In my eyes anyway, I think that today's most important news story was NOT Michael Vick's preliminary hearing or Lindsay Lohan's latest bust. That's of course contrary to what CNN would have you believe.
The Washington Post got it right (as of 8:08 on their Web site, anyway). Special prosecutor to investigate Gonzales? Damn right. It's about time somebody realized the blatant disregard the Bush league has shown for process. Any process - judicial, legislative, intellectual. Quite frankly I can't even believe he's made it this far without something like this happening.
Is it bad that I get some sort of pleasure out of watching his presidency collapse around him?
"He tells the half truth, the partial truth and anything but the truth."
You could attribute that quote to more Bushies than you can count.
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In other news, a story that didn't get nearly enough attention today, considering the implications. Hazleton's immigration debacle got shot down by a federal judge. The reason? A city can't perform federal duties. The judge also said "the city could not enact an ordinance that violates rights the Constitution guarantees to every person in the United States, whether legal resident or not."
Bravo.
I'm all for enforcing immigration laws, but that's the federal government's job. (Not that that's working out very well, but in theory it should be the feds' job.) Sidebar: What do these people really want to do? And by "these people," I mean the hardcore, kick-em-all-out fanatics. Thousands - if not millions - of communities would literally shut down without the illegals. It's an unfortunate fact that we've gotten used to having them around.
I lost wherever I was going with that. But I heard a semi-serious solution to the problem recently (can't remember who said it when or where...) - lower the minimum wage so the work pays better in Mexico...obviously never going to happen but it does make you think. Makes me think anyway.
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Speaking of the minimum wage...gah. I'm torn over that one. I'm fully aware that raising the minimum wage will speed up inflation. But I'm also fully aware that I only get paid minimum wage during the school year through work study, and last semester was nice with an extra few dollars lying around.
But even when the increase hits its peak though in 2009, if you work 40 hours a week all year at minimum wage, you'll be in poverty. I don't know because I've never had to support myself alone, but I don't see how $15,000 a year could possibly support one person, not to mention any other family members. And to think of someone trying to live like that, it really does make me think that maybe the increase is a good thing, and maybe it should be higher still.
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And just for kicks... The poor kid never got an answer!
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