The White House has officially declared a "public health emergency" because of this swine-flu pandemic. Here's the call from your drill instructor: "Mill around .. .MILL!" (Wonder how many people will get that.)

Is it just me, or are some people getting a little on the wild side about this. If you have a cough - swine flu. If you have an itch on your buttocks - swine flu. As of right now, there are 20 reported cases in the United States. California, Kansas, New York, Ohio and Texas have all reported cases. The whole thing started in Mexico, where it has killed 80 people and infected over 1,300. If the Mexicans are as successful in sending this bug north as they were in sending framers and sheet rock installers, we might be in for a spot of trouble.

Not to belittle this but ... ok, who am I kidding. Over 1,300 Mexicans have been infected with this swine flu out of a population of 109 million. So what percentage of the population are we talking? Something like .00001% of the population. And in the United States, that number is clearly smaller, considering that we have a population of over 306 million and there have been 20 reported cases. I'm just not in panic mode yet.

Either way, guess who is in charge of handling this situation? The acting head of the CDC and Nitwit Napolitano. That's because the Obama administration does not yet have a secretary of human services, a surgeon general or a director of the CDC. Instead of spending some time on these appointments Obama hit the golf course over the weekend. That's OK, though .. because he was briefed on the flu every hour. So Janet is in charge. She now has the chance to save face and recover from her major goof with the DHS report. That's IF she doesn't muck this up too.

As of now, the federal government is going to release 25% of its stockpile of Tamiflu and Relenza. Governor Rick Perry of Texas has requested for more than 37,000 doses of Tamiflu to be sent to his state. The liberals are giving him a hard time about that. They are calling him a "hypocrite," citing that just two weeks ago Rick Perry made mention of succession and now he is calling on the federal government for help in this flu pandemic. Yeah, that's about as braindead an argument as you could expect from a liberal.

In the meantime .... Wash your hands and don't kiss any illegals.

.... and keep it closed. The idea of closing the Mexican border has been brought up. New York Democrat Rep. Eric Massa is one of those people who suggested that the border should be closed until the threat is resolved.

Great idea. Why haven't we thought of that sooner? Why did it take a flu pandemic for this to seem like a logical idea? If we can get our butts in gear to close the border to protect ourselves from a flu infection, why can't we use half of that urgency to seriously arm and protect our borders from illegal aliens?

President Obama is in Mexico right now. He is there to tell the Mexican government that he is willing to do anything he can to help in their battle against drugs and violence. And that includes ..... slowing down the dangerous flow of weapons from the United States.

The question now remains: how is he planning to do that?

Well we know one thing is for sure (or do we?) He is not going to reinstate an assault weapons ban (or will he?). (Although, he did make that promise when he was running for president and he still maintains that the ban makes sense.) Eric Holder recently brought up the idea of instating the ban and both parties said no to the idea.

Instead, Obama said that he wants to focus on enforcing existing laws that make it illegal to send assault weapons across the border.

These weapons pose a danger in Mexico. Fine. I get it. Now ... take a look at the statistics for crime brought to us by the wonderful Mexican invasion of the US. Specifically, look at assaults and deaths from drunk driving. I would be interested in knowing where the higher death toll is: Deaths from drunk illegal drivers in the U.S.; or deaths from assault weapons in Mexico.

Here's a general rule of thumb with the politicians in charge of Washington today: most believe that the Constitution is a document that prevents them from doing what they think government ought to do. And when it comes to our Second Amendment, Nancy Pelosi and Eric Holder aren't going to let that silly little document get in the way of cracking down on gun trafficking to Mexico.

You may remember the other day; our Attorney General Eric Holder was asked if the administration would encounter constitutional issues as it tries to crack down on gun trafficking. His response was: "I don't think our Second Amendment will stand in the way of efforts we have begun and will expand upon."

Stand in our way? Since when has our Constitution or our Bill of Rights been something that is considered an obstacle or a barrier? Our Bill of Rights outlines the freedoms we hold that the government cannot infringe upon. That includes the right to bear arms. But to a Democrat like Eric Holder, this is a limitation of the boundless powers provided by government.

And Nancy Pelosi is right there by Eric Holder's side, saying that gun registration is at the top of her agenda. If you don't believe that registration precedes seizure, then you just aren't paying attention.

Try this: Google "money to Mexico." I got over 100,000 hits. Why? That would be because we have millions of illegal Mexican aliens in this country who send most of the money they earn back to their families in Mexico. Now there is something to be admired here. Consider the number of American deadbeat dads who spend money week after week on their cigarettes and beer but nothing for the children they've fathered along the way .. but I digress:

This money-to-Mexico thing is a big deal because of a little stunt our wonderful Democrat majority in congress pulled on us. We are fixin' to spend billions of dollars on various government contracts ... everything from building bridges to sniffing pig armpits. There will be billions spent on construction projects - and where you find construction projects you find illegals. Now there is a system out there whereby contractors can determine with some degree of certainty whether or not a job applicant is in this country legally. It's called "E-verify." This is an online system where you can compare information given you by the employee with various government databases. It's free. Its' also voluntary. Republicans wanted the government to require E-verify checks on people applying for jobs created with stimulus money. Democrats said "no way." Why? Because Democrats don't want to get in the way of Illegals scarfing down these jobs. After all .. these are potential voters, right? Remember - Democrats are behind movements in many states that would grant the privilege of casting a vote in local elections to non-citizens. How long before illegals are included? Democrats are also doing a bit of Hispandering to legal Hispanic citizens who like to see their voting power increased.

Now .. do you have any idea how much money illegals sent back to Mexico last year? Let's just put the number at somewhere over $20 billion. When, thanks to the Democrats, we put tens of thousands of illegals at work on taxpayer-funded stimulus construction projects you will see much of that money heading South to bolster the Mexican economy. Wonderful plan, don't you think?

Now ... having said all of this .. there are some advantages to putting illegal immigrants on the payroll for these construction jobs:

1. First and foremost.. They're not union.
2. Hispanics generally have a stronger work ethic
3. Projects will be completed faster and more efficiently
4. Increased sales for Rosetta Stone

That's just me ... always looking for the silver lining.

The jury has spoken on this case in Texas. Roger Barnett is a rancher who owns 22,000 acres of private and leased land on the Arizona-Mexican border. When 16 illegal aliens came onto his property, he approached them with a gun and a dog, rounded them up and turned them over to the US Border Patrol.

Here comes to the Mexican American Legal Defense Education Fund, which sues Barnett for $32 million for civil rights violations and infliction of emotional distress.

Well you will be glad to know that the jury ruled that Barnett did not violate the "civil rights" of the illegal aliens. But .... the jury did award $78,000 in actual and punitive damages to six of the illegal aliens on claims of assault and emotional distress. Isn't that just wonderful? You defend your property and suddenly you're forking over big bucks because you caused some degree of emotional distress in the people you find trespassing.

Yesterday President Bush decided to commute the sentences of the two Border Patrol agents who were convicted of shooting a Mexican drug dealer. The shooting took place back in 2005. The agents shot admitted Mexican drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila as he tried to cross the Rio Grande, abandoning a van full of marijuana. The agents say that they believed Davila to be armed and shot in self defense. Either way, the men were served with prison sentences longer than 10 years. They have already served two of those years.

During our Oval Office visit last week one talk show host, who shall remain unnamed (hint: It wasn't me) brought up the case of these two imprisoned agents. The president said that there was a process to be followed there, and that he was confident the host wasn't trying to circumvent that process. Talk about slinking back into your seat! For some reason the matter wasn't mentioned again during out visit.

While illegal immigration has taken a back seat to the election of Barack Obama, it still stands as one of the most vital issues when it comes to protecting our nation. GW really dropped the ball on this one. As did John McCain. And the Democrats won't be any better ....

But at least these two Border Patrol agents, who many argue were doing nothing but protecting the borders of this nation, will become productive members of society a little sooner. Keep in mind that Bush didn't pardon the men for their supposed crimes, he just commuted their sentences because he believed they were excessive. No kidding, even Osvaldo Aldrete Davila the drug smuggler was sentenced to less time in jail than the Border Patrol agents.

I've been telling you for months about a 2001 letter written by Congressional Democrats to the Mexican government. In this letter, about 11 Democrat politicians urged the Mexican government to use a secret ballot in all union elections. Now let's fast-forward to 2008. Barack Obama has been elected. The Democrats are in control of Congress. And the unions want to be rewarded for their efforts. What they want is for Congress to pass the card check bill. This bill would be crippling for American businesses because it would do-away with secret ballot union elections. The unions expect this bill to be passed within Obama's first 100 days in office. And the Democrats seem willing to comply. After all, they pandered to the union vote to get elected ... now they have to do whatever it takes to stay in power. Even if that means changing your tune on an issue like secret ballot elections.

Let's not here that when the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to replace John Dingell with California's anti-business icon Henry Waxman in the Chairman's seat .. the vote was by secret ballot.

The Wall Street Journal has now caught wind of this letter from the Democrats back in 2001. Good read. If they had been reading the Nuze they would have known about this a month ago.