Posted on 06/09/2007 8:54:36 AM PDT by hardback
The following is a portion of what Fred has said on Ilegal immigration.
“I think its time for a little plain talk to the leaders of Mexico. Something like:
hey guys, you’re our friends and neighbors and we love you but it’s time you had a little dose of reality. A sovereign nation loses that status if it cannot secure its own borders and we are going to do whatever is necessary to do so, although our policies won’t be as harsh as yours are along your southern border. And criticizing the U.S. for alternately doing too much and too little to stop your illegal activities is not going to set too well with Americans of good will who are trying to figure a way out of the mess that your and our open borders policy has already created.
My friends, it’s also time for a little introspection. Since we all agree that improving Mexico’s economy will help with the illegal-immigration problem, you might want to consider your own left-of -center policies. For example, nationalized industries are not known for enhancing economic growth. Just a thought. But here’s something even more to the point that you might want to think about: What does it say about the leadership of a country when that country’s economy and politics are dependent upon the exportation of its own citizens? “
— Fred Thompson is an actor and former United States senator from Tennessee.
© PAUL HARVEY SHOW, ABC RADIO NETWORKS
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjhkYzZiNTAxZjAyZTNjNzkxNjA2ZTNmNDBhNjhlYWU=
I agree - weak analysis
That’s my take on things, anyway.
Academy Award Winner Al Gore”
Academy Award Thief, Al Gore...
There, fixed.
Bruce may be the only conservative of the group, but since all of them have worked with Fred, they might just consider voting for him, if they have no real preference for the Democrat.
LOL! Nah, Fred would wipe the floor with John Edwards at the first debate, just by showing up. Then with the first question, Fred would show that there is nothing between the ears on the Silky Pony's nicely coiffed head.
YEEEE-HAW...GO FOR IT!
grossly underestimating his opposition...
Ditto. Good post.
Fred Thompson has said we have to enforce Border Security, make sure we stop those coming in, so that we CAN concentrate on dealing with just those who are here, and not have to continually bail out the leaky boat.
Fred Thompson left public service in 2002. At a point he acknowledged after September 11, 2001 as critical: “Now is not the time for me to leave”.
Fred had his choice of Senator or Governor to contribute to “the long hard road” of critical issues like terrorism.
He chose to work for DisneyABC instead. And the public was left with a weak southern boarder. So I understand that Fred’s empty rhetoric didn’t exactly defeat terrorism or solve board problems in the last five years? We have a new homeland security agency though. I should thank Fred for contributing to guide that agency too?
It is very clear that Fred wants the border enforce, and will use a policy of attrition to remove people. Just because he said we can’t deport all of them, doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to remove most of them.
“I think most people feel disillusioned after 1986 when we had this deal offered to them before, and now we’re insisting that, you know, we solve the security problem first, and then we’ll talk about what to do with regard to other things - certainly no amnesty or nothing blanket like that.”
If we can make it nearly impossible for an invader to get a job and give the border patrol the authority and resources to arrest illegals and send them back where they came from, more than half the battle will have been won.”
His daughter died.
How many times do you need to be told that he left the senate because his daughter died?
If you want to pick on Fred, there are a number of things that you could pick on him for. Choosing this one only makes you look like lowlife scum.
Thompson/Brownback ‘08 would work for me to, if you drop the Brownback (Amnesty) part.
We’re at war, with a lot of sacrifice. How is Fred supposed to handle the stress of President if he can’t handle difficult times with loved ones?
Hunter’s son, a marine/hero serving his second or third tour of duty in Afghanistan, is, at the same time, running for his dad’s congressional seat. How about them apples!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117885216.html?categoryid=1613&cs=1
Diversity gains are in eye of the beholder
Networks, orgs see different views of progress
By JABULANI LEFFALLA
Assessing the advancement of diversity goals in the three years since CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox publicly pledged improvement is a bit like watching the movie “Rashomon”: The story changes with the observer.
“We believe very little progress is being made,” says Ron Hasson, president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood chapter of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People. Hasson claims the networks and studios won’t release statistics to track progress in the hiring of minorities.
Then there’s the network side.
“We’ve made incremental progress and incremental strides,” declares Mitsy Wilson, senior vice president for diversity development at the Fox Group. Unlike the other networks, Fox has established a diversity policy for all the units in its entertainment group, including the film studio.
Wilson bridles at the suggestion Fox makes no numbers available. She notes that 19 of 22 Fox series have writers or producers of color. And 17 have at least one director of color, and together they account for 100 series episodes this season.
She also says Fox meets every six months with the partners in the Media Coalition (besides the NAACP, the coalition includes groups representing Latinos, Asians, Pacific Islanders and American Indians). “We provide them with written data showing that progress is taking place.”
Last year, the NAACP established its Hollywood bureau in an effort to track the industry’s progress. This came after the rights org in 1999 backed off a TV boycott threat but demanded that the industry create more positions both in front of and behind the camera for minority candidates.
“A boycott’s always been a possibility with us provided the needed steps aren’t taken,” says Kweisi Mfume, head of the national NAACP. The group plans to issue an update report in May, “Out of Focus, Out of Synch Vol. 2.” “The report will highlight what the industry did as opposed to what the industry said it was going to do and also what the industry just plain didn’t do,” Mfume says.
“Hollywood will tell you, look what we’ve done for you: Halle Berry and Denzel Washington won an Oscar in the same year,” says Hasson. “Great! But that’s two people out of thousands. Plus Oscars don’t create jobs. We don’t want lip service or empty and soft symbols of progress, we want tangible results.”
While many organizations play a wait-and-see game for making employment inroads in mainstream entertainment, perspectives differ on available opportunities. Some bilingual Latinos, such as Veronica Alvarez, marketing director at Fox Sports Intl., are taking advantage of the global marketplace.
“There’s an enormous market for Latinos both internationally and right here in America,” she says. “What’s great is that there are more jobs where you can stay in your element, speaking your native language.”
In addition to Fox, Disney has and is creating Spanish-language programming. There are also the large networks such as Univision and NBC-owned Telemundo that are ripe for talent recruitment.
On the perhiphery, non-profit organizations like five-year-old Latino Public Broadcasting are making waves. “There are network shows like ‘George Lopez’ and ‘Greetings From Tucson’ so we’re making some progress,” says Lourdes Ortega, spokeswoman for the group. “While the mainstream is slowly creeping along, LPB is actively funding up-and-coming filmmakers using PBS, which has been a portal for a lot of Latino programming.”
Besides the diversity units at the networks, Workplace Hollywood was an organization created in the wake of the NAACP demands. The nonprofit was formed in May 2000 and got nearly $6 million from an offshoot of DreamWorks and other charitable organizations to serve as a clearinghouse for minority talent.
The group, which today has employees from other major studios on its board, seeks to help individuals from historically under-represented groups. In addition to those minorities who are part of the media coalition, it includes women, gays and the disabled.
(The network diversity units also encompass women, gays and the disabled. Casting such a wide net is one reason a number of the groups in the Media Coalition, especially the NAACP, feel marginalized. It’s also a reason the term “minority” has virtually disappeared from the lexicon, since women are a majority of the population.)
Workplace Hollywood’s Miles Bernal, director of staffing, sums up the group’s aim: “Is it about time diverse people got a fair shake? Yes. Can we guarantee a job? No. Can we give diverse candidates the flexibility to compete? Certainly.”
Since November, Workplace Hollywood has placed nearly 50 applicants at companies such as E! Entertainment, Ticketmaster, Fox and Warner Bros. However, most of the positions were either entry level or temporary.
Tracey Edmonds, prexy and chief executive of Edmonds Entertainment Group, is on the Producers Guild of America’s diversity committee and believes that while individual minorities have made strides, there’s little decision-making power for them.
Says Edmonds, who produced the “Soul Food” franchise for the large and small screen: “By and large white people are still deciding if, how and when minorities get hired.”
He didn’t HAVE to run again. It wasn’t a DUTY.
If he’s president, he fulfills his job, just like he fulfilled all he contracts before getting into the race.
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