Changing our ways for illegal immigrants

Let's let anyone into our country who wants to come. Let's ignore our laws.

Let's make everyone eligible for taxpayer-funded benefits, particularly in-state tuition benefits (except, of course, legal citizens from neighboring states).

In fact, let's do away with all of our laws (except hate crimes, of course), and give amnesty to all lawbreakers.

Why should those who wish to keep a little more of their own money, and cheat on their taxes, be labeled as criminals? After all, it is our money, and it isn 't "their" country.

Why not decriminalize murder, rape, burglary, assault, or pedophilia? This would accomplish two very important agendas: We would no longer be the most crime-ridden society in the Western World, and the Democrats immediately would gain a great number of badly needed new voters.

Finally, those of us who are descendants of legal immigrants would be less offended when we use an ATM machine and the first question on the screen is, English or Spanish?

Tony Moschetti
High Point

News & Record
April 15, 2006

Let ‘em in

George Bush is right. Let’s let anyone into our country who wants to come. Let’s ignore our laws. Let’s make everyone eligible for taxpayer funded benefits, particularly in-state tuition benefits (except, of course, legal citizens from neighboring states). In fact, let’s do away with all of our laws (except hate crimes, of course), and give amnesty to all law-breakers. Why should those who wish to keep a little more of their own money, and cheat on their taxes be labeled as criminals? After all, it is our money, and it isn’t ‘their” country. Why not decriminalize murder, rape, burglary, assault, or pedophilia? This would accomplish two very important agendas. We would no longer be the most crime-ridden society in the Western World, and the Democrats would immediately gain a great number of badly needed new voters. Finally, those of us who are descendants of legal immigrants would be less offended when we use an ATM machine and the first question on the screen is, English or Spanish!

Tony Moschetti
High Point

April 10, 2006

Offensive cartoons

Do we need, or want, another “Sacred Cow” group in our country? Another group that we can’t “offend,” or whose actions we can’t question? Yes, I’m speaking of the Muslims, who can’t seem to escape their 10th Century mentality. They still talk of “infidels,” and “Crusaders.” They don’t understand the abject insanity of murdering those with whom they disagree, or who merely offend them. Truly mind-boggling is that while they take no offense, and even cheer, as their brothers and sisters fly airplanes into buildings, behead innocents, explode bombs on school buses killing children, or in a synagogue, or a shopping mall, etc., but riot in the streets over “offensive” cartoons, threatening to murder the cartoonists. Many of these lunatics reside in countries where government controlled media outlets routinely show or print the most vile anti-Semitic/anti-American/ anti/West garbage. Maybe we should send B-52’s to show our displeasure.

These people want another war of civilizations. They have said as much recently. They create problems in every non-Muslim country where they have significant populations. The cowardly Europeans are scared to death of these people, who refuse to assimilate into European societies. They preach hate in the mosques in France, England, Spain and even in America. We know they have “sleeper cells” here planning future attacks, yet the major concern of our spineless, politically correct politicians and elite media outlets is offending these people who want to kill us. Universities who defend lunatics like Ward Churchill as he spews his anti-American garbage across the country, citing the First Amendment, fire school newspaper editors for merely reprinting the “offensive” cartoons. Has anyone ever been fired for printing offensive materials about Jews or Christians? No. In fact, the media usually attack those who take offense.

Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC

February 21, 2006

Warrantless searches

What’s the difference between Al Qaeda and Congressional Democrats? There is no difference. In fact, if you look up Al Qaeda in the dictionary, one of the definitions is, “as in congressional Democrats.” There had to be some reason that the Democrats are prepared to do anything to keep the president from having the power to defeat these murdering devils. If the Democrats can’t prevent us from capturing terrorists, they do everything in their power to handcuff us in how we can obtain information from them concerning potential future attacks.

I wondered why Senator Mohammed Al Reid, the leader of the domestic Al Qaeda, would call a press conference to gleefully announce that he had just killed the Patriot Act. Since there has been no documented detention of a single average American citizen, nor have we heard any complaint by the ACLU of such an abuse, one would have to wonder why the senator would be so thrilled about killing this act that has apparently been instrumental in preventing another attack since 9/11. We have Senator Bin Al Leahy, forced to resign from the intelligence committed in the past for leaking classified information, along with Senator Omar Bin Kennedy, and Senator Ramses El Durbin, leading the fight for the Al Qaeda bill of rights, despite recent statements from their spiritual leader, Senator O. B. Laden warning of coming future attacks.

These same people, while doing everything in their power to protect the terrorists, want to impeach the president for his fight to protect our nation from another attack from their close allies. He wants only to use the same warrantless wiretaps used by Democrats against M.L. King, and by Bill Clinton to battle drugs in public housing units. Now I understand why they think the way they do. Preventing attacks is bad for the domestic Al Qaeda crowd since they have nothing to offer in the way of an agenda. They are for nothing, but against everything, even fighting terrorism.

Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC

February 8, 2006

Bin Laden endorses Democrats' platform

The congressional Democrats' most-admired foreign "dissident," Osama bin Laden, has again spoken to them through CNN's sister station, al-Jazeera, thanking them for their support. Saying that he also hates George Bush, he will continue to help them bring down the Bush presidency and, if necessary, the country. Bin Laden recited the Dems' talking points and even mentioned a Gallup poll showing that he and they share many of the same goals.

How did Howard Dean get those talking points to the correct cave in Pakistan?
Dean must have Osama's cell number on speed dial.

Bin Laden particularly praised Sen. Harry Reid for killing the Patriot Act, which is a real thorn in Osama's side. Kudos also went to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Dick Durbin and Sen. Teddy Kennedy, among others, for leading the fight for the al-Qaida "Bill of Rights."

Sleep well, Osama: The Dems are fighting to keep us from intercepting your calls to our country.

Tony Moschetti
High Point

News & Record
February 05, 2006

Global what?

Dear Ms. Elperin:

I’m sorry to see that you’ve joined so many of your colleagues in the elite, formerly mainstream, media in succumbing to the global warming hysteria. You’re obviously too young to remember that only 30 years ago this same lunatic fringe was warning us of the coming cataclysmic consequences of global cooling. See the attached Newsweek reprint of some whacko environmental group using the same scare tactic language of today’s global warming alarmists. The ten-year figure seems to be one of their favorites. I must have been out of town for the great famine of 1985! Today’s lunatics are using the current hurricane cycle to “prove” their global warming THEORY. In 1975 it was the “most devastating outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded.”

Juliet, the earth has been here, by many accounts, in the BILLIONS of years, yet the environmental lunatics want to take a 10-50 year period, a veritable millisecond or less to expound on some moronic doomsday theory. We keep hearing that the earth has cooled a degree or so in the last hundred years. Please tell me that those people 100 years ago, with no indoor plumbing, somehow figured out the accurate temperature of the earth. Give me a break. Also attached is an AP article concerning the greatest mass extinction in the history of our earth. The extinction was caused, they say by global warming. Must have been all those internal combustion engines, Freon using air conditioners, and aerosol hair spray! Gee, I hate to break it to you, but global warming then was not, and is not today, caused by man. The absolute arrogance that we insignificant creatures can affect nature is simply laughable.

Did you see the devastation caused by the Mt. St Helens eruption? It looked like the surface of the moon. How many years, would it take all of the autos in Washington State, driving 24 hours a day to spew as many pollutants into the air than that one eruption did in a few hours? The place looked like the surface of the moon. Today, if one didn’t know, there would be no way of knowing what happened. Did After Disaster clean up the place, including the atmosphere? No, nature took care of itself as it always does after every natural disaster, such as volcanoes, and man made disasters such as atomic testing at the Bikini Atoll in the 1940’s. Remember all the stories of how long many of the atomic/nuclear substance would take to dissipate? In the hundreds of years, yet some 60 years later the Atoll is almost back to pre-testing conditions. Nature revitalizing itself with no help from pipsqueak man!

I don’t understand how seemingly intelligent people are so short sited. Well, I do understand. These issues have become cause Celebes’ issues with the left. Global warming, drilling in ANWAR, Tookie Williams, Roger Coleman, Alar, DDT, and volumes more. ANWAR is another beauty. The same loons who warned of the destruction of Alaska, and the Caribou herd, over 6 months supply of oil from Prudhoe Bay, are now saying exactly the same things about drilling in ANWAR. The 6-month supply is now 20-30 years ongoing. The caribou, rather than being wiped out have increased 6 fold. I really don’t understand how these loons with such a horrendous track record are still taken seriously. Well, outside your circles, they’re not! If you are serious about being a journalist, you might want to look beyond the usual suspects for your information.

Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC

January 30, 2006

Black sheep liberals

Not only are today’s liberals, led by Congressional Democrats, descendents of Satan, they are the black sheep of the family. Their most admired “dissident,” Osama B Laden while reciting the Dems talking points, also thanked them for their continued support. Saying that he also hates W., he will continue to help them to bring down the Bush presidency, and if necessary, the country. He agreed with the Dems that it is foolishness to waste so much time fighting terrorism when protecting abortion is the major issue of the day, particularly with the right-wing, extremist judge Altio about to be confirmed.

B. Laden particularly praised Senator Reid for killing, the Patriot Act that has been a real thorn in Osama’s side.

Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC

January 27, 2006

Tax-o-crats

I’m flabbergasted that the people of this state continue to elect arrogant, tax happy Democrats. Ironically, those most adversely affected by these mostly regressive taxes are lower income, and middle class workers, the very groups theTax-o-crats claim they care about. Our New Year’s presents from the Tax-o-crats are a 40 percent increase for license tag renewal, a 40 percent increase in cable taxes, and another 15 percent increase in gasoline taxes. Who among you have gotten a 15-40 percent pay raise lately? We now pay higher gas taxes than all but two states. We are the highest taxed of the twelve Southern states, and the only one controlled by the Tax-o-crats. When some sensible legislators argued to rescind the increase the Tax-o-crat governor said the 15 percent increase was “insignificant” and the people wouldn’t even notice. Isn’t this the same tax happy governor who was cited for using the state helicopter for personal use?

We were told that the high gas taxes are necessary to build and repair roads. If so, why have the Tax-o-crat thieves taken millions from the highway fund to use for other purposes? How do the 48 other states with lower gasoline taxes build and maintain roads? How do Texas and Florida, among others, with lower gas taxes, and no state income tax build and maintain roads? I’m looking for the study that shows North Carolina to have one of the best highway systems in the country, as opposed to only one of the most expensive. Thanks to the Tax-o-crats we are in the top quarter of states in taxes, but in the bottom quarter in wages. Even other tax happy Tax-o-crat controlled states like New York or New Jersey don’t tax food. Pennsylvania doesn’t tax food or clothing. It’s time to vote your pocketbook!

Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC

January 6, 2006

Democrats endangered nation’s security

Never has there been a period in our history when having two, vibrant political parties was more critical to our security, and our economic survival. The Republicans, in control of the congress for 10 years now, are succumbing to the thirst for power, and the corruption that we saw from the Democrats when they had been in control for an extended period of time. The Republicans have learned that the way to keep power is to dole out taxpayer money in massive amounts whether needed or not. The Republicans, presumably the party of small government and fiscal responsibility, have given us bigger government, and even more wasteful spending than had the Democrats during their own reign of horror. The Republicans, after years of acting as the Democrats are now acting, came up a positive agenda, a “Contract for America.”

Unfortunately the Democrats have become an idealess, morally bankrupt whose only issue today is making certain that abortion on demand, the wanton slaughter of millions of innocent, unborn children. The Democrats have recently bragged that they have endangered our nation’s security by killing the Patriot Act, and bragged that they killed Social Security reform. Either they have forgotten 9/11, or that there have been no attacks here since. I don’t think the terrorists have called a truce. Do you think perhaps the Patriot Act might have disrupted the terrorists? Yet the Democrats called a press conference to gloat about their bringing down this legislation so necessary to fighting terrorism.

This same decaying party, despite an ever increasing, untenable, national debt, caused in large part by an explosion in entitlement spending, bragged about defeating Social Security reform. They love to tell us because we have spent 350 billion thus far in Iraq, we can’t meet our obligations here. They don’t tell us that in one year we spend 950 billion on Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.

Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC

January 2, 2006

NY Times and treason

The New York Times, along with most in the elite media, led the charge to have someone (preferably Karl Rove!) indicted for “outing” Valerie Plame, claiming the “outing” endangered our national security. The “Times” later, thanks to a leak, printed classified information concerning our “rendition” program that authorizes sending terrorist suspects to friendly foreign countries for incarceration, and interrogation. Even worse, the “Times”, based on yet another leak, made public classified information concerning warrantless domestic eavesdropping on U.S. based international phone calls and e-mails. These actions have apparently prevented at least one potential terrorist attack on the Brooklyn Bridge. So much for the “Times” concern for our security, or their disdain for leakers!

In the Plame case, a two-year investigation by a special prosecutor discovered there was no “outing”, because Plame did not meet the requirements of having been overseas in a covert position within the past five years, and that the source was aware of her status, and still leaked her name. Even more damaging to the charges were statements made in October of 2003 by NBC news reporter Andrea Mitchell that it was well know among many reporters that Plame was with the CIA. I don’t recall the “Times” reporting that fact. In any event, the “Times” has not yet explained how releasing the name of someone in a desk job at CIA headquarters endangered our security. Nevertheless, the “Times” would not let the story die, as they endlessly conjectured that Karl Rove would (hopefully!) be indicted. The “Times” subsequently “outed” two classified, terrorism-fighting programs that could well endanger our security. It appears that the main objective of the “Times” is to destroy the Bush Administration, and if that means supplying classified information to our enemy, so be it. So much for the “Times” concern for our security

Why is the “Times” absolutist when it comes to insisting they have the “right” to aid our enemies, but has a very different view of free speech when it comes to a valedictorian wishing to utter a prayer at a graduation ceremony? The “Times” while insisting the First Amendment gives them the right to print distortions, half-truths, and outright lies, when on numerous occasions they altered, or even attributed quotes to people who never said what the “Time” quoted them as having said. Yet, the “Times” routinely suggests there is a “wall of separation” between church and state that prohibits any prayer by any student at any graduation ceremony. This phantom wall illegally prohibits Nativity scenes on public property, or saying the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools, or permitting school to have the word “Christmas” on school calendars. Apparently to some, calling a Christmas tree a Christmas tee is establishing a religion!

From where did this phantom, “wall of separation” term emanate? Yes, Thomas Jefferson used the term in a private letter to a Baptist Congregation in Connecticut. It had nothing to do with government policy or the Constitution. In fact, the very next day Jefferson attended church services in the House chamber, as he did until his term ended. More than 150 years later in 1947, Justice Hugo Black, a former KKK member who hated Catholics, put this misused term in a Supreme Court opinion that he authored. The case concerned the reimbursement of bus fares, from public funds, to Parochial School students. Today the “Times” and their ideological allies have rewritten history to make us believe that the Framers used this meaningless term to construct some illusory “wall” between church and state. First Amendment prohibits government interference in the “right” to practice one’s religion, not the practice of religion. The “Times” and other secularists have twisted a simple document into something it was never meant to be. Perhaps it is time to revisit the absolutism of the First Amendment to bring it up to date. After all, we’re routinely told that the Constitution is a “living” document.

Tony Moschetti
High Point, NC

December 28, 2005

Wal-Mart drives the liberals crazy

Readers comment on Wal-Mart

On Dec. 18, in connection with an opinion piece arguing that Wal-Mart helps, not harms, the poor, we asked readers their opinion of the world's largest retailer. Here's what some had to say:

Wal-Mart drives the liberals crazy

Of course I shop at Wal-Mart. Why? Primarily because Wal-Mart drives the liberals crazy, as do most things that are good for the majority of mainstream Americans. Sebastian Mallaby's article detailed the billions in savings provided to lower income workers. The primary Wal-Mart antagonists are the archaic, greed-driven labor unions, which drive up the cost of everything in our society, making many items unaffordable for many.

Wal-Mart is killing unionized grocery stores where shoppers pay ridiculous prices for the necessities of life because of the greed of labor unions. Are cashiers worth $30,000-$40,000 per year, as they were getting in the union stores until Wal-Mart showed up?

The entire airline industry (what's left of it) is in bankruptcy or on the verge because of the greedy unions continually wanting more, while producing less. The auto industry is close behind, with the major cause being union contracts calling for lifetime benefits whether or not the companies are profitable. New York transit workers, with incomes of $50,000 to $75,000, were striking during this busy Christmas season for even more. They couldn't care less about the havoc they created.

We need Wal-Mart Air or Wal-Mart Transit! Then watch the unions scream.

Tony Moschetti
High Point

News & Record
December 25, 2005

Democratic senators' protests unbelievable

If this were 1943 (World War II) most of the Democrats in the Senate would be indicted for treason. Jane Fonda became one of the most reviled persons in America because of her support for our enemy.

Today, we unbelievably have U.S. senators doing their best to aid our current enemy, Muslim terrorists. Forget that every prominent Democrat now attacking the president for "lying" said exactly the same things about Saddam, and Jay Rockefeller in 2002 called him an "imminent" threat. Rockefeller lied. Clinton lied. Kennedy lied. Kerry lied. Levin lied. But hey, that's OK, they're Democrats, and that's what Democrats do, protected by their lapdogs in the elite media.

Now, they're obsessed with torture. Shouldn't we be able to do to terrorists what the Clinton administration did to Americans, including innocent women and children at Waco? Democratic senators were not outraged at the deaths of approximately 90 people there. I guess ramming tanks into the home of oddball Christians, or murdering Randy Weaver's wife as she stood holding her young child, is fine with them, but they draw the line at harassing terrorists with chained dogs.

Tony Moschetti
High Point

News & Record
December 1, 2005