Friday, August 17, 2018

GARBAGE CONTAINER LIDS ARE FASTENED DOWN IN PARIS

Chris, Roberta, and friends in front of L'Opera Paris

In the late 90's Chris and I were in Paris during one of his business trips.  Being the anti-litter bug person that I am, I looked for a garbage can somewhere on the street to throw away wrappers from sandwiches we had eaten. There were garbage cans on the street but the lids were fastened down.  We thought that there must have been bomb threats which were dealt with by stopping the use of garbage cans.  


Napoleon's Tomb

We saw soldiers in the airport in Rome carrying automatic weapons.  It dawned on us that this world is now a more dangerous place. 

Thus the U.S. Congress deadlock on our immigration policies.  Many would like to immigrate to the U.S. as our country is safer from threats than many.  The problem is that we are fearful of illegal immigration.  In my opinion the solution would be to have more legal entries and more judges to vet the people wishing to come in.  How difficult would it be to build the wall, open Ellis Island, or in some other way increase entry points and hire judges?  


Eiffel Tower
Here is a 23 minute speech by Steve Russell, Congressman from Oklahoma.  He explains what our Founders intended for our immigration policy.  Click on the link to watch the video.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4736693/rep-steve-russell-gave-speech-history-immigration-us


2 comments:

  1. Hello sister in the Lord (Flyaway). I am a PASTOR from Mumbai, India. I am glad to stop by your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I AM ALSO blessed and feel privileged and honoured to get connected with the people of God around the globe to be encouraged, strengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 39 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to have your young children come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. If your young adults children are not available you could encourage other young people from your contact to come and work with s during their vacation time. I am sure they will have a life changing experience. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. God's richest blessings on you, your family and friends.

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    1. Good to hear from you. I'm beseeching God with II Peter 2:8, Psalm 74:20, Isaiah 45:8, and Psalm 119:136. There are so many hurting people in the world. I don't know anybody who could come to India to help out. Have to written to Ravi Zacharias? https://rzim.org/

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