Happy Friday! I am Lance Pisowicz and this is “What’s Wrong
With Washington”. Tonight’s blog will be
significantly shorter since I have been busy preparing for my family reunion
this weekend. I have just a couple of
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This evening I
am going to focus on a small but important topic and analyze its effect in the
November elections. As many of you are
aware both President Obama and Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney have been
sparring on the issue of illegal immigration.
Here’s a quote from Mitt Romney from his speech at the National
Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials conference in Orlando,
Florida.
“We can find
common ground here, and we must. We owe it to ourselves as Americans to ensure
that our country remains a land of opportunity – both for those who were born
here and for those who share our values, respect our laws, and want to come to
our shores.”
I think that
pretty much sums up his and the general Republican view on immigration. Throughout history the Republican Party has
carried a similar banner. They have been
the party that has stood for equality both for those who are new to our nation
and those who became citizens by birth.
The Republican
Party is a political organization formed by abolitionist like my fourth-great
grandfather, Comfort Carpenter Walker who believed that all men were indeed
created equal. First men like him spoke
out through politics by selecting Abraham Lincoln as their next President in
1860. Then they spoke out through action
by joining the Union army in an attempt not only to restore national unity but
also to achieve the true meaning of a principle within the Declaration of
Independence.
Some of these men
even volunteered to fight without being drafted like my fourth
great-grandfather, Comfort Carpenter Walker who joined the Wisconsin Volunteer
Infantry (11th Regiment, Company D) when the war broke out. He fought through 1861 and much of 1862 until
he died at Camp Patterson in November of 1862 due to undisclosed illness. Comfort left behind a wife and four children
when he died at the age of 39 and like many men like him, was a hero to his
family, his community, and his country.
As I prepare
to gather with that same family at another of our biannual family reunions, I
reflect on not only his life but also the lives of my other ancestors who
poured their heart and soul into their family, their country, and their
spiritual lives.
Today there
are those who accuse the Republican Party of being the party of racism and discrimination,
when in effect the Republicans are yet again the party who looks out for the
well-being not of a special interest group but of the entire population.
A key element
we must remember is that Mitt Romney and Conservatives are not against
immigration. They are against ILLEGAL
immigration. As I have said in previous
blogs, I believe that immigration has been a terrific blessing to our nation
throughout history. Whether it was the
English, Spanish, Dutch, and French who were the original immigrants to the New
World, the Irish and Germans who came prior to the Civil War, or the Eastern
and Southern Europeans who arrived at the turn of the 20th Century
one thing is for certain. Immigrants
have contributed to our nation in many ways.
Now as we look
to the more recent years of immigration, we realize that a greater number of
people have been coming to America from Asia and Latin American nations. In the same way, they have offered the United
States great benefits.
However, we
realize that failure to control our own borders sets us on a path to follow the
path of fallen civilizations such as that of the Roman Empire.
What solution
do I offer? I think we should improve
the defense of our border but create immigration centers similar to Ellis
Island in convenient locations where the greatest numbers of immigrants are
entering the United States. It’s a win-win
scenario for everyone.
If Mitt Romney
is able to sell this to the Hispanic American population he will be hard to
defeat in November.
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I will not be presenting a “Lance’s Weekly Walk” this Sunday since I
will be at my family reunion. I will
return with another “What’s Wrong With Washington” next Friday.
I hope you
have enjoyed our broadcast tonight, as much as I have. Thanks again, and God bless you all. See you next week!
