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Romney's Lying TV Ads

Romney's attack ads misrepresent facts. Case in point, this attack piece on McCain regarding Immigration: In one Romney television ad running in New Hampshire, the announcer calls rival Sen. John McCain "an honorable man" then goes on to ask "but...

Posted on December 31, 2007 9:00 PM

Bhutto Assassination. Huckabee Wants Border Fence With Mexico Built Pronto

The Bhutto assassination has given 'the Huckster' a chance to flash his light foreign policy and geography credentials that has even Fox News gasping, Mike Huckabee Slips When Discussing Pakistani Illegal Immigrants. Mike Huckabee made some more factual slips Friday...

Posted on December 29, 2007 10:30 AM

110th Congress in Review

The Washington Post has conducted a year end, session-end review of the 110th Congress. Here are their conclusions. Democratic lawmakers steadily challenged President Bush but failed to budge policy on Iraq. Their impact on other foreign policy issues was...

Posted on December 26, 2007 8:00 AM

Music Scholar Barred From The United States but No One Will Tell Her Why

Welcome to Bush's post 9/11 United States, where visiting scholars, among the world's' best and brightest', are denied entry, and quickly become 'personas non gratas' owing to the tender sensibilities of our 'Limbaugh Land' gatekeepers. Read the following melancholic case...

Posted on September 18, 2007 7:00 PM

Illegal Immigrant My Ass

Orlando Castaneda fought for our country, risked his life for our country, but in their haste and panic to render the brown-skins out of our great melting-pot cauldron, U.S. immigration officials decided to throw him out of our country. Castaneda's...

Posted on August 3, 2007 5:00 PM

Yet Another Simplistic "Solution"

Letter to the Editor of World Net Daily: (quoted in full since there are no permalinks to letters there) Here is one solution to the illegal immigration problem: The American government can offer every illegal who returns to Mexico, and...

Posted on June 27, 2007 4:00 PM

Immigration Plan Faces Major Hurdle Today

UPDATE: The bill has cleared the first hurdle: The Senate voted Tuesday to jump-start a stalled immigration measure to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants. President Bush said the bill offered a "historic opportunity for Congress to act," and appeared optimistic...

Posted on June 26, 2007 11:00 AM

Conservatives Driving Up Grocery Prices

One ugly side effect of the continued conservative-driven war on immigration is a huge shortage of migrant workers that may cause most of many crops to simply rot and go unharvested. Already, some food prices on produce are becoming very...

Posted on June 26, 2007 9:00 AM

Immigration: Dead Bill Walking?

Proponents of the Immigration Bill revive their efforts this week as the measure heads towards an expected final vote just before the July 4 holiday -- if it even makes it that far. US News and World report has a...

Posted on June 25, 2007 12:29 PM

Right Wing Blogosphere Goes Ape over Immigration

I am enjoying this so much. CNN has a story on conservative bloggers who've gone absolutely ballistic over the revivial of Bush's immigration bill. When details of an immigration compromise were announced this spring, conservative bloggers were immediately incensed. Michelle...

Posted on June 15, 2007 11:00 PM

California's Republican Party Outsources Major Party Jobs To Foreigners

While many California Republican politicians continue to take a hard line on immigration issues, two major state party organization jobs have been outsourced to non-U.S. citizens. Canadian citizen Christopher Matthews, 35, has become a major paid consultant, reportedly paid more...

Posted on June 15, 2007 10:27 AM

Key Positions on the Immigration Bill

As the Immigration bill makes another run through the Senate, a look at the various positions of the leading presidential candidates and other key players is in order. Here are the positions on the important issue of what to do...

Posted on June 14, 2007 11:03 PM

Watching for Signs of Progress on Immigration

President Bush seems sincere about wanting to bring the bill to his desk for signing, and we'll know progress is being made when the bill is taken off the shelf by Reid. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he will...

Posted on June 12, 2007 4:25 PM

Senate Defeats Guest Worker Repeal

The Dorgan/Boxer Amendment which would have repealed the guest worker program, was defeated 31-64 -- a win for the Republicans, who sided with business interests who want the low-cost labor that the guest worker program will provide.The repeal met with...

Posted on May 22, 2007 11:26 PM

Bush Explains Immigration Reform Legislation

President Bush's Saturday May 19, 2007 radio address, in which he explains his position on yesterday's compromise Immigration Reform legislation: [html|audio|espanol|Full Text of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007] THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, my Administration reached an agreement...

Posted on May 19, 2007 11:26 AM

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