am·nes·ty [am-nuh-stee] n.

1. a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
2. Law. an act of forgiveness for past offenses, esp. to a class of persons as a whole.
3. a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense.

Dear Mr. President, Senator McCain, etc.,

Please tell me how forgiving the crimes of millions of people who broke the law entering this country and continue to break the law by remaining in this country illegally is NOT considered amnesty. Saying a plan rejects amnesty when it does the exact opposite is insulting. How stupid do you think we are? By pardoning them, you would not only reward them for breaking our laws, you would also be slapping in the face every single person who has come to this country legally and followed the proper procedures and protocols, as well as every single person currently waiting in line like they’re supposed to.

You say we must treat people with respect, but what respect does amnesty show the people who have taken the time and spent the money and waited in line? This country was built by people stepping up and taking responsibility and doing the right thing, not by doing whatever was politically expedient. Sometimes you have to do the difficult thing, not because it’s the opposite of what your competition wants, but because it’s the right thing to do.

Our laws are not in place to be ignored or followed on a case by case basis; it has nothing to do with political affiliation, campaign contributions, lobbying, or votes. Rewarding lawbreakers goes against everything on which this country was founded.

Please, for the sake of this nation, don’t sell us out.

Sincerely,
Me

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I offer my gratitude to all the men and women who have given their lives for this country. Your sacrifice will always be remembered. I also want to thank all those who choose to serve and protect this nation. Thank you.

I know it may not look much different, but I’ve moved. Hopefully I’m here to stay. It may be good or bad, depending on your opinion of me, that the site has been down while all the jackassery in Washington has been going down. Either way, I guarantee they’re not done, so I’ll have plenty of fodder soon enough. What I’m really waiting for is someone to nut up. Tancredo, I’m looking in your direction. The solution to the immigration “situation” is NOT to bend over and drop trou. Do I have to reiterate the boat scenario again? You don’t sit around thinking about how to deal with all the water in the boat, you start bailing it out, plug the damn hole and then figure out how to get the rest of it out. You certainly don’t play nice with the water because it might vote for you in the future if you can make it legal. Unless you’re a politician.

Time snubs POTUS

Apparently Tina Fey and Leonardo DiCaprio are more influential than President George W. Bush, according to Time Magazine. See for yourself here. I sincerely hope that I am not the only person who finds that to be absolutely retarded. Even if you despise him, you can’t deny his influence. When was the last time Tina Fey’s actions resulted in millions of people protesting across the world? When did Youssou N’Dour last make a decision that affected thousands of soldiers or millions of citizens or possibly even the outcome of a war?

Love him, hate him, want him impeached, want him enshrined, whatever. I just think it’s sad that this type of bias is so blatantly obvious in what was once a source of honest, objective information. Of course, maybe I’m just ignorant and it was never really objective.

What ever happened to catchy jingles and semi-entertaining advertisements? Cheesy animated characters talking about how their cereal was “GRRRRRReat!” or how everyone was “cuckoo” for it, or how it snapped, crackled, and popped. The talking syrup bottle. “Le’ go my Eggo.” Push pops. When you still remember the Yipes Stripes, Doublemint, and Big Red commercials, I think it’s safe to say they did something right.

So what happened? Why are so many commercials today so mind-numbingly stupid? Have we declined in intelligence as a society? Apparently we live in the age of overkill: come up with an idea and beat it into people’s heads until you’ve exhausted all possible iterations. A dog walks down the street, looks up, and tells the guy he wants Taco Bell. That’s funny, the first few times. Re-hashing it backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally for years? Not so much. I don’t think Taco Bell had any decent commercials after the first dog or two until the carne asada lions came along.

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