A couple things

Monday May 1, 2006 - 1:28AM EDT

First off. Some clown senator was in Philadelphia today trying to promot $100 rebates for gas. That ass-clown must think people are stupid. Is there anyone living in this country today that doesn't feel like a $100 gas rebate is a slap in the face. Gas rebates has got to be up there with Marie Antionett's alleged comment of  "let them eat cake" (side note: I don't think she ever said that but for the moment we will go with it). If this doesn't show how some so called leaders in our government decadent losers with nothing to contribute to society then I don't know how else to demonstrate it. That is really a sign that they have run out of ideas. Oh wait they never had any in the first place. I do kind of like this whole so-called gas crisis. Because maybe it will finally weed out the horrible ideas and the equally as horrible people who generate them. We are reaping the rewards of years of horrible ideas. So of course politicians have to argue about things in the past and say if someone did this or someone did that it wouldn't be that way. Well you losers, invent me a fucking time machine so we can go back and fix it. Alright enough on that.

Now to the immigration thing. I always think about it when I eat at the food court in the King of Prussia mall. Because more than 70% of the people that work there are of latin american descent. If you didn't speak a word of english and only spanish you would have no trouble getting a meal any way you like in there. I freaking love it. Actually it reminds me of being in Venezuela a little bit. The song and dance various policy makers are doing on the so-called immigration issue is pathetic. They bemoan the illegality of coming into the country illegally while saying we need these people to do our laundry. I would guess that the majority of those in the country illegaly aren't some kind of economic strain or detriment to the county. It just seems to me that the approach to this by our government is xenophobic. That there is some kind of problem with certain people wanting to come to the United States. I really can't describe the overal sentiment of the populace because I don't think what government leaders are saying is how the way most of the country feels. It seems kind of unresolved in the national psyche. Maybe not butI feel like this becoming a major issue was the work of a few outspoken people and that most really haven't thought much about it.

I see it this way. First I think it is damn shame that there are so many people feel their country is a dead end with no opportunities. That is a huge problem that I don't think many people think about. I think about how the United States grew and ask myself why can't Mexico be just a prosperous as the U.S. That is a discussion in itself but one worth having. Actually that is really the root of the problem. All these people feel that the U.S. is the only place for them to make something of themselves or for their family. Sure it is a testament to the U.S. but it is also a signal of something terribly wrong everywhere else. As trendy as it is for some who don't know America to bad mouth the United States that is all it is most of the time. I will make a stark distinction between ignorant derison and those who know the U.S. who criticise it. Some like to lump the two together. I won't. So its a shame that people feel the need to come to the U.S. Now that they are here I think there needs  to be more of an effort to integrate those that come here into our society. Rigid sub-cultural groups seem to form because of the relationship between xenophobia and our ideas of freedom. When outsiders come in our ideas of freedom say we should let them do what they want (reasonably within the law) however they are accustomed to different things so they don't neccessarily do exactly as we are used to. Not to mention they often speak a different language. What I am trying to say is why are there chinatowns, little havanas, etc?  It just doesn't seem like the right direction. I don't want to abolish these sub-groups but I don't want societies to skew towards being simply a collection of walled off sub-groups whose only interaction is through the pipeline of economics. It is not that way now but I just can't shake the feeling that while some are putting so much energy into creating these sub-groups it could be used to better the largetrsociety. Really this is just my opinion of the situation. I just think there is much more that can be done to solve the immigration issue while at the same time improving society for all.

Damn I am tired. I should go back and read to make sure I got across everything clearly. Ah well time for bed.