Sponsor of Amnesty Bill Faces Angry Sierra Vista Crowd
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Posted on 01/16/2004 9:51:39 AM PST by Spiff
Rep. Kolbe, whose amnesty/guest worker legislation was closely mirrored by President George W. Bush's amnesty proposal last week, held a town hall meeting in Sierra Vista last night. Awaiting his arrival were a dozen protestors who disagree with Kolbe and Bush's proposals which would provide amnesty for illegal aliens. Among the protestors' signs were some that read, "No Amnesty! No Rewards!", "Terrorists Love Open Borders", and "Deport Kolbe".
Protestors brought along several bags of trash gathered from a campsite in a wash near 2 of the protestor's homes. The trash was laid out on both sides of the sidewalk leading to the entry of the City Hall where the town hall meeting was held. Items in the trash included clothing, backpacks, spoiled food, cans and wrappers bearing Mexican labels, toiletries, medication, and interestingly a number of black ski masks.
Greeting meeting attendees as the door to City Hall was a full-sized, stuffed Border Patrol agent who was kneeling, slumped over a bench, with a large knife in his back which bore the labels, "Bush Amnesty" and "Kolbe Amnesty".
Upon his arrival, Rep. Kolbe was met with chants and catcalls from the protestors. One protestor used a bullhorn. Chants included, "No Amnesty! No Rewards!", "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Illegal aliens have got to go!", and "No Bush Amnesty! No Kolbe Amnesty! No McCain Amnesty! NO Amnesty!" Kolbe approached the building using an alternate sidewalk in order to avoid acknowledging the trash. When the protestors noticed him and aimed their comments his direction, Kolbe simply forced a chuckle and walked on. Kolbe did not acknowledge the Border Patrol agent with the large "Kolbe Amnesty" knife in his back placed at the entrance of the building.
The town hall meeting was standing room only has over 100 people crowded the room and spilled out into a hallway. The meeting was repeatedly interrupted by loud and angry audience reaction to Kolbe's explanations of his and Bush's amnesty proposals. Two attendees voluntarily ejected themselves from the meeting after they stood up and loudly denounced Kolbe's amnesty plans. After Kolbe explained the supposed economic benefits his guest worker plan would bring to employers in other parts of the country, among other things unrelated to people in his district, Kolbe was loudly interrupted with the comment, " There isn't a person in this room who will benefit from your plan! You represent us, the people in your district - not the rest of the United States, not the economy! You represent us! Act like it!" The audience at the town hall was decidedly hostile to Rep. Kolbe and, particularly, his and the president's amnesty proposals.
After the meeting, Kolbe was met again by angry protestors who loudly denounced his amnesty legislation. He refused to acknowledge their presence as he and his aides walked quickly to their cars.
Protestors later delivered the illegal alien trash to Kolbe's Sierra Vista office, leaving it leaning up against the office door. Along with the trash was a printed list of the names of 174 people from all around the country who claimed responsibility for the last time bags of illegal alien trash was left on Kolbe's doorstep. All trash was bagged in "Cochise County UDA Cleanup" bags provided by the county. UDA stands for "Undocumented Alien" and the bags were purchased by the county after receiving a $4 million grant from the Federal Government to clean up the thousands of illegal alien campsites, lay-up points, drop points, and open latrines which pervade the desert in the county. The county provides bags so that citizens can do the clean up themselves. The county does not allow the citizens to dump the garbage in the county's dumps free of charge and instead charges them to dump there.
Here are some pictures from the protest and the town hall. Some of the pictures are taken from the American Patrol website:
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Over
Question ...
After hearing President Bush's speech, do you approve of his immigration reform plan?
Yes
616 votes - 21%
No
1,977 votes - 67%
Undecided
329 votes - 11%
2,922 votes total; you voted "No"
And you're right tgslT, those were super visuals. Maybe these folks need something similar:
When is this dufus up for re-election?! See, they are both smiling!
Let me tell you, the garbage trail was authentic and effective. People coming in and out of the meeting were appalled at it. They were shocked that it came from a single campsite in a single wash right by the elementary school bus stop. We had people of all parties - yes, even Democrats - stop and look at the garbage and agree with us that this must be stopped. We had only one negative reaction, and it was from some female attorney who had, during the meeting, spouted some socialist crap about government-provided mental health care. I hadn't said a word to her, I was just standing there, and she called me "trash".
It isn't the trash that worries the parents, it is the hordes of border intruders using the wash as a highway, a hotel, and a toilet - right next to where their little kids stand and wait for the bus.
The garbage consisted of thousands of dollars worth of clothes - most of it quite clean - even designer clothes. Loads of toilet papers (used/unused), feminine hygeine products (used/unused), underwear (soiled/unsoiled), wrappers, cans, and a disturbingly high number of black ski masks for a single campsite. There were no other ski masks - why only black?
My neighbor, the woman who gathered this garbage, has a website where she posts pictures she's taken of the trash and destruction the invaders leave behind. Go to www.desertvisions.us and see for yourself.
Question:
How many dummies do you see in this picture?Answer:
If you said ONE, then you need to look closer.Thank you for playing.If you said THREE, you are on the right track.
There are TWO dummies in the picture. The inanimate object in the bottom right corner is too smart (compared to the other two) to be called a "dummy". It is, instead, called an EFFIGY.
Wait a minute I thought the purpose of NAFTA was to help encourage businesses outside the U.S. and improve employment opportunities there. What happened to that great sucking sound?
I guess the reason for the amnesty is because American Citizens are above doing scut work. My memory isn't what it used to be but I thought I saw on the evening news some guy in New York City being celebrated for 40 years on the job never missing a day of work as a sanitary worker (aka. garbage collector).
Cudos to those watching our Southern Border.
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