Exploiting a Tragedy

President Obama recently relinquished his White House weekly address to a parent who has suffered the grievous loss of a child in a most tragic way – through the actions of a very disturbed individual who stole his mother’s guns, shot her and then proceeded to a school to murder 20 helpless children and 6 adults.  Can anyone NOT feel immense sadness for a parent who suffers such a loss?  I don’t think so; but, what about someone who uses that tragedy to promote an agenda? We have an absolutely shameless President who did just that to push for gun control.  I find it heartless to use a mourning parent to promote the cause of their grief for his political gain. 

 

Unfortunately, he is not alone. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) also used this tragedy in an email to solicit contributions "in the wake of the horror of the December 14, 2012 massacre of 20 beautiful children and 6 dedicated educators."  (see http://www.breitbart.com for entire article)  In light of the bills defeat what is he going to use to solicit money now?

ASYLUM

It would appear that this country no longer honors refuge to the downtrodden and repressed.  Well, actually that is true only if the downtrodden and repressed are seeking LEGAL entry to the United States.  Take the plight of German refugees Hannelore Romeike and his family for instance -

Briefly:  The Romeikes fled to America from Germany in 2008 seeking asylum to escape the possibility their children would be taken away from them  because they (the Romeikes) wanted to homeschool them rather than send them to a public school.  They had withdrawn their children from public school because they were concerned that the educational material used by the school was undermining their Christian faith.  The German Supreme Court has ruled that banning homeschooling is done to "counteract the development of religious and philosophically motivated parallel societies."   After accumulating thousands of dollars in fines, police visits to their home and the threat of forcibly removing their children from their home, the Romeikes felt they had no choice but to leave their homeland and flee to America.  The HSLDA (Home School Legal Defense Association) took up their cause filing an application for asylum which was sent directly to an immigration judge for a hearing.  They continued to homeschool their children while waiting for a hearing date.