in honor of the anniversary of the birth of sweet baby james, we talk politics. go!

i don't care which side you're on, but you have to admit that arizona is more effectively calling direct attention the immigration issue than anyone has been able to do so far. people are talking about ways it's playing out in practice, not just idly debating theory. did you hear that los angeles was planning to boycott arizona until arizona reminded LA that arizona controls LA's electricity and could just switch it off? that zipped LA's lip quick enough. arizona's latest move is to declare that babies born in the arizona of folks who are not here legally shall not automatically be declared citizens. this is a point with which i agree, insofar as it applies to those folk who come to arizona on what are known as babycations - pregnant ladies making trips to the USA specifically to give birth here. does it happen? yeah, i am sure it does. how widespread is it? i really don't know. i don't fault them their valiant attempts to give their children a better life, but the USA is going to go broke supporting this type of thing. we, and by we i mean the USA, need to get organized about this stuff and decide how to handle it in the most humane way possible that will not bankrupt our country. it's not like we can be the land of dreams if we can't afford to have any.