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Dick of the Week: Lorenzo Garcia

Earlier this week Lorenzo Garcia – chair of the Young Conservatives of Texas – announced the game “Catch an Illegal Immigrant”.  

The gist of this “game” is to encourage students to track down other illegal students and in exchange they will get a $25 gift card. The game was to take place tomorrow, Wednesday – November 20th, but the Texas University has stepped in.  Not sure if this “game” will continue but the fact that Garcia felt comfortable enough to create such a vigilante-like game says a lot about the campus and student life at University of Texas. 

“It made me think about illegal immigration in general and how much they put into the system and how much they take. I thought it would be a good way to spark the debate at UT by having an event such as this.” – Later Garcia

It makes me so angry when people characterize illegal immigrants like this.  I know many people who fall into this category and all of them are hard working – giving more than they take; paying taxes, paying into social security (even though they will not receive these benefits), and often doing jobs many Americans have turned their nose up and refuse to do. These people come to the US for a better life not for handouts. The courage it takes to risk so much is a testament to their determination and drive; two characteristics that are incompatible with lazy individuals looking for a free ride.

This guy is such a dick.  Full story here.

For a US Senator who wants smaller government and less regulation, Rand Paul (R-KY), seems to feel differently when discussing social issues like gay marriage, where he conveniently forgets his self-proclaimed libertarian bent and rails that there apparently is not enough government interference and regulation.

Last week Sen. Paul had this to say about marriage equality rights when he spoke with the very conservative American Family Association’s, Bryan Fischer.

“We should try to keep it as a state issue…  My fear is that in federalizing it, we’re going to lose the battle for the whole country.  And keeping it state-by-state… that we’ll still have areas that will continue to have traditional marriage…  If the urban centers are able to dictate for the rest of the country what our definition on marriage is, I’m a little concerned about that.”

Clearly, Sen. Paul isn’t pleased to see the country’s growing acceptance that marriage equality is a civil right worthy of federal recognition become the majority opinion.  With more states looking to recognize same sex marriage and the US Supreme Court’s expected ruling on California’s controversial Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 2013 is shaping up to be a “tipping point” in the United States.

Last week it was widely reported Mitt Romney explained to fund-raisers and major donors to his campaign that he lost because President Obama provided “gifts” to young voters and minorities.

Debt forgiveness?  Contraception availability?  Access to parent’s health insurance?  These are gifts?  I suppose with that logic so are veteran’s benefits, social security, Medicare, etc…

These aren’t gifts Mitt – they are priorities; we value and want our youth to be able to afford a college education; we want sexually active young adults to be responsible and use contraceptives; and we want everyone to have health insurance.

Obviously Romney didn’t perceived his campaign pledge to increase military spending by $2 Trillion a gift. What a dick.