Uh...yeah. Have not thought this one through, eh?

...to demand rights for illegal ...
...better treatment for the estimated 11 million people living and working unlawfully ...
And many high school students were expected to defy warnings from school officials that they faced "consequences" for boycotting classes.
Protesters also are calling for an end to deportations, which have been on the rise during the past year, along with increased numbers of immigration raids across the country.

As always, I start from the standpoint that it is the laws that exist that are important, not the laws I personally believe should be in place that matter. Disagreeing with a law does not give me the right to enforce my personal vision. For example, I believe abortion is murder. But that in no way, shape, or form should be construed to mean I support the people murdering abortion providers. That is equally as wrong. Yes, if I had my way abortions would be illegal and heavily punished. However, the laws that exist allow for them. I deal with it.

I firmly believe the idea that Senators and Congressmen receive their wages for the rest of their lives without ever putting money into the system is every bit as ridiculous as Social Security. That is another ridiculous system. I just received my SS status update. I could retire at 62 and receive x amount of dollars per month until I die based on what I have put in. Of course, it would take a little less than 2-1/3 years for me to be paid what I have put in. So if I live until I am say...75, pretty close to average, and quit work today, retired and started collecting at 62, for almost 11 years I would be getting money for nothing. That is just stupid. What genius mathematicians came up with this little scam? (FDR and his Brain Trust, btw). It is without a doubt one of the most backwards, idiotic, and destructive ideas in all of history. I hate it with every fiber of my being. But it is, despite that, the law. So I contribute to it as required.

I watch my tax money go to pay for causes that violate every belief I hold (I already covered abortions but there are many, many other examples). I watch my country repeatedly do things that embarrass me...joining the U.N. , for example... but the law is what it is. I can work to change those laws but meanwhile I must obey them.

Then I look at the statements in the referenced article. Demanding rights for the lawbreakers. The right to not be prosecuted for their crime is what they are demanding.

When it referenced the number of people who walked off their jobs to protest it really stirred and angry chord in me. Here is some unsolicited advice for the people who employee them; fire the protestors. Don't rehire them.

For the students mentioned above; they were warned. If they walk, suspend them for the remainder of the year. If that means it takes them another year to graduate, so be it. There are consequences for illegal behavior and there should be consequences for supporting illegal behavior.

For those protesting the enforcement of the law...get over it. Work to get the law changed but do not object because a law you dislike is being enforced. Where will that stop?

"Oh, I think using cell phones while driving is more dangerous than drinking and driving so I am going to protest if I am arrested for drinking and driving."

"Oh, corporations make too much money so I am going to protest if anyone who embezzles from them is arrested and convicted."

"Gas companies are making too much money so I am going to set up a gang to steal gas. If we are arrested I will lead protests."

Whatever. Just because you think a law is poorly written or unjust or does not fit your moral code does not change the basic fact that it is the law. The U.S. had as a founding principle the idea of the Rule of Law. It does not matter who you are; the law is. It does not matter if you agree; the law is. If you break the law you pay the consequences.

It was a response to the idea that kings and nobles were above the law, that by virtue of being a particular person you were somehow immune to the need to follow the law. Now we are trying to corrupt that concept over something where there is certainly no reciprocity. Try emigrating to Mexico or Cuba. Let me know how that works out for you.

In short the protestors really have not clearly thought out what they are doing and I do believe they need to face the consequences of their destructive behavior and perhaps learn to channel their efforts in the proper direction.