Issues

There are two recent events that I need to blog about... that I need to get off my chest. I know people may not agree with me, and that's fine. We are all entitled to our own opinions.

#1. There is a young girl who has been declared brain dead. Her parents are fighting to keep her hooked up to machines. Have I mentioned she's been declared brain dead? With the exception of the cause of death (autopsy is needed), the coroner's office has the death certificate filled out. I understand that death of your child (or anyone) is a hard thing to accept. But why are they putting their family and everyone else through this? I feel bad for the family that they can't come to grips and accept the fact that their little girl is dead. I feel bad they can't accept the fact that they need to let go. I feel bad for the doctors and nurses and anyone else that has to continue to give care to someone who is brain dead. That little girl, if she truly makes it to another place where people will be willing to allow to stay hooked up to the machines... I feel bad for them. They are going to start to see a little girl deteriorate and continue to watch her body die from the inside out. How can this be good for anyone? There comes a time when you need to just stop. Now is that time. Let her go. Let her go in peace.

#2. If you want to practice law, regardless of if it can't be for a law firm (yet) and you've gone through the schooling and you've passed the tests, then by all means practice law. But if you are here as an undocumented immigrant, who was practically raised here, who CHOSE to continue to go to school here, who WANTS to continue to live here in the U.S. then do one thing for me. BECOME A LEGAL CITIZEN!!! You want everything America has to offer and yet you don't want to be formally known as a citizen... that's just wrong. While I'm at it, I disagree with being able to get driver's licenses and everything else. IF you want to be here, become a citizen. Don't stay here and mooch off of everything our system (so stupidly) offers you. Don't try and cheat the system. Do something about it. Prove to me you want to be here, that you want to stay. Become an American citizen. I have nothing against people immigrating here. What I have a problem with is the immigrants who want to stay but don't go about it the right way. What I have a problem with is our government allowing them to come here and not do anything about it. It's irritating to say the least.