Chasing Rainbows

The cost of Illegal Aliens vs. the War in Iraq

Over the past few years, I have had it pounded into my head that the the war in Iraq and fighting the Terrorists is the primary source of the our country's financial woes. We have heard over and over that the Iraqian War is breaking our financial backs. Well, guess again. The following are stats, with the accompanying source, that clearly indicate that what we are spending on illegal aliens in this country far exceeds what is and has been spent on the war in Iraq.  The remedy is not to CHANGE what we are doing....the remedy is to FIX what does not work for the good of all Americans.  Please read below:

1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens
each year.
http://tinyurl.com/zob77 >


2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs
such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html


3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.
http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school
education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of
English!! 
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.htmlhttp://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604 /01/ldt.01.html


6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html


7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html


8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare &
social services by the American taxpayers.
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html


9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's
two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular,
their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the US
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html


11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens
that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal
aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine,
meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U. S from the Southern
border.  Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of
mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average
cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period.'
http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm


14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex
Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States

http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml


The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS!!!
Are we really willing to continue to spend this much money on illegal aliens?

 

 

Do Real Men Drink Tea?

Perhaps you think of tea as a hot beverage sipped politely from delicate china cups, pinky finger extended. After all, the British tradition of "tea mania" has often included an accompaniment of crustless sandwiches, crumpets or other sweet treats.

Of course, the British weren't the first to jump on board with this beverage. In Asian cultures, the history of tea dates back 5,000 years.

Used in Zen Buddhist rituals, folk healing, and even elevated to an art form (the tea ceremony), tea was felt to be so important, it was often reserved for wealthy nobles.

But what about iced tea? As the story goes, a tea plantation owner exhibiting his wares at the first U.S. World's Fair in 1904 came up with the idea out of practicality — there was a heat wave and nobody was interested in drinking a hot beverage. To save his investment, he loaded ice into the brewed tea and offered fair-goers the first "iced tea".

The truth is, drinking tea is about as red, white and blue as the American flag. Surely you remember reading about the Boston Tea Party... Men of Boston threw hundreds of pounds of tea into the harbor to protest English taxation. This event helped spark the American Revolution.

So yes, real men (and real women) do drink tea — all over the world.

And not only because of the taste or the tradition. There's a much smarter reason to indulge in a little tea party of your own.

Tea — Not Just A Drink Anymore...

According to Newsmax medical editor Dr. Russell Blaylock, tea deserves a prominent place in your kitchen, and on your table.

In his recent issue of The Blaylock Wellness Report, he goes so far as to call tea a miracle beverage. And he's not given to hyperbole, either.

Science has indicated that various compounds in this simple beverage can help combat many medical ailments:

• Stroke
• Heart disease
• Cancer (at least 10 different kinds!)
• Diabetes
• Weight issues
• Digestive disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease
• Macular degeneration, glaucoma, even cataracts
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases
• Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases
• And many, many more...

You can see by now that tea is not just a drink. Not anymore...

Resource:  The Blaylock Wellness Report,  "Why Real  Men Should Drink Tea---And Real Women Do..."

          

Why Jesus Folded His Napkin

I received this in an email and it is something I never saw, nor knew before.  I found it very interesting so I decided to post it and share it with my readers.  Let me know if any of you have been taught this custom from the time of Jesus.

Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection?  I  
never noticed this....

The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was placed  
over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave  
clothes.

The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was neatly  
folded, and was placed at the head of that stony coffin.

Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to  
the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the  
entrance.

She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom  
Jesus loved. She said, 'They have taken the Lord's body out of the  
tomb, and I don't know where they have put him!'

Peter and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. The other  
disciple outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in  
and saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in.

Then Simon Peter arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen  
wrappings lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head  
was folded up and lying to the side.

Is that important?  Absolutely!

Is it really significant?  Yes!

In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you have to understand
a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that day. The folded napkin had  
to do with the Master and Servant, and every Jewish boy knew this  
tradition.

When the servant set the dinner table for the master, he made sure  
that it was exactly the way the master wanted it.

The table was furnished perfectly, and then the servant would wait,  
just out of sight, until the master had finished eating, and the  
servant would not dare touch that table, until the master was finished.

Now if the master were done eating, he would rise from the table, wipe  
his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would wad up that  
napkin and toss it onto the table.

The servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days, the  
wadded napkin meant, 'I'm done'.

But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin, and  
laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch the table,  
because..........

The folded napkin meant, 'I'm coming back!'

He is Coming Back!

 

Motivational Quotes -- Simple Truths

When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

-Jacob A. Riis

Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions - the hero and the sidekick.

Laurence Shames

Chance favors those in motion.

James H. Austin

Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push.

Joann Thomas

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

J. Lubbock

The strongest warriors are these two...time and patience.

Leo Tolstoy

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

Jim Rohn

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.

Unknown

The nose of the bulldog is slanted backwards so he can continue to breathe without letting go.

Winston Churchill

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don’t count on harvesting golden delicious.

Bill Meyer

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the staircase.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

We learn to walk by stumbling.

Bulgarian Proverb

It’s our attitude in life that determines life’s attitude toward us.

Earl Nightingale

You can have anything you want in life if you just help enough other people get what they want.

Zig Ziglar

Habits are first cobwebs, then cables.

Spanish Proverb

Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be.

John Wooden

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.

Theodore Isaac Rubin

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

Florence Nightingale

Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first.

Frederick B. Wilcox

Resource:  Motivational Quotes, compiled by Mac Anderson: Simple Truths.com