Posted on 06/05/2007 8:31:10 AM PDT by AuntB
arbatrar = arbitrary.
Only those who are favored by the government are allowed to ignore the law. It takes the natural order of things and stands it on its head...
It's cat and mouse. Nothing new there. There's always someone trying to rain on yer parade, whether it's the state police or just some local goons. That's human nature. Hell, it's just plain nature. So, what to do? Obey every law for the sake of it?
My point is that simply complaining about "lawbreaking" is pointless. Everyone breaks laws. The problem with illegal immigration isn't that it's illegal. The problem is that it's unregulated. We would like to know who's coming in, how many, etc.
Are you kidding? Everyone ignores the law at one time or another.
I thought so too, but the more plausable theory is that he is doing everything possible to get Hillary elected, so we will feel nostalgic for the Bush oligarcy after four or eight years of her misrule.
Then it will be Jeb's turn.
Spot on! Since our government lacks the will to deal with the 12+ million illegals (too many to deal with), somehow this deal allows the bureaucrats to deal with them now? Give me a break. Fix the leaky pipe by shutting off the water - secure the border, conduct sweeps, slam employers of illegals and remove the anchor baby clause. Then we can address the 'leak'.
Would be a poor decision, and doubly so for talking about such a poor decision. The guy up the street reasoned thus and he didn't enjoy his three years in Leavenworth.
or objectively interpreted
Congress just passes a template law and lets the lawyers figure out what it means at any given point in time. Many professions are being augmented if not replaced by computerized expert systems. Lawyers have no fear of that. The law is too irrational to deal with logically. It's a big pile of mud that skilled practitioners can shape anyway they please.
The "root cause" of crime is selfishness. In other words, criminals are criminals because they choose to do something illegal, usually because they will gain from it in some way. It's a decision.
Yes, many things influence that decision and can sometimes strongly persuade a person to commit crime, but the bottom line is that it's a choice.
Yeah, but the difference is you (i.e. John or Jane Q. Public) have to pay the consequences if you get caught “ignoring” a law.
On the other hand, this bill removes virtually all meaningful disincentives to being in the country illegally.
Again asked my auto insurance company to reduce my premiums if I run more stop signs and lights.
They ain’t goin for it....
Make no mistake, this is essentially a government-sponsored inflation of the rights and privileges associated with United States citizenship.
Too many “citizens” chasing too few government-sponsored resources = problems.
Illegal Mexican nationals are not merely a protected group, they are a *favored* group, and have been for years.
In the Los(t) Angeles area, examples of this abound. The message: Illegals are your betters. Pay them, help them, give them your respect or else!
It’s absolutely insane — but at least for the present, we have to adapt to this reality. I’m sure mandatory Spanish lessons for Americans everywhere isn’t far off.
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2 — The “temporary” Z-visa can actually be renewed every four years, or until the visa holder dies, and would allow the holder many privileges (work, attend college, travel, and re-enter) that are denied legal law-abiding aliens holding normal visas.
It’s a permanent, temporary visa—why, that’s doubleplusgood!
(Nothing’s too good for our permanent guest-worker/slaves.)
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Right. That’s a difference between citizens with some national tradition and foreigners with some alien tradition.
Reminds me of Shaespeare’s Henry VI
“first thing we do is - - - - all the lawyers”
Try telling that to a judge if you're caught and prosecuted. I'm sure they will be sympathetic.
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