Cross posted from Miss Beth's Victory DanceArizona had an interesting law go into effect January 1, 2008. It's called the Employer Sanctions Law and requires ALL employers to verify ALL employees are United States citizens. In anticipation of this law going into effect, many illegals from the Tucson and Phoenix areas "self-deported" with their families right around Christmas (normally, the illegals would pack up the family and cross back "home" to visit with the family and then come back here). In anticipation of the new law, the border was full with the illegals moving home.Well. That's a good thing.Then, we have several businesses in Phoenix going belly up and declaring bankruptcy. Three reasons--1) the Employer Sanctions Law; 2) the businesses catered to illegals (who are self-deporting) and 3) if the businesses didn't specifically cater to illegals, they hired illegals.This is also a good thing.Here's the ironic part...Mexico has issues with the Employer Sanction Law. Mexico is co
My Virtual Assistant just emailed me to tell me that the research I was having him do today is going to be delayed because their internet is currently down because of technical difficulties.
Let me repeat myself… He emailed me to tell me his internet is down. Am I the only one who see’s something wrong [...]
Tragic irony was used initially in ancient Greek tragedy and later almost in all tragedies. Irony consists essentially in the contrast of the two aspects of the same remark or situation. A remark made by a character in a play may have one meaning for him and another meaning for other character and the audience or one meaning for the speaker and the other characters and another meaning for the audience. Similarly, a situation may have a double significance in the sense that a disaster may be foreseen by the audience while the characters may be ignorant of it. Irony heightens the tragic effect. Sophocles has used irony with striking effect in his plays.“Oedipus Rex” is replete with tragic irony and is found in most of the speeches and situations. There are many occasions on which the audience is aware of the facts while the speaker is ignorant of those facts and some other characters, on the other hand, present a contrast which lends an increased emphasis to a tragic fact or to the u
Life is so funny. When we were young, our parents looked after us. As we are growing, our parents get older. By the time we grow up and be sensible, they are the one who need our care and support. They are the ones who teach us, guide us and advice us. By the [...]
Amy Winehouse's father-in-law calls on fans to stop buying Winehouse's records to pressure the couple to quit drugs.So you get famous by singing a song called "Rehab" in which the main chorus is "They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no..." only to have people suggest boycotting your records until you quit drugs? Oh, the life of a rock star. Anyway, as an alternative to supporting Amy's drug habits I suggest instead checking out The Detroit Cobras. Here's what LA Weekly has to say about them:"No offense to Amy Winehouse, but it was the Cobras‚ Rachel Nagy who first reinvented the 60s soul-pop diva as a boozy, punk-informed, smart-mouthed chanteuse in the late 90s." Falling James LA WeeklySo enjoy all the fun and soul of Winehouse without the guilt. Here's a couple of MP3s for you to check out:I Wanna HollerAs Long as I Have You
I find it rather ironic that George Lucas recently called Spider-Man 3 “silly”, implying that the movie is nothing more than shallow entertainment. "There just isn't much there. Once you take it all apart, there's not much story, is there?" That’s something like Bush chastising Blair for not withdrawing from Iraq; or the Chicago Bears starting Superbowl quarterback Rex Gross chiding secondary Brian Griese for failing to complete a pass.
Jack Layton has used(once again), "American" as a slur, on MDL tonight while discussing the situation in Afghanistan. Ironically enough, he has also come out in favour of Al Gore. (and the Liberals are doing the same!?)It's a sad day when someone is dense-headed enough to throw around the word American as if it is completely reprehensible to be anything similar to them. Of course, the reality is that they mean "republican". If it is an American talking about something they agree with, all the rules change.Come on Jack - this is the reason your party remains a fringe collection of misinformed students and tree-hugging hippies. Canadians understand that the United States is our best ally on this planet, and that we are interdependent with them. Of course, that doesn't fit in with the socialist rantings of the NDP, but you certainly have a lot of nerve suggesting that you have any idea what Canadians want. The lunatic fringe may eat up your American hatred... but the average voter
LINKThere is something supremely ironic about the fact that Ontario's new "Flick Off" campaign, designed to encourage reduction of green house gas emissions, is selling T-shirts.Sure, they are 100% organic, and "offset" with a legal bribe to zerofootprint, but this is still creating a great deal of CO2.I'm curious how this will go over in schools; they've already been cracking down on clothing of this sort.Had a discussion about this whole topic last night, and as a friend of mine said:"It's a pretty bad sign when we have to use faux-expletives to grab young people's attention. Even worse when it's our government having to do it."
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