Does anyone else find it alternately amusing and disturbing that the past 2 months has mirrored a Simpsons episode almost word-for-word? I'm referring to the episode where, after his poll numbers plummet due to excessive spending on an unnecessary "Bear Patrol", Mayor Quimby invents an issue with immigration to divert the public's attention from his previous failings.

At one point in the episode, Moe the bartender even complains in broken English that the worst part about the "immigants" [sic] is that they "don't even bothers to learns the language". I was reminded of this exact line by President Bush, he of the "is our children learning?", who in his address last night proposed a plan to require that all immigrants know English in order to become American citizens.

I don't necessarily disagree with his logic, that those who know English have more job opportunities in this country, I just think that this would be dangerously close to the first step towards a national language, national religion, etc. That and the fact that before about a month ago no one heard a single word about any immigration problem.

So what's next for President Bush? Winning an elephant on a radio show? Going into space? Stealing a trillion dollar bill from Fidel Castro? At least we know that no matter how far his ratings fall, he'll be off the air in 2 years.

Posted by: none at May 18, 2006 3:47 PM

Posted by: rkc at May 19, 2006 11:13 PM