Monday -- May 1, 2006
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A DAY WITHOUT ILLEGAL ALIENS -- HOW ABOUT 365?
 Well .. here we go again. It's May 1st. May Day. A day which,
ironically enough, was once a huge holiday in the Communist World. No ...
it's not Lenin's birthday. In the U.S. we celebrate Lenin's birthday with
something called "Earth Day." That in itself is rather strange, considering
the fact that Earth Day has become somewhat of an anti-capitalist
celebration. But, I digress.
The Marching Mexicans will be at it again
today ... they're filling the streets with the avowed attention to "close
down" some major American cities.
First of all, boycotts, especially short ones like this, don't work.
Why? If any immigrants do boycott anything, they're sure to go right back
to it tomorrow. That's work/school/shopping being delayed, not denied.
Second, this does have one convenient side effect. Perhaps just for one
day...and maybe one day only...the 12 million criminal illegal aliens will
go away for one day. We can dream, can't we?
Political correctness seems to be the order of the day in the media. I'm
listening to CNN this morning as I prepare these program notes. Time after
time I hear the word "immigrants." Only once thus far have I heard any
derivative of the word "illegal" used in a story. The idiotic phrase
"undocumented workers" comes up now and again. It seems that the last thing
that the media wants to do is to call them what they are .... illegal
aliens. By definition they are not "Immigrants." Immigration is a legal
procedure which these people have not followed. They're aliens ... again,
by definition ... and they're here illegally. That adds up to illegal
aliens. While they're trying to close down some American cities why can't
we just call them who and what they are?
Almost everything that can be said about the Mexican invasion force has
already been said. There's really nothing new here, except for the fact
that the illegal aliens and those who support them will be on the streets
again today. Though the basic facts remain the same, there are a few things
that are changing out there. First, with every demonstration, and the
continued inaction on the part of the Bush Administration and the Congress,
the illegal alien lobby becomes stronger and bolder. Second, average
Americans, those who don't derive their power through the ballot box or gain
financial advantage by using illegal alien labor, are getting a bit fed up
with this whole "day without immigrants" BS.
As I said .. the facts here haven't changed. Only the boldness and
arrogance of those who have violated our laws, and those who support them,
has changed .... for the worse.
Last week I posted a review of some facts about the Mexican invasion you
may not have been aware of, or may have missed. Those facts are just as
valid and meaningful today as they were last week. So ... I'll post them
again, revised and expanded:
Since 1990 an estimated 25 million Latinos have crossed the Mexican -
American border .... northbound. The reason you keep hearing the 11 million
figure is because the other 13 to 14 million were given amnesty during the
mid-1990s. By any measure this is an invasion. No ... they aren't carrying
guns with them, but they are carrying another weapon that may be just as
effective; their willingness to exploit our compassion. They will
eventually use our compassion (misplaced, in this case) and our surrender to
the gods of political correctness to achieve their goals.
Mexicans have come to view crossing the border into the United States in
order to work and send money back home as a way of life. According to
an AP article by Mark Stevenson (4/23/06) "Mexico's economy, society and
political system are built around the assumption that migration and
amnesties for undocumented migrants will continue -- and that the $20
billion they send home every year will keep coming, and almost certainly
grow." For those of you who went to government schools --- a translation.
The Mexican economy, and Mexico's social and political system operate on the
assumption that Mexicans will be free to move across the border with the
U.S. at will, get work in the U.S. at will, and then send much of what they
earn back to Mexico to shore up a bad Mexican economy caused primarily by
rampant government corruption. Vicente Fox, Mexico's president, considers
the illegal aliens to be "heroes." Why? Because they send those tens of
millions of dollars back to their families, thus, at least to some extent,
relieving Fox of the necessity of tackling corruption in the Mexican
government and reforming the Mexican economy so that these people can earn
that money there instead of invading the United States to get work. In
short, these illegal aliens give cover to corrupt Mexican officials. As
long as they can exploit the United States in this manner there will never be
any impetus for the Mexican government to straighten it's act out for the
benefit of the Mexican people.
Stevenson also reports that Mexicans -- the ones actually living in
Mexico -- are giving their babies American names like Johnny and Leslie so
that they will fit in better once they've moved to the United States. This
is merely another way to prepare to be a part of the invasion.
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And please don't forget our friend, Professor Charles Truxillo of the
University of New Mexico. Professor Truxillo says that
there will be a new, sovereign Hispanic nation formed within the United
States and northern Mexico in the not-too-distant future. The good
professor says that this new nation, called "Republica del Norte" will take
in all of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and southern Colorado, as
well as several northern Mexican states. How strongly does Professor
Truxillo feel about this new Hispanic nation? Well, he says it is
"inevitable," and that it should happen "by any means necessary." How will
this all happen? Truxillo says it will come as a result of electoral
pressure of the "future majority Hispanic population in the region." Wait a
minute! Truxillo isn't saying that our wonderful and glorious political
class is going to bow to the pressure of the masses, is he? I thought we
were a government of laws! Surely under a government of law, not of men,
our politicians are going to chose to enforce the law rather than to bow to
the wishes of the mob, won't they? Yeah --- and Cynthia McKinney is going
to encounter a difficulty this week without screaming racism. Let's all
hold our breath.
You think it can't happen? Do you think this invasion can't succeed?
Twenty-five million over the past 16 years and you don't think the invasion
is going well? Them could you please tell me, then, why Mexican magazines
are publishing articles praising the exploits of the "reconquistadors"?
Translation? Re-conquerors. Now if you send a force across a border to
conquer .. what part of that doesn't fit the definition of an invasion?
These same magazines carry stories entitled " "with
all due respect, Los Angeles is ours !" Come on, folks. Wake up and
smell the salsa.
The president will tell you there's not much that can be done. We can't
send them back. OK .. we can't SEND them back, on that I agree. We aren't
prepared to handle the reaction from Latin America and the howls of protest
from the United Nations if we actually try to gather up these invaders and
send them back from whence they came. There is, however, another way. Once
again, let me lay it out for you step-by-step.
1. Close the borders. Not next month. Not next week. Now. Right
by-God now. Send the National Guard. Send American troops. What are
they for if not to defend the borders of this country? Start stringing
the barbed wire. Patrol with dogs. Do whatever needs to be done, but
shut the border down. Let the rest of the world scream, but we have
every right to defend our borders against invaders. Remember ... by
their own admission, it's an invasion force.
2. Immediately pass legislation providing for harsh penalties for
any and all businesses and individuals who hire illegal aliens. No
half-measures. Make it hurt. Two weeks ago immigration officials
arrested over 1000 illegal aliens working for one company that makes
pallets and shipping crates. The officers of that company should be
headed to jail, and the company should be seized by the government and
sold at auction with the proceeds being used to pay for securing our
border. Put employers in jail --- take their stuff. Let them know that
this is serious and that hiring illegal aliens is tantamount to giving
aid and comfort to the enemy. The hell with their campaign
contributions. Fine them and jail them. Make 'em scream. As for
getting these jobs done? Pay a wage that will attract Americans. It
won't hurt. The majority of people working in agriculture and
construction in this country are citizens. They'll do the work.
Spreading pine straw may be a problem.
3. Heavily tax all wire and other transfers of money from illegal
aliens to their homelands -- or just take all of the earnings! . If
Mexico is getting $20 billion a year from illegal aliens in the U.S.,
seize about 30% of it. Call it a fine. If you can show that the money
was earned here illegally there would be absolutely nothing wrong with
taking a bit of it when it is sent back to Mexico to shore up Vicente.
Look ... if you drive by a car and solicit a prostitute the cops can
confiscate your car. You were using that car in the commission of a
crime, it can be taken. If you sell illegal drugs the government can
confiscate the money you earned selling those drugs ... and the
government can do it under asset forfeiture laws without even proving
that you were guilty of a crime. All they need is a reason to believe
that you committed a crime. If, in fact, you earned that money legally
you can sue the government to get your money back. Same rule for
illegal aliens. Confiscate their cash. Take their paychecks. That is
money earned during the commission of a crime. If they can prove they
earned it legally, let them have it back. This would be a lot of money
that could be spent on border and immigration control.
4. Change the law so that any child born to a person in this country
illegally does not automatically become an American citizen. That child
will adopt the citizenship of its mother.
5. Put an end to providing all but emergency social services to
illegal aliens. No food stamps, no welfare benefits, no access to
taxpayer-funded government schools ... no taxpayer-funded government
services except for life saving medical care.
6. Free rides to the border. Heading south. Rather
self-explanatory.
The illegals and those who support them are overplaying their hand. I'm
sure I'm not the only American that's fed up. Don't be so naive as to
believe that we can't lose a sizeable portion of our country to these
invaders .. these reconquistadors. This country is still worth defending.
POWELL WANTED MORE TROOPS
 Headline this morning screams 'COLIN POWELL WANTED MORE TROOPS IN IRAQ!'
What does this mean? Well, it means once again, that the entire Bush
Administration and the United States Military is filled with morons, and
only Colin Powell had the answer --- oh, and the media, of course.
Actually not really. But that's what Democrats and the mainstream media
would have you believe.
Colin Powell said he didn't think there were enough troops in Iraq after the
war to impose order. Fine...he's right. There weren't enough troops there
to impose order. But can't anyone with 2 eyeballs see that...not just Colin
Powell? In addition, this was up to the Generals in the field...they were
asked time and time again if they needed more troops. They said they did
not.
During the time in question, Colin Powell was the Secretary of State, not
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the President of the United
States or the Defense Secretary. His opinion, while well-qualified, was
just that..an opinion. Did we need more troops in the aftermath of the
war? Maybe, but maybe not.
What we really needed to do was not fire the entire Iraqi Army...and have
them impose order. We also needed to crack down on the Baghdad looters on
day one. This is where the tone for lawlessness was established. Thank
you, Paul Bremer. But Colin Powell's comments will get all the press and
attention...but it's really too late for them to mean anything. Unless
Powell is selling a book or running for office or something.
NO EVIDENCE OF GOUGING
With the nationwide average price of a gallon of gasoline inching its way
toward $3 a gallon, we've had an endless parade of politicians and other
demagogues slithering out from under their rocks to announce
investigations. The rallying cry of these ignoramuses is that the oil
companies are engaging in the practice known as price gouging.
What is the definition of price gouging? Let's hit the online dictionary:
"pricing above the market when no alternative retailer is available." Well,
by that definition, there is no gasoline price gouging taking place. In
nearly every city and town in this country, there are always alternative
retailers. But wait! They're colluding....they're cutting backroom
deals...the oil companies are propping up the price together! Well, that's
doubtful. An increasing number of grocery stores sell gasoline. Are all of
these stores colluding with big oil to keep the price up? The government
owned oil companies like Citgo .. they're colluding also? What possible
business reason would they have to do so? None. Zip. Zero. Fughettaboutit.
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said on 'Meet The Press' yesterday that
he
sees no evidence of price gouging. Columnist Thomas Bray brought up a good
point about the supposed gouging of consumers. The average profit on a
single gallon of gas is 9 cents. What is the average government take on a
single gallon of gas? 45 cents...or 5 times the oil company profit.
Now who's gouging whom? Better look to Washington D.C. as the culprit, not
big oil.
I know .. I know. It's the government school education at work. But
... for those of you who blame "Big Oil" for the price of gasoline ...
listen up one more time: SUPPLY AND DEMAND! It's an economic law. It's been
in place ever since we came out of our caves and started trading furs. Get
used to it.
JUST A THOUGHT ...
Did you ever notice that on those Kyocera "When you're smiling" copier
commercials on television that every single person who works in an office
with a Kyocera copier is drop-dead gorgeous? If I ever open another law
practice .. and that is very unlikely .. someone remind me to get one of
those copiers. Work is hard enough. Might as well be surrounded by
beautiful people.
REDNECK SCRAP BOOK
OMG! Clearly the bird flu has
now hit the redneck community! More in the Redneck Scrap Book.
READING ASSIGNMENTS
Oh, you just love the idea of a windfall profits tax on the evil oil
industry, don't you? Yeah .. and the politicians know it. That's why they
join you in your delusional behavior.
Your precious windfall tax wouldn't work .. it would just make things worse.
So what can be done about high gas prices? Well, according to the energy
secretary, not much.
He says he doesn't expect gasoline to get much cheaper over the next 2
or 3 years. However,
one Washington Times writer has an Earth-shattering idea: buy less gas.
The process by which pork barrel spending is handed out, known as "earmarks"
has been dealt a setback.
Robert Novak says small victories have been won for the taxpayer in both
the House and Senate. It's about time.
Believe it or not, there are some people who support the Bush
Administration's policy on illegal immigration. They're often known as
"Bush apologists."
But Stanley Renshon takes a look at the term 'apologist' and presents his
view on the problem of illegals.
So why are George W. Bush's poll numbers in the toilet? What is
it...Katrina? Gas prices? Dick Cheney shooting somebody in the face?
Scooter Libby being indicted? Nope...Jeffrey
Bell and Frank Cannon say it's Iraq. People are tired of the war.
Today it's time for columnist John Leo to announce his annual Sheldon award.
What is a Sheldon? It's a statuette of a spineless college president
looking the other way while free speech is under assault under his campus.
Read on for this year's recipient.
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So who is getting the richest off the sale of a gallon of gasoline?
ExxonMobil? ConocoPhillips? Chevron? BP? Shell? Nope....Thomas
Bray nails it: government, government and government. That's the real
price gouger.
The race pimps are out in force over this stripper that was allegedly raped
at Duke University. So what's does it all mean?
The title of Star Parker's column this morning says it all: the meaning of
the scandal at Duke is meaningless.
Tony Snow, the outgoing host of several prized time slots around the
country, is now the new White House Press Secretary.
But as Suzanne Fields reports, he didn't take the job to be a political
ideologue...he took the gig because he'll be a good messenger for the
administration.
Michael Barone explains how the press is finally having to pay the piper
for some of the stories they've covered. For instance, The New York Times
and The Washington Post may soon be on the hook for outing the secret CIA
prisons in Europe.
Remember when Britain's Prince Harry went to a party wearing a Nazi
armband? He got skewered in the media for it.
But Jeff Jacoby says totalitarian symbols are once again back in fashion...and
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