I don't normally chime in on political debates....but... There's so much shit going on right now dividing America, that I'm paying more attention than I ever have.
As far as immigration, and specifically the drivers license isssue...and Arizona... and Lowes, it's all different to me for these reasons...
1. Drivers License and this Tim James commercial. I saw it for the first time the other night, and literally facepalmed. Not because I so much disagree with the message, but the delivery. Look, I understand that signs are in different colors and shapes for specific reasons. If an illegal, or someone that CHOOSES NOT to learn english can pass the test based on symbols and the english necessary to pass it, then all power to them, I consider them safe enough to drive around. However, the traveling world inside the United States is based on english and if you're going to do it safely, you need to be proficient enough to pass the test accordingly.
The commercial to me was poorly delivered because, regardless of Mr. James's education level, it made him look like every other country music douchebag that MUST under penalty of death, mention his truck, truck bed, getting laid in said truck, or have a damn good tractor story instead. It was made to spark interest in a specific minded person, and unfortunately probably turned an equal amount of well educated people off in it's ridiculousness.
2. Arizona, and the illegals. People are getting murdered on the border. Illegals are pouring daily into the country and sucking our resources dry. People bitching about this bill are only concerned about themselves and not the good of the country, or the well being of Arizona citizens. Usually based only on principle and not the facts of the specific situation. Civil rights? Paper checks? How about securing the border and keeping murderers out of the US that don't belong here?
Look, people bitching about this bill, are doing the same thing as some asshole breaking a water pipe inside your home, letting the water rush in while doing nothing to stop it, and THEN bitching and moaning at the person trying to find the right parts to fix it. The people bitching aren't doing shit to stop the flood, and only shit the bed because their going to be inconvenienced from time to time. Shut the fuck up about it already and secure the fucking border. Then these fuckers can have their unquestioned freedoms back. It's a crisis situation, not daily regular doo-da life. Arizona has asked for federal help for this issue for years, and hasn't gotten shit. The federal government has acknowledged it's a problem, yet now wants to slap the hands of the people running their own state. That's bullshit. But hey, we got healthcare done and GM is lying through their teeth about paying back bail-out money... Fuck priorities... Someone wants to get himself in the history books, prudence be damned.
3. Lowes. It's a private business. A business that caters to many many latinos and yes, probably illegals. They rely on those sales, and as a retail business that needs to make sales, I don't have an issue with it. I don't put these type situations in the same catagory as drivers license exams.
It's a matter of priorities, not whether or not some shit needs to be taken care of or not. I'm so sick of the fucking assertion that if you oppose certain things, you're automatically a simpleton, bigot or uneducated asshole. My assertion is if you blindly make those assertions, then regardless of how book smart you might be, YOU are the bigot and undeducated person. (that's not aimed at anyone specific here....just a point...)
Just my opinion....
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