Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. -- MaxedOutMama

I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. -- Kim du Toit

The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them.-- Moshe Ben-David

The cult of the left believes that it is engaged in a great apocalyptic battle with corporations and industrialists for the ownership of the unthinking masses. Its acolytes see themselves as the individuals who have been "liberated" to think for themselves. They make choices. You however are just a member of the unthinking masses. You are not really a person, but only respond to the agendas of your corporate overlords. If you eat too much, it's because corporations make you eat. If you kill, it's because corporations encourage you to buy guns. You are not an individual. You are a social problem. -- Sultan Knish

All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. -- Billy Beck

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

A Modest Proposal


From President Bush's (Illegal) Immigration Address:
Since I became President, we've increased funding for border security by 66 percent....

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Tonight I'm calling on Congress to provide funding for dramatic improvements in manpower and technology at the border.

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So we'll increase federal funding for state and local authorities assisting the Border Patrol on targeted enforcement missions.

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And I will ask Congress for additional funding and legal authority, so we can end "catch and release" at the southern border once and for all.
Why don't we just pay the Mexicans on a monthly basis to go home and stay there, and cut out the middle-men?

It would slow the expansion of (already horribly bloated, ineffective) government. It would avoid the need to implement the President's "national ID card" - which would at first be for immigrant workers, but would shortly be made mandatory for everyone. It would be cheaper in the long run. (Look at what the illegals are willing to work for, vs. bureaucrat salaries and benefits.)

And unlike the President's recommendations, it might actually work.

And it's welfare. The Left would have to vote in favor!

Game, Set, Match!

(I mean, hell, we're going to dump a mountain of cash on the problem it the hopes of burying it anyway. Now that an issue has been recognized by the .gov, that is the pavlovian Congressional response.)

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