In certain respects, writing about the Trump administration is like trying to pin the tail on a live donkey: just when you think you’ve got it, it moves again, and maybe kicks you.
Mr. Hagen, we will not discuss the event of last night. But you may wish to check out Danielle Pletka's discussion about immigration with her colleagues at the American Enterprise Institute. Take care.
Mr. Hagen, your essay is well reasoned and has great value in explaining accurately how things are...but you have discredited yourself with your admiration of that team up north. How can I take seriously any of your opinions when you have such poor judgement in baseball teams?
In part two I hope you think hard on who has enflamed the situation in L.A. Newsome's calling Trump "King" and explicitly using rhetoric to stand with illegals seemingly at the expence of citizens is an abdication of his oath of office. I will not defend Trump, but to defend the appropriate actions he makes does not make one a Trump supporter or a monarchist.
My crew on the constitution site is almost exclusively made up of foreign born men. These men are individuals and I know them as decent valuable people. We seem to forget that. Social cohesion is crumbling because we have dicarded our American principles. When we return to trusting in God's blessing us with freedom we will truly become that nation where out of many we become one. Look on a coin. Take care.
Haha attribute it to an accident of birth and forgive me if you can—I was born into the northern side of the rivalry and can do little to change that. (Incidentally, big weekend!)
I do intend to write about Newsom and Trump in part 2. Was what you took the most issue with in his televised speech or another appearance?
I form my opinions of Newsom by his actions and inactions mostly. California can be the garden state if we were not stifled by the state. And Newsom is a big part of that. To just state one thing among many, California is capable of capturing enough water and power we need but those in power wish to use that power simply to control the population. In 1980 sales tax was 6 percent and now it is almost 10 pecent with a worse standard of living, bad roads, expensive water, expensive housing, unreliable power and much worse. The proof of this is the shinking population in such a beautiful place. California was truly the Golden State. No more. Take care.
Mr. Hagen, another link from the Wall Street Journal on immigration. This agitation is designed to undermine the one nation built to defend freedom. Take care.
A majority of Americans want good border enforcement, lower illegal immigration, and easier/more streamlined legal immigration. Problem is neither party’s base likes that solution.
I generally favor pretty easy legal immigration which would result in a lot more legal immigrants coming here. This would decrease pressure on the southern border, because one reason people go illegally is because it’s easier than trying to get here legally. Legal immigration could be managed better and would be much easier to police (we could make sure terrorists and drug dealers stay out). I think reasonably high levels of immigration can be good, although they need to be properly assimilated.
One problem with Vance’s argument is that there are close to zero immigrants in the parts of Appalachia he’s talking about. So the idea that culture clash and an influx of migrants are to blame for the cultural rot in those areas is tendentious. I grew up in Appalachia, or adjacent to it (Shenandoah Valley) and there weren’t a lot of immigrants. There were a lot of poor people and broken families, but immigration wasn’t to blame for that.
I think that’s probably all correct, including your commentary on Vance’s argument. Classic scenario where it seems like a workable answer is there in front of us but it doesn’t happen.
Mr. Hagen, we will not discuss the event of last night. But you may wish to check out Danielle Pletka's discussion about immigration with her colleagues at the American Enterprise Institute. Take care.
https://open.substack.com/pub/whatthehellisgoingon/p/wth-the-facts-about-illegal-migrants?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=rcfxz
I am a gentleman and have no desire to jinx my team, so I agree. Thank you—will do!
Mr. Hagen, your essay is well reasoned and has great value in explaining accurately how things are...but you have discredited yourself with your admiration of that team up north. How can I take seriously any of your opinions when you have such poor judgement in baseball teams?
In part two I hope you think hard on who has enflamed the situation in L.A. Newsome's calling Trump "King" and explicitly using rhetoric to stand with illegals seemingly at the expence of citizens is an abdication of his oath of office. I will not defend Trump, but to defend the appropriate actions he makes does not make one a Trump supporter or a monarchist.
My crew on the constitution site is almost exclusively made up of foreign born men. These men are individuals and I know them as decent valuable people. We seem to forget that. Social cohesion is crumbling because we have dicarded our American principles. When we return to trusting in God's blessing us with freedom we will truly become that nation where out of many we become one. Look on a coin. Take care.
Haha attribute it to an accident of birth and forgive me if you can—I was born into the northern side of the rivalry and can do little to change that. (Incidentally, big weekend!)
I do intend to write about Newsom and Trump in part 2. Was what you took the most issue with in his televised speech or another appearance?
Thanks for sharing that about your crew.
I form my opinions of Newsom by his actions and inactions mostly. California can be the garden state if we were not stifled by the state. And Newsom is a big part of that. To just state one thing among many, California is capable of capturing enough water and power we need but those in power wish to use that power simply to control the population. In 1980 sales tax was 6 percent and now it is almost 10 pecent with a worse standard of living, bad roads, expensive water, expensive housing, unreliable power and much worse. The proof of this is the shinking population in such a beautiful place. California was truly the Golden State. No more. Take care.
Mr. Hagen, another link from the Wall Street Journal on immigration. This agitation is designed to undermine the one nation built to defend freedom. Take care.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-public-sector-union-behind-los-angeles-immigration-agitation-0ccbc8a2
A majority of Americans want good border enforcement, lower illegal immigration, and easier/more streamlined legal immigration. Problem is neither party’s base likes that solution.
I generally favor pretty easy legal immigration which would result in a lot more legal immigrants coming here. This would decrease pressure on the southern border, because one reason people go illegally is because it’s easier than trying to get here legally. Legal immigration could be managed better and would be much easier to police (we could make sure terrorists and drug dealers stay out). I think reasonably high levels of immigration can be good, although they need to be properly assimilated.
One problem with Vance’s argument is that there are close to zero immigrants in the parts of Appalachia he’s talking about. So the idea that culture clash and an influx of migrants are to blame for the cultural rot in those areas is tendentious. I grew up in Appalachia, or adjacent to it (Shenandoah Valley) and there weren’t a lot of immigrants. There were a lot of poor people and broken families, but immigration wasn’t to blame for that.
I think that’s probably all correct, including your commentary on Vance’s argument. Classic scenario where it seems like a workable answer is there in front of us but it doesn’t happen.