“Myspace to Share Data on Sex Offenders”  Apparently this move is designed to provide a counter-balance to their existing service—Allowing Sex Offenders to Share Data on Teens.

A Dean Barnett post is always worth your time. But photoshopped art on this one makes it doubly tasty.

A Dean Barnett post is always worth your time. But photoshopped art on this one makes it doubly tasty.

1. ___ Call the Dale Carnegie people; Demand refund.

2. ___ Call Teddy. Thank him for the 32-year-old single malt.

3. ___ Remind those snot-nosed punks on the committee I know more about immigration everything than any of them.

4. ___ Yell at those #%@&! kids about staying off my lawn.

5. ___ Hit GoDaddy. Register www.ballisto-geezer.com.

6. ___  Yoga. 4p.

7. ___ Blockbuster. Return: Anger Management; Incredible Hulk. Rent: Milagro Beanfield War.

 

1. ___ Call the Dale Carnegie people; Demand refund.

2. ___ Call Teddy. Thank him for the 32-year-old single malt.

3. ___ Remind those snot-nosed punks on the committee I know more about immigration everything than any of them.

4. ___ Yell at those #%@&! kids about staying off my lawn.

5. ___ Hit GoDaddy. Register www.ballisto-geezer.com.

6. ___  Yoga. 4p.

7. ___ Blockbuster. Return: Anger Management; Incredible Hulk. Rent: Milagro Beanfield War.

According to the advocates of the current wink-or-turn-a-blind-eye approach to illegal aliens, we need lots of illegals because they “do jobs Americans won’t do.”

Well one job this American didn’t want is to attempt to read the 326-page draft of the immigration “reform” bill. Fortunately, Hugh Hewitt has stepped up and done it for the rest of us.

What qualifies Hewitt to stroll into that labyrinth of legislative-speak and full-contact lawyerizationalizing? Well, here are some highlights from Hugh’s resume:

 . .a Professor of Law at Chapman University Law School. . .the recipient of three Emmys during his decade as an anchor of a nightly news and public affairs show for the Los Angeles PBS affiliate, KCET. . .served six years in the Reagan Administration in a variety of posts including in the White House Counsel’s office. . .is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School. . .

Other than that, he’s just another hack like me.

Tellingly, there are sections of the bill that even Hugh couldn’t decipher. Just wait until some low level bureaucrat starts trying to apply them.

As you read Hewitt’s eight-part dissection of the bill, keep in mind that John McCain is screaming and swearing at my Senator, John Cornyn, because he wants it passed quickly before anybody can actually figure out what it will actually mean for our country.

According to the advocates of the current wink-or-turn-a-blind-eye approach to illegal aliens, we need lots of illegals because they “do jobs Americans won’t do.”

Well one job this American didn’t want is to attempt to read the 326-page draft of the immigration “reform” bill. Fortunately, Hugh Hewitt has stepped up and done it for the rest of us.

What qualifies Hewitt to stroll into that labyrinth of legislative-speak and full-contact lawyerizationalizing? Well, here are some highlights from Hugh’s resume:

 . .a Professor of Law at Chapman University Law School. . .the recipient of three Emmys during his decade as an anchor of a nightly news and public affairs show for the Los Angeles PBS affiliate, KCET. . .served six years in the Reagan Administration in a variety of posts including in the White House Counsel’s office. . .is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School. . .

Other than that, he’s just another hack like me.

Tellingly, there are sections of the bill that even Hugh couldn’t decipher. Just wait until some low level bureaucrat starts trying to apply them.

As you read Hewitt’s eight-part dissection of the bill, keep in mind that John McCain is screaming and swearing at my Senator, John Cornyn, because he wants it passed quickly before anybody can actually figure out what it will actually mean for our country.

In my previous post, I offered my first shocked-and-awed thoughts about the “immigration compromise” to a breathless world, clamoring to know my take.  If I am in any way typical, it’s a deep self-inflicted wound for the Republican Party. But maybe I’m not typical.  

So, how does this Amnesty-in-Drag hurt Republican prospects in the near term. Today David Frum basically says, “let me count the ways!” In this post he reels off not five, not six, not seven, but eight ways this damages Republican prospects in the next election.

 A tender morsel:

6) As we have seen in both the Harriet Miers fight and the Dubai ports deal, this White House’s first instinct when faced with dissent in the ranks is to insult and abuse its strongest supporters. “Sexist”; “elitist”; “registered bigots” were some of the terms cast during the previous fights. Brace yourselves for much, much worse. This is no way to win friends and influence people. And triggering an internecine party conflict on the eve of a difficult and dangerous election is no way to re-elect a damaged incumbent party.

In my previous post, I offered my first shocked-and-awed thoughts about the “immigration compromise” to a breathless world, clamoring to know my take.  If I am in any way typical, it’s a deep self-inflicted wound for the Republican Party. But maybe I’m not typical.  

So, how does this Amnesty-in-Drag hurt Republican prospects in the near term. Today David Frum basically says, “let me count the ways!” In this post he reels off not five, not six, not seven, but eight ways this damages Republican prospects in the next election.

 A tender morsel:

6) As we have seen in both the Harriet Miers fight and the Dubai ports deal, this White House’s first instinct when faced with dissent in the ranks is to insult and abuse its strongest supporters. “Sexist”; “elitist”; “registered bigots” were some of the terms cast during the previous fights. Brace yourselves for much, much worse. This is no way to win friends and influence people. And triggering an internecine party conflict on the eve of a difficult and dangerous election is no way to re-elect a damaged incumbent party.