Trump is right on H1b and H2b visas … and immigration generally
Before getting into the detail of American immigration policies, it is important to keep several truths in mind – and disregard the untruths.
America is a nation of immigrants. We are one of – if not THE – most immigration-tolerant nations in the world. That is an evidentiary fact. That is why we have such a diverse population that exists overwhelmingly in racial and cultural harmony — with only extreme fringe examples of racism.
White anxiety is a phony issue
Those who claim that the majority of White European Americans oppose all immigration out of fear of losing power to ethnic minorities are advancing false narratives to divide for political gain. That narrative relies on the absurd notion that there is an existential division between Whites of European ancestry and the rest of the world – people of color, as they are currently mislabeled. In reality, most Latinos consider themselves to be White – as do many who come from African nations, such as Arabs, South Africans, and some Asians. According to the census, almost 60 percent of Americans are … White. That is by far the largest racial demographic.
For most Americans, the test of immigration is NOT how a person looks, but what they believe, their skills and their character. There is a difference between a person who comes to America to embrace the basic principles of American exceptionalism and concepts of democracy – in other words, to become an American — and a person who arrives to undermine those values and traditions – to either superimpose or stand apart from traditional American values and governing principles.
America needs immigrants
The second important truth is that America needs — and benefits from – immigration. It is the secret ingredient in the nation’s ability to grow and prosper. The immigration of the most intelligent and skilled workers has been a key factor in America being a world leader in commerce and technology.
The argument — that immigrants take jobs that current citizens need and would take – is patently equally false – and on two levels. We have long had temporary work visas so that foreigners could work in America at jobs that the indigenous population was not willing to take on. That was naturally most obvious in our southern border farming regions. But such temporary or seasonal farm workers from south of the border were also working in states like Michigan and Illinois.
Immigrants create jobs
The second fallacy also relates to immigrants taking jobs – as if the number of jobs is somehow fixed. The assumption that they are taking a limited number of jobs away from citizen workers is invalid. Every migrant worker is both a producer AND a consumer. Growing populations create a need for more goods and services – ergo a growing number of jobs. That is how the economy grows.
America particular needs the highly skilled workers since the American education system is failing at almost every level. There is a reason why Asians generally dominated the top ranks of student achievement – and a reason why so many Asians are involved in the most demanding disciplines – math, science, cyber technology, etc.
We see the problem for the United States in various world education ratings. (I once attended the high school graduation of the daughter of a friend. The school had an International Baccalaureate program for the best and the brightest. Of the ten graduates awarded a Baccalaureate certificate eight were Asians. That was not an outlier. I have seen that same fact as a senior consultant to the boards of education in Chicago and Detroit.)
Some argue that America should put more emphasis on vocational training as opposed to the more demanding technical disciplines. That is only half true. There is need for vocational training as a means to restore America’s industrial base. BUT it cannot be at the cost of the more demanding educational curricula – especially since many of the new blue collar jobs demand technical skills. (If you doubt that, check out auto repairs. That old grease monkey has been replaced with a computer savvy mechanic. Entire factories are run by robots and Artificial Intelligence.)
Without a highly skilled workforce America merely becomes the industrial drone service for the nations that provided progress through research, discovery, creativity, ingenuity, invention and development. Those who produce technological progress will be the world leaders. That has been the strength of America since the start of the Industrial Age.
(I have often opined that one of the critical differences between China and the United States is our ruling classes. Our ruling class are lawyers. In China, the ruling class is composed of engineers. Lawyering tends to retard progress. Slow things down. Create arbitrary liability leading to a litigious society. Engineers invent, design and build new products and advance technology to be commercialized for the benefit of all. It is the reason China has overcome the American lead in critical areas — such as Artificial Intelligence and cyber technology. The terms of the ubiquitous cell phones, I have seen – in many trips to China – that the average Chinese citizen has phones technologically more advanced than American phones. Just one example. The Chinese were using their cell phones for retail purchases decades before that was a widespread practice in America. Whoa! A major digression. Sorry.)
It is the failure of the American education system that has given the best-and-brightest designation to students from other nations. That makes it all the more important that we import the best and brightest from those nations.
The H-1b and H-2b
Sorry if my preamble ran a bit long, but I thought a little background would be enlightening. So, I shall now weave back to the current controversy over H-1Bs and H-2Bs.
America issues a variety of visas for special purposes. They are among the means by which foreigners enter America LEGALLY — to provide visas for highly skilled workers (H-1B) and for unskilled workers (H-2B). These often lead to what is called “permanent status” and eventually citizenship. Other visas are temporary, such as those issued to foreign students and visitors.
There are other means to LEGALLY arrive and stay in America. Folks in war zones or under persecution can request asylum at an American border port of entry or at the American consulate in their country. Those crossing the border may remain in America until their cases are vetted in an immigration court. That is the part of the immigration system that has broken down – and is being abused by the Democrats’ long standing open border policies.
The H-1B and H-2B are the proper and legal means to admit and vet immigrants. That system works fairly well in bringing in the workers America needs to grow and prosper. Vetting is critical because it prevents those from entering the country who are criminals, non-productive and undeserving of asylum. You can see the problem when you understand that more than 80 percent of those illegally crossing the southern border are NOT eligible for asylum – and are not properly vetted. And yet President Biden kicked open the southern border more than any past President.
There is a small percentage of Americans who do not believe in immigration … period. They come from both sides of the political spectrum. They ignorantly believe that every new immigrant takes a job away from an American.
If there is a personification of the extreme anti-immigration position, it is gadfly Steve Bannon. However, his significance as a political influencer has been waning for years – ever since Trump booted him out of the White House early in his first term. Bannon played no role in Trump’s 2024 victory. He played no role in the transition. He will have no role in the Trump White House.
At the moment, the anti-Trump media focuses on a small percentage of MAGA voters who are pushing back at his support for H-1B and H-2B visas – and at the same time ignoring the anti-immigration folks in the Democrat column. The left-wing media is exaggerating and sensationalizing the reality of the MAGA opposition to Trump on immigration. It is not a major revolt against Trump by his base.
There are three things to keep in mind. H-1Bs and H-2Bs are good and necessary. Trump is correct in his support of them. He has the support of the vast majority of his voters in terms of legal immigration policy – and most of the nation. And, more importantly, Trump will not face election again. He can disregard the extreme elements opposed to all immigration just as he has fought against those who have produced the open borders crisis.
In terms of immigration, Trump is spot on. Most Americans agree. It is one of the major reasons why he is moving back into the White House.
So, there ‘tis.
Like Moses descending the mountain, Hoirst reads his tablets he’s been writing for decades. He dredges them up, dusts them off, polishes them, but does not factually update. And we all know what happens when you polish a turd. This is actually a good article, IMO, a good subject, but it’s replete with Horistian conclusions, sometimes pronouncements, without merit in many cases as he weaves his tale. And not too much slamming of the Democrats, almost looking for a win-win as he goes against the even more rabid right’s attitudes on anything foreign.
But I do question a number of the pronouncements where the author tells us it’s just common knowledge as in everyone knows it so it must be true. Or based on his experience, so it must be globally true.
Question: if the author believes Trump’s recent statements, did he look at Trump’s first term where he restricted H1B’s before Musk paid him for a Mush-teachable moment? The restrictions were in 2020, perhaps the author can’t remember. Does the author not know how Trump rigged immigration to let Melania get in under the “Einstein exception” visa and then bring her parents in via chain migration? She used, with Trump’s behind-the-scenes-support, the EB-1 getting in for “extraordinary ability” and “sustained national and international acclaim”, really big tits and great hair, like Einstein. The father, a communist party member, lives in Trump’s cabana right next to the nuclear secrets. Yeah, immigration the right way, eh? Whatta guy. And the author notes Trump’s favoring H2B’s, although I cannot find any Trump support beyond all the H2Bs he has working on the cheap at his businesses. I challenge the author to show Trump support for H2B’s; think that may be a bridge too far until the deportations force him to change his tune on that one. Doubtful Musk cares, so doubtful the Mump Regime cares.
Trump summed up his real thoughts in his first debate: ““First of all, I think and I know the H-1B very well. And it’s something that I frankly use and I shouldn’t be allowed to use it. We shouldn’t have it,” he said. “Second of all, I think it’s very important to say, well, I’m a businessman and I have to do what I have to do.” See Larry, and that’s why I sold pot: I’m a businessman and I have to do what I have to do. And now it’s legal so I did what I did ahead of my time because it, and I, were right for me, myself, and maybe the nation…. Heh, heh, heh. But does the author question the veracity of a guy who took actions against, now says he’s for, but offers no actions based on that? A guy who has been known to tell some whoppers, to pivot on a whim, but always say it’s the truth and he’s the smartest, and he’s never wrong. Sound familiar? No, not me…. heh, heh, the author. Get it?
Today, Horist believes all that he says to be the gospel of the 40-year pundit and that all should believe the word. Problem is not everyone agrees with a lot of what he says, especially the conclusions without adequate factual support. He often omits facts, sources, and links while saying things like: “America is a nation of immigrants. We are one of – if not THE – most immigration-tolerant nations in the world. That is an evidentiary fact. That is why we have such a diverse population that exists overwhelmingly in racial and cultural harmony — with only extreme fringe examples of racism.” Now I want to believe but I am from New Jersey and we will buy the bridge, but only if the price is right! Just saying “it’s evidentiary, without evidence is not enough. He does it a lot in this piece. He likes to play “camel’s head inside the tent” meaning if you get them to says yes once to the obvious, the camel’s head is in the tent and the body will follow your next statement, no matter how ludicrous. So who can’t believe, “America is a nation of immigrants?” I mean even the Native Americans came from somewhere else. Pretty sure you can say that for all of North and South America. Then he boldly states “if not THE – most immigration-tolerant nations in the world. That is an evidentiary fact.” No, you have shown no evidence of that beyond that fact we have a lot, so what, so does the entire continent. You have to have evidence to be evidentiary and all he has presented is that we are a nation of immigrants. While that is pretty easy to swallow, it does not mean we are immigrant tolerant. Or are we even a nation of immigrants? Are slaves considered immigrants? Or maybe they are just forced immigrant workers without pay? But even if we swallow nation of immigrants, and even with slaves representing 40% of the South in population way back when and 15% of the nation today being some generations away, how does that make “THE – most immigration-tolerant nations (sic) in the world” ring true? And, if we are so tolerant, why does the author rail so much about the treatment of blacks, aka at some point immigrants, in our intolerant cities? Which is it?
There are many factors to immigration, our strongest point is our economy. And yes, that is buttressed by our vision and how we live by the rule of law protecting all, immigrant or domestic. However, Canada is a nation of immigrants and I am just guessing they are more tolerant that us. How about Australia, New Zealand? Did you know France is one of the easiest countries to gain citizenship? Portugal and Spain are hot vacation and immigration destinations right now.
If the author bothered to look, to simply google “most tolerant countries for immigration, he would find the US is rated highly, but a handful of others are rated higher, and many countries are rated similarly. I did, and what you find is everyone rates “tolerant” or “most favored” with different metrics, but no matter how they choose, the US is generally not number one. Now I knew Portugal was a hot vacation spot right now, the breaks bring world-class big wave surfers, prices are good, government OK, but to live? Wow. And France rates number one for easiest path to citizenship, go figure.
No Larry, I like facts and just telling me it’s so does not fly even if you attempt to attach it to a factoid that I do believe for a similar topic.
And somehow hearing a Magarat speak the JOYS of immigration under Trump just made me coffee spew into the laptop…….Nope, don’t matter the price, I am not buying that bridge.
I spell my name: danger. Let’s be frank about it.
More on when the myth fits the spin, the myth must be true. Feelings before fact never works.
“America particular needs the highly skilled workers since the American education system is failing at almost every level.” Of course we need highly skilled workers. Always have. But failing at almost every level? Not bloody likely if you research the facts.
I live in New Jersey so with the number one public school system in the land, Princeton, Rutgers, and more —- not sure what the author means. When I look it up, America is not number one, many of our students are being left behind, but if you want a great college education, you come to America. Somehow “failing at every level” seems to speak to the heart of the matter, but not the mind. And that statement on failure leads to “There is a reason why Asians generally dominated the top ranks of student achievement – and a reason why so many Asians are involved in the most demanding disciplines – math, science, cyber technology, etc.” Bwhaaat? Yeah, so what is the reason? You seem to present two choices: our educational system is bad and Asian’s better which would be weird for Asian Americans OR we are stupid, they are not OR we be bad parents, they be not. In the next paragraph he alludes to “world education ratings,” but he does not divulge. Then he waxes poetic down memory lane: “ (I once attended the high school graduation of the daughter of a friend. The school had an International Baccalaureate program for the best and the brightest. Of the ten graduates awarded a Baccalaureate certificate eight were Asians. That was not an outlier. I have seen that same fact as a senior consultant to the boards of education in Chicago and Detroit.)” I have warned the author often about the use of anecdotal data as conclusionary data, or even relevant, but he continues this false logic. Anecdotes will never be valid statistical data and results.
For Asians and the American education system, there’s precious little statistical info supporting or denying the author’s allegation supported by his personal anecdotal story. And not sure what relevance his school consultation or whatever brings to the table. Just don’t know. How long ago was that? It was Detroit and Chicago. Just kidding on the cities. I love Chicago, but Detroit was harder to love in my time and onl made the airport due to plane screw up, and that was not a good experience at all. But I digress so, here’s mine: “When I heard that Paul Wei was this year’s Highland Park valedictorian, I asked myself, “Does an Asian kid finish at the top of the class every year?” That would be an interesting trend, given that only 3.5 percent of the school district is Asian, according to a May 2010 demographics study. So I dug into our archives and found out that the answer to my question is no; it’s just a coincidence that an Asian kid has finished at the top of the class in each of the three years that I’ve been working at this newspaper. I had to go back 11 years to find another. Here are the 21st century’s Highland Park valedictorians.” Uh oh, somebody went an anecdote further than the author and concludes the author gonna need a bigger boat of facts.
* https://www.peoplenewspapers.com/2011/05/27/breaking-down-valedictorian-demographics/*
But wait, there’s more. The Boston Globe looked at 93 valedictorians and concluded that 53% were foreign born, yup a giant foreign spread of 5 whole students. Asians represent 21%. However, Blacks represented 37%. Oh my that seems to bust the author’s feelings on both Asians and Democratically oppressed urban Blacks…. Oh my. 16% were White. Does that mean they are stupid or just underrepresented?
* https://apps.bostonglobe.com/magazine/graphics/2019/01/17/valedictorians/data/?p1=ValHeader*
In general, we can use graduation rates as an indicator and indeed, Asians fare better, but not by much. It’s “school year 2021–22, the U.S. average adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) for public high school students was 87 percent, 7 percentage points higher than a decade earlier. Asian/Pacific Islander students had the highest ACGR (94 percent), followed by White (90 percent), Hispanic (83 percent), Black (81 percent), and American Indian/Alaska Native (74 percent) students.”
I think the author lives the myth, believes the myth, and spins the myth to his own intent.
FYI: I do agree with where the author is going with all this. Matter of fact, as of two decades ago, I was well in front of him with this thinking. I will detail later, post coffee. It’s a late day…..
I spell my name: danger. And facts are our friends, anecdotes are friendlier though. Just not always factual.
“America particular needs the highly skilled workers since the American education system is failing at almost every level.” Of course we need highly skilled workers. Always have. But failing at almost every level? Not bloody likely if you research the facts.
I live in New Jersey so with the number one public school system in the land, Princeton, Rutgers, and more —- not sure what the author means. When I look it up, America is not number one, many of our students are being left behind, but if you want a great college education, you come to America. Somehow “failing at every level” seems to speak to the heart of the matter, but not the mind. And that statement on failure leads to “There is a reason why Asians generally dominated the top ranks of student achievement – and a reason why so many Asians are involved in the most demanding disciplines – math, science, cyber technology, etc.” Bwhaaat? Yeah, so what is the reason? You seem to present two choices: our educational system is bad and Asian’s better which would be weird for Asian Americans OR we are stupid, they are not OR we be bad parents, they be not. In the next paragraph he alludes to “world education ratings,” but he does not divulge. Then he waxes poetic down memory lane: “ (I once attended the high school graduation of the daughter of a friend. The school had an International Baccalaureate program for the best and the brightest. Of the ten graduates awarded a Baccalaureate certificate eight were Asians. That was not an outlier. I have seen that same fact as a senior consultant to the boards of education in Chicago and Detroit.)” I have warned the author often about the use of anecdotal data as conclusionary data, or even relevant, but he continues this false logic. Anecdotes will never be valid statistical data and results.
For Asians and the American education system, there’s precious little statistical info supporting or denying the author’s allegation supported by his personal anecdotal story. And not sure what relevance his school consultation or whatever brings to the table. Just don’t know. How long ago was that? It was Detroit and Chicago. Just kidding on the cities. I love Chicago, but Detroit was harder to love in my time and onl made the airport due to plane screw up, and that was not a good experience at all. But I digress so, here’s mine: “When I heard that Paul Wei was this year’s Highland Park valedictorian, I asked myself, “Does an Asian kid finish at the top of the class every year?” That would be an interesting trend, given that only 3.5 percent of the school district is Asian, according to a May 2010 demographics study. So I dug into our archives and found out that the answer to my question is no; it’s just a coincidence that an Asian kid has finished at the top of the class in each of the three years that I’ve been working at this newspaper. I had to go back 11 years to find another. Here are the 21st century’s Highland Park valedictorians.” Uh oh, somebody went an anecdote further than the author and concludes the author gonna need a bigger boat of facts.
* https://www.peoplenewspapers.com/2011/05/27/breaking-down-valedictorian-demographics/*
But wait, there’s more. The Boston Globe looked at 93 valedictorians and concluded that 53% were foreign born, yup a giant foreign spread of 5 whole students. Asians represent 21%. However, Blacks represented 37%. Oh my that seems to bust the author’s feelings on both Asians and Democratically oppressed urban Blacks…. Oh my. 16% were White. Does that mean they are stupid or just underrepresented?
* https://apps.bostonglobe.com/magazine/graphics/2019/01/17/valedictorians/data/?p1=ValHeader*
In general, we can use graduation rates as an indicator and indeed, Asians fare better, but not by much. It’s “school year 2021–22, the U.S. average adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR) for public high school students was 87 percent, 7 percentage points higher than a decade earlier. Asian/Pacific Islander students had the highest ACGR (94 percent), followed by White (90 percent), Hispanic (83 percent), Black (81 percent), and American Indian/Alaska Native (74 percent) students.”
I think the author lives the myth, believes the myth, and spins the myth to his own intent.
FYI: I do agree with where the author is going with all this. Matter of fact, as of two decades ago, I was well in front of him with this thinking. I will detail later, post coffee. It’s a late day…..
I spell my name: danger. And facts are our friends, anecdotes are friendlier though. Just not always factual.
One other thing Larry left out. Those millions of illegal immigrants that have come in over the last 4 years? Most of them are taking jobs most Americans don’t want, and what’s more, most of them are paying into SS so I can continue to collect SS, along with millions of other Boomers.
Yes, Andrew, I totally agree with your statement, although I have seen many articles on how our companies are laying off or had to lay off employees and are now only hiring immigrants. Not all, but some are. How is that fair? Those immigrants are illegal. No green cards.
There has never been anything fair about how business operates in this country. I’m really looking forward to what Trump and his party of billionaires are going to do to improve this problem.
I agree Andrew! And just wait till they are gone. Who will pick the food? Maybe AF will get out on work release from the institution to pick our lettuce.
However, they have also taken over the construction industry which many Americans do want those jobs. The greedy contractors just do not want to pay, nor do people want housing prices to go up by 30%.
And I worked for a large corporation with the death star symbol. Many large tech corps are using H1B’s to hire for jobs that do not require some sort of rare skill and/or knowledge.
And if I remember correctly, Melania got in on an H1B. Her special skill was feeding Trump’s lust.
It’s a tough call either way.
Since their are two Tom’s here now, one I-Tom or Independent Tom, and one Evil Tom or ET. I think this is IT given the institutional work release snark….
IT: food is HB-1; while Larry says Trump all HB-1 ready, Trump has not said that, that I can find. Funny since he hires so many. Trump was against HB2, I have printed his quotes above, but the Mump Regime has 180’d on that and now Trump is for it, Horist is happy, Horist has little memory of Trump R1.0. Or anything else except his catalog of commentaries over the decades.
Melania got in under the Einstein HB which I detailed as: “Does the author not know how Trump rigged immigration to let Melania get in under the “Einstein exception” visa and then bring her parents in via chain migration? She used, with Trump’s behind-the-scenes-support, the EB-1 getting in for “extraordinary ability” and “sustained national and international acclaim”, really big tits and great hair, like Einstein. The father, a communist party member, lives in Trump’s cabana right next to the nuclear secrets. Yeah, immigration the right way, eh? Whatta guy. And the author notes Trump’s favoring H2B’s, although I cannot find any Trump support beyond all the H2Bs he has working on the cheap at his businesses. I challenge the author to show Trump support for H2B’s; think that may be a bridge too far until the deportations force him to change his tune on that one. Doubtful Musk cares, so doubtful the Mump Regime cares.” The Einstein is a special HB that fast tracks citizenship.
Do you have supporting facts for saying immigrants “have also taken over the construction industry which many Americans do want those jobs.” That’s news to me.
But on AT&T et al; I was one of the guys doing the hiring for a fair number of labs positions. Even though I was not labs, I held the budget, so kibitzed on their hires, but also hired a number for my needs. When you are doing new product, things like trade shows, demos, betas, etc become very specialized . The way it worked was I did not pick the salary and low cost was the last thing on my mind given it was not my responsibility. Nor did I look for citizenship status, not my responsibility either. As far as my hiring, there was no directive beyond “get the best talent you can.” NOW —- having a good number of folks from India; these folks having many relatives with similar skills sets, YES, I did hire a lot of folks from India; even from the same families. But they were referred, I knew they were skilled, and, most important, I knew they would be loyal and work harder than almost anyone, except me. FYI: I don’t think the HB1 is for “rare” talent as you say, just specialized which basically means high tech, med, etc. But like I said, hired a lot and there was no directive.
Funny story: one kid I hired, new software development masters, Cornell, was hired to set up demo’s and tradeshows. Yeah, this stuff was tough in that we were doing IPTelphony over cable but connecting to T-spans to get to the network. In those days, there were so many T-span variables that it was never right on day one from the telco and hell to get it right. Guaranteed these guys would go 24 hours a stretch, and then some. So at the end of one miserable set up at the Dolphin/Swan at Disney, 14 hours of 80 degrees and high humidity, I grabbed the kid and we went to Epcot. We’re in the long line….get to the end……and he has to pay. I mean he is pushing me away to pay. Finally, I have to actually pull him out of line and explain that, in America, workers cannot pay for the boss, for anything. Took me 15 minutes to gain acceptance. Later, we were walkin’s at California grill, they sat us at tiny cocktail tables on the glass with our knees in our chins, hunched over these tiny tables but ever so happy to get a seat at dusk after working 14 hours, again, the second day, but we had a demo!!! Suddenly, the light go down, the shades go up, and the fireworks start. I leaned over the table and said: “Parag, when you bring your wife over, bring her here and at this moment in your dinner, say “this is America.” Lots of laughter then. He was a great guy, great support, and so glad to give him his start in the company. And yes, he, wife, and growing family still an asset to America. As is his older brother who was the reference.
All I can say is “give us your best, your brightest, my family is ready to compete, I have made sure of that as my parents made sure for me, and together, we can compete against anyone in the world.” Hey, I love a good bubba, but let’s face it —- nerds rule in the post industrial computer age and that specialty is not based on birthplace. I will take diversity of mind over racial purity or nationalism any day of the week. Made me a good penny and certainly had more fun. Still love being rural, from West Virginia with a slight stretch, living in my post civil war home festooned with renewable and sustainable modern advantages, as well as meeting new folks from new places. Variety is the spice of life.
But on this one, all we really know is what Trump said after Mush pushed his hand up his butt to puppeteer him. From the past, we know he hires hb2’s, but has not talked about support, Mush does not hire them. We know Trump confuses all this shit up on a regular basis, and after restricting hb1’s in 2020, now he’s for them, but there is no Trump policy, no plan, so really given the past and present, we really don’t know what the fuck Trump will do with these visas. Do we?
And he rigged the game to sneak Melania in and then used chain migration to bring the parents across, including the commie party member Trump let’s live a stone’s throw from the nuclear top secret documents. So I guess he support illegal immigration too. And is Barron really a dreamer?
WOW! Three chapters of the novel Jesus Frank is writing. I suspect he loves facts because if we provide them, then he gets the facts from us, being lazy to get them on his own. I have seen quite a few articles on how other countries, especially Japan having the brightest school kids. Japan has better math programs than the U:S. I can’t provide facts on that, but I have seen the information many times throughout my years. However, I do not see why anyone has to provide facts for Jesus Frank. Although, newspaper businesses rely on them, or, used to anyway because we are all now finding out how today’s newspapers are totally lying about nearly everything. SO, why do we have to provide facts for one reader, Jesus Frank? We don’t! He is telling all the authors how to run their website where he does not have that right. Now, Marijuana: Jesus Frank broke the law back when marijuana was illegal even if it meant it was to save his life. There were other legal jobs to get even back then that he could have gotten instead of being lazy. This shows Jesus Frank cannot be trusted, can’t be trusted to follow any laws. Who knows when he will break another one. He is a criminal just like I have said a few times here. Another: what right does Jesus Frank have to “warn” an editor when he himself is not an editor on this site? That one floored me. Anyone think maybe the FACTS Jesus Frank uses are only what he cherry picks for his rhetoric? Where is the proof his facts are correct? Maybe they are, maybe not or are partially right? I really don’t care. I like to look things up for myself not rely on someone else’s (facts). Well, enough of my blog. My fingers hurt from typing. I’ll stop – for now! Truth is key!