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Why are we outraged that we can’t treat illegal workers unfairly?

A comment deliberately trying to start a fight on Facebook regarding my confusion about the Fox News outrage about a Wage and Hour PSA that rails against the unfair treatment of illegal migrant workers prompted this post. Apparently, by saying that Wage and Hour regulations apply independently of work authorization laws, we’re saying that [...] [...]

Liberty or security?

Today, let’s look at the real agenda of folks who CLAIM they want more freedom, more liberty, and lower taxes (less federal government involvement) by looking at these a/b alternate statements: (a) The walk between here and the grocery store is not very pedestrian-friendly; more than 2/3 of the walk is along major thoroughfares with [...] [...]

A different approach to immigration reform

Let’s talk about the wrong-headedness of the state of Arizona’s approach to dealing with illegal immigration. Ever since 1975, when the Supreme Court used the language “of Mexican Appearance,” there’s been a question about profiling and ethnic cleansing, which obviously isn’t the goal. In fact, I for one think that Gov Jan Brewer [...] [...]

If we can’t win on superior ideology, we’ll lie!

Our (the people’s) government does not seem to be acting in our interests. Again, it’s not so much a disagreement of political ideology that I object to, but the lying. A Washington Times article today reports that “Other States Taking Cue From Arizona Law,” observing that “legislators and political candidates from Georgia to [...] [...]

Profiling the Brown People

The Washington Times reports that Arizona’s own congressional representative called for a boycott of the state if the governor signs horrible, fascist immigration legislation into law. The Catholic Church warned that the state’s new immigration law might actually be encouraging “Nazi and Russian Communist techniques.” And the Tea Party folks enthusiastically, overwhelmingly support this [...] [...]