Quote of the Day

From Matt McIntosh:

...I guess political infeasibility is the price you pay for getting to the heart of the matter.

So true. It's little gems like that line which keep me going back to Catallarchy, not to mention the very astute observation about the economics of illegal immigration from which that excerpt originated. McIntosh makes the same points about "social engineering wars" that are always overlooked in politics.

As an aside, I had brought up similar issues of enforcement to a conservative blogger whom I know. You shouldn't simply be able to rattle a nationalistic saber and get the country to ask "how high" - you need to think this shit through, people. But... that's a problem we've been having for some time, and I doubt this debate will put it to rest.

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