Random Points

First, this article caught my eye in relation to my post on illegal immigration. Although the study seems to acknowledge that there may have been imperfections I think this confirms what most objective people figured to be true: That immigrants are no more of a drain than ordinary citizens that also pay taxes.

Oddly enough, if immigrants get less health care than natural born citizens, then we ought to encourage more health care. The cost of immigrants not seeking treatment for easily curable diseases that are highly contagious is much greater than the cost of a little more health care. Something tells me Bill O'Reilly will not be talking about this tomorrow.

[Edit: I was very wrong about this, I misread it, I apologize.]

Second, I had a funny discussion with my dad about the ends justifying the means. Then we stumbled upon the inverse of that, that the means justify the ends. After thinking, we decided that the perfect example of a group that believes the means justify the ends would be the organizers of Live8. They do not really care what the actual effect of their contribution is. In fact, LiveAid ended up giving money to dictatorships, but it was one hell of a set of concerts.

[I do, however, stand by my mocking of Live8. Such fools.]

-Mr. Alec