Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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Great Cinematic Moments of the Comprehensive Immigration Bill
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Posted by:
Mary Katharine Ham at
5:46 PM
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A lot of people have been talking about how they feel like they've seen the comprehensive immigration bill before. Like, 1965. Or was it 1986? Or, 1997?
Just ask Teddy Kennedy:
1965: "The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will notupset the ethnic mix of our society. It will not relax the standards ofadmission. It will not cause American workers to lose their jobs."
1986: "This amnesty will give citizenship to only 1.1 to 1.3million illegal aliens. We will secure the borders henceforth. We willnever again bring forward another amnesty bill like this."
2007: "Now it is time for action. 2007 is the year we must fix our broken system."
But it wasn't until I heard the bill's stage name from John Boehner today that I realized why it was familiar to me. You too may know it from such favorites as...
"Happy Gilmore"
"Animal House"
"Office Space"
"The Sopranos"
"Scarface"
and, "Tommy Boy"
Talented and versatile.
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The path of the righteous worker doing the jobs Americans won't do is beset on all sides by the inequities of the capitalist system and the tyranny of evil racist white men. Blessed is he who in the name of charity and new voters shepherds the guest worker through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of (Z) visas. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and a comprehensive immigration bill those who attempt to uphold the law and deport my brothers. And you will know my name is McCain/Kennedy/Bush when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
I heard Tarantino kind of merged a bunch of Bible verses together for this. Samuel L. pulled it off beautifully... |
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...that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim, and we sat in the Korova Milkbar trying to make up our rassoodocks what to do with the comprehensive immigration bill. |
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Check Michelle Malkin's blog for insider phone numbers for your senators that only the open border crowd has. Now we have them---call and PASS the numbers around. |
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Are you a juris doctor of personal lubricants? o_O |
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While I CANNOT speak for anyone else, as a LEGAL immigrant, I RESENT the notion that people like me who oppose amnesty are anti-immigrant. I am simply anti-ILLEGAL immigration. If we are NOT going to enforce our immigration laws, then let's make it fair: let's remove the laws from the books and inform the world that EVERYONE is welcomed -- NOT just those from countries that border the USA, which geographical location make it EASIER for them to swim or trek to here!
http://osi-speaks.blogspot.com/2007/05/whats-wrong-with-congress-immigration.html#links |
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Bush Administration, Dying at the Border
This is from “Skeptical Economist”. This is the one of the best articles I have ever read on economics and illegal immigration.
It is no secret that the Bush administration is failing and failing badly. The woes of the administration are legion, Iraq, immigration, the economy, Katrina, health care, gasoline prices, etc. The impact on public opinion is profound. Bush is well on his way to being one of the least popular presidents in U.S. history. His current popularity rating of 31% may be a high water mark. The twenties and perhaps teens are not that far off. Increasingly he has lost, not just liberals and mainstream Americans, but conservatives as well. The key question is why? Why has this once promising administration gone downhill so far and so fast? Is it just bad luck or is their a deeper force at work? In my view, the ideology and practice of Open Borders has condemned this president to complete failure. Could the Bush administration turn itself around by changing its stance on immigration? Yes, but it is exceedingly unlikely to happen. Bush is doomed and may not finish his term in office.
READ MORE
http://controlcongress.com/uncategorized/bush-administration-dying-at-the-border
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You inserted the phrase "comprehensive immigration bill" in pop culture references. And its funny!
Great job, Mary Katherine Comprehensive Immigration Bill! |
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Jackie Treehorn treats comprehensive immigration bills like women, man.
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THE DUDE: I--the royal we, you know, the editorial--I dropped off the money, exactly as per--Look, I've got certain information, certain things have come to light, and uh, has it ever occurred to you, man, that given the nature of all this new Comprehensive Immigration Bill, that, uh, instead of running around blaming me, that this whole thing might just be, not, you know, not just such a simple, but uh--you know?
LEBOWSKI: What in God's holy name are you blathering about?
THE DUDE: I'll tell you what I'm blathering about... I've got information man! New Comprehensive Reform Bill has come to light! And...Comprehensive Reform Bill... man...
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of the Happy Gilmore picture? Great job giving us a little humor to an otherwise dreary friggin' subject.
lange,
I'd pay good money to see what your idea of humor is...I'm picturing Janeane Garafalo pointing toward her wrist asking, "What bone is this?" |
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Our immigration system is broken. There's no way our broken bureaucracies can handle the thousands of visa applications that we're going to get now.
Heaven help us. |
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Actually that is pretty funny. Not bad.
That said (and I do not say this to be mean or hit back), doesn't it bother you that just prior to coming up with that comment you are having so much fun with, he also has given some people reason to believe that his promises might not be worth a COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION BILL? |
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Well done, Mary Katharine. |
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