If there is to be a silver lining in the disaster that is our--the world's--economic crisis, it is the coming demise of Crocs. Those hideous, neon colored foam shoes that everyone from nurses, to musicians, to gardeners, to former Presidents wore.
Finally. Perhaps some respectability will return to the casual cloths wearing American.
17 July 2009
10 July 2009
Illegal immigrants and the Dream Act: Where's the fairness in that?
Despite the overwhelmingly liberal swing of my blogging, there is one topic I have avoided discussing, both here and in conversations with friends and coworkers.
However, when it comes to the matter of immigration and illegal aliens in the United States, I can be counted as a conservative.
I ask you however, what is so conservative about wanting to know who is entering your borders? Or wanting the strict laws and procedures that we citizens have to follow, applied equally to those who have no right to be here?
Laws and procedures such as paying taxes, driving with proper and up-to-date licenses and insurance, etc.
What is so conservative about wanting the rewards from following those laws to go to citizens and not to those who have put nothing into the system?
And yet, the same people who break these laws, want us--citizens of this great nation--to feel obligated (and dare I say guilty) to bend over backward to make life easier for their undocumented illegal alien lives.
Well screw you I say. When an illegal immigrant has the gall to tell me that the Dream Act should be passed so he or she can go to college and dare to live a better life in a country that is not theirs, I want to laugh.
Why should they have that right when millions of American Citizens don't have that chance?
Where is the Dream Act for poor, at risk American children?
Where is the Dream Act for American college and masters graduates who did nothing more than follow their dreams, but now find themselves saddled with overwhelming debt to private loan corporations?
Why, I ask you, do illegal, undocumented aliens deserve a better chance in this country than this countries own citizens?
My answer: They don't. Call me a conservative, but I believe in tougher immigration bills and stiff punishments for those who think they can buck the system to do what they want, and then expect someone else to pay for them.
However, when it comes to the matter of immigration and illegal aliens in the United States, I can be counted as a conservative.
I ask you however, what is so conservative about wanting to know who is entering your borders? Or wanting the strict laws and procedures that we citizens have to follow, applied equally to those who have no right to be here?
Laws and procedures such as paying taxes, driving with proper and up-to-date licenses and insurance, etc.
What is so conservative about wanting the rewards from following those laws to go to citizens and not to those who have put nothing into the system?
And yet, the same people who break these laws, want us--citizens of this great nation--to feel obligated (and dare I say guilty) to bend over backward to make life easier for their undocumented illegal alien lives.
Well screw you I say. When an illegal immigrant has the gall to tell me that the Dream Act should be passed so he or she can go to college and dare to live a better life in a country that is not theirs, I want to laugh.
Why should they have that right when millions of American Citizens don't have that chance?
Where is the Dream Act for poor, at risk American children?
Where is the Dream Act for American college and masters graduates who did nothing more than follow their dreams, but now find themselves saddled with overwhelming debt to private loan corporations?
Why, I ask you, do illegal, undocumented aliens deserve a better chance in this country than this countries own citizens?
My answer: They don't. Call me a conservative, but I believe in tougher immigration bills and stiff punishments for those who think they can buck the system to do what they want, and then expect someone else to pay for them.
Islamic Law: Marital rape gets the green light in Afghanistan UPDATE
Back in April of this year, I reported on the passing of draconian marital laws in Afghanistan, by President Hamid Karzai.
I am happy to say the leaders of Afghanistan listened to the national hue and cry over the passing of such laws, and have since reformed the marriage laws.
Is it perfect? By no means. Is it better than it was? Yes. Does Afghanistan, and for that matter nearly all Islamic nations, have a long ways to go before achieving equality and respect between men and women? Good God yes.
But remember, every change must begin with a single first step.
I am happy to say the leaders of Afghanistan listened to the national hue and cry over the passing of such laws, and have since reformed the marriage laws.
Is it perfect? By no means. Is it better than it was? Yes. Does Afghanistan, and for that matter nearly all Islamic nations, have a long ways to go before achieving equality and respect between men and women? Good God yes.
But remember, every change must begin with a single first step.
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