It's official the Tea Party in Utah is nuts. they have gone completely insane and now deserve the title of Tea Baggers. End of story. Normally I try to refrain from childish name calling but the Tea Baggers of well earned their name. Now you may ask, "Scott what is causing you to be so pissed?" For that I answer the Utah Republican State Convention, which has a slim majority of Tea Baggers as delegates. In a resounding show of both stupidity and insanity they decided to repeal HB 116 which was a wise and well thought out piece of legislation to allow for a guest worker program. This program according to a Dan Jones/KSL (local Utah polling and news station respectively) was supported by over 61% of Utah! That is borderline super majority. Yet the Tea Baggers and their xenophobia seemed to rule the day at the Republican convention. What made this worse was that HB 116 was supported by the Legislature, the Governor, the Attorney General, various religious institutions, businesses, cities, and towns. Yet somehow the tools in the Tea Party seemed to disregard all sanity and voted for the immediate repeal of the law. Fortunately they have no power do this from convention but it puts pressure on the politicians; who for the most part are spineless and will probably cave to the pressure.
HB116 is a wise and pragmatic approach to immigration. It allowed for workers who were here illegally (which BTW is s civil penalty with less punishment that a speeding ticket) to become registered legal and more supportive of the general society. The arguments that the Tea Baggers use is nothing more than insanity incarnate. There same arguments could be found within in the texts of Nazi propaganda.
Although if this is what the Tea Baggers want I hear that there are trains from Auschwitz available for lease.
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