Those Conspiracy Theories

Every so often I see an article on the Internet about a religious group called The Family. If I am to believe what I have read about it, the greater part of our government leaders belong to it. These people call themselves Christian, and their claim is that belief in Jesus, along with the policies they enact as a result of this belief, will bring them this power. Jesus and nothing, whatever that means is said to be their motto.

I always considered articles such as these to be manifestations of a conspiracy theory. After all, our government leaders don’t really want to undermine the people of this country, do they? Even though the messed up policies they are enacting are undermining us, this is not being done with malice aforethought, is it?

Not long ago, a certain gentleman called me about writing his story. He had married young woman from a foreign country who was willing to do anything she could to get a green card, so that she could stay here permanently. Now, most people are not aware of the obtuse situations our citizenship laws have made for immigrants to this country. In the normal order of things, an individual applying to live here generally must wait at least five years for that coveted green card. However, if that individual manages to marry a U S citizen, they only have to wait for two years. And their U.S. spouse must sign documents with our government promising to support the immigrant for the rest of his or her life, whether or not the couple stays married.

Now, if the immigrant has ambitions of going out on her own and establishing a career, without being encumbered by a husband, whom she might or might not like at the moment, the easiest and the most lucrative thing she can do, as far as our laws are concerned, is to stage numerous battles with her American husband. You see, according to Federal law, all a woman has to do is proclaim before a judge that she is afraid her husband might hit her. Her husband does not even have to look at her cross-eyed. It is even better for her if she is able to establish a criminal record against him. This will involve calling the police numerous times and complaining to them about what he is doing.

When a woman used to call the police to say her husband was beating her up, they did not want to get involved. Now, the police come out to the house in herds, and they will do everything in their power to make the woman feel comfortable with them. They will even bring interpreters with them if she does not speak English well. And the husband is told to stay out of the way, and what he has to say for himself is never given any consideration. The police never seem to tire of coming out for these calls, and some women have been able to get five and six burly young men to come out to her home three and four times a day, every day for weeks at a time, even though the husband is not harming her in any way. Under these circumstances, the man has small recourse except to file for divorce. However, doing that can open a tinder-box of law-suits from the immigrant wife.

Recently, I saw an ad from Verizon, the Internet provider. They have hired a crew of people to help foreign women who are involved in marriages where their husbands are abusing them. Our laws are so heavily skewed against the man in these situations, why is a company like Verizon interested in tipping the scales against our men even more than they already are? What is in it for such a large corporation? It is enough to make me think that there is truth to what I have read about groups like The Family, and the Carlisle Group, and the news that I have read from time to time about the banking interests undermining large portions of our population.