Happiness is a Warm – Yes it is – Gun

Especially one that sends the bullets firing:

• The immigration bill died in the Senate today and it appears likely that we won’t see any more efforts to revive it for the rest of this Congress. While I continue to believe that we need to figure out a way to help move the 12 million or so illegals who are already here out of the shadows, to use a popular cliché, in the end it was awfully difficult to make the argument that such a plan wasn’t a de facto amnesty for people who had broken the law. What happens next is largely up to W – my hope is that he’ll see the defeat of this bill as an opportunity to rebuild credibility on his right flank by doing the things they’ve asked – completing the border fence that’s already authorized and doing a better job of supporting the agents who have the thankless task of enforcing our southern border. If that were done, my guess is that there would be more support for doing some of the other things, too. The more likely scenario will be that talk radio will get demonized and there will be more calls for muzzling Rush, Sean, Laura, Hugh et al. via the Orwellian “Fairness Doctrine.” I know I’m in the minority of conservatives on this issue – I wanted a bill. But this bill was doomed for a long time and it’s hard to be too angry about its demise.
• Haven’t updated the baseball for the kids in a few days; it’s been a mixed bag. Both teams are in the playoffs now and Maria’s Rockies have been on fire. They clobbered the Cubs 19-5 on Monday then followed that up with a victory (score not known) over the White Sox on Tuesday. Maria had hits in both games, driving in an RBI against the Cubs and scoring on Tuesday. She has improved tremendously as the season goes on – she has about 7 or 8 hits this season, in a league where there are kids who strike out every time they bat, so she has a lot of reason to be proud. Ben’s Brewers are also now in the playoff pool, having lost to the Athletics 13-4 on Tuesday night. His squad will face the American League Rockies tonight at Wilson Park and will play the Red Sox on Friday at Sitzer. If the Brewers lose those games – unfortunately, a distinct possibility – his season will be over. Maria’s season continues with another playoff game on Monday, July 9 against an unknown opponent. That game will be at Lambert Park.
• The NBA draft is tonight and, as of this writing, Kevin Garnett is still a Wolf. I blogged about this topics ad nauseum last week. Suffice it to say that Garnett will be leaving eventually. The question is whether the Wolves are compensated or not for his departure.