Life's Inanities and Ironies

KOBACH: Arizona acts as Washington dithers - Washington Times

Don’t like ARIZONA’S new immigration law? Fine. We’ll adopt Mexico’s immigration policies instead, OK? Let’s take a look at Mexico’s immigration policy. For instance, did you know that: * Mexico deports more illegal aliens that the U.S. annually * Under Mexican law, it is a felony to be an illegal alien in Mexico Or that immigrants must – * Have the means to sustain themselves economically; * Not be burdens on society; * Be of economic and social benefit to society; * Be of good character and have no criminal records; and * Contribute to the general well being of the nation. Mexico’s immigration policies also ensure that – * Authorities have a record of each foreign visitor; * Foreign visitors do not violate their visa status; * Foreign visitors are banned from interfering in the country’s internal politics; * Foreign visitors who enter under false pretenses are imprisoned or deported; * Foreign visitors violating the terms of their e...

You know, there's a Chinese proverb that says that there are three curses, each one worse than the previous. The first of these curses is: "May you live in interesting times." Well, the times we live in are certainly interesting. We stand here today at a trans-formative moment in American history -- at the front lines of what can only be called a revolution in thought. We are here today, like hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans -- in cities all across the country -- to exercise our basic right as citizens, as a free people in a democratic republic. We stand here today, peaceably assembled, petitioning our government for redress of our grievances. And we are here to tell our government one thing: We stand here today with a crisis of creativity in our country. We look around and see problem after problem: Poverty. Millions unable to get health care. People out of work. It's easy for all of us, no matter what our political views may be, to agree on what the pro...

A particularly humorous anecdote I ran across from the life of Leonardo da Vinci: When the wine-grower from Belvedere found a very unusual lizard, Leonardo made wings for it out of the skin of other lizards and filled these wings with mercury so that they waved and quivered whenever the lizard moved; he likewise made eyes, a beard, and horns for it in the same way, tamed it, put it in a box, and used the lizard to terrify his friends. I’m low on sleep and so you get this kind of post. Minnie The Moocher:

It seems that Christians have started to eye favorably the devil’s infamous offer to Christ: I’ll give you all the kingdoms of the world if you fall down and worship me. Just give me what I want, and no one gets hurt. It is easy for us to shun the condition of Satan’s offer; of course we never consent to worship our greatest enemy. But we often overlook the fact that here Satan is tempting Jesus in two ways: he is saying first, “the way to fulfilling your mission is to worship me,” but he is also saying, “the way to fulfilling your mission is through political power.” Of course, Jesus sees straight through this deception; and well He should, for He repeatedly reminds people that His mission is not one of political conquest (e.g. John 18:36 , Luke 22:49-51 ). This spirit carries through the entire New Testament, where we do not find a single mention of any policy of the Roman Empire, nor any command for believers concerning government, except to “be in subjection” ( Romans 13:5 ) and t...

Here’s a few quotes to lighten up your Monday morning. Go ahead, laugh a little. At least smile. If you can’t smile, then the forces of Monday have overpowered you and you need help. Did you know, 50% of doctors graduated in the BOTTOM HALF of their class. I’m going to ask you a question, and I want the truth! Do you know how to breakdance? ~ “Stone Cold” Steve Austin To make your bathroom breaks at work more fun for everyone, you should cheer and clap loudly every time somebody breaks the silence with a bodily function noise. I was thinking about how the status symbol of today is those pagers that everyone has clipped on their belts. I can’t afford one so I’m wearing my garage door opener. Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. I think the key to my homemade “olde-tyme” peanut butter cookies is the great care I put into crunching up real peanuts into a smooth consistency. Either that or the added saliva. ~ Brad Simanek My wife must thi...

The Ivy League Hates Nullification

The letter below I received in an email today. I felt I needed to post and share. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Dear President Obama: I'm planning to move my family and extended family into Mexico for my health, and I would like to ask you to assist me. We're planning to simply walk across the border from the U.S. Into Mexico, and we'll need your help to make a few arrangements. We plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Calderón, that I'm on my way over? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following: 1. Free medical care for my entire family. 2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not. 3. Please print all Mexican government forms in En...

Nancy Pelosi said it would have to be passed so we can see what’s inside ObamaCare. Now we are finding out… So what does Obama's private army have to do with health care? Does anyone in Congress read the legislation which they vote on any more? Apparently, they look at the title and say oh, that sounds good. That's probably what they did with H.R. 3590, "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", sponsored by that fine, upstanding Congressman from New York, Charlie Rangel. Sounds pretty benign right, sounds like a good thing right? Guess what, Section 209 creates a small armed force under the control of the President. The legislation that creates this para-military force purports to preempt the authority of State governors to control their own National Guard, absent war, which the Constitution does not authorize. The way is quietly being prepared for something we are NOT going to like. Here's the text : (a) Establishment- (1) IN GENERAL- There shall b...