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Dream Act Pushed to End of List

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on December 10, 2010 by rlarryeDecember 10, 2010

You graduate high school with good grades. You have avoided gangs, drugs, and other negative influences. You attend church regularly with your family who have sacrificed much to give you opportunities they did not have. You are responsible and gifted, … Continue reading →

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Same Song, Many Verses: Now the Chorus!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on October 26, 2010 by rlarryeOctober 26, 2010

I think I’ve come full circle. I started this blog several years ago after I was offended with the apparent willingness of the conservative presidential primary candidates to scuttle any reasonable efforts at immigration reform, in exchange for votes.

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Colbert and Immigration

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on October 4, 2010 by rlarryeOctober 4, 2010

News pundits, especially on the right, pretended not to grasp the meaning of Steven Colbert’s testimony before congress.  Yet all one needs to know in order to understand the intent of Colbert’s testimony is that his approach to politics is … Continue reading →

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Fear Mongering Knows No Limits!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 9, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 9, 2010

The Cold War with its threat of nuclear attack. 9/11 and Al Queda. Truly fearful chapters in US History. Yet former Representative Tom Tancredo believes that the greatest threat to our country is at home in the person of … … Continue reading →

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Is “Illegal Immigration” the Key to Republican Success?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 1, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 1, 2010

Just vote yes!  If you have already agreed to the bill, just vote yes! That was the message from Rep Weiner, congressman from New York’s 9th District,  to his colleagues. This is unfair, responded the Republicans.  You are forcing us … Continue reading →

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Is “Illegal Immigration” the Key to Republican Success?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 1, 2010 by rlarryeAugust 1, 2010

Just vote yes!  If you have already agreed to the bill, just vote yes! That was the message from Rep Weiner, congressman from New York’s 9th District,  to his colleagues. This is unfair, responded the Republicans.  You are forcing us … Continue reading →

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Arizona Takes Next Step…the Children!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on June 18, 2010 by rlarryeJune 18, 2010

It’s not enough that Arizona wants legal sanction to stop anyone who looks like an illegal immigrant, whatever that means. Now they are going after the children of illegal immigrants.

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Lou Dobbs and Immigration

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on June 1, 2010 by rlarryeJune 1, 2010

I don’t claim to understand all the implications of the Lou Dobbs interview with Telemundo. So let me begin with what I do know. For over five years Lou Dobbs has become the voice of the “anti-amnesty” “Let’s pack ’em … Continue reading →

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I guess Jesus was a “bleeding heart liberal!”

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on May 22, 2010 by rlarryeMay 22, 2010

It happens every time someone suggests that the immigration debate should take into account the people and circumstances involved. Whenever one suggests that we do not have to use law as an impersonal club against people that some wish removed … Continue reading →

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One Nation Under God!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on May 18, 2010 by rlarryeMay 18, 2010

In a previous post I challenged the concept that we are constitutionally or Constitutionally a Christian nation. I’m sure that to some, this presentation will appear somehow unChristian and even unAmerican. I can only reply that I am a Christian … Continue reading →

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God’s Creative Expression of Giftedness

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on August 9, 2018 by rlarryeJune 8, 2021

In 8/15/06, in a now inactive blog, I wrote the following reflection: A little piece of something, clearly visible in the ultrasound image. With amazement I peer into my computer monitor until I see it. It’s my first grandchild, nine months … Continue reading →

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The Music of Xenophobia – Same Song, So Many Verses!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on February 9, 2017 by rlarryeFebruary 9, 2017

No doubt, you have experienced that moment of TV or movie suspense when the camera angle leaves the potential victim vulnerable to some unseen threat lingering just off-screen. Yet the music and framing make clear that you should be afraid. … Continue reading →

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Legitimate? Or Just Legal?

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on January 24, 2017 by rlarryeJanuary 24, 2017

Illegitimate means “not authorized by the law; not in accordance with accepted standards or rules. Example: “an illegitimate exercise of power.”

Legality and Legitimacy are not always the same thing, Larry explains in this analysis of the Trump campaign and of the first four full days of the Trump presidency.

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Afraid of Trump? Really!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on December 1, 2016 by rlarryeDecember 1, 2016

“A friend and former co-worker recently asked, “Larry, are you really afraid of Donald Trump?

Larry tries to embrace the “Greater We” as he considers the tenor of the Trump Campaign.

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A “Real Republican” and the Party of “No!”

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on December 1, 2016 by rlarryeDecember 1, 2016

This is a “repost” of a blog originally posted in 2010. A registered Republican for over 30 years, Larry (now unaffiliated) still wonders about the future of the GOP.

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The Ghost of Republican Present!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on November 29, 2016 by rlarryeNovember 29, 2016

During the Obama years, Republicans have been haunted by Generic Republican — that nameless, faceless candidate who always out-performs the Democratic candidate with a name and face.

 

Moreover, Generic Republican also out-polled other Republican primary candidates!

 

Larry believes that the concept of Generic Republican has special significance in the last presidential election.

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¿Cómo se dice segura? Some Post-Electoral Reflections

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on November 11, 2016 by rlarryeNovember 11, 2016

The 2016 presidential election results were not only surprising, but seemed to defy logic.

Larry Eppley is a 68 year old white male — raised Republican and an evangelical Christian. 80% of his demographic voted for Donald Trump.

In this post-election reflection, Larry tries to understand the apparent willingness of white Christian evangelicals to ignore obvious signs of racism and xenophobia, with little regard to the destructive impact to our immigrant communities.

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The Ones We Don’t See…

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on July 24, 2014 by rlarryeJuly 24, 2014

The sight of unaccompanied children waiting just inside the border for the border patrol is, to say the least, surreal. We view this wave of migrants, at best, as a humanitarian crisis– and at worst, as an invasion of disease carrying third-world latinos. … Continue reading →

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The Great Anglo-Saxon Homeland…

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on July 4, 2014 by rlarryeJuly 4, 2014

It was with a sense of “historic awareness” that I witnessed the combination of anger and fear present in the faces of those protesting the Hispanic women and children who were seeking refuge in my country.  With USAmerican flags flying, they … Continue reading →

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An Act of Love!

YouDidntAsk.org Posted on April 9, 2014 by rlarryeApril 9, 2014

Jeb Bush shook the political landscape in April, 2014 when he drew a distinction between illegal immigration and serious crimes (misdemeanor versus felony). The way I look at this is someone who comes to our country because they couldn’t come … Continue reading →

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