Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Headlines Only
Law for Illegal Immigrants Finally Brings Safety to Roads: Hahaha. HAHA! Yeah. Roads are now safe. We'll never see another traffic accident again. Thank God we're passed the era of frequent traffic crashes.
Perhaps the most outlandish argument against the new bill comes from those who say it will only encourage terrorist activity, citing the accessibility of air travel with a driver's license.
Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, had the perfect response for this unfounded claim.
"I'll grant you this bill will not stop terrorists," he said. "But it's also not going to make the summers in San Francisco warmer or cure allergies in Sacramento. That's not what it is designed to do."
I'll agree it's a pretty outlandish argument, but Jay must be partially insane to think that Gil's response is perfect. Allow me to summarize:
Argument: "It will encourage terrorist activity." (note that the argument does not say "it fails to stop terrorist activity")
Response: "It's not designed to stop terrorist activity, so it's okay to increase it."
Hmm.
But the bill has one purpose: to increase safety on the road for all drivers, illegal immigrants and citizens alike.
Let's pretend that that really is one purpose. There's two more. Get Gray unrecalled and build up Democrat support are the others. In fact, the Daily Cal is the one of the very few publications naive enough to even mention the safety issue. Everyone knows that it's an immigrant issue. I even know that, and I don't know anything.
...the new law finally recognizes the most basic rights of a group that has been consistently overlooked in California and indicates a positive change in the state's politics.
The right to be deported? The "illegal" in illegal immigrant isn't just for fun, you know.
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