It's been awhile, so here's some angry Dr. Scientitian points of contention:
Al Gore does not deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. Period. He didn't bring peace to anything.
Do we really need a new Batman and a new Star Trek movie? The last five haven't been good, why would these be any different.
Why do we have things that sound like words but aren't words. Infotainment? Blogosphere? Prosumer? (That's "professional consumer" for those who don't know). Stop the bullshit. People have a hard enough time producing complete sentences and spelling things correctly. This new age advertising jargon needs to die the most painful kind of death and let people get on with their lives.
Finally, we have a problem in this country distinguishing support for people from support for policies. The one that springs most readily to mind is the mistaken belief that not supporting the quagmire that is Iraq is the same as not supporting the troops. That's utter nonsense. I fully support having a standing military that is well trained and supplied. I do not support using that force for personal vendettas, personal agendas, or because we think we know best. There's a huge difference there and I'm tired of hearing that there isn't. If you can't make that distinction, you probably have problems dealing with the real world.
Immigration is similar. I do not support illegal immigration, but I also don't support building a big fucking Mexico wall. Why? Because a big wall is just fucking stupid. It doesn't treat the root of the problem and it's a great way to promote fear, intolerance, and general stupidity. Illegal immigration does have implications for health care, taxation, education, and employment. But is it really necessary to treat every immigrant like a criminal? Again, you can support the people without supporting bad policy. It doesn't make you un-American. It makes you intelligent and aware that there are complex aspects to the issue.
I know America believes in simple cover-up solutions and avoiding the inherent complexities of problems, but ignoring the subtle shades means that we don't really understand the problem and therefore can't really provide a solution. As long as things are boiled down to simplistic sound clips and we continue to have all-or-nothing attitudes, things will just remain the same.
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Spend a billion dollars on a big fucking wall that one stick of dynamite or a shovel could bypass, or spend a million dollars punishing companies that intentionally recruit and hire illegal immigrants??? Hmmmmm...
This is only a tough choice if those same companies paid for the campaign which got you into office in the first place.
Maybe it's just belaboring the point, but I find it interesting how there was no such thing as 'illegal immigration' before European illegals came up with the term to keep non-European illegals from doing what what they did.
And, as Martina loves to point out, these massive immigration raids?? Not targeting the hundreds of thousands of canadians, brits, australians, south africans, and new zealanders currently living illegally in the United States.
Wonder what all those groups have in common that most Central Americans don't...
And I've got another white guy on the news trying to fucking tell me this has nothing to do with language, nationality, or ethnicity. I should put a damn cigarette out in his eye.
Thank you. I have been struggling on how to say exactly what you said regarding "distinguishing support for people from support for policies." I wish I could put my thoughts into words as eloquently as you and Adam do.
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