Utah's new immigration law will make things worse

UNEDITED) Utah's Grand Old Party (the GOP) took one right out of President Obama's playbook this session when they passed a new Illegal Immigration bill, which I call Utah's Obama-gration law. Now from the beginning, let me set one thing straight. ObamaCare has some really good ideas in it, ideas that everyone would agree on. And the same goes for Utah's new Obama-gration law, HB116. It has some good things in it that everyone agrees on. But that is not the issue. The issue is the "little bitty part" that is Unconstitutional. You see individual States do not have the right to control immigration status, the Constitution of the United States forbids it. It is kind of like ObamaCare, where they mandate that every American purchase a product by force, which is also unconstitutional. So the Solution that our Legislature came up with encourages us to disregard the Constitution and the rule of law. It would be like you and I deciding that because we don't like what the federal government is doing with our money we are going to refuse to pay our taxes. There is word for this behavior and it is called "Anarchy". Oh, and there's another, "little bitty part" of HB116, which rewards illegal immigrants who have cheated the system, stolen Social Security numbers and lied on Federal and State Income Tax documents. They all get rewarded with a guest-worker permit. This is also like ObamaCare, where corruption, cheating and stealing from Medicare was not addressed and will continue to plague the system resulting in higher costs to American citizens. In other words we as citizens want solutions, and both ObamaCare and Obama-gration have not only failed to give us a solution, but have actually made the situation worse that it was before.

Will all this come back on Obama 2012. Can you see the debates.Obama you sued Arizona Jan Brewer who signed the state’s controversial immigration law and you overlooked Utah, did not bother to advise Holder to inform them that their controversial immigration law is unconstitutional because it steps on federal laws governing immigration ?As I said before Obama by 2012 will have convinced the America public that in his own way he is not representing all of the America people, the country will be divided. We will see more rallies, more protests, more demands, this country will be upside down and will be ready to run Obama out of town.His hope and change can no longer assure him needed votes. We might even be on the edge of civil war. Overseas one country after another is going for it.The popular uprisings in the Arab world have transpired differently in different countries, but most have had at least one thing in common: a “day of rage.” These often climactic protests have been organized in Egypt, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, and Iraq.

Today it was Saudi Arabia’s turn, but the Facebook-based pro-democracy organizers were only able to muster small, peaceful marches in the oil-rich eastern provinces, where the country’s minority Shiites have been demonstrating for weeks. In the Saudi capital, Riyadh, “disappointed activists counted more policemen and journalists than demonstrators,” reports The Guardian’s Ian Black.

On a day when protesters clashed violently with government forces in Yemen and Bahrain, why was Saudi Arabia’s “day of rage” such a dud? Here are eight theories:

Heavy Security: In Riyadh, The Washington Post reports, helicopters hovered overhead and police officers set up checkpoints at intersections, mosques, and courthouses where protests were expected.

State Prohibitions: The monarchy prohibited public protests last week after Shiite groups in the east protested against discrimination by the country’s Sunni majority. In Riyadh, Black notes, “anonymous text messages” conveyed “dire warnings of huge fines, loss of nationality and expulsion from the country” for anyone who participated in demonstrations.

Religious Prohibitions: Religious leaders, urged on by the government, deemed protests antithetical to Islamic law in the lead-up to the day of rage. Sheikh Abdel Aziz Alasheikh, for example, informed worshippers in Riyadh’s central mosque that “Islam strictly prohibits protests in the kingdom because the ruler here rules by God’s will.”

Qatif Shooting: Saudi police opened fire on around 200 mostly Shiite protesters in the eastern citty of Qatif on Thursday, wounding at least two protesters in a show of force that Black believes may partially explain “the calm” in Riyadh.

Saudi Political Culture: While countries like Bahrain and Kuwait “have a history of political opposition and protest, and their parliaments, however weak, serve as an outlet for pressure,” The Christian Science Monitor asserts, that’s not the case in a deeply conservative, authoritarian country like Saudi Arabia, where protests are rare.

Anonymous Organizers: Many Saudis are genuinely interested in political reforms, argues the Global Post, “but even among pro-reform Saudis there was little enthusiasm for the Facebook protest calls because they were made by unknown people who did not have a clear agenda and who may not even be living in the kingdom.”

Little Appetite for Regime Change: “Even though Saudi Arabia has serious problems with youth unemployment, official corruption and discrimination against women and religious minorities,” The Los Angeles Times explains, “even the kingdom’s critics do not want to overthrow the royal family. Instead they call for a gradual shift to a constitutional monarchy, a sentiment that all but saps the day of rage of its rage.”

Love of the Monarchy: Appearing on CNBC, Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin-Talal—an international investor and the nephew of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah—called Saudi Arabia’s day of rage a “tempest in a teacup” and suggested that the day instead be called a “day of allegiance and love for king,” Business Insider reports.

In February, King Abdullah offered Saudis a package of about $36 billion in unemployment assistance, social security benefits, education subsidies, and housing loans, but has yet to show any willingness to grand political reforms.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/03/eight-reasons-why-saudi-arabias-day-rage-fizzled/35789/
It’s only a matter of time before it reaches here. Already we see increases in for anything anybody can come up with across the U.S.

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