Adios Muchos!
I should be halfway to Atlantic City by now... on my way to enjoying a weekend of drunken gambling and womanizing. I'm not though... so this post will be bitter, even for me.
So... the new immigration law(s) look to be about as dead as can be. Probably for the best.
People who know me, know that I hate people in general so expecting any sort of compassionate response towards people fleeing plight to sponge off of my taxes isn't going to happen.
I read through the legislation... and all of the riders and proposals that could go along with it. There were a few things in it that were good ideas. Most were bad ideas. I don't many of them had the best interest of the country as a whole in the forefront though.
I did like the idea of making English the nation language. Last night I stopped to pick up dinner at the good old Arby's to pick up a colon-stopper and had to wait while a co-worker explained to the drive through girl how to say the word "twelve" in english. That honestly has nothing to do with illegal immigration though... there are tons of legally employed english-challenged folks... most of them around my house apparently.
But the bill is dead. Many people are crying about it. I think it's funny though. The general call from the political supporters is that the new legislation wasn't very good, but it's better than what we've got. I'm glad that our nation's finest have settled for sub-mediocrity.
I've got a drainage problem in my backyard. My plan to resolve it is to dig a 30 foot deep pit in my yard for the water to collect in. That way the non-pit portion of my yard will be dry. Maybe I'll even get a little bridge to go over the pit... get a troll to live under it... charge goats a toll for their passage. That way I can offset the cost of the pit.
It's a stupid plan... but it is better than my current one of doing nothing at all.
So illegal immigration is going to sour the careers of many folks. Which, is a good thing as well.
The democrats (for the most part) have shown that they're willing to sacrifice a large amount of tax resources to gain millions of potential voters. This is good for them in the short-term, but eventually once the illegals are off of federal entitlements, they'll switch away from the Dems and go with a more tradition "family values" republican.
The republicans are doing what they do best, protecting fat white people. They'd get more support from me if they'd leave jesus off the ballet, but until they stop legislating morality I say "nay-nay".
The bill killed John McCain's shot at the White House. If it passed, he'd have had plenty of time to cool off the angry Repubs and then have something to run on... but it failed and he failed with it. His move to realign with Bush didn't help. He should fire whoever advised him that moving from a moderate conservative to Bushite was smart. The Bush Titanic is sinking and while everyone else is getting to a lifeboat, MCain is asking the cruise director if the downward tilt of the deck with mean no shuffleboard. If he ran with a platform similar to what he had going about 4-6 years ago... he'd be my pick for a big white house.
Bush has now confirmed his place in history as biggest loser. The bill would have given his name to something besides the google search for "miserable failure". He tried. I will give him credit. He never flip-flopped. He's driving the country straight to hell and he's got no sign of slowing down the "stupid" train. I think the GW Bush memorial theme song should be Casey Jones by the Dead.
There are some other losers, but most were going to be losers no matter what.
In the meantime, we'll be the losers. We'll have no border security. We'll have no amnesty. We'll have no ability to enforce our immigration laws. We'll just keep on keepin' on. It's worked so far right?
United States, you have finished playing Civilization! You have achieved the rank of: Neville Chamberlain!