This... feeling...

I have this... feeling... that I was supposed to post something here for Kay...

OH YEEEEAAAAH- I remember now! *I was smart and e-mailed it to myself*

ON WEDNESDAY...
I was one of the few people to do my homework over the three-day weekend. Because I did it, I got to continue on with the (I think 8) other people who did it, too. We had to create and research a negative argument for our affirmative case. In class, Eden (my partner) and we basically did the entire thing except for evidence of the crazy long lines trying to get into the USA. Our paper...

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1) Make the lines at the border even longer
Evidence:

2) Increase the number of people who attempt to cross illegally, therefore increases the number of people who end up dying in harsh conditions
Evidence: “More illegal immigrants die trying to reach US as extra patrols". Independent on Sunday, The. Sep 23, 2007. FindArticles.com. 14 Nov. 2007. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20070923/ai_n20521592
“The border: hundreds of immigrants die each year trying to make it into the United States from Mexico - Special Report". Current Events. Oct 24, 1997. FindArticles.com. 14 Nov. 2007. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EPF/is_n7_v97/ai_20035245
Luis Alberto Urrea, Across the Wire, “Prologue,” 1993
The horrors of crossing the border end in death for all but the lucky few. In the preface to Across the Wire, Urrea tells us the terrifyingly truthful tale of people who try to cross the border. People die every day out there, be it “accidents” or gang violence or the environment.

3) Insignificant- let Mexico deal with their own problems; we’ve got enough on our plate already
Evidence: < http://www.urban.org/publications/900565.html> article was written by Rudolph G. Penner, BCA's Washington Editor, and Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute, Washington D.C.
This article was published in the Bank Credit Analyst, November 2002, BCA Publications Ltd., Montreal, PQ, Canada.
With the future so uncertain, it is unsound to initiate negotiations with other countries. Let us fix the issues within our own country before we end up biting off more than you can chew.

4) The affirmative team shows a lack of evidence
Evidence: (hahaha… yeeeaaah… uhm… this is a subliminal message to FINISH THE PAAAAAPEEEEER, BRYANNA...)

5) Workability: how can we actually carry this plan out?
Evidence: How exactly will this system work? If people can get away with illegal immigration, how is this system going to catch tax-evaders?
<http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0070-3370%28197908%2916%3A3%3C417%3AWITANF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage> Illegal Immigration Proof: by David M. Heer{Demography, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Aug., 1979), pp. 417-423} (from Population Research Laboratory, University of Southern California) His abstract tells us how lots of people cross illegally.
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Aargh. Still gotta find something for #1. Might do it in the morning, I feel like a I deserve a good shower after a double dose of flag football today...

I hate trying to research concepts and not straight information on the web all the while not being allowed to use Wikipedia, Kay. This whole project has been an "Aargh" for me, resulting in slamming my head on the table, procrastinating, or having my friend magically find the webpage I need while I take a bathroom break...
Grar.
But I won't give up, 'cuz (and this is my adaptation of something I heard once)...

There was once a king who had been torn up inside terribly by lies, by deciet. Unable to see an end to his torment, he called to his most trusted wiseman, the one who had raised him, the one who had stood by him through the kingdom's upheaval, the one who had been there the day the king had cast his own brother into exile for high treason. Raising his tearstained visage to the sage, the king commanded him, "Tell me something that will forever ring true."

The old man pondered the concept for a while, and asked for some time to think, which he was granted.

The wiseman, desperate to see his lord smile again, called forth a great council of every philosopher, every scholar, every historian in the kingdom to answer the desperate query. Chaos ensued the minute the meeting began, and the wiseman, having developed a headache, stepped outside for a moment's quiet.

He slumped against a wall, frustrated with his lack of solution. An ancient woman shuffled by, and, noticing his distress, asked what was amiss. "What's wrong, m'dearie?" The wiseman told the old maid his woes, and she chuckled, patting him on the arm. "Have no fear..."

"...In time, this too will pass," the proud wiseman declared to his king.

He was rewarded with the first smile the king had adorned in a great, long while. "Too true, too true..."

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH I'm gonna present this tomorrow...