It's not racial profiling.

Lately it seems like everyone and their mother is up in arms over the Arizona immigration law. I'll just throw it right out there - I love it. I think every one of the 50 states ought to do the same thing. Not that Massachusetts ever would, but I can dream. But everyone seems to be concerned about the same thing - are we going to be racially profiling now? Horrors! Not in tolerant America! Here's the big fat problem with that.

Hispanic isn't a race.

Webster's online dictionary gives this definition:

His·pan·ic   [hi-span-ik]
–adjective
1. Spanish.
2. Latin American: the United States and its Hispanic neighbors.
–noun
3. Also, Hispano. Also called Hispanic American, Hispano-American. An American citizen or resident of Spanish or Latin-American descent.

It's simply not a race. It's an ethnicity, which is differente. So by nature it cannot be racial profiling because it's not based on a race. That said, if we ID'd based on skin color I'd object to that because it's more or less the same thing. But that's not what will happen. We'll ID everyone. "But . . . but . . . America will become a 'show me your papers' country," opponents splutter. Folks, we already are. When Social Security was established, the American people were promised that our number would never be used as identification. So tell me, what do you have to provide for your driver's license, passport, college application, and doctor's visits? Why, your Social Security Number. We already get ID'd all the flipping time, so we might as well get rid of the illegals that drive up crime rates and take jobs. Don't bother challenging that claim or I'll bury you in statistics. And I have personal experience with both.
So what do we do with them after we arrest them? Because I, for one, don't want to clog the jailhouses with the buggers. Easy solution: fly them to Mexico and tell them we'll shoot the next one we see coming to the beach in an inner tube or jumping the border. And do it. Sounds harsh, huh? But the cold fact is that these people are criminals. They have no respect for our country or the rule of law. If they did, they'd get in line like they're supposed to. But they're selfish and lawless. So they do whatever the heck they want without regard for our people or country.

Get them out.


What do you think? Why? Personal experience?


Leah

P.S. I don't hate hispanic people. My roommate for two years in college was hispanic and she was the bomb diggety. I love her to pieces. But she's legal.

Oh, Padre.

My Padre is so funny sometimes. He gets so upset when I don't leave the keys to my car where they're SUPPOSED to be (on top of our dog's travel crate/bed) but does he ever leave his keys there? Why, no, of course not. This morning was the second time in a week he's parked behind me in the driveway and then not left before me like he usually does. So I have to move his car. But he doesn't tell me this. So I leave on time, but - oh, gotta move the car. Except I can't find the keys. He can't remember where they are if he leaves them on the dog's crate. But when he's looking for MY keys, he knows exactly where they are. And if I leave two minutes later than I normally do, I get stuck behind a school bus on my two-lane road that goes all. the. way. to my school. *grr*

THAT MAN.

Thankfully, I have a mother who not only knows where he leaves his keys, even though it's in a different place every time. And helped me move the car this morning.

I love Padre. But sometimes I would like to grab him by the ears and ask him, "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LIKE??"

*sigh*

I'm going to find his keys NOW, before I have to leave in the morning.



Leah

No, You Don't Love Him

K so I have this friend. More like acquaintance. And he's really friendly and nice, but never lets anyone get really close, like close enough to be a real friend. It's really weird. And he's a good-looking guy, young (23) and rides a motorcycle, does all the young-guy stuff, etc. And he's single. And there are all these girls who post on his facebook all the time saying stuff like "Oh hey honey how are you?" "Miss you babe!" "Love you handsome!" And all this other stuff. Combined with the fact that they have trashy pictures of themselves up there . . . well it really bothered me. This guy claims to be a Christian. But honestly he doesn't do a thing to act like it. It's more than the girls' comments. But that's just what's getting to me. Seriously what right do they have to say that to a guy? It's so weird! I guess he just has different convictions than I do about it. If guys were talking to me like that I'd delete them off facebook in a heartbeat and never talk to them again. They do NOT have the right to say "I love you" or call me "babe" or "honey." Those are things my husband and ONLY my husband gets to say to me. Otherwise it's not special. It's just something people say. I don't ever want "I love you" to be just something people say to me. And plus, THEY DON'T LOVE HIM. Would you take a bullet for him? No, it'd mess up your bikini tan. Ok. You don't love him. You love how he looks. You love the fact that he rides a motorcycle. You love that he's friendly. Great. But you don't love him.

Grr. Girls make me mad sometimes.



Leah

Groovy Saturday Tunes:)

I have recently discovered Andy McKee. If you don't know who that is, he's a finger-tapping acoustic guitar player. Along with his personal invention, the harp-guitar. Basically the coolest thing ever. And to sum it all up, I LOVE his music. It's very expressive without being over the top, and very . . . musical is the best way I know to say it. Just beautiful. It's like jazz only way better. Classical only cooler. He's a great talent.

Take a listen. Tell me what you think.





Leah

I mean this in all sincerity . . .

Praise Jesus for Saturdays.

Random thoughts in random order

1. I am so tired this morning and my teeth hurt. Weird.

2. I'm reading the book of James in the Bible twice this week to get ready for our study in it in Sunday School, but I feel like I'm not studying it well enough. Saturday morning I'm studying hard:)

3. I love coffee.

4. 57 days till Hong Kong 2010.

5. I feel like all I do is pray lately. That's good I guess:)



Leah

Excitingness!

I just got all the specifics for my trip to Hong Kong AKA the kids on the team, how many etc., travel dates and details, country/project outline and specifics, and OMGOODNESSSOFLIPPINGEXCITED!!!!

Does your God get you this excited?




Leah