Bizzy’s AM Coffee Biz-Econ-Life Links (060106)
Free Links:
- The Skeptical Optimist provides some needed perspective on fuel costs:
- I can identify with this — “Some Cell Phone Owners Spurn Gadgetry.” Maybe a picture or a text message or two every once and a while would be nice, but otherwise I’m rebelling against the complexity.
- Speaking of gadgetry, this seems like a good idea for creating more problem gamblers — “Las Vegas Sands to Unveil Mobile Gambling.” “Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) said Thursday it will be the first Nevada company to introduce mobile gambling devices at its casinos. The owner of The Venetian hotel-casino said it would introduce games such as black jack, roulette, poker and slots as early as this year on handheld devices.”
- That about says it all for the French — “French bottom line: farm subsidies trump free trade”
- I’d like to know how we’re going to remain competitive as a country with these results (HT Manufacturers’ Blog) from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in science proficiency. There’s lots to explore if you’re inclined, but not a lot of it encouraging. The Manufacturers’ Blog uses the results as a reason to get looser with immigration rules for talented scientists and engineers. It’s hard to dispute the need, and it’s also hard to deny that we can’t (or won’t?) develop enough sharp people ourselves.
- John Hawkins lists 22 problems with the Senate’s Illegal Immigration Bill — I don’t even think he had to work up a sweat.
John Hawkins’ “22 problems with The Senate’s Illegal Immigration Bill” is one great post except that his point #9 is not totally accurate:
He references John Sullivan’s article which states:
“Republican Senators Cornyn (Tex.) and Kyl (Ariz.) had originally proposed an amendment to make criminals ineligible for either amnesty or U.S. citizenship under the proposed new law. That had been overwhelmingly rejected by the Democrats who then asked Cornyn and Kyl to negotiate a compromise with Kennedy. The two sides agreed—the Republicans reluctantly—that a criminal would now be eligible for amnesty and citizenship if he had committed only one felony or three misdemeanors except that he could commit any number of immigration-related felonies or misdemeanors and still pass muster.”
If you look at the actual text of the legislation; Senate Amendment 4027 (results of roll call), the provision states that illegals are ineligible under the condition John Sullivan states except for the conditions he notes.
I think Mr. Sullivan meant to say ineligible instead of eligible in his article.
Comment by Porkopolis — June 1, 2006 @ 5:15 pm
#1, I agree.
Comment by TBlumer — June 1, 2006 @ 5:22 pm