Damn Immigrants Part 2

SB 1070 from Arizona is here in Utah. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=14740983&autostart=y


Your thoughts?

I understand the need to control illegals. We can stop by reducing demand for their cheap labor. I know it's not that simple, but we walk a very thin line when we start what is essentially racial profiling.

I'ma lso not convinced the law will do anything to reduce/help the illegal immigrant population.....

Utah is one of the most conservative of all States, I really do'nt think this is going tobe a wave duplicated by other states any time soon.

But then again, the rush for Conservative ideas is reaching a renewed fevered pitch as Republicans ramp up fear rhetoric to oust the Dems in a year's time.

Your thoughts on immigration

Not your thoughts on people who are different from you. But what are your thoughts on the immigration debate, and soon to be law, that address the likes of illegals and foreign workers?

Simply put, this isn't an Arizona style law, I believe Arizona will take a back seat to the developments and attention paid to Utah. Utah will capture the nation's attention and will go further with their attempts to stem illegal immigration.

As with anything, one law won't help much. We need a holistic solution. Just creating bigger jails and harsher laws has rarely solved anything.


Any ideas?

The Immigant debate

Yea Moe, you tell it how it is. The Simpsons style (or should I say Arizona style) immigration law coming into play soon is on hold because of cost.

Which makes sense, you want to increase enforcement the taxpayer is going pay through the nose.

But I say forget that, let the Mexicans pay for the Mexican tax..... what? we do'n thave a mexican tax? Well how can we have a bear tax and not the Mexican tax? Oh, it's racists?!

I still opt for Simpson's style vigilance.....complete with stealth bombers and round the clock border patrols as far as the eye can see....


Or we could come up with a more holistic approach.

Teen Drivers in Utah to Lose Cell Phones

Explain to me how when you magically turn, say 25, that you can suddenly text and drive? I doubt there's concrete evidence, but I'm willing to go out on a limb and conclude that regardless of driving experience, texting while driving is harzardous just the same. A proposed Utah law would ban teen drivers from texting while driving (using any handset as well).

That's great news, but why stop there? It seems more of a way to get quick cash through some fines then it is to adjust behavior. The bill is being proposed for the second time by Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake.

Luxury Goods Drive Xmas

Lawyers are definitely paid well when you get your practice running (even if you work in a good firm you're hopefully making good coin.) (I should note I am admittedly ignoring the vast number of lawyers who don't work for the big bucks, but less consider you an anomaly for a moment.)

But I don't generally see lawyers driving around in a selection of Bentley's and Rolls Royce's.

Call me poor, but I thought we were tightening the purse strings in this recession. Turns out The recession only applies to almost all of us, but not all...... Accusations of wealth being siphoned from the majority of Americans (98%) and funneled to the pockets of the exceptionally wealthy will pick up as Christmas sales come in. Overal luxury good sales were way way up. Somebody had cash to spend, and they decided to opt for lavish goods over knock off Gucci.

I gotta figure out how to get in on this racket.

iPhone Finally

Get your iPhone 4 from Verizon! ATT has long had a monopoly on all iPhone sales in the US (unless you wanted to shell out big bucks to get the device unlocked).

Apart from techno geeks the majority of us didn't really want to spend the 800+ bucks for an unlocked phone.

At least now we have some competition as Verizon will soon offer the iPhone 4. Maybe even prices will start going down for the devices.... ATT can also take their millions and run, finally we have competition.....

The State of our Union

What were your thoughts on the State of the Union Address?

A bunch of talk? Empty rhetoric?

I can say I felt the speech demonstrated a President who inherited a terrible situation. Wars, economy, and declining everything.

It took Bush 8 years to mess it up, and it will take more than 2 years for Obama to fix it.

Let's hope he actually pushes through the major elements he promised, being: economy, health..... yea that about sums it up.