Deadly Decider

Bush, Government

Here’s what another, far-less dangerous, Decider had to say about war powers:

“No offensive expedition of importance can be taken until after they [Congress] have deliberated on the subject and authorized such a measure.” —George Washington

It goes without saying that having the cockroaches in Congress debate something, guarantees nothing.

The deadly Decider is still on the loose and dangerous.

Gene’s Healey’s paper, “The Arrogance of Power Reborn,” is well-worth reading, but will probably need to be updated with Genghis Bush’s exploits.

To paraphrase the French political scientist Pierre Rosanvallon, the Bushies speak like Tocqueville but think and act like Robespierre.

How Do I Become an Illegal Alien?

IMMIGRATION, Politics

(From a Maryland resident to his Senator)

The Honorable Paul S. Sarbanes
309 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC , 20510

Dear Senator Sarbanes,

As a native Marylander and excellent customer of the Internal Revenue Service, I am writing to ask for your assistance. I have contacted the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to determine the process for becoming an illegal alien and they referred me to you.

My primary reason for wishing to change my status from a U.S. Citizen to an illegal alien stems from the bill that was recently passed by the Senate, and for which you voted. If my understanding of this bill’s provisions is accurate, as an illegal alien who has been in the United States for five years, all I’ll need to do to become a citizen is to pay a $2,000 fine and income taxes for three of the last five years. I know a good deal when I see one and I am anxious to get the process started before everyone figures it out.

Simply put, those of us who have been here legally have had to pay taxes every year so I’m excited about the prospect of avoiding two years of taxes in return for paying a $2,000 fine. Is there any way that I can apply to be illegal retroactively?
¼br /> This would yield an excellent result for me and my family because we paid heavy taxes in 2004 and 2005. Additionally, as an illegal alien I could begin using the local emergency room as my primary health-care provider. Once I have stopped paying premiums for medical insurance, my accountant figures I could save almost $10,000 a year. Another benefit in gaining illegal status would be that my daughter would receive preferential treatment relative to her law-school applications, as well as “in-state” tuition rates for many colleges throughout the United States for my son.

Lastly, I understand that illegal status would relieve me of the burden of renewing my driver’s license and making those burdensome car insurance premiums. This is very important to me given that I still have college-age children driving my car.

If you would provide me with an outline of the process to become illegal (retroactively if possible) and copies of the necessary forms, I would be most appreciative. Thank you for your assistance.

Your Loyal Constituent,
Pete McGlaughlin

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Letter of the Week: South-Africa: Land of Blood and Tears

Africa, Crime, South-Africa

As an Asian man living in South Africa, all I can say is that we are living in the valley of death under the auspices of the ANC-led (mis)government. Aside from the farmers who are the breadbasket of this country, civilians are also living in fear, most of us not knowing if today is our turn to be senselessly murdered. Rapes, robberies, carjackings, child rapes, most with fatal consequences for the victim–these are an everyday occurrence, so much so that most people have become totally blasé, wondering who’s next. Twenty two of my friends and family have been murdered since 1995. If I had the financial resources, I would leave this valley of death tomorrow, without batting an eyelid. I have nothing to lose here except my life! I cannot call it a country any longer. It is a valley of death flowing with the blood of its citizens. Enough have been murdered in the last decade to fill Yankee stadium twice over. I kid you not!! And idiots such as Bono, Angelina Jolie, and some other blinkered westerners think all is sunshine and roses. The land of milk and honey…NO this is the land of blood and tears!

—Joe

The Genocide In Democratic South Africa

The Ugly Truth About Democratic South Africa

Self-defense: A Universal Right

Updated: Hornbeck: Too Busy Playing Dragon Ball Z and Gears of War

Crime, Morality, Psychology & Pop-Psychology

To all the muddled thinkers out there, who’ve bought into the (decidedly progressive) paradigm, according to which every misdeed is a disorder–think about Shawn’s parents. Quit working overtime to reduce cognitive dissonance and, instead, think rationally:

If my daughter were abducted, and given such freedoms as this boy was given; if she then visited her mom’s website and posted a message thereon, as this boy did, saying, “For how long will you be looking for your daughter?”–I would be furious. A parent in this situation is beside himself with worry — all he or she can think of is, Is my baby alive; is she warm enough. Is she suffering? Parents would be living every day with the fear that their child died in agony.
And this little shit can’t even add to his e-mail: “Your son is alive, don’t sweat … like, whatever. Sorry gotta run; I have a game of Dragon Ball Z and Gears of War on the go with my buddy Tony.”
Use your heads!
I know that my daughter, who still checks in with me even though she’s an adult, would have let me know she was alive. She’d be too scared not to. And she knows better than to try this line on me: “Mom, I was suffering that syndrome that nice lady on TV said I had, and that prevented me from calling.”
Perhaps my kid was brought up to think logically, which is why she’s such a mensch.

Update: Consider: small children during the Holocaust performed amazingly brave acts, such as smuggling food in and out the ghetto for their families. Some were shot on site by the Nazis. Read about the brave children of Afghanistan. The human spirit — that of children too—is irrepressible. Yet here people are suggesting that this lad was incapable of contacting his poor parents for 4 years, not even to let them know he was alive.