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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....05-24-07....JH2 ~ Press 1 for English
JohnHuang2, Billie, Pookie18 | May 24, 2007 | JohnHuang2

Posted on 05/24/2007 7:31:20 AM PDT by Billie





Press 1 for English
by JohnHuang2


Finally, Ted Kennedy has met an invasion he can support: Mexico’s invasion of the U.S. Instead of getting rid of illegal aliens, Kennedy says let’s get rid of the U.S. Which is what the new immigration bill — validating Mexico’s transfer of a giant chunk of Mexico to the U.S. — promises it won’t do. We already know how well that border fence is coming along.
The Secure Fence Act got enacted 6 months ago and already two miles of it are complete — just 698 more to go! At its current blistering pace of 4 miles per year, the 700-mile fence for the 2,000-mile border would be ready in only over 175 years — or just 50 “immigration reform” bills from now. So the new “immigration reform” bill reforms the Secure Fence reform law so that only half the fence need be up before the cheap labor lobby stuff in the bill kicks in. This is called an “enforcement benchmark.”
According to the Kennedy plan, if you want to solve the illegal alien problem, you get to the root cause: Illegal border crossing. You simply legalize it — voila! No illegal aliens. In other words, you legalize illegals, put ‘em on the gravy train, don’t call it amnesty, don’t collect back taxes owed on moolah racked up while here illegally, ignore the laws on the books, promise to really, really promise to really enforce the new laws this time, tell the illegals you’re sorry for knowingly luring them here by being so rich, pay the invaders $2.5 trillion in reparations for invading us, and after all this, amazingly the illegals will show new-found respect for all of our laws!
The amnesty cut-off date in the bill is January 1, 2007. Which means those who arrived here after January 1 will be dealt with in the next non-amnesty amnesty bill.
But! It appears the Kennedy “reform” plan is now dead in the water. Out of force of habit, Kennedy insists he just missed the turn and he wasn’t drunk.
Poll after poll after poll shows Americans (1) aren’t cool with giving permanent legal status to people who are here because they broke our laws; (2) prefer sealing the border and enforcement first; (3) want the feds to go medieval on businesses that knowingly hire illegals; (4) oppose Kennedy’s insane idea of letting illegal aliens jump ahead of legal immigrants waiting in line and calling this fairness. All of which shows how out of touch Americans are with Ted Kennedy.
If the gov’mint did No. 3 — started fining employers who hire illegals $100,000 per head plus prison time — it wouldn’t need to ‘round ‘em up.’ If it did No. 2, and avoided doing No. 1, you wouldn’t have 12-20 million illegals here. The 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration Reform-To-End-All-Immigration-Reform bill promised the Gipper that if he signed on to it, it would (1) mandate penalties on employers who knowingly hire illegals; (2) secure the border by intensifying Border Patrol activities; (3) be the last amnesty bill because this one would fix the problem once and for all. So, under the new and improved system, giving 3 million illegal aliens amnesty meant we ended up with 12 million new illegals. For each illegal given amnesty, you got four new ones. The gov’mint was terrific at handing out amnesty, but not quite so with the sealing-the-border/employer sanctions part of the bargain.
Same deal with the US-VISIT system, remember that? It’s an electronic airport and border enforcement tool to capture ‘point-of-entry-and-exit’ info on visitors. The system has spent the last 11 years not being built after being ‘mandated’ by law in ‘96. Same deal with the 700-mile border fence. Bush signs the fence into law, barely two miles are up half a year later. That’s what happens when you’ve got a government so dysfunctionally bureaucratic that it was still mailing out student visas to Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi exactly six months AFTER they flew planes into the WTC. If the bureaucrats can screw that up, I’m sure they’ll do swimmingly processing 12 million newly ‘legalized’ illegals.
On paper, Reagan thought he was getting a good deal. On paper, Bush genuinely thinks he’s getting a good deal. But it’s only on paper because feeding an already bloated bureaucracy a monstrosity like this is like feeding Michael Moore another hamburger.
On paper, the 326-page bill looks fabulous in my bathroom, next to the toilet. I promise Sheryl Crowe to use just one page at a time.
Anyway, that’s...

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To: Lady Jag

Good one, LadyJag! I snagged the pic. :)


21 posted on 05/24/2007 11:12:09 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: JustAmy
Aiming right back atcha, Amy!


22 posted on 05/24/2007 11:12:17 AM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Purple Mountains Maj; Billie; JustAmy; The Mayor; Diver Dave; ConorMacNessa; MEG33; All

23 posted on 05/24/2007 11:33:16 AM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Billie; JohnHuang2

Excellent job you two. John, you are dead on as usual and billie...excellent choice of ‘toons! (and agree with Aqua..the outhouse is a classic :o) ) ((((hugs))))


24 posted on 05/24/2007 1:29:21 PM PDT by dutchess
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To: Lady Jag

Grrrooossss! I just lost my lunch!
Thanks!


25 posted on 05/24/2007 2:18:58 PM PDT by Majie Purple (I (HEART SHAPE HERE) FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)
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To: Billie; The Mayor; DollyCali; ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; dutchess; Mama_Bear; Allegra; lonestar; ...

*WOO HOO* ..It's John Huang Day
Another great essay and presentation! Thank you.

26 posted on 05/24/2007 2:20:50 PM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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To: Purple Mountains Maj

Can’t wait for that pic to disapear from my pic ping line visuals..........


27 posted on 05/24/2007 2:21:28 PM PDT by Majie Purple (I (HEART SHAPE HERE) FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)
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To: visualops

LOL! Cute comment @ # 17!


28 posted on 05/24/2007 2:26:06 PM PDT by Majie Purple (I (HEART SHAPE HERE) FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)
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To: Purple Mountains Maj


It's a lovely mouse,
isn't it, Mother?


29 posted on 05/24/2007 2:30:37 PM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Lady Jag

Is that really a line from THAT movie???
ACK!
Really? I am really asking...I don’t know...
If so... ACK x 2!!


30 posted on 05/24/2007 2:34:39 PM PDT by Majie Purple (I (HEART SHAPE HERE) FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)
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To: Lady Jag

Psycho?

HA!


31 posted on 05/24/2007 2:45:05 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: JohnHuang2; Billie

Thank you .. nice job both of you. Have a great & safe holiday weekend to all!


32 posted on 05/24/2007 2:46:58 PM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: Lady Jag

I guess that lne isn’t in THAT movie. Hope you’re not calling me the title of THAT movie...That would be just plain ‘ol hurtful...I trust that you are not doing that,m’kay.


33 posted on 05/24/2007 2:59:32 PM PDT by Majie Purple (I (HEART SHAPE HERE) FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)
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To: Purple Mountains Maj
I don't do that stuff. No, Purps, if you're psycho, I don't have a clue about it. I'm not psycho, either, but I'm not normal.

      ; º )

34 posted on 05/24/2007 3:12:40 PM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: DollyCali
Why? Do you know something about it?


35 posted on 05/24/2007 3:27:00 PM PDT by Lady Jag (A positive attitude will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.)
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To: Lady Jag

WHEW! There are those that do that stuff. Glad you aren’t one. Me neither...((((I knew I could trust that you wern’t implying that.))))
Still for those who need the explaination, thanks much for doing so.
That’s just plain ‘ol helpful!
;o)


36 posted on 05/24/2007 3:46:29 PM PDT by Majie Purple (I (HEART SHAPE HERE) FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)
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To: Darksheare
Hey! Darksheare :)
How are you? Miss ya!
37 posted on 05/24/2007 3:47:23 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You!. It Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: Lady Jag; DollyCali

Just noticed this reference... Nope,so not not a psycho ...My mind is very sound...Just couldn’t connect the pic with the comment is all.

As for Dolly’s response? Who knows what she means by it?
Not I...I can only speak/type for myself.
;o)


38 posted on 05/24/2007 3:58:20 PM PDT by Majie Purple (I (HEART SHAPE HERE) FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)
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To: Lady Jag

Wow that kitty kaboodle among the flowers gif is so cute!


39 posted on 05/24/2007 4:07:38 PM PDT by Majie Purple (I (HEART SHAPE HERE) FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

The Duke is another one who “tells it like it is!”


40 posted on 05/24/2007 4:09:50 PM PDT by Majie Purple (I (HEART SHAPE HERE) FRee Republic! &The Friends/FRiends I've met here!)
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