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Miscellaneous Rambling

Four points for a 50-yard field goal? Bad idea and not necessary. The reward for a long field goal is built into the game: you get three points, even though your lame offense didn't advance the ball very far. * * * * * * * I think the NFL will nix it, but who knows. If they think it'll appeal to some outside minority group, they'll push it through. Do kickers tend to be gay? * * * * * * * So the Republicans are getting ready to abdicate power for good by opening the floodgates to immigration and granting amnesty. I'm actually pro-immigration and amnesty in most circumstances, but it bugs me that the Democrats caused the immigration problem back in the 1990s and now they're set to benefit hugely from it. * * * * * * * Why do I say the Democrats caused the illegal alien problem? I base it on two things: (1) A lifelong Democrat, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, saying it's a great shame on the Democratic Party that they, acting through a President Clinton executive order, revoked work visas in order to protect jobs and placate their union lobby. Almost overnight, the country had millions of illegal aliens because, once they sneaked in to do the jobs they had come to rely upon, they didn't want to risk sneaking back again. Unfortunately, I've never been able to find that executive order or find an article on it. (2) I talked with an immigration attorney, one of the best in western Michigan. We work together on cases once in awhile. I asked him if that Groeschel version of what happened is accurate and he confirmed it, with reservations. Paraphrase: "There's a lot more to it, but yes, Clinton's effort to protect union jobs caused a lot of this problem." * * * * * * * Anybody else think maybe Clinton did that nearly 20 years ago, not so much to placate the unions but rather to create a mess that would result in a flood of new Democratic voters? I think it's possible. * * * * * * * And I'm a pro-Mexican kind of guy. I think we screwed them in the Mexican-American War, and I think there's a lot of latent racism at work in this whole firestorm. But it simply isn't right if we allow people into the country that don't appreciate or admire the American way of life and work ethic that built this country. And in no event should they qualify for food stamps and other freebies. That's simply insane. And if I see one more Mexican flag waived in reconquista fashion, I'm gonna hurl.

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