Anniversaries today

Ahhh yes, four years ago today Cap'n Codpiece was cruel to the sailors on the Lincoln who could see land but couldn't get there because he wanted to strut around on their ship for photo-op. Halliburton is doing quite well: Welcome to Pottersville Mission Accomplished Year Four

Last year there were huge immigrant's rights marches across the country.

It seemed like an excuse for a bunch of kids to ditch school to me.

Will it happen again this year?

Immigration Activists Call for School Walkout on Tuesday Apr 30, 2007

I hope not.

More from KPBS today: Immigration & Border

10:23 AM 5/1/2007 So far there are a few kids in NY walking out. Not a big deal.

And some in Detroit, Chicago, Oakland, Los Angeles,

11:13 AM 5/1/2007

Orlando

Phoenix and Tuscon

(Long Beach) Port Truckers Join May 1 Boycott

The kids are in school, at least it looks like it from California News reports. But money is lost when kids aren't in school:

Testing Dates for State Assessments 2006-2007
CAHSEE, STAR, CELDT, PFT, and CHSPE.

Dates for the 2007 administration of the grade 4 and 7 California Standards Writing Tests are:

Tuesday, March 6, 2007, with make-up on Wednesday, March 7 for all schools, programs, and tracks in session on these dates.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007, with make-up on Wednesday May 2 for schools, programs, and tracks not in session during March.

The testing window for the Aprenda 3 for grades 5-11 is March 15 through May 14, with make-up testing until May 25

I'm thinking the little shits don't want to go to Saturday School, and they've been warned.

Oh look, Ruben Navarrette Jr. proves once again that he is wrong every fucking time. What a flaming asshole.

No Ruben, non-immigrants have the same concerns as immigrants, feeding their family is one of them. When people come in illegally and work for less than subsistence wages they drive down our standard of living. That may make your business friends cream their jeans, but it pisses some of us off. Got it, fucktard?