Sunday, September 16, 2007

Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura on U.S. Security.

Whenever I think of innovative leaders I think about people just like you and me. We all have our own attributes and let’s face it many ordinary Americans are not clean shaven, in perfect physical shape or even snappy dressers for that matter. Politicians who dress in expensive clothes, and wear fancy jewelry are a turn off, and those who leave their gems at home and dress to con the public image even more of a turn off. One thing I always admired about Jesse Ventura is his candid, unrehersed, and open approach to speaking on the issues.

Ventura has since dropped out of the public arena, citing that he paid his dues through service to our country as a Navy Seal, Mayor, and Governor. Today he enjoys early retirement down in Mexico. His last known involvement in politics was fulfilling his promise to help out Kinki Friedman in is 06 bid for Governor. He also gave an interview with Alex Jones and will be featured in Jones's new upcoming documentary.



Jesse Ventura has always been somewhat of a cultural Icon to me, not only because of his WWF connection to our home state in Stamford, CT but also because he is now working with Kinki in Texas to find solutions to our border crisis. Connecticut ranks 9th on the list and is viewed by “illegals” as a "Magnet State." With poor and affordable cities to live in such as Bridgeport, New Haven, and Danbury nearby work is offered these immigrants from the wealthier cities in Fairfield County.

Connecticut Magazine already cited massive illegal immigrant problems in both these cities with New Haven having an estimated 12,000 illegals and Danbury facing similar issues. The main problems that “illegals” bring is that they fall outside the median income levels, are from countries where agrarian lifestyles are the way of life, they are not concerned with 10-20 people living in a single family house, and pose significant costs to health care, education, and government. Many do not speak English very well and are very nationalistic often sending their earnings back to Mexico.

While I am in no way anti immigrant, because I believe in immigration since that is how my grandparent’s parents came to America, I am pro responsible Immigration and that requires our country to enforce its laws on our books to protect our nation from illegal border crossings. These crossings can be anything from terrorists entering America, to drugs, murder, rape, and in many cases crimes requiring investigation and police resources to investigate border crimes on our soil. The border laws must be enforced for the sanctity of our country and I sincerely hope that Texas's Governor Perry take border enforcement seriously for the sake of CT. I also hope CT will begin to pursue policies that discourage "magnet" cities to exist.

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