Thursday, June 28, 2007

Illegal Smeagol

If I could spin a football like this ass-clown spins the news, you would see my glorious visage on a Wheaties box.

Senate Drives Stake Through Immigration

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's immigration plan to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants while fortifying the border collapsed in the Senate on Thursday, crushing both parties' hopes of addressing the volatile issue before the 2008 elections

So can someone tell me exactly who stepped in, slapped both the Democrats and the Republicans like two dollar hookers, and shut down this bill? Who crushed both parties' hopes? Did they not vote? Fortify the border, you say? What the hell happened to the fence that has already been signed into law? How do you fortify open air?

The Senate vote (emphasis mine) that drove a stake through the delicate compromise was a stinging setback for Bush, who had made reshaping immigration laws a central element of his domestic agenda. It could carry heavy political consequences for Republicans and Democrats, many of whom were eager to show they could act on a complex issue of great interest to the public.

Heavy political consequences? Who would be the deliverer of these dire consequences?

"Legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the American people and Congress' failure to act on it is a disappointment," a grim-faced president said after an appearance in Newport, R.I. "A lot of us worked hard to see if we couldn't find common ground. It didn't work."

Congress did act, Mr. President. Their answer was 'no'. Granted, the 'no' was rendered in the softest of voices while uncomfortably shifting about in wet Depends; but today I'll take the limp-wristed hand shake over a firm middle finger.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., his party's lead negotiator, called the defeat "enormously disappointing for Congress and for the country." But, he added: "We will be back. This issue is not going away."

Still, lawmakers in both parties said further action was unlikely this year, dooming its prospects as the political strains of a crowded presidential contest get louder.

Translation - “We {Congress} have too much to do in the coming months to do the job you hired us to do. Why, we have reach-arounds to give, backs to stab, dirt to dig, ankles to grab, and mud to throw.”

"I believe that until another election occurs, or until something happens in the body politic, that what occurred today was fairly final," said Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., the GOP chairman.


Here he is, one of my representatives from the sunny state of Florida, opening his mouth and “removing all doubt” - again. Other than the ridiculous combination of “fairly final”, I have to say I agree, but not with what he intended that statement to mean.

Until the voters run your sorry asses out of Congress, or until the 'body politic” surrounds your mansions and runs you out of your states – nothing is going to change. But wait, there's more...

"I don't see where the political will is there for this issue to be dealt with," said Martinez, who helped develop the bill.

I
don't know what to translate that into, “We don't give a rat's ass.” or “Since they don't want to play by my rules, game over.”

Well kiss my gritz, Mel.

House Democratic leaders signaled they had little appetite for taking up an issue that bitterly divides both parties and has tied up the Senate for weeks.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who heads the House Judiciary subcommittee that was to write a version of the bill, said the Senate's inability to move forward "effectively ends comprehensive immigration reform efforts" for the next year and a half.

Nice try boys. We {The House} aren't going to touch this one. We know that if we don't choose a position, no one can blame us on either side of the issue. Then we can say catchy phrases like, “We were for it, before we were against it. I voted yes and then I voted no, on that bill. This is a bipartisan issue that requires compromise on both sides if we are going to move forward”

"The Senate voted for the status quo," the California Democrat said in a statement.

The vote already had led to partisan finger-pointing.

Howard Dean, the Democratic Party chairman, said it was "a reminder of why the American people voted Republicans out in 2006 and why they'll vote against them in 2008."

The measure was the product of a liberal-to-conservative alliance led by Kennedy and Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., that forged an immigration compromise intended to withstand challenges from the left and right.

They advocated the resulting measure as an imperfect but necessary fix to the current system, in which millions of illegal immigrants use forged documents or lapsed visas to live and work in the U.S.

The proposal would have made those millions eligible for lawful status while tightening border security and creating an employee verification system to weed out illegal workers from U.S. Jobs.

Wait a minute. You just said those workers broke the law using forged documents and lapsed visas to stay in the U.S..

You know, I could continue to pick this article apart. I can't call it slanted because a slant would infer that some portion of the line goes to the other side, somewhere.

But, you will have to go and read the rest on your own and yell obscenities at the screen and get the dogs all riled up and have your neighbors beating on your door asking you to simmer down. Better yet, why don't you write about it, or the next time you are standing around the water cooler and some bed wetting multiculturalist starts spouting off his/her drivel, speak up and prevent them from confusing your silence for agreement.

There is no easy solution to the illegal alien problems that plague our country. The massive number of illegals didn't show up over night and it will take time to find a viable solution. But I have an idea. Why don't we try stepping in the right direction. America has open wounds all along her borders. Why don't we sew up those wounds to prevent further infection and then, only then, can we look toward treating her illness.

Until we do something, my friend. They will do nothing.

Never let your silence be misconstrued as agreement.

Now I am going to find a beer to wash down this bile.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Hold my hair, I'm gonna puke.

How to legally screw Americans 101...

The above clip is a joke, right? RIGHT?! Is it simply jobs that Americans won't do, Mr. President? More to follow...

Update:

I couldn't let this one simmer for the night, so here is an article I found on the above video clip.

Monday, June 25, 2007

What we got here, is a failure to communicate...

Alright, stand back you pedestrians, this ain't no automobile accident.