One Final Post

As spring finals begin, second semester comes to an end. In previous years I have been excited for the summer break and the chance to enjoy some time with out having to worry about school. However, this summer I can not say that. I would much rather be here at school than back at home. I think this is a testament to the great opportunities for learning, fun and friendship here as SMU. Is anyone else gonna miss this place?

I can't believe that we have been here for as long of a time as we have because it has gone so by so fast. Im sure everyone can look back at the year and think of countless good times they had. I know this really hit home for me during our floor's closing meeting. I remember almost like it was yesterday our first floor meeting looking around at people and not knowing any of them. The second meeting I looked around at some of my best friends. Summer will be fun but I will definitely not be sad once next semester begins.

Aggressive Game

Some guys are known to have a very aggressive game with the ladies while others take a more passive approach. It seems to be a personality thing where some guys are just relentless. Recently a Washington DC man made headlines for his extremely aggressive game.

A girl he had been talking to at the party all night was leaving so he decided to make his move. Supposedly he told the girl's cousin that he would start shooting at them if she wouldn't give him her number. Stubbornly the girl refused and ended up getting a ricocheted bullet in the ankle.

As I tried to imagine this scene of events in my head I was just dumbfounded by the actions of both people involved. If anyone threatens to shoot me for my phone number it's theirs. Regardless of how creepy they are. Make up a number for christ sake. I know girls are sometimes creeped out by guys asking for there numbers but if you were threatened like this wouldn't you at least give out 10 digits of randomness?

And the guy... he needs to tone it down about 7 notches, don't you think? I hope I'm never to the point of rejection that I am having to ask for numbers at gun point. I mean rejection hurts us all but its going to take a very long cold streak, about 20 years, for me to get to that level of desperation. I'd say it be worth it to go ahead and strike out that night than to spend the next few years in jail over one telephone number.

Arizona's New Immigration Law

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signing the bill.

Arizona has recently passed a very controversial law regarding illegal immigrants and the police's power in checking IDs for suspected illegal immigrants. If immigrants do not possess the proper immigration papers they are subject to being detained and deported. Many view this laws as unconstitutional and predicted that people of Hispanic decent will be unfairly profiled and harassed. Laws similar to Arizona's are in place in some other countries including France but they are the first of their nature in the United States.

I think was Arizona did was smart for protecting their state. Not only have they brought illegal immigration to the national stage they have shown the federal government if they are not willing to step up and protect the boarder then they will do it themselves. It is a very cavalier attitude that is often not present these days. Also, it will most likely see a mass outflow of current illegal immigrants who decide to risk their American Saga in other states. It is arguably unconstitutional but the constitution was not written to protect the rights of those who are not citizens or legally in the United States. It is not fair that Arizona has had to bear the brunt of a national problem because of their geographic location.

I think it is hard for other states to understand the positions of Arizona, California, Texas and New Mexico because other states do not have to deal with illegal immigration as much. Other states do not spend their tax dollars on people who are their illegally and who pay no taxes themselves. If these states were dealing with this issue on a daily basis as well I think they would be much more willing to accept a similar law. It is hard to make it a federal law because 46 of the states are relatively unaffected by the consequences of illegal immigration.

Many notoriously liberal cities such as San Francisco have held marches and have declared themselves as "sanctuary cities" who will welcome illegal immigrants. San Francisco supervisor David Campos said, "We as San Franciscans need to send a very clear message that this kind of discriminatory law is not going to be tolerated." It is ironic that cities who are making public statements like this are being praised by Americans. San Franciscans are blatantly ignoring a federal law in order to protect people who are here illegally. However, if they are too open about it then they will have a major influx of immigrants and will be facing similar problems of Arizona. On behalf of Arizona though props to San Fran for taking the bullet on this one.

If many US cities decide to blatantly disregard federal law then we will have a large problem on our hands as a country. These cities think they are doing a favor for liberty but they are actually undermining the entire justice system, the one that protects all of our liberties to begin with. Fortunately other cities have not been as blatant in their disregard for federal laws and illegals do not have as many sanctuaries as they would like. Do you agree with San Francisco's disregard for federal laws or do you think they should be punished for their lack of enforcement?

Oil Spill Update

Crews have been unsuccessful in trying to stop the leak so far. Specialists have also increased their estimated leakage to 5,000 barrels per day from their previous estimate of 1,000. President Obama flew down to visit and witness what he called "a massive and potentially unprecedented environmen[tal] disaster." Obama pledged to send down National Guard troops down to help with the clean up and containment effort.

Obama has already passed on the blame to BP and has assured Americans that although the government is sparing no expense in the clean up effort BP will ultimately have to foot the bill. If it takes two months to build a new well then it could end up costing billions of dollars. Also, after two months of oil leaking into the ocean it could cause a great amount of damage to the ecosystems. Hopefully the National Guard troops will be able to stop the leak or at least contain it as best as possible in order to preserve nature.