One of my Political and Spiritual Heroes

Ezra Taft Benson, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and former Secretary of Agriculture in the Eisenhower Administration, was both a prophet and a patriot. During the course of his life he served faithfully as a watchman on the tower warning of potential political and spiritual perils that threatened the United States of America. While most of his political speeches were given during the fifties and sixties, their messages are still very pertinent to America today. The following quote is a great warning about the present "Bailout" mania that seems to be putting the federal government on the road to owning large national companies, ie. GM, Chrysler, and AIG.

"I am unalterably opposed to socialism, either in whole or in part, and regard it as an unconstitutional usurpation of power and a denial of the right of private property for government to own or operate the means of producing and distributing goods and services in competition with private enterprise, or to regiment owners in the legitimate use of private property." From the speech--The Proper Role of Government

Democratic Representative Insults Father of Dead Virginia Girl

U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez, democrat from Illinois's 4th congressional district and apologist for illegal immigrantion, offered an offensive and idiotic remark during a congressional hearing in which the father of a girl killed by a drunk driving illegal immigrant was testifying about his daughter's senseless death. The father pointed out that the illegal had been arrested multiple times and never deported. Instead he was allowed to stay illegally in our country and have the opportunity to drink, drive, and destroy the lives of two young women. In some of the father's comments he referred to the illegals as banditos.

Representative Gutierrez offered the following remark to the father:

“What I have seen, unfortunately, is the will to target and to victimize and to scapegoat a community of people,” Gutierrez said. “I have seen that readily here. It makes for great political points but it doesn’t solve the problem and would not have saved your daughter’s life."

How idiotic can this congressman be?! If the laws had been enforced and the perpetrator had been deported as he could and should have been before the day that he once again became drunk and then slammed into the two American girls who were lawfully waiting for a red light to change, he would have never been here to kill the two young ladies. Instead the congressman turns the drunk driver and other illegals into the victims. The next victims of illegal immigrant crime may be some of Rep. Gutierrez's family. I wonder if he will have the same viewpoint then?