One always has to take the NY Times with a grain of salt, but the latest reports that Republican leaders in the House of Representatives knew about an improper relationship between Rep. Mark Foley and an underage male page has the stench of truth about it. Now that they’ve been found out, Majority Leader John…
Month: September 2006
Illegal Immigration, III
Illegal immigration is fueled by the illegals’ desire to find work that pays a decent – this being a relative term, you understand – wage to provide a better life for themselves and their families and American business’ desire to cut costs. In industries like farming, dairy, etc., illegals’ lower wages can mean the difference…
Kay Bailey Hutchison is Still Around?
In fact, she is running for another term as Texas’ senior senator. Kay Bailey’s running again? I had no idea her seat was even up for grabs this year. Seems like I heard her promise that the term that’s ending now would be her last. I like Kay for one simple reason: I’ve never known…
Is there a “Baby Boycott”?
David Broussard responds to Stephanie Mencimer’s article. My 2 cents: David, your comments are quite inciteful. Americans’ definition of “need” is wildly distorted; very few of us actually need anything. We want any number of things, as you point out.One thing you didn’t mention in your discussion is the increased acceptance of the childless career…
Illegal Immigration, II
Yesterday I started a discussion about illegal immigration that left off with the assertion that illegal immigrants do in fact wield a fair bit of poltical clout in the southwest U.S. From my perspective this influence is not legitimate – the business of electing public servants should be exclusively reserved for citizens, in my opinion….
Polimom – It’ll be OK (in Bush’s version of 1984)…
Polimom, one of my favorite new feeds, say’s it’ll all be OK under the Bush terrorist detainee soon-to-be-law. Wunderbar!
Illegal Immigration
Our country’s illegal immigration policies, or lack thereof, are little more than a bad joke. Our borders are sieves and our ability to track non-permanent foreign nationals is minimal. Is this what Americans want? What you believe – or perhaps it is more aptly stated as “what you feel” – about this issue depends largely…
The Nature of the Islamic Enemy
Who are our troops fighting in Iraq? Men who are little more than rabid dogs, judging from their recent “activities”. As I’ve said before and as David B. stated in a comment last week, the issue isn’t whether how this scum should be dealt with – there is only one way – it’s the fact…
Ideas: Disagree and Die
What is it about people and their ideas that makes rejection so impossible to accept? We can’t touch an idea, hold it in our hands, or kiss it goodnight. What is so important that they are worth killing for? It seems to me that there’s a fundamental failure in people’s thought processes that stems from…
Cool Pic of Japanese Satellite
Science rocks! Picture and article about the new satellite designed to investigate solar flares. But why is it a Japanese venture? Why aren’t we doing that?