I wish I was in Tijuana...buying Mexican Wellbutrin.

Buenos Dias Mi Amigos!

[Editor's Note: The author of this blog is, at best, monolingual. As such any mistakes in the sentence preceding this note are not intentional, and come as a result of either the author's ignorance...or the lack of a Spanish keyboard and/or SpellChecker.]

Okay, on to the business at hand. I'm sure you were all wondering whether your beloved author was in fact able to enroll in the mighty w.'s prescription drug health care program prior to the May 15 deadline. Well I have to say it was touch and go as I handed my application in right at the gun. Upon doing so I commented on my concern of being almost late. It was, sadly, at that time I was informed I was, in fact, about 36 years early. Hmmm.....I could sue over this. Especially if that pink tote bag lawsuit pans out.

Anyway the w. and the elephants claim 90% of America's elderly folks will now have their prescription needs met thanks to this new program. And in an unrelated story being old and sick is now lazy and un-American. Hurry up and die you social security draining, slow driving in the left lane, 50 cent cup of coffee wanting motherfuckers.

[Editor's Note: The lack of an exclamation point at the end of the previous sentence indicates a level of sarcasm from the author. Notice the subtle difference between said sentence and the following. Die you highfalutin, neanderthal sport playing, rich boy hiding behind your parents' money, raping motherfuckers!]

Yes friends a third member of the Duke University men's lacrosse team was indicted yesterday for the imprisonment and rape of an exotic dancer, or more to the point a black exotic dancer, or even more to the point a poor, black exotic dancer. The player indicted yesterday even had the balls to give a press conference, stating "you have all been told some fantastic lies, and I look forward to watching them unravel in the weeks to come.”

Now I don't speak highbrow, but on paper all I can see is black and white and each "s" sure looks more like a "$" to me.

Finally don't know if you caught this but King of Queens and Grey's Anatomy were delayed last night so that the w. might blow smoke up our collective asses. The subject being the caliente button issue of the day....immigration. Now looking past all the politico-speak of America being a nation of immigrants...blah, blah, blah, a couple of things are worth pointing out.

First, whether he wants to say it or not, six million National Guard troops being sent to the border represents a militarization. Where these troops are coming from...I'm not exactly sure. Enlistment is down amongst the masses. Re-enlistment is down among those already serving. The National Guard is being deployed abroad in numbers and for durations which are without precedent. Although it is worth noting I saw a very nice recruiting ad for the Guard prior to my viewing of the latest Spike Lee Joint, Inside Man (which I enjoyed quite a bit), so that will probably not do anything to hurt the numbers any further.

The w. did come out and oppose mass deportation of America's 11 million undocumented workers...or illegal immigrants...or can we still call them aliens? Anyway, as I said the w. definitely opposes that. I thought is was nice of him to mention that, especially considering about six months back the House Republicans (That would be your party George.) passes a bill that would have made each and every one of those 11 million, and anyone who assists one of those 11 million, folk a felon. Yikes!

That all said, the w. also opposes amnesty, or automatic nationalization of said illegals. He does endorse the current Senate plan, which would call for a Guest Worker pass of some sort. Now these guest passes are temporary, and as far as I can tell do not lead toward a path of citizenship. So despite what the w. says, a big chunk of these 11 million are going somewhere else if the elephants have their way.

So George and his band of merry fascists are stuck between a rock and the Sun Belt. If they go too hard on these undocumented workers, there is an ever growing community of Latino citizens in the U.S. who could get politically active PDQ. However, if they go too far the other way, which is to say if a single undocumented worker is given anything other than a set of shackles and a flight home...at their own expense, they stand to lose the white supremacist, sort of Jerry Falwell like crowd the w. does love so very much.

I realize immigration is becoming a problem for these "United" States. How can we afford to provide proper schooling and health care for these people who are living in the country illegally when we can't afford to provide these things for the taxpaying citizenry? It is probably fair to say by enforcing immigration laws and policing the borders more closely we would lower crime rates. That said, I can't see myself supporting the deportation of anyone who came to America to pursue the so-called "Dream." Thankfully I won't have to. The Republicans will not get this right. It's not in their nature to do real good for real people. There's no money in letting all these people stay. So I bet the elephants make them go.

I'm just gonna sit back and wait for the fallout and when a new Democratic administration takes over when can just add immigration to an ever-growing list of Republican shit we have to clean up.

Adios

JeffRey