No Runny Eggs

The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think.

Archive for May 26th, 2006

Anti-Freeze Sublimation, MPS Edition

by @ 19:49. Filed under Politics, Taxes.

‘Tis a curious headline the Journtinel put on their story of the MPS budget passed by the board yesterday (“MPS keeps reins tight”). Let’s explore the numbers:

– Enrollment is forecast to be down 2.8% from this year
– The number of teachers is cut 2%
– Total spending is only cut 0.9%

And the killer for property owners in the city of Milwaukee:

– The property tax levy is expected to go up 3%

Sure is looking like the suckers in Milwaukee who voted for Craps in 2002 and will likely vote for him again in 2006 don’t mind being lied to.

Oversight on the roll corrected

by @ 17:07. Filed under The Blog.

In double-checking to make sure everything is ready for my annual Great White North Walleye Hunt, I noticed that I was missing a certain something in my blogroll. If you’re missing Phelony Jones and The Confidentials like I was, correct that oversight now!

Senate passes “Amnesty first, border enforcement never”

by @ 9:03. Filed under Immigration, Politics - National.

I’m sure you’ve all heard by now that the Senate passed their version of the immigration “reform” bill 62-36. One of the public parts of the bill, which (thankfully) still has to go through a conference committee with Jim Sensenbrenner, would authorize construction of 370 miles of fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers.

However, Michelle Malkin has the details on how that means nothing. It seems that Arlen Specter (tell me again why the RNC and President Bush supported him in the 2004 primary) snuck in a provision that Mexico be consulted before any new barriers are built.

As for the rest of the trash that the Senate passed, let’s see:

  • Guest-worker program – 200,000 per year with an initial 3-year visa. That visa can be renewed once, and once that “guest” is here for 4 years, they leap to the head of the citizenship line.
  • Amnesty for the invaders already here –
    • Those here 5 or more years as well as those working on farms for at least 863 hours in 2004-2005 (or willing and able to lie) leap to the head of the citizenship line without going back to where they came from and become citizens in 6 years after paying a modest fine
    • Those here between 2 and 5 years (or those not willing and able to lie enough to qualify for the 5-year rule) get citizenship 13 or so years after sneaking out across the border and coming back through a port of entry.
    • Those here less than 2 years, not working on a farm, and too stupid/lazy to lie allegedly get deported.
  • Penalties for being caught here illegally – misdemeanor, and any deportation ordered can be appealed ad nauseum
  • Other conditions of deportation – a felony non-immigration or 3 misdemeanor non-immigration convictions, which applies to both illegal and legal aliens.
  • Employers’ actions – they will eventually have to screen new hires’ Social Security numbers, with $20,000 fines per illegal they’re caught with.
  • All in all, if anything resembling this makes it out of conference committee, it’s over.

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