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A DAY WITHOUT ILLEGAL ALIENS -- HOW ABOUT 365?

Apr 30, 2006 11:12PM PDT

Well .. here we go again. It's May 1st. May Day. A day which, ironically enough, was once a huge holiday in the Communist World. No ... it's not Lenin's birthday. In the U.S. we celebrate Lenin's birthday with something called "Earth Day." That in itself is rather strange, considering the fact that Earth Day has become somewhat of an anti-capitalist celebration. But, I digress. The Marching Mexicans will be at it again today ... they're filling the streets with the avowed attention to "close down" some major American cities.

First of all, boycotts, especially short ones like this, don't work. Why? If any immigrants do boycott anything, they're sure to go right back to it tomorrow. That's work/school/shopping being delayed, not denied. Second, this does have one convenient side effect. Perhaps just for one day...and maybe one day only...the 12 million criminal illegal aliens will go away for one day. We can dream, can't we?

Political correctness seems to be the order of the day in the media. I'm listening to CNN this morning as I prepare these program notes. Time after time I hear the word "immigrants." Only once thus far have I heard any derivative of the word "illegal" used in a story. The idiotic phrase "undocumented workers" comes up now and again. It seems that the last thing that the media wants to do is to call them what they are .... illegal aliens. By definition they are not "Immigrants." Immigration is a legal procedure which these people have not followed. They're aliens ... again, by definition ... and they're here illegally. That adds up to illegal aliens. While they're trying to close down some American cities why can't we just call them who and what they are?

Almost everything that can be said about the Mexican invasion force has already been said. There's really nothing new here, except for the fact that the illegal aliens and those who support them will be on the streets again today. Though the basic facts remain the same, there are a few things that are changing out there. First, with every demonstration, and the continued inaction on the part of the Bush Administration and the Congress, the illegal alien lobby becomes stronger and bolder. Second, average Americans, those who don't derive their power through the ballot box or gain financial advantage by using illegal alien labor, are getting a bit fed up with this whole "day without immigrants" BS.

As I said .. the facts here haven't changed. Only the boldness and arrogance of those who have violated our laws, and those who support them, has changed .... for the worse.

Last week I posted a review of some facts about the Mexican invasion you may not have been aware of, or may have missed. Those facts are just as valid and meaningful today as they were last week. So ... I'll post them again, revised and expanded:

Since 1990 an estimated 25 million Latinos have crossed the Mexican - American border .... northbound. The reason you keep hearing the 11 million figure is because the other 13 to 14 million were given amnesty during the mid-1990s. By any measure this is an invasion. No ... they aren't carrying guns with them, but they are carrying another weapon that may be just as effective; their willingness to exploit our compassion. They will eventually use our compassion (misplaced, in this case) and our surrender to the gods of political correctness to achieve their goals.


i hope you bother to read it and think.

http://boortz.com/nuze/index.html

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(NT) (NT) How about forever? Let them go home and make it permane
May 1, 2006 11:07AM PDT
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So you don't want clean dishes in your restaurant,
May 1, 2006 1:28PM PDT

clean sheets on your hotel bed, your fruits and vegetables picked, or your buildings finished, Mark? Not coincidentally, I didn't see anyone working today on the new building for the Galveston national laboratory for Biodefense today... It'll be interesting to see what the net loss to the American economy from today's on-day (partial!) demonstration was...

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Reply to: So you don't want clean dishes in your restaurant,
May 1, 2006 1:37PM PDT
"today... It'll be interesting to see what the net loss to the American economy from today's on-day (partial!) demonstration was...-- Dave K"

Why would such a loss exist? Could it be due to hiring too many members of a special interest group, many here illegally, and now trying to become a political power? How would you feel if 25 million white russians, or 25 million Iranians, or 25 million Iraqis or even a mixture of 25 million Europeans decided to illegally invade our country and take jobs from citizens by undercutting the then prevailing wage scale till they controlled vital areas of the economy? What do you have against America that would encourage you to support it's invaders?
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dk is a collage person
May 1, 2006 1:40PM PDT

he thinks laws are for others

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i beleave in the law
May 1, 2006 1:39PM PDT

i take it you dont?
so your part of the problem.
when my grand parents came over from the european countries they had to be screened, what makes these lawbreakers be above the law?

and if the componies that hire these invaders paid a liveing wage then who would cut your lawn dk?
but then again your in a collage your getting paid high wages for what to put down the usa!


i beleave in the law why dont you is it you hire these unlawfull people?
i hope they go afrer the people who hire them jails ok and then deport them will you march with them on the 19th?

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Really?
May 1, 2006 11:25PM PDT

Maybe some American citizen construction workers should have the Feds look into the contractors hiring illegal labor and taking their jobs.

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Sure I do.
May 2, 2006 5:41AM PDT

Why not let the people collecting welfare do this work for their check? Can't think of any greater incentive to find better work. We'd save a lot of money by not paying illegals to do it, and those welfare workers could enjoy a sense of pride from earning their money.

Cindi

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I used to wash dishes when I was a teenager...
May 5, 2006 5:18AM PDT

And I know kids who did chamber maid work as well. Teens are always looking for jobs.

Oh, and doesn't this whole illegal immigrant issue point out the contradictions and negatives in having a MINIMUM WAGE? Get rid of that or lower it and you might put a dent in the problem.

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Quote from a blog I go t.o...
May 2, 2006 3:05AM PDT
In Southern California, at least, this has been a good day: the freeways were clear, the traffic was low, people were driving rationally. It took us well under 3 hours to get home from San Diego, and the radio reports tell us of freeways the way they were in the 1980's. The Macdonalds in El Toro may have been understaffed, but not greatly so.

I could live this way for a long time. The freeways were not designed to accommodate millions of illegal aliens, just as our hospital system was not designed for that kind of non-paying traffic.


I also talked to my friend Ray in San Diego, who is a LEGAL alien (from Britain). He said the boycott had no effect on hjm whatsoever.

If anything, this has turned people who might sympathize with them (like me) against them somewhat. Demanding instant citizenship or legal status will not fly.
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(NT) (NT) saw same here on highways were emty of jams
May 2, 2006 3:08AM PDT
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(NT) (NT) You go Mark!
May 3, 2006 6:03PM PDT
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why would i go im not an law breaker
May 3, 2006 10:08PM PDT

or an invader here

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(NT) (NT) Johnny means he agrees, and keep posting about illegals
May 4, 2006 12:11AM PDT
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I like this editorial
May 6, 2006 8:04AM PDT
It kinda sums up what I think

Oddly, the people who warn that without millions of cheap, unskilled Mexican laborers, this country would face economic disaster are pro-business libertarians. They believe in the power of the market to handle anything ? except a slightly tighter labor market for unskilled workers. But the free market would inevitably adjust, with higher wages or technological innovation

Diana