āWouldnāt it be nice if there were borders
Keeping people out who donāt be-long
And wouldnāt it be nice if all of Congress
Knew the diff-er-ence in right and wrongā¦ā
Wouldnāt it be nice?
Itāll all be over soonā¦ Donāt worry baby.
R.I.P. Brian Wilson btw
Yet no accountability through the ages.
ā¦ this is appropriate again (it seems) - an āoldieā Bomb Bomb Bomb ā¦ Bomb Iran
I had almost forgotten about thatā¦one wonders what sorts of musical parodies Limbaugh might have come up with now.
Living in CA, Im very unhappy with how the deportations are happening. They are casting too wide of a net and hurting good hard working people. They could be using resources to locate and remove immigrants actively committing crimes (drugs, assault, whatever). Get rid of those people. Get rid of people harboring those criminals. Get rid of people who donāt appreciate that they are in our country, have no interest in assimilating, and maybe even hate our country.
I know this is in response to Dems completely opening the border and flooding the country with unknowns and a lot of known dangerous people. So sureā¦play stupid gamesā¦win stupid prizesā¦But this is NOT HUMANE. This is vindictive and a lot of scapegoating. Its disgusting.
Having said all thatā¦This all seems like a distraction for something largerā¦maybe the roll out of the new system of tech and controlā¦
I believe the best comment was ARGO at the end of the movie when the producers were asked what ARGO meant. AR GO ____ yourself.
I had completely forgotten that film. Through one of the quirks of life, I met the son of one of the hostages through a then-shared interest in meditation and yoga. By then (spring 1981), his father was safe and he told me a story about meeting President Reagan.
But even then, I knew there was more to the whole story than we were being told.
ā¦ Hereās another set of lyrics ā¦ California Reaminā
All the streets are brown (All the streets are brown)
With bumsā fecal spray. (With bumsā fecal spray.)
Canāt go for a walk; (Canāt go for a walk;)
Iād be stabbed today. (With a rusty blade.)
Iād be better off (As in, Iād be safe)
Were I not in L.A. (Or this terrible state.)
Californiaās reaminā (Californiaās reaminā)
Drove decent folks away.
Canāt go pray in church:
Thatās illegal these days.
This stateās run by fascist freaks, (Child-raping commies,)
Who hate my pale white face. (Racist bigots, these.)
With rolling blackouts and āwokeā scolds; (And tranny pedos;)
This whole stateās a disgrace! (As are all blue statesā¦)
Californiaās reaminā (Californiaās reaminā)
Drove commerce from this placeā¦
[Mournful Wind Instrument Interlude]
Glass strewn on the ground; (broken car windows;)
Needles strew the way. (Crack and heroin.)
Canāt go for a walk; (Iād be raped and shanked;)
Iād be slain today. (This cityās ablaze.)
Gotta leave this hellhole; (Itās like Venezuela;)
Gotta flee L.A. (This flaming cesspit.)
Californiaās reaminā (Californiaās reaminā)
Made this a hellish placeā¦
Californiaās reaminā:
Its eternal disgraceā¦
Californiaās reaminā
Just drove out its tax base!
agree on their priorities. My take; theyāre losing face due to lack of progress and decided to go after the easy low hanging fruit (pardon pun) to be able to get some MSM press. āsee, weāre doing what we saidā Losing face on virtually every topic from what I see. The āstick to the planā ā5d chessā thing was tossed in the dumpster a while back for most of us. I see bravado, bungling, and yes good intentions for the most part.
Like someone recently said (I forget who)ā¦all Trump has done is paint the deep state red.
Correct.
While people whine about racism and immigrants and tarriffs (too old now?) the Borg system is being implemented in the Big Beautiful Bill with AI and Palantir and itās absolutely disgusting and terrifying.
And the ānetā was not too wide, the arrests which sparked the riots were for money laundering illegal immigrants.
I live in SoCal and have seen it myself that the net is cast too wideā¦at least imo. Theyāve picked up local street vendors who serve food (fruit, tacos, etc.) that have been in the community for years. And ICE recently started picking people up at bus stops.
Soā¦in my view, this immigration policy is def not narrowly tailored enough. Thereās a reasonable middle ground somewhereā¦
I donāt support the riots. Im disgusted by people waiving foreign flags while destroying property. Its frustrating to watch, to say the least.
ā¦ simply by being āin the community for yearsā does not make one a ālegalā immigrant.
I hoped it would be better executed, but perhaps they are only arresting these street vendors temporarily to check their status if they have not the ability to show legality in the moment. I am all for legal residency for those who have been paying taxes and contributing with businesses for years, instead of deportation.
I will clarify my statement above by saying they need a work permit first including a proper SSN . they should have had one all along. My wife got a work permit first, (after her marriage visa) and then Permanent Residency second.
You dont get to be official just because you were working. But the working , if you have been investigated and are clean, helps show good character.
She had to prove that she was not going to be a drain on the state.
I never said that it did.
Yeah thatās basically my view!
The problem with the idea of giving illegal immigrants permanent residency status after owning a business and paying taxes is it does not negate the possibility of money laundering or funding crime with said businesses. so its not a one size fits all scenario and we all know how the GOV works.
Deporting is quicker and easier.
At the end of the day, if you are here illegally, you are criminal, whether you have been paying taxes or not.
Its definitely not a one size fits all solution. Thereās plenty of American run businesses engaging in money launderingā¦i know i know , thats besides that point. Basically Iād like for people who came into this country illegally, who are working, paying taxes, not engaged in crime, and contributing to their communities positively, to have a pathway to citizenshipā¦On the other hand, Iād like the border to be secured so no more illegal immigration takes placeā¦
a one time āgoodā illegal immigrant jubilee 
ā¦ then why do you point out āTheyāve picked up local street vendors who serve food (fruit, tacos, etc.) that have been in the community for years.ā It would appear that you are claiming that there should be an exemption for āthose that have been in the community for yearsā in that you show surprise that they are ābeing picked upā. Just curious if any of those who were āpicked upā who have ābeen in the community for yearsā turned out to be here illegally. If they were here legally or were citizens then they should file suit and demand a public apology.