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May 29, 2007May 31, 2007

Immigration Reform? Look South, Old Pol, Look South

(With apologies to Horace Greely for the post title…)

This isn’t a hard news or deeply-researched post, just a quick grab from some top Google hits from news organs, NGOs, official government websites, etc. Heck, you’d think that if I could do a shallow Google-based post in just a few minutes, some congresscritters’ staffs–even Teddy Kennedy’s staff–could do better, but *sigh* no, of course not.

As a modest proposal *cough*, I’d like to suggest that our congresscritters take a look south for immigration reform. Yes, south, to Mexico. From the Foreign WorkerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Guide to Labor and Employment Laws in Mexico (warning, PDF file), from the The Commission for Labor Cooperation, an international organization created under the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC):

The 10% rule. At least 90 percent of the employees of a Mexican company must be Mexican.

Well, that’d be a good start. Of course, it’d close down the “chicken plant” in America’s Third World County that was raided recently, where more than 100 illegal aliens were found (this, after weeks of warnings that the “raid” was coming). Hmmm, it’s no wonder the school in that town is flooded with “English as a second-language” students, is it?

And how about the residency and other requirements for foreign worker employment… in Mexico?

Well, let’s start here:

Mexico’s General Law of Population sets out the rights and obligations of foreigners, as well as the different statuses associated with foreign immigration.

In general, foreign nationals are welcome to visit Mexico for a defined period of time to take part in non-remunerative activities (e.g. a holiday), and requirements for remunerative visits or longer stays (beyond 180 days) require special permits from the Mexican Consulate.

There are two kinds of permit: Non-Immigrant and Immigrant:
Non Immigrant Permits are for people who intend to visit Mexico for a specific purpose and then depart.

Immigrant Permits are for people who wish to live in Mexico, short or long term.

Hmmm, let’s see now. What sorts of folk fall under the two different classes. Non-Immigrant visas cover

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May 29, 2007May 29, 2007

Just a Reminder/Linkfest

As I was reading a novel during “downtime” this weekend, I ran across this insidious comment, made by the protagonist,

“Despite the rituals, the rhetoric, and even the bombs, every religion is saying mostly the same thing… The Torah, the Bible, the Koran. Each offers a recipe for spiritual contentment, for hope, for love… “

Etc., in the same vein. Pardon my bluntness (or not; I really don’t care), but that’s just pure bullshit.

Compare the lives and teachings of the founders of just two of the religions mentioned above. On the one hand, a man who counseled his followers to love their enemies, who said that a man who lusted for a woman to whom he was not married committed adultery; on the other a man who personally ordered the murder, enslavement and plunder of thousands, and who engaged in the most exaggerated forms of sexual gluttony and perversions.

People who commit horrendous acts of mass murder, rape, torture and slavery in the name of the founder of Christianity do so in direct and blatant disregard for the life and teachings of the one whom they claim to follow; that is, they are liars and the truth is not in them.

People who commit horrendous acts of mass murder, rape, torture and slavery in the name of the founder of Islam are simply being good disciples of the Butcher of Medina, who himself committed–and ordered committed–horrendous acts of mass murder, rape, torture and slavery. (And those “peaceful” Muslims who do not overtly engage in such behavior or actively aide in such endeavors are liars, either by commission–claiming Islam is a religion of peace”–or ommission, not actively and openly and honestly admitting that their “prophet” was a monster.)

There is a difference. Those who seek “spiritual contentment, hope and love” by faithfully and genuinely following the life and teachings of Mohammed by seeking to follow his example in brutal oppression of others are not the same as the followers of the Nazarene.

It really is that simple, and people who refuse to make the distinction are unlikely to see a distinction between any other examples of good and evil either.

Just a reminder.

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May 25, 2007May 25, 2007

Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend, culminating in Memorial Day on Monday, we honor servicemen (and women) who have paid for our freedoms with their lives. Below is a reprise of last year’s Memorial Day post. Apart from this, there’ll probably not be any other twc posts this weekend. Just the thought of spending time giving thanks for all the folks I know/knew personally who paid the ultimate cost personally for my liberty is enough to occupy my weekend.

We Shall Keep the Faith

by Moina Michael, November 1918

Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,
Sleep sweet – to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.

We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders Fields.

And now the Torch and Poppy Red
We wear in honor of our dead
.Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We’ll teach the lesson that ye wrought
In Flanders Fields.

Today, large numbers of Americans hold such sacrifice in disdain. Indeed, in recent years, many have attended and participated in “demonstrations” that have celebrated the terrorist savages who seek to kill not only American servicemen and women but civilian non-combatans as well.

Moina Michael’s poem was instrumental in establishing “Decoration Day” (now Memorial Day) and in establishing the (apparently dying) tradition of wearing a poppy in honor of our fallen military. That the more well-known “In Flanders Fields” (John McCrae, May 1915) is “better” art, I’ll not dispute. But Moina Michael’s poem has a heart that’s sadly missing in all too many Americans today who cannot comprehend, let alone echo these lines:

We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies

Would that we too teach our children well, that duty and honor and sacrifice are due our deepest respect and support.

One last note: In order to maintain some sense of connection with my curmudgeonly side, I’ll not explain the significance of the phrase “Flanders Field”. For those who read this who either had competent history teachers in grade school or who have taught themselves from readily available history texts, it’d be superfluous. For those who don’t know the significance of the phrase when they read it here, well, they have computers and an internet connection. I’ll not be their crutch–especially if such persons are even too lazy to click the link above. One word: Google. Folks who are too lazy to click the link above or type a search into a Google search box are just hopeless. *heh*

Let me encourage you to “buy” a poppy from an American Legion member; to spend some time thinking on what that poppy represents; to spend some time this weekend in quiet contemplation and prayer, being thankful for those who gave their lives to preserve your liberties.

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May 24, 2007April 6, 2009

T-13, 1.29: Thirteen Lessons from Politicians spit

[NOTE: the link on #11 is fixed and now points to, “How to Avoid Going to Jail under 18 U.S.C. Section 1001 for Lying to Government Agents”]

“The funny thing about life is that it is a schoolroom in reverse. It gives the tests first and the lessons afterward.”

[Warning: not exactly a “happy” T-13. *sigh*]

13. A. A politician’s *spit* list for “How to Boil a Frog.”
Q. The following items (among others) are found in a “how to” list for what? Misapply the Fourteenth Amendment; “Interstate Commerce” means anything we want it to mean; “Equal Rights” means discrimination in favor of select “minorities”; “cultural diversity” means suppression of the culture that made the U.S. strong, productive and free…

12. A. TSA, et al.
Q. How do you transform citizens into subjects?

11. A. Fifth Amendment rights? What Fifth Amendment rights?
Q. When innocent, how can one still manage to stay out of jail when questioned by LEOs?

10. A. The lesson taught by the Martha Stewart case.
Q. What is, “Do not cooperate with Federal investigators”? (See #11)

9. A. The lesson taught by Waco.
Q. More firepower and ammunition; thicker walls/better bunkers; artillery!; save the women and children, cos you never can tell when the feebs will want to toast their flesh over (in!) a roaring flame…

8. A. The lesson taught by Ruby Ridge.
Q. Never “threaten” a remote, hidden, body-armored sniper with a woman holding a baby. She’s a deader if you do.

7. A. C.
Q. What’s three feet tall with a stench that will knock a starving buzzard off an offal wagon at 50 yards?
a.) an unsealed container of mostly-decomposed medical waste.
b.) raw rewage.
c.) a Congressional appropriations bill

6. A. That silly sh*t-eating grin.
Q. What do dung beetles and congresscritters have in common?

5. A. There’s a difference?
Q. What’s the difference between a murdering, savage, liar, thief, rapist and slaver and a genuine, observant Muslim?

4. A. They’re the ones stabbing the U.S. in the back.
Q. How can you discern the true friends and loyal allies of the U.S.?

3. A. To hire and pay government workers. (What? You thought it was to be public servants? Bwahahahahahahahaha!)
Q. What’s the mission of government bureaucracies?

2. A. To keep their cushy positions so they don’t have to go to work in a real job.
Q. What is the goal of politicians *spit*?

1. A.“¿Hablan español?”
Q. “Do you, our elected representatives, intend to ignore the express will of the vast majority of the elctorate and erase the sovereignty of the U.S.?”

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