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Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) warned Monday of a deadly 'trail of tears' in the unforgiving Rio Grande Valley if the federal government doesn't act.

"More than 52,000 unaccompanied youths have been caught along the Southwest border this fiscal year, almost double last year's total. The influx is fueled by danger at home, experts say, and by false rumors that minors and women with young children will be welcomed."

I agree Governor. Unfortunately, your party has made any other option impossible. We have to send them back. It is your party that wanted stricter immigration controls and more border security. Well, this is the result. You must embrace it because it is what you wanted. If you do not want to embrace it, then come out loud and proud for immigration reform and convince your party to pass it now.

Hat tip to Kavips for this video. It speaks for itself. It shows that, at one point in his adult political career, when he was Secretary of Defense, he did ask the question that the Los Angeles Times says has kept President Obama out of Syria .... "and then what?"

"Last fall, as President Obama weighed airstrikes against Syria, deliberations followed a clear pattern: The president solicited scores of options, planners returned with possibilities, and, according to people involved, Obama would reply with the same question: And then what?" "Over the last several days, with Obama mulling involvement in another Middle East conflict, this time in Iraq, that dynamic has held."

Thank God this nation chose wisely in 2008. Had John McCain won that election, it is quite clear now that his presidency would have been a disastrous repeat, if not multiplication of Bush II.

This interesting video piece from Ezra Klein begins by looking at how millennials approve of the President. He makes the point that it is OK for people to be disillusioned with him -- because the place where change is supposed to happen is Congress. Change that, and the landscape begins to change: