Maggie's Farm

I am for zero immigration. I think we should end immediately all new citizenship and anyone here who is not a citizen should be sent home. Begin a search for illegals and deport them. End all immigration forever, period. We don't need them, we can't afford them and they do us all harm and not just the welfare.

I know some will disagree. Fine, step up and all of you who approve of immigration fund the schools, lost jobs, welfare, medical care and pay damages for the crimes and murders committed by immigrants. I'm tired of paying for it.

I suspect that pennies will be gone within a few years. On one of my overseas trips (not sure which one, maybe Australia) pennies were removed from circulation and the stores would round up or down to the next nickel. I'm OK with getting rid of pennies, I agree that they are almost worthless. (Actually the copper in a penny is worth a couple of cents.) But as long as they have them I want them in change when they are due. I still pick up a penny from the ground when I see one and now that I'm 75 that isn't as easy as it looks.

I am a proud 'Scotsman'. My family immigrated here in 1774. Where I grew up there were no celebrations of Scottish heritage so I adopted our brothers, the Irish, to celebrate. Who knows I'm probably part Irish too. BUT having said that I think the problem of race comes into play when the individual and the group of a particular race choose to separate and delineate themselves and their race.

For example: Even as a proud Scotsman I spend zero time day to day thinking about it and acting on it. It is simply something that occasional comes up. But many races and the people of those races make their race the number one thing that concerns them and it guides their actions and their impressions of things in life. They see racism where none exists and they practice racism in their everyday life AND they feel justified in doing it because of the perceived racism they imagine. Because of this they create and by their actions 'demand' racism. Because it must continue as it is part of their culture and expectation.

In all fairness athletic a ability is also different between races. I have played basketball for years and with and against black teams and there is little doubt that blacks are better at basketball. Baseball and softball it's a tie. I do suspect part of this is culture, Blacks identify with basketball and they grow up playing it and judging themselves and others on that skill. But part of it is body type, that is statistically there are more blacks over 6'4" (or 6'7") than any other race and height is a natural asset in basketball.

I also agree with indyjonesouthere, that "the cultural differences are even more profound". Sadly I believe that IQ suffers because of those cultural differences.

An example of that: I spent 20 years in the military. I have known hundreds of black men many as friends and some I had as room mates. With very few exceptions when it was just me and my black friend we got along great and he acted "intelligent" (for lack of a better measure). But when there were multiple blacks involved it was the cultural norm to act "black"; poor English, making fun of multi-syllable words, acting uninterested in work or school/learning, etc. They all knew the difference between "axe" and "ask" but when there were two or more blacks in the conversation it was always "axe". I have always felt that they were trolling us whites and using black English to separate "them from us" and reinforcing stereotypes (both theirs and ours).

Where I am going with this is that I acknowledge that scientifically it can be proven that blacks have a lower IQ as a race than almost every other race, I am positive some of that, perhaps most of that is the result of their culture which forces them to "act black" and reject "white". IMHO if black culture and black parents were the same as Asian culture and parents the IQ difference would almost disappear.

RE: the 9/11 victims compensation fund.

I am 100% behind the government's paying for medical care for any first responder harmed in the 9/11 effort. But having seen this play over the years it is obvious that the fund pays out to anyone who was "there" regardless of what their medical condition is or what caused it. If I'm a firefighter and a life long smoker and get lung cancer at age 65 should the 9/11 fund pay all my bills and give my family money?

I assume that every retired or disabled (on the job) first responder already has medical insurance. So, what than is the 9/11 fund supposed to do that his insurance doesn't do? I think this is about cash in the pocket and not about health care for first responders.

This is what I don't "get" about the LGBTQ pride thing.
https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2019/06/louisville-ky-mayor-declares-june-10-17.html

If you look at the picture any normal person could only conclude that it is a comedy and not real OR everyone there is mentally ill and needs serious help. How and why do we integrate/accept this into society? Is it even possible or are we kidding ourselves and even if it is possible WHY? Why subject children to this environment/spectacle???