Maybe the answer to so many people coming here illegally isn't building a wall, but making immigration much easier to do legally. There are people who applied in he 90s still waiting. If you live in the corrupt parts of Mexico or Honduras making you wait decades it ridiculous.

This isn't just a case of "make it legal so the crime rate drops artificially". It's Fixing a system that has been objectively messed up for a long long time that no one wants to talk about. He left doesn't care and seems to advocate all the illegal immigration they can. The right says come legally but make it harder than ever to come here legally.

I believe it should be very simple to immigrate here and maybe make citizenship something that be obtained down the road. But our current system of "it's broken and let try to fix it by building a wall" is ridiculous.

This isn't to say illegal immigration is ok. It is saying legal immigration is ridiculously hard and needs to be made easier for people seeking refuge in a free land.

Let's try it again

As I look over this blog, full of stuff I wrote a couple years ago, I realize I've changed quite a bit in such a short time. My opinions have matured and developed, and sometimes have been almost completely reversed on certain issues. As I go forward with reactivating this blog (how can I no with such a great name?) I think it's only fair I state a bit of what I hold to as hard and firm principles. I may, in the future, critique some of my earlier posts and hold them up against my newer set of beliefs and policies. But for now I will keep it short and simple.

I believe first and foremost in Christ Jesus as my God and Savior. I believe Him and His principles are the only standard by which we can determine the morality of anything. I believe America should act, as a nation, in a moral way concerning how it governs and treats other nations and peoples. I don't, however, believe that every moral precept in the Bible should be legislated into law. I believe the government should be very limited in it's scope and power. Man is corrupt, and corrupt men given power won't be any less corrupt in how they govern.

I consider myself independent though I lean heavily libertarian. I am firmly pro-life, and while I am not a single issue voter, that is an extremely important issue for me and is a major factor in determining who I support. The number of abortions that have legally happened over the past few decades is horrifically high. And Americans should be ashamed for their apathy on the issue. Life and liberty go hand in hand, and I don't think we can truly have one without the other.

As I try to make this blog more active I want to express some of my intentions. I want to explore political philosophy as well as certain Theological topics, with a few random posts about whatever here and there. Hopefully this blog will, at the very least, help me grow in my analytical and writing skills. Thanks to anyone that reads this from here on out!