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Leaving Arizona

Posted by Logical1 on Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:54:38 AM
The moving truck just can't get here fast enough! By this time next week we'll be packing up our belongings and moving to North Georgia. Why? The primary reason is to be closer to family. I didn't get much sleep last night, going through the list of things to do in my head before moving. When I don't sleep well I get cranky. I'll try to get all of my crankiness out on this blog but who knows.

I have to admit though, leaving this state behind is going to be fun. I still plan to blog and comment on the failures of Veto Janet. She has run rough shod over this state. Allowing illegal immigrants to take over and actually gain political control is only one of her idiotic moves. I'm so fed up with her telling us she is going to do something about it and then claiming the feds need to take care of it.

CPS is another problem she has managed to make worse. She should be charged with murder. She tried to "reform" the organization and ended up making things worse and killing innocent children.

Remember the prison hostage situation? Did we ever really find out how it happened? No. Why? Because she shut down any investigation other than her own and her cronies at The Arizona Republic would never point out that she put the people responsible in charge.

Veto Queen... she has vetoed more bills than any other Governor in the state, and she is only in her first (hopefully last) term.

School funding. All day Kindergarten? Come on, show me a valid study that says it actually helps. School choice? Vouchers? Bueller.... Bueller.... Bueller?

Spending tax payer dollars to teach ungrateful illegal aliens and their offspring to read English? An immigrant used to learn the language and assimilate out of respect for the country and not because the government paid for it.

As long as she is in charge, unions and the newspaper will continue to run this state. If she wins another term it will only be because the legal residents are asleep at the wheel and the illegal aliens learned enough English to read a ballot.

These are just a few of the things that make me glad to be leaving. Once I'm out and Janet can't send her cronies after me, I'll tell you what I really think about her.
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Is McCain helping the illegal immigrants?

Posted by Logical1 on Monday, July 10, 2006 5:39:05 PM
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=11321

According to the article, Sen McCain is taking money from the illegal immigrants and his office is helping them when they get into trouble.

I'm a little leary on the article but if anyone has anything else to support it, let me know.

H/T http://www.espressopundit.com/
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Assisted Suicide for Terminal Patients

Posted by Logical1 on Friday, July 07, 2006 11:22:18 AM

Dr. Kevorkian was denied parole this week. Several states are looking at the issue of assisted suicide for terminal patients as well. As a christian, this is a touchy subject for me.

On one side you have the argument against people playing God, deciding when they should die. On the other side you have someone that is going to die quite possibly with pain and without dignity. How do you take both sides and come up with a valid position one way or the other?

Not all people are Christians, nor do all believe in a higher power that takes your life when the time comes. Do you take away the freedom of choice from those people?

Some people (christians included) would prefer to die with dignity once they come to the conclusion that the illness they have will take their life at some point anyway.  These same people and others, would simply love to end the pain and suffering for themselves and their family. I can't see where it would be enjoyable to watch a loved one die a slow painful death knowing that they would have wanted to end it earlier.

Let's go back to the argument about playing God for a minute. Terminal diseases are, for the most part, natural. Yes, cancer from smoking and a host of other diseases are not natural but where do you draw the line? One thing I know is, treatment is NOT natural. In a way, treatment is playing God.... a Doctor (following his oath) is altering the course of ones life. Do two wrongs make a right? Can you justify assisted suicide by saying that if the patient had not been treated, they would have died already?

If we try and remove the personal aspects of the issue, assisted suicide is a cost benefit for all involved. The health insurance companies have less to pay, the families medical bills are decreased greatly. If the health insurance companies had the power people claim they do, assisted suicide would not only be legal, it would be a health benefit.

So how does one decide on this issue? For me it comes down to quality of life. The playing God argument is out the window once treatment sets in. I'm not saying all or any treatment is bad. I'm saying people should have the choice. If I went to the Doctor and they told me I had a terminal disease, I would take any treatment they could give me that would allow me to live the longest quality of life. I would also want the choice to end treatment and end my life once the quality of life has diminished to the point that I become a burden to my family. I want to go out with dignity and I don't want to spend my children's college fund on treatments so I can lie in a bed and wait to die.

What about you, where do you stand?

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Arizona and immigration

Posted by Logical1 on Thursday, July 06, 2006 2:29:10 AM
I live in Arizona for the time being and we are at the front of the battle lines on the immigration issue. I've got to admit that it is pretty scary. It isn't scary because of the coyotes, the drug smugglers or even the illegal aliens themselves.

It is scary because people that have no clue what it is like in the real world are arguing over what to do. On one side, we have Veto Janet posturing and promising to take action in order to get enough Republican votes to win the next election. On the other side we have Kyl, McCain and Hayworth fighting over what we should do and when. When was the last time any of them had to repeat an order 3 times at a drive-thru or ask 4 different people in a grocery store where something was just to get what they were there for?

None of them are brave enough to stand up and say enough is enough. Not to the business world. Not to Mexico. Not to the hispanic community. But they will (and we will let them) make empty promises and make futile attempts to solve the problems created by illegal immigration.

The entire problem can be resolved fairly quickly and in a way that most citizens of this great country can accept.

First, we need to stop the flow. We need to enforce the borders and punish the border crossers in a way that sends a message to those on the other side of the border.

Second, We need to set up a way for those already here to either assimilate and pay back the debt to our society for coming here illegally or to go home. I'm not talking about amnesty or even fines, although a financial punishment would need to be included. Some things that would need to be part of the "assimilation" program would be:

Learn the English language at at least a 10th grade level
        My ancestors did it and they did it without government funding.

Community service
         If you are here illegally and you work in construction you should have to help build a          school. If you work in a restaurant you should have to spend time working in a shelter     feeding the homeless.

Financial punishment
         You need to pay your fair share of taxes. If you've used the ER and skipped on the bill, you need to work in the hospital to repay them.

If you can't do those things and stay out of trouble with the law, then get out.

By no means do I mean for this to be a complete list of an assimilation program. If you have any other reasonable ideas, the suggestion box is always open. Do I think any of this will happen? No, at least not anytime soon. There will be a lot of posturing and some minor attempts to fix the problem but nothing serious will happen until the citizens get mad enough and hold all elected officials responsible.
    


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Why am I the logical1?

Posted by Logical1 on Wednesday, July 05, 2006 4:34:08 PM
So my rants, thoughts and beliefs tend to lean right of center. My children are named after two Republican Presidents that I respect, admire and occasionally disagree with.

To let the 4 or 5 readers that will find this know a little bit about me, I thought I'd jot down a few things.

1. I'm no fan of amnesty but I understand that you can't round up 12 million (and counting) illegals and send them back home. 
    I do believe you can incent these people to become "legal" and find a way to penalize them for coming in illegally. 
    I do believe that you can deport the rest as they are found. 
    I do believe that businesses that employ illegals need to be punished.
    I do believe the borders need to be secured first. When a pipe breaks under the sink, do you fix it before shutting the water off?

2. You can not overturn Roe v Wade. I understand the basic need to allow for them. Back alley and coat hanger abortions are a thing of the past in this country and we do not need to return to them. Making an abortion illegal will slow the rate down, but it also has the great potential to kill those who feel the need (for any reason) to have an abortion.

3. At the end of the day, if the government has money left over, I want my share back.

4. People fall on hard times and we need to help them. We need to help them get out of the situation at hand and make a better life. We don't need to allow them to use social welfare programs as a way of life. All programs need to have requirements for getting money and a hard end date.

5. The dems lost, get over it.

6. The Dems lost because all they had was hate and venom to spew. If they had offered anything close to a sensible resolution to the the issues they complained about, they probably would have won. Both sides complain about the other side, I get that, it's what you have to say outside of those complaints that gets you votes.

I'll stop now because if I say anything else, you'd have no reason to come back.

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