Republicans Fight to Keep Vast Pool of Undocumented Labor

   While I am working on my post about the growing danger of unbridled police power, I just want to make a quick comment about the fight by Republicans to ensure the availability of millions of undocumented laborers to work off the book, below minimum wages, and with no benefits such as health care.  President Reagan began a serious assault on American labor, with the intent of destroying labor unions. Under the Bushes this continued, with one tool being allowing millions of undocumented aliens to come to America to work with no benefits.  The sole reason for opposing immigration reform is to ensure that mostly Republican businessmen (especially farmers) will have millions of laborers willing to work for low wages with no benefits. There is no possible argument to explain why millions of illegal immigrants would come to America if they weren't able to find work.  One way to limit the use of illegal, undocumented laborers is the use of Union labor.  Bear in mind that the experience of industry is that Union labor is actually cheaper, even with higher wages and benefits. 

Jordan, Egypt Respond to ISIL

A while back I wrote a post about Jihadi Jim tugging on Superman's cape.  ISIL has invoked the ire of both Jordan and Egypt. Muslim countries have responded to the terror of this group by vowing to annihilate ISIL. More and more Muslims are beginning to see the horrors being done by fanatics. I hope that this type of hate can be obliterated from our planet. Many religions, including mainstream Christianity (Islam was supposed to be Christian, and was viewed as such until the time of Saladin), have been guilty of horrors in the name of God (a true heresy).

The fools just keep tugging on that cape.

Death of a Beloved Son

I have just been informed that my younger son, Daniel Aaron Baker, has passed away. This will mean a few days delay in my next posting.  Pray for all of his family. Besides myself, he is survived by his mother, his brother, two uncles, two aunts, numerous cousins, a wife,, an ex-wife, and two children and 5 step-children.  I believe that he is now with a loving and forgiving God,  and numerous ancestors.

Comcast Customer Service: Palatka Comcast Writes the Book on Poor Customer Service

   Before I get back to the subject of Storm Troopers in America, especially Putnam County, I need to say a few words about the terrible comcast customer service offered by  Comcast , especially in Putnam County, Florida. Recently I experienced a loss of my Comcast signal (TV and internet).  This was not too unusual, but after about 10 minutes I looked outside (it was the middle of the day)  and notice a Comcast technician working on the lines outside.  I asked him about the problem and he checked to see that he had not disconnected me.  I was still connected, but he said he could not check to see if I was getting a signal anywhere but at the connection.I called the office, and they said they could have someone check it in about 5 days.  We threw a fit, and by the next day they said they could check it Saturday. This was Wednesday.  We were told that since we were only one customer, that was the best that they could do.  We called AT&T and were hooked up the next day with far superior service for a slightly higher price (but far less than the same service would be with Comcast).  When I look online I see that Comcast is the worst rated corporation for customer service in America.  When the tech from Comcast finally got there, he found that a connector about a foot from the cable was defective and needed to be replaced.  It had malfunctioned when the technician tested the connection (he was checking all the connections on the line).