Brrr......

It's hard to get my blood boiling or "all het up" over matters when it's 5 or 6 degrees out there.  That's what the temperature was this AM, when I went out for my early run.  People think that's crazy--or worse--to be out there in temperatures that low.  But it's not bad, not bad at all.  I'm never cold, even with a pretty fair wind blowing today.  I bundle up, with several layers of clothing and today I put on my ski mask (although I don't ski!).  I was perfectly warm and had a very nice run.

Still the cold temperatures kept my blood from boiling too high over President Obama's amnesty plan.  Although I think it's a terrible thing to do, the real debasing issue is that of being a nation of laws.  Are we?  First, concerning the amnesty itself:  If I have this straight, 5 million or more people who have broken the law are not going to face any penalties/punishment for doing so.  Not only that, but they are being rewarded with the advantages of American life and no longer any threat of deportation.  I'd like to know if such lawlessness will be extended to, say, US citizens, too.  That is, can I now break the law and pay no consequences?  How about if I don't pay my income taxes?  Can I get an amnesty and, to boot, maybe even a check from the federal government for breaking the law?
Second, it's pretty clear the President is also breaking the law in allowing such inaction and reactions to take place.  And, silly me, I thought his oath of office included the words, "to faithfully execute the laws of the United States."  Richard Nixon, finally, was not allowed to break the law.  I am reminded of a story, perhaps apocryphal, of a Greek politician during the Watergate years.  He asked a US journalist how it was that "The most powerful man in the world [Nixon, the US President] is forced from office [resignation before impeachment and conviction] and not a soldier in any barracks raises a rifle to same him."  No longer......

Of course, the lies continue.  Does anyone really believe, even Obama himself, that this amnesty will lead to illegals now "paying their fair share?"  Oh, surely not!  In fact, it's much more likely that they will be getting fat checks from the federal government.

I really love the posturing by Boehner and McConnell.  Boy, they're really going to put Obama in his place with lawsuits and cessation of funding and......  I will be very surprised if they do anything. Obama's amnesty takes the problem of illegal immigration out of their hands, off the table.  After all, guys like  Boehner and McConnell are Establishment Republicans; they believe in big government, well, at least big government with them in control rather than the Democrats.  Ted Cruz actually had the most reasoned and potentially effective response, well, not a response because he said it before Obama's speech.  And we know how effective the Establishment Republicans are in shutting down ideas like Cruz's.

I wonder if anyone has made this statement.  "Boy, my father really got a lot smarter as I got older."  I know I have, many times.  My dad seemed to really grow the gray cells as I grew older.  I thought of that the other day, out of the blue, but pertaining to Sarah Palin.  It seems to me, with all of the revelations of the Obama Administration and its undertakings, Palin sure seems to have become smarter as I've become older.