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IMBA Shenanigans

This is why I love my job so much. I get to do lots of fun stuff for work, but also, foolishness like this is permitted, if not encouraged.

Lou Dobbs is my hero of the day

Let's play a little game called "just the tip of what Lou Dobbs recently said:"

I couldn't help but wonder as I watched monitors bringing images of the marches and demonstrations from all across the country, who should really be protesting on May Day. What about the millions of legal residents who followed the long, drawn-out process to secure a visa to enter the United States lawfully? Maybe they should be protesting. What about the seven-figure backlog at the Citizenship and Immigration Services agency of people who are following the rules. Should they demonstrate?

What about all of our fellow Americans who are being marginalized by the massive importation of illegal, low-cost and mostly uneducated labor into this country? Perhaps those citizens should take to the streets. And what about the more than 250 million Americans who make up our middle class and those who aspire to it whose wages have stagnated and who are paying for the social, medical and economic costs of illegal immigration? That's a big march.

If yesterday's demonstrators and their supporters in Congress and corporate America are serious about their deep desire for American citizenship, why don't we hear any of them clearly say they're willing to give up dual citizenship? Or that they're willing to learn English and surrender demands of bilingual education? Or declare they embrace English as our official national language? Or demand that illegal employers of illegal aliens pay for the social, educational and medical costs now borne by the taxpayers?

Trip to Grand Jct

Well, Kevin, Kiel and I had a rather busy weekend. We headed down to Grand Junction for some riding and some racing. I was there mostly for the RMCCC Finals, but I got a nice long MTB ride in on Friday with Kevin. He has pretty impressive riding skills for a track dork, if you ask me. We camped out, I got up early and did the conference director thing at the race on Saturday. I also hopped into the USCF race, but that was unremarkable. Sunday was the crit, which was pretty fun to watch. Kiel just barely got nipped at the line in the sprint. Oh well, that'll motivate him even more for Nationals. I would have gone riding afterwards with Kevin and some of our other friends, but my body was telling me, "Noooo nooo, please just take me home to the TV!" So I did. Too bad. Maybe Kevin has some photos, but for now, I don't have any to post. Cheers.