Both also offer DVR which is digital video recordings, along with high definition HD programming….

Writing to our RINO’s doesnt do much good. They get full of themselves being part of their elite little group and don’t pay much attention to the great unwashed until campaign time. It may help some, but a RINO will ultimately stay a RINO until voted out. That we must continue to do. I just hope enough strong conservatives will appear for us to support. I’m sure we have the votes to win, as Reagan proved.

I thought I was voting for a conservative when Bush ran but he proved me wrong.

There have been a few responses to my immigration article at TCSDaily, and I want to discuss them in due time, but one response stands out for its sheer sliminess and deception. Bryan Preston at Hot Air writes……

The only problem is we all have to work to earn the money these illegal interlopers use to feed and house themselves. None of us can afford the time off from our “productive” lives to demonstrate how we feel. So we have to rely on places like the web to get some coverage. Only union members, school children, and day laborers, can afford to take the time to protest in public, since they know we’ll end up paying the bill anyway.

I think I’m going to buy my first gun soon…

Myself, I didn’t care one whit about the marchers’ skin color or language; My wife is a Chinese LEGAL immigrant and is still- after 20 years- as as comfortable in her native language as in English. But she doesn’t demand government documents in her own language. And she expects to abide by the rules of her new country!

DO NOT BE DECIEVED!!

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Bryan Preston has a wonderful post up remunerating the reasons we desperately need reform and takes to task the “Why don’t we put a wall up on the Canadian border?” folks. His reasoning is excellent though I disagree with the premise, I think we nee…

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

Now, can someone tell me why on earth these senators won’t defend the Constitution and faithfully discharge their duties. I say most of them need a career change.

They held 2 demonstrations in my town: Kansas City, Missouri… hardly a “border town”! (To add insult to injury, they gathered for one of them at the World War I memorial).

Speaking of the May Day “work stoppage”, why hasn’t the INS raided illegal enablers like Tyson Foods yet? Didn’t they shut down 4 or 5 of their plants so their “undocumented workers” would be free to attend the ralies? It seems to me the penalties these companies should be forced to pay would help fund a few extra miles of fence along the southern border….

If the politicians don’t listen to the voice of the people, we must make them pay a price at the midterms.

More than ever, I believe we need a leader to step forward and organize a “third option” in time for the ’08 elections, along with a full slate of candidates who will fix the border and enforce existing laws first, before any new laws should be even considered.

Welcome to the third world!

Anyway, here is their Fax Outline. Copy it, modify it, but SEND IT to the Slacker(s) of your choosing:

RE: Oppose “Guest Worker” Amnesty for Illegal Aliens!

Dear [Congressperson]:

I’m writing to ask you to please oppose ANY “immigration bill” that includes ANY “guest worker” amnesty provisions, and to support the Sensenbrenner immigration bill that has already passed the House of Representatives.

Until the federal government is willing to enforce the immigration laws that are already on the books, Americans will be highly skeptical of any additional promises to enforce a new and deeply flawed approach.

If recent history is an accurate guide, this so-called guest worker notion would only encourage a new wave of illegal aliens and make America ‘s uncontrolled and unacceptable immigration debacle even worse than it is now.

Such legislation is a bad idea not only because it creates a transparent path to amnesty, but also because it would reduce work opportunities, depress wages, and lower worker protection for Americans. Further, it would be impossible to administer and even more unlikely to be enforced.

The most important job you have to do right now is to SECURE OUR BORDER against illegal immigration. Like millions of Americans, I’m sick and tired of the “inside the beltway” politics on this issue; I will listen to NO MORE weasel words or slick excuses.

This issue is BLACK OR WHITE – there are NO “shades of gray.” We need you to pass TRUE border security legislation, such as the Sensenbrenner bill already passed by the House. Please, oppose ANY “immigration bill” that includes ANY “guest worker” amnesty provisions.

I will be watching your vote on this issue very closely.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]
[ADDRESS]
[CITY], [STATE] [ZIP]

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! The question is: How best do we?

This all makes my head ache… and I don’t get them normally.

You know, folks, there are a LOT of really strong brains here, with conviction and principle. Remember the impact the straight talk from the Swift Boat crew had during the ‘04 election?

Pick one of these hot button articles and read through the comments… pretty strong and with full, rich flavor, eh? Does it make your react? Of course it does! We need to share these with others who are not active… our friends, neighbors, workmates (the LEGAL ONES)! …Because these comments are motivating. We need to motivate the people of like minds that are inactive now. Lots of them (most?) care, but don’t stay informed.

I can remember clearly, during the Clinton nightmare years, the feeling that I was on an “island” and MUST BE the only one who could see the damage that was taking place. Of course, I wasn’t, but it was getting active and talking and sharing ideas that finally removed that notion. And then I worked really hard, just like you all did, I’ll bet. And then we won a majority that… HAS FAILED US!

We need to do it again. A damn near complete and total wardrobe change is in order. We need to USE our good minds COLLECTIVELY towards the common good we all envision. Maybe it is better stated to say it would be towards removing the common bad we all see!

There have been good ideas put forth. I like dumping the 17th Amendment… what would it take? How to get it rolling, effectively? Thoughts? Comments?

I also like the idea of these comments, from these blogs, getting assembled into a letter form and sent to every House and Senate member in Congress. Daily! Day after day, until it gets noticed! Michelle could perhaps call attention to this in appropriate venues… like “Hannity and that idiot Colmes”, Bill O’Reilly, John Gibson, Heartland, etc.. Is this not grassroots at its’ purest??? We are the constituency and our voices should be heard! Your voices are the rawest, most unadulterated appeals from the mind and heart I have ever read… America needs the opportunity to read/hear you, too!

I also think we should appeal to someone like Hannity to give TV exposure to Michelle’s Vent a couple of days back… reminding the people of how the 9-11 terrorists got their documents before flying into the Pentagon. Comments? Michelle, are you listening?

These are important items that might make a difference and we could be the catalyst. If not us, who then?

I have almost zilch for time (mom is sick with cancer and I have a wife and a biz that I run completely alone… no illegals under my roof!)… but I find the time to make comments and stay informed. Just as ALL OF YOU DO, TOO!

If we all put our heads together and give just a little piece of our time, effort, talent… focused on a common goal… what can we do to make a difference???

I would sleep better knowing I tried, and maybe even failed, but DID SOMETHING MORE than just comforted myself by sharing my observations with the rest of you.

My state has two Rhinopublicrats who are firmly clasped in the arms of the liberal hijackers that have taken over my home state. They are lounging in the power and security the libs have bestowed upon them and are actually running UNOPPOSED in November.

So I have decided to look at getting the effective message out on a national basis. I don’t know what might be the best way to proceed, but I want to try.

So this post is my food for thought for all of you… ideas? thoughts? criticisms? gears turning yet?

Make that the Country’s security, they care greatly fo their own financial security.

It looks like we have “The best government that money can buy” because there must be SOME explaination for the actions of these traitorous idiots.

Duty, Honor, Country
(in THAT order)
Rowane

Henke thinks assimilation worked in the Ellis Island era without control on the numbers, but the 1924 halt for digestion was crucial, and even prior to that the numbers went up and down in clear waves. Our current era is just one ever-growing tsunami. And he ignores the ethnic homogeneity of our current wave compared to the divided nature of the last one.

He thinks Hispanics are assimilating now, but his supportive study, a recent job currently hot among immigration boosters such as racebaiting twit Matthew Yglesias yesterday, is of Latinos born a century ago:

http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MDNjYTdmNWJkMWRlODE3N2M4ZTNlMWI1OWM2ZTA0OTU=

The kids who don’t speak English, lag academically, and join gangs were born in the last twenty years (since 1986, after their parents were amenstied).

His big warrant for saying that immigration is an economic plus is a lousy $7 billion net gain. This is peanuts in a multitrillion economy. And most of that goes to the immigrants themselves, so the gain to preexisting America is even less. Finally, that figure is dwarfed by the annual costs to the welfare state and infrastructure. He argues against wage damps by saying “many studies” indicate the effect is minor. Well, “many studies” say the opposite, as do people working in industries where their salaries haven’t gone up in decades.

He doesn’t mention crime. MS-13 are mostly illegals, and entirely illegal aliens, immigrants, or an immediate generation thereof.

The point is, when you’re this clueless about the subject, you just default to the the position all of us would normally have: immigration is romantic and cool and of course we should have it. This makes people unable to understand why anyone would make a big deal out of it unless they were evil. The problem is, the emotional attachment is so strong it inhibits people from ever ceasing to be clueless.

The answer is to make it easier to get into the U.S. legally, for new immigrants, and to make punishment for illegal immigration stricter. You give them a channel for entrance, but insist that it be used. That’d lighten the burden on the border patrol substantially, and allow them to focus on the people who don’t use the legitimate system (likely criminals or terrorists). Oh, and you don’t let first generation immigrants have any government benefit like medicare of welfare or social security. Make it clear that we’re looking for workers, not leeches.

The other thing we need to do is get rid of the minimum wage. The minimum wage makes the hiring of immigrants at competetive wages impossible. Take away the minimum wage and let the market take care of it. Penalizing businesses for wanting to utilize cheap labor is harmful to our economy.

They made a lot of noise beating their chests and sounding all tough on it, then they found their wobbly legs and couldn’t even make English our official language. Hypocrits like Mike DeWine of Ohio win their primaries and head back to RINO-land.

Now on the heel of $3 a gallon gas, they renew the ban on off-shore drilling. What a bunch of Bozos, no offense intended to the clown.

Still, I tend to believe that Illegal Immigration has become a bigger issue recently because its starting to spread beyond the border states, and because the Bush administration has been so negligent in its enforcement duties. Five years ago you didn’t have 25% of LA County Hospitals closing because of being forced to take care of illegals who couldn’t pay, now you do, and that is a direct result of court decisions that came to bear post 2000.

Yes there is a very real Nativist issue, but its not by Americans, its by Mexicans, need proof, just visit California State University Northridge to get a taste of it.

Its been 12 years since the GOP took control of Congress, and 5 years since its had a pretty solid lock on government, yet almost none of the reforms promised in 1994 have come to pass. At some point American citizens need to come to grips with the corruption that has permeated Congress and do something about it. The two major parties are only concerned with gaining power and tend to ignore their constituents. Term limits would help, but I think a viable third party with a general consensus of the good from both Democrat/Republican would be the best solution.