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Immigration response from Barack Obama
Senator Barack Obama’s office responded to the statement I submitted concerning the recent Immigration bill being bandied about, and the shear disgust I feel towards it. Please see my previous post Immigration, a message to my elected officials. Here’s the response I received, after the jump:
Immigration, a message to my elected officials
I am strongly opposed to the currently proposed, so-called ‘Comprehensive Immigration’ bill. Why can a person who has illegally entered this country receive a blanket amnesty allowing for citizenship, when legal immigrants need to wait over 7 tax-paying years to obtain citizenship? Why should an entire category of law-breaking individuals get a blank check out of paying the taxes that each and every one of us legal citizens and residents pay? This is not just about fair apportionment of costs, but also the concept of equality under the law.
I am not for the current immigration policies, as a matter of fact, I am currently opposed to them, as well as to the majority of the currently over-sized, bloated federal bureaucracy. I don’t recall ever asking the government to be my baby-sitter, limiting the activities I can participate in that harm no one but, conceivably, myself. However, be that as it may, the laws as written are there, exist, and should be enforced AS IS. If we can not enforce and uphold the current laws, what is to ensure that new laws will even be followed? If the government can not even follow it’s own laws and regulations, nor enforce it’s own proclamations, and if the government does not even acknowledge it’s inadequacy, what are we, the citizens, to think?
cc(3) - Senator O’Bama, Senator Durbin, Representative Manzulo
Response #2 - Representative Don Manzullo
The following is the response to my questions that I sent in to my congressional representatives. I’ll comment here that although the response was concerning the current Iraq situation, it failed to address one important aspect. How efficiently are we killing our enemies? I don’t agree with the war in Iraq, as a matter of fact I think it is one of the worst ideas our government has ever had. But my concern is this: How inefficient has our military gotten? Are we using our military to it’s best effect, or is the whole concept of “bigger, badder, and more expensive” robbed us of our ability to wage effective war? That is my concern in this. The only effective way I can think of to fight a guerrilla war, is to make it more expensive for the guerrillas to fight than for us to defend. Please see the response after the jump: Read More
Response #1 - Senator Dick Durbin
The following is the response to my questions that I sent in to my congressional representatives. I’ll comment here that although the response was concerning the current Iraq situation, it failed to address one important aspect. How efficiently are we killing our enemies? I don’t agree with the war in Iraq, as a matter of fact I think it is one of the worst ideas our government has ever had. But my concern is this: How inefficient has our military gotten? Are we using our military to it’s best effect, or is the whole concept of “bigger, badder, and more expensive” robbed us of our ability to wage effective war? That is my concern in this. The only effective way I can think of to fight a guerrilla war, is to make it more expensive for the guerrillas to fight than for us to defend. Please see the response after the jump:
Easter Cookout
I actually managed to drag myself out to the Easter cookout over at John’s house, with the whole group from World of Warcraft. It was slightly stressful in that I know most of these people only as their character names in WoW, not by their real names/faces. I had a lot of difficulty in trying to remember their names when I was introduced to them. I guess I just feel/felt overwhelmed a bit. It was nice to see them all though, but I didn’t know what to say to make conversation. It was that whole disconnection I have. I only relate to most of them through the game where I basically am a character, not as myself, in that I portray a persona. What do I say when it’s me? So I just sat there people watching, trying to understand the people around me. It didn’t help that I was tired, my sleep schedule was messed up from having to wake up at 11am to go to the Dr. with the wife. I did manage to catch a bit of sleep, but not enough to make a big difference. I did like seeing little Matt & being able to meet Xavier for the first time (John & Marianne’s kids). And being able to see Brian & Jamie before they move to California was nice.
I guess I just need to accept that I have difficulty communicating and leave it at that. It’s depressing though, in that this always leads me to wonder what is defective with me that causes it to be this way.
Nine Inch Nails - Halo 22: Concert DVD from the With Teeth tour
Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails have just announced Halo 22, a concert DVD from the With Teeth tour. Scheduled to be released on Feb 27th, you can check out the mini-site here at beside you in time. I for one am looking forward to this! Just a quick update, return back to your regularly scheduled shenanigans.
