Archive of entries posted on 11th May 2011

Let’s Talk Amnesty Again

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Unemployment has risen yet again, so what’s Obama’s solution? More cheap labor from out of country! Yep, time to talk amnesty again. You ever get the feeling that Obama doesn’t really take any of our big problems seriously? Like recently I heard his response to rising gas prices was to try to end tax breaks on oil companies. And raising operating costs for oil companies will lower gas prices how? And his other suggestion was to buy a hybrid. Great idea; I’ll save on gas using this $40,000 I just happen to have lying around.

Anyway, why bring up amnesty for illegal immigrants now? And you just know it’s a loser issue in how dishonest people excusing illegal immigration are. For one, they always try to group in illegal immigration with legal immigration since illegal immigration is pretty indefensible by itself. And the people for amnesty are always so schizophrenic on whether illegal immigration is a bad thing in the first place. Like Obama is proudly making the ridiculous claim that the border fence has been completed — which suggests keeping out illegal immigrants is a good thing — but then wants us to pass amnesty — which suggests keeping out illegal immigrants isn’t a big deal. Which is it? And the amnesty people are never clear on what their endgame is. Do they want to get rid of borders? Do they want to keep a broken system they can demagogue about? Who knows. No wonder amnesty people are always turning to the racist charge since a coherent argument isn’t an option.

I think people would have a lot more sympathy, though, for illegal immigrants if they were more sorry about it. Like if they all were like, “We’re really sorry to do this, but you have to understand how much Mexico sucks and how nice your country is. You wouldn’t want to live in Mexico.” But instead illegal immigrants are all indignant we even care about this and think they’re owed citizenship. You know, we have plenty of overly-entitled, native-born people I would love to deport, so we don’t need more from out of country.

People Just Aren’t Intellectual Enough to Get the Obama Presidency

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Reading my stuff at IMAO is boring, so you can go see a piece of mine at Townhall. Poor Obama is getting all this attention for shooting a terrorist in the head, but that’s not what is intelligent, nuanced presidency is about.

Random Thoughts

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$8.5 billion is a lot to pay for a company – that’s almost two whole days of government spending.

People think you’re crazy if you have a bomb shelter full of food and ammo but when the zombies attack you’ll be EINSTEIN TIMES A MILLION!

OMG POTUS TXTS

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CBS New York reports that a new cell phone emergency service is set to launch “by the end of the year” in New York and Washington … and in other cities by the end of 2012:

It’s called the Personal Localized Alert Network or PLAN. Presidential and local emergency messages as well as Amber Alerts would appear on cell phones equipped with special chips and software.

The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the system would also warn about terrorist attacks and natural disasters.

So, how would this work? I’m thinking not too well. Remember when Steve Jobs took down a network when he tried to introduce the iPhone 4? And the overall sluggishness of AT&T since the introduction of the iPhone?

But that’s in the corporate world. I’m sure with the government involved, this will go off without a hitch. I do wonder, though, will you be able to read government texts while driving? Maybe those will be exempted from all those texting laws.

And, we obviously need such a thing. How else will we know what’s going on in our own cities? Just because today, we can get live messages from Abbottabad that helicopters are attacking a big house doesn’t mean that we can know about stuff going on locally.

It’s not like every news outlet in the world has Twitter accounts. Except that every news outlet in the world has a Twitter account.

NYC’s Nanny-In-Chief, Michael Bloomberg, said, “The lessons that were reinforced on 9/11 is the importance of getting clear and accurate information to the public during a crisis.”

So he’s responding to 9/11. And we know how well governments respond to 9/11. Tried to fly anywhere lately? Had to wait while some 3-year-old is fondled by the TSA? Government reaction at its finest.

But I can see the use of this for natural disasters. Those texts would really be helpful:

  • That really bad wind and rain you’re getting? Yes, it is a hurricane. You might want to leave now.
  • That water that’s inside your house? It’s a flood. But don’t worry. Our buses are still parked. They’re safe. You should go be safe too.
  • Those tornado alerts you saw on TV and heard on the radio? Yes they’re real.

AT&T and Verizon are on board with this plan, by the way. But you can opt out. For all but the messages from the president. You don’t see enough of him on TV or on the radio or in the newspaper or on the Internet. You will be able to get him on your cell phone. And nationally, by the end of 2012. In time for the election.

I can imagine that the president will have only important things to say.

  • OMG I SHOT 92 BEST SCORE EVER!!1!!
  • CIA FOUND OBL BRB
  • OBL DED 1MIL DKP 4 ME!!1!
  • TX PLZ STP TXTNG ME NO $ 4 U
  • EAK WAH
  • BRB OMW TO TX TO RAISE $ FOR 2012

Yeah, I can hardly wait.