Not a single email.

So much for “Americans won’t stand for it.”

Welcome to Aztlan.

Related to your comment that Texas would never allow the highway to be built, you might be interested to know that there are several Texas representatives who are already pissed off about it and seem to be helpless, including Congressman Ron Paul.

Of course, maybe you feel a U.S. Congressman representing Texas is somehow unfamiliar with what’s happening in his own state. He writes about it here, if you bother to read it.

Also, I can’t help but wonder if Medved had the courage of his convictions if he would actually stand up and name names. Of course that would actually set him up for a lawsuit, but if he truly believes he has truth on his side why doesn’t he?

Your straw man shows you aren’t learning. It’s not something a lame duck president can snap his fingers and make happen, it would need to be authorized by politicians in Texas who desire a political future.

Perchant on January 3, 2007 at 4:21 PM

Perchant, your arguments have become boring as they have no connection to the real world. Since when do “politicians in Texas” have the power to stop a Federal decision to build a Federal highway? They don’t. If the Federal Government decides to build a freeway through Texas, there’s absolutely nothing Texas can do about it. Why don’t you ask Arizona, California, and Texas how much power they’ve had in getting the Federal Government to assist them in stopping illegal aliens from using their states as doormats? How much luck has Tom Tancredo had?

Even tossing that bit of reality aside, which Texas politician do you see refusing promises of future power from existing and future administrations? Which politicians do you see with the ability to put a dead end on a highway designed to go from Mexico through to Canada. Do you think the Governor of Texas is going to slam his fist on the table and say “not in my state?” And even if that were to happen … is the United States Government going to simply say … “oh. We’re sorry. We won’t build it then.

Right.

This is your argument. It has to be, unless you are claiming the plan does not exist to build the highway. But that would be sort of tough to support, since the entire plan, along with maps and descriptions are posted on several Federal Government websites.

Here’s a question for you:

The fury over this Superhighway has been boiling for several years now. Can you point to a single Texas politician who has publicly protested? How about a Texas politician who has claimed there is no plan to build it?

Nada.

Why would that be? Why would the Governor of Texas not hold a press conference and publicly put the entire theory to rest? Maybe the same reason the AP doesn’t produce Jamil Hussein??? Why would the Bush administration not hold a press conference and publicly put to rest any such thoughts, instead of relying on Tony Snow to issue a poorly worded and misleading phrase “there’s no plan for a “European” Union in the United States?”

The answer to that is … they don’t want it publicized. They are doing everything they can to push the plan through under the radar.

Perchant, so far the only argument you have is … “people would be mad, therefore I don’t believe it’s true.”

By the way …

Which “straw man” are you referring to? I’m not aware of any straw man arguments in any of the factual documentation that I’ve linked to on this thread, or in the comment that you claimed was a “straw man.”

Did you just make that up because it sounded good?

When did sea gulls become an endangered species?

You’re learning. There is no lack of b*lls in Bush’s administration.
Gregor on January 3, 2007 at 2:24 PM

Your straw man shows you aren’t learning. It’s not something a lame duck president can snap his fingers and make happen, it would need to be authorized by politicians in Texas who desire a political future. If Bush could make it a reality with a stroke of a pen, then I’d be worried because I wouldn’t put anything past him that is for the benefit of his beloved Mexico.

I have started to wonder if we aren’t attempting to sidle up to their oil (including Canada’s shale deposits) before Peak Oil really hits?

Peak oil is a myth promoted by the Rockefellar Family Trust. We have more oil in the USA than we know what to do with if only the Congress would allow the oil companies to develop the resources.

Back in the 1976 ARCO discovered an oil deposit larger than all the oil in Saudi Arabia at Gull, Island Alaska. The department of Energy told them to cap the well and Congress then declared Gull Island a nature preserve to ensure that the discovery would not be developed. Oil Companies have made numerous discoveries since 1976 all of which have been declared off limits by our own Congress including ANWAR.

If congress lifted the bans on domestic production, we would have no reason to import any oil or be involved in the Middle East. Ask anyone that works in the oil business, not media pundits, they will tell you the same thing.

The laws of supply and demand would kick in and the cost of crude oil would plummet. Now, ask yourself why your own elected representatives continue to block any domestic oil production.

His rant was so ridiculous and without any factual foundation that I wonder if he was not reading from a script that someone stuck in front of him. I cannot believe that he is that naive that he would risk his creditability by making so many unfounded accusations and that are legally actionable.

The talk shows are getting more and more calls about the NAU and the media is having a hard time keeping it below the radar. Shows like CSPAN and even FoxNews O’Reilly are getting callers that get past the screener and demand to know why the media is not covering the coup d’état by the Bush administration.

I urge those of you that think this is nothing more than a conspiracy theory to read the articles at the August Review

This non profit group was started 25 years ago by people who recognized our politicians no longer represented us in Wash DC but have another agenda….Globalization and the destruction of our Constitutional Republic:

The only hope we have is in the citizens themselves. A grass roots ground-swell is our only hope to address the onslaught of globalization. Such a movement must be based on FACTS, not on opinion or rhetoric. No public debate will ever be won against globalism without definitive and defensible proof of your position.

Globalization promotes regional and global government, a one-world economic system of trade and a form of fascism where global corporations and their elite control the policies and directives of individual governments.

This is especially possible with Mexico who is a larger exporter of oil (#9) than Canada. They are more likely to be favorable to a country with a large Mexican population.

Which is fortunate in this instance since it would take some serious b*lls for Republican politicians in Texas to evict a million Texans, seize their property and sell it to foreigners to build a private road.

Perchant on January 3, 2007 at 12:18 PM

You’re learning. There is no lack of b*lls in Bush’s administration. They are the definition of arrogance, completely ignoring all polls in which their own base threatens to boot them out of office.

It’s not a lack of b*lls. It’s a lack of interest in what we are saying. It’s caused by the fact that they have an agenda that does not concern us. They have a plan, and they are going to fulfil that plan at all costs.

That plan is in writing and available for all to read. It’s called Building a North American Community.

Start on page 17 at the section titled “What should we do by 2010.

Gregor: What do you suggest?

If you’re looking for armed revolt – millions of American gun owners and fireworks freaks descending in a swarm upon Washington, DC and blowing the shit out of anything that even looks like a politician – then I’m all for it.

In fact, I would argue that assassination is the only way to stop our current crop of assholes in Washington from doing any of this.

mikeomatic on January 3, 2007 at 12:11 PM

I don’t disagree with you at all, but obviously to suggest something like that might be a bit excessive. My wish would be for conservatives to be as active as the illegal aliens were when they took to the streets. That is not asking much, yet we seem to be unable to spare one day out of our lives to actually participate in anything significant.

As conservatives, we love to rant about how we won’t tolerate certain things, but when it comes time to actually take action … everyone suddenly claims to be “too busy.”

We become outraged at the site of an upside-down American Flag being raised by illegals. We become outraged when we read that illegals will soon be given access to our social security. We scream and yell when we read that our government will soon pass full amnesty to 30 million illegals. We freak out when hearing that Bush signs an agreement with CAIR to teach our airport security personnel how to handle Muslim passengers. But that’s where our outrage ends. We write about it, whine about it, scream about it … and then silence. We stand on the sidelines and look stupid scratching our heads in an attempt to understand why our leaders don’t seem to be concerned with border security.

A few people commented before the election on how it might be because “conservatives have jobs during the day.”

That’s a bunch of crap. If we were truly serious about what we stand for, it shouldn’t be hard to have the streets in this country packed wall to wall with several million conservative protesters on any given Saturday.

Instead, we manage to embarrass ourselves with “massive protests” which consist of 12 people standing on a street corner. Even more embarrassing is the fact that our protests our usually met with counter-protests in which the liberals manage to draw hundreds or thousands to ANY location, at any time, with an hour’s notice.

We see “million man marches” by the African Americans. We see MayDay walkouts by the illegals in which hundreds of thousands march the streets in multiple cities. And our answer is to send 12 minutemen to the corner of 5th and L.

I’ve attempted to organize protests many times. When Wendy’s was busted using illegal aliens I spent a month attempting to gather conservatives together. Do you know how many people “had the time?” FOUR! Four people out of several million. Pathetic. The rest all used the traditional conservative excuses.

I am just too busy.
I have to take my kids to the movie on Saturday.
Oh, I’d love to but we’re going camping that weekend.

But people like Perchant continue to sit back in their recliners and claim that at some point we’ll reach a magical limit, at which point we’ll suddenly jump out of our seats, cancel all of our plans, and march upon Washington.

Give me a break.

Let’s do a test. I am once again attempting to organize a “large scale” conservative protest against amnesty. Anyone who is interested can email me at invadingamerica@yahoo.com .

I wonder how many HotAir readers who have “had enough” will stand up and take action.

Just saying.

PRCalDude, I just read Peggy Noonan’s piece. Thoughtfully written… people are playing musical chairs on the deck of the Titanic.

ricer1 on January 3, 2007 at 1:01 PM

The fact is, civilizations collapse. This one is no exception, but every ‘intellectual’ you bring this up with will say “America is starting to look like Rome did before it collapsed.” Of course, there was no good civilization to take it’s place after it collapsed. When Ethiopia can do a better job protecting its interests than the U.S, it’s time to start wondering what exactly our politicians are thinking. Hopefully, it doesn’t take another catastrophe to snap us out of the Bush-malaise.

right2bright:
what the Republicans are lacking are the B*lls

Which is fortunate in this instance since it would take some serious b*lls for Republican politicians in Texas to evict a million Texans, seize their property and sell it to foreigners to build a private road.

If you’re looking for armed revolt – millions of American gun owners and fireworks freaks descending in a swarm upon Washington, DC and blowing the shit out of anything that even looks like a politician – then I’m all for it.

In fact, I would argue that assassination is the only way to stop our current crop of assholes in Washington from doing any of this. Voting against them clearly doesn’t scare them – I think some of them will have to die before they realize how badly they’ve pissed off the American people.

Was it Peggy Noonan who was Reagan’s speech writer and who coined the phrase “morning in America”? Well, about a year ago she wrote a piece in the WSJ that might have been entitled “Twilight in America”. It’s called A Seperate Peace and it’s on her website. She says that our political, financial, cultural elites know that America is headed for the rocks and are all grabbing what they can while they can. She isn’t screaming CONSPIRACY!, just sadly observing what she sees happening.

Bottom line, folks. It’s up to us.

dhimwit on January 3, 2007 at 7:14 AM

Here it is:
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110007460

Perchant on January 3, 2007 at 1:01 AM

You write as if the government can deal with just one problem at a time. We have the ability to take on imminent domain abuse, immigration abuse, congressional abuse. We have committees and offices for every abuse in the world, what the Republicans are lacking are the B*lls to take on these causes. Afraid to raid anymore meat packers, afraid of taking Conyers to the mat, afraid of border enforcement, we are becoming the party of the “afraidy cats”. The leaders should reach back and take a lesson from Reagan. Do what is right and best for the country, explain it to the people and then do it. Forget about unions (air traffic controllers), forget about MSM (calling out the “evil Empire”), take on special interests (lower the tax). Stop some of the excesses and in the long run the people will see the benefit and rally around the party. Don’t become a party of pandering like the donk party.

They will happily revolt against fake conservative politicians at the ballot box and the politicians know it.

Perchant on January 3, 2007 at 2:31 AM

And? What’s your point? Have you seen any evidence that this will actually change anything?

The GOP was recently slaughtered in the mid-terms, mostly because conservatives were sick of watching the GOP act like liberals.

Meanwhile, while 85% of the American public demanded secure borders and NO amnesty … both parties still move full steam ahead on full amnesty.

So … again, what’s your point?

Public opinion and so called “revolt at the ballot boxes” seems to have no effect in altering the actions of the current GOP leadership. And when it comes time to elect the next President, and we see conservatives “revolt at the ballot boxes” … what exactly will be the result? Hillary Clinton????

Bottom line, folks. It’s up to us.