According to a Fox News story, Colin Powell claims illegal aliens are “all over his house, doing things whenever he calls for repairs.” And he further states he’s sure that all of us have illegal aliens working at our houses as well.

He claims the illegal aliens taking US jobs are keeping our lifeblood moving forward. Mr. Powell, you are wrong on quite a few points, including this one. Illegal aliens and their criminal employers, employers like you, are sucking the life right out of our country. There are many unemployed US citizens who would love to have a construction job. Construction jobs generally pay well, and the money made by US citizens tends to remain a part of the US economy. The money you pay your illegal staff and contractors likely goes straight to other countries.

We and any of our neighbors living within their means and not losing their homes to foreclosure are not able to hire people to do most repairs on our homes. If illegal aliens were all over our homes, we’d be calling the police, at the very least. The reason many households can’t afford hired help is because so many are unemployed or underemployed. Illegal aliens taking US jobs is not benefiting these households.

Immigrants do have an existing path to citizenship. No “Dream Act” or any other bending of our as yet mostly unenforced immigration laws is necessary for people to gain US citizenship legally. Here are some who’ve done just that. And some more legal US citizens. To them, welcome home! To those who tried to sneak in a back window, get out, and take your children with you! That’s not anti-immigration. It’s anti-illegal immigration, and pro-US.

Mr. Powell should stand in court for hiring illegal aliens and for handing over as much of our country as he can to these invaders. He says Americans need an agenda we can see, touch and believe in. Unfortunately, many Americans were duped into believing in him, and into believing that he believed in our country.

Many Pagans choose to support expanded social programs, open borders, and a level financial field for all businesses, regardless of how much each earns. They promote across-the-board global environmental rules, and what they see as kids being raised by a whole community. More than one person has questioned how I can support conservative political stances and candidates, since I am a Pagan. Before anyone (else) jumps, let me clarify that I mean Pagan, not neo-Pagan. To me, “Heathen” fits quite comfortably under the blanket term, “Pagan.” And, because I feel, for now, that certain people deserve an explanation rather than the “go blow” response that comes to mind first, here is a bit more of an answer than I have given.

A recent Target store debacle has people up in arms. Target donated a large amount to an organization that supports Tom Emmer, a conservative candidate for Minnesota governor who has stood against gay marriage. Many are calling for a boycott of Target. This has me buying even things I would normally buy elsewhere at Target. Why? Not because of Tom Emmer’s stance on gay marriage, but because Target’s money, like that of other businesses, went to an organization that supports candidates most in tune with business. It’s not about gay marriage. Target actually has fair employee policies, and it wouldn’t even exist to have them if it didn’t put business first. The outrage over this is more of the same political mudslinging I’ve grown weary of. Yes, the CEO of Target, valuing his business, donated to a candidate who stands up for business. Which brings me to this point.

We support and vote for what we value most. I value freedom most, not just for me, but into the future for my kids and my grandchild, and beyond. While other issues are very important, without freedom there is no way to take them up. There are certain things a government, working for its people, should not be allowed to do. One is to force people to purchase a product or service for simply being born. For existing. This is an example of turning citizens themselves into products. Into slaves. I value protecting our borders, since a country and its local communities cannot grow when they have been invaded and are under attack from within. When we have freedom and are standing on secure ground, we are strong enough to focus on other issues.

Those who question you about your politics being against your religion are often the most outspoken against religion mixed with government. And what we’re voting on is government. The disputed political issues involve government. On the related question of how a Pagan can vote for a very open Christian? Those we elect to our government are, like the rest of us, human, and many adhere to a religion. They are influenced by their individual religions. So the important thing, all that really matters when it comes to this, is to keep everyone from having to adhere to one person’s religion. We need to keep religion out of our regulations and out of our government practices, but not out of the people who believe it. I will vote for an extremely open Christian if we agree on the issues most important to me, and I will stand against them when and if they try to infuse laws with religion. Since the thing most important to me is freedom, at least my hands won’t be tied by an administration that seeks to regulate every breath, and I will still have the ability to act.

I feel that my ancestors would be more respected by my striving to keep the freedoms they fought for, to be responsible for my own, and by my using the common sense and intelligence passed to me from them than they would by my handing these treasures to others. Individuals are the building blocks of community. Strong individuals equal strong community. Strong community equals a better future for our kids and grandkids. One look at my grandson is how I can reconcile my views that fall on either the conservative side or the liberal side with my beliefs.

The President now has definitive plans to challenge Arizona’s law that enforces existing federal immigration law. Obama has insisted that he is unable to gather this country’s resources to protect our own soil against invaders. And just as the US Attorney General was ignorant about the text of the AZ law even as he threatened US citizens with fighting the law, Obama is ignorant about even the existence of our uniform, long standing federal immigration law.

May this weakling traitor not succeed in destroying our country.

Traitor. It’s a fitting title for someone in a leadership role who stands against those he is supposed to stand for and with. In casual political conversations I have applied it to Barack Obama, who is so often at odds with the citizens and the fabric of the country he was elected to represent. Is Obama a traitor in any legal sense? Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution addresses treason.

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.

So treason is levying war against our country or giving aid and comfort to our enemies. Obviously, Barack Obama has not stood in a field alongside enemy troops and taken aim at us. But how might this section apply to his handling of the flood of illegal aliens into our country?

When Arizona enacted SB1070, a law to “discourage and deter the unlawful entry and presence of aliens and economic activity by persons unlawfully present in the United States,” his administration apologized to China for the law, he threatened to challenge the law without it having even been read by the US Attorney General, and he let the President of Mexico address our Congress in opposition of the law. On this issue, Obama’s show of solidarity with Mexico’s leader certainly must qualify as giving comfort to our enemy, an enemy if only in that he does not wish for us to stop the citizens of his country from illegally pouring over our border. From invading us.

Obama’s stance against enforcing our immigration laws, the Arizona one in particular, aids our enemy. On border security, he allegedly told Arizona’s Senator Kyl, “The problem is if we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reforms.” So Obama is potentially blackmailing and endangering US citizens in another instance of aiding our enemy.

While I’ll continue to have my personal opinion on whether or not Obama has betrayed our country, only time and the actions of the US as a whole will tell if his acts are worthy of anything more than an unfavorable label.

AG Eric Holder, questioned by Ted Poe over not reading Arizona’s immigration law before deciding it is unconstitutional. Yes, the Obama “administration is on the wrong side of the American people.”

Read SB1070.

Last night was the final “Lou Dobbs Tonight.” He and CNN are amicably parting ways so that Dobbs can “pursue new opportunities.” May this allow him to take an even stronger stance for sanity in dealing with issues such as illegal immigration and the economy.