Monday, May 22, 2006
After the Show, 5.21.06
Here’s some of the things that were in the stack yesterday, but sadly, didn’t make it on the air, prompting me to once again ask, where the heck does the time go on the show, anyway? That’s a mystery we can contemplate on another day. For now, chew on this stuff that I wanted to hash out with you, but didn’t:
This is Saudi textbook. (After the intolerance was removed).
This piece by Nina Shea was in the WaPo (Washington Post) on 5.21.06, and I had hoped to get to it in the same segment in which we discussed the textbook issue currently brewing in District 214. Thanks again to our guest Leslie Pinney, the school board member who courageously brought this issue to light. As we discussed on the air, you can find out more about these racy textbooks that the elitists in the education establishment think high schoolers absolutely must read, visit the Culture Campaign’s website, www.culturecampaign.com/district_214.aspx. (Please be warned. The excerpts from these books are not for youngsters, despite what the District 214 school board thinks, so don’t let your kids go to this site.) In any case, there are other textbooks that should have us worried, specifically, those in Saudi Arabia. Despite assurances from the Saudi government that “we have removed materials that are inciteful or intolerant towards people of other faiths,” they are still teaching their kids that the world is divided between true believers, that is, those who believe in Islam and the infidels (everyone else). It’s distressing, and Ms. Shea’s article is worth reading.
Hillary Clinton says there’s a “war on contraception,” and guess who’s waging it? It is the evil Republican party. She and Harry Reid, he of “requiring immigrants to learn English = racism,” have joined forces to protest a GOP insurance bill that would allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. Hillarita and the Mortician claim to be concerned that these bills would allow companies to drop contraception coverage, which in turn would increase the number of abortions. Show of hands—who believes HRC and Underdog are concerned about the number of abortions, or I should say about the number increasing? I didn’t think so.
Lynn Sweet’s Schoolgirl Crush on He Who Walks on Water Continues
There should be a law against newspapers incessantly displaying these hagiographic photos of Barack Obama on the front page. You know the ones I mean: gazing upward, in semi-profile, as if posing for Mount Rushmore, head bowed, hand on chin, Thinker-like. I almost lost my breakfast on Saturday when I opened up my copy of the Sun-Times, and yet again, saw one of these nauseating pictures in the banner headline. This time it was the Thinker pose, and was a pitch to encourage us to go to the inside of the paper and read Lynn Sweet’s column about the Enlightened One’s upcoming book. Oh, I can’t wait for that! In fact, I can’t decide which one I am anticipating with more enthusiasm: this new Obama book, the Valerie Plame book, or Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center movie.
That’s all for now, but please check back here for more of the show that never ends, and thanks again for listening!
Here’s some of the things that were in the stack yesterday, but sadly, didn’t make it on the air, prompting me to once again ask, where the heck does the time go on the show, anyway? That’s a mystery we can contemplate on another day. For now, chew on this stuff that I wanted to hash out with you, but didn’t:
This is Saudi textbook. (After the intolerance was removed).
This piece by Nina Shea was in the WaPo (Washington Post) on 5.21.06, and I had hoped to get to it in the same segment in which we discussed the textbook issue currently brewing in District 214. Thanks again to our guest Leslie Pinney, the school board member who courageously brought this issue to light. As we discussed on the air, you can find out more about these racy textbooks that the elitists in the education establishment think high schoolers absolutely must read, visit the Culture Campaign’s website, www.culturecampaign.com/district_214.aspx. (Please be warned. The excerpts from these books are not for youngsters, despite what the District 214 school board thinks, so don’t let your kids go to this site.) In any case, there are other textbooks that should have us worried, specifically, those in Saudi Arabia. Despite assurances from the Saudi government that “we have removed materials that are inciteful or intolerant towards people of other faiths,” they are still teaching their kids that the world is divided between true believers, that is, those who believe in Islam and the infidels (everyone else). It’s distressing, and Ms. Shea’s article is worth reading.
Hillary Clinton says there’s a “war on contraception,” and guess who’s waging it? It is the evil Republican party. She and Harry Reid, he of “requiring immigrants to learn English = racism,” have joined forces to protest a GOP insurance bill that would allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. Hillarita and the Mortician claim to be concerned that these bills would allow companies to drop contraception coverage, which in turn would increase the number of abortions. Show of hands—who believes HRC and Underdog are concerned about the number of abortions, or I should say about the number increasing? I didn’t think so.
Lynn Sweet’s Schoolgirl Crush on He Who Walks on Water Continues
There should be a law against newspapers incessantly displaying these hagiographic photos of Barack Obama on the front page. You know the ones I mean: gazing upward, in semi-profile, as if posing for Mount Rushmore, head bowed, hand on chin, Thinker-like. I almost lost my breakfast on Saturday when I opened up my copy of the Sun-Times, and yet again, saw one of these nauseating pictures in the banner headline. This time it was the Thinker pose, and was a pitch to encourage us to go to the inside of the paper and read Lynn Sweet’s column about the Enlightened One’s upcoming book. Oh, I can’t wait for that! In fact, I can’t decide which one I am anticipating with more enthusiasm: this new Obama book, the Valerie Plame book, or Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center movie.
That’s all for now, but please check back here for more of the show that never ends, and thanks again for listening!
Sunday, May 14, 2006
What the president should say tomorrow night
My Fellow Americans
Many of my political opponents, and even some members of the press—I know some of you think those are one group, and you may be right—have been saying for years that if I have any deficiency, it’s my unwillingness to admit I’m wrong, to talk about my mistakes. They don’t understand that it’s not that I don’t know that I make my share of mistakes. I know that, and contrary to popular belief, I do read the papers. Well, Laura reads them, and she tells me what’s in them. It’s just that I want to focus on my number one priority, keeping America safe, which brings me to doing what my critics have insisted that I do, admit a mistake. Here goes: I have been wrong not to make it absolutely clear what I think should be done about immigration.
First, as you know, my number one priority has been and always will be keeping this nation safe, not only by hunting down and capturing terrorists, cutting off their funding and eliminating their sanctuaries overseas, but by stopping sleeper cells in our country. Like it or not, our country has become a battlefield. We didn’t choose the terms of engagement in this war, as we found out on 9/11, but now that we’re in it, we’re determined to win.
The American people in their infinite common sense have spoken, and here’s what they have said: We are the most welcoming, compassionate people in the history of mankind, and we appreciate the desire of the many who want to come to our country and take advantage of the exceptional opportunities here. This is the greatest country on earth, and we don’t blame you for wanting to be here. We have always welcomed the ambitious, the hard working and the talented, and we’ll continue to do so, but before we can welcome anyone, we have to be able to know who is coming in. We want our government to demonstrate that it can perform its number one job of protecting our security and that means preserving the integrity of our borders. Once you show us you can enforce the current laws, then we can talk about what to do about the people who are here illegally, and what to do about people who want to come here in the future. Let me be clear: Enforcement of the border is job ONE. All the other stuff: guest worker, path to citizenship, coming out of the shadows—all that stuff can wait.
Second, I want to make something clear to our neighbor to the South. We have always had a good relationship with Mexico, and we want to maintain that relationship, but something has to change. We can no longer be the safety valve for the failures of your socialistic system that has created a complacent, corrupt elite and a permanent underclass, so desperate for any economic opportunity that they are willing to risk death crossing the desert. You shouldn’t want to turn your citizens into whores who sneak in through the back door, service the guy in the big house, slip back their hovels, and send the proceeds home to subsidize some wretched life. We don’t want to be part of that anymore. We want to welcome Rosita to come in through the front door with her head held up high, perhaps to marry the guy in the big house, and have children who will live in an even bigger house, which brings me to something else.
As I mentioned, our people are the most welcoming in the history of mankind. Our country has prospered because of it. The vitality of our economy and our society has been fueled by the unique combination of people from all over the world. In other words, we’ve got one kick-ass gene pool, and we want that to continue. If that’s going to happen, our new citizens have to share the desire of generations past, to become Americans, to embrace our unique culture, to learn our language, to appreciate our history. We aren’t interested in theories about how part of our country belongs to Mexico, and we don’t think it’s a good idea to become a bi-lingual country like Canada. We can see how that’s worked out, and it’s not good. So, once we get this immigration thing worked out, if you come here legally, feel free to waive the flag from the old country on your ethnic holidays, but remember it is “the old country.” Oh, and don’t rewrite our national anthem. We like it the way it is.
Thank you very much.
My Fellow Americans
Many of my political opponents, and even some members of the press—I know some of you think those are one group, and you may be right—have been saying for years that if I have any deficiency, it’s my unwillingness to admit I’m wrong, to talk about my mistakes. They don’t understand that it’s not that I don’t know that I make my share of mistakes. I know that, and contrary to popular belief, I do read the papers. Well, Laura reads them, and she tells me what’s in them. It’s just that I want to focus on my number one priority, keeping America safe, which brings me to doing what my critics have insisted that I do, admit a mistake. Here goes: I have been wrong not to make it absolutely clear what I think should be done about immigration.
First, as you know, my number one priority has been and always will be keeping this nation safe, not only by hunting down and capturing terrorists, cutting off their funding and eliminating their sanctuaries overseas, but by stopping sleeper cells in our country. Like it or not, our country has become a battlefield. We didn’t choose the terms of engagement in this war, as we found out on 9/11, but now that we’re in it, we’re determined to win.
The American people in their infinite common sense have spoken, and here’s what they have said: We are the most welcoming, compassionate people in the history of mankind, and we appreciate the desire of the many who want to come to our country and take advantage of the exceptional opportunities here. This is the greatest country on earth, and we don’t blame you for wanting to be here. We have always welcomed the ambitious, the hard working and the talented, and we’ll continue to do so, but before we can welcome anyone, we have to be able to know who is coming in. We want our government to demonstrate that it can perform its number one job of protecting our security and that means preserving the integrity of our borders. Once you show us you can enforce the current laws, then we can talk about what to do about the people who are here illegally, and what to do about people who want to come here in the future. Let me be clear: Enforcement of the border is job ONE. All the other stuff: guest worker, path to citizenship, coming out of the shadows—all that stuff can wait.
Second, I want to make something clear to our neighbor to the South. We have always had a good relationship with Mexico, and we want to maintain that relationship, but something has to change. We can no longer be the safety valve for the failures of your socialistic system that has created a complacent, corrupt elite and a permanent underclass, so desperate for any economic opportunity that they are willing to risk death crossing the desert. You shouldn’t want to turn your citizens into whores who sneak in through the back door, service the guy in the big house, slip back their hovels, and send the proceeds home to subsidize some wretched life. We don’t want to be part of that anymore. We want to welcome Rosita to come in through the front door with her head held up high, perhaps to marry the guy in the big house, and have children who will live in an even bigger house, which brings me to something else.
As I mentioned, our people are the most welcoming in the history of mankind. Our country has prospered because of it. The vitality of our economy and our society has been fueled by the unique combination of people from all over the world. In other words, we’ve got one kick-ass gene pool, and we want that to continue. If that’s going to happen, our new citizens have to share the desire of generations past, to become Americans, to embrace our unique culture, to learn our language, to appreciate our history. We aren’t interested in theories about how part of our country belongs to Mexico, and we don’t think it’s a good idea to become a bi-lingual country like Canada. We can see how that’s worked out, and it’s not good. So, once we get this immigration thing worked out, if you come here legally, feel free to waive the flag from the old country on your ethnic holidays, but remember it is “the old country.” Oh, and don’t rewrite our national anthem. We like it the way it is.
Thank you very much.
Friday, May 12, 2006
Once Again: Never Doubt Me
On Wednesday, when I filled in for Eileen, we talked about the poll of the day, and I predicted that the 5th column MSM (mainstream media) would keep taking polls until the President’s rating went below 30%. Today the apparently managed to find enough people with single digit I.Q.’s to respond to their leading questions and finally achieve their objective. (Who else answers the phone when he sees a pollster’s number on the Caller ID? I know what you’re saying, and you’re probably right. They don’t have caller ID.) Whoopee!
It is hilarious to watch the democrats in the Senate, especially Hillary, pretend to be outraged and shock a la Claude Raines over the NSA’s phone database. As the New York Sun points out today,
“It was President Clinton who signed into law the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, after it was passed in both the House and Senate by a voice vote. That law is an act "to make clear a telecommunications carrier's duty to cooperate in the interception of communications for law enforcement purposes, and for other purposes." The act made clear that a court order isn't the only lawful way of obtaining call information, saying, "A telecommunications carrier shall ensure that any interception of communications or access to call-identifying information effected within its switching premises can be activated only in accordance with a court order or other lawful authorization."
The law that President Clinton signed into law and that was approved by voice votes in 1994 by a Democrat-majority House and a Democrat-majority Senate not only made clear the phone companies' "duty" to cooperate, it authorized $500 million in taxpayer funds to reimburse the phone companies for equipment "enabling the government, pursuant to a court order or other lawful authorization, to access call-identifying information that is reasonably available to the carrier." Again, the law, by referring to "other lawful authorization," states clearly that a court order isn't the only form of lawful authorization possible.”
You can find a link to the article at teriobrien.com, and rest assured that yes, we’ll be talking about this latest display of why we can’t trust democrats aka the September 10 party with our future.
On Wednesday, when I filled in for Eileen, we talked about the poll of the day, and I predicted that the 5th column MSM (mainstream media) would keep taking polls until the President’s rating went below 30%. Today the apparently managed to find enough people with single digit I.Q.’s to respond to their leading questions and finally achieve their objective. (Who else answers the phone when he sees a pollster’s number on the Caller ID? I know what you’re saying, and you’re probably right. They don’t have caller ID.) Whoopee!
It is hilarious to watch the democrats in the Senate, especially Hillary, pretend to be outraged and shock a la Claude Raines over the NSA’s phone database. As the New York Sun points out today,
“It was President Clinton who signed into law the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, after it was passed in both the House and Senate by a voice vote. That law is an act "to make clear a telecommunications carrier's duty to cooperate in the interception of communications for law enforcement purposes, and for other purposes." The act made clear that a court order isn't the only lawful way of obtaining call information, saying, "A telecommunications carrier shall ensure that any interception of communications or access to call-identifying information effected within its switching premises can be activated only in accordance with a court order or other lawful authorization."
The law that President Clinton signed into law and that was approved by voice votes in 1994 by a Democrat-majority House and a Democrat-majority Senate not only made clear the phone companies' "duty" to cooperate, it authorized $500 million in taxpayer funds to reimburse the phone companies for equipment "enabling the government, pursuant to a court order or other lawful authorization, to access call-identifying information that is reasonably available to the carrier." Again, the law, by referring to "other lawful authorization," states clearly that a court order isn't the only form of lawful authorization possible.”
You can find a link to the article at teriobrien.com, and rest assured that yes, we’ll be talking about this latest display of why we can’t trust democrats aka the September 10 party with our future.
Friday, May 05, 2006
Easy to Be Hard
This morning at the gym I told my training partner that I had left a voice mail last night under the influence of Benadryl, and the recipient probably thought that he had gotten a call from Patrick Kennedy. Naturally that led to an inevitable conversation about the congressman’s car accident, whether he’s a chip off the old block, how fortunate it was that he wasn’t driving anyone home and wasn’t near water. Not terribly original stuff. You’ve probably been having the same conversations today with your friends. I told her that in fairness to the congressman (1) Ambien has been known to make people wake up with a bed full of Doritos, a hot stove and a face smeared with peanut butter and no memory of what happened (2) you’ve got to feel sorry for a guy (a) with so many personal issues (cocaine arrest in 1986, manic-depressive, airport altercation in 2000, bizarre incident supposedly involving the head of a defective hammer flying off and smacking him in the lip just a couple of weeks ago, another car accident a couple of weeks ago) and (b) whose parents are Ted and Joan Kennedy.
Speaking of Senator Kennedy, it strikes me that the incident illustrates one of the key features of liberalism: their hypocrisy and inauthenticity they display when they run around proclaiming to be more compassionate and caring than anyone else because they care about the poor, the disabled, the trees, the animals, minorities, and, of course, the children, and any other collection of mascots they can find, while at the same time neglecting their own friends and families. Let’s consider the Senate’s “liberal lion” in this context. Wasn’t it just over a year ago that Joan Kennedy, the mother of his children, was discovered by an anonymous pedestrian passed out in the street with a concussion and a broken shoulder? Now his son is in trouble again. This guy has exhibited more red flags than a May Day parade in Havana, or even Madison. At the 1988 Democratic convention, Ted Kennedy famously punctuated a litany of ills and unaddressed problems with the pointed question, “Where was George?” (Answer: dry, sober and at home with his wife.) Might we ask the same question of Senator Kennedy? Senator, your son has a problem. It’s obvious. Yes, I know about the sleep-eating stories about Ambien, but I don’t think anyone is buying this story. If Cong. Kennedy had the presence of mind to do whatever the police asked him to do, as he said, wouldn’t he have the presence of mind to insist on a Breathalyzer to prove he wasn’t impaired by alcohol? Can’t you take just a few days off from your treasonous rants against President Bush and your despicable attempts to obstruct judicial nominations to help your son?
That stupid musical celebrating hippies, “Hair,” contains one very good song, “Easy to Be Hard.” It contains the lines “How can people be so hard? How can people be so cruel? …Especially people who care about strangers, who care about evil and social injustice. Do you only care about a bleeding crowd? How about a needing friend?” How about a member of your family, Senator Kennedy?
This morning at the gym I told my training partner that I had left a voice mail last night under the influence of Benadryl, and the recipient probably thought that he had gotten a call from Patrick Kennedy. Naturally that led to an inevitable conversation about the congressman’s car accident, whether he’s a chip off the old block, how fortunate it was that he wasn’t driving anyone home and wasn’t near water. Not terribly original stuff. You’ve probably been having the same conversations today with your friends. I told her that in fairness to the congressman (1) Ambien has been known to make people wake up with a bed full of Doritos, a hot stove and a face smeared with peanut butter and no memory of what happened (2) you’ve got to feel sorry for a guy (a) with so many personal issues (cocaine arrest in 1986, manic-depressive, airport altercation in 2000, bizarre incident supposedly involving the head of a defective hammer flying off and smacking him in the lip just a couple of weeks ago, another car accident a couple of weeks ago) and (b) whose parents are Ted and Joan Kennedy.
Speaking of Senator Kennedy, it strikes me that the incident illustrates one of the key features of liberalism: their hypocrisy and inauthenticity they display when they run around proclaiming to be more compassionate and caring than anyone else because they care about the poor, the disabled, the trees, the animals, minorities, and, of course, the children, and any other collection of mascots they can find, while at the same time neglecting their own friends and families. Let’s consider the Senate’s “liberal lion” in this context. Wasn’t it just over a year ago that Joan Kennedy, the mother of his children, was discovered by an anonymous pedestrian passed out in the street with a concussion and a broken shoulder? Now his son is in trouble again. This guy has exhibited more red flags than a May Day parade in Havana, or even Madison. At the 1988 Democratic convention, Ted Kennedy famously punctuated a litany of ills and unaddressed problems with the pointed question, “Where was George?” (Answer: dry, sober and at home with his wife.) Might we ask the same question of Senator Kennedy? Senator, your son has a problem. It’s obvious. Yes, I know about the sleep-eating stories about Ambien, but I don’t think anyone is buying this story. If Cong. Kennedy had the presence of mind to do whatever the police asked him to do, as he said, wouldn’t he have the presence of mind to insist on a Breathalyzer to prove he wasn’t impaired by alcohol? Can’t you take just a few days off from your treasonous rants against President Bush and your despicable attempts to obstruct judicial nominations to help your son?
That stupid musical celebrating hippies, “Hair,” contains one very good song, “Easy to Be Hard.” It contains the lines “How can people be so hard? How can people be so cruel? …Especially people who care about strangers, who care about evil and social injustice. Do you only care about a bleeding crowd? How about a needing friend?” How about a member of your family, Senator Kennedy?
Monday, May 01, 2006
After the Show, 4/30/06
United 93
We didn’t have a chance to talk about the movie on the show yesterday, which the Husband and I saw on Friday, April 28, 2006, opening day. We both thought it was terrific, and those who say that it’s “too soon” need to read the thoughts of David Beamer, father of Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer. (You can find the link under “Recent Show Topics” at teriobrien.com). No, people have not forgotten 9/11, but some seem to believe that it was an unrepeatable event, or some sort of fluke, not the result of years of determined planning, fueled by the dream of world domination. It’s not for lack of trying that they haven’t been able to pull off another spectacular attack. This movie is a reminder of the mentality that brought us 9/11.
Before we saw it, I had heard Rush talk about how some might find something in the movie to use to bash President Bush, but I didn’t see that. Let me clarify that point: I didn’t see it anymore than I see in anything else. Those who hate President Bush, and who have been braying like jackasses about “My Pet Goat” for almost 5 years aren’t going to stop no matter what’s in a movie, no matter what facts are presented, and no matter who tries to set them straight. They find something to bash the Bush administration when they watch “American Idol.” How do you think the idiots who made that other weekend movie “American Dreamz,” which is a big bomb, of course, came up with that asinine idea?
I encourage everyone to see “United 93.” Art doesn’t always have to make you feel good, but that doesn’t mean we should look away.
Sen. Bill Frist
Yesterday on the air, I mentioned that it’s now official: Sen. Frist has now proven once and for all that he is unqualified for national office. I was not referring to his embarrassing backpeddle on giving Terri Schiavo the benefit of the doubt, and therefore, the right to live and be cared for by her parents, although that was very disappointing. No, I refer to this latest misstep, the let’s-give-everyone-$100-for-gas stunt. We’ve all been hearing a lot about Congress and bribes and last week we heard that the Duke Cunningham case may involve not only monetary bribes, but also prostitutes. Now apparently these political weasels have decided that not only should they bribe us, but that we are all whores! And who was out there announcing this boneheaded scheme? Bill Frist! What is he thinking? I’m afraid that between Bill Frist and Howard Dean I am beginning to believe that physicians should stick to healing and leave the public policy to someone else. Even lawyers couldn’t do any worse.
United 93
We didn’t have a chance to talk about the movie on the show yesterday, which the Husband and I saw on Friday, April 28, 2006, opening day. We both thought it was terrific, and those who say that it’s “too soon” need to read the thoughts of David Beamer, father of Flight 93 hero Todd Beamer. (You can find the link under “Recent Show Topics” at teriobrien.com). No, people have not forgotten 9/11, but some seem to believe that it was an unrepeatable event, or some sort of fluke, not the result of years of determined planning, fueled by the dream of world domination. It’s not for lack of trying that they haven’t been able to pull off another spectacular attack. This movie is a reminder of the mentality that brought us 9/11.
Before we saw it, I had heard Rush talk about how some might find something in the movie to use to bash President Bush, but I didn’t see that. Let me clarify that point: I didn’t see it anymore than I see in anything else. Those who hate President Bush, and who have been braying like jackasses about “My Pet Goat” for almost 5 years aren’t going to stop no matter what’s in a movie, no matter what facts are presented, and no matter who tries to set them straight. They find something to bash the Bush administration when they watch “American Idol.” How do you think the idiots who made that other weekend movie “American Dreamz,” which is a big bomb, of course, came up with that asinine idea?
I encourage everyone to see “United 93.” Art doesn’t always have to make you feel good, but that doesn’t mean we should look away.
Sen. Bill Frist
Yesterday on the air, I mentioned that it’s now official: Sen. Frist has now proven once and for all that he is unqualified for national office. I was not referring to his embarrassing backpeddle on giving Terri Schiavo the benefit of the doubt, and therefore, the right to live and be cared for by her parents, although that was very disappointing. No, I refer to this latest misstep, the let’s-give-everyone-$100-for-gas stunt. We’ve all been hearing a lot about Congress and bribes and last week we heard that the Duke Cunningham case may involve not only monetary bribes, but also prostitutes. Now apparently these political weasels have decided that not only should they bribe us, but that we are all whores! And who was out there announcing this boneheaded scheme? Bill Frist! What is he thinking? I’m afraid that between Bill Frist and Howard Dean I am beginning to believe that physicians should stick to healing and leave the public policy to someone else. Even lawyers couldn’t do any worse.
This Annoying Boycott on a Commie Holiday Could be An Opportunity
Yes, I’ve got a lot of writing to do today, but I’ve got to spend a few minutes today shopping. (For the list of Top Ten Places to Eat and Shop May 1 that we discussed on the air yesterday, please see “Recent Show Topics” at teriobrien.com). Yes, I’ll be both shopping and working today to show my disdain for this annoying May Day boycott that the pro-illegal immigrant crowd is sponsoring today. One thing you’ve got to say for this bunch: they are audacious. They are demanding the right to break our laws, to show contempt for the traditional notion of assimilation, and to destroy our unique American culture. Their statements and behavior are a slap in the face, not only to native-born American citizens, but to the many legal immigrants who didn’t jump in the line, but actually followed the rules.
I still don’t understand why, if as we’re told, they are just here to work, they are taking the day off. Does this mean they will take the day off from our emergency rooms? How about MS-13 and other criminal gangs? Let’s hope that they honor the boycott.
As we discussed on the air yesterday, today represents a unique opportunity. Since these border crashers and those who support their right to be border crashers, with the encouragement of their friends in the unions and Congress, and sadly, even in the White House, have decided to stay home, I say their employers should tell them to stay home permanently. Start today to enforce the existing laws. Ever since 1986, employers have had to certify under penalty of perjury that they have seen documentation proving that employees are here legally. All this hysterical rhetoric about “rounding up 12 million people” is just that. If we demagnetize our country, the problem will solve itself through attrition. Once the government demonstrates it can enforce the law, maybe we can talk about guest worker programs and some of the other ideas being kicked around today. One caveat, which we’ve also discussed on the air: if we’re going to have a guest worker program, we are going to have to revisit the notion of birthright citizenship. Otherwise, guest worker turns into permanent resident, and as the democrats hope, guest voter.
This is our home, and just as we wouldn’t let someone just walk right in, sit right down and raid the refrigerator, we need to protect our borders. America is the most welcoming, open society in the history of humanity. We welcome those who want to become Americans, as so many previous generations have done, legally and with respect for our unique culture, values, and language. Those who want to give us the finger by trying to rewrite our national anthem, waive foreign flags and demand the right to break our laws are not welcome.
Shop til you drop.
Yes, I’ve got a lot of writing to do today, but I’ve got to spend a few minutes today shopping. (For the list of Top Ten Places to Eat and Shop May 1 that we discussed on the air yesterday, please see “Recent Show Topics” at teriobrien.com). Yes, I’ll be both shopping and working today to show my disdain for this annoying May Day boycott that the pro-illegal immigrant crowd is sponsoring today. One thing you’ve got to say for this bunch: they are audacious. They are demanding the right to break our laws, to show contempt for the traditional notion of assimilation, and to destroy our unique American culture. Their statements and behavior are a slap in the face, not only to native-born American citizens, but to the many legal immigrants who didn’t jump in the line, but actually followed the rules.
I still don’t understand why, if as we’re told, they are just here to work, they are taking the day off. Does this mean they will take the day off from our emergency rooms? How about MS-13 and other criminal gangs? Let’s hope that they honor the boycott.
As we discussed on the air yesterday, today represents a unique opportunity. Since these border crashers and those who support their right to be border crashers, with the encouragement of their friends in the unions and Congress, and sadly, even in the White House, have decided to stay home, I say their employers should tell them to stay home permanently. Start today to enforce the existing laws. Ever since 1986, employers have had to certify under penalty of perjury that they have seen documentation proving that employees are here legally. All this hysterical rhetoric about “rounding up 12 million people” is just that. If we demagnetize our country, the problem will solve itself through attrition. Once the government demonstrates it can enforce the law, maybe we can talk about guest worker programs and some of the other ideas being kicked around today. One caveat, which we’ve also discussed on the air: if we’re going to have a guest worker program, we are going to have to revisit the notion of birthright citizenship. Otherwise, guest worker turns into permanent resident, and as the democrats hope, guest voter.
This is our home, and just as we wouldn’t let someone just walk right in, sit right down and raid the refrigerator, we need to protect our borders. America is the most welcoming, open society in the history of humanity. We welcome those who want to become Americans, as so many previous generations have done, legally and with respect for our unique culture, values, and language. Those who want to give us the finger by trying to rewrite our national anthem, waive foreign flags and demand the right to break our laws are not welcome.
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