Look. I "get" that many people came here illegally, had babies and those babies are citizens by birth. To claim this is just absurd:
But here's some description that adherents of a growing movement would prefer: Foreigners. Anchor babies. Illegals. Unwelcome. In other words, get the hell out; you don't belong. You never have.
And this? NOBODY thinks this is a good idea:
Among the proposals is a two-tier citizenship scheme - a birth certificate for those born of natives and another for those born of certain immigrants. Not so much a scarlet letter but a whole lot of scarlet certificates. About 8% of the 4.3 million U.S. born babies in 2008 were born of "unauthorized immigrants," according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
Oscar is just looking to cherry pick. The fact is, most of us are against illegal immigration and believe that "anchor babies" are not a good enough reason to let someone who has come here illegally stay. There must be a penalty, not a reward. This is why I oppose the DREAM Act among other things. If the children are citizens, the children should stay. Their parents should go back and wait in line. Do that a few times and the problem goes away. Yeah, it's harsh. Stupidity should hurt.
The message is clear. If people don't look like most of us, close the door. I wish I could say this was new.
More race-baiting by Oscar. In 2011, this is a bigger steaming pile than ever before. I know of no one who is against Hispanic immigrant because they "don't look like us". I know of many who are against illegal immigrants of all stripes.
Oscar again mis-characterizes the issue and wants us all to feel sorry. I don't.
Oscar: Do you feel the same about other illegal activities? You are ok with you car being stolen or your home burglarized? I didn't think so.
Secure the border. After that, all things are negotiable. Until then, none are.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Frank Rich as Dick Tracy
As in "no $#it, Dick Tracy".
Basically, this looks much like standard Frank Rich stuff. "Obama Good, Republicans Bad, TEAbaggers really bad...and stupid". Rich's comparison of Obama to Reagan and the use of the GE imagery is sickening at best. Reagan was a free-market capitalist, Obama is a Socialist and statist. GE is no longer an industry America can be proud of, but rather Immelt and GE signify the worst of crony capitalism: foisting expensive and useless goods on an unwilling public by fiat.
Rich's disdain for all things not Obama is clear in this paragraph:
This time we were spared a “You lie!” But once Obama segued into a rambling laundry list and the “prom night”bipartisan photo ops lost their comic novelty, the night’s storyline inevitably shifted to the reliable diva antics of Michele Bachmann, the founder of the House’s Tea Party Caucus. For all the Republican male establishment’s harrumphing, it couldn’t derail her plan to hijack the party’s designated State of the Union response with one of her own. More Katherine Harris than Sarah Palin, Bachmann is farmore riveting television bait than Paul Ryan, the bland congressman officially assigned the Bobby Jindal memorial slot after the New Jersey governor Chris Christie was savvy enough to take a pass.
It is unfortunate Joe Wilson did not provide us with truth again this year. That some Republicans fell for the "Prom Night" trick just tells us there are still too many RINOs. Paul Ryan is more Reagan than "bland". But Rich must paint him that way because to discuss his speech on its merits would be a losing proposition for Rich.
Obama must be laughing about how the party that spent a year hammering him for focusing on health care over jobs is now committing the same supposed sin. And one can only imagine his astonishment on Tuesday night, when the G.O.P. respondents to his speech each played Jimmy Carter to his Reagan by offering a grim double-feature of malaise and American decline. Hardly had the president extolled record corporate profits and a soaring stock market in his selectively rosy spin on the economy, than Ryan, who has the television manner of a solicitous funeral home director, was darkly warning that America could be the next Greece. Bachmann channeled Glenn Beck to argue that we are living in a nascent police state where government “tells us which light bulbs to buy” (G.E.’s, presumably).
Here, Rich is trying to infer that "all is well" while Republicans sound the alarm over the deficit, debt and spending of the Feds. I would hardly call the stock market "soaring" as it is not yet even close to its pre-recession highs. The housing market is still a disaster and Fannie and Freddie are mired in bad debt and corruption. While Ireland, Greece and others are being bailed out by the other Euros, there IS no one to bail the US out of debt approaching 100% of GDP. Rich seems to think that's OK. It's not.
The TEA party activists are wagging the dog, as it should be. The TEA Party got the GOP back in the majority. A majority of Americans identify with the same issues. The expectation is that Boehner, McConnell and the rest will do what we sent them to do. Get it back under control. Reduce the size and scope of government and put the people back in charge. Not GE, not the SEIU, not the EPA. 10th Amendment stuff. That is what we expect.
Basically, this looks much like standard Frank Rich stuff. "Obama Good, Republicans Bad, TEAbaggers really bad...and stupid". Rich's comparison of Obama to Reagan and the use of the GE imagery is sickening at best. Reagan was a free-market capitalist, Obama is a Socialist and statist. GE is no longer an industry America can be proud of, but rather Immelt and GE signify the worst of crony capitalism: foisting expensive and useless goods on an unwilling public by fiat.
Rich's disdain for all things not Obama is clear in this paragraph:
This time we were spared a “You lie!” But once Obama segued into a rambling laundry list and the “prom night”bipartisan photo ops lost their comic novelty, the night’s storyline inevitably shifted to the reliable diva antics of Michele Bachmann, the founder of the House’s Tea Party Caucus. For all the Republican male establishment’s harrumphing, it couldn’t derail her plan to hijack the party’s designated State of the Union response with one of her own. More Katherine Harris than Sarah Palin, Bachmann is farmore riveting television bait than Paul Ryan, the bland congressman officially assigned the Bobby Jindal memorial slot after the New Jersey governor Chris Christie was savvy enough to take a pass.
It is unfortunate Joe Wilson did not provide us with truth again this year. That some Republicans fell for the "Prom Night" trick just tells us there are still too many RINOs. Paul Ryan is more Reagan than "bland". But Rich must paint him that way because to discuss his speech on its merits would be a losing proposition for Rich.
Obama must be laughing about how the party that spent a year hammering him for focusing on health care over jobs is now committing the same supposed sin. And one can only imagine his astonishment on Tuesday night, when the G.O.P. respondents to his speech each played Jimmy Carter to his Reagan by offering a grim double-feature of malaise and American decline. Hardly had the president extolled record corporate profits and a soaring stock market in his selectively rosy spin on the economy, than Ryan, who has the television manner of a solicitous funeral home director, was darkly warning that America could be the next Greece. Bachmann channeled Glenn Beck to argue that we are living in a nascent police state where government “tells us which light bulbs to buy” (G.E.’s, presumably).
Here, Rich is trying to infer that "all is well" while Republicans sound the alarm over the deficit, debt and spending of the Feds. I would hardly call the stock market "soaring" as it is not yet even close to its pre-recession highs. The housing market is still a disaster and Fannie and Freddie are mired in bad debt and corruption. While Ireland, Greece and others are being bailed out by the other Euros, there IS no one to bail the US out of debt approaching 100% of GDP. Rich seems to think that's OK. It's not.
The TEA party activists are wagging the dog, as it should be. The TEA Party got the GOP back in the majority. A majority of Americans identify with the same issues. The expectation is that Boehner, McConnell and the rest will do what we sent them to do. Get it back under control. Reduce the size and scope of government and put the people back in charge. Not GE, not the SEIU, not the EPA. 10th Amendment stuff. That is what we expect.
Snowmageddon In Cheeseland?
The Beer: Wheat. In the fermenter. Belgian Tripel boiling away.
The Bicycle: Cleaned up and awaiting the Spring.
The VRWC: (Alleged) AGW my @$$.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN
EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS KICK IN LATER TONIGHT WITH
THE POTENTIAL PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A
STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY INTO AT LEAST
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH
ON WEDNESDAY. GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR THE LAKE SHORE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY.
The good news? We will handle it better than New York did.
The Bicycle: Cleaned up and awaiting the Spring.
The VRWC: (Alleged) AGW my @$$.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN
EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS KICK IN LATER TONIGHT WITH
THE POTENTIAL PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A
STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY INTO AT LEAST
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH
ON WEDNESDAY. GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR THE LAKE SHORE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY.
The good news? We will handle it better than New York did.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
National Anthem
Apparently, there are people who are complaining that this is disrespectful. I find it respectful and beautifully done.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Interesting Data
The Beer: Liberty Ale, enjoyed with a Packers win over the Bears.
The Bicycle: Not keeping my training schedule. It will hurt in March.
The VRWC: I was going to write about same-day voter registration and voter ID, but the data took me in a different direction.
I ran the numbers and find it extraordinary that, when the country as a whole had 56.8% turnout of the voting age population in the 2008 general election, Wisconsin had a turnout of over 10 points higher. In addition, six counties cast more votes than there were registered voters. Overall, 86% of registered voters cast their vote. The 86% seems to be historically accurate. So the "lack of voter turnout" is actually a lack of voter registration.
Interesting.
The Bicycle: Not keeping my training schedule. It will hurt in March.
The VRWC: I was going to write about same-day voter registration and voter ID, but the data took me in a different direction.
I ran the numbers and find it extraordinary that, when the country as a whole had 56.8% turnout of the voting age population in the 2008 general election, Wisconsin had a turnout of over 10 points higher. In addition, six counties cast more votes than there were registered voters. Overall, 86% of registered voters cast their vote. The 86% seems to be historically accurate. So the "lack of voter turnout" is actually a lack of voter registration.
Interesting.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Don't Read This Post
I'm bitter. Yeah, I said it and I mean it. For about 35 years, I have been calling from the mountaintops. I've been screaming the alarm. I've been telling everyone I know what was coming. I was called all the names you hear the folks on MSNBC use for Conservatives. I was beaten down, yet I continued to stay the course. None of you listened; you all thought I was nuts. You all were busy partying, having your fun lives while I was busting my hump. Working, raising children, finishing college, serving my country.
Here we are in 2008 and suddenly, this guy comes out of nowhere and wins the presidency and along with him come bullet-proof majorities, not only in both houses, but in state governments as well. Now you all are panicked. Now you all are involved. You are too late. I fear the battle may be won, but the war may be lost.
Too late. I tried. If you have been with me for all these years, thanks. Otherwise you, too get to reap the rewards of doing nothing. It took so little time to lose liberty.
Here we are in 2008 and suddenly, this guy comes out of nowhere and wins the presidency and along with him come bullet-proof majorities, not only in both houses, but in state governments as well. Now you all are panicked. Now you all are involved. You are too late. I fear the battle may be won, but the war may be lost.
Too late. I tried. If you have been with me for all these years, thanks. Otherwise you, too get to reap the rewards of doing nothing. It took so little time to lose liberty.
Who Decides?
Remember back in the day when the debate over moral absolutes raged? The Left was continually asking, "who decides?" Who is it that determines what is moral and ethical and right? I guess the answer is, they do.
Bjorn-Inge Larsen of the Norwegian Directorate of Health told reporters Friday that he expects voluntary measures limiting junk food advertising to eventually evolve into laws banning the practice in the same way that has occurred with tobacco.
Voluntary? In the words of Inigo Montoya, "I do not think it means what you think it means". It is Orwellian to even consider "mandatory volunteerism".
Ironic....and not in a good way.
Bjorn-Inge Larsen of the Norwegian Directorate of Health told reporters Friday that he expects voluntary measures limiting junk food advertising to eventually evolve into laws banning the practice in the same way that has occurred with tobacco.
Voluntary? In the words of Inigo Montoya, "I do not think it means what you think it means". It is Orwellian to even consider "mandatory volunteerism".
Ironic....and not in a good way.
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