There ought to be a Law!! Fundraisers and Money Changers

Rule # 9 . Greed is more devastating than poverty.

Those of you who have known me for years will be surprised that I would suggest making another law. I’m the first person to wail about big government, that congress passes too many laws. Just enforce the ones we’ve got. You know the routine.

It’s still true, but I’ll make an exception this time.

Over the years I’ve watched various “industries” somehow have different standards and laws applied to them. You know what I’m saying, for example, the Bar Association polices it’s own, not the public.

We even expect them to lie, cheat and steal.

Politicians, even more so.

We’ve learned with the Jack Abramoff scandal that lobbyists have joined the ranks of lawyers and politicians. They call this political progress? And that is the TIP of the iceberg in DC.

You didn’t think it was cold enough in the beltway for icebergs, did ya? Ha!

Now, what you may have missed in the K street lobbying scandal is that lobbyists rarely wear one hat. Like their pioneers, the attorneys, who now hold 53% of the Senate/39% House and even more control in the executive branch and ALL of the Judiciary, they’ve learned to “diversify”. Some lobbyists have actually written legislation instead of your elected congressman.

But the carpet bagging de’jour is fund raising. Much of it by lobbyists using the cover of non profit status Grover Norquist and his Americans for Tax Reform , open border lobbing and his many other tentacle organizations is a “comprehensive” example.

This is the ugliness that crawls out of nobel sounding non profit names like The ACLU and The NRA. Curiously, Norquist protests with the ACLU and is on the board of directors of the NRA. Ah, DIVERSITY! Astonishingly, the left believes Norquist is a conservative.

Did you know the Senate in recent days has been hearing on President Bush's’ appointment to head the financial end of Homeland Security of Grover's brother David?

Back to businesses and the rules they all should follow. In banking and finance you must disclose EVERYTHING. Percentage rates, maturity dates, on and on. Go look at the web sites of your favorite non profit fund raiser.

Do they disclose what percentage of your donation dollar that actually goes to the “cause”?

If not, DO NOT SEND MONEY!

The government and the lawyers are so quick to drag business down with regulation, but fundraisers do not even have to disclose on their donation web sites how much of your money they plan on keeping for themselves. Often, these fundraisers are not authorized by people or groups they claim to represent.

This is how it’s done.

Let’s say I have a child with cancer. Triple A Do Gooders offer to fundraise for me. Let’s say I decline. But they set up a web site, use their often sold mailing lists (often recycled and rarely up to date) some talking points by a slick lawyer/lobbyist and bada-bing! We’re in business raking in the donations, bleeding well meaning people and the “cause” all at the same time before anyone notices.

Many don’t even bother with the required federal paperwork, most seem to always be late. It doesn’t matter. In a few months the same enterprise will be carptebagging yet another “cause” under a different name. And the same players show up time after time, one cause after another. The government sees on the reports that the scammers may take 95 cents of every donation dollar toward “administrative” costs, but they don’t care either.

The public must take the responsibility to know where their donations are spent and give without an emotional hook. Realize that these language thieves will twist words and their title to make you think you’re getting something that doesn’t exist. They will use your devotion to a movement with an appeal to save the environment, heal the sick, close the border, open the border, save the dying or end perversion in the name of a Deity. The same way radical Islam or Azatlan recruits.

Then they send out their paid infiltrators to buddy up with posters on internet chat forums, pretending to be “one of us”. After all, one stealth poster over the years can influence thousands of other citizen activists to get out there and spread the word! They not only take your money, they take your time and commitment that could have been spent in more honest endeavors. Talk about cheap labor!

There are enough people who won’t question anything that isn’t emotionally comfortable for them, to provide the money changers with a cushy income for a long time. At least it’s not a partisan thing, they’ll come to your aid no matter what you believe politically or spiritually.

That leaves the “law” to correct the situation when the people won’t bother. Many of the fundraising non profits form political action committees. So the politicians get the benefit of the scam as well. You don’t have to worry about getting a law passed to force non profits to disclose the per cent of donations they keep for themselves in the near future. I’ll bet they’ll find time to push amnesty down our throats again.

For the few of you who will listen, BUYER BEWARE!

And learn Spanish.

Adios y Via Con Dios

TheTownCrier
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These are the Rules: A Baker's Dozen by AuntB Oct, 1998

Many are borrowed; it's hard to improve on perfection. I'm pulling a Ghandi here as well. He once said to judge him by his most recent comments; that he, too, may learn some things and change his mind on a given subject!

1. Protect the innocent.
2. Never ask someone to do something that you are not willing to do yourself.
3. Leave it like you found it, or make it better.
4. Keep your promises and pay your bills - on time.
5. SILENCE IS CONSENT.
6. Slavery didn’t happen because people are black or white. Evil isn’t particular about color.
7. Be careful what you wish for.
8. NEVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
9. Greed is more devastating than poverty.
10. Your rights stop where my nose starts.
11. You are only as strong as what you stand next to, that from which you draw your strength.
12. Youth and strength are no match for old age and treachery.
13. Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig!! (this is the one I can't seem to get right!)

MUST SEE VIDEOS!! Quick and easy!

Take a look at these Everyone!! The open border lobby bringing the 3rd world to your doorstep!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZhNsIEmHfk
Illegal alien encampments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4qZO3CLOto&NR
Insider film: United States Border Patrol in Action!

THEN! Go here to see more of the destruction of habitat and huminity.
http://desertvisions.us/

Immigration Myth of the day debunked!

MYTH: "A guest worker program will end illegal immigration! The Bracero program in the 1960s was a total success!"

John Fonte is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, who often testifies before congress on immigration. Here he picks apart the fallacy of "temporary workers".

[snip] The counter-letter touts the old Bracero program as a successful model for limiting illegal immigration. But, as U.C. Davis professor Phil Martin testified before the House on July 19, during the 22 year (1942–1964) Bracero program “some 4.6 million Mexicans were legally admitted, but over 5.3 million were apprehended demonstrating that even a large guest worker program can be accompanied by larger illegal migration.” Thus, the counter-letter fails to note that illegal immigration actually increased during the Bracero program.

http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=152309&Disp=0

The above should finally put to rest the lie of the "success" of the old Bracero program. Most of these "temp workers" had to be deported because they didn't leave on their own.

Temporary workers are anything but temporary. And increasing guest workers won't stop illegal entry.

Cronyism, Pandering, Incompetency. What a legacy!

The President nominates David L. Norquist, brother of Grover Norquist to Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Homeland Security.




TheTownCrier

It's amazing what one sometimes runs across when looking for something else.

We've often discussed Grover Norquist, his closeness to this White House and how he is such a "shaper" of immigration and other WH policy. Good pal of Karl Rove, Jack Abramoff.

A recent Washington Post headline described Norquist this way, " "Powerful GOP Activist Sees His Influence Slip Over Abramoff Dealings"

Really? His influence doesn't seem to be waning at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. This administration is just one big Norquist family reunion!

Norquist married Samah Alrayyes, a Palestinian Muslim, said to be a Palestinian activist on April 2 2005.

[snip]A biography of Samah Norquist gives a more complete explanation of her U.S. government job. She is the Public Affairs Specialist for Arab and Muslim outreach at the Bureau of Legislative and Public affairs at USAID. In her position, she works on developing and implementing communications and public affairs planning with regard to various Muslim and Arab outreach issues including USAID activities in Iraq, Afghanistan, Middle and Near East and many parts of the Muslim world where AID is present. This includes serving as a liaison with Muslim and Arab American interest groups to brief them on USAID activities in the developing world and coordination of the Agency's participation in events, conferences, and discussions designed to educate the publics about American foreign assistance. In addition, Norquist attends interagency meetings representing USAID on issues related to Arab and Muslim outreach and public diplomacy.

Also, in an earlier job, "she was cultural affairs assistant at the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, where she was responsible for cultural exchange programs between the United States and Jordan http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/451
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Now for the current news. Meet Grover's brother David. Someone we should have known about long ago, but the media doesn't cover such trivial matters.

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary January 17, 2006

The President intends to nominate David L. Norquist, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Norquist currently serves as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Budget and Appropriations Affairs). Prior to this, he served as Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), as well as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Financial Management). Earlier in his career, Mr. Norquist served on the professional staff of the House Appropriations Committee. Mr. Norquist received his bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Michigan. He went on to receive a second master's degree from Georgetown University.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060117-4.html

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Now Mr. Norquist is nominated to handle the funds at HOMELAND SECURITY after not being able to do the same same for the Defense Dept? Read on.

May 8, 2006 – 7:48 p.m.

DHS Nominee for CFO Grilled About Role in Hiding Alleged Overcharges by Halliburton

Department of Homeland Security chief financial officer nominee David Norquist faced more questions at his confirmation hearing about Halliburton subsidiary KBR than about his plans to handle the department’s complex financial management system.

Senators on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Monday focused on Norquist’s role at the Department of Defense in allowing prime Iraq contractor Halliburton subsidiary KBR to conceal alleged overcharges in an investigation by a United Nations oversight board.

As the deputy undersecretary of defense and comptroller, Norquist was asked by the panel about more than 450 redactions in documents drafted by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. That agency found more than $177 million in overcharges, according to committee ranking member Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, D-Conn.

DOD provided the documents to the U.N. oversight board, claiming the redactions were necessary to protect proprietary information for KBR.

It is “very troubling that a contractor implicated in an overcharging scandal would be given the final say on what information to provide to the U.N. oversight board,” Lieberman said.

“This episode is relevant to today’s hearing because DHS needs a CFO who puts taxpayers first, who is committed to sound financial management and transparency and who is willing to confront agencies that may be shirking their legal responsibilities.”

Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Carl Levin, D-Mich., joined Lieberman in his concerns about the redactions.

Levin pushed Norquist to elaborate on why he didn’t take the issue to higher levels. “This goes to the heart of overcharging,” Levin said, calling the redactions a coverup but stopping short of blaming Norquist for withholding information.

Norquist told the panel that he discussed the redactions with lawyers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The Army Corps of Engineers ultimately made the decision to allow the redactions to stand. Norquist said he took the decision higher, to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, which sided with the Army Corps.

“If there was a dissent [at OSD], I would have taken it further,” Norquist said.

A spokeswoman for Lieberman said it was too early in the nomination process to tell whether Norquist’s connection to the redactions would hold up his confirmation.

If confirmed, Norquist would head up DHS’ efforts to consolidate various financial management systems that exist among the department’s 22 legacy agencies.

Committee Chairwoman Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, highlighted reports by the DHS inspector general and the Government Accountability Office warning about financial challenges for the three-year-old department.

Norquist is expected to answer more questions from the committee in writing.

Norquist has the backing of at least one powerful senator: Armed Services Committee Chairman John W. Warner, R-Va., who appeared before the Homeland Security committee to introduce the nominee.

The committee has not yet scheduled a vote on Norquist’s nomination.

http://public.cq.com/public/20060508_homeland.html
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More on this here: Audit Finds More Irregularities and Mismanagement of Iraq’s Revenues

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:iKGt2UNQU4gJ:www.iraqrevenuewatch.org/reports/120604.pdf+David+Norquist+undersecretary+of+defense+and+comptroller&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=20&client=firefox-a

Trackback:

Jan. 10, 2003

The Defense Department has named David Norquist the deputy undersecretary of Defense for financial management.

llegal-immigration bill weakened by unlikely alliance - Deja Vu! http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2006/01/llegal-immigration-bill-weakened-by.html

The pimping of the President - Abramoff/Norquist
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2006/01/pimping-of-president-abramoffnorquist.html

What has the NRA got to do with Immigration and terrorism?http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2005/12/what-has-nra-got-to-do-with.html

Immigration Myth of the day Debunked!

Myth: "Latinos are Catholic, they don't have abortions"

RESULTS: In 2000, 21 out of every 1,000 women of reproductive age had an abortion. Women who are aged 18-29, unmarried, black or Hispanic, or economically disadvantaged—including those on Medicaid—have higher abortion rates.
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3422602.html

Latina abortion rate higher than whites.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0764203.html
In fact, abortion rates among Latinas are higher than those among non-Latina white women www.alanguttmacher.org/pubs/journals/3703905.html


According to the International Planned Parenthood Federation, an estimated 5,000 women die every year in Latin America as a result of illegal abortions. A further 800,000 are hospitalized due to complications, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute. In many Latin countries, machismo dictates that a man must have as many children as possible in order to affirm his value and virility, pressuring his wife or girlfriend into having sex without contraception. Ironically, the abortion rate in Latin American nations is often higher than in countries that allow choice. In Chile, where a woman can serve up to five years for having the procedure, almost 5% of women have an induced abortion, while in the U.S. the rate is just 2%. http://www.cuerpomag.com/bodysense.html

OTHER interesting facts:

Only 20% of Latinas in California have employment-based insurance, three
times lower the rate than for Anglo women (60%).

One-third of reported AIDS cases within Latinas have been under the age of 30 at the time of diagnosis. The HIV infec-tion rate is 7 times higher for Latinas than the rate for Anglo women
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:FYUSVnSY5sIJ:www.lif.org/health/documents/Latina_Final.pdf+abortion+rate+latinos&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=10&client=firefox-a

Divided Loyalties--Sociology prof warns multiculturalism "creates nations within a nation."

(Photo: Los Angeles Calif. Spring, 2006 March of the illegal aliens!)

First a quote not in this great article!

"These are the critical years for us in the Latino community. We're in a state of transition. And that transformation is called the browning of America. Latinos are now becoming the majority. Time and history is on the side of the Chicano/Latino community. .....We saw the mobilization of thousands and thousands of high school students spontaneously emerge to the challenge, organize themselves. We've got to continue that mobilization -- you are like the generals that command armies. We're in a state of war. ...... they know that history and time is on our side, as one people, as one nation within a nation as the community that we are, the Chicano/Latino community of this nation. What that means is a transfer of power. It means control. It means who's going to influence.

Ethnic Studies" Professor Armando Navarro (U.C, Riverside), head of "Impacto 2000", militant, seditious revolutionaries pledged to "take back AZTLAN" (Yep!! This is who is teaching your kids!! Ah..tax $$$$)
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=23486

"Multiculturalism creates nations within a nation and divides the loyalty of people," says the 65-year-old Pakastani-born Kanwar, who immigrated to Canada in 1966."

Dr. Mahfooz Kanwar recently attended Calgary's largest mosque for a funeral. At one point in the proceedings, a man Kanwar has known for more than three decades led the prayers.

"He was saying in Urdu (the official language of Pakistan): 'Oh, God, protect us from the infidels, who pollute us with their vile ways,'" recalls Kanwar, a professor of sociology at Mount Royal College in Calgary.

"I stood up and grabbed him by the lapels, which was shocking even to me because I have never done anything like that in my life and I said: 'How dare you attack my country.' And then I addressed the crowd and said: 'I have known this man for more than 30 years and he has been on welfare for almost all of those years.' "

Kanwar chuckles at the memory.

"Then I said to this semi-literate man, 'you should thank me and those you call infidels.'

"He asked me why and I said: 'Because the taxes I pay are putting food on your table as are the taxes of the so-called "infidels.' "

Most Canadians and many Muslims would applaud Dr. Kanwar's righteous outburst. But guess which of the two men is no longer welcome at the Sarcee Tr. S.W. mosque?

Not the intolerant, hate-spewing semi-literate. No, it's Dr. Kanwar who's persona non grata.

That, says Kanwar, is just one of numerous instances he has experienced as a result of the culture of ignorance and intolerance that permeates so many mosques in Canada and throughout the world.

In light of the arrests two weeks ago of 17 young Muslim Canadian men who are alleged to have planned terrorist attacks against their fellow Canadians that included attacking Parliament, seizing the CBC and beheading the prime minister, Kanwar says it's vitally important for Canadians to start making more demands of those who immigrate to this country.

Kanwar says we now know one of the 17 accused was allowed to spew hatred and calls to violent jihad at a Toronto-area mosque and he was never once told by the leadership there to stop.

Six of the young men who listened to him are also charged in the plot.

Kanwar is pretty certain, if he spoke up at that mosque, however, with his message that Canada's culture is better than the culture found in any Islamic-based country, he'd be kicked out.

"The policy of official multiculturalism is a disaster," says Kanwar, who ironically once headed a government-funded multicultural organization in Calgary in the early '70s.

Every year, Kanwar's organization would host a large food and crafts festival in the basement of the Jubilee Auditorium.

"There were 52 tables, each with two flags on them -- Polish and Canadian, Ukrainian and Canadian etc. When the Alberta minister in charge of funding the festival showed up, I asked him, 'why is there not even one table here with a single flag -- why is there no Canadian table?'"

Kanwar has been questioning the government-funded official multicultural model ever since -- most recently through his 2002 book: Journey to Success, which is used as a sociology textbook at Mount Royal College and other post-secondary institutions.

"Multiculturalism creates nations within a nation and divides the loyalty of people," says the 65-year-old Pakastani-born Kanwar, who immigrated to Canada in 1966.

"It allows people to marginalize themselves. It endangers us all as these recent arrests show."

Because of Kanwar's open and published opposition to Ontario's proposal last year to consider allowing sharia law for arbitration purposes in that province, Kanwar says he has been issued with fatwahs -- not the death-threat versions made famous by the one issued against Salman Rushdie for writing the novel The Satanic Verses -- but more like a shunning.

Kanwar, a devout Muslim, says he has essentially been excommunicated by Calgary's mosques because he is too tolerant of others.

Homa Arjomand, who lives in Toronto and headed Canada's successful campaign of the International Campaign Against Sharia Court in Canada (www.nosharia.com), says like Kanwar, she too once embraced the idea of multiculturalism.

Arjomand, who calls herself a "victim" of sharia law -- a strict set of rules based on Islam's holy book, the Qur'an, that subjugates women, as well as allows for the chopping off of hands for theft etc. -- says part of the reason she decided to immigrate to Canada was because she had heard about official multiculturalism.

"I thought how wonderful, but not anymore," she declares.

"I came here for Canadian values, not sharia values. I fled Iran on horseback because the values there threatened my very life. If people want to live under sharia or the way they lived back home, let them go back," she said.

Kanwar agrees. He says the time has come for the Canadian government to tell new immigrants "once you're in Canada we expect you to be totally devoted to Canada -- no divided loyalties."

"This country," added Kanwar, "is a democracy and democracy is founded on Christian principles.

"Canada is -- like it or not, take it or leave it -- a country founded on Christian principles where the vast majority of citizens are Christians," said Kanwar.

"Yes, there's separation of church and state but even that was a principle founded by Christians and Christianity.

"If Muslims, or anyone else, doesn't like living in a land filled with Christians or in a democracy they should get the hell out."

The Elusive Pimpernel pushing Gingrich for President.

Run, Newt, Run! (he’s back, and he’s doing the kicking)
Posted by PDR 7/21/06http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1669848/posts?page=11#11

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Ending the Dishonesty: The Way Forward Border Control & Patriotic Immigration| April 26, 2006 | Newt Gingrich www.NEWT.org ^ [snips]

"I am giving you this framework because I now want to talk about immigration, because the number one characteristic of immigration debate in America is how dishonest it is.

The American people are fed up with being lied to by their elites. They are fed up with being told they shouldn’t worry about the border"

To: All
If you want a campaign based on ideas, he's your guy. If you want to beat Hillary, he's your guy. Check out www.newt.org
77 posted on 07/21/2006 7:35:46 AM PDT by PDR

To: PDR
I knew I'd find you here!
79 posted on 07/21/2006 7:38:49 AM PDT by Rex Anderson

To: Rex Anderson
They seek me here, They seek me there, The Frenchies seek me everywhere.
- Am I in heaven? — Am I in hell? Me, the dammed, elusive Pimpernel.''
81 posted on 07/21/2006 7:40:42 AM PDT by PDR
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1669721/posts?q=1&&page=51
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You ask, so what's so interesting about this?

First, the duplicity of New Gingrich. Today, Newt wants a crackdown on the border and honesty to the people! He doesn't like the way the president has handled the immigration crisis.

Here is a portion of the letter Gingrich signed in June, 2004 along with some of the best known open border republicans, published in the Wall Street Journal. Yes, Newt, some of us read out here in the hustings.

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As conservatives, we believe that the only solution is a more honest immigration policy: an approach that acknowledges international labor markets and seeks to manage the migrant flow, not simply pretend it doesn't exist. Only a more honest policy can hope to provide the workers we need, while restoring the rule of law and helping us secure our borders against genuine national security threats.”

Other voices, also claiming to be conservative, propose a very different approach. They suggest we seal the border or radically cut back on the number of foreigners we admit. Some talk of using military means; others would go so far as to try to deport the 8 million to 10 million illegal immigrants already here. These suggestions can sound appealing, particularly in a border state like Arizona. But they aren't solutions–they're wishful thinking. How, exactly, would we as a nation seal our borders, and how would we man our economy if we did? Who would labor in the fields to get our crops out of the ground? Who would take the low-paying jobs in our hotels and hospitals?

Conservatives, both in the White House and Congress, have a better answer...... in January, Bush outlined a set of principles that picked up on several of their best ideas. The centerpiece of both packages: a guest worker program combined with a transitional provision for those already here and working–a measure that would allow them to come in out of the shadows and earn the right to a legal job."

It is signed by an impressive array of leading " conservatives", including Cesar Conda, former assistant for domestic policy to Vice President Dick Cheney; Francis Fukuyama, dean of faculty, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies; Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives; Tamar Jacoby, senior fellow, the Manhattan Institute; Jack Kemp, 1996 Republican vice presidential nominee and co-director of Empower America; Steve Moore, senior fellow, Cato Institute; and Grover Norquist, president, Americans for Tax Reform.
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Second, is just another "behind the scenes" political operative on FR being "objective".

Meet Peter Roff, AKA PDR, Journalist, VP of Free Enterprise Fund, associate of Newt Gingrich and Grover Norquist . PDR has all the open border arguements down pat:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=25059

"so its not immigrants that bother you, its spanish speakers from mexico and south america"

"Perhaps you would like it better if we put them all in camps until we could deport them -- or should we just stad them up in a line and frog march them back across the border?"

"why does it bother you so much. what do you care if they cut in front of a line that you will never have to stand in?"

"and they [sic] idea that immigrants, particularly Latinos, are not being cultural assimilated is also nonsense... just go to the mall and look. there are larger issue to be settled here that go well beyond the idea of securing the border, issues that many of the folks who post here could not care less about."

"I don't think it is people like JD Hayworth and Jeff Sessions who are the problem... its the lunatics who are pontificating and panhandling on the border with their private war against the Mexicans who are causing the trouble and making it harder, not easier, for responsible people like our friends in Congress to resolve the issue..

"This is George W. Bush's Washington and this is George W. Bush's Republican Party." Peter Roff--Cited in the May 4, 2003, Boston Globe

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/621727/posts

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To: All Hey! How about some bumps for the brilliant and prescient reporter who wrote the piece. (Peter Roff )

34 posted on 02/04/2002 1:54:52 PM PST by PDR (since 1999)

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Tidbits from Sourcewatch

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peter_Roff

Other Affiliations (Peter Roff): Jeff Gannon, White House Correspondent, Talon News

According to his Free Enterprise Fund profile (link inactive) (http://www.freeenterprisefund.org/profile.php?id=17), "Peter Roff is vice president for the Free Enterprise Fund and prior to FEF Peter was UPI's senior political analyst. Peter Roff has spent most of the last 20 years participating in or covering politics in the United States.

"Roff is highly regarded for his knowledge of the American political system, gained through his first hand experience in electoral, grassroots and partisan campaigns. Roff understands the U.S. government, elections and the development of public policy as only someone who watched the process from the inside can. His relationships with decision-makers and his access to the people who make things happen in U.S. make his take on the American political scene a must read for those who really want to know what's going on and, more importantly, why."

Note that in July 1993, Roff was Executive Director of Americans for Tax Reform.

Grover Norquist is “the person who I regard as the most innovative, creative, courageous and entrepreneurial leader of the anti-tax efforts and of conservative grassroots activism in America . . . He has truly made a difference and truly changed American history.”-- Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA)

Peter Roff, vice president of the Free Enterprise Fund (FEF), is a "political strategist and former Political Director of GOPAC, the controversial political committee once headed by House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Mr. Roff is a frequent commentator on politics and culture for MSNBC and the Fox News Channel." [1] (http://www.freeenterprisefund.org/profile.php?id=17)[2] (http://www.americanpolitics.com/20000106Trump.html)

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[snip]

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee earlier this year subpoenaed the conservative advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), headed by Grover Norquist, requesting information for its investigation of alleged lobbying abuses by Jack Abramoff. Citing his right to privacy, Norquist enlisted an unlikely ally in the American Civil Liberties Union.

ATR Chief of Staff Christopher Butler said a nonprofit involved in political advocacy must closely guard its fundraising and tax records.

“It’s important to preserve the integrity of donors,” Butler said. “People make donations to an organization with the understanding that they’re going to be treated with confidentiality, and that confidentiality needs to be preserved.”

Roff declined to draw direct parallels between ATR and the Free Enterprise Fund, which was founded in January by current Club For Growth President Stephen Moore. But Roff suggested that both groups’ subpoenas were part of a pattern.

“There has been an increasing tendency to criminalize legitimate political activity in this country, and it is the established political class seeking to use the power of the state to inhibit the free exercise of political rights guaranteed by the Constitution,” Roff said.

http://www.freeenterprisefund.org/media/coverage_view.php?id=170
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Fellow journalist Judith Haney wrote in a letter to Roff in Dec. 2001 [snips]:
http://www.usnewslink.com/roff.htm

Dear Peter Roff,

Now before you get your hackles up about this very public letter, let me assure you that I have nothing but the best intentions in mind, i.e., to 'enlighten'. Further, I will remind you that I am not anonymous, I am an accredited investigative journalist with 30+ years of experience. Therefore, if, in response to this letter, you undertake to discredit me as you have others in your piece entitled The Blame Game, be assured you that you will have serious legal problems. Therefore, be warned. If you take cheap, dishonest, shots at me, I'll shoot back!

Peter, when a journalist such as yourself works for a religious cult leader such as Sun Myung Moon, Mr. Moon expects, nay, requires, you to follow the "cult" line. In a review of your work, I have discovered that you have, indeed, followed the Moonie cult line. In exchange for a paycheck, you have written what is expected of you, selling your illegitimate propaganda as objective journalism. Further, in an effort to gain credibility, and further Mr. Moon's psychotic visions of world domination, you have aligned yourself with legitimate right wing organizations.

Peter, you are no journalist. You are a propagandist and nothing more. And, in truth, you are worse. You use your skill to harm and harass other journalists who do not follow the "cult" line. And you malign Democrats to rack up brownie points with your boss, Mr. Moon. So what does that make you Peter? In my opinion, your actions on behalf of Mr. Moon renders you unprincipled."

Exploiting the Cause - History repeats itself

Photo: Sarah Caroline Bell Watie "Sallie" (Mrs. Stand Watie) c. 1870

TheTownCrier

We hear about it every day.
A corrupt congressman goes to jail for bribes.
A contractor in Iraq is a big campaign donor, creates a company, makes millions from government contracts but can't seem to get supplies to our troops.
We send billions of dollars to fund raisers every year, and find out that only 5% of the money is actually going to the "cause".
And then there were the Hurricane Katrina scams to the tune of billions of dollars of tax dollars. And Jack Abramoff....
It never ends.

The following passage is from a letter written by my grgrAunt to her husband General Stand Watie near the end of the Civil War. After years of fighting, the war had cost them their homes, land, businesses. By now they were refugees in Texas, often hungry and thirsty, watching clan members die daily from wounds or disease.

Several times “Sallie”, as Stand referred to her, writes and struggles with the harsh truth that even in time of war, her own people (the Cherokee) and those fighting on their side in this war, would profit from it by withholding supplies from troops and instead selling them.

It appears there has always been travesties for profit and those who would exploit faithful allies for a dollar in every human struggle. While the peasants find a cause worth dying for, the political operatives exploit everyone in their wake and give ammunition and aid to the enemy.

Be careful who you support, be careful who you fund. Be careful of those to whom the almighty dollar is sacred. They will destroy your noble cause and never bat an eye as they count what used to be your money.

Mrs. Watie ( “Sallie” Sarah Caroline Bell) to Stand Watie Lamar Co. Tx.
May 21, 1865. (Stand Watie would be the last general to surrender along with my grgrgrandfather, Col. James Madison Bell, brother of “Sallie” on June 23, 1865.)

My—(dear Husband)

“We all feel disappointed at not hearing from you as one week has passed and no word yet we hear all kinds of rumors and none satisfactory to us.

I hear that they have set a price on several of there heads and you are included; that is the rumor I do not want people to believe it for some of them would be after it.

I hear that Cooper will not give you any supplies. if he does not I believe that they all are speculating of it and I hope that the last of them will sink. I do not want you to do any thing of that kind I would live on bread and water rather than have it said you had speculated of your people. I believe you have always done what you thought best for your people and I want it to die out - that bad belief.

if I thought you was working for nothing but to fill your pocket it would trouble me a great deal but I know it is not else it would have been filled before this time. I know that you are capable of making a living any where if we are let alone after the war is over. [snip]

Thanks to the Univ. of Oklahoma for the preservation of these letters.



Photo: Sign at spring rally in support of illegal aliens. (these fools don't even know their own history and some expect they will care about ours??? PULEEEEZE.)

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Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds--that we cannot be happy without being free--that we cannot be free without being secure in our property--that we cannot be secure in our property if without our consent others may as by right take it away. - John Dickenson
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"If you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains; if you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains." —Cicero
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(Stats from the DHS 2004 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics," Analysis is mine." ....Thanks to Spiff!

The average annual total of aliens expelled under President Bush is 327,694 LESS than the average under President Clinton. That is a 21.3 percent reduction in aliens expelled compared between Clinton and President Bush.

Deportable Aliens located in non-border sectors (interior enforcement):
Clinton presidency, last four years:
1997 44,246
1998 39,096
1999 42,010
2000 32,759
Total: 158,111

Bush presidency, first four years:
2001 30,496
2002 25,501
2003 26,492
2004 21,113
Total: 103,602

Total deportable aliens located in interior sectors during the first four years of the Bush presidency represents a 34.4 percent drop compared to the previous four years - the last four years of the Clinton presidency.

Deportable Aliens Located:
Clinton Presidency first four years:
1993 1,327,261
1994 1,094,719
1995 1,394,554
1996 1,649,986
Total: 5,466,520

Clinton Presidency last four years:
1997 1,536,520
1998 1,679,439
1999 1,714,035
2000 1,814,729
Total: 6,744,723

Bush Presidency first four years:
2001 1,387,486
2002 1,062,279
2003 1,046,422
2004 1,241,089
Total: 4,737,276

Total deportable aliens located dropped by 29.7 percent in the first four years of the Bush Presidency compared to the previous four years - the last four years of the Clinton Presidency.
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No more property rights, extreme taxes, loss of borders, sovereignty. Please tell me how any true American citizen can actually believe that one party or another has the individuals liberty in mind.

The yoke of oppression is being felt by anyone who has ever known the slightest bit of liberty in this country.

Everyone knows it in their bones, if they haven't yet recognized it mentally.

Sweetjustusnow posted on 2006-07-15 19:28:05 ET http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=149998&Disp=12#C12

Simcox Fence Controversy - Take it for what it's worth!

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UPDATE: 7/24/06

Jim Gilchrist and Jerome Corsi were on the Coast to Coast show last night(www.coasttocoastam.com) and Jim addressed this situation with Simcox/and his fundraiser/bookkeeper/fencecontrator outfit.

Jim said he and Chris signed on with Diener(and their associates) and they handled the $ during Jim's congressional campaign. The host asked him what he thought of the outfit. Jim said "nothing complimentry".

He said he let them go because he could get "no financial reports out of them".

Same problem we're seeing today. This is a pattern. Simcox and Gilcrist met AFTER Jim had formed the MinuteManProject and Simcox has always run his own concerns, the MCDC. Jim is a CPA, he doesn't need "pros" handling his money and works independently of Diener, Simcox,etc.

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Welcome to the Minuteman Project

You Have Heard The News Now Hear The Truth

Sometimes You Stand Alone

From time to time the media has confused The Minuteman Project, Inc. with the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. This confusion has led to hard feelings and misrepresentations. Therefore, we would like to set the record straight.

Over a year ago, Mr. Jim Gilchrist led almost 1,000 volunteers to the U.S. and the Mexican border in Southeast Arizona and successfully conducted the largest Minuteman campaign since the Revolutionary War. The Minuteman Project also proved beyond a doubt that U.S. borders can be protected if our political leaders merely have the will to do so. Jim Gilchrist's Minuteman Project brought national awareness to the illegal alien invasion of the United States and embarrassed both the U.S. Congress and the White House. When asked by the media about The Minuteman Project, the president went on record as saying, "Mr. Jim Gilchrist and the volunteers of The Minuteman Project were 'vigilantes'".

Jim Gilchrist is the 21st Century Minuteman. On October 1, 2004 he founded The Minuteman Project, Inc. as a stand alone organization that is in no part related to, or has any business dealing with, the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, whose President is Chris Simcox.

While The Minuteman Project, Inc. and Mr. Jim Gilchrist recognize the work of Chris Simcox and his Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, there is no business relationship with either Chris Simcox or his organization. The Minuteman Project, Inc., and Mr. Jim Gilchrist will always applaud the work of any patriot who believes in the sovereignty and security of the United States of America. The Minuteman Project, Inc. is directed solely by Mr. Jim Gilchrist, his Board of Directors, and no one else.

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." --Samuel Adams
http://www.minutemanproject.com/default.asp?contentID=79

128. To: Mercuria, Indalay, all (#79)

"What is the name of this P.R. firm, please?"

I'll get to that in a minute.

I've had a real bad last 3 days and I'm going to piss and moan and then I'm going to turn this computer off and I may never turn it on again.

Simcox, like many others in this battle over illegal immigration, solicits a lot of empathy from those of us who are involved. We, shall we say, "feel his pain" and realize the sacrifices anyone who fights for this country makes. Those that don't realize that have done nothing and sacrificed nothing. War isn’t all fought on the battlefield, that’s just what we ultimately come to when we fail to stop armed conflict.

I don't know if Simcox is a con or not. None of us know his heart. But he's surrounding himself with people that are not coming across kosher enough to suit me at this point and too many egos are out of control. There’s always someone wanting to use a good cause for greedy motives. It’s amazing how much can be accomplished when no one cares who gets the credit.

I don’t like contradictions and this story is just packed with ‘em. They may well all jell together and make perfect sense one day. Yesterday wouldn’t have been soon enough.

Maybe you all can figure this out, I give up. There’s more, but I’m sick of it all. I question some of the people surrounding this “fence”. The lines are becoming blurred. __________

(06-15) 15:24 PDT Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP) -- The Minutemen civilian border-patrol group has hired a contractor to finish building 10 miles of fence along the Mexican border. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/15/national/a152416D46.DTL

This quote is from a Peter Kunz email 6/23/06 “ I am the fence project manager and since he [Glenn Spencer] has never called me or been in any of the fence planning meetings it is clear that he likes to get attention by going after Chris and MCDC.”

The Associated Press Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.05.2006
Connie Hair, a spokeswoman for the group (other media/PR person for the Simcox group is Kristinn Taylor ), which opposes illegal immigration, said Wednesday that construction of vehicle barriers will start soon on the first fence project, headed by contractor Peter Kunz. http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/136644.php

Evidently the fence is being “managed” from Pennsylvania by a lawyer for a fund raising firm named Diener Consultants (founded by the Rev. Lou Sheldon of Traditional Values Coalition, headed by son Phil ), the same Peter Kunz who is now a fencing “contractor”. Is this Peter Kunz, lawyer a fencing contractor as he’s claimed, or not?

Diener Consultants Innovative Marketing Solutions http://www.dienerconsultants.com/ part of http://www.amcentral.net/ (Affinity Marketing)

An Update from the Minuteman Fence Project Manager
[snip]Chris Simcox has kept his promise and volunteers have begun building the Minuteman Border Fence. Chris has asked me (Peter Kunz) to give you a quick update on the activities and planning for the current fence project and our next site that starts in July.
An IRS-authorized charitable non-profit organization is facilitating, administering and reporting tax-deductible donations specifically and solely for construction of this Minuteman Border Fence project. Monetary and in-kind contributions for this effort will go directly into meeting hard costs such as building materials for this private fencing operation.
http://www.minutemanhq.com/bf/schedule.php _____________

“The lawyer who can spin this from its death spin is Peter Kunz atty for Diener Consultants, Inc.” http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/michellemalkin/2006/02/08/185608/comments.html?comid=14417&f=item

Schiavo Foundation Doesn’t Endorse Terri’s List PAC
[snip]Greene’s "patriot" at RightMarch and his media director is Phil Sheldon, son of Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition. The email contact address for the RightMarch.com PAC is that of Sheldon’s at Diener Consultants of which he is CEO and president. Sheldon also heads Response Enterprises, both entities which profited handsomely from RightMarch. In 2005, according to FEC filings, of the $44,058 disbursed by the PAC, Response and Sheldon pocketed $12,752 while Diener took in $12,916 for a total of $25,669 for Sheldon. While the reports indicate that the bulk of the money was paid to Sheldon for advertising, Sheldon was also paid rental fees for email lists. Greene has been asked by the Schindler family to stop using Terri’s name in his fund-raising efforts.http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/021906NoEndorsement.html

[Jack]Abramoff quietly arranged for eLottery to pay conservative, anti-gambling activists to help in the firm's $2 million pro-gambling campaign, including Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition, and the Rev. Louis P. Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition. Both kept in close contact with Abramoff about the arrangement, e-mails show. Abramoff also turned to prominent anti-tax conservative Grover Norquist, arranging to route some of eLottery's money for Reed through Norquist's group, Americans for Tax Reform. [snip] http://heartlandvalues.blogspot.com/2005/11/traditional-values-coalitions-rev-lou.html

AuntB posted on 2006-07-13 http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=149067&Disp=135#C128

"Grandma, do you hate Mexicans?"

(photos - Marchs by illegal aliens and their promoters, Spring 2006, Various US Cities.)



I, and everyone else, active in the illegal immigration debate has been accused of being racist, xenophobic, nationalist, right wing whacko, etc. Any sane person would, by now, let the tripe run off like water off a ducks back. We consider the source, and it usually earns status only as a minor annoyance.

But this one was a stunner, big time. I hadn't seen my 13 year old granddaughters in nearly a year. We've never discussed this subject. But their own mother's " shame" about having a parent who refuses to ignore the reality of life became apparent. Unfortunately they have a father who could care less about any other human, would sell his soul for a dime and is too happily ignorant to have an opinion about anything. An entire household with not one member who knows anything of history, government, civic responsibility or human rights.

And this poor innocent child asks me if I "hate" another group of human beings?

I asked them if they had seen the marches of illegal aliens this spring on TV? They explained they're not allowed to watch the news, it will scare them. They talked about it at school.... Yeah, I'll bet.

And then I started getting the same PC sound bites that all the open border lovers spew.

"They really work hard, they just want to work."
(heart starting to pound)

I asked them how many kids go to their Jr. high that can't speak English.
"(groan)...who cares what they speak? They have the right. "
(palms sweating, hands shaking)

So, I tried in 10 minutes to give them years worth of information on our broken immigration system that their pubescent brains could handle. I can only imagine what they gleaned from it and are repeating to their parents at this moment.

How does someone like me raise a child, like the one I did, who thinks so differently? Sure, somehow in the end, it is my fault. I won't argue that. Lots of reasons, no excuses.

Neither will I let it stop me from doing all I can to keep this country the sovereign nation that our ancestors sacrificed life, home, property and each other to give us the incredible life of luxury that no other people anywhere, anytime have ever had.

I will not be still and quiet to satisfy the greed and ignorance of my living relatives who would humbly submit to marching into cattle cars or across a frozen South for "relocation". To do so would be to dishonor those of our own blood who sacrificed all for us for centuries on this land and the freedom we take for granted.

Someone MUST speak up, and it's apparent no one else in my family will. I don't know who wrote these words, but they speak a truth. I should have said them more often when my children were growing up. They all practice the "persuit of happiness" part and ignore the rest.

"As a child I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty,
I awoke and found that life is duty."

My children worry about me. Life would be so much easier if I'd "just get over it".
Benjamin Franklin lost his only son who sided with the British Empire.
The greatest diplomat in the history of the United States of America could not convince his own son to join him in the Revolution and the birth of the greatest , most welcoming nation in the history of the world. I find myself in good company. I wonder if Ben's son told him to "get over it"?

Just be on notice, dear family of mine, I'm not wasting my breath on any of you again. There are citizens out there eager for the truth, appreciative of what this nation has given them and saving YOUR country from becoming just another 3rd world banana republic.

Be a victim of history if you like.   I prefer to be a participant in the future of my children. You are free in America to make your choice, as I have. Just remember, there is plenty of shame to go around.

This closing passage was written in a letter by Col. James Madison Bell, of the Cherokee Mounted Rifles to his wife during the Civil War in Indian Territory. My appreciation goes to the University of Oklahoma for the preservation of these letters.

Hd Qters 2nd Cher Regt
Camp Watie May 8th, 1864

" They broke in on our people while fasting and praying this year and they seem to have had no success. I have always told you that we must be independent - I have as much faith in our ability to withstand the Federl troops now even more than at the commencement of the war. Why should we not, our cause must be a just one and we are only tryng to defend our rights - our homes, our wives & our children.

Will you love us the better for doing so or not? I sometimes think you will not. "
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PS. If anyone wants to start with the slurs by calling me "old", just remember, I'm younger than your open border loving president.

Hazleton council passes ordinance against illegal immigrants

THIS is the way America should work!
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/15032898.htm

MARK SCOLFORO

Associated Press

HAZLETON, Pa. - The Hazleton City Council approved an ordinance Thursday night designed to make the city among the most hostile places in the United States for illegal immigrants to live or work.

The 4-to-1 vote came after nearly two hours of passionate debate. Opponents argued it was divisive and possibly illegal, but supporters argued illegal immigrants' growing numbers have damaged the quality of life in this northeastern Pennsylvania city.

"We must draw the line, and we are doing it tonight," Mayor Lou Barletta told a packed city council chambers.

Barletta proposed the Illegal Immigration Relief Act last month as a response to what he said were Hazleton's problems with violent crime, crowded schools, hospital costs and the demand for services.

The ordinance would deny licenses to businesses that employ illegal immigrants, fine landlords $1,000 for each illegal immigrant discovered renting their properties, and require city documents to be in English only.

"The illegal citizens, I would recommend they leave," Barletta said after the meeting.

"What you see here tonight, really, is a city that wants to take back what America has given it," said the mayor, who said he wore a bulletproof vest to the meeting. He said he had not been threatened but took precautions because the issue was such an emotionally charged one.

"I think it's good for Hazleton, and I think it's good for the country," council president Joseph Yannuzzi said.

Outside City Hall, about 300 people gathered with opponents of the measure, some with signs that read "Bias," separated by a line of police from supporters, some waving American flags.

Anna Arias spoke at the council meeting against the ordinance. She asked the council, "Are any of us ready to support U.S. citizens born of someone who is undocumented?" Several people in the audience responded, "Yes!"

She warned the council that approving the ordinance would make Hazleton "the first Nazi city in the country."

Jack Mundie, the council vice president, voted for the ordinance.

"We're against illegal immigrants that are coming here and that are draining the resources of our city," he said.

The ordinance adopted at the meeting had been extensively amended from an earlier draft; one change would deny a license to any business that provides goods or services to an illegal immigrant. City solicitor Christopher B. Slusser said the provision would likely be invoked only against business people who knowingly violated it, and the city would deal with violators "on a case-by-case basis."

The Republican mayor's proposal has thrust the 31,000-population city to the fore of the national debate on illegal immigration.

The number of Hispanic residents in Hazleton, a former coal-mining town about 80 miles northwest of Philadelphia, has increased dramatically in the past six years.

City officials acknowledge they do not know how many are illegal immigrants, whom Barletta has blamed for higher crime rates, failing schools and a diminished quality of life.

Carolina Taveras, a 30-year-old naturalized citizen from the Dominican Republic who moved to Hazleton from New York City a year ago, said the mayor's proposal has made her feel unwelcome.

A few doors down from where Taveras was getting her hair done at a downtown beauty salon that caters to Hispanic women, restaurant owner George Giannakouros said he is sympathetic to Barletta's approach.

"I agree with the mayor, there is a problem," Giannakouros said. "I work at my business at night, I like to feel safe."

In a letter sent to Barletta earlier this week, attorneys with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund threatened to sue on the grounds that the ordinance infringes upon the federal government's power to regulate immigration.

The lone "No" vote was cast by councilman Robert Nilles, who expressed concern about the legality of the ordinance.

Nilles attempted to amend the vote by stripping out a portion regulating landlords, but it died for lack of a second.

The act passed the council 4-1 on a preliminary vote last month. A similar measure was approved Tuesday by the supervisors in Hazle Township, which surrounds the city of Hazleton.

Other municipalities across the country also have considered acting to address illegal immigration. Ordinances similar to the Hazleton measure have been proposed in the Florida communities of Palm Bay and Avon Park and the California towns of Escondido and San Bernardino.

People power by Thomas Sowell!

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=people_power&ns=ThomasSowell&dt=07/11/2006&page=full&comments=true

No issue discussed in this column has brought in so much virtually unanimous mail, so full of outrage, as the issue of amnesty for illegal aliens living in this country.

Much of this mail also expressed a sense of futility. "What can I do?" these letters and e-mails often asked. "I am just an ordinary citizen."

Sometimes these letters and e-mails said, "I have written my senator" (or representative) -- and either received no reply or got back an obvious form letter, not really responding to the concerns expressed. Some said that they wrote to their local newspaper but these letters were not printed.

"I am just one person," some said. "What difference do my views make?"

What difference? Public outrage made the Senate and the President of the United States back down from their amnesty bill.

That's the bottom line that counts -- not whether you get a personal reply to your letter to a member of Congress or whether your letter to your local newspaper gets printed.

Never think that you don't count. You are what count most of all. Politicians understand votes if they don't understand anything else. They are virtually obsessed with public opinion polls.

Democracy means that each individual voter cannot expect to prevail on every issue because there are other voters with other views. But that does not mean that the public is powerless when a clear majority knows what it wants and doesn't want.

The media, the politicians, and the intelligentsia may all be overwhelmingly on the opposite side but the people will prevail. That is how bilingual education was defeated at the polls in California and why the amnesty bill is now dead in the United States Senate.

Make no mistake about it. The elites always think they know better, that the public's views are just mindless stereotypes or ugly prejudices.

They think we can always be fooled with a little rhetoric and clever political spin. Sometimes these elites succeed in confusing the issues and pulling a fast one on the public. But, as Abraham Lincoln said long ago, "You can't fool all the people all the time."

No small part of the outrage over the immigration issue came from people's sense that their intelligence was being insulted by those they elected.

The biggest insult was the endlessly repeated claim that illegal aliens "take jobs that Americans won't take." Even in agriculture, where illegal aliens have their biggest impact, three quarters of the workers are not -- repeat, not -- illegal aliens.

In some particular localities, some particular work may be done primarily by illegal aliens. But that does not mean that this work would go undone without them. More pay attracts more people.

New York's mayor Michael Bloomberg is still pushing the line that there would be economic collapse without illegal immigrants. But, despite the scary picture of 12 million illegals being suddenly deported, the cold fact is that 12 million young Americans in the prime of life were removed from our economy to go into the military during World War II and the economy did not collapse.

These 12 million young men went into the military a lot faster than 12 million illegals can be rounded up and deported.

Yet the American economy boomed, producing an incredible amount of output, half of it going into the military to equip and support our own troops and to supply the British and the Russians with vast amounts of war materiel.

Incidentally, the real issue is not how feasible it is to round up and deport 12 million illegals. The real issue is how you prevent 12 million from becoming tens of millions more by allowing amnesty.

There were only about 3 million illegal aliens when an amnesty bill was passed 20 years ago, leading that number to quadruple. Do we want today's 12 million illegals to quadruple?

The other big insult to our intelligence was the claim that amnesty is not amnesty when you call it something else. But, when the people didn't buy it, the politicians had to stop selling it.

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MUST SEE survey results!! IMMIGRATION!!

Make your views known here!

http://www.pollingpoint.com/results_121405.html

Younger Americans more supportive of Immigration than Older Americans

12/14/05

The United States is a nation built on immigrants. PollingPoint asked respondents how they feel about immigration today. Most of you believe that the number of immigrants allowed to come to the United States should be decreased.

In a recent PollingPoint survey, 64 percent of you believe that immigration should be decreased, compared to 14 percent who believe it should be increased, and 19 percent of respondents who think it should stay the same.

Age is a strong determining factor of how you view immigration. Younger respondents are more open to immigration (they'll learn soon enough!), while older respondents are steadfastly against it. [snip]

Cartoon of the Day

Sheriff of LosAngeles flat out lies in Congressional field hearing on Immigration

TheTownCrier

7/06/2006

(San Diego) Sheriff Lee Baca of Los Angeles testifed in a field hearing before a congressional committee on Wednesday that if we deported illegal aliens we would pay 2 to 3 times more for everything than we do now and that we only have the wonderful way of life we have because of illegal aliens. He needs to retract his testimony.

Okay, Sheriff, let's make this real simple.

Let's say Mr. Illegal Alien earns $5.00 an hour picking lettuce. Let's say he picks 200 heads per hour. (Not much of a lettuce picker, but let's just say)

That's a labor cost of 2 1/2 cents per head of lettuce.

Alien has to go home. We have to hire....shudder...an American at twice the price, $10.00 per hour. NOW, it costs, in labor, 5 CENTS per head!

The labor cost DOUBLED! Instead of a $1.00 for a head of lettuce, I'm going to have to pay 2 1/ 2 Cents more!

That's a 2 1/2% increase, not double, not triple.

At a dozen heads a year, that 30 cents is gonna bankrupt us all!

Don't pick at the example, you get the point, prices are NOT going to double, our cost of living is NOT going to be destroyed by a loss of illegal aliens, but your jail and hospitals and schools and city just might be saved. I'll be glad to pay my 2.5 cents to help you out.


Do the math:
At $5.00 an hour, picking 200 heads of lettuce per hour, each head has labor cost of 2.5 cents

$5.00 an hour x 2 = $10.00

2.5 cents x 2= 5 cents , each head goes up 2 1/2 cents.

Respectfully,
TheTownCrier

Contact the Sheriff here:
http://www.lasd.org/contact_us/index.html

Trackback facts:

"Nothing is more expensive than cheap labor," professor Vernon Briggs, labor economist Cornell University in New York, told state House and Senate members assigned to a joint committee to consider how illegal workers are impacting Oklahoma's labor market.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1521227/posts

JOBS AMERICAN CITIZENS WON'T DO? According the the Pew Hispanic center, and data from 2005 census reports, the largest percentage of those jobs are done by US CITIZENS.http://pewhispanic.org

/reports/report.php?ReportID=61

About 7.2 million unauthorized migrants were employed in March 2005, accounting for about 4.9% of the civilian labor force. They made up a large share of all workers in a few more detailed occupational categories, including 24% of all workers employed in farming occupations, 17% in cleaning, 14% in construction and 12% in food preparation.

Unauthorized Migrants: Numbers and Characteristics
The report estimates the number of persons living in families in which the head of the household or the spouse is an unauthorized migrant--13.9 million as of March 2004, including 4.7 million children. Of those individuals, some 3.2 million are US citizens by birth but are living in "mixed status" families in which some members are unauthorized, usually a parent, while others, usually children, are Americans by birthright.
://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=61

HeadOfLettuceCostIf we doubled the wages of farm workers, the cost of a head of lettuce would increase by 6 cents to $1.06. For labor costs to force lettuce to $5 per head, ...
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Center for Immigration Studies... for only about ten percent of the retail price of a head of lettuce, ... While a large, low-cost labor pool has been a boon to apparel production in the ...
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VDARE.com: 04/01/04 - Economic Man Turning Against Mass ImmigrationSometimes the lettuce will cost 20 dollars a head, but the point—and ... long been known that the labor that goes into producing a head of lettuce accounts ...
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First they came for the gardening jobs

First they came for the gardening jobs
and I did not speak out
because I was not a gardener.
Then they came for the construction jobs
and I did not speak out
because I was not in construction.
Then they came for the computer jobs
and I did not speak out
because I was not a computer programmer.
Then they came for my job
and there was no one left to speak out for me

(Thanks, Happy!)

llegal Alien Crimes in the News June 2006 - Summary

How many people in the United States died for illegal immigration last month? How many more were raped or seriously injured?

Photo Christopher Ortiz Photo Oscar Herrera

There is really no way to accurately count the number. For Instance, Oregon has just announced a website for tracking dangerous, predatory sex offenders. They do not offer legal status and under “race” there is no category, for instance, for Hispanic. They are counted as “white”. The law does not recognize “hispanic” or Guatemalan or Mexican or Salvadoran, etc. as a race.

Media outlets often fail to note the legal status of perpetrators, if the information is even released to them by law enforcement. Some LEO s don’t even ask for status.

Yet every day, in any town, USA, you can hear local news about such crimes. Sometimes they make the national news and there is an abundance in spite of the lack of details.

Here are a few that were noticed for June 2006. If you have others, please post them. Just do a search for the victim or perps name on this page to see if it’s already posted.

I have not included crimes such as human smuggling, document fraud, etc. They are too numerous to mention. There are approximately 40 deaths in the following stories.

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Two More Americans Struck Down / Man not deported after 14 arrests http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2006/06/16/two-more-americans-struck-down/ Jun 16, 2006 Donna and Sean Wilson of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Gustavo Reyes Garcia, 28, has accumulated dozens of criminal charges and been arrested 14 times in Nashville without being flagged by federal authorities for being in the country illegally.

Driver held in crash that killed woman (Illegal) Source: Chicago Tribune Published: Jun 3, 2006 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearnorthwest/chi-0606010272jun01,1,2363911.story? coll=chi- Javier Rico, 26, of the 6700 block of Pine Tree Street, Hanover Park, was ordered held without bail Wednesday by Cook County Circuit Judge Karen Thompson Tobin in the Rolling Meadows courthouse. He was charged in the collision that killed Patricia Henneken, 28.

Alien had two SS nos, two birth dates,4 arrests. http://northjersey.com/page.php Thursday, June 1, 2006 qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1MSZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5N k0MjMzNSZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5 eTM= Daniel Pinedo and his girlfriend Xiomara Ortiz were slain in a Fairview home two years ago, shot execution-style, Nicholas Tejeda, a 49-year-old illegal alien who had two Social Security cards, two dates of birth and four arrests

1 immigrant, 7 DUI arrests, 13 aliases Rocky Mountain News ^ | June 12, 2006 By 2003, Damian Campos, a Mexican immigrant, had seven arrests for driving under the influence in northern Colorado and used 13 different names. Immigration officials never tried to deport him — not until he rolled a vehicle last year, killing Marcos Martinez, one of his softball teammates.

SHOOTING SUSPECT ENTERS GUILTY PLEA TO ALIEN CHARGe 06/27/2006 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid= 16855099&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=227937&rfi=6 Ramon Armando Ramos-Guevara has also been charged by the state for allegedly shooting DPS Trooper Steven Stone on March 22. Stone underwent surgery, where doctors learned he was shot four to five times.

Capital murder charges have been leveled against two 25-year-old men who have been arrested in the death of an 8-month-old girl in a drive-by shooting last month at her family's home in Farmers Branch. The suspects, both illegal immigrants from Mexico, Lorenzo Razo-Conejo, of Dallas, and David Alejandro Macias, of Carrollton, were arraigned Thursday after their arrests for the May 25 death of Eva Gallegos, 8-month-old girl in a drive-by shooting, who was fatally wounded as she slept in her bedroom of the single-story house . http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/14827415.htm?source=rss&channel=dfw_news

Police Arrest Suspect's Family In Deadly Accident 6-23-2006 (CBS4) FEDERAL HEIGHTS, Colo. Police in Federal Heights issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in a hit-and-run that killed a 3-year-old boy. Oscar Herrera, 18, was allegedly the driver of an SUV that struck and killed Christopher Ortiz on June 15. Herrera's whereabouts were still unknown. http://cbs4denver.com/topstories/local_story_174194320.html

Man accused of DUI deported three times already (American Killed) http://www.dailyherald.com/search/printstory.asp? id=202927 Jun 27, 2006 A man charged with causing the death of a Crystal Lake motorcyclist in a Saturday crash blamed on drunken driving was deported 11 years ago to his native Mexico for a nearly identical crime. Eulalio Haro was convicted of driving under the influence twice, criminal trespassing, public drunkenness, endangering the life of a child and disorderly conduct, and he was deported twice more......hit-and-run crash Saturday that claimed the life of a 71-year-old man, Dean Knospe of Crystal Lake. http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=147734

Police say two men ran woman off the road, then raped her http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp? S=5099366 Jun 30, 2006 GROESBECK, Texas Authorities say a Central Texas woman was recuperating at a Temple hospital after she reported being run off a rural road, kidnapped and then raped and beaten by her abductors. The 18-year-old woman was in stable condition yesterday following surgery. Authorities say she had walked and crawled a half-mile to find help after her abductors left her for dead ..... two suspects have been arrested and charged with aggravated assault and aggravated kidnapping. They are 17-year-old Javier Guzman Martinez and 22-year-old Noel Darwin Hernandez, both of Mexia.

Judge bemoans lack of driver ed for illegal who killed man http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg? articleid=145928 June 28, 2006 - A Salem woman whose longtime friend and tenant was killed by an illegal alien driving without a license says she is shocked a judge not only reduced the man’s sentence, but took time to lament the lack of driver’s training for illegals during the sentencing. Alex Costa, 28, of Peabody pleaded guilty to striking and killing Richard Golin, 49, and was sentenced to nine months.

Nanny Accused Of Shaking Baby An Illegal Immigrant http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_146204027.html May 27, 2006 ROSEVILLE, Calif. The babysitter accused of shaking a 15-month old Roseville girl ( Hanna Rose ) to death is now facing immigration charges. Prosecutors confirmed Veronica Martinez Salcedo is an illegal immigrant from Mexico.

Police Searching For Man Accused Of Brutal Attack June 29, 2006 http://www.wsoctv.com/news/9448945/detail.html LOCUST, N.C. - Police said the man suspected of committing the assault has several aliases, but Adrian Zuniga is the name he's used most recently. Zuniga grabbed the teen, who was a neighbor, then strangled her as he dragged her by the neck into some woods on Wednesday. He then raped the young woman, police said.Immigration officials confirmed through police Thursday that the suspect in the attack is an illegal alien. His papers used fictitious numbers. Haigler said the man has a 14-year-old wife and a 40-day-old son. Zuniga allegedly called her Wednesday and said he was going to come home and kill her, then run away with the young son.

Drunken driver gets 13 years for fatal wreck (Illegal kills American ) http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=148193 2006-06-30 Topeka — When Victor Anzua-Torres asked the family of Ryan Ostendorf, the man he killed, for forgiveness, Ryan’s father turned his back.

Reported illegal alien jailed on child abuse charge http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=148186 2006-06-30 A reported illegal alien remains in the Washington County Jail on $100,000 bond after his arrest Monday for the alleged sexual abuse of a local 3-year-old girl. Fermin Almazan Garcia, 27, faces charges of child sexual abuse as a result of the alleged incident.

Teen charged with driving into crowd GLEN COVE, N.Y., June 20 http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=146836 Four men in their early 20's were struck. Sayed Khaled El-Waraky, 19, of Vienna, Va., was being held without bond

‘Sex slave’ trial starts in US 2006-06-20 AURORA (Colorado) — http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=146798 The trial has started of a Saudi Arabian man accused of keeping a young housemaid as a ‘slave’, whom he subdued using rape and other forms of intimidation. Homaidan Ali Al Turki, 37, is a university educated linguist who arrived in the US in 2000 along with his wife, Sarah Khonaizan, and their four children.

'He was the first and closest target' (Muslim Shoots Man in Theater) http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.theater17jun17,0,4954449.story? page=1&coll=bal-home Paul Schrum, a 62-year-old medical supplies salesman from Pikesville, was shot dead while watching a movie. About 20 minutes into the film, police said, the gunman stood, told everyone to get on the floor and fired four shots. The suspect is a 24-year-old man, a 2000 graduate of Mount Hebron High School, Mujtaba Rabbani Jabbar.

Study: 1 million sex crimes by illegals http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp? ARTICLE_ID=50441 Jun 15, 2006 Deborah Schurman-Kauflin in CNN interview Based on a one-year in-depth study, a researcher estimates there are about 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders in the United States who have had an average of four victims each.

Police arrest suspect in alleged kidnap, rape URL Source: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/14794715.htm 2006-06-11 A man was arrested Friday after a 12-year-old girl didn't return home from Monroe Middle School. Marcos Ortiz, 21, was in the Union County jail Sunday; bond was set at $250,000.He was arrested at his house on Crescent Street and charged with kidnapping, child rape and taking indecent liberties with a minor. Police, who say Ortiz is in the country illegally, contacted federal immigration officials and expect him to be deported.

Feisty Woman, 86, Teaches Mugger A Lesson (Illegal alien) http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/local_story_159173428.html Jun 11, 2006 The mugger eventually wrested the purse from Elisabeth, looked inside, saw how much "bread" he netted, and threw it to the ground, kicking at her walker. She said the guy yelled in her face in Spanish, "you're a prostitute." To which Rubin said she replied, "you're mother's a prostitute!"

He was 'a serious threat' — but no one stopped him http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4757609,00.html Jun 11, 2006 The man convicted of the hit-and-run that killed Kailya's father was Roberto Martinez-Ruiz, who had come to Colorado illegally from Mexico. He had a record of arrests in Colorado on charges of drunken driving, hit-and-run and other misdemeanors that spanned almost a decade.

Another reason to seal border http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp? ARTICLE_ID=50509 Jun 9, 2006 The suspect's name is Octaviano Juarez-Corro. on a firearms rampage, killing two and injuring three others.

Illegal-Immigrant Pastor Accused Of Sex Assault, Kidnapping http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/9344257/detail.html 2006-06-09 A pastor in Brighton who operates safe houses in Colorado was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and sexual assaulting a 20-year-old man, police said Thursday. Jesus Alonso Ochoa-Gomez, a 36-year-old illegal immigrant, operated a safe house for fellow illegal immigrants in Aurora.

Suspected illegal 'tries to rape girl http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp? ARTICLE_ID=50549 2006-06-07 VERO BEACH, Fla. – A suspected illegal alien is in custody today for allegedly trying to rape a 12-year-old girl he saw in a swimming pool.Authorities say the suspect, 24-year-old Noe Lorenzo Moran, a native of Honduras, was working as a painter at Vero Beach's Waterford Lakes when he targeted the child, who was swimming alone.

Driver held in crash that killed woman (Illegal) Shttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/nearnorthwest/chi-0606010272jun01,1,2363911.story? coll=chi- Jun 3, 2006 A man charged with reckless homicide and aggravated DUI in this week's death of a Hoffman Estates woman had been convicted of DUI last year and was wanted for jumping bail on another DUI case. Javier Rico, 26 was ordered held without bail Wednesday by Cook County Circuit Judge. He was charged in the collision that killed Patricia Henneken, 28.

The end of the line Jun. 25, 2006 'Railway Killer' Angel Resendiz scheduled for Tuesday execution http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060625/NEWS/206250380/1001/NEWS01 Railway Killer's Victims Railway Killer Angel Resendiz has confessed to 20 murders, but only 15 have been positively linked to him. Resendiz started out shooting his victims outdoors, then began beating his victims along railroad tracks, and finally stalked people and killed them in their homes.

1. Bexar County, Texas, 1986 - Unidentified homeless woman: She was shot four times and her body was dumped in an abandoned farmhouse. Resendiz gave details only the killer would know.

2. San Antonio, Texas, July 19, 1991 - Michael White, 33: Early this year, detectives positively identified Resendiz in the murder of White, 33, who was shot several times. Resendiz provided details that only the killer could have known.

3-4. Belleview and Oxford, March 23, 1997 - Jesse Howell, 19, and Wendy Von Huben, 16: Howell was killed with a rail car coupling. In 2000, Resendiz directed deputies to Von Huben's body. She had been assaulted after her death.

5. Colton, Calif., July 5, 1997 - Robert Castro, age unknown: Resendiz confesses and is linked to the murder of Castro, whose body was found along the railroad tracks. Castro was killed by a blow to the head with a rail car coupling.

6. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 29, 1997 - Christopher Maier, 21: The University of Kentucky student was bashed in the head by Resendiz with a large rock along a railroad track. Maier's girlfriend was raped and beaten but survived and later testified.

7. Hughes Springs, Texas, Oct. 2, 1998 - Leafie Mason, 87: Beaten to death in her home with a fire iron by Resendiz, who entered through a window just yards from the Kansas City-Southern Rail line.

8. Carl, Ga., Dec. 11, 1998 - Fannie Byers, 81: Bludgeoned to death in her home. Just after his arrest, Resendiz provides key information that leads to his connection and authorities drop charges against another man.

9. West University Place, Texas, Dec. 17, 1998 - Dr. Claudia Benton, 39: The researcher was found beaten 19 times with her favorite antique statue in this Houston suburb. She had been assaulted after her death. Resendiz is linked to her death through fingerprints and later convicted and sentenced to death.

10-11. Weimar, Texas, May 2, 1999 - The Rev. Norman Sirnic, 46, and Karen Sirnic, 47: Both were beaten to death with a 16-pound sledgehammer in their home, near railroad tracks. She was assaulted after her death.

12. Houston, Texas, June 4, 1999 - Noemi Dominguez, 26: The teacher was beaten to death with a pickax. Resendiz said he killed her because she had abortion literature. She was assaulted after her death.

13. Fayette County, Texas, June 4, 1999 - Josephine Konvicka, 73: She was killed hours later with the same pickax as Dominguez.

14-15. Gorham, Ill., June 15, 1999 - George Morber Sr., 80, and Carolyn Frederick, 51: Resendiz shot and killed Morber before clubbing his daughter to death. Frederick was also assaulted after her death. Resendiz is later seen driving Fredrick's red pickup.

NOTE: On Sept. 6, 1979, Resendiz broke into 88-year-old Gilbert Chase's Miami home. Chase was beaten severely, but he didn't die for months. Resendiz was charged only with assault because it couldn't be discounted that old age was the man's cause of death. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, and was released after having served six years.