Obama Defeats Romney For U.S. President

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama

By H. Nelson Goodson

November 6, 2012

Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, Democrat President Barack H. Obama, 51, was re-elected with 303 Electoral College Votes (ECV) defeating challenger former Republican Governor Mitt Romney, 61, who received 206 ECV ending his political career. The ObamaCare plan is sealed and Americans will embrace its benefits in the future.

Romney failed to attract a majority of the Hispanic and Afro-American vote in the U.S. His anti-immigrant rhetoric only drew minimal Hispanic support and voters.

In Wisconsin, Democrat Tammy Baldwin defeated Republican challenger former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson ending his political career. Baldwin became the first woman and openly lesbian in Wisconsin to be elected to the U.S. Senate.
The Republicans once again took control of the state Senate with 18-15 and continue to maintain control of the Assembly in Wisconsin.

Obama won Wisconsin and Ohio sealing Romney's fate early in the night after the polls closed.

Democrats kept control of the U.S. Senate. The U.S. Senate will be controlled by Democrats with 51, 2 Independent and 44 Republicans. The House continues to be controlled by Republicans by 239 and 196 Democrats.

The Obama and Romney campaigns spent more than 700 million and in Wisconsin, the Baldwin and Thompson campaigns spent more than 65 million.

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Valenzuela-Rodriguez, A U.S. Marine Veteran Voted In Colorado Despite Being Considered A Non-citizen By DHS

Jesus Manuel Valenzuela-Rodriguez

Photo: Facebook

A Vietnam U.S Veteran considered a non-citizen by the U.S. Homeland Security Department voted in Tuesday's election.

By H. Nelson Goodson

November 6, 2012

Colorado Springs, CO - On Tuesday, U.S. Marine Veteran Jesus Manuel Valenzuela-Rodriguez, 59, and his brother a U.S. Army Veteran, Valente Valenzuela, 62, both in full dress uniform walked into the First Methodist Church in Colorado Springs for Valenzuela-Rodriguez to cast his vote. Valenzuela-Rodriguez had vowed to vote, despite being considered a non-citizen by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and an attempt to oust him from the voter registration list in Colorado.

The Valenzuela brothers had faced deportation to Mexico, but their immigration cases have been placed on hold due to DHS inability to prove they are not U.S. Citizens. Valenzuela-Rodriguez could face a felony charge for voting, if the DHS decides to prosecution him. Although, it's unlikely DHS will prosecute because both the Valenzuela brothers are U.S. Citizens, eventhough they hold a permanent residency card.

They have challenged the DHS non-citizen status concerning their citizenship afforded to them by their late mother who was a U.S. Citizen born in New Mexico.

On September 12, Valenzuela-Rodriguez was notified by the El Paso County Office of the Clerk and Recorder that DHS had sent a list of registered voting non-citizens to the Colorado Secretary of State, which included his name.

Valenzuela-Rodriguez challenged the DHS non-citizen notification with the State of Colorado by providing documents that he is an U.S. Citizen and succeeded to be recognized as an American by the state clearing his way to exercise his right to vote in Colorado.

"The State of Colorado says I am a Citizen of America and I can vote. I showed all my documents and they took copies, and for once in 7 years of hell, I was told welcome home you are a Citizen of America. So now, I will exercise my rights and who stops me, will have to answer. For, I am an American Citizen," Valenzuela-Rodriguez posted on his Brothers Valenzuela Facebook page.

On October 12, both Valenzuela-Rodriguez and his brother Valente from Colorado addressed and spoke about the issue of the banished U.S. Veterans at the University of Texas El Paso Campus in El Paso, Texas. The Valenzuelas who have become advocates for deported Veterans had faced the threat of deportation themselves for misdemeanor crimes, but were able to stay in the U.S., until their immigration case gets resolved. The Valenzuelas were born in Mexico to a U.S. Citizen mother from New Mexico. Their father was a Mexican national, but later legalised and became a U.S. Citizen. By birth right to a U.S. Citizen in another country, their born children become automatically U.S. Citizens, according to federal law. Also, they have lived in the U.S. for more than ten years, thus certifying their citizenship.

Since then, they have learned of hundreds of Veterans facing deportation or who have been deported regardless of their contributions and honorable service in the armed forces protecting the freedom of Americans and the U.S. Constitution. 

In 2011, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) figures confirmed that at least 3,000 War Veterans were in process of being deported to their native countries.

The Valenzuela brothers have put forth the issue of the deportation of U.S. Veterans in the national political ring, despite President Barack H. Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney's exclusion of the issue in their debates or in their current campaigns for U.S. President.

On October 13, a group of U.S. Deported Veterans led by Army Veteran Hector Barajas opened the first U.S. Deported Veterans Support House (Safehouse) in El Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico to help other deported Veterans from the U.S. ajust to being dislocated and facing removal trauma caused by DHS and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when separating families.

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22-year-old Man Arrested For Assaulting Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff During Sobriety Test

Matthew Sleider and Brandon Bell

Deputy attacked by passenger of vehicle while conducting a field sorbriety test on the driver.

By H. Nelson Goodson

November 4, 2012

Milwaukee, WI - On early Friday, both Matthew Sleider, 23, of Wauwatosa and Brandon Bell, 22, of Milwaukee were arrested for multiple charges after they were pulled over on a routine traffic stop by Milwaukee County Deputy Sheriff Doug Burmeister. Deputy Burmeister, a 17-year veteran in the sheriff's department stopped a vehicle around 2:22 a.m. on Friday heading westbound on I-94 near the S. 27th St. exit that Sleider was driving. 

Upon close inspection, Burmeister smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from the driver's side and ordered Sleider to exit the vehicle for a field sobriety test. While Deputy Burmeister was conducting the sobriety test, Bell, the passenger of the vehicle got out and attacked Burmeister from behind. Burmeister was able to use his taser on Bell and then placed him under arrest.

Another deputy arrived at the scene and attempted to place Sleider under arrest for driving intoxicated, but Sleider resisted and had to be pepper sprayed by the deputy before being taken into custody.

Deputy Burmeister suffered cuts, bruises and swelling to his face and head from Bell's assault. Burmeister was treated for his injuries at a local hospital and released.

Bell is facing charges for felony battery to an officer, resisting arrest and obstructing an officer. Sleider is also facing charges for felony parole and probation violation, resisting and obstructing an officer and operating a vehicle while intoxicated, according to the initial criminal complaint.

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Ivañez Alias "Smokie" Found Guilty For Romero's Homicide

Eduardo Ivañez and Stephanie Romero

Ivañez facing life in prison for Romero's brutal murder at vacant southside house.

By H. Nelson Goodson

November 2, 2012

Milwaukee, WI - On Thursday, a Milwaukee County Jury found Eduardo Ivañez, 17, aka, "Smokey or Lalo" guilty of two felony counts for 1st-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse for the April 13, cold blooded and brutal murder of Stephanie Romero, 15, at 2512 W. Rogers St. 

Ivañez, an alleged gang member had confessed to police that he had sex with Romero then strangled her until she became unresponsive and afterwards stabbed her while she was still alive inside a vacant house on Rogers St.

Ivañez will be sentenced on December 13 and is facing life in prison without parole and an additional 15 years. The criminal complaint states, Ivañez and Romero went to the house to drink and have sex. Once inside the house, she refused Ivañez sexual advances, which triggered the deadly sexual assault on Romero.

On April 13, an accomplice and two relatives of Ivañez later showed up at the vacant house, which was used by teenagers to smoke marijuana and drink both beer and alcohol. They asked Ivañez what had happened after noticing Romero on the floor bleeding from her face. Ivañez told them that Romero began to yell and scream at him and wouldn't stop. He then kicked and stomped Romero on the face and began to stab her several times in front of the teens. Ivañez and another suspect then dragged Romero's body to the bathroom.

Ivañez then noticed that Romero was still alive. He grabbed a knife again and then stabbed Romero in the chest, neck and left eye. Ivañez and the suspects left the house and took some items, including Romero's jewelry and cellphone. 

Two days later, Ivañez who lived with his sister several houses from where Romero was killed decided to return to the house and moved Romero's body to an upstairs crawl space in the vacant house with the help of an accomplice. Apparently, Ivañez was showing off Romero's body and the homicide he had committed to other teenagers before Romero's body was found a week later by a different group of teenagers who told their school principal about the body. The principal then notified police.

Before the body was found, one of the suspects with Ivañez began to caress Romero's breasts because he became bored and Ivañez thought about having intercourse with Romero's body, according to the complaint.

Two juvenile suspects involved in Romero's death were referred to the juvenile court system for charges and a third suspect was released because the teenager left the vacant house and didn't participate in moving or hiding Romero's body, according to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office.

Some of Ivañez supporters soon after created a Facebook page to "Free Smokie" because they strongly believed he was innocent and the page also be a stage to engage in controversial comments leading to threats of fights, beatings and insults towards Romero's supporters seeking justice for the victim.

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Rodriguez, A Milwaukee Brewer Relief Pitcher Charged In Domestic Abuse Case

Francisco Rodriguez

Fiancé left the country to avoid testifying against Rodriguez in a domestic abuse case.

By H. Nelson Goodson

November 2, 2012

Waukesha, WI - On Thursday, the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office charged Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, a relief pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers with one misdemeanor count for disorderly conduct stemming from a domestic abuse case, which was amended from battery domestic abuse also a misdemeanor. Rodriguez allegedly punched, kicked and beat his 23-year-old fiancé on September 18, according to the criminal complaint.

The complaint stated that Rodriguez beat his fiancé after she accused him of cheating. His fiancé who has a child from Rodriguez called the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department from their Town of Wales residence. When deputies arrived at the residence, they found Rodriguez' fiancé crying and hiding in a closet. Deputies reported that the battered woman had suffered a noise bleed, had her hair pulled, injured an upper left shoulder blade, had a bruised upper left thigh, also injured her left hand near her wrist after Rodriguez threw her to the floor and then began to repeatedly kick her, according to the complaint.

Rodriguez than dragged and forced her into his truck and drove around the vicinity. She pleaded with Rodriguez to take her to the hospital because she couldn't move her arm and was suffering from injuries, but Rodriguez went back home and attempted to take away phones to keep her from calling 911.

The fiancé went upstairs and called 911 for help. Rodriguez was arrested by deputies.

Two days later, she recanted her story to sheriff investigators and didn't want to testify. She blamed herself for the altercation with Rodriguez. She later left the country and went back to Velenzuela.

The Waukesha County District Attorney's Office decided to amended the charges and charged Rodriguez with a lesser charge for disorderly conduct instead of battery domestic abuse. He was facing 9 months in jail and $10,000 in fines on the battery charge.

If convicted, Rodriguez is facing 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine for the disorderly charge. He is expected back in court on November 12.

Rodriguez became a relief pitcher for the Brewers in 2011 after signing a contract. He is making $8M for 2012 as a free agent, according to the Brewers.

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Muskego Police Sergeant Arrested For Domestic Abuse Incident

Chad Dornbach

Photo: Muskego Police Department

Waukesha police arrested a Muskego police sergeant for a related domestic disturbance.

By H. Nelson Goodson

November 1, 2012

Waukesha, WI - On Tuesday, Muskego Police Sergeant Chad Dornbach was arrested by Waukesha police at his home on South Porter Ave. for a domestic disturbance in the afternoon. Police received a call for a domestic disturbance around 4:31 p.m. from Dornbach's home. Dornbach allegedly was locked out of his home, attacked a woman and was intoxicated, according to the initial complaint. 

A woman living in the home accused Sergeant Dornbach of domestic abuse and was taken into custody. Dornbach's wife is suffering from cancer.

Waukesha police are recommending charges and the case was sent to the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office for review.

Dornbach was placed in administrative leave pending the outcome of the case and the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department was asked to do an internal investigation of the Muskego Police Department and the incident, according to Muskego Police Chief Paul Gieszler. Gieszler will determine, if Dornbach violated any police department policies after the sheriff's department investigation concludes and results are made available to Gieszler.

Dornbach who is an evidence technician has been with the department for 12 years, was promoted as a detective and in 2007, he was promoted to sergeant.

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Forgotten Americans: State of Economic And Unemployment Crisis

Mitt Romney and President Barack H. Obama

The U.S. Government has failed to provide economic aid for the countless of unemployed with no means of income to survive during the unemployment crisis.

By H. Nelson Goodson

November 1, 2012

Washington, D.C. - Today more than half of those American workers collecting unemployment benefits don't receive any benefits. Millions of unemployed Americans no longer collect unemployment compensation insurance due to having exhausted their state and extended federal benefits. They have been left penniless by the U.S. Congress, states and the Obama administration. Unemployed Americans with no means to generate income have become the forgotten Americans who continue to struggle day by day to find jobs, food and earned some type of un-taxable income to support themselves and their families. Neither the U.S. Government or presidential candidates, President Barack H. Obama (D), who is running for re-election and former Governor Mitt Romney (R) have offered any type of temperary or long term aid (social welfare programs) for these Americans suffering economic hardships in recent years.

On Tuesday, Americans will choose the next president to lead this country into prosperity. While the Republican and Democratic candidates for president have promised more jobs and to get this country out of the recent recession, none have actually addressed the most crucial crisis affecting a segment of Americans today. Which is the staggering numbers of jobless Americans with no means of economic support at no fault of their own. 

Once unemployed workers exhaust their unemployment compensation insurance, including state and federal extensions, they fall out of the unemployed statistics and disappear into limbo. 

They become part of an existing and growing ghost population in the U.S. The alarming numbers of the ghost population in the U.S. are difficult to provide or estimate, since the U.S. government doesn't keep track of them once they fall out from the unemployment statistics kept for those collecting some kind of compensation insurance and benefits.

Many Americans become homeless and nomads reaching alarming numbers leading to a growing ghost population. The traditional homeless population has no doubt become part of the ghost population as well and most are likely not vote in the November elections.

They've become the forgotten Americans that have fallen through the economic cracks during recent years. America should not forget these unfortunate Americans that have been left behind to suffer by both state and federal governments.

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