ahhh

I did not win the lottery.  They say you have to play to win, so I bought a powerball ticket at the truck stop on Tuesday afternoon.  Just checked the numbers, and none of mine were even close.

I am not sure if I am lucky at anything... but this does not inspire me to want to go to the casino any time soon.

On the other hand, the spa was lovely.  It is not the kind of thing I can spend dollars on every month, but every once in a while, I enjoy taking advantage of the monthly special ...or using my waribiki (discount) card.

I don't have much else to share, except I listened to this story yesterday morning while I was getting ready, and I hope that it has filtered through the communities ... I perked up when I heard the pastor say "I am a recovering racist..."

There is much to be said for these folks stepping up and saying what they know to be true.  These anti-immigrant laws are racist and meant to hurt people.  And they are certainly not Christian laws... if we are to believe what is sold on Sundays.

Of course, the balance of the story is represented by other folks claiming law-and-order as the ends that justify their means.

Just once, I would like a reporter to challenge the notion that immigrants take more than they give... particularly when someone like the man in this story specifically implicates this law as protecting out of work people ... does he also not know (probably not) that the undocumented pay taxes (often without hope of ever getting their fair share returned)?  He clearly does not know that those taxes contribute in the millions to paying for services for citizens and non-citizens alike.

This is another one of those situations when it seems most expeditious to blame the person with the least power for the problems created by the ones with the most power.

When, if ever, will we get mad enough at the richest to demand that they pay their fair share?

I was thinking this would be a really good time to stage Les Miserables... on every corner, with discussion groups and blog commentary and local news casters having to "explain" the meaning of the French Revolution.

Just a thought...