Whos got immigration reform?
In all the controversial blogging and punditry over immigration reform – writing done by native born geeks, who apparently have lots of free time on their hands, since they can’t be bothered to find work rebuilding New Orleans or picking strawberries and lettuce – I haven’t noticed any comments on the generational make-up of our heroic lawmakers. The House bill that really brought this issue to a head is HR4437, from F. Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin. Sensenbrenner is a Boomer and is behind a plethora of over the top law and order legislation; he is a real zealous type who frightens so many people there is a web site dedicated to paranoia about his politics. His bill means to clamp down on illegal immigraton without caring much for the consequences to the 5, 7, 11 or 12 million illegal aliens said to be residing here currently. Like so many from his generation, Sensenbrenner, or “Senselessbrenner” as some call him, is myopically focused on his mission (creating a police state, I believ
