ANOTHER Dollar Coin? Why?

So, the government is going to try and foist yet another dollar coin on us, eh? What makes them think we’re going to accept the new presidential dollars when we didn’t accept Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea? (Kind of smacks of sexism, doesn't it, that we didn't accept two previous dollar coins depicting women, but the government believes we'll accept dollar coins with all-male presidents? Hmmm...) How many people ever even saw a Sacagawea dollar, anyway. Personally, I’ve seen only one in the six years since it was issued.

Don’t they get it? Americans, for the most part, don’t want a dollar coin! We don’t need yet another coin weighing down our pockets and purses. If the dollar bill were going to be phased out in favor of the dollar coin, then maybe I could understand it, but it’s not, thank goodness.

The problem with the Susan B. Anthony coin was that it was too close in size to a quarter. The problem with the Sacagawea dollar, I think, was that it was too pretty. Its shiny golden plating made it perfect fodder for hoarding. Who would want to spend something that pretty? I think another reason Americans won’t accept a dollar coin is that, outside of a hand-to-hand transaction, where could you use one? Parking meters and vending machines won’t accept them, and it would be too expensive to retrofit parking meters and vending machines to accept them.

These new dollar coins are nothing but yet another Republican waste of taxpayer money. (They were proposed by a Republican congressman.) We don’t want ‘em and we don’t need ‘em. The new presidential coins are only going to lead to yet another hoarding frenzy, that’s all. I have serious doubts that they’ll be circulated any more than the previous two dollar coins were. The government should just forget about a dollar coin and use that money for something much more important, like, oh, I don't know, shoring up Social Security, perhaps?

Memo to the Democratic Party -- Bush MUST Be Impeached -- NOW!!

The Democrats should be raising a hue and cry for the impeachment of George W. Bush the same way the Republicans did regarding impeachment for President Clinton, so, why aren't they? After all, what President Clinton did was only a personal matter that really didn't hurt anyone, yet the Republicans couldn't wait to sic their special prosecutor, Kenneth Starr, on him, not to mention all the taxpayer dollars they wasted investigating Whitewater and the so-called "Travelgate" in the lame, pathetic, futile attempt to pin something -- ANYTHING -- illegal on President Clinton.

George W. Bush, on the other hand, has spoken lie after lie and broken innumerable laws that have hurt -- and even killed -- who knows how many, yet where is the Democrats' special prosecutor? Where is their Ken Starr? If ever there was a president in the history of this country deserving of impeachment, it is George W. Bush. He is a disgrace and embarrassment to his office and his country.

With all due respect to Sen. Russ Feingold, censure is fine, as far as it goes, it just that it doesn't go nearly far enough. Bush MUST be IMPEACHED, NOT just censured.

IMPEACHMENT NOW!!!

THE RUMINATOR

Illegals, PLEASE GO HOME!

Yesterday, May Day, there were massive marches by illegal immigrants and their supporters in a number of large American cities with large Latino populations. They were marching for, what was called on the newscasts, "immigration reform." What they were REALLY marching for is leniency for lawbreakers. Personally, I don't support lawbreaking, and I certainly don't support lawbreakers, and illegals are breaking the law. They claim to love this country. Well, if they love this country as much as they say they do, then they should love it enough to respect its laws. Yes, this IS a nation of immigrants, but it's a nation of LEGAL immigrants and the illegals and their supporters have a lot of chutzpah to compare them to those immigrants who came into this country via LEGAL channels. It takes a lot of nerve to not only break the law -- but then expect to be REWARDED for it no less by being allowed to stay here and have a job and a steady paycheck!

Yesterday's rallies were nothing but celebrations of lawbreaking. The illegals were, and are, setting a very poor example for their children because the message they were sending was that breaking the law, and then having the unmitigated GALL to CELEBRATE that lawbreaking, are OK.

A big part of the problem, though, are those employers who hire illegals. No immigrant should be given a job unless he or she can provide AUTHENTIC documentation (unfortunately, it's all to easy to print up authentic-LOOKING documents these days) that they're in this country LEGALLY, and only then should they be given a job.

When it comes to the phrase, "illegal immigrants," it's not the "immigrants" part I have a problem with. It's the "illegal" part that bugs me. The illegals should return to their native countries voluntarily, or be faced with deportation.

THE RUMINATOR

No Amnesty For Lawbreakers!

Today, Monday, April 10, 2006, hundreds of thousands are rallying in support of what they're calling "immigration reform." In actuality, these rallies are in support of lawbreakers, namely illegal (a.k.a. undocumented) aliens, who have no business being here. They should all be returned to their country of origin, and, if in the future any of them do decide to come hear by legal means and learn English, if English is not their native language, which it usually isn't, then they will be welcomed, otherwise, no.

My views on illegal immigrants have nothing whatsoever to do with racism or xenophobia (although I know my liberal brethren will find that very difficult, if not impossible, to believe). No, it's because they are ILLEGAL, they are LAWBREAKERS, and these lawbreakers should not be rewarded by being allowed to stay in this country.

I've heard that the LEGAL immigration process takes approximately 10 years to complete; that's admittedly a long time. Perhaps immigration reform could begin by streamlining the process so that it'll take fewer than 10 years, maybe cut it to five or six years, maybe that'll be all the incentive some would-be illegals would need to come here via legal channels rather than breaking the law by sneaking across the border. Unfortunately, this IS the U.S. government we're talking about here. When was the last time the Feds streamlined ANYTHING.

THE RUMINATOR

Oh, My Gosh! The Conservatives Are Actually CORRECT About Something For A Change!

Once in a VERY rare while do I EVER agree with the conservatives on anything, but on the issue of illegal immigration (which has been in the news a lot the past few days because of a bill pending in the legislature) I agree with them completely. I have no problem with immigrants who come to this country through legal channels and/or because of special circumstances, such as persecution of one kind or another, but, all undocumented aliens should be deported to their country of origin, although I am fully aware that with all the illegal aliens we have in this country, that would be a monumental undertaking. Actually, there is more than one bill proposed that deals with illegal immigration, one of which would make undocumented immigrants felons. That, I feel, is overdoing it. After all, our prisons are already overcrowded enough without filling them up even more with illegal aliens. No, if a foreign national does not have the proper documentation, just deport 'em back to where they came from, simple as that. That's what was done in the days of Ellis Island, and it seemed to work pretty well back then. Maybe, just MAYBE, if a would-be illegal were faced with the threat of deportation, he/she would think twice about coming here illegally, but maybe I'm just being naive.

Bushy Boy wants to have a so-called "guest worker program" for illegals. For someone like Bush who's supposedly so national security conscious, I think that's a pretty dumb idea, but, consider the source. The 9/11 terrorists came to this country on student visas and then didn't bother going back to their native countries once those visas expired. What would be the difference between a foreigner coming here on a "guest worker" program permit and coming here on a visa? Someone could overstay a "guest worker" permit just as easily as they could overstay a visa. Also, illegals put a major drain on our country's resources. To allow illegals to have access to the same government services as native-born Americans and immigrants who came to this country legally does a huge disservice, and is just not fair, to either of those groups.

I've been hearing the liberals say, "This country was built on immigration," or words to that effect. Yes, they're right, this country WAS built on immigration, but it was built on LEGAL immigration. Let's KEEP it that way.

THE RUMINATOR

Memo to the IOC

To: The International Olympic Committee

Women want to ski jump in the Winter Olympics, plain and simple -- and yet you tell them it's too dangerous? Let's see if I've got this straight. Women are allowed to downhill ski, aerial freestyle ski, luge, bobsled, snowboard, skeleton, play hockey, and even pairs figure skate, and yet you tell them that SKI JUMPING is too dangerous for them? Give me a break! What kind of a lame-a** copout is that? I honestly don't believe danger has anything to do with your decision. I believe it's just flat out SEXISM that is misguiding your thinking. It's nothing more than a group of chauvinistic MEN wanting to make sure that there is one Winter Olympic sport that's for MEN only.

Not that my opinion means anything, but if ladies want to participate in ski jumping, LET THEM! I've seen them, and they're every bit as good, in some cases, perhaps, even BETTER, than the guys, and I think THAT'S what you on the IOC are REALLY afraid of.

THE RUMINATOR

"King" George's "Legacy"?

This is the so-called "legacy" "King" George will be leaving behind when he blessedly departs the White House for good (and believe me, it WILL be good)in just under three more long years hence. It will be a legacy of amorality, immorality, illegality, lies, deceit, secrecy, death, destruction, and cronyism. Some "legacy," huh? WOW! So much for "compassionate conservatism." Of course, anyone with a brain in their head and who actually USES it knows that the phrase "compassionate conservative" is nothing but one HECK of an oxymoron. "King" George makes the late "Tricky Dicky" Nixon look ALMOST saintly in comparison.

There used to be; I don't know if it's still there, but there used to be an electronic counter in Times Square that kept track of the national debt. What I would also like to see is a counter that counts down the years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and seconds until "King" George leaves the White House PERMANENTLY. HOORAY!!! That day cannot come soon enough for me. Whoever replaces him is going to have one HUMONGOUS mess to clean up.

THE RUMINATOR