What Now...

News these days is nothing more than tabloid presentations. Lost people, dead people, missing people, same sex marriage, Hollywood personalities becoming foreign policy experts, the riots in France, shootings, the culture of death...

Gone from the spotlight and close scrutiny are the real issues that ought to be foremost on people's minds: Illegal immigration, the higher price of gas and fuel, terrorism and the ACLU.

What now?

If I were in charge, this would be my priority scheme:

1. Address illegal immigration by immediately sealing and fixing the border using the military, the national guard, border police, or citizen volunteers. Deputize all law enforcement organizations giving them the responsibility to apprehend and turn in all illegal aliens. Deport all illegal aliens immediately upon being caught. Severely punish all illegal aliens who commit crimes while they are on US soil illegally. Stop all bogus court appearances and hearings for these people. Grant NO citizenship for children born of illegal aliens even if they were born on US soil. Severely punish with stiff fines and jail time all employers that employ illegal immigrants up to an including closing down their businesses. Immediately reform immigration policies and its administration to give good, law-abiding people a legal way to come to America to pursue their dream.

2. Get the fuel situation under control. Drill for oil, build vehicles that use other kinds of fuels and more sparingly, put up refineries and control the price gouging.

3. Demolish the ACLU and other such radical elements from practicing and spreading their venom, bile and poisonous secularism. Root out all elements and venues for terrorists. Tighten up jail recruitment rules and procedures. Look out for imams that use the mosque for spreading hatred for Americans.

4. Create a bootcamp for young people not bound for college or working. These training camps will address healthy living and train the youth on trades and other skills that will prepare them for the work force. Create work in the Park and Environment Bureaus, Transportation, Oil exploration, wildlife preservation, etc. Employ these trained young people in "Peace Corps" style jobs. Deploy them in the inner cities and other economically depressed areas.

We should all be disciples of the "Broken Window" policy that Malcolm Gladwell wrote about in his book, "Tipping Point". It worked well for New York in lowering its crime rate and in solving its subway train service. It should work for America.