Morons in the News
Moron Central, a national bank commonly known by the first two letters of the alphabet (and they couldn’t even get the order of those two letters right), has a new policy of issuing credit cards to illegal aliens. Of course the Ass. Press calls them “undocumented,” but how many documents do you have to have to give an illegal alien before he’s no longer “undocumented,” just illegal?
Meanwhile, three sociology researchers recently released a study purporting to show that straight adoptive couples are better parents than natural parents, from which they somehow manage to conclude that gay adoptions must be better, too. While the underlying data tells us nothing about adoptions by gay couples, that doesn’t stop the “researchers” from brilliantly concluding that:
Ironically, the same social context that creates struggles for these alternative families may also set the stage for them to excel in some measures of parenting.
Translation: no one needs a lady mom to protest too much. Two daddy-moms can protest even more, and let’s face it, that’s all we really needed moms for, anyway.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin isn’t pleased by B of A’s latest moronicity, either.
February 18th, 2007 at 3:23 am
And I still remember the (other) bank that wouldn’t open an account unless I had a physical Social Security card with me. They didn’t even budge when I told them it was with my tooth fairy and Santa Claus cards…
Turns out it was the bank’s interpretation of the “Know Your Customer” regulations. Which apparently only apply to citizens and legal residents.
February 18th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
Heh! True. Visitors such as tourists and exchange students do not need a Social Security number to open an account. I wonder how the bank references the 1099 and the backup witholding. I guess I’m going to find out because I am hosting a foreign student.