Ivan's Third Birthday

It was about an hour and a half drive to the park where Rhianan had a picnic party for Ivan. Once I arrived at the park, I spent 35 minutes looking for the picnic site. At last I gor a cell phone call from Jeff, who saw me riding by. I found him and we both made it. Actually, we were amoung the early arrivals.

What I learned was that great grandfathers are two generations removed from most of the guests, many holding babies and young children. But, I enjoyed the event and had plenty to eat. Carla's taco salad was particularly good.

I met Igor's uncle, Andrea. We had an interesting conversation ranging from immigration to religion. He is an immigrant from Russia, and grew up in the Soviet Union. It took him 10 years to obtain papers to legally enter the United States. He's been here for 20 years and is a zealous, patriotic U.S. Citizen. He is against giving amnesty to illegal immigrants. If the United States does not enforce its laws, it will not be fair to those like him, who obeyed the law.

I suggested that Congess could change the law to give legal status to the illegals. He still objected on the basis of fairness. He insisted that all laws be enforced.

How about the lsw forbidding assassinations? He wasn't sure about that. After all, Bin Ladin is the enemy. It is okay to kill the enemy by assassiation. But, I asked, what about the law? We agreed to disagree.

We also talked about religion, but logic has little influence in matters of faith.