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1. #1
   On July 9th, 2004 at 8:55 am, sTEVE said:

   I like the screen door analogy. Lets the fresh air in and keeps the insects out.

2. #2
   On July 9th, 2004 at 9:22 am, Athena said:

   I like the screen door analogy as well. There are lots of people that can positively affect our nation. My close friend and roommate is an illegal alien. A lot of people don’t know that about her, because she attended high school with us, was one of the top 5 students in the class, and now she’s attending a prestigious public university. She’s worked so hard to get her papers so she can get financial aid in order to continue studying here. She’s in the nursing school, and Lord knows, we NEED more nurses, especially ones fluent in Spanish. But she is having major problems getting them. I feel for people like her, but I realize that we can’t let everyone in our borders. I wish we had more efficient screening methods. Perhaps my idealism in this area isn’t feasible.

3. #3
   On July 9th, 2004 at 9:53 am, William Meisheid said:

   I find it remarkable that the “civil rights community” in the United States has not taken up this problem of the underground slave trade. I guess for all the liberal “we care” protestations it is really “me and mine” who matter. Isn’t it time for the Black leadership to expand its thinking to a “thank you platform” that since so many outside their community helped them gain their freedom and rights over the last 50 years they will now reach out to help those outside their community who are in real bondage today.

   To think that in 2004 there are thousands of “slaves” in the U.S. and organizations built around the redress of slavery don’t care (as shown by their actions and priorities) is unbelievable! There is an old maxim that by helping others you help yourself also. Can’t they see that?

   I once asked Clarence Mitchell at a college forum in the 70’s, at the time a U.S. Representative from Maryland, what he thought about the needs of other minorities in the U.S. and how they meshed with his concerns. I specifically pointed out the Southeast Asians who were beginning to come into the U.S. due to the Vietnam situation, a personal concern since our church was sponsering a family. His reply, to my surprise, was “They are not minorities.” He refused to talk anymore about it and would only address Black grievences. Not much appears to have changed. Isn’t real racism when you cannot see beyond your own?

4. #4
   On July 9th, 2004 at 10:03 am, William Meisheid said:

   Michelle, could you supply a reference, link, or other specific support for the “testimony before a Senate committee earlier this week”? I would like to reference it in an article. Thanks in advance.

5. #5
   On July 9th, 2004 at 10:38 am, William Meisheid said:

   Correction: It was Parren J. Mitchell not Clarence Mitchell. Sorry.

6. #6
   On July 9th, 2004 at 11:07 am, Michelle Malkin said:

   Sorry, the link to the slavery story is here: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0708slavery08.html

7. #7
   On July 9th, 2004 at 11:12 am, William Meisheid said:

   Many thanks.

8. #8
   On July 9th, 2004 at 11:31 am, Digger said:

   Impose an open door policy for your home and see what happens.

   Do we really want an open door policy for our country?

9. #9
   On July 9th, 2004 at 11:36 am, AWG said:

   Hear hear, Michelle. It’s entries such as this that prove how indispensable you are in the arena of ideas in general, and for the conservative cause in particular. Once again I salute you, ma’am.

10. #10
    On July 9th, 2004 at 11:52 am, Marshall said:

    The real question is, why is George W. Bush taking this road? Is he just getting bad advice (read Karl Rove) or does he really think this is in the best interests of the United States. Why is it so hard to be pro-immigration and anti-illegal immigration at the same time. It’s sooooo easy to discern the two! Do you have a visa? Did you enter this country through legal means? No? Well then “buh bye”!

    I work in the IT industry where numerous foreigners come to this country seeking the vast opportunity that awaits them here in America. They work hard to obtain H-1 Visa status. Work hard at work. Contribute to the tax rolls, even buy houses and raise families and become contributing members of our society.

    President Bush would reap a political victory by taking the right stance on this, but even more importantly he would do the right thing.

11. #11
    On July 9th, 2004 at 12:00 pm, Fausta said:

    Slavery, the drug trade, and terrorism are connected, according to The Economist’s article of May 13, 2004, Fleeing the horsemen who kill for Khartoum, which reads,
    “Sudan’s rulers rounded up terrorist suspects, shared intelligence and froze mr bin Laden’s assets in Sudan, including a cannabis farm worked by child slaves who apparently had been bought from a Ugandan rebel group for one Kalashnikov each”
    Thank you for posting on this subject

12. #12
    On July 9th, 2004 at 12:05 pm, americankitty said:

    I get so furious when I hear libs screaming about what the white man did the black slaves hundreds of years ago, and then they don’t even bat an eyelash at the horrors of slavery that are still taking place in the world. They’d rather whine and complain about something that happened centuries ago and find a way to rip a bit more free money from people who had nothing to do with it!

    If they really want to prove themselves as being the caring and compassionate party for “the little guy,” then they ought to direct their resources and concern towards freeing slaves and punishing the @$$holes responsible (and I dont’ wanna hear this tripe about how “we’re all responsible.” They can just bite me if they want to say that). I can’t think of a better candidate for “little guy” status than a four-year-old forced to give a forty-year-old a blow job, or pick tomatoes for 15 hours a day, but somehow they care more for defending someone’s right to purchase and distribute porn. And they think that MY priorities are out of whack? Grrrrr…

    Hey Michelle, can’t we let in some of those child slaves through the screen door? At least we’d get a few more people here who appreciate the good things America has to offer, not like the natives who take it for granted and distort their rights.

13. #13
    On July 9th, 2004 at 12:06 pm, americankitty said:

    Sudan has one of the most prominant slave industries in the world.

14. #14
    On July 9th, 2004 at 12:14 pm, Stephen Macklin said:

    A screen door would be an improvement. It would be better if it were backed with a sturdy door of solid American oak that could be slammed shut and dead-bolted when necessary.

15. #15
    On July 9th, 2004 at 3:19 pm, Museum Curator said:

    One of these days the politicians on both sides of the aisle are going to have to deal with this problem of controlling our borders. Of course as of now both parties do as much to protect our borders as would two little chickens trying to guard the hen house. They run away at the first sign of trouble when their necks are on the line.

16. #16
    On July 9th, 2004 at 3:25 pm, J2 said:

    OT

    info for your consideration:

    re:
    Townhall column
    “Just your average Democrat donors”
    Michelle Malkin July 7, 2004
    Link
    http://www.townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/mm20040707.shtml

    via

    sadlyno.com
    http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/000736.html

    “”
    a day’s work at TownHall: Ridicule a perfectly accurate assesment which you then “show” is “false” by picking four examples that support your “argument…

    ..assertion totally worthless? Hmm

    cand…#$200+….%$200-….#$2000+….%2,000+

    Bush…118,246……29%………55,423……54%
    Kerry..75,658……..46%………18,925……30%
    “”

17. #17
    On July 9th, 2004 at 3:48 pm, Walter E. Wallis said:

    We should encourage other countries to stop running their best and brightest off by allowing success at home.

18. #18
    On July 9th, 2004 at 4:18 pm, Russ said:

    To carry the analogy one step farther, it wouldn’t hurt to have a bouncer at the door.

19. #19
    On July 9th, 2004 at 4:19 pm, James Kotthoff said:

    Open Door Policy?? That assume we have a policy in this country. As far as I can tell there is none. I do think that President Bush is way off the mark on this. He would do more for this country and gain the respect of most members of the legal hispanic community if he took a hard line on illegal aliens. Most immigrants are conservative as far as the subject of illegal immigration, it is just groups like La Raza who are vocal that want an open door policy.

20. #20
    On July 9th, 2004 at 5:05 pm, Rae said:

    Michelle- glad to see you have comments up on every post
    I was one of the first to link you (via ResurrectionSong) and have never been disappointed and now, a bit more icing on the cake with trackbacks and a place to editorialize? Thank

21. #21
    On July 9th, 2004 at 6:16 pm, LarryConley said:

    “”A screen door would be an improvement. It would be better if it were backed with a sturdy door of solid American oak “”

    Or a keen-eyed bounces with a baseball bat of solid American Oak. If we ID someone as a slaver why just turn him away.. use them for fertilizer.

22. #22
    On July 9th, 2004 at 7:05 pm, William Meisheid said:

    J2 - confused as the point of your post. Seems like the cited post never addresses the issues Michelle brings up and misses the satire entirely while trying obfuscate with statistics that don’t have any declaired context or point. Maybe you could clarify or are you just a rb (random bomber)?

23. #23
    On July 9th, 2004 at 7:34 pm, Marc said:

    Why IS the President pursuing such a disastrous policy? Steve Sailer over at http://www.isteve.com had a good post a long while back (I think it is on vdare.com too) about the President’s family connections to Mexico, and speculated that Bush might be trying to flood the country with Mexican-Americans in order to extend his family’s political dynasty. I think that Bush might have a personal fetish for Mexican illegals. Any other ideas?

    I wonder what would happen if Al-Queada managed to pull off an attack just prior to our next election the way they did in Spain. Would that make people rally behind Bush like they did after 9-11, or would the nation turn on him? Hopefully we won’t find out. But if it does happen I will lay the blame first on the terrorists and second on Bush for his immigration policies.

24. #24
    On July 9th, 2004 at 8:35 pm, charles said:

    On a side note, I found the rest of the Manila Times interesting and sad as a dual citizen (born in Olongopo city to a filipino mom and american dad). The Editorial cartoon shows the big road blocks of ‘over-population, high prices’ and especially ‘corruption’. Of course this is the same corruption that Filipinos continue to re-elect over and over again in it’s ridiculous war on poverty using unfundable government waste programs and enforcing the constitutional protectionism that has guaranteed poverty in perpetuity. Reading the rest of the pundits, one of them speaks of the great future that the communications industry can bring with better education…Most educated Filipinos have already done the smart thing with education…emigrate as quickly as possible.

25. #25
    On July 9th, 2004 at 8:44 pm, charles said:

    The reason Bush is a coddler to illegal immigration is easy and obvious…it’s politically safe. This really has nothing to do with the fact that a majority of americans want something done about illegals, but the fact that the media and lobbyist assault could be the additional pain that his strategists don’t want. In other words, the Bush team x’d enforcing our borders out of the picture long ago “need those votes!!”. It’s insane.

26. #26
    On July 9th, 2004 at 8:55 pm, DeoDuce said:

    Bush’s “Open Door Policy” has flaws in it, just like you mention. I am a hardline Bush supporter but I do agree with you that we should have a “cracked door” policy. These days, it’s way too hazardous to let the neighbors have free run of our yard.

27. #27
    On July 9th, 2004 at 10:46 pm, KB said:

    Civil rights organizations have not taken up this charge, because its becoming too profitable.

    Unfortunately, some disingenuous pro-illegal alien groups have hijacked this issue and have twisted this to lay claim to the tens of millions the govt has earmarked for aid and assistance for this effort (or to further their own open-borders agenda.) Catholic Social Services and other such groups have lumped run-of-the-mill illegal aliens and smuggled aliens into this group, now that special visas for trafficking victims and funding has been made available.

    Under their definitions, any illegal who has been smuggled - those who willingly paid for passage, or willingly placed their children into smugglers hands, - should receive the same taxpayer-funded benefits and treatment as those duped or forcibly brought to the US in peonage or slavery, because they were in the grip of the smuggler for a period of time, or were placed in jobs by the smuggler, or are a domestic worker, or owes the smuggler a debt for “services” rendered, no matter how tenuous the claim.
    Another racket for illegals who have no other means to immigrate. and for starry-eyed do-gooders doing all they can to keep illegals here rather than rightly deported. Unfortunately, both ideals come at the expense of true slavery and trafficking victims and the American taxpayer, who doesn’t know much better.

28. #28
    On July 10th, 2004 at 1:31 am, rachel mills said:

    Whenever I hear conservatives talk about illegal immigration all I can think of is Emma Lazarus penning “Give me your tired, your poor, your down trodden yearning to breathe free…” and what this country is all about.

    Stop illegal immigration? I have friends that would love nothing more than to be legal, legally employable and pay taxes in this country, but the red tape is too restrictive and stupid and circular and they can’t. Reform the system, but don’t keep people out who just want the American dream.

29. #29
    On July 10th, 2004 at 2:12 am, Thersites said:

    What the hell does illegal human smuggling have to do with immigration policy?

    Are you imagining that the ilegal human smugglers showed up with slaves in shackles, and the customs guy said “well, geez, the liberals said I had to let you in”?

    Hmmmph.

30. #30
    On July 10th, 2004 at 4:19 am, Thersites said:

    Ted Rall and IMAO are equally vile (oh, both are joking), but neither is as bad as the Emperor Misha.

    Got a defense for your blogroll?

31. #31
    On July 10th, 2004 at 1:21 pm, Ron B. said:

    I used to keep an “open door” for my cats to come and go untill I caught a possom stealing their food.

32. #32
    On July 10th, 2004 at 9:41 pm, Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) said:

    The “John & Ken Show” is one of the very few things I miss about Southern California. John’s kinda abrasive, but he takes no prisoners, and it doesn’t matter a damn what end of the political spectrum you inhabit - if you’re a liar or hypocrite, he’ll cut you to ribbons on the air.

33. #33
    On July 10th, 2004 at 11:37 pm, KB said:

    Rachel: A poem does not constitute immigration policy. And we no longer need - or can reasonably handle - the numbers of “wrteched refuse” or “poor and tired”.

    Times have long since changed since the early settling of this country when our immigration policy allowed for and accomodated tens of millions of poor immigrants. Hence the need for sensible immigration quotas - just like every other country in the world has.

    Just because everyone wants to come here - and those who have illegally snuck in beleive this affords them the right to be here - that does not mean we have the ability or obligation to do so.

34. #34
    On July 14th, 2004 at 11:00 am, Appreciating Irony said:

    Yeah, a tighter immigration policy is needed. Maybe we can keep out all those people whose children grow up to be overopinionated, underinformed columnists…Whoops, too late!