The Age of (un)Reason

So very disturbing.

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, ‘’whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.

Christ, the guy’s turning into frickin Chancellor Palpatine, constantly pushing for expanded powers.  Just how long are we going to let this guy wipe his ass with the Constitution until he’s finally stopped?  Censure or impeachment, one of these actions must be used or else we’ll wake up one day to find our freedom gone, our country transformed into a theocracy.

Censure or impeachment.  Tools against the culture of corruption. 

Three years ago the Shmuck-in-Chief landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln and wearing a flight suit, proclaimed mission accomplish in Iraq.

Over 137 soldiers have died since then.  2401 in total.

Mission accomplished indeed. 

So finally, Americans are starting to pay attention to the horrible genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan.  A genocide that has killed upwards of 300,000 people, left millions displaced, probably hundreds of thousands or millions crippled and such.  Yet, despite all this tragedy, Americans and the media turned a blind eye, instead perfering to focus on the trial of Michael Jackson (which recieved 50 times more media coverage than Darfur).  Last year, the top five most covered news stories in the US were Hurricane Katrina, Iraq (it took second, third and fourth) and the death of Pope John Paul II.

Darfur didn’t even break the top 20.

So what changed all of this?  Why is the media suddenly giving it more attention and thus, alerting Americans to this tragedy?  George Clooney.  Yes, Clooney went to Darfur recently and made a documentry of humanitarian crisis there.  Now suddenly, its getting alot more attention than it was a year ago.

I mean, its true he wasn’t the first to go there - Bono and Angelina Jolie had gone there before him.  But he seems to be the one who has managed to grab the attention needed.  Now, the US has sent its number two at the State Department to ensure that the peace deal thats on the table over there makes it through.  Yesterday, about fifteen thousand rallied in D.C.

Of course I’m not 100% serious when I say George Clooney saved Darfur.  He did do his part in bringing awareness to it though.  My respect for the man has risen quite a bit.  As a result, I’m bestowing the
The Age of (un)Reason Award of Meritous Deeds.

Well, unless you’ve been living under a rock today, you’ll undoubtly have heard about the mass protests in several major american cities.  There are 300,000 in Chicago and more will probably be in the larger cities, like New York.  All of them are rallying for immigration rights.  They feel illegal immigrants are being persecuted.

Honestly, I’m kind of ambliviant either way.  I support immigration.  Legal immigration, that is.  I’m sure most of the people who cross the border illegally are nice folks who just want to make a better life for themselves and their families.  The problem is, not all of them are like that.  Those are the drug runners, criminals, gangs, etc.  MS13 ring a bell?  They’re a gang originally from El Salvador.  They were used as terror squads by the Salvadorian government.  Now, they’re up here.

I think we should set up some sort of program, where an illegal can become legal after a background check, paying back taxes and some fines, and the standard seven year weight.  Between now and then, they would be given a "temp citizenship".  It would allow them to stay in the country, but they wouldn’t have the full rights of a citizen, like voting.  Also, they would have to get it renewed every year until they gain full citizenship.