Hi all,  I deleted a post on citizenship issues, as I got some feedback that it might have been violating confidentiality.  While I didn't agree with the concern, best to err on the side of caution.  Here's what the post was about:  I was present to support a friend on his third try for citizenship and he made it.  I was pleased to be present for such a hard earned prize.  Having worked with refugees for the last 10 years of my career, I know first hand that obtaining citizenship is a milestone for many on the long and arduous journey to safety.  It takes a long time and people have to jump through many hoops.  One of the hoops is the requirement to learn English well enough to take a citizenship test that includes questions about our form of government and geography and all that hoo hah.  I think it is an unreasonable requirement, given that the majority of Americans do not know a language other than English and that many of us don't know who the fricking  vice president of the United States is.  Did any of you see video posted on Facebook about this guy who went around to random people, born and educated here, and asked some of the questions from the citizenship test?  It was embarrassing and amazing to say the very least.  Americans are amazingly stupid I am sorry to say.  Bless our hearts.  Then in the meantime, we have vigilantes down on the border with Mexico waving the flag, while trying to block buses bringing mostly women and children into the country.  This is a humanitarian crisis and this is how ordinary Americans are responding.  We are turning refugees away at the border, or trying to.  At the same time, thank the Lord for the people down there who are protesting the protesters and trying to present a different face to the children on the buses.  It's all just one step too close to the crazy ass crackers in the South yelling racial epitaphs at children trying to integrate schools in Little Rock.  What the hell is the matter with white people anyway? My cousin in law is going down to help the refugees for a few days later in the summer.  Thank God for her and for others just like her.  We don't hear much about these folks.  But they are there, always have been I think and hope.  Always will be and eventually the good guys usually win.  But foolish ignorance is always trying to rear it's god awful head.  Sane persons must be vigilant about that reality.