I haven’t posted in a while. I am alive, taking summer classes and Mary gets back from Alaska tomorrow.

A couple random facts

-Part of what is now eastern Tennessee attempted to separate into it’s own state, which would’ve been called Franklin. This happened on my birthday, August 23 (1784, I know I didn’t have a birthday yet). Congress did not admit them, and things kinda fell apart.

-Anheuser Busch has 12 breweries in the US, one in London, none in Germany and 41 in China. They also own a 27% share in Tsingtao, the largest brewer in China, whose product can be bought here in the states. Robert Shelli is fond of it, I understand. It should be obvious why they have no breweries in Germany, germans are very particular when it comes to beer. Recall what the german guy said when Homer invited him to have a Duff:
“My English is not perfect, but…I have to tell you…your beer is like *swill* to us. Do I have zat right? I’m saying zat only a swine vould drink zis beer?”

So, I just got back from Wash U. more follows

I heard about, then heard, then saw the clip where Geraldo and Bill O’Reilly get into it on the matter of illegal immigration. I won’t go into how fascist O’Reilly made himself seem, and how Geraldo played into that, but I do have feelings on the matter of illegal immigration, which I have chosen to put down here.

I am against enforcement of immigration laws, because I oppose laws of that sort from spirit alone. Illegal immigrants are not criminals in my opinion, they are victims of the absurd policies which are put in place to protect. . . I’m not sure what. More and more I am becoming convinced of certain verifiable facts:

-population growth is a good thing
-population growth certainly strains resources in the short run, but it also provides the impetus for improvement which makes the long run picture much sweeter
-the primary way that illegal immigrants strain our economy is by free-riding on our social safety nets. We can fix/prevent this by doing away with much of our public spending on things such as welfare.

In the end, I don’t think immigration should be illegal. I am against criminal, but I believe crime is the result of one person harming another’s property- so simply moving in next door isn’t enough to count in my book. The more immigrants we have in our country, the better off we’ll all be in the long run.

Get your own valentinr

Cmon, you know you want to join in.

Yesterday afternoon, Mary and I went through what the chinese call a “crisitunity.” I probably won’t give details, except to say that we are now

OFFICIALLY DATING.

I stole this from

Copy and paste and answer in comments.

1. Ever punch someone in the face?

2. How old are you?

3. Are you single or taken?

4. Eat with your hands or utensils?

5. Do you have any recurring dreams at night?

6. Ever seen a corpse?

7. Have you ever wished someone dead?

8. Do You Like Bush, the president?

HERE COMES THE FUN … … …

9. Whats your philosophy on life? and death?

10. If you could do anything with me, and have no one know about it, what would it be?

11. Do you trust the police?

12. Do you like country music?

13. What is your fondest memory of me?

14. If you could change anything about yourself would you?

15. Would you date me?

16. What do you wear to sleep?

17. Have you ever peed in a pool?

18. Would you hide evidence for me if I asked you to?

19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?

20. What is your favorite thing about me?

21. Do you think I’m attractive?

22. What’s your favorite color?

23. If you could bring back anyone that has passed, who would it be?

24. Tell me one interesting/odd fact about you?

25. what one question would you like to ask me? Anything

26. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

I wrote something fairly charged politically.

Here’s another.