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Vicente Fox Promotes Legal, Safe, Orderly Immigration
Don’t you like code words? Sometimes what a person is really saying just jumps off the page at you. Take for what Vicente Fox said to the Utah Legislature for an example.
“Since the beginning of my administration, the government of Mexico has promoted the establishment of a new system that regulates the movement of people across our border in a manner which is legal, safe and orderly.”
What Fox is really saying is that he supports the illegal immigration of Mexicans into the United States and wants us to make it safer for them to cross, i.e., food, water, and medical stations. Others in the blogosphere are just as incredulous. Heavy Handed says Fox is a big bald face liar because he has not made a new system that regulated the movement of people. Kent from Right from Lefts wants to know what the hell is he talking about? Since Fox is discussing what he did at the beginning of his administration on the immigration issue, let’s take a look at his great accomplishments.
In the years before 1986, only three million people crossed into the US and became citizens under Ronald Reagan’s amnesty plan. Twenty years later, there are an estimated 11-12 million illegal Mexican immigrants living in this country. That does not look very orderly to me. In fact illegal immigration into this country has gone much the way my hair has in the past twenty years. At first I noticed a slow migration away from my forehead and now there appears to be complete pandemonium as a full rout ensues. The only thing Fox has not done to encourage immigration is to build a road to the border so buses carrying passengers can bring the illegals across.
If the Mexican President were serious about securing the border, he would redirect some oil money back into the failed Mexican economy. He would also need to end the rampant corruption which is stifling foreign investment. Until the Mexican economy gets on track, Mexico will continue to lose their best and brightest to the United States. Okay, maybe we aren’t getting their best and their brightest, but it makes you wonder… Why isn’t Vicente Fox concerned about losing so much of his population to the US? Losing so many people would destroy any other country’s economy. My bad, Mexico’s economy is already in shambles. I still wonder why he is not concerned.
Conn. School Plans to Cancel Veteran’s Day
When I first heard the story of the Stamford, Conn. School district wanting to cancel the holiday of Veteran’s Day, my first reaction was, so what? In most school districts in Texas, Veteran’s Day is not a holiday. Yet it is celebrated with all the pomp you would come to expect in a patriotic state. Veterans are welcomed and their service to this country celebrated. Young kids come up and give you pictures they have drawn in class as a way of thanking veterans for serving their country. Flags are waved, people cheer whenever each veteran’s name is called. And at the end of the day there is even a parade through the downtown area. And finally my kids look at me with even more pride than before, because I have served my country. So what is wrong with going to school to learn the important contributions made by veterans, especially by a town’s own local veterans?
Then I heard an explanation why they were considering the cancellation of Veteran’s Day by the school district superintendent on Fox News. Apparently the district is celebrating too many holidays. Then why can’t they cancel Labor Day. Most people don’t even know why we even have a Labor Day. According to the Labor Dept. …
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers.
The founders of Labor were some of the people who co-founded the American Federation of Labor, a labor union. Why don’t we just call Labor Day, Democrats Day and be done with it. If we can’t have Veteran’s Day, we definitely don’t need Labor Day.
What about Martin Luther King Day? It is a day set aside to celebrate one man. Veteran’s Day is set aside to celebrate the millions who have served their country. If we don’t need Veteran’s Day, we definitely don’t need Martin Luther King Day.
What about Columbus Day?
And what about all those other days called Teacher Work Days, also called Inservice Days. As a former teacher, I can tell you they are a total waste of time. In my years of teaching I can remember about thirty minutes worth of my inservice days that were worth the time.
Many of these schools will say they will teach about veterans on Veteran’s Day. What they should be doing is talking about the contribution of our soldiers to this country every day. It is because of the sacrifice of our veterans that we don’t speak German or Japanese. It is because of our veterans that we have a great country. It is because of our veterans that democracy is growing around the world.
If we did what was right, because of their sacrifice, because of the contributions of our brave men and women around the world, every day would be Veteran’s Day.
Tet Offensive in Afghanistan
Only the MSM could turn a coalition victory into a Taliban victory. BlackFive notes how the Mainstream Media is inaccurately portraying the war in Afghanistan. And he is right.
Take for example this piece by CBS.
A brazen attack by hundreds of Taliban militants on an isolated town had been building for days, a coalition spokesman said Friday, after a wave of violence in southern Afghanistan left around 100 dead.
Only further in the article do you find that most of the 100 dead were Taliban fighters.
Or this from CNN :
At least 29 people have been killed in the latest bloodshed in the escalating conflict in southern Afghanistan, according to the U.S.-led coalition.
Or the Cincinati Post
The Taliban are back. The resurgence of Taliban attacks in the Pashto-speaking provinces of southern and eastern Afghanistan means that U.S. and other foreign troops in Afghanistan are now taking casualties at the same rate as American troops in Iraq (although the actual numbers are much lower). This was entirely predictable, but almost impossible to prevent given the strategy that the United States has pursued since overthrowing the Taliban regime in late 2001. On the other hand, no alternative strategy would have offered a guarantee of success in Afghanistan either.
Mail & Guardian - Wave of Insurgent Attacks Continues in Afghanistan
Financial Times - UK Faces Deadline to Halt Taliban
Reuters - US Says Taliban Gain Strength
Does anyone even wonder why so many people are getting their news from Blogs? With that said, does any of the above match this from the Strategy Page?
May 24, 2006: The last two weeks have seen an ambitious Taliban offensive shot to pieces. As many as a thousand Taliban gunmen, in half a dozen different groups, have passed over the Pakistani border, or been gathered within Afghanistan, and sent off to try and take control of remote villages and districts. The offensive was a major failure, with nearly half the Taliban getting killed, wounded or captured. Afghan and Coalition casualties were much less, although you wouldn’t know that from the mass media reports (which made it all look like a Taliban victory). The Taliban faced more mobile opponents, who had better intelligence. UAVs, aircraft and helicopters were used to track down the Taliban, and catch them.
The MSM simply can not tell the truth. So much of what they are saying sounds like what they said about the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. During Tet, the North Vietnamese army scheduled a series of strikes against US and South Vietnam forces all over Indochina on January 31, 1968. North Vietnam lost and lost big time. During Tet, the US lost about 1000 soldiers, but the NVA lost over 45,000. Unfortunately for the US, it was not the American soldiers who lost their nerve, but the American press, who depicted the war as un-winnable.
The military defeat of North Vietnam after the Tet Offensive of 1968 became a political victory for North Vietnam because of anti-war demonstrations and the sensationalism of the news media. The North Vietnamese interpreted the U.S. reaction to these events as the weakening of America’s resolve to win the war. The North Vietnamese believed that victory could be theirs, if they stayed their course.
Does any of this sound even vaguely familiar? The MSM can not wait to see some resemblance to Vietnam. They can’t wait for the body bags. They can’t wait for another ‘perceived’ American loss. They can’t wait for America to be humbled. And in case anyone was wondering, I am questioning the patriotism of the MSM. Hoping America looses is not patriotic.
Dave Schippert of the Mudville Gazette has an excellent post regarding our present struggle.
Something has happened to this country that my grandfathers would scarcely recognize and certainly struggle to fathom. That this requires discussion disgusts me daily. (snip)
Why is the defense of this nation a political issue at all? There are those who will argue that it is the manner in which we defend ourselves that is at issue.
That, my friends, is a convoluted disingenuous sheen of reason upon the unreasonable. (snip)
We dare not rest as the most important front of the War on Terror and for the very survival of Western Civilization lies not upon the sands of distant shores, but in our own common discourse. The most important battlegrounds are around our dinner tables and in intelligent and persuasive common sense discussion among our peers, seeking the discomfort of battle and the very defense of defense rather than the comfort and unproductive endeavor of agreement among friends.
We are winning the War on Terror in spite of what the MSM says. Our heroes in uniform are winning every battle and are killing those who would kill us if they could. Only an idiot would say we are not winning in Afghanistan.
The United States ran away from Vietnam because of a perception in the American population that we could not win, a perception instigated and maintained by the MSM. Our nation’s existence was not at stake in Vietnam, but it is in the Global War on Terror. With the Media elites believing and expounding on the view that we can not win in Afghanistan and Iraq, the tide public opinion is slowly but surely turning against this war. We are in the war for our way of life, for our very existence as a nation. Isn’t it about time the MSM get on board too.
Are Members of Congress Above the Law?
Ever since the FBI went into the offices of William Jefferson (Democrat-La.), Congress has been howling about the separation of powers, how the executive branch is intruding on the legislative branch, how the separation of the branches forbids the FBI from intimidating Congress. Even Dennis Hastert is intruding into the fray complaining to President Bush about the abuse of power.
House Speaker Dennis Hastert complained directly to President Bush about the FBI’s unprecedented raid on Rep. William Jefferson’s office on Tuesday…
Let’s look at what is at issue. Congressman Jefferson was videotaped taking a bribe of $100,000 from the FBI in a sting operation. Then they searched the Congressman’s home finding $90 thousand in his freezer. They guy is dirty; there is not question about that fact even though he denies any wrong doing. (Whispering…Congressman…The FBI has a videotape of you taking a bribe so the party is over.) The problem stems from when the FBI searched his office at the Capitol committing the unspeakable offense of intruding on Congress’ power. What was the FBI supposed to do, call the Capitol Hill Police and let them tip Jefferson off about the raid. Law Hawk in A Blog for All notes that members of Congress “do not want to go down this path. None are above the law.” Yep, but many members of Congress think they are above the law. Just look at Cynthia McKinney.
Now I wonder about the separation of powers defense. The government is forbidden from entering into private business because of ‘unfair competition.” So does this mean if I commit some crime, the FBI can search my home but not my business. We do have to maintain that wall separating government and business and FBI intrusions into my business could have the effect of intimidating a private business owner.
This line of reasoning is as stupid as it is specious. The FBI did not go into Jefferson’s office for the purpose of intimidation, but for the intention of solving a crime. Pam M. at Blogmeister USA notes correctly that Jefferson “refused to cooperate with a valid subpoena. How else was the FBI supposed to carry on with their investigation? Consult the Magic 8 ball?”
Give it up Congressman. That goes for Hastert as well. If the American public figures out that members of Congress think they are above the law, you can kiss your plush jobs in Washington good-bye.
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