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5 Thoughts For Today

5. Seriously, who broke the Cardinals?

4. SAN DIEGO!

3. In other news, I am heavily in favor of the NFL's Raiders moving to San Antonio. The Raiders would become immediately relevant (and good not long after). Can you imagine the fan cross-pollination with the Spurs? I'm sorry; I meant to say, "the reigning NBA champion San Antonio Spurs." My bad.

2. The book dies today. Today. Not tomorrow. Not Saturday. Today.

1. I actually like Mexicans, and think we should have more of them (immigrants). So any discussions about "protecting our borders" need to take account of: 1. the natural right of people to settle where they will; 2. the obvious fact that citizenship for people who come here is better for everyone than non-citizenship; 3. the fact that the federal government can't walk and chew gum at the same time, much less prevent highly determined and desperate people from getting where they want to go. If that makes me a proponent of "amnesty" or punching my ticket for Liberal Land, so be it. I've tried to take the opposite position many times, just for the sake of exploring the issue, and all I get back is frothy, mindless nativism. Thanks for the help, guys.

If we need to have a discussion about the fact that it's easier for an undocumented immigrant to receive assistance than for a citizen, let's do that. And let's blame the Democratic Party. Because they should worry about how the government they sell us works, instead of shilling for the killers at Planned Parenthood.

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