Friday - May 18, 2007
 AMNESTY .. PURE AND SIMPLE
 Well the day is finally here. It is a day where our Congress and our President have come together to grant legal residency and then citizenship to millions of illegal aliens who broke the law. Criminals in this country will be on a fast track to becoming citizens, with the same rights and benefits as you and me.
A couple of points about the proposal: First, there are only vague references to closing our borders. It won't happen. The borders will remain porous and the Mexican invasion of the United States will continue. The count now is between 12 and 20 million. That doesn't include the six million that have been granted amnesty in previous "deals." Over the next few years we'll see millions more come .... they'll either try to get in on this amnesty deal or they'll wait around for the next one. And there will be a next one. Neither political party has the will to do something to stem the tide of this invasion. The bill calls for criminal aliens to step forward to obtain something called a "Z" visa. (Would that be for Zorro?) They have to pay some fees and a $5000 fine. Ain't gonna happen. Liberals and illegal immigration proponents are going to scream asesinato sangriento about this fee. "These poor people can't afford to pay the fee. You're taking food out of the mouths of their children ... etc, etc." We won't collect enough in those fees to fuel one Humvee. The bill also says that heads of household will have to return to their own countries before they can get the Zorro Visa. What's the point? They leave their wives and children here and go home .. then come back to get the visa? The only way this will work is if that visa is only issued in the country where that person has citizenship. No Zorro Visas issued in the US. We'll see what's in the bill. We're also told that every new crop of "guest workers" will have to return home after stints of two years. Yeah? How are we going to make this happen? Are we going to place harsh punishment on anyone who pays them after they're supposed to have gone home? How about landlords who provide them a place to hide? Come on ... let's get serious here. President Bush says this bill would "treat people with respect." Respect? How about the respect they showed for our laws? They're criminals! They told our country to take it's law and empujelos donde el sol no brilla! (Look, my Spanish isn't perfect here .. I'm trying.) Now we're talking about treating criminals with respect? There are millions of people around the world who are trying to get into this country legally. They apply for visas. The fill out the paperwork. The answer the questions. The study our language. And they wait --- they wait until the legal process has run its course, then they come into this country and try to assimilate. These are the ones who are owed our respect, not the criminals who cross the border illegally, work here illegally, stay here illegally ... and often avoid paying taxes. Amnesty? Hell yes it's amnesty! The dictionary defines amnesty as "forgetting or overlooking of any past offense" or "an act of forgiveness for past offenses." Any way you look at it this bill does just that. The reaction to this bill? Well, many Democrats like John Edwards are not too pleased with the temporary guest worker program. Others like McCain were standing right by Ted Kennedy as he announced the plan. So far as I know, Mitt Romney is the only candidate to come out against the bill. And the final kicker is that the legislation won't even be ready to be viewed by the great unwashed until after the Senate votes on it. That sounds like a great idea; let's vote on one of the largest changes in immigration reform without seeing it in writing. You do understand why it's happening this way, don't you? They want to ram it through before you really get a chance to see what they're doing. THE XM EMAIL CAMPAIGN XM Satellite Radio has suspended Opie and Anthony. Why? Because of this idiotic bit they did on their show when they interviewed some homeless man who talked about how he would like to rape Condi Rice, Laura Bush and the Queen of England. Instead of immediately getting this idiot off the air and apologizing for those remarks, these two children egged him on. I'm told that after that particular show Opie and Anthony stood in the hallway outside of their studios and made fart noises by putting their hands in their armpits. Funny guys.So now we have a concentrated email campaign aimed at XM radio advertisers. Tens of thousands of emails are pouring into present and past XM advertisers, all saying essentially the same thing: "I am holding you responsible for XM's actions against Opie and Anthony and I'm never going to buy any of your stuff again." There are also the repeated references to "freedom of speech" and the First Amendment. I'm going to try to explain this again. I understand that I'm trying to explain this to people who (a) were educated in government schools, and (b) listen to Opie and Anthony ... but I'm going to try anyway. The First Amendment of our Constitution does not apply to private businesses. The First Amendment only stands in the way of the government restricting a person's right of expression. It does not stand in the way of any employer or private entity setting standards of conduct, including restrictions on what can and cannot be said, inside private businesses. XM is a private business. They can tell their employees what they can and cannot say and the First Amendment plays no role at all. XM can give a script to every single radio personality every single day ... and then tell them that as a condition of their employment they are to read that script and say nothing else. Not one ounce of freedom of expression .. and no violation of the First Amendment. There's something even more insidious about this silly email campaign against XM advertisers. I'll bet that not one out of a hundred of the people sending these emails messages have ever in their entire lives sent a letter to their congressman or any other elected official about tax reform, Social Security reform or any other issue of importance. No ... they don't get mad enough to write a letter until some immature jerks are yanked off their satellite radio for laughing about raping the Secretary of State and the First Lady. REDNECK SCRAP BOOK Wow, I think this tattoo artist needs a bit more practice, ya think? More in the Redneck Scrap Book. READING ASSIGNMENTS TODAY'S GUEST: NEWT GINGRICH  Newt Gingrich will be on the show today at 11ET to talk about his book Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th and current events. Neal will probably probe him about a 2008 run as well.
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There are over 100 million minorities in America now. Can you guess the fastest growing group? That's right! Hispanics. The U.S. to meet with Iran to discuss Iraq...but what about their nuclear program? John McCain seems to go by the motto: Do as I say, not as I do. He's missed major important votes on Iraq, and colleagues aren't too pleased. Just another rumble on the Senate floor. Florida is going to require all of its elementary school kids to take physical education for at least 2.5 hours a week, because apparently children are now prisoners of their Playstations and X-Box machines, and no longer run around out doors. LAX was partially evacuated yesterday because of a "bomb scare." A man who owns a sprinkler company had a telescoping pipe in his checked luggage. Oops! A dog nurses baby tigers? That's going to be a lot of therapy for those little tykes! If you're interested in the pet adoptions Neal was talking about on the air for special needs dogs, visit homelesspets.com for more information. High school kids are raising money to help give a mountain man a burial. FAIR TAX COVERAGE The people from FairTax.org sent me this collection of coverage of the FairTax rally in Columbia and the FairTax movement in general. These links aren't in our regular format. That would be because I didn't have the time to go through the whole list and fix things up! You'll notice that the estimates of the crowd at the rally vary from 4000 (Forbes) to 10,000. My own best guess, based on the number of empty seats in the arena, was between 8,500 and 9,000. And now, for your leisure reading, may we present ..... Republicans Agree on Lower Taxes (AP STORY)
Forbes, NY- May 15, 2007
... outside the building, and 4000 people were taking part in a rally organized by FairTax.org to promote a national sales tax to replace income taxes. ... Fair Tax Crowd Shuts Down Columbia Streets
Campaigns & Elections (press release)- 18 hours ago
Jim Arab snapped pictures and shouted for anyone and everyone to hear as he looked at the rows and rows of white-shirted supporters of the fair tax lining ... Around the city, a sense of 'something big' (THE STATE) Supporters of replacing the federal income tax with a sales tax flowed into the Carolina Coliseum, with a few thousand people attending a rally and debate-watching event. http://www.thestate.com/169/story/65277.html GOP's Silver Elephant Dinner kicks off big week for Republicans. Hannity was also scheduled to speak at pre-debate event Tuesday at the Carolina Coliseum where FairTax.org expected 7,000 to rally and watch the debate, said Ken Hoagland, a spokesman for the group pushing a plans for national sales tax to replace income taxes.
http://www.thestate.com/312/story/64028.html MSNBC- May 15, 2007
Thousands of of people -- the anti-tax group Fair Tax say they have 7000 alone -- are chanting for their favorite candidate, hollering, and banging cowbells ... 30 minutes away Video of Neal on Cavuto and picture of march on FoxNews
http://msunderestimated.com/2007/05/15/the-fair-tax-rally-pre-debate-in-sc-video/ Video of Huckabee in debate talking about the FairTax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1ARFKWdow Fair Tax Rally
WCSC,SC- May 16, 2007
A crowd of about 7000 came together to spread the message behind www.fairtax.org. The group wants to get rid of the federal income tax system and replaces ... Thousands gather for tax reform rally
http://www.thestate.com/169/ Thousands who support replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax have begun gathering at the Carolina Coliseum. .CNN video of outside the Koger Center
http://www.cnn. com/video/ politics/ 2007/05/15/ vo.sc.debate. protestors. cnn/content. html Debate site draws diverse groups Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Protesters against war, taxes vie for candidates' attention
Charleston Post and Courier
COLUMBIA — If the Republicans presidential hopefuls were listening, there was plenty to hear around South Carolina's capital Tuesday as groups gathered to protest taxes, rally against the war and call for the Confederate flag to keep flying on Statehouse grounds. While only 2,000 were... Read story. An Eyeful Of South Carolina
Campaigns & Elections (press release)- May 16, 2007
Thousands of fair tax supporters, hundreds of campaign supporters, men in Confederate flag shirts, Condoleezza Rice for President stickers and a man in a ... Republican rivals turn up heat
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription),SC- May 16, 2007
Huckabee highlighted his support for a so-called "Fair Tax." Earlier in the night, thousands of Fair Tax supporters marched around the Koger Center, ... Hunter struggles to be noticed on GOP debate stage
San Diego Union Tribune,CA- 35 minutes ago
"That was the first time I've heard him," Reynolds said at Tuesday's Fair Tax event. "Obviously he supports the fair tax. That's the only thing I know. ... Huckabee Has Second Presidential Candidate Debate
Today's THV,AR- 21 hours ago
"Fair tax, that's the first thing I'd want to do as president--put a going out of business sign on the IRS, just for them to operate. If we had a fair tax, Spending Like John Edwards at a Beauty Shop
GOPUSA,TX- 23 hours ago
Huckabee scored points by stressing the need for a fair tax. Rather than talking about a tax cut here or a tax cut there, Huckabee noted: ... Huckabee's Edwards Zinger Sends Chris Matthews' Spittle Spewing
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription),CA- 14 hours ago
HUCKABEE: If we had a Fair Tax, it would eliminate not just the Alternative Minimum Tax, personal income tax, corporate tax, it would eliminate all the ... The Debate and Taxes
16 May 2007 by Ron Nehring
Taxes were on the minds of those who attended the South Carolina debate last night -- one could hardly miss the impressive pro-tax reform rally put on by the group FairTax.org across the street -- about 8000 people. ...
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