Category: Life as we know it

McClintock’s Speech on the Boycott

SCR 113 – Illegal Immigration Boycott Resolution
Senator Tom McClintock
State Senate Floor Speech

Senator Alarcon’s talk about the views of the Founding Fathers on immigration caught my attention and interest. I am quite familiar with the writings of Benjamin Franklin on the subject and Senator Alarcon may be very surprised to learn that there was no more ardent or vigorous critic of illegal immigration than Benjamin Franklin. He wrote about it extensively during the mass immigration of Germans into Pennsylvania, in the 1750s. His solution however was not to ban immigration, but rather to insist upon legal immigration.

And that is the problem I have with this resolution: it blurs that vital distinction between legal and illegal immigration. The proponents are absolutely right and absolutely solid in saying that ours is a nation of immigrants. Virtually every one of us is either an immigrant ourselves or the son or daughter of immigrants.

That is what makes this country so great. That is the foundation of a nation, built on that uniquely American motto, E Pluribus Unum: from many, one.

From many people, one people. The American people.

From many races, one race. The American race.

Our immigration laws are not written to keep people out. Our immigration laws are written to ensure that as people come to America, they come to become Americans and to assimilate to American society: they acquire a common language, a common culture and a common appreciation of American constitutional principles and American legal traditions.

Illegal immigration undermines the process of legal immigration that makes our country possible in the first place. Blurring the distinction between legal and illegal immigration is an insult to the millions of legal immigrants who right now are obeying our laws; who are doing everything our country asks of them; who are waiting in line to become Americans and who are helplessly watching as millions and millions of people cut in line in front of them.

Bush on the National Anthem Debate…

Finally, Bush is regaining his senses in one respect! According to this article, he believes that” the national anthem ought to be sung in English, and I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English and they ought to learn to sing the national anthem in English.”

I know there are many different opinions on this topic, and I know that I certainly have my own opinions (after studying this for three years, and having my opinion change several times).

However, to me, the bottom line is this: they are here ILLEGALLY. The definition of illegal is “prohibited by law; against the law; unlawful; illicit; not authorized or sanctioned” (Webster). If they cannot respect our laws for becoming a lawful citizen, why should we assume that they will respect our other laws?

I know the debates about what the Bible says about aliens, but I also know that God has put governments in place to create order, not chaos. Order includes laws. Laws are to be followed, not broken. Illegal immigrants are BREAKING THE LAW, and that should NEVER be rewarded.

Another Crazy Idea in California…

This is from the Capitol Resource Institute (CRI)…this state is ridiculous!!

SB 1437 (Kuehl, D-Los Angeles) will be heard in the Senate Education Committe on Wednesday, May 3, 2006.

“SB 1437 would require that young children be taught history lessons on “the contributions of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America.”

SB 1437 is the most extreme effort thus far to transform our public schools into institutions that disregard all notions of the traditional family unit.

SB 1437 seeks to eliminate all “stereotypes” of the traditional family so that young children are brainwashed into believing that families with moms and dads are irrelevant.

If passed, SB 1437 could potentially require gender-neutral bathrooms in our schools and all references to “husband” and “wife” or “mom and dad” removed from school textbooks as the norm.

SB 1437 not only affects textbooks and instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1-12, it also affects all school-sponsored activities! School-sponsored activities include everything from cheerleading and sports activities to the prom. Under SB 1437 school districts would likely be prohibited from having a “prom king and queen” because that would show bias based on gender and sexual orientation.

Please contact the Senate Education Committee and urge them to oppose SB 1437.”

Star Spangled Banner…

The National Anthem is a song that is dear to me. I sing it frequently at sporting events, and it is not a song that I mess with (or like others to mess with).

Now, people have decided to write a SPANISH version! What the heck?! Read this article for more details. I am definitely one of those they mention who is infuriated at this.

Thoughts?

For 24 Fans…

For those of you who watch “24” and love Jack Bauer as much as I do, you will love this. For those who have never experienced the show, you probably won’t get it, but you can try to laugh anyway! 🙂

It was so hard to not laugh outloud at work today when these facts were sent to me! I have edited out the language, but have otherwise left the content the same. There are a lot of these, but they are just too funny to not put on here!

Enjoy!

Jack Bauer has a higher body count than Hitler.

Jack Bauer could get off the Lost island in 24 hours.

Jack and Jill went up the hill. Only Jack came down. Jill was a terrorist.

If Jack Bauer was in a room with Hitler, Stalin, and Nina Meyers, and he had a gun with 2 bullets, he’d shoot Nina twice.

Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys.

1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.

The only reason you’re conscious right now is because Jack Bauer doesn’t want to carry you.

Killing Jack Bauer doesn’t make him dead. It just makes him angry.

There were originally five horsemen of the apocalypse. Jack Bauer said he would travel by foot.

Jack Bauer sleeps with a gun under the pillow. But he could kill you with the pillow.

When life hands Jack Bauer Lemons, he kills Terrorists. Jack Bauer hates lemonade.

Jack Bauer doesn’t miss. If he didn’t hit you it’s because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.

As a boy, Jack Bauer interrogated his parents on Easter until they revealed the location and contents of each hidden egg.

After running out of ammo, Jack stood in the line of fire, took 3 shots to the chest, and used them to reload.

Nostradamus once predicted in his journal: “In the century 21st, the one known as Jacques will be the savior of the world… five seasons in a row.” Moments later, Jack Bauer knocked down the door, shot Nostradamus in the kneecaps, and yelled “WHO ARE YOU WORKING FOR?!”

On Jack Bauer’s Tax Returns, he has to claim the entire world as his dependants.

Jack Bauer has no friends, because as a child when he would play cops and robbers, the robbers would all be interogated and killed.

Superman has Jack Bauer pajamas.

A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Minister walked into a bar… and Jack Bauer is going to find out why…

(Above facts from this site)

Passed out, surrounded by terrorists and nerve gas, and handcuffed to a table leg, Jack Bauer laughed to himself and said, “I have them right where I want them.”

If everyone on “24” followed Jack Bauer’s instructions, it would be called “12”.

A standard deck now contains 48 cards. Too many people were getting hurt for trying to play Jack.

Upon hearing that he was played by Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer killed Sutherland. Jack Bauer gets played by no man.

If you wake up in the morning, it’s because Jack Bauer spared your life.

There have been no terrorist attacks in United States since Jack Bauer has appeared on television.

If it tastes like chicken, looks like chicken, and feels like chicken, but Jack Bauer says its beef, then it’s beef.

The state of California plans to reduce violent crime by changing the method of capital punishment from lethal injection to Jack Bauer.

Let’s get one thing straight, the only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you.

Jack Bauer played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.

Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer was able to eliminate Bird Flu playing Duck Hunt.

It’s no use crying over spilt milk… Unless that was Jack Bauer’s milk. Oh you are so screwed.

Jack doesn’t believe in Murphy’s Law, only Bauer’s Law: “Whatever CAN go wrong, WILL be resolved in a period of 24 hours.”

In order to control illegal immigration in the United States, the president installed cardboard cutouts of Jack Bauer along the US/Mexico border.

Jack Bauer doesn’t speak any foreign languages, but he can make any foreigner speak English in a matter of minutes.

Osama bin Laden’s recent proposal for truce is a direct result of him finding out that Jack Bauer is, in fact, still alive.

Superman’s only weakness is Kryptonite. Jack Bauer laughs at Superman for having a weakness.

When Google can’t find something, it asks Jack Bauer for help.

Jack Bauer’s favorite color is severe terror alert red. His second favorite color is violet, but just because it sounds like violent.

“Simon Says” should be renamed to “Jack Bauer Says” because if Jack Bauer says something then you better do it.

Jack Bauer made 3 million Americans simultaneously hold their breath. You know you were one of them.

In the 18 months where Jack Bauer was presumed dead, Tony Almeida was put in a coma, Michelle and David Palmer were killed, a major hurricane raveged the Gulf Coast, and Rob Schneider made another movie. See what happens when Bauer isn’t around?

Jack Bauer arm once wrestled Superman. The stipulations were the loser had to wear his underwear on the outside of his pants.

Jack Bauer teaches a course at Harvard entitled: “Time Management: Making the Most Out Of Each Day.”

When the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks his closet for Jack Bauer.

Jack Bauer uses #1 pencils on standardized tests…. Jack Bauer doesn’t associate with anything that is #2.

G.I. Joe has Jack Bauer action figures.

(The above facts from this site)

Jack Bauer is proof of Intelligent Design.

Luckily, the Egyptians gave in after the 10th plague because number 11 was going to be Jack Bauer.

(Above facts from this site)

Buttprints In The Sand

I don’t know who wrote this, but this poem is great. 🙂 I have been looking for it for years, and finally came across it again. Enjoy! 🙂

One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there was seen.
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore

But then some stranger prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord, “What have we here?”
“Those prints are large and round and neat,
But Lord, they are too big for feet.”

“My child,” He said in somber tones.
“For miles I carried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait.”

“You disobeyed. You would not grow.
The walk of faith, you would not know.
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt.”

“Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight, and one must climb.
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave their buttprints in the sand.”