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God. Fucking. Dammit.
I hate you so fucking much right now, Skippy.
I’m going to go attempt song removal from my cerebellum with a power drill now, but I’m somewhat doubtful of success. You suck.
Skippy has a good essay and covered many of the prebmols with immigration reform, but still manages to paint all conservatives with the same overly wide brush while missing one of the major arguments of that side; illegal immigrants are breaking the law, there is extreme distaste for rewarding them with amnesty for doing so (stepping in front of others waiting to do so legally, which adds unfairness to the already distasteful equation), and conservatives understand that such blatant disregard for the law undermines our society in sum. Yes, many Americans are the economically illiterate rednecks he describes, but then again, many are not. Because of this, I don’t think he fundamentally understands where many (most?) conservatives are actually coming from on this issue. Krauthammer does have a point, and a fence likely would keep some illegals out, but ultimately I think he grossly oversimplifies just how difficult such a fence really would be to build and maintain. In answer to what I think might be effective and Skippy did touch on some of these this is a comment from my blog: I have not done a lot of research into how to remove illegals, but a few ideas come to mind.Aside from the normal methods of deportation, and to begin enforcing the immigration laws already on the books, I suggest that the best way to achieve the desired effect is to create an atmosphere and the appropriate carrots/sticks to prompt illegal aliens to leave on their own accord: First would be to go after their incentive and ability to be here illegally; jobs. That is, stop turning a blind eye on those who employ illegal aliens. This could be extended to housing, if needed. Second would be to set a date at some point in the future (months rather than years, but enough time for those that need to, to save enough for transpiration out of the U.S.) by which illegals must leave the country if they wish to apply to come back w/o penalty or other legal delays. Those found in the U.S. after that date would be deported and would have to wait longer before being eligible to return legally. Multiple offenders could face fines, longer delays, or permanent ineligibility. Third and in conjunction with number two above create some sort of pilot guest worker program more suited to the type of labor most of the illegals are engaged in.I think such a combination making it difficult to stay illegally, having penalties for staying but none for leaving, and offering a way back in might help alleviate the problem.I also think that those born in the U.S. of non-citizens or non-permanent residents should not be awarded U.S. citizenship, but that’s a different issue.
May 18th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
God. Fucking. Dammit.
I hate you so fucking much right now, Skippy.
I’m going to go attempt song removal from my cerebellum with a power drill now, but I’m somewhat doubtful of success. You suck.
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May 18th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Heh. Luckily for me, I still like the song. :D
Captcha: and romantic
No… I don’t like the song in THAT way. :b
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May 19th, 2010 at 1:25 am
I also hate you with a passion. That goddamn song will be stuck in my head forever now. I’m now going to go and drink the pain away.
Captcha: Buhler perceived – Buhler perceived that this movie was a trap, he took a goddamn day off. I should have been so clever.
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May 19th, 2010 at 6:12 am
Adm. Ackbar says…
IT’S A TRAP!!
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May 19th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Song… Stuck… In… Head…
At least it isn’t as bad as the song my wife has stuck in her head… Eurithmics “Here comes the Rain”
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May 20th, 2010 at 6:45 am
I actually liked the Weird Al song using this tune. It was ‘Jerry Springer’, and it was awesome.
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May 21st, 2010 at 11:12 am
Nice man, thats hilarious. Luckily, I already went through the phase of the song being stuck in my head so it isn’t stuck now haha.
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May 22nd, 2010 at 1:39 pm
Lol. I’m on my iPhone right now and can’t see the video, so the trap failed to work on me.
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June 13th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
THANK YOU!! Have the song stuck in my head now, but it pushed aside Missy Elliot’s “Getcha Freak On”, and that’s a good thing.
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August 11th, 2015 at 3:03 am
Skippy has a good essay and covered many of the prebmols with immigration reform, but still manages to paint all conservatives with the same overly wide brush while missing one of the major arguments of that side; illegal immigrants are breaking the law, there is extreme distaste for rewarding them with amnesty for doing so (stepping in front of others waiting to do so legally, which adds unfairness to the already distasteful equation), and conservatives understand that such blatant disregard for the law undermines our society in sum. Yes, many Americans are the economically illiterate rednecks he describes, but then again, many are not. Because of this, I don’t think he fundamentally understands where many (most?) conservatives are actually coming from on this issue. Krauthammer does have a point, and a fence likely would keep some illegals out, but ultimately I think he grossly oversimplifies just how difficult such a fence really would be to build and maintain. In answer to what I think might be effective and Skippy did touch on some of these this is a comment from my blog: I have not done a lot of research into how to remove illegals, but a few ideas come to mind.Aside from the normal methods of deportation, and to begin enforcing the immigration laws already on the books, I suggest that the best way to achieve the desired effect is to create an atmosphere and the appropriate carrots/sticks to prompt illegal aliens to leave on their own accord: First would be to go after their incentive and ability to be here illegally; jobs. That is, stop turning a blind eye on those who employ illegal aliens. This could be extended to housing, if needed. Second would be to set a date at some point in the future (months rather than years, but enough time for those that need to, to save enough for transpiration out of the U.S.) by which illegals must leave the country if they wish to apply to come back w/o penalty or other legal delays. Those found in the U.S. after that date would be deported and would have to wait longer before being eligible to return legally. Multiple offenders could face fines, longer delays, or permanent ineligibility. Third and in conjunction with number two above create some sort of pilot guest worker program more suited to the type of labor most of the illegals are engaged in.I think such a combination making it difficult to stay illegally, having penalties for staying but none for leaving, and offering a way back in might help alleviate the problem.I also think that those born in the U.S. of non-citizens or non-permanent residents should not be awarded U.S. citizenship, but that’s a different issue.
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