Things I don’t get - May 2006 Edition

The Immigration Debate. Why now? I don’t understand this at all. Is the current system broke somehow? If you come into the country illegally you are not able to work legally. Makes sense to me. There is a legal way to get into the country where you can work legally.

UPDATE: I heard a story on NPR about the immigration debate where this woman - supposedly an illegal immigrant - was saying that she loved the USA and wanted to work here. She really loved the USA. This would have resonated with me more if she had said all of this in English instead of Spanish. Needing a translator points to part of the problem IMO.

ICANN - they approve .mobi for mobile phones but not .xxx for adult-content sites. No reason, just whim.

Why people haven’t yet had enough Law & Order

How with so many restaurants on the strip in Las Vegas they can still all charge 4x over what you pay at a comparable restaurant in another city.

UPDATE Forgot to talk about Da Vinci Code here. Its fiction people. Christian Organizations attacking it - better look out - Indiana Jones also borrows from your mythology. Maybe people find it more believeable since it has less plot holes than the modern Christian Bible. Then again, so do Superman comic books.