Virgie Bell's View: Put a tourniquet on it, Geraldo!

The illegal immigration bill had a purported 80% of the American people against it. In the final analysis, the Democratic members of the Washington officials said it was too limited and did not give the illegals all they deserved, which I am wondering if it is my house they are referring to, then the Republican elites said it gave too much to the 12,000 who reside in this country. It is my contention that it was neither of these things. It boils down to the fact that the 80% have the power of the vote, and 80% means something!

Yesterday was an amazing day for news. As you all know, the latest space shuttle was scheduled to launch. In the past we have all seen that the TV stations are camped out at the site and every possible angle of the launch is gone over so many times that it really does become boring. Yesterday one of the newscasters that was supposed to guide us watchers through all of the dull and not so dull moments leading up to the launch was Buzz Aldrich, one of our astronauts who was actually one of the moon walkers. He finally called into FOX News Channel and said that no cameras were on the site of the launch and instead they were busy with the Paris Hilton saga. Admittedly, I was one of those with my eyes glued to the tube.

Let me say I am getting tired of Geraldo Rivera. I really liked his reporting when he was in Afghanistan and Iraq with the troops, but I am really getting weary of him on his immigration stand and his standing up for every spoiled rotten celebrity that comes along. He seems to think that because no one else has received the kind of sentence that Paris Hilton received, that what she was given in the way of sentencing was unfair. Take Mel Gibson and other big wigs like him and the little indulgent slaps on the wrist they receive for their punishment. Yes it is unfair, but it is unfair that they get by with what they do. The sentences of celebrities and politicians have about as much substance as fog.

I still contend that it is up to the parents to instill good citizenship values within their off spring. I can imagine what would have happened to me or any of my friends had we ever come in from a night out smelling of Brew. I would have been grounded still, with the sentencing left in an air tight will. Lindsay Lohan, who had just gotten out of rehab, had a wreck last week in which luckily, no one was killed, was drunk again, which is about the second time in as many months. Here is the thing. No matter what these so called celebrities of the entertainment or political persuasion do, I do not want them loose to endanger the rest of us. A few years back here in New Mexico, a family of five was out viewing the Christmas lights in the city. A drunk driver on the wrong side of the highway hit them head on. He walked away, as well as the husband and father who was hurt badly. A wife and three children were lost. The trial that came later was just the same as the clap trap we hear now, about the unfairness of it all.

A judge back east has been giving child molesters no more than a reprehend. He said he was an alcoholic or gambler or something and had understanding of strong compulsions. Get off the bench then. A judge is not supposed to legislate from the bench. A judge is to uphold the law of the land. Texas has a bill up before its legislation calling for the death penalty for the second offense of child molestation. I mentioned this to Lisa and she said well, I am for it. Well here is the thing. I am too. Geraldo said last night that it was terrible. He was furious that the immigration bill was not passed. Those 12,000,000 immigrants had the right to become citizens, he said. I am not for granting citizenship to anyone who breaks our laws. Once they crossed our borders, they broke our law. If 9/11 taught us anything, it should be that we have got to leave our bleeding hearts outside the voting booth or be prepared to hold our bleeding loved ones who have to fight for our right to exercise our votes to start with. All who feel that this war is illegal, I have but one thing to say and that is this. No war is so-called legal. It is just or unjust. There are just two sides, the winners and the losers. Pick a side and stand, because I stand for my country and our allies. Paris Hilton deserves 45 days. It might save a life, maybe even her own.

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