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In perhaps the clearest indication that Marco Rubio is running for President in 2016, he has recently sent a letter to President Obama explaining why the border need be secured before new measures are discussed to provide a pathway to citizenship.

Is this the same Rubio who was championing comprehensive immigration reform...last year?  You know before walking away from it.

Look, I get it.  Signing onto a bill with Chuck Shumer because the Chamber of Commerce or someone told you to is easy to do.  They throw easy smiles, warm hand shakes, and the promises of lots of campaign cash for future...aspirations.  However, you may want to dial 804 real quick and check in with Eric Cantor because being unsure about immigration reform is perhaps more deadly than being pro-immigration.

Instead of having a principled approach that says "immigrants have always been a part of our country and I have no problem with that" you appear to have a nasty political disease called poll-itis.  I realize that for many in the Republican Party immigration is a hard issue.  I understand that allowing in millions more workers will dampen wages for the same working class that should be in our camp, but historically this really isn't any different than times before.

We had immigrants with crazy religious ideas who thankfully mostly settled in Pennsylvania.  You know...the Quakers.  We had thugs of all kinds come over from Ireland and Italy and if this offends you take a look at your own history and the crime we brought over.  It is what it is and like now, all the new folks...dampened wages for those who were already here.

I am not nearly as scared of immigration as some of my colleagues are.  After all, Jesus was an illegal immigrant, running from the persecution of King Herod.  Was he as bad as the folks crossing the Texas border?  Was he any different?  I know, I know...now the Evangelical Christians will be mad too, but I will find solace in Bishop Olsen's commentary on the immigration question.

However, regardless of my personal opinion on the issue, one thing I know is that serving up policy at the waffle house of believing this, that, or the other thing based on the poll of the day is a turn off with both regular and primary voters.  It is not leadership.  It isn't Presidential.

If Senator Rubio is serious about being the Savior of the Republican Party that Time magazine declares him to be he might want to figure out issues before polling and/or move the polls in the direction he leads on, rather than holding his finger to the wind.

Welcome Immigrants, Natural Citizens Go Away

I am not sure when we made this left turn, but here we go.

A diner in Vermont decided to take part in a local initiative to plant flower beds in the median to prettify the local area I expect.  They were rewarded with a street sign that said "Yield for Sneakers Bacon."  Sneaker's being the name of the local establishment...bacon being what you serve at a diner pretty much at every meal.

So...a Muslim immigrant who lives in the community decided to complain.  Still okay with it...you're allowed to complain...I am not sure why you are personally offended by a sign about bacon.  No one said you had to eat it.

Meanwhile the town's Mayor, Katherine "Deac" Decarreau was quoted as saying “The cool part of living in a diverse community is that it’s not always comfortable.”  Umm, apparently it is very comfortable if all you have to do is say something offends you and you are off to the races.

I don't make it to Vermont all that often, but the next time I am that way somehow I suspect I will be avoiding this place.  After all, sneakers are shoes that were first worn in the inner city.  I am offended that this establishment would find it comfortable to name their establishment after the shoes of at-risk inner city kids.

I am also offended that the city seems unable to do anything with the pornography that is in its local bookstores and is offensive to both me and many other church members.  You see the slippery slope that occurs when you start to control others speech?

Of course this isn't control because the owners were dumb enough to allow themselves into this.  They said they want to serve breakfast, not politics.  Well, you should keep up with the bacon then and leave the bull to others because you just jumped in with both feet.