Posted on 04/20/2006 10:59:23 AM PDT by george wythe
Protesters are gathering to rally against a new round of raids on undocumented immigrants.
Numerous raids have left Chicago families without their loved ones, and this morning the government is talking about its new policy.
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But illegal immigrant advocates are calling this action and crackdown immoral and they are outraged. They are planning a protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters and another protest is planned this afternoon.
They are asking immigration officials to halt action until Congress comes up with its new laws because it might allow some immigrants to remain in the U.S.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbs2chicago.com ...
The system is INTENDED to protect Robber Baron employers!
It's been that way for years.
Federal detention standards (laws) would not allow it.
Clinton's worst year was 2849. All of Bush's years do not add up to the worst Clinton year.
Sad!
Dear Feds: Want to make me think that the feds are starting to do something about illegals? Raid this.
>sand boogie on down to the polling stations.<
LOL! What polling stations? In Washington State we have VOTE BY MAIL, and ballot counting by programmed computer!
Looks like I wasn't the only one to sniff that wind. Check out Item 1 in the list in the article atop this thread:
Can Josh Bolten Rescue the Bush Presidency?
In fact (as I jumped over to the original article while typing this post), skip the thread proper -- it's mainly a bunch of rah-rah/yay-team! noise, and worse than that, the "excerpting" of the article is more along the lines of editing the article. Read the actual article here -- Time Magazine: Can Josh Bolten Rescue the Bush Presidency?
By reading the original, you'll get the unedited "five points" (and again, focus on Point #1), as well as the rest of the article.
The edited version of the first point truncates more than half the text, including this enlightening comment from an insider: "Think of the visuals."
Yeah, think of 'em. All show, no go. Pure theater. Some things never change. As usual, the question boils down to, "Well, what do I have to tell you to convince you I'm sincere?" -- with the subtext being the unspoken, ("...because I'm really willing to say whatever it takes!")
You'll also get this key tidbit from the prelude to "the list", edited-out in the thread copy: "[T]he mission is just to hold on to control of Congress by playing to the base."
It's very thought-provoking, seems like they did their homework. They paint a very credible "long knives" scenario being played out.
Aside: I never realized that Rove was younger than me. Suddenly I don't feel so old...
/sarcasm
The Bush Administration is beginning to remind me of the alcoholic fathers I used to see as a kid that would sit, drunk in their easy chairs, clutching a beer, and yelling (over and over and over) at the kids "If you do that one more time I'm going to spank your ass. Now I mean it this time (sip, sip)".
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