Ed's Bits of Wisdom

Last updated October 30, 2006

Americans
I have no problems with immigration. I do, however, have problems with illegal aliens. Can a person be trusted to obey the laws of their new country if the first thing they do is commit a crime (coming here illegally IS a crime). I do believe the United States should do a few things to help solve the problem.

  1. Make it easier for people to get work permits in order to work here.
  2. Enact much stiffer fines for employers who hire people who do not have the proper identification. A thousand dollar fine is not going to stop people from hiring illegals, though a ten thousand dollar fine per illegal, per day might.
  3. Make the penalties for coming here illegally harsher. Deportation just makes the person have to commit the crime again.
  4. Make American English the National Language. The money the government saves from not having to print all the forms and documents in dozens of languages, can be used to increase the security of our borders and to hire people to teach American English to our potentially new citizens.
  5. Give Constitutional Rights to only those people who are, or are in the process of becoming, citizens of the United States. It seems silly to give away our rights and privledges to people who refuse to obey the laws of our country, or worse yet, giving them to people who want to tear down those rights.
  6. Minimum Wage Laws should be in effect for Citizens Yes, there will be complaints, but, there were complaints when every group of immigrants came to the country (Check out the problems we had in the 1840's when tens of thousands of Irish People immigrated here)
America is a country made up of all nationalities. There is no such divisions of citizens as there is in other countries. The "Hypenated American" is something made up by the press and those in power to Divide and Conquor. Alienation and hatred are perpetuated by this "hypenation". There is nothing wrong about being proud of ones ancestry, but, to me, it seems devisive for those whose parents and grandparents (or even farther back) to think of themselves as anything other than American. America isn't, nor never was, perfect. It has made mistakes in the past. Don't blame your problems on things that have happened in the past. Don't blame descendants of people who may have harmed your ancestors for that harm. Hatred is easy, friendship and understanding isn't. Americans should be proud of their country, and proud of their flag, and by flying a foreign flag is a slap in the face to ALL Americans. If you want to live under a different flag, I'm sure you can emmigrate to that country. We The People should demand our government to stop trying to divide us!!!

Science and Exploration
I like science probably more than most people, but don't say that our Space Exploration is anything like the explorers of old. The Old Explorers, Columbus, Cook, and the like, explored for profit. A scientist had to pay his own way to be included in the voyage. The exploration today is run by scientists, and they have no use for actual profit making ventures. I think that if we want to get the exploration of space going, like the exploration of old, then permit ordinary people to "Stake Claims" to a portion of the celestial body that they actually go to (say 10 square miles), but they have to get there and use the land. If it's for mining, or to build a vacation hotel, let the human race get some actual USE out of these places (and if scientist wants to go along, they can pay their own way.

California
Isn't it time for California to become 2 states so it's people are truly represented in the Senate?

Washington D.C.
A city isn't a state. Give the inhabitants the right to vote in MARYLAND's elections. That IS where the city is.

Puerto Rico
Isn't it time for Puerto Rico to either become a state or be given it's independence.

The Universe
The Universe is Analog. Understanding is Analog. Proof is Digital.

Free Speech
Since when did Anonymity become part of Free Speech?


Dave Barry
In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!'
Dave Barry, "Christmas Shopping: A Survivor's Guide"


Are we sure they are not trying to LOSE the election in the courts?
What happens when a president gets elected in a year with a "0" at the end?

1840: William Henry Harrison (Died in Office)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (Assassinated)
1880: James A. Garfield (Assassinated)
1900: William McKinley (Assassinated)
1920: Warren G. Harding (Died in Office)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Died in Office)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Assassinated)
1980: Ronald Reagan (Survived Assassination Attempt)

The New Millenium
The first day of the new millenium is January 1st, 2001. The year 2000 is the last year in the 20th Century.

TIME TRAVEL
Time Travel will never be invented. I'm sure of this because, by it's very nature, it would have been invented at all times simultaneously.

LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
Planetary life is not the exception, but the rule, but the almighty, in his infinite wisdom has decided that there will be only one planet at a time or keep them so far apart that they can never communicate because the first thing a member of one species thinks when it sees a member of another species is "Hmmmm, I wonder what that tastes like?". And of course the answer is "Kinda like chicken".

ANGER
There's no point in getting angry, it just pisses everyone off.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS
When did we get so paranoid that we can't wish anyone a Merry Christmas? I know that I feel that Christmas is a very joyous time of the year, and I want to share my joy with everyone I come into contact with. So, when I wish you a Merry Christmas, or Happy Chanukah or whatever the holiday is, I am wishing you some of the joy that I feel in my holiday, and I take delight when someone wishes me to share in the joy of their holiday even if I don't celebrate it.

THE HIGHWAY
If you want to keep people from cutting you off on the highway, wear a helmet when you drive your car.

A QUESTION
If scientists know that a galaxy is moving away from us because the light is shifted to the red and they also know that light is old because it is shifted to the red, how do they tell them apart?

EVOLUTION
Evolution happens one generation at a time. If you want to know where the human race is heading, take a look at the children.

GREATNESS
Great men aren't born, they are just raised by great parents.

GREEN GRASS
Maybe the grass wouldn't be greener on the other side of the fence if you stopped dumping so much fertilizer on your neighbor.

BREAK UP
They broke up AT&T, isn't it about time to break up Microsoft?

Image and Likeness
If I was created in God's Image and Likeness, and I have a Sense of Humor, God must have a really PERFECT sense of humor!!

POLITICS
Actually wanting to hold elective office should be a disqualifying factor.

COMPLAINTS
Women shouldn't complain about men. Most men were raised by women.
Men shouldn't complain about women. What would your mother think?

ANOTHER QUESTION
If we define ARTIFICIAL as MAN-MADE, how can we have ALL NATURAL Ice Cream?

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