The Naturalized Citizen

      ​......I think basically means each one will add their own ingredients their own way in their own time, and before you know it it's ruined.  I've done that before all alone in the kitchen to be honest, concocted stuff and kept adding until I had an inedible mess on my hands.
       Now to translate: I would like to see us Americans NOT refer to ourselves or each other as hyphenated Americans, but only as Americans. I have never, ever called myself a Hungarian-American, and I am first generation!   My father said we didn't come here to be Hungarians in America.  We did not align ourselves with the Hungarians already living here.  Many of them thought and acted mostly like they did back in the old country, 'cause assimilation is not always easy.
​         Our government should be blind to our race, our religion, our national origin, our sexual orientation, our (adult) age, whether we eat pizza or Chicken Paprikas.  Remember:

"Our nation is not bound together by common ties of blood, race, or religion; we are united instead by our devotion to shared ideals...."-Bruce Cole

       We do ourselves and our fellow citizens disservice by arbitrarily or voluntarily self segregating.  In the eyes of Uncle Sam, there should not be Black Americans, or Gay Americans, or White Americans, or Hispanic Americans, or Asian Americans, or even Native Americans, or Italian Americans (how many generations do they have to be here before they don't refer to the family line as Italian American anyway?  Worked in Vegas with lots of Italian Americans---no, wait, they've never even been to Italy!  See what I mean?)  It's time to get past that now and live the constitution as meant and written, and let's all just be patriotic, law abiding American citizens.  The fed. government promised to treat us equally, all of us.  The color of our skin, the language of our prayers, the words spoken in our homes, with whom we keep company, all these things are non of government's business.   We should all be just equal citizens in it's eyes.

Ok, I admit, the very handle thenaturalizedcitizen sounds like a hyphenated American.  I apologize for any perceived hypocrisy, but I thought it was catchy....LOLOL.

Naturalized Citizens Against a Socialized America!
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      There is so much wrong with almost everything the left is offering today that I will not even go there.  If you're reading this, you already know anyway.   These ideas are not new to me, I was BORN into them.  I went to elementary school in communist Hungary in the 70's during the cold war.   There was a framed picture of Lenin or Stalin or both in every classroom.  We sang songs about the pleasures of sowing and reaping, and work in general.  We looked identical in our blue bottoms and white tops and blue or red bandanas around our necks.    Indoctrination started early in childhood.
        Seeing people as they really are and how we wish them to be is two different things.  The utopia described in movies and books and political propaganda writings are not possible in the real world.  Why not?  Because we are not ants, or bees, or even a colony of penguins.  We are selfish, munipulative, capable of cheating and lying beings who are instinctively motivated by reward and/or punishment and will act in our own best interest. On the whole,  will not work to support someone we don't know, who's not related to us, who doesn't work themselves even though they could.   Nobody in their right mind would.  And so since reward would no longer be an incentive in this brave new world, only punishment can be.   You sing about the rewards of your hard labor, and inside you're cursing the  ideological whip that keeps you working.  This is just reality and fact.
      And by the way, there were beggars on the streets of my youth.  There were garbage pickers.  There were bums sleeping in the subways.  The communist utopia of my childhood was about quotas--the quotas that kept my dad out of university, the rationing that cut you off at the butcher counter just as you were getting your turn and they "ran out", my grandmother complaining about the voting ballot-there was only one name, Brezhnev, and you circled yes or no.  Of course he always won with a resounding 95% yes!  But my grandma would dare bitch about it all in her own kitchen and my grandpa would shush her like "Stop talking like that, women, before the neighbors hear you".  He wasn't kidding.
       I'm sad.  Not even 300 years and it seems the end is near.  And there is nowhere else left to go to try again, there is no more land where one can be truly free of the tyranny of the majority.    I want my America back, the one where liberal meant 1) a woman's right to a safe and rare abortion before the first 12 weeks, 2) accepting same sex marriages  3)not being frowned upon for being non-religious  3)no discrimination based on sex, age, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or political affiliation.   That would be the liberals of my youth in America. Love, peace, no more war, pass the joint.   Their biggest clash with their parents was their long hair and refusal to go to church.  Oh, and of course, all our military interventions were just plain wrong because who made us the policemen of the world? Who could argue with that?  They did not, however, want to implement the very systems that us NATURALIZED CITIZENS were escaping from.  At least back then.   
      But that is also changing.  There are more immigrants coming to America today from already Democratic countries today than ever before.    Well the Soviet block is broken up, the Berlin wall has come down, and Socialist Democracy is practiced all over Europe.  So why are they still coming here, when they have basic human rights and free elections in their own countries?   Because their economies run on socialism- as in the state controls all big money making enterprises.  Like car factories, and oil pumps, refineries and all gas stations.  Like farmland-think like a surf, you're only leasing the land and selling the product back to the landlord.  Like all tv stations, news papers and magazines, anything in print.  Also things like tourist attractions, large hotels, amusement parks.  All schools, universities and vocational training schools.  All state owned.  Professional sports teams too!  They might see a drop in their paychecks.   And Hollywood too, the state would totally take ownership of production companies.   So you understand that under Socialism, no one gets super rich.  Like Donald Trump or Oprah or Bernie Sanders or Rockefeller or Shell or MGM or...you get the picture. A few who control the government in your name will get rich, like the Obamas and the Clintons.  They were not rich when they started out, but they sure are now.     

Naturalized Citizens Against a Socialized America!

     I sure do still love a Big Mac.  About twice a year, on the long drive to wherever, hubby and I might drive through a Mickey D.'s and it's inevitable that I order the Big Mac, and he orders two double cheeseburgers.   It's always a bit messy to eat while driving, the lettuce falling out, the patties sliding around and the special sauce dripping though my fingers as I take big bites.  Even without my eyes closed (I'm driving!)  it always takes me back to childhood.  I know I'll never forget my first visit to the Golden Arches in 1977 shortly after my arrival.  Ah, that taste that hasn't changed much, that feeling of comfort and youth and....it is smaller though, I know, it's not just that my hands are bigger now.   Anyway, let's get to the point.  This is not a Big Mac index about foreign currency exchange values.  I want to show you what they don't teach you in high school any more, real plain and simple.

      The first column shows the year, the second the Federal minimum wage in that year, the third the price of a Big Mac in that year, and the last one tells how many Big Macs you could purchase with one hour of those minimum wages.  (info commonly found on internet, I'm not going to footnote google)  Let's look now:

      Year                              Wage/hr.                          Price                               Big Macs

    1977................................$2.30..............................$0.95...................................2.42
    1982..................................3.35.................................1.30...................................2.57
    1994..................................4.25.................................2.30...................................1.84
    2004.................................5.15..................................2.90...................................1.77
    2014..................................7.25.................................4.80...................................1.51

    when................................15.00................................9.75....................................1.53

     So it's clear that along with a steady increase in wages, there is a steady increase in the price of the Big Mac.   So at 15 dollars an hour, the price of the Mac would be round 10 dollars indeed, and you would not be getting any more burger for your hour than you do today.  In fact, you can see that in 1982 your one hour of labor bought you 2  1/2 burgers!  But today that same hour of labor buys you only 1 1/2 burgers, a whole burger less.  Now only one person gets a whole burger for that same hour, and not both of you.  Gonna have to work another half hour to get the same amount of food.  But why did the price of the burger go up so much too?  Because only the cost of making the burger went up, not the number of burgers being made or sold.    The number of burgers stays determined by supply and demand-how many can they sell.  When the minimum wage is hiked, it has nothing to do with the employer making more money or moving more product, it has to do with an artificial hike in his production line he has no control over.   So the cost is passed down to you, the consumer, if he is to comply and still stay in business.   BECAUSE HE ISN'T MAKING ANY MORE MONEY IN HIS BUSINESS  THAN BEFORE, ONLY THE PEOPLE HE HAS TO PAY ARE GETTING MORE.

     Please explain this to anyone you know who is demanding an artificially inflated economy.   I used Big Macs here to illustrate, but this principle applies to all goods and services.  How do we stop this madness?  Well, we demand something for something, all the time, for a change.  Labor for money, an increase in burger output from the employees, and an increase in sales.  That's how you do it NOT artificially.  You give a raise when it's warranted by production and profit.  Just an idea!

         Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrased Voltaire philosophy on the freedom of speech very well when she wrote "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".   Many younger adults don't seem to believe in this concept in today's movements.
         I think it needs to be clarified that this phrase applies to your opinions, subjective and intransitive thoughts.   Like if you were to say "I hate Donald Trump", I would say that while I personally do not hate him, in fact I like him in the role he is now, I defend your right to voice your hatred for the President.   I defend my right to voice my opinions in these pages.   Now, to say Donald Trump is a racist is not your opinion, since being a racist has a very clear definition, and observable actions as such, which clearly fall under the definition or they don't.   The President's actions, concrete words and real life deeds actually show that he does not fit the definition of a racist, at all, so therefore he is not a racist.  Period.  Fact. 

People of Color-----------------------------not racist
Colored People-----------------------------racist
The Blacks----------------------------------racist
The Black Community---------------------not racist 
The Gays------------------------------------racist
The Gay Community-----------------------not racist
The Jews, The Whites, The Chinese, The Somali, etc----not racist!?
           whiskey              tango                 foxtrot

       Feeble minds are so easily mislead. So much time and effort is spent coddling the feelings of people who mostly lack reason.   
            

        

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       So while we were all glued to Mueller TV and were told the reason he can't exonerate the Pres is because 1) no one has such powers and 2)he did nothing illegal, and the dems should stop saying things like "have you stopped beating your wife yet", this happened.  Read the whole thing carefully.
​        For the reasons stated in the previous posting, I think the very premise of the conference is disturbing.   I welcome all citizens to the political process (read my essays from years back), but I do insist that it be the American political process based on the Constitution.  Facts like this: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, said Muslim American legislators should pursue an agenda that includes calling for a Muslim day at each statehouse...so the very beginning of the process would be to start a "bring your religion to work in the federal government day".  Notice the call is for a Muslim day, not a general all religion day.  That's because the rest of us can separate our faith from our secular lives, but Muslims can not.  I don't think Hassidic Jews can either, but I also have not seen one of them running for any public office.
     Other than "Trump is a racist and an Islamophobe", the point of the first conference of it's kind is to rally the Muslim community into political participation to fight the system of oppression that keeps Muslims down in so many walks of life.  But don't ask anyone about their beliefs or values because that's off limits.

  "What we look for and what this whole conversation is about, is that not only do we have internalized fears about what we might believe but that we also don't have assumptions about what our value basis might be because of where we might come from," Omar added. "I would like not just for you but for everyone to know that if you want us to speak as politicians, then you treat us as such."-Ilhan Omar

    Well you should be careful what you ask for Congresswoman, because we the people don't have a pretty track record with our politicians in general.  You should be calling on your fellow Muslims to assimilate to our values and live as Americans.  But I don't think that is the intent here, I think it's more about changing-well,  the state of Minnesota to start with.

         Yes, I meant to say exactly what those words clearly spell out.  I am worried about women in Islamic head scarfs who represent American citizens in Congress. There is no reconciling Islam and the First 10 Constitutional Amendments, the Bill of Rights.  I was expecting to do a lot of research and a little reasoning, but fortunately for me the work has been done.  There are multiple sites and pages on the subject, and I found this one here to be right to the point, thoroughly researched and well presented.  Thank you   themediadesk.com .  
​     I will now paraphrase:  you have no individual rights as a citizen of an Islamic country, especially as a woman.   There is no freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom to gather in public, or freedom to criticize the government.  You may not own a gun, and you will host anyone you are told to by the local magistrate at his discretion.  He can also order a search of your house at any time for any reason, and since there is no due process to speak of, you can kiss your rights of the accused good-bye. You may be treated differently than the next accused based on the judges mood and what he had for dinner.  As in you can be jailed indefinitely for no or any reason, denied bail, denied a lawyer, tried in a kangaroo court in secret and be disappeared without any recourse from anyone.  You, the person, do not matter and do not count.  You exist to serve the state.  In theory at least, in America the state exists to serve you.
     So there are the basic fundamental differences in how we think and act in America, and how the Islamic parts of the world actually work.  In order to be an American, one must accept and truly believe in the Bill of Rights.  One must actually live by the principles of those amendments.  Living under/with Islam and Sharia is about surrendering yourself-and all aspects of your life-to the will of Allah.  Being an American is about existing as an individual in a sea of many other individuals who live together but not as one. Each of us has free will, and while we are a social and communal society, we recognize each person as separate from the whole.   Instead of "all for one and one for all", it's more like "every man for himself!" And that's not a bad thing, at least for those who are doers.

Naturalized Citizens Against a Socialized America!
Naturalized Citizens Against a Sharia America!

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For years now, these pages have called for the return of Superman, the proverbial American hero who fights for truth, justice, and the American way.  Our new president seems to be the closest thing we've ever had to a Superman in real life.   I wish my father were here to see all this, he would be so happy and proud that he made the hard and dangerous journey to America.    

These pages DO NOT blindly champion Donald Trump or republicans or conservatism.   If you have been reading along for over 6 years now, you know that these pages champion truth, reason, common sense and above all, the responsibility of every individual to do the best they can in this life for themselves (since that is the best way to help others as well).   If you know me even just a little, you know me to be a "social liberal", as in I hold many "liberal" views about my private life.  I am pro LGBT, pro choice, and happy to be toking whenever the chance arises.  What I am not is a freeloader-I will not fight for your right to "free" anything.    I payed for birth control out of pocket for decades (the price hasn't changed, by the way, so 30 bucks a month was a lot more money 30 years ago than it is now).   Birth control, abortion, your special diet, gym membership, braces, cosmetic surgery, sex reassignment surgery....these are personal issues that are nobody's business but yours, and therefore should not be sponsored by anyone other than YOU.    Now, if you insist on using (my money) tax dollars to pay for these things, then I insist that you let me have a say in your private life.  Want free or subsidized birth control?  Than I should have the right to tell you when and how many children you can have. Or pick your sex partners.   Should I pay for your abortion?  Then I should pay for your sterilization too....change your penis to a vagina? I hear it's getting more affordable all the time now, so start saving.  Do you not want to control your own life?  Are you so willing and ready to give it all away to float on other people's decisions and other people's money?   
       It seems you all forgot your world history classes and what happens with human nature when the incentives to take care of yourself are removed....well, I know they no longer teach that kind of stuff directly, but you could at least take a look around and see the cause and effect for yourself.  I don't want to live by some of your personal rules any more than you want to live by mine,  and I don't expect you to finance my lifestyle choices.  It would be great if we could at least mutually agree on that.