(2007-05-01) — President George Bush, in a video message to millions of illegal aliens who demanded rights at nationwide May Day rallies today, said the protesters should use the events to “celebrate the two rights they already have.”
“Folks who are in our country illegally,” said Mr. Bush, “have the right to remain silent, and if you’re breaking our laws you might want to take advantage of that one today.”
“If exercising the right to remain silent is too difficult,” the president added, “illegal aliens also have the right to an attorney. And the United States is such a gracious nation that if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you.”
88 responses so far ↓
1 RedPepper // May 1, 2007 at 1:19 pm
God Bless Los Estados Unidos …
2 Darthmeister // May 1, 2007 at 1:33 pm
I guess the Libs can always bury their heads in the sand about the hidden goals of La Raza and the more explicit goals of MECha. It ain’t just about “immigration”, illegal Mexican nationals eventually want Aztlan back (the American Southwest).
And America continues to slumber fat and complacent.
3 Darthmeister // May 1, 2007 at 1:34 pm
…MECha stole my post!
4 da Bunny // May 1, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Yes, they have the right to remain silent…but, they don’t have the ability.
5 da Bunny // May 1, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Some of us are “wide awake” here in SoCal, Darthmeister!
6 JamesonLewis3rd // May 1, 2007 at 1:49 pm
These people keep calling themselves “immigrants“.
They are criminals.
7 woodnwheel // May 1, 2007 at 1:55 pm
Wow, top ten again… Scott, your brilliant writing continues to amaze me…
8 Shelly // May 1, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Scott popped out another brilliant piece right after I posted this on the last thread, so I will share it again. Despite the title, this is for everyone who likes to say “aaawww.” (Think of it as a NYT headline.)
http://crazyforcritters.blogspot.com/2006/07/vicious-dog-pack-attack-on-florida.html
9 Fred Sinclair // May 1, 2007 at 2:41 pm
(1). The right to avail themselves of America’s welfare, hospitals, schools, etc. without any input on their part - i.e. taxes.
(2). The right to parade in our streets and gridlock them while burning our flag and committing a higher percentage of crimes than any other known group.
Oh yes, and they want the right to vote in our elections without benefit of citizenship (and the libeals are championing this right for them).
Please excuse me while I barf all over my keyboard.
Heirborn Ranger
10 Fred Sinclair // May 1, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Speaking of “rights”. until I had a stroke in Dec. 2000 I not only didn’t notice - I never thought of it to notice but….. people who are visibly handicapped, are discriminated against. With all of the $$$$$ being given away on “game shows” - going all the way back to “I’ve Got A Secret”; “20 Questions”; up through “The Price Is Right”; “So You Want To Be A Millionaire”; and “Deal or No Deal”, have you ever - even once seen a handicapped person on any TV game show as a contestant?
Anyone in a wheelchair? Anyone on crutches? Anyone using a walker? Anyone with an empty sleeve pinned up? I mentioned it in a meeting and no one (including three City Mayors) could recall ever seeing a disabled contestant. An entire bloc of persons blackballed from trying to compete for some of the prizes.
Where is the ACLU when they are needed?
Heirborn Ranger
11 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 1, 2007 at 2:50 pm
I will lift a glass of wine from grapes picked by illegals to the May Day celebration.
Isn’t this wonderful holiday where you put a paper basket of flowers on someones porch, ring the doorbell and run??
I’m all for May Day!!
12 Fred Sinclair // May 1, 2007 at 2:52 pm
‘Bout that time of year…..
Mayonnaise
Most people don’t know that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was
manufactured in England.
In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment
scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of
call for the great ship after its stop in New York. This would have been
the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico.
But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York.
The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost.
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise,
and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss.
Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of
Mourning,
which they still observe to this day.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th
and is known, of course, as Sinko de Mayo.
WHAT!!!! You expected something educational or intellectual from me?
Heirborn Ranger
13 Darthmeister // May 1, 2007 at 3:06 pm
In light of your recent post, I’ll have to ketchup on Mexican history, Fred.
14 antodav // May 1, 2007 at 3:10 pm
When laws are unjust, people are under no obligation to obey them. If the United States government wants to reduce illegal immigration, it ought to work to make it easier and less expensive for people to immigrate into this country legally. And as for those who are already here illegally, if they’re not hurting anyone, not committing any other crimes, working hard, and contributing to the economy instead of leeching off of government social programs (as so many legal, native-born Americans tend to do) I don’t see why they shouldn’t be allowed to stay. In some ways they’re more American than a lot of Americans are.
Other Republicans have hammered Bush on this issue but I don’t think it’s really fair. Xenophobia has been a part of American immigration policy for far too many years now. It’s time to bring that era to an end. If Republicans don’t wake up and look to the future they’ll find themselves relegated to a minority position in American politics permanently. Most of the immigrants coming here from Latin America already share the Republican Party’s values. Put them on a path to become citizens, and I can guarantee they’ll show their gratitude at the ballot box. It shouldn’t be that hard to see.
15 antodav // May 1, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Fred,
16 antodav // May 1, 2007 at 3:18 pm
OK, my coding didn’t work. Let me try that again.
Fred,
“(1). The right to avail themselves of America’s welfare, hospitals, schools, etc. without any input on their part - i.e. taxes.”
They’re only able to do that because the system allows it to happen. Let them be legal and collect taxes from them, and the problem solves itself. Also, cut back public funding for some of those programs in general since they serve as a crutch for certain people in our society, both native and immigrant.
“(2)…committing a higher percentage of crimes than any other known group.”
Care to back that specious statement up with statistics? And even if it’s true, are you addressing the true causes of the problem, or just the symptoms?
17 Anonymous // May 1, 2007 at 3:40 pm
So, antodav, the solution to the problem is to have no problems?
Crime rates would really take a nose-dive if silly things like robbery and murder weren’t illegal…
18 conserve-a-tips // May 1, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Darthmeister re #2: I think we have a picture of what Christ meant when he said that it is harder for a rich man to get into heaven then a camel to go through the eye of a needle. When you are affluent - as our society is affluent - it is nearly impossible for people to focus on anything else. If they have money, then they view that as independence and don’t really care about anything else…hence, complacency.
Fred Re #10: I think that I have your answer. Either the game show people have a conscience and don’t want to fleece a handicapped individual or they know that fleecing a handicapped individual would not be good for ratings!
19 JamesonLewis3rd // May 1, 2007 at 3:52 pm
RE: #14~~
antodav~~
Take away the Leftist talking points and what did you say?
Nothing.
20 JamesonLewis3rd // May 1, 2007 at 3:57 pm
And now for something completely different…..
21 boberinyetagain // May 1, 2007 at 4:22 pm
“higher % of crimes than any other group” was/is a silly thing to say but sillier stuff get paraded as “fact” every day here.
So, don’t buy produce picked by illegals. In short order the cost of most things produced that way would rise dramatically and y’all could whine about that.
Boycott anyone that has illegals working as nannies and housekeepers, don’t associate with them that have gardeners/landscapers.
Don’t whine about the “problem” (that George is all for making even easier, btw), do something about it.
22 JamesonLewis3rd // May 1, 2007 at 5:17 pm
God Bless President George Bush
23 Darthmeister // May 1, 2007 at 5:35 pm
antodav, a nation’s right to control its borders is not xenophobia. That’s a total canard. And how are American immigration laws “unjust”? Please give examples of these “unjust” laws.
And isn’t it morally wrong on the part of illegal immigrants to be cutting in line in front of those who seek to fulfill the legal requirements of U.S. immigration? In America isn’t one of the facets of national sovereignty the right of the federal government by the consent of the governed to enact laws to control its own borders? And do we not already have immigration laws in place because of prior action taken by duly elected representatives in accordance with the legal procedures set forth in the U.S. Constitution?
Maybe immigration laws can be made easier but it still doesn’t justify Mexican nationals breaking present U.S. immigration laws with virtual impunity WHICH ARE FAR LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE IMMIGRATION LAWS OF MEXICO! We’ve posted those Mexican immigration laws on past threads dealing with the immigration issue. Clearly American immigration laws are already quite liberal compared to our neighbor to the south which seems content to dump its teeming masses on the Norte Americanos. The failure isn’t our immigration laws, the failure is the Mexican government to live up to its own obligation to promote the general welfare of its own people and industry.
Instead of being a relief valve, maybe the most compassionate thing we can do for all Mexicans is to impress upon them the need to stay in their own country and band together (as they seem more than willing to do here in America AS ILLEGALS!) and strenuously petition the Mexican government to share its oil wealth and to reform itself. Maybe a peaceful revolution can occur there when millions of unemployed or underemployed Mexicans protest day and night. Maybe the Mexican people should quite running away from their problems, the problem being their own system of government, otherwise there will never be any end of that national incompetence to our south.
24 GnuCarSmell // May 1, 2007 at 5:40 pm
I don’t mind giving illegals the right to remain silent — so long as they do it in English.
25 Darthmeister // May 1, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Here are some facts I bet you didn’t know, antodav.
Mexican wealthy play American taxpayers for suckers
It’s not that Mexico is poor but rather the Mexican government is committed to a two tiered system, the poor and the ultra-wealthy. There is a middle-class but it’s relatively small.
1. Every dollar of US taxpayer’s money that is spent providing services for illegals frees up a dollar of their money that can be sent back to Mexico.
2. Mexico has the second-highest highest GDP in Latin America, second only to Brazil.
3.Forbes magazine reports 10 out of 26 Latin American billionaires were Mexican.
4. Mexico raises only 12% of it’s revenus through taxation. (the US takes in 25-28% of GDP profit in taxes.)
5. Mexico’s economy is the 10th largest in the world.
6. Free market economists say it is up to Mexico to solve it’s problems caused by the fact the ultra-rich, including top ranking government officials, do not want to tax themselves.
By advocating open borders with Mexico you are actually enabling the ultra-wealthy Mexican and the corrupt Mexican government. That’s why the Mexican wealthy laugh at the bleeding hearts in our country who rail against America’s own wealthy citizens but seem perfectly content to ignore the economic machinations of Mexico’s wealthiest families who seem content to push their poor brethren across our southern borders to become our problem.
They are a negative economic drain by driving down wages, not paying their fair share of taxes (their employers often don’t pay Social Security taxes even though they have bogus Social Security numbers). Immigration is a net drain on the economy; corporate interests reap the benefits of cheap labor, while taxpayers pay the infrastructural cost. FAIR research shows “the net annual cost of immigration has been estimated at between $67 and $87 billion a year. The National Academy of Sciences found that the net fiscal drain on American taxpayers is between $166 and $226 a year per native household. Even studies claiming some modest overall gain for the economy from immigration ($1 to $10 billion a year) have found that it is outweighed by the fiscal cost ($15 to $20 billion a year) to native taxpayers.”
Illegal aliens also bring in highly infectious diseases that America once eliminated. Open borders is a bad deal for generations to come. The only fix is for Mexico to fix itself.
26 Hawkeye // May 1, 2007 at 6:26 pm
MOST Excellent, Sir Scott!
Man… I wish I had half (no, make that one eighth) of your wit! You’ve had more classics in a month than I’ve had in my entire lifetime!
Standing in awe of the “Maestro”…
27 camojack // May 1, 2007 at 6:37 pm
May Day! May Day!
(We’re in distress)
28 EXT // May 1, 2007 at 7:53 pm
London - Rotoreuters News Service
The “new” section of Highgate Cemetary in Swains Lane just outside London, England is now closed to visitors and will likely remain so through Noon on Wednesday.
A spokesbeadle for “Highgate Beadles”, the security staff at Highgate Cemetary, say the closure was made necessary by injuries to several visitors of both sexes who lost their footing on the downhill path to the grave of Karl Marx and were trampled by onrushing crowds.
http://www.newyouth.com/archives/imagegallery/marx/karlmarxgravebw.html
The path had been strewn with thousands of exhausted lipstick tubes, both metallic and plactic. The tubes acted as roller-bearings underfoot sending May Day celebrants racing downhill and crashing like nine-pins.
Concentrations of the spent tubes were highest on the paved path immediately in front of the grave. Thousands more were crushed into the wet soil at the rear of the monument and must be removed individually for the safety of lawn maintenance staff. Attempts to remove them with leaf-blower devices at mid-day caused a blizzard of shrapnel that threatened persons walking on nearby streets outside the cemetary proper.
Chief Beadle Hemisemidemi Moore said it may take months to get the imprints of thousands of lips off the granite plinth upon which the bust of Mr. Marx rests. Moore mulled that it was unfortunate that the monument to the Communist theorist had not been a full figure as it would have been easier “to get the lipstock off his bum than off that porous granite”.
Thought is being given, said Moore, to restraining next year’s May Day celebrants as is done for The Summer Solstice at Stonehenge where blue paint rubbing from otherwise naked bodies had, in past, stained the stones.
This year consultants had suggested metal detectors at the entrance of Highgate in an effort to to keep lipstick tubes off the grounds entirely. The concept was rejected when it was recognized that hard plastic tubes had become the norm and the world supply of properly trained lipstick-sniffing dogs was insufficient.
29 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 1, 2007 at 8:34 pm
re:11
At least one person in this world remembers what May Day used to be
http://www.in-forum.com/News/articles/164352
30 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 1, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Aw shoot that didn’t work. Oh well, just fell into one of those the way things used to be moods
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Andrew Gunderson is ready to spread spring cheer today by ringing his neighbors’ doorbells and quickly running away.
The Fargo 12-year-old and his little sister, Sadie, began preparing for their mission Monday. With mom Jane looking on, the two kids sat at the kitchen table surrounded by candy, pipe cleaners, scissors and tissue paper.
The goal: dazzle the neighbors’ doorsteps with yummy candy and bright tissue paper flowers carefully placed in blue plastic cups.
And then, of course, run as fast as they can.
31 TouchyFeely // May 1, 2007 at 11:03 pm
A move as dramatic as legalizing between ten and twenty million citizens overnight should by studied carefully and debated by the public for at least five years before anything is done. Going in, ALL Americans should be made aware what the short and long-term effects will be. We can’t predict everything, but there are certain outcomes that can be verified with some accuracy. Things such as population estimates, economic effects and even crime statistics are obtainable. It is inconceivable that Americans will allow this to be shoved down their throats just like NAFTA, when a 12,000 page document shows up and we’re given a month or two to think about it. No doubt the document was being prepared years in advance with little or no public input.
One common misconception about legalization is that all of these new citizens will immediately beginning paying income taxes. There is no evidence to support this conclusion. Many, many, may well continue to work for cash without benefits, relying on Uncle Sam to pick up the emergency tabs. Their abuse of social services and retirement will break the backs of the AMerican system, perhaps doubling an already unconscionable national debt and driving the value of the dollar into the ground. The socialist party (the dems) wants legalization for one reason: An everlasting deathgrip on the halls of power. They will get rich, we will all go broke.
32 Liger // May 1, 2007 at 11:07 pm
Friends,
Remember this: Mission Accomplished?
Worst presidental gaffe ever. Discuss.
Love,
Liger
33 MargeinMI // May 2, 2007 at 4:22 am
Fred, re: #10,
I recall a blind gentleman named Eddie that appeared on Jeopardy! a few years back. He was a 5 time winner (don’t recall what he did with the two cars he won), and Alex ADORED him. I saw a follow up on him. A woman who had seen the show was intrigued and wanted to meet him. They are now married and have a kid or two. His performance on the show was phenomanal. He had the categories in braille, but kept track of the dollar amounts in his head. He ran many categories, so that wasn’t too much of a problem, I guess.
34 gafisher // May 2, 2007 at 6:08 am
TF#31: No immigrant amnesty should be passed without first enacting the Fair Tax. Anything less would bankrupt as as you’ve described.
35 gafisher // May 2, 2007 at 6:24 am
Apropos nothing — really less than nothing — but isn’t it amazing how the moonbat loonie left still thinks the return of the crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln after a 290-day mission was somehow supposed to have marked the end of the Iraq war?
Disgusting.
36 Libby Gone // May 2, 2007 at 7:33 am
I noticed no mention of the right of illegals to do what my ancestors did. Arrive legally and assimilate.
37 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 2, 2007 at 8:19 am
Where is everyone this morning. Running away from neighbors porches got you all done in?
Some of our friends awoke with the chickens I see
38 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 2, 2007 at 8:24 am
Oh, how dare I forget. Now, the way I see it, this rock group is supposed to be arrested and tried for treason. Has our justice system become a pile of limp weenies. If you sat in a bar and said this the FBI would be rapping on your door the next morning
http://www.newsnet5.com/entertainment/13237912/detail.html
The horrid thing is the writer wrote this article in glee
39 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 2, 2007 at 8:32 am
conserve-a-tips
I sent you an e-mail from the address you left at the cafe but it bounced. Should I try once more??
40 tomg // May 2, 2007 at 8:35 am
I think its horrible that Mexican families are being torn apart and cannot be re-united, all because of an ill-conceived and expensive fence which keeps them from returning to Mexico.
41 tomg // May 2, 2007 at 8:44 am
So which day will the citizens of Azatlan celebrate as Thanksgiving, in remembrance of how the natives were welcoming and defenseless.
The natives only wanted to share the bounty, and did not understand that the newcomers lived by different rules, populated quickly, and carried diseases.
Hope the citizens visit my drunken grandson’s casino.
42 Darthmeister // May 2, 2007 at 9:14 am
Here’s a great site which exposes the new 429Truth moonbat site.
There is now a 4/29 truther site right up liger’s alley which tries to explain away how an earthquake hardened overpass collapsed after being “melted” by a fuel fire from an overturned fuel truck. This couldn’t have happened because according to the 9/11 Truthers and Rosie O’Donnel, “fire doesn’t melt steel”*. It’s all a government conspiracy, I tell ya!
And the comments at the 429Truth site are priceless! This guy is completely serious, I don’t think its a parody.
*Of course what we do know is temperatures of 1200 to 1400 degrees will soften steel to the point where normal loads on the structure can cause catastrophic failure.
43 Darthmeister // May 2, 2007 at 9:14 am
…429 Truthers stole my post!
44 JamesonLewis3rd // May 2, 2007 at 9:19 am
As an addict continues in his/her self-destructive ways in the complete knowledge that a horrible fate is right around the corner, are we addicted to bureaucracy?
45 Darthmeister // May 2, 2007 at 9:21 am
The more I look at this the more I think it just has to be a parody site. Nobody can be that stupid or gullible … except for a paranoid Bush-hater. I’m going to keep track of this. Once again the comments are priceless.
46 JamesonLewis3rd // May 2, 2007 at 9:56 am
Yes, I agree, the word “melt” is inappropriate and “weakened” or “softened” would be far more accurate.
I have no first-hand evidence, but I doubt there were rivulets of molten steel cascading (like candle wax) along the gutters, down abutments.
Logic-it’s not for everybody.
47 Shelly // May 2, 2007 at 10:16 am
Wow. I don’t know whether to laugh or lock myself in. If that’s satire, it’s extremely well done. If not those folks are nuts.
Again, given that fire can’t melt steel I continue to express my appreciation that nature makes it in the shape of car and plane parts. Otherwise, we’d be doomed transportation-wise.
48 Shelly // May 2, 2007 at 10:25 am
I wonder if any of these truthers have ever stumbled accross this in a dictionary:
molten: adj. 1. melted or liquified by heat 2. made by being melted and cast in a mold
49 Maggie // May 2, 2007 at 10:29 am
Darth re #42
Site 429 is a hoot….especially the comments between Dan collins and Mallory Flame.
Shelly,
Good Morning. I opted to laugh.Funny stuff.
(Hot in the Triangle……ain’t it?)
50 tomg // May 2, 2007 at 10:32 am
Only Mexicans know how to melt steel.
Thats why we let them in instead of taking educated eastern and western europeans.
OK, Chuck Norris can also melt steel and shape it with his bare hands, but he doesn’t know how or why.
51 ladybug60 // May 2, 2007 at 10:37 am
#24 - I grew up in a small town in Northern Illinois and I remember leaving little baskets of candy on my friends’ porches on May 1. I can’t find anyone around here (Memphis, TN) who ever heard of it. I thought maybe it was just something unique in our town. Glad to hear someone else is familiar with that custom.
52 upnorthlurkin // May 2, 2007 at 11:00 am
Just a heads up everyone….maybe it’s just cuz we all have cabin fever up here, but May Day is still popular! I was the recipient of two May Baskets yesterday courtesy of my two little neighbor girls….I’m pretty sure one was for my husband but he was busy watching the Twins play baseball and didn’t want to be seen chasing two little girls down the street!! The kisses would’ve probably landed him in jail what with some of the lib neighbors we have!! With all the money we contribute for stale peanuts, magazine subscriptions etc….for school fund-raisers, a couple of May baskets were welcome! It’s a glorious spring!
Fred, loved your sinko de Mayo joke! It’s an oldie but goodie, but a good laugh is a good laugh!
Ms Rightwing, would’ve missed your story if you hadn’t linked to it as I only read the funnies and obits in our local lib rag! Thanks.
53 jstroud356 // May 2, 2007 at 11:05 am
Immigrants have permission to be in the country. That is what the left does not understand. My wife is an immigrant from the Philippines. It took her many years to get permission to come here and thousands of dollars and obeying the law.
Now Speedy Gonzoles wants to run across the border and demand immediate citizenship? I don’t think so! Speedy and Pedro need to start filling out the forms and waiting in line with the rest of the other folks that want to come here.
54 upnorthlurkin // May 2, 2007 at 11:07 am
I’m pretty sure Fred Thompson’s stare will melt steel too! (Hat tip to IMAO where they print “Daily Fred Thompson Facts”….not sure this is one, but it should be!)
55 Shelly // May 2, 2007 at 11:11 am
Hello, Maggie. Yes! But the global warming is supposed to subside this weekend, with temps forecast in the mid 70’s. That is my kind of weather!
56 da Bunny // May 2, 2007 at 11:34 am
Calling illegal aliens “undocumented workers” is like calling a drug dealer and “unlicensed pharmacist.”
[hat tip to a post on Thomas Sowell’s website]
57 da Bunny // May 2, 2007 at 11:35 am
“an”…not “and”
Sorry!
58 tomg // May 2, 2007 at 11:38 am
Re 55: glad you have switched to hydrogen fuel.
Re 53: well said. my european statement earlier can easily be expanded to large groups of truly persecuted people around the world in the middle east, southern thailand, indonesia, and the philippines. who could be persecuting them? any ideas?
more on fuel - methane, ch4, the perfect fuel. coal (c) just makes co2 and fries us with heat. hydrogen (h2) just makes water, and floods us. but methane, ch4, makes water but also provides the greenhouse gas heat to keep it in vapor form to avoid flooding. its a beautiful thing. heat and humidity. welcome to houston.
Fred! can steal capital letters with just his mind.
59 Shelly // May 2, 2007 at 12:22 pm
IMAO has posted some Fred Thompson facts people have sent in. Some are better than others, I liked this one:
*Waldo is hiding because of Fred Thompson.
da bunny, love the comparison! I also liked the Minute Man t-shirts which read “Undocumented Border Control.”
60 Shelly // May 2, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Now that we’ve turned this into the Fred Thompson thread for now, did anyone else see Dick Morris on H&C last night? Is anyone else wondering if this guy is a Trojan horse? He was arguing that Thompson won’t inspire the base because he’s not a “tiger.” Over at IMAO (while some of the comments are potty humor) others suggest that Thompson uses weapons as a remote control and back scratcher. If Morris isn’t a phony, I seriously question his professional talent.
61 EXT // May 2, 2007 at 12:56 pm
RE: #32
“Friends”?
“Discuss”?
“Love”?
And the best addition to the above in terms of truthiness: “The check is in the mail”.
62 The Great Santini // May 2, 2007 at 1:24 pm
da Bunny:
You didn’t say that in Mexifornian. Go to the rear of the class! Viva La Huelga, amiga!
63 JamesonLewis3rd // May 2, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Check this out.
64 GnuCarSmell // May 2, 2007 at 1:32 pm
“Buzz” Patterson has some thoughts on Iraq and the GWOT. The retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel has a new book “War Crimes: The Left’s Campaign to Destroy Our Military and Lose the War on Terror” (Crown Forum, June). NRO has a great interview with him:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzRiYWRlMWM4YWQyYTY4OGIyNTY4MTc0YjFlZWI3NTk=
65 JamesonLewis3rd // May 2, 2007 at 1:40 pm
It makes various muscles in my body tense up whenever I see Pelosi look into the camera and tell me what the “vast majority of Americans” are thinking. She’s a liar.
66 Shelly // May 2, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Couldn’t agree with you more on that. Like the majority of the Americans want U.S. troops to surrender to Al Queda. It amazes me that noone in Washington will use the word surrender, because it’s so obvious that’s what the Dems want to do.
67 Ms RightWing, Ink // May 2, 2007 at 3:36 pm
I know there are a million links on Scrapple everyday, but I will repeat this one because it is rather upsetting. I know Dino the dinosaurs wife blows this garbage from her mouth daily on the View-but where does this end. If our president is assassinated then every one will act like, “gee, I never saw that coming.”
http://www.newsnet5.com/entertainment/13237912/detail.html
68 EXT // May 2, 2007 at 3:54 pm
RE: 65
Not a liar; just confused. She meant to say:
“Half Vast”. Has pronounciation issues, too.
Trouble with “V”s intruding where they don’t belong.
69 tomg // May 2, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Date: March 6, 1836
Place: The Alamo Mission, at dawn
Scene: Col Travis, at NW corner, observing a column of 400 Mexicans.
Enter: Davey Crockett
Crockett also sights the column of Mexicans.
And sees the additional 1100 at ready.
Crockett to Travis:
“Are we pouring concrete today?”
70 Beerme // May 2, 2007 at 5:02 pm
The mechanism for legally entering this country should be simpler and cheaper. Much of the trouble is simple bureaucratic red tape but it does keep many hard-working future Americans from entering and enriching this country. It also tears apart families. It’s not a good enough excuse for those who do enter illegally but it’s one step in the right direction to fix it. Of course the first step is to clamp down on illegals. I’m afraid Antodav wouldn’t agree with that, though…
71 Shelly // May 2, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Ms. RW, these people are not rational, let alone ethical. This is their version of “peace.”
Go back up to #8 and follow that link. I promise it will not make you sad. It might even restore your view that there are still some caring, positive people out there with a sense of humor.
72 JamesonLewis3rd // May 2, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I knew it!
Aaaaaahmaaaaaadinejaaaaaad is a sick perv!
73 Darthmeister // May 2, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Disgusting, kissing a lady’s hand like that! I told you Islam was a progressive religion concerned about the rights of women. Why else the outrage? Ahmadaboutjihad should be kissing her feet! After all, it was a woman who gave birth to him!
74 Darthmeister // May 2, 2007 at 5:58 pm
I just check the 429Truth site again and the last post points strongly to this site being a parody. It’s hilarious. Now he’s claiming the initial explosion was captured on video as a mushroom cloud! Looks like something from “24″.
75 Darthmeister // May 2, 2007 at 7:26 pm
And the 429Truth.org site is just as hilarious.
76 JamesonLewis3rd // May 2, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I’m sure glad I haven’t started work on my storm shelter yet.
77 JamesonLewis3rd // May 2, 2007 at 8:24 pm
Here’s why:
http://www.miamiherald.com/884/story/93424.html
78 JamesonLewis3rd // May 2, 2007 at 8:26 pm
79 Darthmeister // May 2, 2007 at 8:51 pm
These have to be the best two posts at 429Truth:
Jakeleg Says:
May 2nd, 2007 at 9:32 am
I’m working on an animated reconstruction that will conclusively prove that the so-called bridge and the co-called accident were actually filmed on a soundstage on the moon.
The History Channel has already contacted me for the sole broadcasting rights.
An Evil Jew Says:
May 1st, 2007 at 1:53 pm
As a Jew, I feel compelled to comment on the assertion that ‘the Jews’ may have had the most to gain from destroying this highway overpass and are likely suspects for leadership of a 4/29 conspiracy.
On behalf of Jews worldwide, I would like to say the following:
We did it.
No particular reason, just to show we could.
At our last conspiracy meeting (you know, the ones where we decide the next steps for Hollywood and the banking industry?), someone mentioned that he could get explosives for us wholesale. It was such a deal, you wouldn’t believe!
So, once we had the stuff, we had to find something to blow up and Crazy Herschel (that’s what we call him - he’s such a meshugganeh!) had the idea of re-creating our great work on the World Trade Centre conspiracy on a west coast highway.
So, there you go. Mystery solved.
Gotta run - doing a PowerPoint presentation tonight for the Elders of Zion golf tournament at the next joint meeting of the Commission and the Skull and Bones Alumni …
Clearly there is the foul stench of another Bush Administration conspiracy roiling across Ameri
KKKca. We must continue speaking truth to power.80 da Bunny // May 2, 2007 at 9:59 pm
The Great Santini, re: 62. Lo siento mucho, amigo. Is that “Mexifornian” enough for you?
Btw, my emails to you are all getting bounced back to me…
81 da Bunny // May 2, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Darthmeister, that 429Truth site is a hoot!
82 Liger // May 2, 2007 at 10:40 pm
Hi Everyone!
Remember: Mission Accomplished!
Love always,
Liger
83 Fred Sinclair // May 2, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Thanks with a tip of the hat to Letty - Waxless Fred
From the L.A. Times
1. 40% of all workers in L.A. County ( L.A. County has 10.2 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. This was because they are predominantly illegal immigrants, working without a green card.
2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.
4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien
Mexicans on Medi-Cal, whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
5. Nearly 25% of all inmates in California detention centers
are Mexican nationals here illegally.
6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages.
7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles
are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border.
8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
9. 21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish speaking
10. In L.A. County 5.1 million people speak English.
3.9 million speak Spanish.
(There are 10.2 million people in L.A. County)
(All the above from the Los Angeles Times)
Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops,
but 29% are on welfare.
Over 70% of the United States’ annual population growth
(and over 90% of California , Florida , and New York )
results from immigration.
The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 was,
(after subtracting taxes immigrants pay), a NET $70 BILLION/
year, [Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University ]. The lifetime
fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average
adult Mexican immigrant is a NEGATIVE number.
29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens.
If they can come to this country to raise Hell and demonstrate by the thousands, WHY can’t they take charge over the corruption in their own country?
We are a bunch of fools for letting this continue.
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know . that Mexico regularly intercedes on the side
of the defense in criminal cases involving Mexican nationals?
Did you know . that Mexico has NEVER extradited a Mexican
national accused of murder in the U.S. in spite of agreements to do so?
According to the L.A. Times, Orange County , California is home to 275
gangs with 17,000 members, 98% of which are Mexican and Asian.
How’s your county doing?
According to a New York Times article dated May 19, 1994, 20 years after
the great influx of legal immigrants from Southeast Asia, 30% are still on
welfare compared to 8% of households nationwide. A Wall Street Journal
editorial dated December 5, 1994 quotes law enforcement officials as stating that Asian mobsters are the “greatest criminal challenge the country faces.” Not bad for a group that is still under 5% of the population.
Is education important to you? Here are the words of a teacher who spent over 20 years in the Los Angeles School system. “Imagine teachers in classes containing 30-40 students of widely varying attention spans and motivation, many of whom aren’t fluent in English. Educators seek learning materials likely to reach the majority of students and that means fewer words and
math problems and more pictures and multicultural references.”
WHEN I WAS YOUNG
I remember hearing about the immigrants that came through Ellis Island .
They wanted to learn English. They wanted to breathe free. They wanted to become Americans. Now, far too many immigrants come here with demands. They demand to be taught in their own language. They demand special privileges … affirmative action. They demand ethnic studies that glorify their culture.
NOW . WHY CAN’T WE SEND THEM HOME
84 Effeminem // May 3, 2007 at 1:11 am
Psh, yall’re xenophobic for sures. Now, I’m xenaphobic (the fear of Lucy Lawless) but that’s completely different. That’s rational.
My sister’s friend got hit by a 18 wheeler that drove away from the accident, and she said, “I don’t know who rear-ended me” and my sis said “[expletive deleted] NAFTA, that’s who.” I thought it was funny, but I don’t understand what the problem is… obviously the Mexicano truckers should be getting US inspection stickers and insurance, right? Then there wouldn’t be un problemo.
And ya know, if we made Mescans pay taxes, they would just end up getting refunds anyway since they have so many dependents and I pay- I mean unscrupulous corporations pay them $75 per day. Well, that’s if they speak English. And that’s for hard labor. But ya know.
And yall complain about Mescans driving down wages. Pfft, ideally, Americans (especially me) would own and manage every interntional corporation, and the actual laor would be outsourced. I admit that not everyone is capable of inventing new technology or bossing around lawn crews, but that’s why we invaded Iraq. If you study hard, you get ahead, and if you don’t, ya know, you get stuck in Iraq.
Besides, Americans are indolent and ummm, what’s a big word…, decadent and ah insoucient. Not as much so as Europeans, though… have you read Lolita by Nabokov? It’s sickening.. the way the main character throws money around and spends his time on pseudointellectual pursuits.
Well, I’m off to look up Rage Against the Machine tour dates. Ciao!
85 Fred Sinclair // May 3, 2007 at 2:25 am
antodav - #15
Under careful inspection, with a fine tooth comb and a Sherlock Holmes magnifying glass; it would be impossible to find a degree to which I cared less about the cause of the problem.
It’s a matter of choice, regardless of the cause, an individual makes a decision - “I will act this way.” a home invader is not met with an invitation to tea and crumpets with a discussion as to the cause of his decision to invade my home. A round from a 12 ga. Shotgun will do just fine to bring about a definate attitude adjustment on his part.
My program will always be to bring his program to as an abrupt a halt as possible. Because I am convinced by his actions that he does not have my best interests at heart.
Just as I fault President Bush for his failure to have police ready at the airport to take Nancy Pelosi into custody when she returned from her recent illegal sojourn into international diplomacy, trying for a dialogue to learn why they want to kill us. She refuses to accept their open, honest statement. “We want to kill you just because you don’t belong to our religion.”
He is also to be faulted for failing to have police take Harry Reid into custody immediately following his aid and comfort to the enemy statement, “The war is lost.” I believe that comes under the heading of “Treason” aka the “Tokyo Rose” Syndrome.
Back in the days of the Rosenbergs, America knew how to properly deal with traitors.
86 Fred Sinclair // May 3, 2007 at 3:32 am
A lawyer friend I met in Barcelona, Spain told me that instead of learning the whole language the only Spanish I need to learn is “los Muertos no Hablan” and “Mucho travaho, poco dinero, est verdad, Yo entiendo” and “Una muy linda Caramelito” he claimed that would cover any situation I might ever encounter. The “Caramelito” phrase is only good with Spanish speaking people; as Mexicans, Cubans & Pureto Ricans etc., haven’t a clue as to it’s meaning,
In the ensuing 40 + years, it’s served me very well and other than the standards Amigo, Gracias, etc., is all I know or wish to know.
I have a rudimentary knowledge of English and a fair knowledge of Americaneese, a tad each of German and Greek and at my age that’s enough.
Heirborn Ranger
87 Fred Sinclair // May 3, 2007 at 6:07 am
Leaving at 07:30 for the cataract operation on my right eye this time. Praying that this one goes as well as last month’s did on the left eye.
As always, coveting your prayers for same results.
Heirborn Ranger
88 Later Gater // May 3, 2007 at 3:12 pm
You got it, Fred.
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