The Pre-historic Sahara Desert was vibrant, even lush. Plant life was abundant; it had numerous lakes, including a megalake rivaling a Great Lake, a lake which covered 42,000 square miles.   Then a megadrought occurred, and the people of the Sahara were forced to migrate east, to a fabled river. They found that river, the Nile, and established one of the world’s first civilizations.    There are no untapped  fabled  rivers for Americans; in the 21st Century, Americans, especially of the West,  will either conserve water, in a major way, or die of thirst, or kill for water, the DON DIVINO.  The Drought, the megadrought, in the American Southwest, is so bad, that the water intake valves of Lake Mead, not seen since they became operational, have been exposed, and no longer are functional.   “Lake Mead plummets to unprecedented low, exposing original 1971 water intake valve The original intake is no longer in use since it cannot draw water.   The West is in the grips of a  climate change-f

Contrary to what the CNN commentators say about Immigration Reform, it is not about the American economy; contrary to what the MSNBC literati  say, it is not about social justice; contrary to what the Fox News talking heads say, it is not about winning elections. That is OLD thinking, Immigration Reform is about something more basic than all those illusory reasons; it is about America’s dwindling natural resources, specifically, and most critically, fresh water. Immigration Reform needs NEW thinking; any Reform has to be based on an acknowledgement that American natural resources cannot sustain a more liberal immigration policy. Readers, the Mississippi River is drying up, how can we bring in more people? Being an American citizen is the greatest perk on Earth and as President Lyndon Johnson once said “We got it and they want it.” Who are they? Undocumented immigrants, aka undocumented workers, aka undocumented immigrants, aka climate refugees aka ILLEGAL ALIENS( a legal term). Wh