House set to pass bill which makes aid illegal

[muscadine]

joxn has it exactly right about this bill.

Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

You don't have to take that literally to see that making basic aid for anyone illegal is an unthinkable thing to do. Yet, as a country, we're not that far from it. God save us.

EDIT: Well, at least they saved Christmas. :P

EDIT2: Find out how your Representative voted. Let them know how you feel.

Comments

[hyounpark.livejournal.com]

I'm preaching to the choir here, but how do you read a law "too literally"? If the literal phrasing of a new law doesn't make sense or isn't defensible, maybe you shouldn't have passed it? It's not like we're talking about 300 year old blue laws.

Stupid dum basses.

Displeasedly,
Hyoun

Good question

[lady-elsinore.livejournal.com]

and the same thing I was wondering...Apparently we're all just supposed to take their word for it that they'll follow laws the way they tell us they will and not the way they actually wrote them.

I mean, golly gee gosh, a politician is always so honest, of COURSE they're telling us the truth! /sarcasm

Sounds more like a bunch of politicians didn't bother reading something before they signed on to support and vote for it, then now that the fit is hitting the shan, they're trying to act like things aren't as bad as they seem. They've gotten away with pissing on our legs and telling us it's raining for far too long....

Re: Good question

[legolastn.livejournal.com]

Oh, it gets better. They're already prosecuting people with the present laws: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1218vigil18.html
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/107094
This has been all over the news locally for the last few months. So if harsher laws manage to pass in a Senate/House compromise it is ridiculous for lawmakers to argue they won't be used in this fashion.

Re: Good question

[lady-elsinore.livejournal.com]

2008 can't get here fast enough....