Migrating Clay Pigeons and Lame Ducks

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

What does Immigration, Clay Pigeons and Lame Ducks have in common? Well we have a Lame Duck President and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid attempting to Clay Pigeon an Immigration Bill through the Senate. What you say?

It is said the U.S. Senate is the greatest deliberative body in the world. So why is the most important bill in at least the last 20 years, a bill that will determine the flow of immigration in this country for decades, why is that bill being “Clay Pigeoned” through the Senate instead of being debated?

What is Clay Pigeoning you ask? Clay Pigeoning is a very complicated Senate maneuver, an attempt to ram a bill through the Senate in a very controlled protected way which will limit debated on the Bill. The bill S.B. 1348 the 790 paged Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act is the legislation that the Senate is not debating, the Senate is not calling in expert witnesses for pro or con arguments on this bill as to the impact that this legislation would have on the people of the United States of America instead the most powerful man in Government Senator Harry Reid, D-Nev is doing what he does best, he’s controlling the discussion around this issue.

The Senate tactic, “Clay Pigeon” gets its name from the target used in skeet shooting, which explodes into bits as it is hit. In the Senate, an amendment is the target, and any one senator can demand that it be divided into separate fragments to be voted on piecemeal.

Ironically, the move is usually used by mavericks - not leaders - to slow down legislation, not in the opposite manner that Senator Reid is using it.
Usually this procedure used to stop a bill but the master tactician that Harry Reid is, he has conceived of a plan to use this maneuver to the favor of proponents of this bill. Because usually, "It's a brilliant way to gum up the works," said Robert B. Dove, a Senate rules expert who was the chamber's referee for 36 years.

The maneuver appears to be a relatively modern innovation; Dove said he first became aware of it in the early 1970s, when then-Sen. Jim Allen, D-Ala., a master of parliamentary procedures, used it against a bill pushed by the then- majority leader, Sen. Mike Mansfield, D-Mont. "I remember people being dazzled when he did this," Dove said.

Reid's plan has its risks, chief among them further inflaming the vocal conservative opponents who have vowed to do whatever they can to kill the immigration measure.

Reid said he would revive the bill to legalize as many as 12 million unlawful immigrants late this week. To do so, though, he needs backing from 60 senators, and a way to guarantee votes on a tentative list of 22 Republican and Democratic amendments whose consideration is seen as vital to satisfying key waverers.

The so-called clay pigeon is how he's expected to do it, under a strategy that was still taking shape Monday.-- JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Washington, AP

Edwin Meese, III
Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow in Public Policy and Chairman of the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies explains the complicated immigration bill.

Senator Harry Reid is no stranger to complicating thing in the Senate and coming out on top. As the Minority leader Senator Reid gave Senate Majority leader Bill Frist fits.

Accusing Republicans of ignoring questions about pre-war intelligence, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session in 2005, igniting anger from GOP leaders.

Before making the rare motion, which was seconded by his assistant minority leader, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Reid said his colleagues across the aisle "have repeatedly chosen to protect the Republican administration rather than get to the bottom of what happened and why."

Michael Franc, Vice President, Government Relations explains how present procedure to rush S.B. 1348 is not normal procedure for complicated Senate legislation.

An exasperated and outdone Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist was reduced to shouting out in the halls of the Senate, the Senate "has been hijacked by the Democratic leadership."

"They have no convictions, they have no principles, they have no ideas," he said.
Frist said the Democratic Party leadership did not warn him in advance of the move, which Republicans called a "political stunt."

"It means from now on, for the next year and half, I can't trust Senator Reid," the Tennessee lawmaker said. –Worldnetdaily, November 1 2005

Duh, Senator Frist that’s why Republicans lost control of the senate in 2006, Democrats were better politicians than Republicans. Much better! Democrats were controlling the Senate way before 2007 before they had official control of the body because of incompetent Republican leadership. The same leadership with Trent Lott as second in authority that will lose in 2008.

And what about the first month of official control of the Senate, Reid used, a Senate tactic called "filled the tree" a tactic meant to block any amendments to the continuing resolution and twice attempted to block votes on alternatives to his Iraq resolution to set deadlines and timetables for withdrawal. So much for real debate.

By filling the tree and filing cloture on the latest Iraq resolution, he brings the Senate in for a Saturday cloture vote - trying to break the minority by forcing Republicans to vote for cloture or else suffer media spin that they are blocking a vote on Iraq. Nice senator Reid real nice.

If S.B. 1348 is passed it will be done on the planning and political maneuvering of a superior political party, the Democrat Party, but not because the legislation is good for America.

If Republicans are going to stop this clay pigeon from migrating through the Senate they will have to overcome incompetent Republican leadership, disregard the lame duck in the White house and the Harry Reid controlled Senate to do the right thing for America.

The only question is, are Republicans good enough politicians to get the job done. Truth is they haven’t been for quite a while.

MEXIPHOBIA

Mexiphobia - Noun

1. The inordinate fear of Mexicans illegally in this country doing the jobs that Americans won’t do.

2. The fear that the U.S. Government would grant amnesty to 12-20 million Mexican that are illegally in this country, thus showing that laws in the United States are not equally applied.

3. The fear that Mexicans who are illegally in this country are voting in U.S. elections, utilizing tax payer services, e.g. schools, health care, social services, etc, etc, etc.

4. The fear that Mexicans who are illegally in this country are artificially driving down wages for the poor and middle class in America causing unemployment for U.S. citizens and record profits for U.S. companies.

5. The fear that the U.S. Government is attempting to deluge the population of the United States of America with large numbers of uneducated, uninformed, politically unsophisticated and servant like Mexicans who will not question the direction in which the Government is going.

I get it! On May 1, 2006 and May 1, 2007 days which hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens, who are in this country illegally and their America supporters, paraded in the streets of cities all across the United States of America these people who break our laws were officially coming out to the American people.

We’re here, we’re illegal and we’re going to reclaim the eagle!

They’re out of the closet, out of the shadows, and they’ve thrust themselves into the bright light of day and baby there ain’t nothing that you can do about it so deal with it!

Hiding? Who’s hiding? They go to work, or stand out in the open on corners or in front of Home Depot looking for work. Their children go to school and if you’re a citizen of the United States and you’ve had the misfortune of going to any hospital emergency room in the country you had to wait behind people who are using the emergency room as their primary source of care.

Between 40 and 50 percent of wage-loss among low-skilled Americans is due to the [illegal] in-migration of low-skilled workers. Many American workers lose their jobs through unfair competition. An estimated 1,880,000 American workers are displaced from their jobs every year by [illegal] immigration and the cost for providing welfare and assistance to these Americans is over $15 billion a year - FAIR research.

[Illegal]Immigration is a net drain on the economy; corporate interests reap the benefits of cheap labor, while taxpayers pay the infrastructural cost. FAIR research shows "the net annual cost of immigration has been estimated at between $67 and $87 billion a year. The National Academy of Sciences found that the net fiscal drain on American taxpayers is between $166 and $226 a year per native household. Even studies claiming some modest overall gain for the economy from immigration ($1 to $10 billion a year) have found that it is outweighed by the fiscal cost ($15 to $20 billion a year) to native taxpayers."

However in spite of the facts and in spite of the statistics if you say any against this deconstruction of the American middle class you are racist, bigoted, xenophobic, nationalist… you are, you are…

MEXIPHOBIC!

You are a mexiphobe if you speak against S.B. 1348 the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act. You are a mexiphobe if your position is that people who broke immigration law should not be awarded in any way but they should be sent back to their country of origin and apply for citizenship or work visas the right way.

You are a mexiphobe if you email, call or write your Congressman or woman to express your dissatisfaction with this convoluted semi-clandestine 790 page attempt to enact a law before the America people know what hit them.

This is not legislating, this is not leading politically Mr. Bush, no this is political used car selling. Talking fast and hoping you can get the contract signed and the car off of the lot before the American suckers realize that the lemon that they’ve just purchased can’t be returned because there is no three day consumers protect law.

This is a civil rights issue, like Roe, like Homosexually which have no bases in Constitutional law but find their legitimacy by Court fiat the latest attempt to bestow artificial civil rights status on a group is this! 12 to 20 million people who have entered into this country illegally have the right to do so and if you don’t approve you are a Mexiphobe!

That’s how you do it in America isn’t it? You invent a phobia, you invent a civil right, you invent a lobbying group and Oprah, the courts, the media, the schools, the colleges, big business, scientist, educators, and doctors will give you legitimacy and will defend you to the death.

But these other fools the nativist the nationalist, the Minute Man the Conservatives are all Mexiphobes.

Welcome to Creating Orwellian Worldview 101, this is hard core, “WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” Mr. Winston.

Illegal is legal (after paying a fine), Minute Men are Vigilantes (when they do the job that American Government won’t do) and YOU are a Mexiphobe (when you ask that present American laws be enforced.)

I have a new word for you …Electoratephobe.

That is the fear of American voters who will vote anyone out of office who puts amnesty above or combined with the protection of the borders of the United States of America.

A Electoratephobe is a politician who if they don’t have a fear of electorate now will have a fear of the electorate the very next time that their name is on a ballot!

And believe me you’d rather be a Mexiphobe than a Electoratephobe in 2008 and 2010!

America Thanks You

We thank the following Senators for doing the work that no other American Politician would do.

That work is looking after the interest of the American people! Please write them and encourage them to stay resolute in their efforts to do what is best for the American people in spite of the pressure from the Old-Boys-Club of politicians who champion oligarchical political and economic stratification over a government of the people, for the people and by the people.

Email each one today!

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, who wants to toughen a requirement that unlawful immigrants seeking green cards return home to apply for permanent legal residency.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R- Tennessee, who wants - to require all illegal immigrants to go home within two years in order to receive a Z visa to live and work lawfully in the U.S.

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee who wants to require all illegal immigrants to go home within two years in order to receive a Z visa to live and work lawfully in the U.S.

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D, who wants to bar illegal immigrants from gaining lawful status until border security and workplace enforcement measures were accomplished.

Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Georgia who wants the Bush administration to request separate emergency funding for those purposes before any action on a broader immigration bill.

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia who wants the Bush administration to request separate emergency funding for those purposes before any action on a broader immigration bill.

Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Mn. who wants to allow law enforcement officials to question people about their immigration status.

And Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who has fought fearlessly for Americans and America’s sovereignty and who wants to block a conference that would be needed to reconcile House and Senate versions before an immigration bill could be signed into law, if proponents of reviving immigration successfully persuade any of the Congress people to abandon the American people.

These brave politicians are the only ones who presently stand between the American people and the oligarchs who champion immigration reform.

We own these politicians our heart felt honor and support! Thank you Senators!

If I missed anyone who should be so honored my apologies. Please let me know to be included in future acknowledgements. Thank you

Now I Understand..........!

When Dan Rather shouted out on election night
2000........."We won!".......... that said it all. Of
course, he was reacting to the false report that
Gore had overtaken Bush, and snatched victory
from the jaws of defeat.

I always wondered, how a so-called respected
news "reporter" could sit there, in front of millions
of people, and spout such obvious personal opinion.
This after all, was the respected "face of CBS news".
An anchor whom the entire US had looked up to for
truth, honesty and the "American way".

Little did I realize the insidious nature of the liberal
infiltration of the MSM. I had always figured that
everyone was entitled to his own opinion, so what’s
the harm? I was wrong! News is news, and opinion
is opinion............and unless the opposing view is
presented, it is only a soapbox for the left.

I just finished reading, "Bias"...........by veteran CBS
news reporter Bernard Goldberg. What a revelation!
Here is a man, who suffered the slings and arrows of
just about everyone at CBS.............. for a long time.
Goldberg claims that he had approached Rather, not
once, but several times, about bias in the newsroom
Old "Danny-boy" refused to see even a hit of bias to
the left............... and adamantly went on with
business as usual.

Goldberg had no where else to go, since even the top
brass at CBS treated Rather as a god! They would go
to him for decisions on anything that related to the
nightly newscasts............. and if he turned thumbs
down, that was it! Case closed.

So when the WSJ invited Bernard Goldberg to write
an article in their editorial pages, pertaining to liberal
bias in the news.............Bernard accepted. He gave
Rather a heads-up before it went to press......... that
he had written an article for the WSJ, and explained
it’s content. Dan basically said that it didn’t matter.

When the editorial broke, Rather went ballistic, and
from that day on, never spoke to Goldberg again, and
made it known that he would never forgive him. He
also made the rounds of all the major TV talk shows,
and claimed that Goldberg was an "activist with a
political agenda". Why?................. just for wanting
news reporting to be accurate, without the slant?

The book is a recount of the methods of twisting the
news to reflect liberal thinking, and of Goldberg’s
days at CBS, before, during and after the WSJ
article. If you haven’t read it yet, put it on your
"to-do" list..... and follow through.

I swear, you will never look at TV news in the same
light again!

brooklyn

Amnesty or Bust!

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., second from left, From left are, Los Angeles radio host Eddie "El Piolin" Sotelo, Kennedy, Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., and Rep. Joe Baca, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)

If Iraq is Bush’s war then U.S. Immigration failure or crisis is Congress’ failure. Senators, a Democrat lead Congress and President Bush undaunted by the will of the American people rushing headlong into political destruction vow to give or sell amnesty to 12 to 20 million Mexican Nations in keeping with the wishes of big business in this country.

Below Kelly Hunt Chamber of Commerce talking head, drones out the reasons that the chamber is behind this legislation, the only cliché that she didn’t use was, “These immigrates are doing jobs that Americans wouldn’t do!”

Kelly Hunt, Manager Immigration policy – U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Heard it all before now we know where President Bush is getting all of this propaganda.

And you do know that Kennedy didn’t write the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA) S.B. 1348 these guys did, the Chamber of Commerce.


It is time for every Congressperson,business and special interest group that is lobbying for this legislation to come out of the shadows and into the light of day so that the America people can see just who is responsible for the deconstruction of the American dream. America wants to know who exactly "big business" and "special interest" are by name.

From this point we are taking names and kicking political and business backsides.

Do not revive this legislation, Do not pass this Bill

So what’s Broken Mr. President?

“…the iniquity of the fathers upon the children”

—Exodus 20:5

There is a saying that, nothing in politics happens by accident. Whether that’s true is the stuff of conspiracy theorist no doubt. However, what puzzles me is how politicians and their cohorts are representing the idea that the Immigration policy in this country somehow just came apart at the wheels like some old rusted farmer’s tractor that had plowed one to many lettuce fields.

I beg to disagree Mr. President I don’t believe that America’s current Immigrant law is broken at all. I believe that present immigration law is working. And as a matter of fact it is working as it was written and it is doing just exactly what it was intended to do.

That’s what I said, the present Immigration situation is not a broken system rather it is the system that the Clinton Administration and Congress of the United States of America wrote, voted into law and amended. This present “broken immigration” policy was intended to do just what it’s doing, what we are experiencing are the sins of the United States Congress and our government being visited upon the people of America. Let me explain.


In 1996 Congress wrote, voted for, and amended a comprehensive immigration reform entitled, The Immigration and Nationality Act 1996, H.R. 2202. This reform was supposed to be the comprehensive answer to America’s immigrant problems.

Leaving nothing to chance Congress commissioned a report for recommendations on how best to handle the immigration policies of America. The commission headed by the late U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan was referred to as the Barbara Jordan Commission on Immigration Reform.

This bi-partisan commission suggested a comprehensive plan to improve the way the United States handled its immigration policy from which Congress adopted legislation in the form of the bill The Immigration and Nationality Act 1996, H.R. 2202.

The Jordan commission recommended four important points and three minor. The four important points are as follows:

1) A strategy of prevention of illegal entry and the facilitation of legal migration in the national interest.
2) Reduce the magnet that jobs currently present for illegal immigration
3) Illegal aliens should be eligible for no public benefits other than those of an emergency nature
4) Removal of criminal aliens.

Also the Barbara Jordan Commission recommended doing away with the adult-relative categories within U.S. immigration policies also called chain migration (begun only in the 1950s) in order to lessen wage depression among lower-paid American workers. The House Judiciary Committee agreed with the Jordan Commission and passed H.R.2202, which would have effectively ended chain migration.

Chain migration as U.S. immigration policy was then written allowed immigrants to send for their adult relatives. Then each of those relatives can send for their and their spouse's adult relatives, creating a never-ending and ever-growing chain.

This policy encouraged legal and also the illegal immigration which harms this country even today because as foreign nationals began to see their countrymen leaving in mass numbers and as they heard of the money that could be made in America it invoked jealousies and desires in those who were left behind with no family to call them over across the border into the United States of America.

As originally written H.R.2202, with its prohibitives against sending for adult relatives, upon the recommendation of the Jordan Commission once again would have ended chain migration.

What happened next set this Nation on the course we’re on today and this is the thing that is “broken” with our present laws Mr. President. On the floor of the House an amendment was attached to H.R.2202 which stripped out the comprehensive reforms that would have ended chain migration. The Chrysler-Berman Amendment which passed the House by a vote of 238-183 annulled all of the work that the Barbara Jordan commission set forth to comprehensively reform immigration in the United States. The names of the 238 Representatives who broke immigration are linked here.

This was done at the Clinton Administration’s request.

President Clinton publicly announced his support for the recommendations on legal immigration of the late Barbara Jordan's Commission on Immigration Reform. The headline in the June 8, 1995 edition of the Washington Post, for example, was "Clinton Backs Call to Reduce Immigration." The article began as follows: "President Clinton yesterday endorsed the recommendations of a congressional commission calling for a substantial reduction in the number of legal immigrants allowed to enter the country." The article went on to say that the President had issued a statement in which he praised the recommendations as "consistent with my own views" and a "road map for the Congress to consider."

However the Clinton Administration then announced its support for the amendment by Reps. Dick Chrysler, Howard Berman and Sam Brownback to eliminate the legal immigration reductions from the bill, and it asked House Democrats to support the amendment, as well. Two days later, the Chrysler-Berman-Brownback amendment was adopted by a vote of 238 to 183. This amendment reinstated chain migration thus setting the stage for the on slot on the borders of the United States of America. See amendment below

SEC. 512. CHANGE IN FAMILY-SPONSORED CLASSIFICATION.
(a) IN GENERAL- Section 203(a) (8 U.S.C. 1153(a)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the following:
`(1) SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS- Immigrants who are the spouses and children of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence shall be allocated visas in a number not to exceed 85,000, plus any immigrant visas not required for the class described in paragraph (2).
`(2) PARENTS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS-
`(A) IN GENERAL- Immigrants who are the qualifying parents (as defined in subparagraph (B)) of an individual who is at least 21 years of age and a citizen of the United States shall be allocated visas in a number not to exceed the lesser of--
`(i) 50,000, or
`(ii) the number by which the worldwide level exceeds 85,000.
`(B) QUALIFICATIONS- For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term `qualifying parent' means an immigrant with respect to whom, as of the date of approval of the classification petition under section 204(a)(1), at least 50 percent of the immigrant's sons and daughters are (i) nationals of the United States or aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence and (ii) lawfully residing in the United States.
`(C) REFERENCE TO INSURANCE REQUIREMENT- For requirement relating to insurance for qualifying parents, see section 212(a)(4)(D).'.
(b) INSURANCE REQUIREMENT- Section 212(a)(4) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4)), as amended by section 621(a) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
`(D) INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR QUALIFYING PARENTS-
`(i) IN GENERAL- Any alien who seeks admission as a qualifying parent under section 203(a)(2) is inadmissible unless the alien demonstrates at the time of issuance of the visa (and at the time of admission) to the satisfaction of the consular officer and the Attorney General that the alien--
`(I) will have coverage under an adequate health insurance policy (at least comparable to coverage provided under the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act), and
`(II) will have coverage with respect to long-term health needs (at least comparable to such coverage provided under the medicaid program under title XIX of such Act for the State in which either the alien intends to reside or in which the petitioner (on behalf of the alien under section 204(a)(1)) resides,
throughout the period the individual is residing in the United States.
`(ii) FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT- In making a determination under clause (i), the Attorney General shall take into account the age of the qualifying parent and the likelihood of the parent securing health insurance coverage through employment.'.

Please notice that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s name is on the voting record which broke the Immigration law in this country. What that means is that Americans can not trust this Congress or this President to fix what’s wrong with this countries immigration policies, policies that have allowed 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens to break the laws of these United States of America.

The bottom line is what this demonstrates is that the American people can not trust our government! No matter what the legislation is when the American people are not looking Congress will go back and amend it behind our backs. Or they will choose to defund it, or they will write other legislation to void out the original law. If we allow them to force new broken legislation on the promise to fix it later Americans will end up screwed once again.

Americans can no longer trust this Congress and this President on the issue of immigration. If you Senator Reid, Congresswoman Pelosi and if you President Bush want the backing of the American people you’ve simply have to show the American people that enforcing the law in this Nation of laws is important to you.

The American people will not put up with double standards, not for Paris Hilton and certainly not for people who are not citizens of this country who disregard our laws.

However our greatest disdain is reserved for politicians who forsake their sacred trust for the bidding of the Chamber of Commerce, foreign governments, special interest immigration groups and international corporate interests all who are attempt to suck the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness right out of soul of this country.

The American people expect our representatives in Congress as well as our President to remember what this government is about. This is a republic of the people, of the People, by the People, and for the People.

Right now Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Reid and Mr. Bush we see your actions are actions representative of other interests rather than for the interests of the people who elected you.

Therefore secure our borders first Mr. President, bring all who are guilty of breaking our laws to justice (and do not change our laws to avoid the hard work of being just and fair!), punish big business that is knowingly breaking the law.

If you do these things you would comprehensively reform immigration Mr. President! If you do only these three things Mr. Bush that would be better than the The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1996, H.R. 2202 and the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act 2007, S.B. 1348 because it was the Congress controlled by big business that broken immigration Mr. President and the American people would be the fools, that apparently, you and Congress think we are if we allowed you to “fix” what you broke with more bad legislation. America’s present immigration problems are the sins of Congress visited upon the American people, that’s what’s broken Mr. Bush!

Secure our borders, enforce our immigration laws and punish those who break our immigration laws.

There, a three point plan to comprehensively reform immigration in this country Mr. President. Now for a little arm twisting of our own. Call your representatives (again) today. Tell them that you don’t trust them to fix immigrant and until they secure our borders, enforce our present laws and punish those who are guilty of breaking present laws, don’t even think about adding anything to further confuse the issue of immigration in this country!

No to Comprehensive Immigration Reform S.B. 1348! Call today and keep calling!

A Fateful Trip!

Michael Moore, the so-called "documentary
film maker is in deep doo-doo again! None
more deserving of this honor, than the creator
of, "Roger & Me", "Bowling for Columbine", and
"Fahrenheit 9/11"......... all "mocumentaries" ,
all fiction with little fact, and all passed off as
"gospel truth" by the far left.

His new project, "Sicko" may just be his
downfall. It looks as though his attack on the
American health- care system, may just backfire
on him. His planned partial release and his
promotion of the film on the talk-circuit may
all be a waste of time.......both "artistically" and
financially.

He (it seems) deceptively took about a dozen of
the rescue workers at ground zero, to Cuba, for
medical treatment. His point being that they
can’t afford to get in the US.........the care that
they will get in Havana.

Uncle Sam doesn’t seem to go along with
Mickey boy. He probably violated a
45-year-old government restriction against
American citizens spending money in Cuba,
unless a government license is issued. The
Treasury Department has opened an
investigation into illegal activities. If he is
convicted of these charges, he faces a
$65,000 fine, per person.............. and his
Cuban film footage faces confiscation......
BEFORE the general release of this
propaganda film.

Questions continue to mount as to how
he got these people to Cuba. Moore’s attorney
claims that the group had a legal "journalistic
endeavor" under license granted to member
of the press who can provide evidence that they
are employed on a regular basis, by a news
organization. No one from Moore’s office can
say whether he actually attained any license from
the Treasury Department.

Adding to Moore’s problem is the fact that none
of the "Sicko" subjects are regularly employed
as journalists, and his own company
credentialed the interviewees itself, and flew
them to Havana on a charter flight.

Big, big question!...... What paperwork did
the entire group present to Customs and
Border Protection when they boarded the flight
in Miami? The US Treasury Department claims
that it did not issue any permit for Moore to
travel there. Were those papers forged? Was
there some leftist-sympathizer who "overlooked"
paperwork and allowed them to leave?

Whatever the findings........ whether a simple
mistake, or a deliberate attempt on Moore’s
part, I hope this investigation is a thorough one,
and if he is found guilty, they should throw the
book at him...........and not just a film reel!

brooklyn

Call Them “Chexico”& Co.

J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. announced that it will
will let checking account customers in the New
York City area wire money to Mexico for free!

A "brilliant move" on the part of a so-called
American bank............ proving once again that
big business is multi-national and couldn’t give
a royal crap about the country.

Expect huge transfers of dollars, most of them
illegally earned and tax free, to find their way
to Mexico........... thereby making Chase the "bank
of favor" with both the Mexican government and
the Mexican people.

This is a disgrace of major proportion, and every
American should boycott Chase and any other
bank that puts further drain on our resources for
their own profit.

Beware Chase............... you’ve seen boycotts
work before........... and they will again!

If elected President I will win the peace in Iraq and bring the troops home

Senate Majority leader, Harry Reid, third from left, with Senators Joe Biden, D-Del., left, James Webb, D-Va., second from left and Carl Levin, D-Mich.

Now that’s a winning political statement if I’ve ever saw one. Wonder why none of the Republican candidates thought to say it or is it that none of them has the nerve to say it? Democrats think they have a winner,"Stop the War Now." I guess these guy aren't concerned with winning anything except winning an American election at any cost.

Well since 2008 is going to be all about the war somebody had better come up with something quick or measuring drapes for the offices in Congress wouldn’t be the only measuring that Democrats will be doing. (If you know what I mean!) Democrats are already planning their 2008 offensive against Republicans while the President is attempting to wrangle cats for a cattle drive. Plainly spoken we don’t need comprehensive immigration reform Republicans what we need is comprehensive GOP reform!

Democrats voted for this war argued for it and now are attempting to run away from it now that a strong anti-war movement has risen in their netroots driven by moveon.org. This is extremely hypocritical of Democrats but highly political efficient because Democrats don’t seem to mind hypocrisy in their own ranks. See below.

While President Bush is attempt to be the front man for Immigration Reform or Amnesty for illegal aliens his Democrats compatriots are sharpening knives to insert into his political back regarding the war in Iraq. Yep going to make short work of him!

Thus making the Immigration alliance between he and his Democrat co-conspirers the shortest cease fire ever in the history of the Red State Blue State Divide between Democrats who hold legislative power and a lone Republican President who has ineptly shot himself in the foot, distancing himself from his own party, with divisive language aimed at Conservatives who find it wise to proceed with caution whenever Senator Ted Kennedy is involved comprehensively in anything.

That not withstanding, a plot is a foot in Congress to continue to press for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq Mr. Bush. "On Iraq, we're going to hold the president's feet to the fire," said Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, saying debate would start in two weeks time.

In fact in two weeks Democrats plan a full court press against the White house regarding the war. Just a little sumthin’ sumthin’ to keep Republicans busy and on the defensive while Democrats gain momentum for taking the White house in 2008.

I thought I’d tell you Mr. Bush since your “spidey senses” don’t seem to be working all that well and your political advisers are either on vacation or Sen. Carl Levin, Mich. (D), chairman of the Armed Services Committee is holding them hostage along with Joint Chief of Staff General Peter Pace.

Instead of drawing down on Republicans President Bush, and attempting to change minds regarding legislation that you’re attempting to force though Congress and into law, maybe you should be doing the same strategizing, with Republicans, as the Democrats are doing against you. Democrats are about to wage various on-slots against your Presidency for the time that you have remaining. You can’t say that you haven’t been warned!

Democrats have stated that they will challenge the White House with new withdrawal timelines, troop readiness issues and the curtailing of the president's authority to continue the War.

Democrat Majority leader Harry Reid admits that Democrats made some mistakes in their first attempt to cut and run from Iraq but Reid acknowledges that they have a new and better plan this time.

The Democrat new attempt will be attached to an authorization bill a measure that approves $649 billion in military spending, not a war budget in support of the troops. So effectively Democrats can attack the war without giving the appearance that they are actually cutting off funds to the troops. What do you have in response Mr. President? …Nothing? I thought so!

Senator Reid would also call for debate on an amendment which sets a goal for combat troop withdrawals by the end of March 2008. Anything from across the aisle Mr. Bush? Yeah… I didn’t think so!

Hello is anyone in the White house getting this? You’re worried about Comprehensive Immigration reform and the Democrats are going to Comprehensively Reform the Presidency of the United States of America by getting their candidate elected. They’re going to do it by keeping the Bush administration hunkered down, while attempting to keep a Democratic controlled Congress from undermining the war effort. Somebody’s not seeing the big picture here Republicans. (Where’s Karl Rove when you need him?)

First it was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi laying out the plan for Republican destruction and now it’s Reid announcing their intent to buffalo the Republicans. They must figure that Republicans are so stupid that they can tell them what they intend to do and just do it.

Come on guys the Trent Lott, BILL FRIST 1866 Marquis of Queensbury Rules of politics are over. Republicans need some real political communicaters, strategist and fighters if Republicans are going to salvage themselves for the 2008 and 2010 elections.

Stopping the Amnesty bill is a good start Republicans but if protecting America’s borders and representing Republican values are jobs that you as Americans won’t do then please step down or let it be known that you feel that you can no longer serve as a Republican in the House, Senate or White house and I’m sure that Republicans will replace you with someone who will do the work that you an American representative won’t do.

Any ways, Its time you Republicans start listening to your netroots! Judging by the 2006 fiasco and the political chaos that the GOP now finds itself in, it couldn’t hurt.

You guys are in some serious need of some Republican political muscle. Unfortunately that’s a job that Republicans who are trying to mimic Democrats or compassion Conservatives just won’t do!

Mr. Bush put up this Fence!

U.S. Mexico border fence

"Unfortunately, neither the previous administration nor this administration nor the Congress has done a good job of enforcing the border," --Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.

President Bush is spending his political capital on Capitol Hill today attempt to twist arms, as it where, to convince the people that he has called scare mongers, unpatriotic and xenophobes.

One problem Mr. President you can’t enforce this Comprehensive Immigration Reform legislation. How do I know.

It’s very simple your administration and administrations before you could not enforce the simple laws that are already on the books and you could not deliver on your promise to build a fence to stop the invasion of millions of Mexican Nationals who intend to do a weaponless take over of these United States of America.

May 17, 2006 The Senate voted 83-16 in favor of construction of 370 miles of triple- layered fencing along the Mexican border and 500 miles of vehicle barriers but to date no fence. Which is lending to the continued distrust of Congress that most Americans are feeling.

In spite of current laws there are upwards of 20 million illegal aliens plus their anchor babies and their family members who have entered into this country. These foreign invaders have sat up squatter rights to citizenship and voter rights all which you Mr. President and Congress are all to happy to dole out like the free welfare, public schooling and medical care that you already make possible for these law breakers

June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan stood in front of the Berlin Wall and spoke six words that resonated deeply with millions who endured Soviet domination throughout Europe and among proponents of democracy around the world. "Mr. Gorbachev," Reagan said firmly, with a hint of anger and a flash of indignation, "tear down this wall."-- Kenneth T. Walsh, U.S. News.com

If you plain to change the minds of your constituents Mr. President you’ll have to do the hard work of keeping promises passed. Build the Fence that Congress promised, stop the violation of United States sovereignty by the 8,000 illegal border crossings per day and enforce the laws that are presently on the books on employers of illegals.

And Mr. President if you wish to grant amnesty then let it be first with American citizens, President Bush you need to pardon Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos two border patrol agents who are now imprisoned for attempting to enforce the U.S. border against your wishes.

The difference between you and President Reagan Mr. President is that President Reagan’s call for the tearing down of the Berlin wall was for America’s interest.

On the other hand your call for amnesty is against America’s interest and profits big business only.

Mr. President put up our FENCE!

A Perfect Storm of Illegal Alien Legislation

From left Senators Kyl, DeWine, Brownback, Graham, and Spector talk prior to the continuation of a Senate Judiciary Committee debate on immigration yesterday. Saul McSween (THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

"If we will not endure a king as a political power we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life."—John Sherman

Its 790 pages of confusion. S. 1348, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act is an attempt to bring impenetrable opaqueness to a subject that is already unclear. Why would its proponents make it so difficult to understand? Obviously they’ve got something to hide! Though this bill was recently defeated in Congress there is talk about reviving it. It must not be forced on the American people. 69% of the American people are against this bill so what is Congress trying to force it down the throats of the American people?

Have you read S. 1348? No one has. Not even its alleged author Senator Ted Kennedy has read it in its entirety. Hell, he didn’t even write it. It was written by the U.S. Chambers of Commerce (CoC) the lobbying arm for big business in America.

Their plan was to cobble together legislation that would have something for everyone to like and some things that obviously some would not like, but the true intent of this smorgasbord of legislation was to “Trojan Horse” in legalization for business practices that thus far are illegal.

Up until now these otherwise brilliant public manipulators of the CoC thought that they could play both sides, conservatives and advocates for illegal aliens, against the middle with this illegal immigration legislation while striping out sanctions for the current illegal act of hiring foreign nationals a law which they are now guilty of breaking. This is just another example that big business is out of control!

Unlike you and me who go to jail for breaking laws big business comprehensively reforms laws that they are guilty of breaking, that is what this whole issue is about.

Yes they can even enlist President Bush, Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy and a Democrat controlled Senate to attempt to convince you that it is good for America for non-Americans to work in America for low wages and enjoy all the benefits of citizenship if they pay a fee. No skin off of big business nose if America loses its sovereignty in the process after all business is transnational so why can’t America be transnational or (tri-National) too!

Of course the true intent of this legislation will be couched in Orwellian newspeak and President Bush and other big business sycophants will be speaking to give the impression to the public that they are securing the borders but the truth is there are laws already existing that would do the same thing that the President’s comprehensive reform promises.

Existing Penalties for Employing Illegal Aliens (Since 1986)

With today’s complex immigration and labor laws, an employer with foreign workers must be careful to avoid violating immigration laws.

For example, if a worker presents a temporary work authorization document from the Immigration Service at the time the worker is hired, the employer must not only make a good faith effort to verify the legitimacy of the document, but also re-verify the employee’s work authorization at the time the initial authorization expires.

There are civil and criminal penalties for hiring illegal aliens. Sec. 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and 8 U.S.C. 1324a, makes it unlawful for any person knowingly to hire, recruit or refer for a fee any alien not authorized to work. An employer that violates these laws can face penalties of:

• $250 to $2,000 fine for each unauthorized individual;

• $2,000 to $5,000 for each employee if the employer has previously been in violation; or

• $3,000 to $10,000 for each individual if the employer was subject to more than one cease and desist order.

The employer could also be fined $100 to $1,000 for each individual “paperwork” violation.

The criminal penalties for a pattern and practice violation can be up to $3,000 for each unauthorized alien, imprisonment up to six months, or both.

Further, Section 8 USC 1324 provides it is a separate federal offense of conspiracy to commit the crime of sheltering, harboring, or employing illegal aliens and is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000 or five years imprisonment.

These laws are too cumbersome for big business so if they can get you to argue about border fencing, granting citizenship to 20 million foreign nationals or any of the other points in this bill that are meant to draw your attention away from this bills true intent which is big business getting what it wants. And that is a change in the laws that govern them.

However the biggest caveat, instant citizenship, for the felonious millions who have invaded this country many of which believe that being in the United States is apart of larger plan to take this country back from the white man is the most troubling aspect of this legislation. Poor people are being used as pawns by business but also by radical special interest groups who plan to re-conquer California, Texas and Arizona for Mexico.

I’m not kidding many Mexicans believe that they have broken no laws by crossing over into the United States as far as they see it California, Texas and Arizona is theirs anyway taken unjustly in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican-U.S. War.

Mexicans are taught in school that the United States unfairly took much of Mexican territory in 1848 in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican-U.S. War. The ceded territory included what is now Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, and parts of Colorado, Nevada and Utah, which the United States received in exchange for $15 million plus the U.S. assumption of millions of dollars of Mexico's debt. That explains the strident disrespect that Americans witnessed in both 2006 and 2007 May 1 Marches in which Mexican flags flew high as Mexican nationals demanded rights which are guaranteed to citizens of the United States of America.

A June 2002 Zogby poll of Mexicans found that a substantial majority of Mexican citizens believe that southwestern America is rightfully the territory of Mexico and that Mexicans do not need the permission of the U.S. to enter. The poll found that 58 percent of Mexicans agree with the statement, "The territory of the United States' southwest rightfully belongs to Mexico." Zogby said 28 percent disagreed, while another 14 percent said they weren't sure.

Most Mexicans believe that the United States unfairly took from Mexico what is now the Southwest of our country, and that it is legitimate for them to ignore U.S. immigration law when illegally crossing the border.

Radical movements within the Mexican community such as La Raza and the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) have taken advantage of big businesses’ desire to use the cheap labor of Mexican nationals and these organizations plan to use the President’s Comprehensive Reform to flood the United States with millions of Mexican nationals who will not assimilate or honor the traditions of the U.S. their plan is to take this country by sheer weight of numbers.

The ultimate goal of these radicals is the conquest of the United States of America without firing a single shot. It reality is a perfect storm of immigration confusion, one that big business and our elected officials have gotten citizens of this country into!

If it’s still hard for you to believe here are a few quotes from the radicals themselves.

We have an aging white America. They are not making babies. They are dying. It's a matter of time. [laughter] The explosion is in our population. — José Angel Gutiérrez, former Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington; comments at a Latino conference (Jan. 14, 1995) [Audio link]


It is an honor to be with the new leadership of the Americas, here meeting at UC Riverside. So with 187 on the ballot, what is it going to take for our people to vote, to see us walking into the gas ovens? It is electoral power that is going to make the determination of where we go as a community. And power is not given to you; you have to take it. Remember: 187 is the last gasp of white America in California. Understand that. And people say to me on the Senate floor when I was in the Senate, 'Why do you fight so hard for affirmative action programs?' And I tell my white colleagues, 'because you're going to need them' [laughter]. — Art Torres, formerly a member of the California State Assembly, State Senator. Currently California Democratic Party Chairman.

Go back to Simi Valley, you skunks! Go back to Woodland Hills! Go back to Boston! Go back to the Plymouth Rock, Pilgrims! Get out! We are the future. You're old and tired. Go on. We have beaten you; leave like beaten rats.

You old white people, it is your duty to die. Even their own ethicists say that they should die; that they have a duty to die. They're taking up too much space, too much air.

We are the majority in L.A. There are over seven million Mexicans in L.A. County alone. We are the majority. And you're going to see every day more and more of it, as we ... we manifest as our young people grow up, graduate from high school, go on to college and start taking over this society. Our people ... are ... the vast majority of our people are under the age of 15 years old. Right now we're already controlling those elections, whether it's through violence or nonviolence. Through love of having children we are gonna take over. — Augustine Cebeda, member of Brown Berets de Aztlan; comments in Westwood, California, 1996, at a 4th of July rally. [Audio link]


"California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like it should leave." — Mario Obledo, co-founder: Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund

Why does America need workers? Since 1973 America has aborted 48.5 Million citizens. This is the legacy of Roe vs. Wade and because of it 20 million foreign nationals and more are needed to fill the place of citizens who were denied their right to life in this country. According to Angel Gutiérrez, former Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Texas, white America is aging and not making babies. So again thanks to Roe big business has to export workers from other lands.

We don’t have to believe the lies of Comprehensive Immigration reform. We alright have the laws if enforce will correct the crash on the borders of the United States.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower solved the problem of illegal aliens and virtually stopped illegal immigration into the United States and the results of these efforts were felt for over 10 years in this country.
President Eisenhower cut off this illegal traffic. He did it quickly and decisively with only 1,075 United States Border Patrol agents - less than one-tenth of today's force. The operation is still highly praised among veterans of the Border Patrol.


How did President Eisenhower virtually stop the flow of illegal immigration into this country?

President Eisenhower hired the people who wanted the best for America, he resisted powerful political and corporate interests, and he enforced the law.

Finally this complex piece of legislation is only complex to cloud this issue for the people. Its primary purpose was to deceive the American people. Therefore it must be defeated and rejected every time that it comes in this form no matter who supports it from President Bush to Senator Kennedy.

If there is truly a need for immigration reform in this country then state your case plainly, don’t try to force it down the throats of the people and don’t insult the intelligence of the American people with a carrot and stick bill that is meant to stick it up the back side of the American people!

Long Overdue!

At last............... a Senator with spine. Very
refreshing, Senator Lieberman. I can now
understand why you severed relations with
the Democratic party, and became an Independent.

The Associated Press reports that "Sen. Joseph
Lieberman said Sunday the United States should
consider a military strike against Iran because
of Tehran’s involvement in Iraq".

This is important on several counts...... because
we’ve all known for some time that it was long
overdue. Secondly.......... it is striking that the
AP didn’t attack Lieberman over this advice,
when if President Bush had mentioned it, they
would have been ready to eviscerate him.
Thirdly, it is miraculous that the AP didn’t tilt
this interview 60* to the left, as they do with
most other news of which they disapprove.

Lieberman stated............
"I think we've got to be prepared to take
aggressive military action against the Iranians
to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,"
Lieberman said. "And to me, that would
include a strike over the border into Iran,
where we have good evidence that they
have a base at which they are training these
people coming back into Iraq to kill our
soldiers."

Lo and behold......... there is at least one
Senator with the brains to look beyond the
liberal clap-trap and see the world as it is.
Tehran will not be happy until it possesses the
nuclear arms that we prevented Saddam
from obtaining. They waged war against each
other in order to lay the foundation for the
"winner to take all" policy. That included
all of the surrounding region, and it’s strategic
importance to the rest of the world.

What part of the problem doesn’t Congress
understand? Can they possibly be that blind,
just intent on being voted into office, or has the
MSM indoctrinated them into the fold also?

Lieberman went on to say, "We've said so
publicly that the Iranians have a base in Iran at
which they are training Iraqis who are coming
in and killing Americans. By some estimates,
they have killed as many as 200 American
soldiers," Lieberman said. "Well, we can tell
them we want them to stop that. But if there's
any hope of the Iranians living according to
the international rule of law and stopping,
for instance, their nuclear weapons development,
we can't just talk to them."

"They can't believe that they have immunity
for training and equipping people to come
in and kill Americans," he said. "We cannot
let them get away with it. If we do, they'll take
that as a sign of weakness on our part and we
will pay for it in Iraq and throughout the region
and ultimately right here at home."

These words seem vaguely familiar,........... as
when President Bush made similar statements
about Iraq, and their involvement in 9/11. Swine
such as these, do not leave written records or trails
to be followed back to them. They "help out"
by giving sanctuary to sought terrorists, providing
funds and weapons, and establishing camps and
bases on their soil, in order to train "insurgents"
to be smuggled into other countries.

Senator Lieberman made his statements on
"Face the Nation" on CBS.

brooklyn

Immigration Deal on Verge of Collapse??

Of course, stupid! It was a totally unpassable
bill from the start. I had commented once
before, that it wasn’t a "new" compromise
proposal, but the same old one, wrapped in a
taco.

Financial Times editorialist, Alex Barker, tries
vainly in his article, to distort the true outcome of
the bill. He makes it seem as though there had
been broad support right along...... and then pow!,
it "appeared on the verge of collapse on Friday
after disgruntled members of both parties joined
forces to block the bill".

Bull-dinky!....... it was dead before negotiations
started. How any Senator, Democrat or Republican
could vote for such a piece of trash, amazes me.
President Bush......... the man that I supported not
once, but twice, should be ashamed for trying to
force this "plan" down the American people’s
throats.

Barker refers to the bill as an attempt to "overhaul
the troubled immigration system", Hey Alex!!!,
How do you fix a system by compounding the
problem? I bet you know. You allow another
twenty million "quasi-legal" immigrants into the
country, by giving amnesty to the twelve million that
are already here. Those twenty million will be the
extended families of those who broke our laws and
got away with just a slap on the wrist...... while the
tax-payers of the US pick up the tab.

Our country will have a financial collapse of
major proportions, if this bill ever becomes the
law of the land. Where will the funds come from,
for the thousand additional schools that will be
needed, the necessary hospitals and medical care,
and the funds for public housing?

Instead of spending the billions necessary to complete
the above, let’s use just a portion of that money to
strengthen our borders - building the entire wall
if necessary - add two thousand more border patrol
agents, and enforce photo ID for ALL workers in
the country.

Barker goes on to write, "It highlights how easily the
divided political culture can undermine attempts to
tackle big domestic issues, such as social security
and healthcare".

And then, he makes the totally ridiculous
claim,"While the proposal has sparked fierce
debate, polls suggest the public broadly
supported the reforms"

Another blatant attempt by the liberal Financial
Times, to skewer the editorial, to a promotional
release for the pro-amnesty group. Shame on you,
Alex. You know, as well as I do, that the public
does NOT support this bill. They never have,
they don’t now, and they never will.

So let Ted Kennedy come "roaring back" and try
to "snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat". If
he isn’t careful, the jaws may snatch him. People
have already had enough of Kennedy, Pelosi and
Reid.

The Democrats want this bill desperately. They
pretend that they are trying to work "with" Bush,
but their motives are strictly one sided. You gather
about twelve million ignorant illegals, you tell them
how the Democratic Party is the party that gave them
their citizenship, you indoctrinate them into the fold,
and you tell them how to vote. That is the Dem plan
to keep themselves in power. By the time that
"extended family" process begins, our liberal friends
will be able to count on another twenty or so
million votes............ plus the votes of the citizen
Hispanics and their sympathizers. That should keep
the Democrats in power for the next sixty years.

Alex,........... the bill needs a lot more than "further
improvement". It needs to be totally rewritten in
a manner in keeping with our national heritage.

No amnesty. No slap-on-the-wrist justice. No "path
to citizenship"... Go home and apply through legal
channels. We are still the melting pot of the world,
but refuse to be inundated by non-English speaking
"invaders" under the guise of "foreign workers".

brooklyn

Google Favors Screwing American Workers!

Our friends at Google made their case before
Congress yesterday,"to open the doors to more
high-skilled foreign workers and make it easier
for them to become citizens. The fact is that
we are in a fierce worldwide competition for
top talent unlike ever before," said Laszlo Bock,
vice-president for people operations at Google.

The usual scare tactics of big business are at play
here! Just who do they think they are fooling?
He goes on to spout............."As companies in
India, China, and other countries step up
efforts to attract highly skilled employees, the
United States must continue to focus on
attracting and retaining these great minds."

This is just a blatant attempt to derail the
opposition to the amnesty and
"chain-immigration"that is built into the
proposed legislation. Is he trying to tell us
that millions of wet-backs, sneaking into the
country illegally, are "great minds"? No!
............. this is just an effort by the usurpers of
ignorant peons, to get as many cheap laborers
into the country as possible, at the expense of the
American worker.

There is no problem with immigration allowing
legal, well educated people into the country, in
the same way that we have always done. But
this smoke screen, deceitful explanation, just
doesn’t hold water.

As to the legal entry of low-scale workers........
who want to become citizens.......we have a
program that allows immigration on
a controlled scale........... in an orderly fashion.
I approve of and applaud that policy. This IS
a country of immigrants...........AND of laws!

"Bock made his comments on June 6 (very
patriotic of him) during business leaders testimony
on immigration reform, before the House
subcommittee on immigration. These leaders
represented different sectors of the economy,
from restaurants, farming, and most conveniently
for Google.......the Internet.

And here’s the good part.................. "But they all
agreed that the U.S. needs to welcome more workers
from abroad". Now if someone can explain to me,
why anybody needs a BA, MA, MS, or PHD, to pick
fruit or harvest vegetables...............I’m listening!
Are these the "great minds" that we are supposed
to be retaining.

Their sole purpose is to have the US relax the
immigration laws so that they can encourage the
greatest exodus in history, from all third world
countries, to the US.

Even assuming that they truly want to import a
higher level of intelligent workers to build our
economy................ why is that so necessary. Why,
when there are thousands upon thousands of
American citizens, fully capable and waiting to
fill those jobs that they are discussing? I’ll tell you
why! They want to further flood the job market,
in order to bring salaries down to the levels of
the developing nations. That my friends is how
you build a business. You find the talent, convince
it that it needs you, more than you need it.....and
then you have a willing worker, thankful for a job
that he could have at third-world wages.

John Gay, senior vice-president for government
affairs and public policy at the National Restaurant
Assn., said "We have a serious demographic
problem in the United States, without an overhaul
to our dysfunctional immigration system, we are
in danger of not having the workers we need to
grow our economy."

American Restaurant Assn.??? Who else would
be screaming for more and more cheap labor?
Has anyone gone to a restaurant that wasn’t
already flooded with non-English-speaking
bus boys, some of whom are most likely illegals?
Have you ever even requested a glass of water
or an extra menu from a bus-boy? Good luck!

Even our friendly "Chinese restaurant" on the
main drag, no longer has any oriental bus-boys.
They are all working in the kitchen, at the cash
register, or waiting tables. I guess they have
stepped up to the next rung on the eco-ladder,
in the true American fashion. I applaud that!

Please don’t misunderstand my intent here. I
firmly believe in immigration..............but a fully
controlled policy. I come from immigrant ancestry,
as most Americans do. Actually, unless you
are of American Indian ancestry, you are all of
immigrant ancestry. (By the way, "native American"
is the "politically correct" way to refer to the
American indian...... sorry, but I am not a "politically
correct" person). So before anyone jumps on
me, and makes some wild accusations about me
being "prejudiced", "ignorant", or some other
trumped up charge.......take a close look at the
problem.

How would you like it if tomorrow, your boss,
manager, or whoever....... taps you on the
shoulder to introduce you to your new "less
expensive" replacement?

It’s not an impossible task to return the 12
million illegals to their home countries. In an
orderly and lawful way..... as they are caught.
It’s also not the "cruel and inhumane" policy
that some of the pro-amnesty crowd and our
vote-seeking politicians claim it is. It is simply
an enforcement of laws that have been on our
books for a century or more.

If it is not too bold of me, I remind these
"bleeding heart" Americans, that our ancestors
waited their turns before getting into the country
without jumping the fence...................... and if
they were caught sneaking in, they were
immediately returned to their home countries.
No ifs, ands or buts!

Forcing employers to hire legal immigrants by
increasing fines and spontaneous checks is
the surest way to bring the illegal situation
under control. Photo ID, assuring that the
person who is working is the person who should
be, is another way. It's impossible to live, without
a job. But......... I am sure that the UCLU will have
something to scream about with that idea. Hey!....
UN-American Civil Liberties Union.............. nothing
wrong with proving who you are. Anybody who is
afraid of that, has very good reason, and probably
shouldn’t be here at all. Any illegal caught within US
borders, should be immediately deported and banned
from re-entering the country.

With a little law enforcement, tighter border
security and common sense, this immigration problem
can be solved.

If I were a Senator or Representative now, I would
be more concerned with the American voter, who is
watching their voting on this upcomming bill. They
have to put aside their political agendas, along with
those of big business and the ever disruptive ACLU,
which just happens to have been founded by a
Communist!

brooklyn

Another Blow at Gore-steria!

The sky is falling, the sky is falling! Oh, sorry,
..........it’s just the climate changing!

Well professor Gore........ here’s another crack
in your mud foundation take on "global warming".
Discovery News reports that fresh research into
Atlantic hurricanes is offering good news on
global warming. Investigators now say that they
believe that the greenhouse effect CANNOT be
blamed for a surge in hurricane activity since the
mid-1990s.

What a relief! And here I was, feeling guilty about
my unshakable belief that climate change has been
an ongoing thing for eons. Now maybe I should
go on the lecture circuit and shoot down the claims
of the world’s self-proclaimed expert on "global
warming".

Discovery News reports:

"Over the past 12 years, there has been an annual
average of 4.1 major hurricanes — storms rating
at least three on a five-point severity scale —
compared with only 1.5 such storms per year
between 1971 and 1994.

This sudden rise has caused many experts to ponder
if seas, progressively warmed by the greenhouse
effect, are to blame"

Hurricanes occur in cycles, as do all weather patterns,
as do the successive melting and building of the
polar ice caps. But what can you expect from
an unemployed former VP, who never did anything
of note, except host fund-raising tea parties at the
White House for the Chinese government, and be
lookout for "Billy-bob"?

As the quintessential politician he is, he saw the
golden opportunity to jump on the bandwagon of
the left, and create a much more serious problem
than the one that actually exists.

We do have a problem. Climate is changing, and man
has something to do with it. But according to most of
the research that I have seen, man can be held
responsible for about one tenth of one percent of
earth’s warming. The rest seems to be an ongoing
natural phenomena, against which we are virtually
helpless.

If Gore could be alive in the year 4699, he would
probably be screaming, "global cooling, global
cooling", and it’s all man’s fault. Get rid of
those damned refrigerators!

brooklyn

The “Kennedy-Bush Amnesty" Bill

President Bush and Senator Kennedy

"If we will not endure a king as a political power we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life."—John Sherman

The Kennedy-Bush amnesty bill or Comprehensive Immigration Reform must be defeated!


Why do we need Comprehensive Immigration Reform in this country anyway? According to President Bush, Senator Ted Kennedy and other advocates of this movement it is because our present immigration laws are broken. How are they broken and who broke them, questions like these should reveal who is behind immigration reform and what are the real reasons and forces that are attempting to change America. As well these questions should reveal the actual impact that the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, (CIRA) will have on this country.

3,000 to 8,000 illegal aliens violate American borders daily, it is estimated that anywhere from 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens reside in the United States of America, how is this possible?

It is possible because the President, Congress and advocates of the Citizens of Mexico, who illegally cross American borders, refuse to enforce the borders of the United States of America. This refusal to do so is what is broken about U.S. immigration laws!

I got your “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act” right here!

If the President truly desired to fix what is broken with America’s immigration laws the very first thing must be to stop the bleeding, into America, of illegals who cross our borders with the blatant disrespect and disregard of American laws that they demonstrate.

Two things would start us well on our way, one finish the fence that was already voted on by Congress, signed into law and promised to the American people. The second thing is stop preventing the border patrol from enforcing America’s law at the border. You can’t claim that we are a Nation of laws and not enforce the very laws that distinguish this country from other countries by boundary. Immigration is broken in this country because it is allowed, encouraged and is meant to be so. The White house, Congress, Illegal Alien Advocates and Business are all complicit in America’s broken immigration condition.

Second, honestly discussing the issue of immigration would do a great deal to bring clarity to what is actually happening to America. Underlying this whole issue is a plan to supply business with low wage workers.

To be clear, these are jobs that business obviously couldn’t out source or export or they would have for the cheap labor of India or China. But you can’t very well send farmland in California or a hotel in New York overseas so the next best thing is to import the cheap laborers to do the work in this country ergo the phenomena of illegal entry. One simply creates a vacuum of low wage jobs that Americans (can’t afford to do) wouldn’t do and that vacuum is filled with anxious willing foreign workers after all one man’s slave wages is another man’s… slave wages, but hell the other man was working for less than slave wages back home in Mexico!

This is the economic reality of what is happening with the immigration crisis but the President and advocates of this policy won’t tell you that. They’ll just call you unpatriotic and bigoted if you don’t comply with their wishes as they busily trying to push laws that are detrimental to America upon the American people while trying to convince you that said laws are good for America.

In reality what they are proposing is only good for businesses in America and that may or may not benefit the American people especially if the profit of the company enviably means that America loses its sovereignty.

They couldn’t tell you this because you might think it wrong to import quasi-slave labor into America in order to maximize profits for business while undercutting the greedy American worker who continuously demands health benefits, living wages to support their families, buy gasoline and buy the products that these businesses sell.

And of course, if you knew who these businesses were you might call them into account. So they skulk around hiding in the shadows and out of the light of day. Hiding behind the President and Senators like Senator Ted Kennedy while avoiding all of the politics surrounding this highly volatile issue after all bad publicity is bad for business!

Solutions for the Immigration Crisis

Now that we understand the underlying problems we can rightly fix what causes this economic-political made crisis. We have established that it is business that is the driving force behind the illegal alien crisis and it is business that is behind the so-called political fix of amnesty for illegal aliens.

Business wants workers, cheap labor if that is granted to business this whole problem would be solved because as an amoral entity business doesn’t care whether the workers are legal or illegal as demonstrated by the hiring of illegals already! Also business doesn’t care whether these workers are law breakers or law abiders as demonstrated by the hiring of illegals already!

So to answer the problems of supplying business with the workers it needs and to keep American’s sovereignty intact this is my suggestion to solve the Immigration crisis for America.

Before you grant amnesty to one Mexican National why don’t we put Americans first? What I mean is don’t grant amnesty to a single foreign national until you grant amnesty to Americans.

We have plenty of American law breakers in jail for non-violent crimes. They may have stolen or embezzled money or even cheated on their taxes. I proposal that each and every American that is incarcerated be granted amnesty before any Mexican law breaker receives it.

The American can simply pay a fine for the debt owed to society and promise to, number one, never commit the crime which they were imprisoned for again and, number two, they must work for the slave wages that free Americans won’t work for.

That would immediately save the government money because the states would have less cost for imprisoning these folks and if they are released and if they were obligated to work for wages that free Americans won’t work for, that would fulfill the need for the low wage workers that amoral businesses are clambering for also it would reunited American families that have been torn apart by long cruel incarcerations. So there it is! We would have savings to the government, business supplied with low wage workers and American families united!

It only makes sense that if we are going to reward law breakers then let us reward our own American law breakers first!

These Americans would be granted the some rights and considerations that our government is ready to give to people who are not citizens of this country.

We can cut prison cost and bring Americans who are behind bars from out of the shadows of incarceration and supply business with the laborer that it needs. All American made!

Let’s face it all this talk about a comprehensive immigration reform act is really about supplying low wage workers for big business. President Bush and Republicans should listen to this because bluntly, you need something to pull your fat out of the fire for 2008. So ditch the CIRA and stop the talk about granting amnesty to illegal aliens and grant amnesty to Americans! Mr. President you may want to start with Scooter Libby.

It would only be fair to grant amnesty to American law breakers before you grant amnesty to illegal aliens. It is not right to allow Americans to languish in jail for offenses and violations that are comparable to what illegal aliens do when they illegally enter into our country break our laws, steal identity, steal social services, steal tax payers dollars by using the hospital emergency rooms, or by sending their children to schools or those who drive without licenses or without car insurance. The fact is there are a number of laws that illegal aliens break daily so granting amnesty to American law breakers who are already incarcerated is more expedient for this country because we would reduce the cost to the society when we empty our jails of many of the petty criminals who inhabit our jails.

For instance grant Paris Hilton amnesty release her let her work a low wage job that Americans wouldn’t work and it’s a win, win situation. No cost to incarcerate her and the money that she is paid to do the job of, cleaning hotel rooms, picking crops, working fast food or any of the many jobs that Americans wouldn’t do stays in America and is not sent to another country to support that country’s economy.

For example, Colorado is leading the way with this reform. Colorado has stiffened its laws regarding illegal aliens and is using prisoners to do the work that illegal aliens would do, the result?

A decrease in social cost because prison cost is positively impacted and an exodus of illegal aliens from Colorado because of laws that discourages illegality so social cost that support illegal aliens are reduced too. A win, win again!

Finally there is no shame in protecting Americans and America first. If we are lost then no one can enjoy the benefits and bounties of this nation.

Fixing what ills America is a simple fix start by enforcing the immigration laws at are already on the books all immigration most be legal immigration.

Those who have broken our laws should not be rewarded. To be fair if Paris Hilton can go to jail anyone who breaks our immigration laws should be deported by law. Do not refer to this country as a nation of laws while not enforcing the law.

The workers are here already imprisoned. Pardon them, give them amnesty, let them pay fines and work the low paying wages that other Americans can’t afford to work.

When all the incentives are withdrawn that entices Mexican Nationals to break American laws the floods that crush our borders will cease. When a program is enacted to capture and return all foreigners similar to what France has enacted against foreigners who have purposely disregarded their laws that will be comprehensive immigration reform.

The Bush-Kennedy compromise is a compromise that sells citizenship like the church used to sell indulges that is not the American way and that is not good for America. CIRA must be defeated because it is not good for America. One would think that officials that took an oath to protect the Constitution and America should know that Misters Bush and Kennedy!

I Join the Call!

Let’s go Democrats............ return all that dirty
money that you received from the now indicted
William Jefferson!

As Matt Margolis notes, when Tom DeLay was
indicted, the Democrats, led by Rham Emanuel,
pressured congressional Republicans to return
any DeLay contributions they received. Isn’t
turn-about fair play?

Will the Democrats of the "Original Culture of
Corruption" take the same medicine that they
once prescribed? I doubt it, but all Americans
should be aware of this double standard from
the Pelosi and Reid "gang of thieves".

Jefferson donated his ill-gotten gains, to the
tune of $140,000, to the Democrats Campaign
Committee. So besides being liars and
manipulators, they accepted dirty money, and
seem perfectly content to keep it.

On the list of recipients were:
Nick Lampson, D-TX, Heath Shuler, D-NC,
Ciro Rodrigues, D-TX. Only Lampson is reported
to have returned Jefferson’s Contribution.

Other Democrats who received financial support
from Jefferson are:
Sanford Bishop, $1000; Corrine Brown, $2000;
Lois Capps, $500; Julia Carson, $1000; Donna
Christensen, $1000; Emanuel Cleaver, $2000;
Chet Edwards, $1000; Al Green, $2000; Alcee
Hastings, $1000; Barbara Lee, $1000; John
Lewis, $500; Carolyn McCarthy, $1000; Charlie
Melancon, $2000; Gwendolynne Moore, $1000;
Brad Sherman, $1000; and Mel Watt, $1000.

Jefferson also contributed $5,680 to the
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) PAC.

Jefferson’s Future PAC gave $1,000 each to
Democrat Representatives Corrine Brown,
Julia Carson, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Carloyn
McCarthy, Kendrick Meek, Mike Ross, and
Linda Sanchez.

Morally and ethically, this money should be
returned or donated to charity, as Margolis states.

But then, the Democrats are used to accepting
donations from felons, illegals and foreign
governments. Don’t be surprised if they keep it.
It’s their nature!

brooklyn

Reassuring!

Just wanted to say "thank you", Alaphiah!

I've been posting here for just a short time. But
in that time I have felt very secure, knowing that
tomorrow when I check in, my post will still
be here.

Very different from the leftist management
at SLATE.... which if it were a print journal,
I would call a rag! However, I am sure that
most people could come up with an
appropriate name for an "Opinion Posting
Board" that doesn't permit dissenting
opinion. An oxymoron, if ever there was one!

Any post, whether by a Conservative or
Moderate, whether Republican or Democrat,
that doesn't conform to the "message of the
day" mysteriously disappears. As if that
weren't fascist enough, those persistent
enough to call the wisdom of management
into question, get bounced and permenently
banned. Adding insult to injury, they
consistently allow the rantings, accusations
and name-calling from the far wacked-out
left. It's MORE than time for a change at
Slate. Clap those erasers clean, and get
to work!!!!

brooklyn

Libby gets 30 Months..... Plame Flys Free!

What a travesty. "Scooter" Libby has to serve
2 ½ years in prison, while the bigger liar and fraud,
Valerie Plame gets a walk.

How about some semblance of fairness from the
new Democratic Congress, that promised NOT to
seek groundless revenge on their former counterparts?

Let’s reopen the investigations during which Plame
lied through her teeth. Her four totally different
stories, to different departments of government,
should at least raise some red flags as to the veracity
of her original argument.

Sorry folks, but this is a witch hunt, and "Scooter" is
just the first of many sacraficial lambs to take a hit.
Of course, we shouldn’t even begin to question the
soundness of the Judge Walton’s "sentencing", based
on the fact that he has affiliations with the
Democratic party.

What a load of crap! Only ignorant liberals who get
led around by their noses, could believe this!

Hear me well "ORIGINAL Culture of Corruption"....
maybe in ‘08, or definitely by ‘12.... the voters will
realize that they have been duped by the Democrats
once again.....and you will have a major reversal of
fortune. THEN it will be the Republicans turn to
REOPEN the investigation into the Valerie Plame
fiasco...... exonerating Libby and jailing both
Wilson and the "Mrs.".

brooklyn

DEMOCRATS KNOW HOW TO FIGHT A (POLITICAL) WAR!

Nancy Pelosi,Strategist and Speaker of the House

“OUR GOAL IS POLITICAL EXTINCTION FOR WAR SUPPORTERS”—Tom Matzzie, campaign manager for Americans Against Escalation in Iraq

If President Bush had any sense of the political calamity which is about to befall him, he would immediately drop the intra party divisiveness that his amnesty for law breakers has created in the Republican party and focus on the pending catastrophe that is about to be unleashed on his dispirited political party.

Jihad Nancy Pelosi, Democrats and antiwar groups are planning a major assault starting this summer meant to force Republican lawmakers to abandon support for the President’s war policy. An already weakened President Bush can ill afford any further erosion of support after he purposely created a fracture in the Republican Party over his illegal alien policies.

Democrats plan a two prong strategy of keeping pressure on the White house with repeat votes in the House and the Senate for bills to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq and antiwar groups Moveon.org, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, VoteVets.org and the Service Employees International Union plan to go into the congressional districts of Republican members who they feel are vulnerable for defeat and create a political environment that is toxic. According to Tom Matzzie, campaign manager for Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, "The public is there already. It is really about focusing their anger."

The coalition is planning an all out aggressive television advertising campaign, against Republicans who support the President and the war who are up for reelection next year.

If the President and Republicans choose to disregard this cautioning and do no strategizing of their own they choose to lose and the 2008 election year will be as badly mismanaged as the war in Iraq has been thus far. Could Senator Harry Reid be right? “THE WAR IS LOST!”

If not it will be …if Democrats have their way it will be!