was able to gather together the components that became the infamous “Trump witch hunt.” And in Obama's successfully doing so, along with his knowing that Republican leaders would fear his using the “race card” against them, the stage was set for Obama's third term in office. 

Remember, it was obvious to many...even before Joe Biden's physical and mental health decline became obvious...that Obama would be the one running the country. And this scenario was proven true when Biden's policies mirrored that of Obama's...not unlike two ships passing in the night...replete with a not so healthy dose of manufactured DEI policies and calls of racism being thrown in for good...or should I say bad...measure.

And so...in my opinion...the man who relished in“aiding and abetting” our nation's enemies...the man to whom “bipartisanship” was a dirty word...the man whose promised “immigration reform” turned into our open “free for all” southern border fiasco...the man who deemed “globalism” superior to “America First”...and the man whose inner racist self relished in seeing American cities burning and lives and businesses being destroyed in the name of black criminals...actually remains the shadow now hanging over all the “problems” President Trump is trying to fix today. But until the “problem” source itself is outwardly called to task...until Barack Obama is so charged and sentence adjudicated...this man will continue on to try to get what would be his “fourth term” in office. Case closed.

Copyright © 2025 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

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Op-ed: 

Americans First...No Ifs, Ands, or Buts

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

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.

..But know that when said deportations do come to an end so too will the monies being spent to feed, house, clothe, educate, and medically take care of those who had no business coming here in the first place. A good thing indeed for the monies spent on those crossing our border illegally can now, if properly managed, be returned to the American people, most especially our seniors and our military veterans who seem to get the monetary shaft every time there is a “monetary crisis.”

Simply, a “monetary crisis“ was what we had been facing when Joe Biden was in office, what with the federal government giving out more dollars and cents than it took in. But now with DOGE exposing what is a truly massive amount of governmental monetary waste, the only fair thing to do is take the monies that will be saved when the deportations are complete and either put those monies back into the programs that saw Biden putting American citizens last or simply give it back to we taxpayers...call it “personal stimulus checks“ if need be. But either way a fair amount of those saved monies should also be used to aid our veterans in need for it's shameful that there are close to 33,000 homeless veterans in our country today...veterans who served our country well. It's way past time that the federal government...as well as state and local governments...start spending more monetarily to help serve our veterans and their needs instead of serving those who...and I cannot say this enough...should never have been allowed to come here in the first place... Read entire article here.

Op-ed: 

Americans First...No Ifs, Ands, or Buts

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

The Op-ed posted here is this authors opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com or Google.

Whether some like it or not the deportation of illegals is well under way thanks to President Trump. And while it currently involves only those with criminal records, eventually it will expand to encompass what I call the “rank and file” illegals, as in those who came here solely for their promised “free stuff”...”stuff” which in reality is anything but “free.” Why so...because it's our taxpayer dollars that help to fund all the programs and goodies the illegals receive while Americans are hurting financially due to the four disastrous Biden/Harris years.

But know that when said deportations do come to an end so too will the monies being spent to feed, house, clothe, educate, and medically take care of those who had no business coming here in the first place. A good thing indeed for the monies spent on those crossing our border illegally can now, if properly managed, be returned to the American people, most especially our seniors and our military veterans who seem to get the monetary shaft every time there is a “monetary crisis.”

Simply, a “monetary crisis“ was what we had been facing when Joe Biden was in office, what with the federal government giving out more dollars and cents than it took in. But now with DOGE exposing what is a truly massive amount of governmental monetary waste, the only fair thing to do is take the monies that will be saved when the deportations are complete and either put those monies back into the programs that saw Biden putting American citizens last or simply give it back to we taxpayers...call it “personal stimulus checks“ if need be. But either way a fair amount of those saved monies should also be used to aid our veterans in need for it's shameful that there are close to 33,000 homeless veterans in our country today...veterans who served our country well. It's way past time that the federal government...as well as state and local governments...start spending more monetarily to help serve our veterans and their needs instead of serving those who...and I cannot say this enough...should never have been allowed to come here in the first place.

So what are some of the programs and services that our federal taxpayer dollars are being spent on to aid those entering our country illegally? To start with know that, in general, most of the welfare programs that are focused on illegals, costs us billions of dollars each year...billions of dollars that should be going to help struggling middle and lower class American citizens. And also know that in many cases the particular benefits in question sometimes sees illegals receiving cash payments or “direct deposit checks” courtesy of our currently written “Tax Code” laws. Maybe the DOGE needs to start looking into these codes for who wouldn't want to come here knowing that “Uncle Sam” seems more than willing to “foot the bill,” and in return all that's asked is to always vote the Democrat party line.

And while we all tend to laugh at the political bureaucracy and their “rub-it-into-our-faces” shenanigans, if truth be told those who are part and parcel of said bureaucracy are smart enough to know that few, if any, illegals will ever bite the hand of those who seemingly attend to their every need, want, and wish..

Now, here are but three of the specific federal programs catering to illegals along with the sums of monies having been laid out in each case. Those three federal programs are welfare, Medicare, and Medicaid, the program where illegals receive medical benefits for emergency services. 

In fact, in 2023...the year I've based most of this article's figures on because it was one of the busiest years ever for illegal crossings...our federal government did spend almost $66.5 billion on these folks. This includes the more than $23 billion in federal medical expenditures spent on illegals...spent while many Americans, even to this day, still cannot afford health insurance...along with $11.6 billion in welfare benefits ranging from food stamps to, in some cases, SSI (Supplemental Security Income) additions, while many Americans continued living from paycheck to paycheck.

And dare not forget that our Social Security system... what was originally set up to be “ensured income” security for retired older American replete with “inflation-adjusted payments”...still finds fraud being committed by illegals as well, which when added into the cost of Medicare and Medicaid fraud, sees we taxpayers being forced, in one way or another, to bear that monetary burden as well. In fact, when you add in all “improper payments” issued by Social Security...including the cost incurred when illegals either steal a Social Security card or create a false identity to obtain said card and corresponding benefits...said monies equate to about $3 billion per year. And when you then add together all the above stated numbers, you'll see that close to $70 billion dollars of our taxpayer funded monies went to illegals in 2023 not to “We the American People” who in many cases are still economically hurting. Remember, even a change in presidency for the better does not always mean that the changes promised can be achieved within the first “one hundred” days.

Now here's something interesting regarding Social Security fraud itself for while the fraud committed by illegals might not be that big in number, illegals in general do affect Social Security, and hence its monthly payouts. How so...because illegals not only take jobs away from American citizens but by their getting paid less than citizens do, and with Social Security being funded by “dedicated payroll taxes” paid by both employees and their employers as well as by income taxes paid by some beneficiaries...less monies go into the “Social Security Trust Fund” then normally would. Simple math then dictates that less monies coming in proportionately translates into less monies proportionately being paid out to legal beneficiaries.

And this you, dear reader, might also find interesting, In 2024 alone...as per the Social Security Administration (SSA)...about 68 million Americans received Social Security benefits each month which resulted in about $1.5 trillion in benefits being paid out last year, So how were those monies being divvied out? The average monthly benefit for retired workers in 2024 was estimated at $1,927, which included a 3.2% cost-of-living (COLA) adjustment with the benefit rising to to $1,976 at the beginning of 2025, which equates to roughly a $50 increase per month per beneficiary.

Wow! A whopping extra $50 per month per beneficiary... now retirees, the disabled (who also do receive Social Security benefits), and America's elderly can either go buy an extra carton of eggs and an extra loaf of bread or maybe turn up the heat in their homes...while illegals (in NYC for example) relax in luxury hotels with their bodies warm and bellies full...sarcastically and very angrily said of course.

And approximately how much does “each” illegal border crosser cost us for their anything but “free stuff”...in 2024, how about $8,776. And when you multiply that number by the number of persons in an illegal family...lets say a mother, father, and two children...that number equals $35,104 annually which divided by 12 months equals $2,925 per month which is more than the average monthly Social Security check is for one who has paid into the system their entire working life.

But this monetary disaster is not only being committed on the federal level, but on the state and local levels as well, especially in “blue” states and cities. Here are but a few examples with the first being, as per DOGE, that in 2023 alone, the Biden/Harris administration saw both inflation and the cost of food staples rising...saw $150.7 billion of our hard earned taxpayer dollars being spent on giving illegals a continuation of their “free ride”...with said cost inching even higher in 2024. And to make a bad situation even worse, many major blue state liberal cities were catering to illegals as well while turning their backs on needy Americans, our homeless veterans included.

Here are but three examples:

1. Since 2022, New York City has spent over $5.22 billion to provide shelter, food, and other so deemed “essential” services on the almost quarter of a million illegals now still overwhelming the city. 

2. The sanctuary city of Chicago...a city currently facing a budget shortfall of $1 billion...saw its mayor spending over $574.5 million on the 51,643 illegals that Texas Gov. Abbott rightfully bused to them. 

3. The city of Denver...yet another sanctuary city...has spent $356+ million to “accommodate” the needs of the the 42,911 illegals also bused there from Texas.

And all the examples I just stated are but the tip of the illegals monetary “free stuff” iceberg... an iceberg where “Peter is being robbed to pay Paul,” with “Peter” in many cases being we taxpayers pocketbooks. Simply, these are monies that would be better spent on programs for elderly American citizens, our homeless veterans in need, and on those of “We the People” who still do live paycheck to paycheck, and who collectively still see no end in sight to the illegal nightmare we might never wake up from. Let the deportations continue on...let the monies saved be used to help American citizens...American citizens alone. Case closed.

Copyright © 2025 / Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.

 

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Op-ed: 
On Reparations 
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

“Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing."  
- American author Mark Twain

Words forgotten by many, manipulated by some, yet words that ring as true today as they did when first uttered by Mark Twain over a century ago...for when you enter this life you alone are ultimately responsible for both the good and bad choices you make while on life's journey. Simply, it's time to take responsibility for your own actions or lack thereof, and not expect others to be your proverbial cash cow.

And nowhere do those words ring more true than in today's political climate where a certain segment of the American population thinks they're owed money for their ancestor's past. Forgetting...or better yet ignoring...the fact that the past cannot be changed...that the past can only be learned from and hopefully not repeated again...these folks hoot, holler, and stomp their feet demanding said money...big money...from another certain segment of America's population. Reparations is the word they use...reparations demanded for slavery long gone from America's landscape.

It's the old black vs. white game...a game now peppered with the so-called “collective guilt trip” thrown in for good, or should I say bad, measure.

And it's a game being fueled on by a small but ever so vocal minority of black Americans and their just as vocal white liberal supporters, who together want to make sure the Obama started parameters of racism are not only being kept alive but expanded. And what these black reparation folks want from we run-of-the-mill mostly conservative white folks is simply what they have not earned...as in monies garnered through hard work...monies garnered that through taxes funnel down into the federal government's coffers...monies garnered that these black reparation folks now want to see divvied up amongst themselves as payment for what they still refuse to accept as truth. And that truth is that it was Africa's past tribal chiefs who started the chain by which the selling of their ancestors into slavery became what they perceive as their direct link to an earlier and uglier chapter of what was then America's historically accepted norm.

And it's that small segment of today's black population who not only continues to scream for reparations, but who relishes in and draws a perverted sense of strength from their stirring up the pot of racial animosity, discontent, and all out hate. Now demanding that all attention be focused on their reparations agenda alone, these angry black folks and their white liberal supporters will try to convince anyone who will listen that we of the white race collectively owe them something...owe them something simply because they share a skin color with those who were once slaves.

Now portraying themselves as being the ever haunted victims of but one cruel chapter in our nation's otherwise illustrious past, a repugnant yet ever increasing narrative of false victimhood has become part and parcel of the liberal media's 24/7 news cycle for remember, anything racist or even perceived as being racist is a ratings and advertising bonanza. And so with the media covering their backs, we now see some in the very halls of our government trying to cash in and become heroes for all the wrong reasons. And why the wrong reasons...because the reality is that human suffering affords no racial, ethnic, or religious barriers for it exists today in parts of the world just as it did in the past...black slavery most certainly included.

So while slavery here in America basically ended with President Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and with the Civil War itself being the official end to this sorry chapter in Americas history...forgotten by these reparation sorts is that 350,000+ mostly white Union soldiers gave their lives in part to set their black ancestors free. And those efforts in turn saw the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in December 1865, thus bringing a formal end to the institution of slavery throughout these United States. And while you would think that 350,000+ Union deaths would be reparations enough...for some it seems that is not nearly payment enough.

Not nearly enough no matter the fact that no one living today, nether black nor white, was alive during America's slave past...no one living today was a slave nor a slave master...nor where those living two or more generations before them. So why should those folks demanding reparations be given even one dime of our hard earned monies...simply they should not. And yet we are now seeing both black and white Democrat politicians, especially those with presidential aspirations, agreeing that reparations are needed in an effort to lock-up the black vote.

Remember, everything the Democrats do today is nothing but a concerted effort to garner more party line votes.

And so as most of the Democrat 2020 presidential candidates step forward to jump on the reparations bandwagon, the black candidates themselves see reparations as their just due dessert while the white Democrat candidates see reparations as penance of sorts... misplaced penance but penance nevertheless.

And leading the reparations bandwagon is none other than Spartacus wannabe himself...New Jersey Senator Cory Booker who last week introduced a bill that would not only study the possibility of giving reparations to the descendants of slaves, but called for a commission to be set up to study and report on the impact of slavery and discrimination against black Americans today. Also, his bill would deliver a verdict of sorts on different proposals for offering reparations.

Saying his bill “is a way of addressing head-on the persistence of racism, white supremacy, and implicit racial bias in our country. It will bring together the best minds to study the issue and propose solutions that will finally begin to right the economic scales of past harms and make sure we are a country where all dignity and humanity is affirmed,” what Sen. Booker forgets is that the racism and racial bias he sees in America today is the handiwork of one of his own...as in Barack HUSSEIN Obama...the very man who ripped off the scab of long healed racial wounds for his own political gain as well as that of his puppet masters.

Also in the presenting of his bill, Cory Booker stated that slavery had “oppressed African-Americans economically for generations,” and that, “Many of our bedrock domestic policies that have ushered millions of Americans into the middle class have systematically excluded blacks through practices like GI Bill discrimination and redlining.”

But what Senator Cory Booker and his political cohorts seem to forget...more on those cohorts in a bit...is the fact that opportunities for blacks have always been there...been there but either misused or deliberately unused as many blacks willingly chose to take the easy way out...as in their securing welfare, food stamps, public housing, and Medicaid...things they perceived as owed to them for their ancestors slavery days. A form of generational reparations already put in place...a form of reparations that is helping to bleed our country dry. 
 
In other words...their “free ride” has gone on long enough...the so-called reparations have been paid-in-full and it's time for these folks to move on and stop whining over happenings that ended over a century and a half ago.

And that's what it is...a “free ride”...for no other group in America has been catered and pandered to more than America's blacks. Never mind the a fore mentioned welfare, food stamps, public housing, and Medicaid...how about the fact that blacks can belong to clubs and organizations that cater specifically to people of their race alone...like the NAACP...the National Association for the Advanced of Colored People...but remember there's no National Association for the Advancement of White People because such a group would most assuredly be deemed racist. And then there's Affirmative Action, The Great Society, The African American Employment Program, The Office of African American Affairs...to name but a few. 
 

And what is the one thing these groups and organizations have in common...simply, they focus on the color of ones skin not on the character of who the person is. The all consuming feature that seems to define a certain vocal segment of black America's sole identity has driven these groups forward, and I believe has done more harm then good for when a bodily feature defines who one is the battle for equality has already been lost. And while, of course, most blacks do not feel this way as they have risen beyond the “we were slave mentality” and have gone on to meld into the components that make America great, it's that vocal angry minority who refuses to move on from days long gone for it's those days alone that they think define who they are.

Now as for Cory Booker's fellow Democrat 2020 presidential candidates almost all are on the reparations bandwagon. In fact, former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke said he would sign Texas Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee’s bill...H.R. 40 Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act...if he was elected president. Her bill not only wants reparations but a formal national apology issued for what she says was the “cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery.” And while Shelia Jackson Lee is right as to what slavery was, she chooses to overlook the fact that times were different during slavery's days, and besides we are well over a century and a half past those dark days. Besides, people of other colors have been slaves at one time or another in our nation's history...for example the Chinese and white Irish. Will there be reparations for them or just for blacks as Jackson Lee's and other reparations proposals seem to indicate. That in itself is abject racist if you ask me.

And Senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth 'Pocahantas' Warren; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; former San Antonio, TX mayor and HUD secretary Julian Castro; South Bend, IN Mayor Pete Buttigieg; and NYC entrepreneur Andrew Yang; have also all backed the idea that some sort of reparations should be considered in light of what they say is ongoing economic inequality. Odd though that socialist Bernie Sanders dodges the question of reparations every time he is asked about it instead arguing that inequality itself must be addressed.

So the bottom line is this...reparations for slavery not only would signal a formal acceptance of collective guilt by all white Americans when the fact is that a very small percentage of whites ever owned slaves and quite a few blacks were slave owners themselves. And logic itself dictates that in no way are today's blacks or their families the direct victims of slavery's injustices, thus making their receiving reparations a racist act in and of itself. And any reparations given helps to solidify the leftists idea that all blacks are victims, thus setting up a permanent victim mentality that could divide our nation even more than it already is. But then again maybe that is what the Democrats want...as in to create the Civil War Part 2...with a hoped for totally different outcome this time.

Simply, giving reparations to any one group no matter their race, nationality, or religion...no matter the injustices they perceive...is something that must never be allowed to happen for reparations are not a solution to anything but just another problem that could have dire consequences in both the short and long term. And besides, one must never forget the root of slavery itself...as in the trading of human beings for money. And therein lies perhaps the ultimate irony...for those black people who are pushing for reparations today are frankly affixing a monetary price on their very ancestors, thus selling them all over again.

It's time to move on from day's long past...it's time to stop thinking America owes you something when it's you who owe America and the freedom's she affords you everything. Case closed.
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For another take on racism and reparations please read my RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS partner Craig Andresen's article, The Inescapable Legacy of Democrat Racism.

Copyright @ 2019 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.

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Op-ed: 
Wolves in Sheep's Clothing Sit at America's Door 
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

Let's start with some brutal honesty...the on-going invasion at our southern border coupled with the fact that the border is still not sealed let alone indefinitely closed does indeed present both serious national security and public safety threats...including health threats...to our country. And sadly those who think otherwise are but paramount to fools.

So as the Democrats continue spewing out lies that we on the right are insensitive sorts who are totally against all immigration, let me set the record straight by saying that the only immigration we are against is illegal immigration but that we are totally in favor of legal immigration...as in follow our laws in coming here and you will be welcomed with open and outstretched arms.

And herein lies the difference between we on the right and the Democrats, for we true Republican and conservative patriots want a country's best knocking on America's door...those truly wanting to become American citizens and wanting to be part of the fabric of this our American society...we do not want to become the world's dumping ground for those with their hands out and whose palms the Democrats “grease” in exchange for their votes. That's not immigration...that's a payoff...I cannot say it any more directly than that.

And only when those playing the political immigration game see that as truth will any true headway be made in stopping the many wolves now at America's southern door.

But if truth be told...as it always must be...we on the right freely admit that we are totally disgusted with how much these invaders...for that's what these illegals are...cost we taxpayers...with that cost increasing every year. And when you add in how much more it would cost if this newest round of illegals...as in those who are part of what's called the “caravans”...were let into our country...disgust at those numbers turns into bold-faced anger for a majority of us and very rightfully so.

And let's look at some of those numbers...Judicial Watch reports that an in-depth study done by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) shows that illegal immigration...using a low-ball figure of 12.5 million illegals currently living here...costs we American taxpayers nearly $135 billion every year, with state and local taxpayers now footing $116 billion of that amount. Breaking it down even further you discover that every single illegal living in America today costs each of we taxpayers about $8,075 per year. And for those who claim illegals contribute to our economy by paying taxes, the latest government figures show that they only paid $19 billion of the total $135 billion number...a very small amount indeed.

And if the current approximated 3.25 million young people who are still being protected from deportation by the Obama-initiated infamous DACA program were added into that numbers mix, we taxpayers would face paying an additional $25.9 billion over the next 10 years if those who are called "Dreamers" were ever to be granted amnesty or citizenship.

And all of the above quoted hard earned taxpayer dollars are being spent on those who have absolutely no legal right to be here while America's homeless veterans still remain homeless and too many American citizens go to bed hungry each night. Something is so wrong here folks and it must stop and stop right now.

Now let's break those above stated numbers down a bit further especially in one key area where we taxpayers are truly getting raped...the medical care aspect relating to these illegals. Fact: right now taxpayer-funded Medicaid benefits are being given to illegals no matter that certain Medicaid requirements actually disqualifies them from receiving such benefits, and it currently costs we taxpayers an estimated $18.5 billion a year...up from $11.22 billion in 2016...to subsidize the care of those having no legal right to be here let alone receive medical care.

And as the number of illegals keeps increasing so do the dollars we pay out for their care. And know it's our federal taxes that both directly and indirectly fund health care for illegals via Community Health Centers, tax exemptions for non-profit hospitals and other health facilities, employer tax exclusion, as well as through Medicaid and Medicare subsidies.

In fact, The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) recently released findings stating that the combined percentage of both illegals and legals on Medicaid together grew from six percent in 2007 to 17 percent in 2017 (the 2018 numbers are not in yet)...an increase of 11 percentage points while the percentage of American citizens on Medicaid increased during that same time period by just nine percent. In other words, non-American citizens...illegals...are being better taken care of than we American citizens are medically wise that is, and if that doesn't get you angry I don't know what will.

And know that those coming to our country legally but who are not yet citizens are eligible for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace (and they may also be eligible for lower costs on monthly premiums and lower out-of-pocket costs based on income), and also through Medicaid and through the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) if they meet their state's income and residency rules. However, while federal law generally disallows illegals from being covered by Medicaid, a little-known part of each states federal health insurance program for the poor does allow illegals coverage, and that coverage pays out well over $2 billion a year for said illegals 'supposed' emergency treatment if administered in an emergency room.

Deemed “Emergency Medicaid” by the federal government...the folks flooding into emergency rooms... folks who really do not have true emergencies...are according to participating hospitals mostly illegals... illegals who know that said hospitals cannot and will not turn them away.

And whose fault is this...in a word...Congress...as it was Congress who approved this “Emergency Medicaid” insurance program after lawmakers required hospitals to screen and stabilize all emergency room patients regardless of their insurance or citizenship status...in other words hospitals cannot ask patients whether they’re here legally or not. And with federal law mandating that state Medicaid programs make what's called “Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments” to hospitals that care for large numbers of Medicaid and uninsured folks, these hospitals are then not restricted from using their uncompensated care funds on illegals as the DSH Medicare and Medicaid payments they receive indirectly fund cumulative uncompensated care losses they incur from treated said illegals.

And for those who were still not angry before are you finally angry now?

You should be, for those dollars spent on illegals would once again be so much better spent on our veterans and wounded warriors...especially on taking care of those forced to navigate a broken V.A. health care system for their medical needs while illegals move to the head of the line.

Also, know that while illegals are technically not eligible for direct welfare assistance they do circumnavigate that issue as well for while U.S. immigration law states that persons likely to become a "public charge”...in other words those deemed likely to be dependent on public assistance forever...are ineligible for an immigrant visa, however, there is a major caveat in that law. And said caveat is that those deemed refugees, asylum seekers, or amnestied-in illegals are exempt from the “public charge” requirement.

And so the "free stuff" via our taxpayer dollars continues to flow into their greedy hands. And flow it does with 63 percent of "non-citizens"...both legal and illegal...comprising 4.6 million households...being on some form of welfare, with that number growing to 70 percent for those living here 10 years or more. So much for "public charge." And these figures are courtesy of the last U.S. census.

Amazing isn't it, but what is even more amazing is that Congress alone decided who is to be deemed what. And Congress also decided that it's “We the People” who will be serving as the illegals sponsors, and thus allow them to keep their hands in our collective taxpayer pockets.

Never mind angry, you should be borderline if not outright fuming by now.

But even if we remove the monetary drain from the illegal mix ask yourself this...what does America have to gain by letting in the uneducated unskilled leeches known as illegals...not a damn thing I would say. The truth is we only gain by keeping them out and making it easier for those coming to our country legally to do so...people who have something of value to contribute to American society (not those forcing us to “press one for English”) and who honor and respect our laws.

And the only way to do that is to build the wall, lock it down, and say “no more.” And with that, now let's add into this mix none other than Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi who most likely will become the new Speaker of the House...as in the House that controls our nation's purse strings.

So as the Senate is working on the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill...a bill that includes the border wall funding...a bill in which Republican senators are proposing to fully fund the wall by taking monies away from illegals that they currently get from welfare and such...Ms. Pelosi emphatically stated “NO!” when asked this question by a Fox News reporter, “Would you be willing to support some degree of wall funding if you got a permanent bona fide solution on DACA?”

And so with that the infamous Nancy Pelosi promised that come January when the Democrats take back control of the House, the House will vote to give amnesty to millions of illegals...especially those garnering DACA status...currently living within our borders. And the rape of our taxpayer dollars by those illegals will continue on as their hands push even deeper into our taxpayer pockets...pockets held open by vile Democrat sorts who are selling America out for votes. And even if President Trump uses the power of the veto...which I'm sure he will...the damage will have been done for the wall will remain in limbo and even more will cross the border illegally and run to the open-arm safety of both sanctuary cites and states.

Get ready my friends as you know what I've said is true...are you finally angry if not finally fuming...God I surely hope so for those moving in next door to you could soon be illegals of the very worst kind...and they'll be able to do so courtesy of the Democrats and your taxpayer dime.

Copyright @ 2018 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.
 
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