Posted on 11/21/2005 7:27:43 AM PST by sheana
You bet it is and it smells like the prelude to 1986.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein:
"The language is a big impediment to any solution."George Lakoff, a Democratic political consultant and linguist at UC Berkeley, said anti-immigration groups so far appear to be winning the language war, and the word "amnesty" is their most powerful rhetorical weapon."Please don't use the word 'amnesty.' It's not an 'amnesty.' It's an 'earned transition.' "
"We're not really talking about an amnesty. We're talking about providing some legitimacy."
I'm sure that George Lakoff, the linguist at UC Berkeley, meant to say "anti-illegal immigration groups."
"California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein stood outside her office on a recent afternoon explaining her plan for granting legal status to some illegal farmworkers. She turned to leave, then beckoned back a departing reporter. "Please don't use the word ‘amnesty,' ” Feinstein said. "It's not an ‘amnesty.' It's an ‘earned transition.' ”
If I rob some banks (taxpayers)...and keep robbing banks....do I get "earned transition"? and get to keep the money I swindled from the taxpayers?
Do these illegal farmworkers pay taxes? How much tax revenue has the employer of these illegals burned the law abiding employers / law abiding citizens out of over a period of 10 years?
Shamnesty is Shamnesty, any way you spin it.
No matter what they call it, amnesty is going to happen right before Bush leaves office. His entire presidency has been nothing but promoting policies that will destroy America through illegal immigration. All the politicians, except for a few, are in league with him.
Meanwhile, advocates for illegal immigrants stand behind their own charged buzzwords, like saying opponents want to "round up" undocumented workers for "mass deportations."
I don't want to "round up" anyone or have "mass deportations". I want punishment to be harsh enough to make them want to leave.
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