Before I start, let me put my cards on the table: I do not think illegal aliens should be given driver’s licenses. For that matter, I don’t think they should get anything except constitutional rights if and when they are apprehended.
But O’Reilly over at Fox asks
Should we allow them to get driver’s licenses? How do we know they aren’t mass murderers? You don’t have to have a background check to get a driver’s license! We don’t want mass murderers to have driver’s licenses, do we? Do you want mass murderers to have driver’s licenses? – Bill “I-can-t-build-a-sound-argument-to-save-my-life” O’Reilly, The O’Reilly Factor, Fox News, September 4, 2003 at about 5:40 p.m. PST to one of his guests with whom he obviously disagreed.
Earth to O’Reilly: Ted Bundy had a driver’s license. Paul Bernardo had a driver’s license. At least one of the Beltway Snipers (John Allen Muhammad, if not Lee Malvo) had a driver’s license. Guess what? They are or were all mass murderers!
What we really need is an I.Q. test before granting a driver’s license. But, dammit, then you’d just hire someone to drive you around. 🙁
5 responses so far ↓
1 harry // Sep 5, 2003 at 10:20 am
IQ tests would not keep serial killers from getting drivers licenses. If they were too stupid to pass a reasonable IQ test, they would probably get caught after the first murder, and not be free to kill enough times to be a ‘mass murderer”.
2 Winkola // Sep 5, 2003 at 10:32 am
Oh, I agree with you 100% on that.
The I.Q. test was to stop people like O’Reilly from driving.
3 joe // Sep 5, 2003 at 1:12 pm
Let’s try to see the other side here.
On the surface, I don’t see why we would want to grant licenses to illegals but what is the reason being forth by the parties that want this?
Yes, I know, to get votes from minorities. But besides that, is there a valid, non political reason being put forth to justify this?
4 Winkola // Sep 5, 2003 at 1:28 pm
Let me see…people here in this country illegally…valid non-political reasons for allowing them benefits under the law instead of deporting them…hmmm…
That’s a tough one.
Reminds me of another one. Let me see…people who break into my house without authorization…valid non-political reasons for allowing them to use the shower instead of having them arrested…hmmm…
Nope! Can’t think of any!
5 HEIDI // Feb 27, 2004 at 6:58 pm
Sorry to burst the bubble.. but Ted Bundy was a SERIAL killer NOT a mass murderer. Also, individuals like Ted Bundy have exceptionally high IQ’s!
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