The Three Amigos’ summit in New Orleans
President Bush will be in New Orleans today for his final summit with Mexican president Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The main focus is NAFTA. But free trade isn’t the only thing on Calderon’s mind. He’ll be meeting in the US with shamnesty peddlers and immigration enforcement saboteurs in Dallas, as they prepare for another round of massive May Day illegal alien rallies to protest workplace enforcement actions, enforcement of deportation orders against hundreds of thousands of fugitive absconders, and enforcement of every other immigration rule and requirement. This is his top agenda:
In his first trip to Texas as president, Mexico’s Felipe Calderon will make a brief stop in Dallas on Tuesday to talk about an issue that has become more and more contentious in recent months — immigration.
Calderon will appear at a conference of the Institute for Mexicans Abroad, a 125-member advisory council formed by the Mexican government in 2003 to strengthen ties between Mexico and its sons and daughters working in other countries.
It will be only the second time that the group, which meets twice a year, will meet in the U.S. The first was in Atlanta in 2004.
“The Mexican government believes that protection assistance programs for Mexicans in the United States should be strengthened continuously, and Texas, as the second-largest state with Mexicans, represents the ideal geographic place for these programs,” said a spokeswoman for Calderon. She added that the president believes it’s important “to personally connect with Mexicans who live and work in Texas.”
Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert invited Calderon to Dallas during a January trade mission to Monterrey, Mexico. Leppert called Dallas a “culturally diverse city with a strong Hispanic presence.”
Other cities in the region, including Farmers Branch and Irving, have generated controversy by taking strong stands and implementing policies against illegal immigration.
For his part, Calderon has criticized the “growing harassment” of Mexicans in the United States.
You’ll recall that while GOP Rep. Tom Tancredo and California GOP state legislator Tom McClintock challenged Calderon’s scathing criticism in February, President Bush had nothing to say. In fact, as Calderon persists in badmouthing the U.S., Bush will be moving forward with the $1.4 billion Merida Initiative at the summit today, which will help bolster Mexico’s southern border fence and fund their surveillance tools.
How’s our own fence doing? Well, you may recall that on April Fools’ Day, DHS trumpeted its decision to exercise its waiver authority to expedite construction of the fence along the southern border. Many folks took it as a hopeful sign that the administration was getting serious about homeland security. I did not join the cheering. The dog-and-pony charade is too familiar.
Now, we learn–as I expected–that those environmental waivers were waivers in name only for the still-unbuilt fence in name only:
Earlier this month, however, the Bush administration waived more than 30 environmental and land-management laws to meet its deadline for building at least 360 miles of the border fence. Two advocacy groups, the Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife, have gone to court to challenge the constitutionality of the authority that Congress gave the administration to set aside federally required environmental reviews.
Amy Kudwa, spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said that despite the waivers, the agency has prepared draft environmental assessments or impact statements for much of the fence — which will be composed of metal, concrete or wire along different stretches — and that officials will continue to explore ways to mitigate its effect on vulnerable wildlife.
“Just because we’re using this waiver authority doesn’t mean we’ve not been mindful of our obligation to be stewards of the environment,” she said in an interview. “For a number of miles, we’ve determined that it would have only insignificant impact.”
Kudwa could not specify which areas would feel the greatest effects from the barrier, but she said Homeland Security is negotiating to give the Fish and Wildlife Service $800,000 to mitigate the wall’s impact on the Sonoran pronghorn and the long-nose bat in the Cabeza Prieta refuge, even though DHS has waived its obligation to comply with Endangered Species Act requirements there.
Meantime, a bunch of scientists who put ocelots above national security are threatening to throw themselves in front of bulldozers:
“This wall is so asinine, and so wrong, I am one of a dozen scientists ready to lay our bodies down in front of tractors,” Healy Hamilton, who directs the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information at the California Academy of Sciences, told colleagues at a recent scientific retreat here. “This is one thing we might be able to stop.”
“Make it 13!” said Allison Jones, a conservation biologist at the Wild Utah Project, an advocacy group.
Hamilton and Jones have yet to throw themselves before bulldozers, but their call to arms reflects the researchers’ growing fears that the wall will imperil species that, in Hamilton’s words, “walk, fly or crawl across that border.”
DHS’s fence construction authority sunsets 12/31/08.
The open-borders lobby knows it can do what it has always taught its law-evaders to do:
Run out the clock.
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Construction Supervisor: Do you have any idea how much damage this bulldozer would sustain if I were to let it roll right over you?
Arthur Dent: How much?
Construction Supervisor: None atoll.
I wish our president worked as hard for us as Felipe Calderon does for Mexicans. He is securing their #2 industry, money sent home from here, and getting even more so they can further close their southern border while chastising us for building a fence of our own. Can’t you just taste the irony?
He is the cat-lady.
“May Day Illegal Alien Rally” - a perfect opportunity to arrest criminals for breaking federal law. Imagine having a “May Day Rapists and Violent Offenders at large Rally” and not taking the opportunity to arrest them.. gawd this has to be one of the most ridiculously stupid countries on the planet at times.
Why not just declare total anarchy and be done with it?
If they do lay down in front of the bulldozers then the burial will be short and sweet. With two moonbats down we will only have another 999,998 to go.
If ICE had any testosterone it would send a large contingent to the May Day Illegal Alien Rally and start rounding them up. Take Calderon and his 125 member advisory committee too.
Can we say “fish in a barrel”? If Chertoff and his agency were worth a fraction of the money they absorb in the budget process each year, they would be present for such an event to round up illegal immigrants.
expat …
they don’t have to interfere at all … just have a high visibility of ICE vehicles and personnel positioned along the parade routes and the crowds will be much smaller …
ROFLMAO
Dang! I would almost pay to see that.
Can we not do something against the govt for failing to up hold the law that they know is being broke and not making the arrest needed at this rally ? MM can you help us with this ?
It would be a miracle if we could get a white picket fence built at the border:
These environmentalist granola-eaters bang their fists on the table demanding mitigation of capital projects like Mini-Stalin. Our only recourse is teasing them a bit but the end result is still the same; the cost of the project always goes up. These stringent environmental laws are the reason why our bridges are rotting away and falling into the rivers. Contractors won’t even bid projects in some cases; all the profit gets vacuumed out due to environmental mitigation. Granted some of these regulations have merit but not when it’s like a vine taking over the garden.
A well designed and maintained fence will definitely keep one specific species from “walking, flying, or crawling across the border”. GO TO THE GATE AND FORM A SINGLE LINE. DO NOT TAKE CUTS.
I only know a very little spanish, but I understand this poster advising our “friends” in Chicago what to protest on May Day. Notice Lady Liberty draped with all the flags of the world except….can you name the missing flag?
http://wehategringos.com/whg/?p=3007
How fitting, while the President hobnobs with Mexican President Calderon in New Orleans. Ramos and Compean are appealing their convictions with US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. A judgement in their favor could reverse their convictions and grant them a new trial.
Shameful Mr. President. Absolutely shameful.
The Pope was unavailable for comment.
Ramos and Compean are not contributing to the presidential library or any other business arrangement. Calderon is. Follow the money. The leaders of out government will work very hard to feather their nests at the expense of the average citizen.
Rooster,
You are reading too much into it
sarc off.
My husband’s job required him to meet with security personnel wrt to the restaurant where they may be eating and the security system at the new Mexican Consulate, which he also helped set up security for, and which Bush will visit when it opens today or tomorrow. It’s beyond frustrating. I’m quite tempted to go join the protesters.
The reason the consulate was rebuilt is that we have at least 30k illegals since Katrina. And - of course - Mexico wants to ensure that their rights are protected - I wish the U.S. was so diligent!
And now we’ve got day labor areas and parts of the city we don’t feel comfortable going in. My daughter and mother were hit by a drunk illegal alien driver in August 2006. (My daughter needed surgery but is okay, my mother is fine.) All of a sudden New Orleans is a border town - thanks President Bush!!
I have had ENOUGH. And while I’m almost certain to vote for McCain because he’s not as bad as the Dems, I cringe at the thought that he’ll provide more of the same.
Geaux New Orleans Hornets with Superstar Chris Paul - the greatest basketball player to ever lace them up!
Chris Paul’s success in NO will have more impact on the city’s revival than any politician ever could. If the NBA were smart, they’d give Paul MVP instead of crybaby Kobe.
You know, It’s been awhile, but I’m pretty sure I can still drive a bulldozer….If they need any help…
Geez! Then end of Bush’s term won’t come quick enough. But, my vote for him was better, I guess, than a vote for John Kerry. *sigh*
The sad part is, we won’t have anyone any better replacing him out of the three in contention at this point.
I know expat ask my buddy, a recruiter in Graf, Wally C_______m, I read too much!
” “Make it 13!” said Allison Jones, a conservation biologist at the Wild Utah Project, an advocacy group ”
Morons. Savage is correct. “Liberalism is a mental disorder”. The single greatest threat to wildlife is the loss of natural habitat. Especially in desert areas where vast expanses of territory are requried by aniamls to survive. Once again, how can importing more and more people, which requires development for schools, homes, farm land to feed etc, in any way help their cause? If they used just a little logic while trying to solve the issues facing wildlife, they would realize the need to curtail overall immigraiotn numbers.
Is open borders John McCain going to join them? That would make a great campaign photo op, Bush, Calderon and McCain standing together for open borders.
It may be of interest to look at the BBC Documentary on Enoch Powell and the comments following it.
http://www.youtube.com/user/VersionOnePointOne
Meanwhile, in Houston, a mother is dead after refusing to give up her car with her infant inside and being stabbed to death in broad daylight by an illegal from Mexico.
http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou080421_ac_carjackingcourt.85c5803b.html?npc
We have open borders, legally. We just want to shut down illegal entry is that to much to ask? Drug and human trafficing is killing this country.
I live in New Hampshire after spending 20 plus years in Northern Virginia and four in Colorado. The illegal problem isn’t as bad here (yet) as it was in VA and CO, which is probably why so many people voted for McCain. They don’t know what it’s like to live in states which are being overrun by illegals. I’m really worried this massive invasion is just going to get worse with any of the current presidential candidates winning. On this subject, none of them seem to understand what this is doing to the country.
As to the scientists - I’ve got a post up describing some of the environmental damage done by border crossers, and Michelle has posted on that before. Habitats are being destroyed, national parks are being destroyed, trash is literally knee deep in some areas, not to mention the human biological waste and the wildfires. And scientists often are stopping animal research in the desert because they’re afraid of the smugglers and illegals.
Stewards of the environment, yes. Slaves to the environment - No!
Build the fence now, while there’s still time for it to have a positive impact in reducing illegal immigration. We can compensate for any perceived eco-disturbances later - after we’ve secured our own futures.
He doesn’t seem to want to mention the “already grown harrassment” of Americans that travel to Mexico.
By the way, why do you think so many Meixicans have left their wonderful homeland to come here in the first place? Perhaps Mr Calderon should major on fixing their problems instead of criticizing someone else.
I happened to hear a little BBC report overnight that touched on the whole illegal immigrant situation. The “presenter” had some occasion to refer to “La Raza,” which she made to sound like a thoughtful organization interested in these events.
She explained them by dropping the “La” and just saying in a low-key way that “raza” means race. IMO, there is a huge difference in introducing someone to this outfit by mentioned that “raza” means “race” versus saying that their name means, “THE race,” which, at least to the anglophone ear, has a very racially chauvinistic sound to it.
But in the BBC version, this is a humanitarian group concerned with help poor Hispanic people assimilate in their new homeland. There was nothing about a reconquista, don’t you know. And so it goes…
Does anyone know if there is going to be any kind of rally to protest the meeting? The American people did a great job getting shamnesty shot down, now we need to shoot down the relinquishing of American Soveriengty.
Rooster, I will be in Graf 2-4 May for BA.
Do we?
How about the president closely connecting with Mexicans back home so they don’t have to sneak into America in the first place! So they come to the US to meet & strategize further erosion of our border & immigration policy. Talk about coming thru the front door as guests and smashing the windows so the uninvited can pour in.
TXRose, you and your fellow Texans better hurry up and pass something similar to our anti-illegal immigration laws in OK and that of AZ. I’m pulling for ya’ll.
All the same, I can only see this getting real ugly & violent sooner than later if the politicians continue to ignore & override the voice of the people.
At the same time, I’m sure the open borders folks have had their marching orders to keep a low profile this year for the Cinco de Mayo celebrations, but knowing the nutroots, they can’t help but act out. If this year’s 5th of May doesn’t prove to be the tipping point, it’ll come damn close.
Lessee how McVain
handlesmishandles this episode. If his true colors show, the GOP convention is going to have a serious issue in confirming his nomination.Celebrate San Jacinto Day!!!!!
Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!
Remind your friends. We are all Texans today.
Wow, a meeting of the big boys of the North American Union agenda. I’d like to be a fly on the wall in that room!
Due to this being an election year I have seen ICE actually rounding up more and more illegals, but as usual I am sure it is only for show with some catch and release with deporting a few just for the photo op. I have absolutely no faith in the Department of Homeland Insecurity and the POTUS to do a damn thing about this illegal invasion of our country. If those hiding in the shadows come out of their holes and take over the streets on May Day I guarantee we will not see one ICE agent or other law enforcement agency out there to round the criminal invaders up.
Sorry I must of said something offensive.
Barry, I am hoping that lots of conservatives will take seriously the benefits of letting the Dems win, especially if it is Obama.
(I am less afraid of Obama, because I think that regardless of how smooth he is personally, he is coming from the radical left with lots of people like Jermiah Wright and William Ayers and, if they win, they will ultmately frighten away centrist Democrats and will be left without a governing majority. Hillary, with her toughness and experience and her skill at dressing in pink when she needs to, is a much greater danger, IMO.)
Anyway, a McCain administration completely liberated from the conservative base would do this country more damage than the Dems could do. The worst of is that he will have KILLED conservatism as a movement with a powerful voice in the congress. He will suck most of the milquetoast GOPers over to his side leaving only a handful of irrelevant and isolated conservatives to carry our banner.
OTOH, if the Dems win, the GOP strategy of running against the conservative base will be seen to be suicidal. GOP congress critters will rediscover their fervent conservatism and will be a solid opposition against Dem legislation. Especially if it is Obama, they will be joined by many centrist Dems in resisting a radical, leftist President. He will be politically paralyzed — he just will not have the numbers for his leftist agenda — and, most important, conservatism as a credible force in national politics will spring back to life.
So I hope you will consider not voting for McCain. My own motto is,
Maverick candidate, meet maverick voter!
George really disappoints me. Is he so soft headed over the Mexicans just because he grew up in Texas ?? His comments in the last couple years have made me wonder just what his angle is on this.He sucks up to this president just like he did Fox!
expat, there are some protests scheduled, but the news isn’t saying where and it’s going to be very low key.
We go ALL over the world BOMBING the hell out of countries but we kowtow to mexico. Why???
I’m like three seconds into this article and already p’d off.
IT’s ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, STUPID! and it’s been YEARS.
HOW DARE YOU, you wormy leechy parasite.
Mexico just can’t get by with out that 30 BILLION DOLLARS, American Dollars, each and every year now can you. ( oh, and all that free medical care your people use our hospitals for.)
Enforce the laws!
# 39 Ignatius Reilly… I couldn’t have said it better myself.. I’m with you 100%. Get ready you’re gonna get an earful…..
also two years after Obambi is elected we would get back both houses of congress and two years after that the white house….
Ignatius, although disagreeing with most of what you said yesterday, I do agree with you today.
#39 Ignatius Reilly You have a point but you stop with the POTUS. If we can get control of the house and senate again then it will not matter who is in the whitehouse. You could put Breshnev or Pol Pot in there and if we had control of the check book they would be lame ducks. Just thought I’d throw that out for a point of contention.
Laura C, thank you. Hopefully they won’t be so low key that they are completely ineffective.
I can’t see myself voting for someone who will start pulling the troops out of Iraq right after they’re sworn in, regardless of what the Generals over there say. These aren’t normal political times in that we’re fighting a war with people who want to kill every American, not just the military. If a dem goes in, people will be dying over here by the thousands, and by the millions in the Middle East. I’m voting for McCain, and if he looses, then I won’t have the deaths of thousands of people on my conscious. McCain is weak on imigration, but strong on fighting the terriosts. Perhaps if he wins, the American people can force him to close the borders, but won’t be able to force a dem to continue fighting the terriosts. No, I’m voting for McCain, win, lose, or draw.
My husband made a strange comment the other day. He said “I think Obama will get elected & I think he will be assiginated”. (when people find out how radical he really is)
Can I drive the tractor? Please?
They call it a May Day Rally for Immigrant Rights but I prefer to call it “The Next Great Round-up“.
shooter …
Sorry but your numbers are way off … check this link I posted in another thread …
Illegal Immigration Costs
It will surprise you to discover how your number is not even a drop in the bucket …
Reading one of the local Hispanic papers, they also plan to march for standard workers’ rights that they feel are due them as international workers in the global economy, such as medical benefits.
The real problem is the Coyote-in-Chief, of course. Mexicans can’t realize their ambition of overrunning and scavenging the United States without the willing help of Jorge Bush and his ilk.
Debt, the modern equivalent of medieval obses.
I think I like the taking of first born sons better, at least us peons got to keep our pre fiat money.
Summits are the ultimate in pure unadulterated elitism, for the leaders its all good, for us, its all bad.
I’m pretty sure that they understand exactly what they are doing. What we see as a bug, they see as a desirable feature. Arias-King has a lot of inside info on the topic here.
I’m having a hard time thinking of when Bush has NOT adapted the liberal position. Nixon was a very liberal President also, and that is not an impediment to being hated by the left. It seems to make them hate even harder.
How can you be strong on fighting terrorism if you are weak on securing the border? That’s like saying you are against crime, and you want to disband the police.
Absolutely! I think everybody should vote for almost all downticket Republicans, even the RINOs. If McCain is defeated by the backlash from the base, the rest of them will remember who sent them there and cleanup their act in a hurry.
McCain is a weasel on immigration. So what if he continues to fight terrorists, if he leaves the homeland totally ungaurded and buckling from the weight of unfettered immigration. I live in Texas, and see first hand what this “diversity at any cost” immigration policy is doing to our state. We could dramatically reduce the odds of terrorism acts in the US if we STOPPED importing more muslims and made it clear to those here that any indiscretion on their part will result in immediate deportation. That would be more effective than fighting battles across the world where we are not really liked by the populace anyway. IMHO, the threat of unfettered immigraiton from the 3rd world is much more a threat to our long term survival than terrorism.
I think Deron Williams has something to say about that. He just became only the third player to ever score 1500 pts, 800 assists, and shot over .500 in the same season (with Magic and Kevin Johnson). Williams has dominated Paul in every head to head match up (including college).
McCain will not secure the border and then when failing to secure the border he’ll blame the states. The states will blame the feds and then both will come together and agree to amnesty as a solution for change.
A Vote for McCain is a vote for amnesty!!!
zorro…yea, the weekend’s threads got me pretty shrill, at times. I see the immigration topic as being “existential,” as they say. Once the Mexican invasion achieves certain numbers, it will be unstoppable and irreversible. Actually, I think we are already there. I just choose to rant rather than “go gentle into that good night.”
Actually, I really have wanted to attach myself — philosophically if not religiously — to the CC and am especially upset at the church because it is such a disappointment. And I don’t feel great about heaping so much ugly abuse on the Pope. Brit Hume referred to him yesterday as having a sort of “beatific sweetness” about himself, and I totally agree with that. Sometimes, though, I think it is necessary to put aside sentiment and react to the consequences of someone’s actions. I hope offended Catholics will forgive me for my rage and understand that it is illegal immigration and not Catholicism that I am upset about. Not meaning to start it all up again…
Desertlover,
Thanks for catching that.
I should have added the 30 BILLION DOLLARS was for remittances ONLY. The Mexicans alone send 30 BILLION dollars annually to Mexico. Compound that with what they steal from American workers and medical and on and on and on….
I don’t even think ImmigrationCounters.com has the number high enough.
You can’t even count inthe cost of diseases the illegals brought with them and inflicted on American citizens ( more millions of dollars).
Heritage ( I think) did a cost of illegals per person and it was a net deficit of $19,000- EACH!
This is saying that each one of the 20 million illegals in America costs US $19,000 per year, AFTER their so called taxes and anything positive they might bring.
Mexico sends us their problems and we pay for it/them.
Deficit= $19,000 each illegal alien per year.
Still considering writing-in for Tom Tancredo.
An important point that I omitted in my comments on how things will play out with Obama as president.
shooter …
now add in the costs in human suffering inflicted upon Americans by the gang activity, other crime, drunk driving deaths, etc. and it becomes even more staggering …
More than a dozen Americans are killed daily by illegal aliens … that means they kill more Americans in a year than we have lost in the Iraq War since it started …
Prime example is the recent killing in L.A. of the HS football player by a gang member …
Desrtlover,
I’m with you 1000%
Rachel Corrie was unavailable for comment.
I was going to as well. Tomorrow is primary day here in PA. But after Michelle posted Trancredo’s Pope bashing comments, Mickey Mouse will be my write in.
Anyone figure out which amigo is which yet?
Use the bulldozers to gently, but firmly push the 12 scientists over to the Mexican side and continue building the fence - I am sure they will find support over there.
I was one of the few very offended not only by you but the dozens who piled on. I was disappointed, surprised in fact, by both of Michelle’s “blogs” on the topic and that some of comments were allowed to stand. Forgiveness is what it’s all about, so, please forgive me as I forgive you. Thanks.
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe………catch an amigo by the toe, if he yells, send him to Mexico.
Barry F … LMAO
Actually I think they are more like Disney’s 3 Caballeros …
flesner thanks for the link it explains why our Congress critters are selling us down the river on this illegal invasion. This back door usurpation needs to see the light of day by everyone. Wonder why we haven’t seen this one all over the front pages? I will be sending this link out to just about everyone I know.
On April 21st, 2008 at 9:15 am, 30 pcs of silver said:
He is rather shameful, is he not, with McAmnesty waiting in the wings.
What joke our government has become.
Can we give Bush the keys to his Mexican villa now and get him to move early? Cheney will do.
Or, maybe, the Three Stooges.
Nah, I shouldn’t belittle the work of the original Three Stooges that way, huh?
The Bush legacy: failure to stop the illegal invasion of our Country across our southern border, so his corporate friends can have their cheap labor. I voted for Bush, but he has become the Trojan Horse Republican of our time. It is time for a third political party; the Republicans have left the building.
I’m a long nosed prong horned American. What is my president taking seriously?
Not totally off-topic, the Bank of Illegals in America is reporting a $2 billion dollar loss on consumer loans. So loaning money to people who sneak across the border and have fake names and social security numbers isn’t a good business model? Huh? But, but I have an MBA…
PS - the photo on the link is choice.
It’s funny how the dems were right, just not in the way they thought. Bush really has caused, or at least allowed, incredible harm to come to the country. I guess the old broken clock analogy is true.
Yes, Mexico is our friend. They’ve got other friends too - in North Korea:
“Agreement Signed between DPRK and Mexico
Pyongyang, April 19 (KCNA) — An agreement on educational and cultural cooperation between the governments of the DPRK and Mexico was inked in Mexico on April 14.
Present at the signing ceremony were a delegation of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries led by its Acting Chairman Mun Jae Chol and DPRK Ambassador to Mexico So Jae Myong from the DPRK side and Alberto Fierro Garza, general director for Culture of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other officials concerned from the Mexican side.”
Calderon, Hernandez, Pancho Villa?
Viva NAFTA! Horse Sh*T!
F*ck all of that nonsense!
Good Luck in 2008 through 2012.
Amercia is off track and voting stupid big time.
Obama=Marxism
Clinton=Socialism
McCain= a big bite of each and a bad taste in your mouth for 4 years.
America off track. Big Time!
McCain is no Ronald Regan!
Barry F
Agreed … the 3 stooges were funny … these guys are just a bad joke …
Unfortunately, so is a vote for Obama or Hillary. While a write in for Fred, Tancredo or several others would be very satisfying, it’s not going to matter.
I’m focusing on Congress. We successfully stopped Bush/McCain’s amnesty once, and we can do it again as long as we can pressure Congress enough.
Quoth Ingnatus Reilly in #61:
While I do think there was a some piling on in general in the aforementioned thread, I wasn’t offended. I don’t think the purpose of the Pope’s statements was to okay illegal immigration, based on what I have read, but the U.S. Bishops (and my parish priest, for that matter) sure seem to be overly fond of enabling illegal immigrants. To me, it’s a sticky issue, since it’s the responsibility of the Church to minister to all of its flock, but in this case, I think it’s crossing the line into enabling criminal actions.
They should check the date. This is according to wikipedia…
San Jacinto Day is the celebration of the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. It was the final battle of the Texas Revolution where Texas won its independence from Mexico.
It is an official holiday according to the State of Texas. An annual festival, which includes a reenactment, is held on the site of the battle. The Sabine Volunteers, a reenactment group from East Texas, participate in the San Jacinto Reenactment annually. This group is named for an actual militia group during the Texas Revolution. The reenactment group consists of four members and has appeared on the History Channel.
When Bush won, after many of us fought so hard for him to win, he immediatelly began to disappoint. Since November of 2004, his Presidency and the REpublicans have been a constant let down for me and my husband. I can no longr support this party or its presumed nominee, McShamnesty. I agree with some that it is better to get a Dem i the white house for 4 years, let him screw it all up and then elect a real conservative. History DOES repeat itself but too many people are just not learning from it. IF we let McCain win, that is the end of conservatives. The GOP already thinks we are just the fringe. If McCain wins, just watch. He is already cocky (if I spelled that right) towards us, he will be a 1000 times worse. But I am one of a very few, so McCAin will probably win and conservatism will die, permanently. I am not willing to participate in putting in that final nail.
He doesn’t want them back because they’ll tear down the crappy government if they’re stuck down there. That’s way overdue.
Just give me some warning so I can draw a number for my chance to drive the dozer!
Read on DRUDGE that there is/will be a food shortage.
Rice, grains, etc., wonder why.
Don’t illegals eat mostly grain and rice ?????
Yet another contribution by our illegal communities….thank you Bushwacked and others….thank you……..thank you.
You forgot: “to claim the sw as Mexican domain.”
Bush and his own family are Nazi’s , just study their family back ground . Snake oil is in their blood and DNA . Yet somebody voted twice for this Blue Blood Elite
Michelle, I saw you on Neil Cavuto 4/21, and so happy I was in the choir. When you were finished with the three stooges of NAU my 54″ projector T.V. was quivering. Cavuto had a look of amazement and perhaps shock regarding the subjects you so well illuminated.
McCain says he will have the states decide when the border is secure. with Perry, Schwarzenegger, Richardson, and Napolitano all illegal alien lovers pandering to hispanics, they would certify it no matter how porous it still is.
then, McCain will grant amnesty after the states have “certified” the border secure.
the whole thing is already a pre-arranged sham between McCain and his gringo-hating smiling backstabber Mr Open Borders Juan Hernandez.
I guarantee that this is the way it will go if Juan McPain is elected.
if the dems are elected, it will just happen faster and more direct.
When a foreign head of state, like Calderon, meets with questionable organizations that promote breaking of U.S. laws, it is time to take him gently by the arm, escort him to a car, and drive him to the border. If he puts up resistance, cuff him and handle him like a regular criminal…escorted to the border and dumped. I’m sorry, that’s the way I feel. I’m sick of foreign diplomats treating this country like garbage. Doesn’t make for proper protocol and liable to cause an outcry but that’s what I would do.
Good lord.
How do you explain the rationing in Mountain View, CA? Illegals?
I will be voting in my 14th Presidential election in November. I don’t believe America has ever had three more dismal choices.
McCains only redeeming factor is that he is correct on the Iraq war.
Obama and Clinton have absolutely nothing to recommend them.
Mookie, Read the article.
I don’t know what you’re talking about since I do not live on the west coast.
Will they throw their sorry butts in front of a drug trafficing coyote that brings the crap across and shoots at OUR border patrol?
These people are pathetic. And don’t really deserve the right to breath my air.
I did read the article.