CatHouse Chat

"He was for it before he was against it"

Sen. (Dirty) Harry Reid (D-NV), seems to have pulled a John Kerry (D-MA)... Recently he made the outrageous statement that he couldn't understand how Hispanics could possibly be Republicans... and yet back in 1993, he supported revoking "birthright citizenship" for illegal immigrants, something that conservatives (and proper Republicans) support.

One would assume that this might upset one or two people of Hispanic descent, yeah?

Hey, Harry - aren't you glad you and the DemonRATS seem to be so good at fooling so many people with your corruption and hypocrisy while you destroy this country? [headdesk]

I will say, though, that I never would have thought I'd ever agree with Dirty Harry on anything... I suppose this is another example of a broken clock being right twice a day.

*sigh*

Vote 'em out. Vote them ALL out!

"Illegal alien/immigrant" DOES NOT EQUAL "illegal person"

(UPDATE: My latest comment on this issue, and I would urge you to read the whole thread. Although there are some supporters, most of the comments lean heavily in favor of enforcing the law.)

How. Many. Times. Does. That. Have. To. Be. Said?!

I'm very tired of seeing this argument, but even more so from someone whose opinion I respect. Usually.

We neglect for a moment that 20 million people are within our borders because they want a better life for themselves and their family.  20 million people willing to work hard, build businesses, make money, and be a part of the community.  You know, the things America used to stand for?

That's wonderful! GREAT! America also stands for - or it used to - the rule of law. You want to come here? Do it legally!

Oh, but, Kat, those poor people are in such dire economic straits, they only want to better themselves, and it is great for the free market! Where's your Christian compassion?!

That's the logical fallacy of the appeal to pity. It's exactly the same fallacy as, "Baby, if you love me..." that some unscrupulous people use to get something to which they have no legitimate claim.

Folks, I have compassion for them, but compounding the wrong THEY do by flouting the law when entering this country with simply giving up on enforcing that law is insanity. Two wrongs do not - and can never - make a right!

Allow me to entertain a different idea.  Conservatives ideally believe in the power of the free market.  Instead of rounding up and deporting every non-English speaking Hispanic, why don’t we encourage work visas?  Extend business opportunities to Central America?  Take those 20 million “illegal” persons (as if such a concept existed) and recognize that 20 million potential Americans who believe in hard work and free enterprise are ready to enlist in the American Experiment?

As I said over in the comments, I have never heard of any conservative put forth the idea that people who have entered this country are "illegal persons" (i.e. - just so I'm absolutely clear - persons whose very existence is illegal). To phrase the argument that way is disingenuous and commits the logical fallacy of equivocation.

When conservatives refer to "illegal aliens/immigrants," we mean that these people have arrived in this country by illegal means - they have broken our law. That is, by definition, illegal. Period. Shall we try to keep that in mind?

Now.

Are our immigration laws broken? Yup.

Is enforcement of those laws a joke? Yup.

Are there opportunities for people from other countries to come here and work for a better life? Yup.

Would I - or any conservative - welcome people who show respect for our national sovereignty and culture by coming here legally? You bet yer shiny-white-hiney!

The answer is NOT to have open borders: there are people who want to come here so that they can - effectively - rape, pillage, burn, murder and destroy. They hate us. It would not be a good thing to let them in; on the contrary, it would be wise to make all efforts to keep them out.

Are all illegal aliens "out to get us"? No, of course not - but by the same token, not all passengers flying planes are terrorists. Does that mean we can have "open boarding" for everyone who has a ticket? Yeah, I know, TSA screening is a joke, too - does that mean we just throw our hands up in disgust and give up?! Good Lord, no!

Geeze, people, show a little common sense! (Oh, yeah, "oxymoron" - right [headdesk])

I have no idea who this commenter is, but when - in response to my comment, which is the first on that post - he says

Kat seems to again stumble into the legal positivism, rejecting natural law. Kat says “But I do not want, as a citizen, to welcome people who deliberately and intentionally break our laws”. Is one’s desire to come to America and live a better life now equated to a desire to deliberately break the law? Or is the breaking of the law the unintentional side effect of seeking self betterment in this case? One must assume from Kat’s comment that the position being taken is that the driving goal of illegal immigrants is NOT to live in land of opportunity, but to break laws. Seriously? That’s fundamentally ridiculous. Respect for the law is key. Love for your fellow man is far superior.

he sets aside the fact that

1. allowing your love for your fellow man to negate your respect for a law that does not contradict God's law (and shall we use the Ten Commandments, just to make this simple?) is allowing every man to do what is right in his own eyes - and leads to anarchy and total disrespect for your fellow man
2. I never said that the driving goal of immigrants was to break laws, but rather that they do so knowingly and intentionally to achieve their driving goal of entering this country
3. seeking self betterment is wonderful and breaking the law (again, I refer to laws which do not directly contradict God's law) may be a side effect, but the fact is that they DO break the law intentionall - and the ends do NOT justify the means
4. natural law requires that we have open boarders? Really? To which "natural law" does he refer? What "natural law" am I rejecting? Even when our Founders said out unalienable rights were "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," they did not set aside the LAW so that everyone could do as they darn well pleased!

Good Lord, I've seen clearer thinking from rabid liberals!

... OK, maybe not, but it's a pretty close call.

People. There are a lot of proposed solutions out there, and I would love to see this broken system fixed, but rolling over and giving up is not reasonable, rational, wise, frugal, profitable OR compassionate. No market is completely free, no borders are completely secure. But one of the mandates of our Federal government is to protect the lives and rights of American citizens first.

Our laws can be changed by legal means. If you feel that passionate about the plight of the poor, beleaguered people who come here by illegal means, then use the existing system to change the laws and fix the bloody problem!!!!

But do not set aside existing law just to soothe your hurted widdle feeewings and make yourself feel better and morally superior because you waved your hand and helped those law-breakers in their lawlessness.

And, yeah, this is a pretty harsh post with strong language. I can do that you know - just because I prefer not to smack people upside the head doesn't mean I won't.

And, Shaun, I still love you.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

But - fair warning! - it's not politically correct, and the language isn't pristine... But this is hilarious! (Thanks to my friend, Tony, who e-mailed the link to me)

What IS so great about America?

Why don't you let this gentleman tell you?

Another "read the whole thing" for today

Link: American jobs - - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper.

Common sense, basic economics and the data indicate that admitting large numbers of poorly educated immigrants reduces job prospects and wages for less-educated/skilled Americans. Between 2000 and 2005, jobless Americans without a high school degree increased by 2 million. During the same period, immigrants without high school degrees grew 1.5 million.

The large, disproportionately undereducated influx of immigrant workers has depressed wages for less-skilled/educated Americans. In the last 25 years, hourly wages for high school dropouts decreased 20 percent relative to inflation. For American high school graduates, they decreased 10 percent. African Americans have been particularly hard hit, as Mrs. Clinton recognized in a CNN Democratic debate. Immigration accounted for a third of the jobs lost by African American high school dropouts over the last few decades.

Typically, pro-amnesty voices claim that illegal immigrants are needed because there aren't enough Americans to fill low-skill jobs. If this were true, then wages and employment rates for less skilled/educated American workers would rise as employers competed to hire them. Yet just the opposite has happened.

Look, I am not against immigration - not at all! - but I am against people coming here via illegal means, ignoring our laws.  I do not believe that all illegals are "evil"; my county has its fair share of them, what with the depressed economy in the area as well as our focus on agriculture. But what jobs we have available ought to go first to American workers.

Look at the next paragraph in the article:

Enforcing immigration laws improves pay and job opportunities for less-skilled/educated American workers. When illegal immigrants were removed from the Cruder poultry plant in Stillmore, Ga., wages increased significantly. Additionally, Cruder provided workers from nearby towns with shuttles and free dormitories. Cruder hired workers from the local unemployment office, probationers and men from a homeless mission. The Wall Street Journal noted, "For the first time since Latinos began arriving in the late '90s, Cruder's processing lines were made up of local African Americans."

So, if you want to come to America to work, we'd love to have you - just remember to get here according to our laws, and then remember that our first and foremost responsibility is to our own citizens.

Anyway, another excellent article (thanks to the Beloved Husband, I've been re-introduced to Real Clear Politics) that is worth reading today.

Well, **D'UH!** Ya think???

Illegal Immigration Debate Rages in Utah:

"It’s not a good situation," said Utah Rep. Glenn Donnelson, R.-North Ogden. "As other states take away the benefits, then we become a magnet, and I say that the best fence to build is not chain link and barbed wire, but is to take away the benefits — take away the perks of being an illegal immigrant."

The article has too many good quotes to excerpt, so I suggest you go read the whole thing. But, I've gotta add one more (it's my favorite!):

Perez, a U.S. citizen who came here from Mexico illegally three decades ago, said the community knows who is here illegally, but most of the illegal immigrants work hard and don't cause trouble.

"They need us, but we need them too because there’s nobody going back to the fields and do the job," he said. "Nobody’s going to do the dirty job that they’re doing."

Arguments like that don't fly with Cawley and his group. They say that by entering the country illegally, immigrants have forfeited their shot at the American dream.

"All that we ask is that you respect our flag, you obey the law and you assimilate into our value and culture, that’s all," Cawley said.

Yup. PreCISEly!

The big-government idiots Keep. Coming. BACK!

Down here in Pittsylvania county, a tax on food and beverages is coming up for the third time (pdf). It's already been soundly defeated twice - you'd think that our board of supervisors would catch a clue, wouldn't you?

Well, when they have our Federal Congress as an example, who could really blame them?

Thank God the illegal-immigration-friendly soi-disant "DREAM Act" was defeated today - but don't worry! The surrender monkeys, the traitors, the spineless idiots which infest our Congress will find another way to try to erode our national sovereignty.

Even after the HUGE uproar by American citizens against illegal-friendly legislation this past year, our "leaders" in Congress (yeah, and I'm also blaming Bush for this...) keep trying to push this crap through. They refuse to support existing law which prohibits illegal immigration, they refuse to listen to citizens who are screaming at them to secure our borders,  and they are apparently all insisting on taking a long walk off a short pier!

I notice that our newest senator from Virginia, Jim Webb, voted in support of the DREAM Act, following his evil overlords, Shrillary, Obamarama-ding-dong, and Dirty Harry Reid. I bet that Virginia's favorite RINO... Oh, WOW! John Warner actually discovered a spine and rejected cloture! Well, I suppose that, since he's retiring, he's got nothing to lose by standing up for what's right...

Don't worry, though... Just like a bad penny, this issue will turn up again soon.

Anyone want to join in a class-action suit against our national government and sue them  for breech of contract, traitorous activities, and crass defiance of the Constitution?

Technorati Tags: DREAM Act, Congress, shamnesty, illegal immigration, traitors

****BRAVO!!!****

Alton alerted me to this video featured over on Breitbart.tv -

Mexican flags
Uploaded by dollarsandsense123

Make sure you go on over and digg it - and read those comments! My favorite is by stealthboy:

What's it going to take to get Americans angry enough to realize we are being invaded? I'm sick of seeing Spanish in all the stores I go to now. I'm sick of all the liberals playing the race card whenever anyone tries to discuss illegal immigration (Note: Illegal, not legal). This crap has to stop, and I'm glad this guy took a stand. He's a true hero in my book.

No joke! We are being invaded, and our government - at the local, state, AND federal levels - has betrayed the trust we placed in it to KEEP OUR BORDERS SECURE.

I have nothing against people who want to come to this country - I welcome them! - but if they refuse to do it legally, then *I* don't want them here. We have enough trouble with crime among our proper citizens - I don't want proven lawbreakers here, too.

"Night of the Living Dead (Shamnesty Edition)" ends happily

... or does it?

Here's my (limited) understanding of this whole moronic process: First, they killed this bill last month (wasn't it?), except they didn't really 'cause it was more like it turned into this vampire/ghoul thing-y since it revived on Tuesday and the Senate was like the clueless people in Sunnydale (if you don't know the reference, don't worry about it) and helped it out of the grave, but then today they decided they didn't want a zombie cluttering up the senate floor with all its stinkiness and rot, so they buried it again.

However, according to a friend of mine, when Feinstein (D- CA) made her remarks after the vote today, she implied that this might come up again, although not before 2009.

Night of the Living Dead (Shamnesty Edition), 3.0!!!!

Is all of this as confusing to you as it is to me? I would think that our Founding Fathers didn't intend for their posterity to have such a hard time knowing and understanding what their elected officials were up to!

And, I note that Warner (RINO - VA) and Webb (DemoRAT - VA) both voted to "kill" this monster... after voting to revive it, of course.

They're good friends with John "Flip-Flop" Kerry, right?

You know, senators, that a nice wooden stake, some silver bullets and perhaps some garlic might be of use...

Technorati Tags: shamnesty, s 1639, amnesty, illegal immigration

(Crossposted to the Cotillion)

Kudos where due on the Shamnesty Bill

Have you looked at the votes on the Shamnesty Bill? Did you notice one name - one name on the Democratic side of the aisle - which was prominently voting "Nay"?

Some of my friends are well acquainted with Sen. Robert Byrd, and since I really like and respect these people (although we do get into political disputes, LOL) I wanted to make sure I gave the Senator due thanks for voting against cloture on S 1639.

Secondly, thanks to Riley at Virginia Virtucon, I must also give congratulations to CNN and Lou Dobbs for this report on the glaring faults in this bill:

It's good to know that I can find common ground even with people/corporations with whom I disagree... although I might have to look pretty hard!

Technorati Tags: Shamnesty, illegal immigration, cloture, S 1639

Warner and Webb both vote "Yea" on cloture

... not that I'm surprised.

Well, guys, I warned Warner (RINO that he is) and was never a fan of Webb (considering that he's a DemoRAT)... But my vote in '08 will be, essentially a vote against Warner - and I'll pray to God that the Republicans can field a true conservative to go up against Webb in '10.

Nitwits.

Technorati Tags: John Warner, Jim Webb, senate, illegal immigration, cloture

UPDATE: Oh, and Doug at Below the Beltway points me over to Dan Riehl's comment:

Democrats aren't an option for me, neither is Bloomberg, but I sense a serious protest vote, or lack of any vote in my future. At the risk of being politically incorrect, is it really worth voting in an election when D stands for Dumb-ass and R stands for retarded?

Heh. Indeed!

The Republican National Committee called...

... yesterday, and oooooo! they got an earful from me!

"You want my money?" I asked. "Well, you're not getting one bloody red cent from me until y'all stop ignoring your base!"

The poor guy who called sputtered and tried to regain control, but I wasn't going to listen to him.

Look, guys - the Republican National Committee has this story on its front page today:

Border Security and Interior Enforcement Accomplishments

Accomplishments? I don't think so - especially when the splash picture on the front page is captioned "President Bush Leads Efforts to Strengthen Borders."

Or, how about another headliner there today? "Only Enforcing Our Ineffective Current Law Leaves the Nation Vulnerable"? Oh, really? Well, you know, if you're not even bothering to enforce the current law, of COURSE it's going to be "ineffective," you nitwits!

Those 12 million illegals wouldn't be here, breaking our laws, if a) businesses who hired illegals were prosecuted, b) illegals were denied benefits reserved for the citizens who pay for them, and c) if local law enforcement was permitted to have an active hand in getting these lawbreakers deported!

But, no, Bush is going to try to ramrod this amnesty through - with the cooperation of RINOs in Congress - against the vehement protests of his base.

Until the Republicans go back to their foundational principles of limited government, balanced budgets with restrained spending, upholding the law of the land, and protecting our borders... Baby, like I said:

Not. One. Red. Cent.

I may support individual candidates, but the RNC can go blow. Heck, when they've got an idiot like Mel Martinez (RINO - Fl.) heading the RNC, yet hobnobbing joyously with DemoRATS (see Gateway Pundit's post- I see they asked him for money, too)...

Hey, RNC! Take a look at this post after reading this, and consider yourselves the recipients of a very VERY rude gesture (link NSFW) tossed to you by yours truly. Wankers.

Technorati Tags: Republican National Committee, fund raising, idiots, losing your base

F*ck you very much...

Yeah, that's exactly how I feel when I see this sort of thing (HT Hyscience)

When we have legal firms actively looking for a way AROUND our employment laws so they don't have to hire qualified US citizens, something is very screwed up:

"Our goal here is to meet the requirements. But also to do so as inexpensively as possible. Keeping in mind our goal. Our goal is clearly NOT to find a qualified and interested US worker." - Lawrence M. Lebowitz, Vice President of Marketing, Cohen & Grigsby.

This sort of thing is natural when you take into account the wink-wink-nudge-nudge attitude our President and Congress are taking with illegal immigration and other immigration issues.

Watch that video! As Richard at Hyscience describes it,

...immigration attorneys from Cohen & Grigsby explain how they assist employers in running classified ads with the goal of NOT finding any qualified applicants, and the steps they go through to disqualify even the most qualified Americans in order to secure green cards for H-1b workers. You can see what Bush and Congress really mean by a "shortage of skilled U.S. workers," and that Microsoft, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and thousands of other companies are running fake ads in Sunday newspapers across the country each week for the purpose of screwing American workers out of jobs.

Blatant. Crass. OUTRAGEOUS!

This. Makes. Me. SICK!

As my dread Emperor might say, "Rope. Tree. Lawyers. Some assembly required."

Technorati Tags: employment, green cards, legal, workers

*sigh* And I go home tomorrow from our lovely vacation, knowing I'm going to see this sort of crap.... GAH! Makes me want to pull the covers over my head and let the rest of the world go to hell in a handbasket....

Announcing the location of Dub-ya's Presidential Library

Ward has the scoop!

Heh.

Yeah, that seems pretty appropriate....

Technorati Tags: Bush, amnesty, spineless, deaf

What's Sen. Warner up to?

I got a heads-up warning from my blog-brother, Kender, saying that Sen. John Warner, senior senator from Virginia and RINO, is going to support a revival of the amnesty bill.

I believe I've already made my feelings on this matter abundantly clear.

However, I haven't seen anything on the news yet to confirm this - and please keep in mind that I'm on vacation, thousands of miles away... Anyone in the Virginia blogosphere have any info on this?

Technorati Tags: Sen. John Warner, amnesty, illegal immigration

What Laura said...!

Yeah, Bush - after all the work and support your base gave you, after all the times we've stood up for you, and after all the times we've gone to bat for you... You screw us.

Honey, I've got a husband, and he's the only person I care to allow into my bed in any way, shape or form.

No, Bush, I'm not "fearful," I'm not being "unkind" or "uncharitable" when I am 100% against rewarding illegal immigrants for their lawless behavior.

You. Are. WRONG.

Go listen to what Laura Ingrahm has to say. She's right.

It makes me wish Bush were up for re-election, just so I could now give him the finger, just like he's given it to us.

*sigh* No matter what party is in power, people -

BEND OVER, HERE IT COMES AGAIN.

Will the “tin ear” become flesh? (UPDATED)

Several people have pointed out this article in the Washington Times:

The Republican National Committee, hit by a grass-roots donors' rebellion over President Bush's immigration policy, has fired all 65 of its telephone solicitors, Ralph Z. Hallow will report Friday in The Washington Times.

And why are these phone solicitors being fired?

The national committee yesterday confirmed the firings that took place more than a week ago, but denied that the move was motivated by declining donor response to phone solicitations.

"The phone-bank employees were terminated," RNC spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt wrote by e-mail in response to questions sent by The Times. "This was not an easy decision. The first and primary motivating factor was the state of the phone bank technology, which was outdated and difficult to maintain. The RNC was advised that we would soon need an entire new system to remain viable."

Oh, really? Then why are the former employees saying this -

There has been a sharp decline in contributions from RNC phone solicitations, another fired staffer said, reporting that many former donors flatly refuse to give more money to the national party if Mr. Bush and the Senate Republicans insist on supporting what these angry contributors call "amnesty" for illegal aliens.

"Everyone donor in 50 states we reached has been angry, especially in the last month and a half, and for 99 percent of them immigration is the No. 1 issue," said the former employee.

Hel-LOOOO, RNC!!! Can you hear us NOW?!!!

Evidently not:

The RNC spokeswoman denied that the committee has seen any drop-off in contributions.

"Any assertion that overall donations have gone down is patently false," Miss Schmitt said. "We continue to out raise our Democrat counterpart by a substantive amount (nearly double)."

Dear, misguided, power-hungry idiots... If you'd like my money and support, then how about you start finding your spines and doing what your base wants you to do?! Would you actually like to be out of power for the next 20 years, just so you can learn your lesson again?

Secure the borders, balance (and reduce!) the budget, kill the terrorists, and shrink government - there, that isn't too complicated, is it?

UPDATE: Here's a more complete article published today (01 June, 2007). It's got additional info, particularly this money quote:

"We have not heard anyone in our donor calls who supported the president on immigration," said a fired phone solicitor, who described himself as a Republican activist.
    "We write these comments up from each call, and give them to a supervisor who passes them on to the finance director or the national chairman," he said. "But when I talked with the White House, the people there told me they got nothing but positive comments on the president's immigration stand."

Deaf. They're deaf, I tell you...

What the HELL???

Thanks to Flora, I've been alerted to this:

A U.S. Border Patrol entry Identification Team site was overrun Wednesday night along Arizona's border with Mexico.

According to the Border Patrol, an unknown number of gunmen attacked the site in the state's West Desert Region around 11 p.m. The site is manned by National Guardsmen. Those guardsmen were forced to retreat.

Google News has these links at the moment: Free Market News, Click2Houston, Lone Star Times, and KXMB (Bismark, ND), which appears to be a blog-source and asks "Is This An Act of War?"

Well. *I* would say so, at least at first glance...

At least a couple of these links have video, so go check it out....

Gotta love Chris Muir!

Especially when he does it yet again:

Zzzzzzziiinnng!

Treason, indeed!

Shaun Kenny and VA Virtucon have it right, indeed!

TREASON!

While Minuteman civilian patrols are keeping an eye out for illegal border crossers, the U.S. Border Patrol is keeping an eye out for Minutemen -- and telling the Mexican government where they are.

According to three documents on the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Web site, the U.S. Border Patrol is to notify the Mexican government as to the location of Minutemen and other civilian border patrol groups when they participate in apprehending illegal immigrants -- and if and when violence is used against border crossers.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed the notification process, describing it as a standard procedure meant to reassure the Mexican government that migrants' rights are being observed.

I. Am. FUMING! Citizens have to do the job that the Border Patrol is supposed to, and yet THEY'RE the criminals??!! Excuse me while I go hit something...

Send a Brick!

This morning on Fox&Friends, two representatives from Send-A-Brick spoke of their efforts to encourage our Congress-critters to enforce existing laws and secure our borders.

In particular, they suggest sending bricks to Sen. Frist and Rep. Hastert, but also to your own senators and representatives.

I'd already known about this - I think it was Kender who mentioned it on-list last week or so - but I finally got off my rear end and sent those bricks off. It only costs about $12, if you do it through Send-A-Brick, but they also tell you how you can do it yourself for less.

Go ahead! Throw a [figurative] brick at your elected officials! ... You know you want to....

Cats vs. Illegals: Cats 10, Illegals 0

Laurence Simon, the blogosphere's cat-blogging god (well, OK, he does other stuff, too), explains what will happen when illegal immigrants go "on strike" today:

Okay, so today's supposed to be some kind of "Day Without Immigrants" thing where illegals and their supporters will not go to work, skip school, and rally in various cities across the country.

Fine. We don't need you. Because we citizens have a secret weapon up out sleeves: cats.

We will replace you with cats.

Go read the whole thing.

... And I bet we'd get better service, too, even taking into account the snooty demeanor of most cats...

So, today's the big day...

... all those illegal immigrants (you know, the ones who don't respect the law enough to enter this blessed country properly) are supposed to go on strike today and bring the economy to a screeching halt.

Go for it, you unworthy morons! I hope you ALL rally out on the streets; it'll make it that much easier to round you up and ship your sorry tails back to Mexico. Good-bye, and good riddance!

Front Page Magazine has an interesting article up about today. Of course, it starts off with a choice quote:

"We're going to close down Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tucson, Phoenix, Fresno" on May Day this Monday, labor organizer Jorge Rodriquez told the British wire service Reuters.

"We want full amnesty, full legalization for anybody who is here [illegally]," said Rodriquez, organizer for one of the unions of AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees of the AFL-CIO. "That is the message that is going to be played out across the country on May 1."

Well, Jorge-baby, let me say to you what I say to the Darling Munchkin when she's behaving like a spoiled brat: "How does it feel to want?"

Or, to be a bit more pithy: "PISS OFF!" (*sigh* Some Britishisms are simply so... perfect!)

OK, here's a REAL "barking moonbat"!

Dayside (FoxNews) had Javier Rodriguez on (today? I think so....), and my goodness, the man is a raving idiot!!! Hot Air has the video, and I highly recommend that you go watch it!

... unless, of course, you are a true red, white and blue patriot with blood pressure problems: this will make your head explode, and we need to keep true patriots alive and well these days...

Juliet Huddy opened by asking if it was a good thing to translate the lyrics of our National Anthem, set it to rap music, or even change the lyrics to condemn America's immigration policy, and Rodriquez replied

I think it's a wonderful thing... an excellent expression of change...

Yank his citizenship now - and not just because of that assinine remark, 'cause he's got a whole bag full of idiocy like that.

I wish I'd seen the actual show, because that audience was booing him like crazy. Hmpf. No less than he deserved!

I wonder...

Y'know, everyone's worried about how to deal with the 12 million (estimated) illegal immigrants in this country. Frankly, I am, too, but I don't think it's quite as complicated as some are making it.

In easy steps:

We close up the border, and give the border patrol the necessary resources, authority, and power to control it properly, and according to the laws already in place, and then -

We then rigidly enforce internal laws:

• illegals do not get in-state tuitions
• illegals are denied welfare/medicare benefits
• illegals have access only to critical health care, and once stabilized, are deported
• illegals are purged from voting rosters, and voters are required to present photo ID with a valid SSN before voting
• employers are required to verify the validity of social security numbers
• employers hiring illegals are prosecuted and fined to the fullest extent of the law, no exceptions

and so on.

Steps like these would have the effect of "disappearing" jobs that illegals can take by making it very painful for employers to hire them. Also, ensuring that citizens' benefits are given only to citizens will take away much of the incentive for illegals to cross the border.

Certainly it would also be beneficial to insist that Mexico cleans up its economy and corrupt system as well. Or, if Mexico still clamors for rights equal to US Citizens for its law-breaking people, America certainly ought to require Mexico to return the favor and de-criminalize anyone from America who has entered Mexico illegally (not that there are that many, I'm sure).

As for those morons who insist that illegal immigrants are not "criminals," I'd suggest that they remember that anyone who breaks a law is BY DEFINITION a criminal. Deal with it.

Like I teach my daughter: You can choose your actions, but you cannot choose the consequences of those actions. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

I wonder...

Y'know, everyone's worried about how to deal with the 12 million (estimated) illegal immigrants in this country. Frankly, I am, too, but I don't think it's quite as complicated as some are making it.

In easy steps:

We close up the border, and give the border patrol the necessary resources, authority, and power to control it properly, and according to the laws already in place, and then -

We then rigidly enforce internal laws:

• illegals do not get in-state tuitions
• illegals are denied welfare/medicare benefits
• illegals have access only to critical health care, and once stabilized, are deported
• illegals are purged from voting rosters, and voters are required to present photo ID with a valid SSN before voting
• employers are required to verify the validity of social security numbers
• employers hiring illegals are prosecuted and fined to the fullest extent of the law, no exceptions

and so on.

Steps like these would have the effect of "disappearing" jobs that illegals can take by making it very painful for employers to hire them. Also, ensuring that citizens' benefits are given only to citizens will take away much of the incentive for illegals to cross the border.

Certainly it would also be beneficial to insist that Mexico cleans up its economy and corrupt system as well. Or, if Mexico still clamors for rights equal to US Citizens for its law-breaking people, America certainly ought to require Mexico to return the favor and de-criminalize anyone from America who has entered Mexico illegally (not that there are that many, I'm sure).

As for those morons who insist that illegal immigrants are not "criminals," I'd suggest that they remember that anyone who breaks a law is BY DEFINITION a criminal. Deal with it.

Like I teach my daughter: You can choose your actions, but you cannot choose the consequences of those actions. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Can we call them anti-American NOW??

I canNOT believe the DemoRATS have sunk so low!

... Oh, wait... Yes, I can!

More DemoRAT hypocracy

I heard this yesterday on Sean Hannity's radio program, but am reminded of it again today via Drudge:

FLASHBACK: Dem Senate Leader Harry Reid: 'Our Federal Wallet Stretched To Limit By Illegal Aliens Getting Welfare'

'Even worse, Americans have seen heinous crimes committed by individuals who are here illegally'

August 5, 1993

The Office of Sen. Harry Reid issued the following:

In response to increased terrorism and abuse of social programs by aliens, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today introduced the first and only comprehensive immigration reform bill in Congress.

Currently, an alien living illegally in the United States often pays no taxes but receives unemployment, welfare, free medical care and other federal benefits. Recent terrorist acts, including the World Trade Center bombing, have underscored the need to keep violent criminals out of the country.

Reid's bill, the Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993, overhauls the nation's immigration laws and calls for a massive scale-down of immigrants allowed into the country from approximately 800,000 to 300,000...

And yet on Monday, Senator Reid has this to say:

I strongly believe in tough and effective enforcement of our immigration laws. But I also believe that you cannot enforce laws that are unenforceable. And I believe that is what our current laws are.

We can step up border enforcement all we want, but the bottom line is that people are going to continue to risk their lives to come here because they want to work and they need to provide for their families. And they come here because our economy needs them.

...

But they agree that we need legal immigrants to keep our economy expanding and healthy. I have worked closely with many of the resorts in Las Vegas, with the Nevada Hotel and Lodging Association, with the Nevada Restaurant Association, and with others in my home state who know that reform of our laws is essential to our expanding economy.

Immigrants help create more jobs for American workers. They help expand our economy and provide labor for new businesses that will also employ Americans. Immigrant consumers spend money that keeps American businesses going. Immigrants employed at companies that also employ Americans, help to make sure that American jobs stay in America, rather than being outsourced to other countries where there is cheaper labor.

You know what *I'd* like to see as "immigration reform"? I'd like to see every illegal alien kicked out, sent back to their country of origin, and forever barred from reentering the United States. I'd like to see a new law denying US citizenship to children of illegals. I'd like to see businesses knowingly hiring illegals fined like crazy. I'd like to see our Border Patrol given the finances, manpower, and authority to aggressively guard our borders and repel these invaders.

I'd like my fellow Americans to wake up and see the precious privilege of US Citizenship, and show proper scorn and derision for those who willfully stomp all over it.

I'd also like to see the people who keep talking about our need for immigrant labor "because no American will do these jobs" smacked upside the head with a cluebat. If we need immigrant labor that much, then they can bloody well come here legally!

I'm not against a Guest Worker program - I think that's fine. It could be a great program. But I don't want ANYONE here illegally to be eligible for it. I'm NOT against immigration - I am FOR legal immigration. I am, perhaps, FOR revising our laws to make it a bit easier for people attempting to immigrate LEGALLY to come to our country.

In my small town, we have an Egyptian gentleman who owns and runs a local Italian Restaurant, who is going throught the naturalization process. I am glad he and his family are here! America will be blessed and enriched by a hard-working and law-abiding citizen. I wish him all the best, and I hope that I can be there to shake his hand after he takes his oath of citizenship.

Hmm, perhaps I'll ask him if he'd consent to an interview about the process and his experiences with INS, as well as his opinions about illegal immigration...

Why not?

David Bresnahan writes a letter to President Bush:

Dear President Bush:

I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this.

Go read the whole thing. Really!

If these were MY kids...

... I'd give them a serious whipping when they got home! No, I don't mean that in an abusive way, but in the sense of an outraged parent and citizen forcefully applying some dedicated discipline to the backside of an ungreatful, malicious, and terminally stupid child.

What am I blathering about? Take a look at what the Redheaded Infidel found:

Just some students having fun, right? Nope - take a closer look at the upper left hand corner.

Still can't see it? Well, the next picture is a close up...

Yes, that is OUR flag, UPSIDE DOWN, flying UNDERNEATH the Mexican flag!

Shame on these kids! Shame on their parents, shame on their schools, and shame on their willful ignorance!These morons are supporting lawbreakers. They are aligning themselves with the destruction of their future, and they are encouraging the eventual downfall of their own country.

If I were in charge of these *gag* future voters *gag* they'd be studying the laws which have been broken, they'd be required to memorize proper flag etiquette, they'd be visiting VA hospitals to meet the veterans they've just sh*t on, they'd be interviewing naturalized citizens who came here legally, and then they'd be writing a thirty page essay about the blessings and privileges of American Citizenship which I would require them to end with a sincere apology for their ignorance and stupidity.

Oh, and car? Telephone? Computer? Heck, stepping out of the house on a weekend? Surely you must be joking! As a matter of fact, I daresay that - if I were the parents of these slugs - military boarding schools and reform schools would see a tremendous upsurge in enrollment.

Yeah, yeah, "free speech" and all that. Uh-huh. Nevertheless, they'll get firsthand knowledge of the consequences of free speech, won't they?

Technorati tags: immigration, free speech, student protests, morons

Central America needs to take a dose of reality

Diplomats from Mexico and Central America on Monday demanded guest worker programs and the legalization of undocumented migrants in the United States, while criticizing a U.S. proposal for tougher border enforcement.

Meeting in Mexico's capital, the regional officials pledged to do more to fight migrant trafficking, but indirectly condemned a U.S. bill that would make illegal entry a felony and extend border walls.

Oh, sure. Right. They're demanding that the United States give up its sovereign right to protect her borders.

I. Don't. Think. So.

Especially since there are groups like Ms-13 may be targeting our border patrol agents:

A memo from the US Department of Homeland Security is warning that an international street gang is targeting border patrol agents for assassination as retaliation for tighter border security.

The gang is Mara Salvatrucha, better known as MS-13, and is said to have 30,000 members in 33 US states and throughout Mexico and Central America. It operates smuggling drugs, weapons and illegal immigrants across the US border.

The homeland security memo says that MS-13 is upset that increased border security aimed at stopping terrorists and illegal immigrants is hurting that gang's smuggling business.

Awwww. Too bad. You know what? I have a response to those MS-13 criminals: why don't we just let the border patrol shoot first and ask questions later?

And, yes, all illegal aliens are criminals, no matter what Central American diplomats may say

"Migrants, regardless of their migratory status, should not be treated like criminals," they said.

... Part of the definition of being illegal, wouldn't you say? So, why shouldn't we treat them like criminals?

I'm happy to welcome immigrants to this country; I have no bias against them... so long as they come in legally. I want good, solid, law-abiding people to come here, because they will help build and strengthen our country. I also rather like a guest-worker program, but anyone who has come here illegally ought to be barred from it for, oh, at least 20 years.

America is happy to welcome immigrants with open arms, but America is a country under the rule of law (at least, that's the ideal). If you break the law, you pay the consequences. Period.

Americans For Legal Immigration

Last week I put out information about TEAM AMERICA, a PAC that is seeking to make changes with our Illegal Immigration policies. This week another really good site is being highlighted here. I like how this site is set up...and there is A LOT of information available here, especially if you're looking for news. The message boards seem very friendly and contain LOTS of postings about every possible topic related to this stuff. American For Legal Immigration

PLATFORM: ALIPAC supporters have a diverse range of opinions, yet we are united in the belief that more should be done to reduce illegal immigration. ALIPAC supports those that legally immigrate, but we DO NOT support any amnesty, visa expansion, or "Guest Worker" program designed to reward illegal aliens or legalize their presence in the US. America is a land of generous and caring people, but our hospitality and values are being strained and abused by those who are willing to break the law and take our jobs and our tax dollars. America's illegal alien population will begin to shrink instead of grow if we support candidates that will reflect the will of the vast majority of American citizens. FOUR POINT PLATFORM: "Simply enforce our existing immigration laws!" 1. Secure Our Borders 2. Crack down on employers that intentionally hire illegals 3. Remove incentives and rewards to illegals such as licenses, welfare, and other taxpayer benefits 4. Enforce our existing laws and deport illegal aliens when convicted of crimes or detected during routine law enforcement activities Many ALIPAC supporters also believe --Congress should make English the official language of America! --State and Local police should help enforce immigration laws!

Mission Statement:

Americans for Legal Immigration (ALI-PAC) has formed to address the disparity between the public's desire for more control of illegal immigration and the actions of lawmakers. Varied polls indicate that over 75% of America's legal citizens want more done to control illegal immigration, yet the elected officials who are willing to address this concern constitute a minority of members in the US Congress and Senate at this time. This must change. Even more alarming is the disparity between our current laws and what is actually happening in the country. Illegal immigration is exactly as the title implies; it's illegal. If three fourths of America's legal citizens want illegal immigration curtailed and laws are in place to facilitate their wishes through a constitutional democracy, then why is America experiencing the largest population increase through illegal immigration in our history?

...there is more This site offers membership, message boards, an email list, news from Congress on topics related to Illegal Immigration; and just about every topic you can imagine. Go check it out. I spent an hour there and learned lots, and got pissed off reading many news stories I hadn't heard before. This site helps bring on a perspective I didn't have before. Cross Posted @ ARS

Call in the Minutemen!

Thanks to the Wide Awakes' forum, I've been alerted to this nasty little bit of news: Border Patrol told to stand down in Arizona - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - May 13, 2005.

U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens along the section of the Arizona border where protesters patrolled last month because an increase in apprehensions there would prove the effectiveness of Minuteman volunteers, The Washington Times has learned.

More than a dozen agents, all of whom asked not to be identified for fear of retribution, said orders relayed by Border Patrol supervisors at the Naco, Ariz., station made it clear that arrests were "not to go up" along the 23-mile section of border that the volunteers monitored to protest illegal immigration.

[...]

But Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican, yesterday said "credible sources" within the Border Patrol also had told him of the decision by Naco supervisors to keep new arrests to a minimum, saying he was angry but not surprised.

"It's like telling a cop to stand by and watch burglars loot a store but don't arrest any of them," he said. "This is another example of decisions being made at the highest levels of the Border Patrol that are hurting morale and helping to rot the agency from within.

"I worry about our efforts in Congress to increase the number of agents," he said. "Based on these kinds of orders, we could spend the equivalent of the national debt and never have secure borders."

Gah! When the heck will our government wake up, smell the roses, and ENFORCE our existing immigration laws?

I agree that I see the next major attack coming though our swiss-cheese borders. God forbid that it should happen, but if it does, I will hold the President and Congress responsible.