Wonderful sentiment about illegal immigration!

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I find this very interesting reading; so let's keep it going if you agree. It only takes a few days on the Internet and this will have reached 75% of the public in the U.S.A. Seniors need to stand up for what is right, not what the politicians want or big Corporations want.

This was sent to Mr. Rand, who is the Executive Director of AARP.

THIS LADY NOT ONLY HAS A GRASP OF 'THE SITUATION' BUT AN INCREDIBLE COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE!

Dear Mr. Rand,

Recently you sent us a letter encouraging us to renew our lapsed membership in AARP by the requested date. I know it is not what you were looking for, but this is the most honest response I can give you. Our gap in coverage is merely a microscopic symptom of the real problem, a deepening lack of faith.

While we have proudly maintained our membership for several years and have long admired the AARP goals and principles, regrettably, we can no longer endorse it's abdication of our values. Your letter specifically stated that we can count on AARP to speak up for our rights, yet the voice we hear is not ours. Your offer of being kept up to date on important issues through DIVIDED WE FAIL presents neither an impartial view nor the one we have come to embrace. We do believe that when two parties agree all the time on everything presented to them, one is probably not necessary. But, when the opinions and long term goals are diametrically opposed, the divorce is imminent. This is the philosophy which spawned our 200 years of government.

Once upon a time, we looked forward to being part of the senior demographic. We also looked to AARP to provide certain benefits and give our voice a power we could not possibly hope to achieve on our own. AARP gave us a sense of belonging which we no longer enjoy. The Socialist politics practiced by the Obama administration and empowered by AARP serves only to raise the blood pressure my medical insurance strives to contain. Clearly a conflict of interest there!

We do not understand the AARP posture, feel greatly betrayed by the guiding forces that we expected to map out our senior years and leave your ranks with a great sense of regret. We mitigate that disappointment with the relief of knowing that we are not contributing to the problem anymore by renewing our membership. There are numerous other organizations which offer discounts without threatening our way of life or offending our sensibilities.

This Presidential Administration scares the living daylights out of us. Not just for ourselves, but for our proud and bloodstained heritage. But even more importantly for our children and grandchildren. Washington has rendered Soylent Green a prophetic cautionary tale rather than a nonfiction scare tactic. I have never in my life endorsed any militant or radical groups, yet now I find myself listening to them. I don't have to agree with them to appreciate the fear which birthed their existence. Their borderline insanity presents little more than a balance to the voice of the Socialist mindset in power. Perhaps I became American by a great stroke of luck in some cosmic uterine lottery, but in my adulthood I CHOOSE to embrace it and nurture the freedoms it represents as well as the responsibilities it requires.

Your website generously offers us the opportunity to receive all communication in Spanish. ARE YOU KIDDING??? Someone has broken into our 'house', invaded our home without our invitation or consent. The President has insisted we keep the perpetrator in comfort and learn the perp language so we can communicate our reluctant welcome to them.

I DON'T choose to welcome them.

I DON'T choose to support them.

I DON'T choose to educate them.

I DON'T choose to medicate them, pay for their food or clothing.

American home invaders get arrested.

Please explain to me why foreign lawbreakers can enjoy privileges on American soil that Americans do not get?

Why do some immigrants have to play the game to be welcomed and others only have to break & enter to be welcomed?

We travel for a living. Walt hauls horses all over this great country, averaging over 10,000 miles a month when he is out there. He meets more people than a politician on caffeine overdose. Of all the many good folks he enjoyed on this last 10,000 miles, this trip yielded only ONE supporter of the current administration. One of us is out of touch with mainstream America . Since our poll is conducted without funding, I have more faith in it than one which is power driven.

We have decided to forward this to everyone on our mailing list, and will encourage them to do the same. With several hundred in my address book, I have every faith that the eventual exponential factor will make a credible statement to you.

I am disappointed.

I am scared.

I am MAD and I'm NOT gonna take it anymore!

Walt & Cyndy
Miller Farms Equine Transport

ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO KEEP THIS MOVING FORWARD.

All The Best,

Billy McKee
ButterKee Books
Nashville, TN
 

Green subsidies

Car sales had slumped, hit by the global recession and credit crunch that resulted in banks refusing to lend money, whether to people who were keen to buy cars, or to suppliers and manufacturers fighting for their survival.

But at least the carmakers were still energetic, vigorously calling for governments to step in and help revive car sales.

Their calls for action were heard, and many, if not most, governments introduced some form of scrappage scheme that subsidised cars sold to those who crushed their old ones.

By now, most of the scrappage schemes have come to an end, or they will do soon.

So the industry has been left not only exhausted after perhaps the toughest couple of years in its history, but also desperate for another fix of public money.

And they know exactly where to look for it.

Electric motoring

At this year's motor show there will hardly be a single exhibit that does not display petrol-electric hybrids or all-electric cars.

The models on display were conceived and developed during less lean times, when carmakers were forced by regulators to invest heavily in technology that would help them cut vehicle emissions.

There are hybrid versions of the Ferrari 599 Fiorano, Porsche's new Cayenne sports utility vehicle (SUV) and the Audi A8, as well as of more ordinary cars such as the Peugeot 508 saloon, the Suzuki Swift and the tiny Lexus LF-Ch concepts.

All-electric models on display include Nissan's Leaf, the Kia Venga, and the BMW Active-E - as well as the Aston Martin Cygne, a beauty-treated Toyota iQ with hand-stitched leather seats.

Even China's Build Your Dream, or BYD for short, is here with its hybrid and electric models, both aimed for European markets.

Government incentives

Developing these cars have been costly affairs for the carmakers, and in these lean times, when every cent and penny counts, they are eager to recoup their investments.

But with no signs of a strong economic recovery, indeed amidst widespread fears that we will have a so-called double-dip recession, they know full well that their customers are not about to pay a premium to go green.

So they are turning to their governments, hoping for another shower of subsidies, whether in the form of incentives for people who buy these greener cars, or as assistance or tax incentives that support their research and development programmes.

Governments have been quick to respond.

Last week, for instance, the UK government said it would cough up up to £5,000 ($7,600) to help consumers buy electric cars - a level of assistance that may well cover about a quarter of the cost of, say, a Nissan Leaf.

In South Korea, the government is getting ready to lift a ban on all-electric vehicles - which until now it has justified on safety grounds - and replace it with both research and development assistance, as well as tax incentives and other measures to stimulate demand for such cars.

The move seems set to coincide with the country's manufacturers getting ready to start making electric vehicles.

Electric car pioneers Tesla and Fisker are at the Geneva show too, and consider this - in January Tesla secured a $465m (£305m) low interest loan from the US Department of Energy to build its new factory in California, with Fisker getting $528m to help with the construction of its production plant.

Scale this up and look to Detroit in the US, where the traditional automotive industry has been decimated, and you will see the figures multiply.

In Motor City, hopes are high that the billions of dollars President Barack Obama's administration has set aside to pay for the development of petrol-electric hybrids or electric cars and batteries will help the recession-hit economy bounce back.

Jobs and emission cuts

So as the scrappage schemes are phased out, it seems clear that green subsidy schemes are morphing into the motor industry's next set of crutches.

The various scrappage schemes were widely criticised for ignoring the environment part of the equation; in most cases the scrappage cash was dished out without any regards to the new cars' emissions.

In return for injections of taxpayers' cash the industry will deliver two things, namely jobs - the industry accounts for more than one in three manufacturing jobs in Europe - and emissions reductions.

Which is exactly what governments say they want.

Hence, this time around the cash injections might actually deliver better value for money.