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 Thursday, October 18, 2007
posted by Jack 10/18/2007 06:21:00 AM
Thursday, June 28, 2007
I had a crazy idea this morning while eating breakfast. I was reading the USA Today Op/Ed section, where I encountered an immigration debate. They were talking about the definitions of comprimises, and how because this issue is the new 3rd rail of politics, it won't get solved without some sort of concessions on both sides. So I came up with this as a comprimise: 1. Withdrawl 10-15k troops from Iraq and deploy them along the Mexican border. That's right, I want to militarize it until we get the damn thing secure. I'm not saying we shoot illegals, but I do believe we need to have a stronger presence there. (Comprimise for both sides here) 2. Build a wall. In some form. A whole wall, which will reduce the influx of illegals by at least 80%. We can tell it's working by a reduction in population grown in border towns. Whether it's the great wall of mexico, a swarm of big marines glad to be back in texas and in their dune buggies, drones, whatever. In 100-200 years, this may seem like a drastic measure, as we will have probably had a depression, which causes us to be on the same economic level with mexico, but it will still need to happen at present. (in 1000-2000 years, it will indeed be another great wall of china) 3. Grant Amnesty. After the wall is built, you redeploy the troops to the next hot spot, or god forbid some R&R. Illegals are given a M-Visa (for mexican obvoiusly), which in 8 years can be traded in for a green card. They will of course have to pay a fine, and yes it will be expensive. However, if the estimates of Illegals sending $40 Billion back home is accurate, then the fee to stay should be on par with curtailing that into savings to buy citizenship. I'm just saying they can afford it, especailly if families know it will take 6-8 years to build a wall, and at the end of that time they shoudl have $5-15k per immigrant saved up. Technorati Tags: Illegal, Illegal Aliens, Undocumented workers, Illegal Immigrants, undocumented immigrants, mexicans, Iraq, war, war in iraq, Withdrawl, AmnestyPowered by ScribeFire.
posted by Jack 6/28/2007 11:43:00 AM
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
posted by Jack 6/26/2007 05:29:00 PM
Monday, June 18, 2007
So it's now 2:55 am PST. I just left the Portland Airport with assistance from my russian driver Andrey. I guess $250 isn't a bad price to have someone drive me in the middle of the night for 2.5 hours. I'm headed down to Springfield, OR. So today started off just great! I woke up at my sister-in-law's house, with my wife passed out on the couch. Not only did I wake up to smiling faces, loving family members, and what might be the comfiest recliner known to man, but they had gotten McDonald's! From there, we decided to play a few holes of Wii Golf ( Wii Sports). I highly recommend Wii Golf; it's not as complicated as super swing golf, and the multi player uses your Mii instead of some character which might have come from Final Fantasy. From there, my wife decided I needed to see Mount Trashmore. We brought in a kite from Atlanta, which we bought cheap. It's a boat. We had our doubts as to whether it would fly or not. We weren't able to get it up in the stratosphere, but it did manage to hover about 6-7 feet off the ground for a good bit. The rest of the time was spent running around with it, so it would take off. (Quite amusing for them, frustrating for the one doing the running) I love my beautiful wife. She got me on the plane to Portland and made sure we got to spend as much time as possible together. For that, I am truely grateful. She made my first trip as a husband start on a good note. But as fate would have it, it would continue to be a day of firsts, and not all of them as wonderful. My flight arrived in Atlanta, and all was well. This was my first layover in Atlanta. It was my First time being bumped to first class on a west coast trip. It was also the first time I've had to switch planes due to malfunctions, get a cab (towncar) from the airport to the hotel, and first time I've only gotten 2-3 hours of sleep before I had to be on site. I miss her already. She really knows how to take care of me, and I am truely grateful! Powered by ScribeFire. Labels: Atlanta, beautiful wife, business travel, layover, PDX, roadwarrior, stories from the road
posted by Jack 6/18/2007 06:05:00 AM
Thursday, April 26, 2007
As someone who does not subscribe to the AJC, I do not read Jay Bookman's column. However, I have been reading some of his work after I reading Neal Boortz's blog.
I must congratulate him on actually reading and responding to his emails from readers. Such sincerity goes a long way these days. I am not going to launch into a FairTax tirade, as I am not a fairtax (or tax) zealot. Tax talk puts me to sleep.
But I wanted to point out a few things:
1. The term "fair tax" appears only 122 times on boortz.com. Unfortunately, the search engine on that site isn't very sophisticated.
But his point is valid; it is quite hypocritical for Neal Boortz to cite you on such a small detail.
2. I don't know if you have or have not read the book, and quite frankly, I don't care. I haven't read the book. I haven't read any of Boortz's books. I think if you listen to his program for more than a week or so, you begin to hear the same points and logic repeated. You can't do that with a column; you wouldn't be original.
However, the basic principle of the sales tax and other basic concepts of the FairTax must be understood thoroughly before writing intelligently about it; I do not feel you have done your due diligence.
3. The idea of the FairTax is appealing to me, because it would reduce the amount of corrupting influences on our political system. There are many other merits of the proposal, and I really want to see our representatives be challenged with this proposal.
4. I would attend a debate or at least watch it on YouTube (one word) to see such a topic discussed. Personally, it's of greater value to watch two non politicians actually have a well informed debate on an issue. The state of "debates" by politicians in today's elections are a joke. They are not debates, they are a series of prepared statements and jabs.Labels: Fair Tax, FairTax, Jay Bookman, Neal Boortz
posted by Jack 4/26/2007 12:14:00 PM
Friday, January 26, 2007
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posted by Jack 1/26/2007 01:35:00 PM
Why don't we just deport the illegal aliens that have been tried, convicted, and are actively using up valuable resources sitting in local, state, and federal jails?
It seems to me it would be much easier to get a 747, load up every illegal alien in jail, and send them packing to Philip S. W. Goldson International, the southern most airport in Mexico. From there, they could take a few short hops to Belieze, Guatemalla, Honduras, etc.
The math is simple: #illegal inmates/#seats on a 747 = how many flights you'd have to take.
If #flights*Cost per flight < cost of keeping #inmates in jail, then do it.
Local and state governments don't even have to get federal approval, because it would be their budgets, their inmates, and their planes. (I think. I could be wrong, and probably am.)
If you think about it, these people:
1. Are already separated from their families, and are not able to send money back home.
2. Are actively using the tax payer's money.
3. Are not working jobs that no other americans will work.
4. Have committed, been convicted, and been identified as Illegal
The list goes on.
Now I'm not saying Mexico is the only port of call for these illegals, but it is a case for the argument.
posted by Jack 1/26/2007 01:28:00 PM
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