The new iPhone!! Oh yeah, and immigration, racism and the White House controversy

Can we take more of Mexico back? - border issues

A 1.5-mile section of the fence built along the U.S.-Mexico border in 2000 by U.S. crews was actually built in Mexico. The section goes 1 to 6 feet into Mexican territory. So when the illegal immigrants are sent to Mexico - and, of course, I mean all the Polish, Italian and Mexican immigrants a lot of Americans want to get out of the country - will the United States even know where that is? Of course, James Johnson, a farmer on the border, doesn't understand what the fuss is about.
"The markers are in the right place, and the fence is crooked," Johnson said. "But for 120-plus years it was agreed upon that that fence was the border."
I am certain Mr. Johnson would feel the same way if the fence was built on his land.

They just can't get along - White House subpoenas

Let's see if I get this straight: Congress says give us the papers behind the firings of several U.S. attorneys and wiretapping documents. They serve the White House with a subpoena, a LEGAL document that says "give us the information."
But the White House invokes executive privilege, another LEGAL strategy.
The reasoning is giving up documents might hinder other people in powerful positions from doing their job because they would fear being forced to testify or having their documents exposed. Can you be any more transparent??? Look, for full disclosure, I am a moderate that leans left. Let's make no mistake about that. But I don't think the reasoning is that good. If that was the case, why would Bush be offering up those same officials for off-the-record interviews. Something stinks about off-the-record. And that is the ease with which people can deny statements. And this administration doesn't exactly have a proven track record in the department of honesty.

Tumbling like a house of race cards - Vivica A. Fox

Racism exists. Everybody but the most idyllistic - or racist - person will acknowledge that. Sometimes it's blatant and nasty. Other times it's subtle and maybe even unintentional. But when somebody uses the race card when it hasn't been dealt, it pleases everybody out there who either believes minorities cry racism too often or want another justification of their racist thoughts.
That's what Vivica A. Fox did.
Granted, she was drunk. But that gives her no excuse to minimize what anybody who actually has dealt with racism has gone through.
Some might defend this and say that as a successful black woman, she goes through this and might have truly believed this was racism.
That is not convincing. She drank and drove. She got caught. In her unclear thoughts, she thought this would be a good way to get out of this. It wasn't. And she screwed up more than she even thinks.

Another technology craze - iPhone

Crazy. Insane. Ridiculous. Any other adjectives apply to iPhone people?
So the day is finally here and on the way home, I saw a line of people waiting for the latest coming of the VHS.
The thing looks amazing. It really does. But waiting in line from the early morning hours? I just don't see it. I would venture a guess that some of the people who waited in line this morning are the same people who make fun of nerds and geeks who wait in line for video games.