Random stuff

Springs here, grass is growing...ah...it's nice. It also rains a lot, not so nice, but it is what's making the grass grow, so that's worth it I suppose.

We (my fiance and I) have been having pre-marital counseling. It's been a lot of fun. We meet with two other engaged couples with a different set of counsellors every week. Around a half dozen different couples from our church are covering different topics each week. It's been really good seeing the other engaged couples, hearing the different married couples points of views. It's kind of sad that next week is our last one. It has been good though, and I thank the Lord for having such a supportive group of believers here.

Talking about supportive groups of believers, our families are wonderful. They have helped us so much with planning and preparing for this wedding. It's been really good. As an added bonus, it keeps us from stressing, or at least me. I don't think my fiance is stressing, but she could be good at hiding it. But why are we talking about that? Anyway, if either of our families are reading this, THANK YOU!

"We need to quit treating undocumented immigrants like criminals"?!

I've decided to post my thoughts on illegal immigration in the States, even though I've had the discussion with two other people, and I usually only use this place to talk about things I haven't talked about other places.

The title comes from a rather ironic quote from a man protesting the new bills in the States. If you read 'undocumented' for what it really means, illegal, it's out right hilarious!

Okay, first handling the problem of people coming in: Make it hard, make it harsh. Put up tight security and make it a felony to both enter and aid illegals in entering this country. I'm talking anything from huge fines to jail time. At the same time they need to ease the legal entry process. The whole idea is to make it attractive to come here legally as they want to come, US needs them, and they are in general good people. As long as legality is more attractive the illegal status, they should be going for it. There, problem solved.

The current residents are where the tricky stuff starts. Obviously we can't just deport them, there's to many and many now have children who are US citizens, and do we really want to start tearing apart families? I think the current proposal on the legistlature floor is pretty good, the results, however, had better come through.

There are a couple problems I see with the current population (not including the illegal status of many). First, there seems to be this uncanny clinging to Mexico. Okay, you came from there, great, but do you really want to say "Viva la Mexico!" and profess a desire to be American? If I came here and said "GO USA!" I'd be arrested, most likely. It's okay to like your home country, but if you're going to call a place home, why don't you start treating it that way? The second problem is English. Now, I do honestly believe most of them speak english pretty well, they just often hide it when pulled over by cops. The solution to me would be to make it so if they can't communicate, the cop hauls them to the precinct, files a report, and they have to wait until a Spanish speaker arrives to talk to them. I think you'd be amazed at how fast they all 'learn' english.

It's a tricky issue with the current residents. But this problem needs addressed, otherwise there's going to be BIG problems soon.