a modest proposal, part 2
On Alternet today, there is a post regarding the strict anti-immigration law passed in Colorado, and the new measures taken by the state's agricultural dept. to solve the problem of No Mexicans To Pick Melons. http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/48659/
I have said many times that I think the nation's immense prison population should be organized into some sort of useful function in society. Not in the "let's test new drugs on them" or "let's sell their organs on the black market" kind of useful function, but I think getting them to pick vegetables and fruit on our nation's farmland is a totally legitimate idea. And the author of the Alternet piece, a guy whose writing I usually like, his attitude was, "Oh now we're using prison slaves instead of illegal immigrant slaves." Hippie. Fuck the prisoners, that's what I think. Unless you're in the pokey for marijuana possession (in which case you should be immediately released and given reparations for your unlawful imprisonment), you probably are getting less punishment than you deserve. I think rapists and child murderers should have to pick berries naked in the blazing sun all day long, while sadistic prison guards take pot shots at their nuts with shotguns full of buckshot; and then they should be made to scrub porta-potties out all night long with nothing but a plastic straw and their own toothbrush. Fuck 'em.
"But what about the immigrants?" you might say. Well, I hate to sound heartless, so I won't say what first comes to my mind. But why should they get such special treatment? Anyone who comes to this country should be expected to work and pay taxes and contribute to the social services just like the rest of us plebians. I have to work, I work two suck ass jobs as a matter of fact, just so I can pay my taxes and insurance and bills and you know, just generally contribute to society and the economy. No one babysits me, except maybe Shaun but that's a different story, not to be mentioned quite now. What's so harsh about documenting immigrants? The government watches me... they probably know exactly how many pairs of panties I have and whether I'm wearing any right now or not....why can't they tell how many non-citizens are living here, whether they're working, and whether or not they're paying their fucking taxes????
Does this make me a heartless bastard? A repuglican? Heavens no... I'm just another slack ass motherfucker who resents any second I'm not slacking and doing exactly whatever I want.
I have said many times that I think the nation's immense prison population should be organized into some sort of useful function in society. Not in the "let's test new drugs on them" or "let's sell their organs on the black market" kind of useful function, but I think getting them to pick vegetables and fruit on our nation's farmland is a totally legitimate idea. And the author of the Alternet piece, a guy whose writing I usually like, his attitude was, "Oh now we're using prison slaves instead of illegal immigrant slaves." Hippie. Fuck the prisoners, that's what I think. Unless you're in the pokey for marijuana possession (in which case you should be immediately released and given reparations for your unlawful imprisonment), you probably are getting less punishment than you deserve. I think rapists and child murderers should have to pick berries naked in the blazing sun all day long, while sadistic prison guards take pot shots at their nuts with shotguns full of buckshot; and then they should be made to scrub porta-potties out all night long with nothing but a plastic straw and their own toothbrush. Fuck 'em.
"But what about the immigrants?" you might say. Well, I hate to sound heartless, so I won't say what first comes to my mind. But why should they get such special treatment? Anyone who comes to this country should be expected to work and pay taxes and contribute to the social services just like the rest of us plebians. I have to work, I work two suck ass jobs as a matter of fact, just so I can pay my taxes and insurance and bills and you know, just generally contribute to society and the economy. No one babysits me, except maybe Shaun but that's a different story, not to be mentioned quite now. What's so harsh about documenting immigrants? The government watches me... they probably know exactly how many pairs of panties I have and whether I'm wearing any right now or not....why can't they tell how many non-citizens are living here, whether they're working, and whether or not they're paying their fucking taxes????
Does this make me a heartless bastard? A repuglican? Heavens no... I'm just another slack ass motherfucker who resents any second I'm not slacking and doing exactly whatever I want.