Stephen talked about immigration last night. It seems that Alabama is now tough on immigration. And it seems that the produce in Alabama is rotting in the fields because there's no one to pick it. And those two things are related. Who would have thought?
Well, Stephen, that's who. He was himself a farm worker for one day. Anyone can sign up to do the work.
So what is needed to keep those fruits and vegetables coming to a grocery store near you? Here's what Representative Jeremy Oden (R-AL) (not to be confused with a bald Dwight Schrute) has to say about the problem (NPR October 24, 2011):
"Look, we need a federal program, a migrant program that we can apply in our state and get these skilled laborers to stay and help these people out."
So, Alabama has a tough law on immigrants and all the skilled laborers have left Alabama, but they want a way for skilled laborers to stay there and work. Sounds like they have a bit of a problem.
Stephen did testify to Congress about this. "Most soil is at ground level."
On last night's show, we also learned about Jesus-Ween, where people are supposed to dress in white and hand out Bibles instead of candy on Halloween. The interview guest was Taylor Branch who has a new book out, "The Cartel," which is actually about NCAA.
Stephen also used his time on the show to urge us to (not) buy these two books by staff members:
Sad Monsters by Frank Lesser
Bad for the Jews by Scott Sherman
You have a choice of books you can buy, or you could just as easily buy all three.
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