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Are any of your friends/acquaintances relatives?

Posted by Roger Brown in Internet, LDS, science on August 27, 2011

Check it out via https://apps.facebook.com/relativefinder/

Don’t know what I’m talkin’ bout?!!! See http://news.byu.edu/archive11-aug-relativefinder.aspx

a death row killer had a change of heart?

Posted by Roger Brown in Civics, LDS on July 18, 2011

Wow, if you haven’t seen this yet, check out this 2 part series in yesterday and today’s Deseret News about Ronnie Gardner who was executed on death row last year, June 2010:

Part #1 — http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700152336/The-weight-of-guilt-Executed-killer-Ronnie-Lee-Gardners-remorse.html

Part #2 — http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700152498/LDS-bishop-recounts-Ronnie-Lee-Gardners-final-days-before-execution.html

(Tip: click on the “PRINT” link above the Page: 1 2 3 … to see it all on one page instead of having to click through the sub-pages one at a time.)

They preface with it:

“a two-part series about notorious murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner and the gradual change of heart he experienced in the final years of his life as he reached out to Dan Bradshaw, a Salt Lake City banker who served as an LDS prison bishop. Bradshaw told his story to Deseret News writer Doug Robinson because he thought it contained a valuable message about people’s ability to examine themselves and make changes in their lives, even in a hard case such as Gardner’s.”

All i can say is wow, this story will make you cringe at times but also cry later on. There is some pretty strong statements in there — makes you think and feel. I don’t want to say anything else so as not to give away any more of the story.

I’m glad the Bishop told his story about Ronnie. Thank you.

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On forgiveness…

Posted by Roger Brown in LDS, Personal on August 2, 2010

wow, this is powerful. it touched me to the center. thank you to the people that shared their lives in it.

Forgiveness: My burden was made light.
Forgiveness and the power of Jesus Christ enable a man to survive losing his wife and several children in a car accident—and allow the offending driver to begin rebuilding his own life. Read President James E. Faust’s talk on forgiveness: http://bit.ly/alS1ui.

forgiveness

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Immigration Reform? Yes! AND with welfare reform!

Posted by Roger Brown in Civics, LDS, Personal on July 14, 2010

Wow, check out this article:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700047867/Group-spreads-list-of-1300-illegal-immigrants-living-in-Utah.html

This part is sad:

“One woman on the list who spoke to KSL but asked not to be identified said she had a green card and would become a U.S. citizen next month.
“I have my papers,” she said. “Why did they put me on that list? Now it’s been 15 years since I got my residency. … I’m angry.”"

I’d like to make a few points:

This country was mostly built on immigrants. As far as i know all of my ancestors immigrated here to the US from different countries all over Europe.
The laws need to be obeyed while we are fixing them. I love this quote from Abraham Lincoln:
“Bad laws, if they exist, should be repealed as soon as possible; still, while they continue in force, they should be religiously observed.”
source: speech given Jan. 27th, 1838
Yes, we need to reform the immigration laws but they go hand in hand with other laws:
1. Labor laws like minimum wage
2. Social Security benefits
3. Other government welfare programs

Immigration laws need to be seriously relaxed.

Humans are an asset — look at all of the entrepreneurial spirit of immigrants over the past 400 years in America!

Also, those that complain about the laws need to remember #2 above. And if they’re going to directly or indirectly advocate breaking the laws they need to publicly admit that they are being “civilly disobedient”.

As long as we have massive corruption and inefficiency in our current government welfare systems including social security we can not adequately reform immigration law. They go hand in hand together. That’s at least one of the reasons that many want to immigrate here i think.

And employers need to be accountable.

Lastly, in case anyone misunderstands, I think that we should allow a whole lot more people to legally immigrate here — many, many, many, many more.

The only requirement should be a criminal background check i think.

Other than that, let’s let people move here that want to be part of the American experience!!! I know it has surely blessed my life and my family’s! Makes me think of my recent post on micro-credit or micro-loans.

Sincerely,

Roger

P.S. I almost forgot — the national and states’ debts!!! That goes hand in hand with immigration and welfare reform too!! We need balanced government budgets immediately!!! Cut up the government credit-cards!!!

P.P.S. What can you do about it?!
Find your state and federal legislators at the link below — EMAIL and CALL them TODAY!
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/