Well Jesus was unemployed , had long hair , and provided people with wine . Sounds like a hippie to me . Just kidding . Seriously though Jesus only expressed outright anger toward the money lenders (bankers ) . The love of money is the root of all evil is as true now as it was then . I am very troubled by the recent connections betwen Christianity and capitalism . There seems to be this trend of pastors telling people Jesus wants them to be rich or that the poor are poor because they are not right with God . This is in dirrect opposition to Jesus and his message . Jesus may have been militant , but he was not militant in the sense of physically harming people like our so called Christian president . Jesus would have been disgusted that we are driving SUV's past homeless people without a scond thought or that wars would be fought for oil . Jesus would still scorn the money lenders , but I think he would add oil executives and weapons manufacturers to the list !Peace !

The immigration issue is not an issue I can easily relate to, since I've resided in a country outside of America for the past fifteen years; but, after conversations with my family, friends and American expats in the country where I am living, I do understand the concerns my follow American country men have. On the other hand, living in a foreign country, I can also relate to the illegal immigrates in my home country of America trying to establish a living for themselves in a foreign land.

For this above stated reason, it is beyond me to even propose an opinion on what should be implemented to resolve this important issue. However, I am definitely and strongly opposed to any type of "wall" or "fence" separating our borders from our neighbors.

"Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner) was spoken to the German people, by former President Kennedy in 1962, when standing in front of Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin wall. I felt the same, in 1989, when the wall fell down!