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Catholic Father Admits Hispanics Do Not Want to Assimilate

Father Esequiel Sanchez, director of the Office for Hispanic Catholics in Chicago, admits on public television station PBS what I've been saying loud and clear on this blog for at least a year -- many of today's immigrants do not come to the U.S. to become Americans and become part of the American culture. They do not wish to learn English. They do not wish to accept our culture or our language as part of their new life. Instead, they want to recreate their homeland here in the U.S.

According to Fr. Sanchez,

Hispanics don't assimilate. They just don't. They wind up -- you can't assimilate with that kind of history behind you. We're not assimilating into a 200-year-old history, we're trying to bring a 500-year history to a new context. Geographically we're closer than any immigrant group has been to their own country. And so we have access to those cultural historical places in our lives, so we can't just give that up to take something else.

I rest my case.

California Assembly Transportation Committee Approves Illegal Alien Drivers Licenses

Too many California politicians and legislators must be drinking the illegal alien Kool-Aid because SB-60, the bill proposed by Sen. Gil Cedillo (also known as "One-Bill Gil" because the only bill he seems to put forth is aimed at giving driving privileges to illegal aliens) made more progress in the California Legislature today by passing the Assembly Transportation Committee by a vote of 7-5.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles and the California Office of Homeland Security oppose this bill because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has not yet issued regulations detailing federal requirements of the Real ID Act. Even so, One Bill Gil still feels some kind of pressing need to push this abomination of legislation through as quickly as possible. Anyone care to postulate a reason? Please feel free to leave your hypothesis as a comment.

From here, the bill moves to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

More info available from the Fresno Bee and the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

Another Reason to Secure Our Borders

As if the already well-known negative effects of illegal immigration, e.g., draining of taxpayer resources, weren't enough to secure our borders, it seems that illegal aliens now pose a public health threat to the people of the United States.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, cases of multi-drug resistance tuberculosis, also known as MDR-TB, are now on the rise even though tuberculosis was nearly wiped out of the American population due to improved hygiene and powerful new drugs.

Several clues point to the fact that the rise in tuberculosis cases comes as a direct result of the massive waves of illegal aliens crossing our borders each and every day.

• Eighty-four percent (84%) of the 407 known cases of tuberculosis were "foreign-born" patients, primarily from Mexico and the Phillipines.


• Legal immigrants to the United States are required to submit to a health exam or provide proof of good health that they are free of communicable diseases and drug addiction. So any cases of tuberculosis coming from "foreign-born" individuals must logically come from those immigrants who have not immigrated legally and proven that they are in good health.


• Until recently, MDR-TB was endemic to Mexico.


• In 2001, the Indiana University School of Medicine traced an outbreak of TB to illegal aliens from Mexico.


• Also in 2001, the Queens (New York) Health Department traced 81% of TB cases to immigrants.

The fact that our borders are not secure has added yet another serious issue that we must all face. (1) The draining of taxpayer resources to provide medical and social services to illegals. (2) The threat of terrorists crossing our borders as illegal aliens and wrecking havoc on our country from inside. (3) Public health threats as the result of communicable diseases being brought into our country by illegal aliens that carry the diseases with them over the border.

Tell me, again, why it has proven impossible to convince our elected leaders that unsecure borders have nothing but negative consequences for Americans?

Urge Pres. Bush to Secure Our Borders Immediately

NumbersUSA, the non-profit, non-partisan, public policy organization that opposes efforts to use federal immigration policies to force mass U.S. population growth and to depress wages of vulnerable workers, is gathering signatures in a petition to President Bush to secure our nation's borders IMMEDIATELY. One million signatures are needed.

The text of the petition reads as follows.

Mr. President, Please Secure Our Borders Immediately

It has been nearly four years since the 9/11 attacks inside our country by foreign nationals. Yet, tens of thousands of foreign nationals every few weeks continue to be allowed to enter this country illegally through our loosely guarded borders. All of these illegal entrants threaten American citizens in one way or another—either as unfair labor competition, tax burdens, instruments of organized crime including drug running and slavery, or as terrorists.

* We can no longer allow such disorder on our borders. One of the clearest responsibilities of the federal government and of the President is to protect this country's citizens from attacks across our borders.

* We urge you to direct your officials in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to create and institute plans to ensure that foreign nationals who attempt to cross our borders without permission will be (a) detected, (b) apprehended and (c) either removed from this country or detained for appropriate punishment under the law.

* While your Administration is implementing long-term sustainable programs to achieve border security, we urge emergency measures that begin to provide the same protection immediately by mobilizing some combination, as necessary, of Border Patrol, other DHS personnel, the military, other federal personnel and technological tools.

Various pilot programs at selected locations have proven that zero tolerance of illegal human traffic across our borders is achievable if the federal government places a priority on protecting its citizens. We submit our names with the appreciation of your consideration and action.

I have added the italicized emphasis to certain key phrases.

Please consider signing the petition and asking your friends and family to sign it, as well. Only 438,000 signatures have been gathered so far; another 562,000 signatures are needed. I have already signed ...

Thank Goodness for McClintock

The embers are still smoldering after yesterday's landmark decision by the Supreme Court to limit the public's protection against private property seizure as guaranteed under Article V of the Bill of Rights.

Article [V.] No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

In a 5-4 decision, the highest court in the land ruled that local governments may seize personal property from one individual and give it to another individual for development if the local government feels the second individual will develop the property in such a way as to increase revenue (that means generate more tax revenue for the government).

Rather than rehash what's been covered in a variety of other blogs and on your local newscasts, I'd like to focus on reaction by one of our esteemed California Senators -- Sen. Tom McClintock.

In response to yesterday's decision, Sen. McClintock announced that he is stepping up the plate and taking action to restore our private property rights as guaranteed under the Constitution

Today the U.S. Supreme Court broke the social compact by striking down one of Americans’ most fundamental rights. Their decision nullifies the Constitution’s Public Use clause and opens an era when the rich and powerful may use government to seize the property of ordinary citizens for private gain.

The responsibility now falls on the various states to reassert and restore the property rights of their citizens. I am today announcing my intention to introduce an amendment to the California Constitution to restore the original meaning of the property protections in the Bill of Rights. This amendment will require that the government must either own the property it seizes through eminent domain or guarantee the public the legal right to use the property. In addition, it will require that such property must be restored to the original owner or his rightful successor, if the government ceased to use it for the purpose of the eminent domain action.

I have been a McClintock fan since 2003 when he made a run for Governor in the election to oust then-Governor Gray Davis. I have been following his career since then, and I can say without doubt that McClintock is a man of his word. So when he says he will introduce an amendment to preserve private property rights to California's residents, I have full faith and confidence that he will do it.

Unfortunately, just because McClintock introduces such a bill does not mean it will pass and become law. As anyone in California knows, many of our local governments would love to kill Prop. 13, the 1978 proposition that caps property tax rates to 1% of the property's assessed value. If a local government can now seize your private home and turn it over the land to a developer who plans on building a shopping mall or some other such commercial development (after having the property re-zoned, if necessary), the government may stand to collect much more tax revenue than they would have received from the Proposition 13-guaranteed capped property tax rates on the personal residence.

No doubt our very Liberal legislators in Sacramento are salivating over the prospect of increased tax revenue. It is my firm belief that the California Legislature is going to fight McClintock's bill tooth and nail. With the Supreme Court's disastrous decision, our state's government now has a toe in the door to increase their tax revenues.

The coming "battle" over McClintock's bill shall prove to be an interesting fight. I only hope, for the sake of California's property owners, that the Legislature remembers the true meaning of the Constitution and will not usurp even more of our personal rights ...

Urgent: Stop Social Security Ripoff by Illegal Aliens

Just received the following in an urgent email from NumbersUSA.

If you have a valid Social Security number, have been paying in to the Social Security program for years, and do not want the hard-earned money you've been paying in to Social Security to be paid as benefits to illegal aliens, you will DEFINITELY want to take action on this one.

Stop your Social Security from going to Illegal Aliens retiring to Mexico!

CONGRESS IS VOTING THIS WEEK to BLOCK SENDING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS to millions of illegal aliens from Mexico. If the current government plan is not blocked, it will entice millions more people to become illegal aliens. It also would drain huge sums from our Social Security fund at a time when it is already vulnerable.

Send a Free Fax to Congress

Click the link above to FAX YOUR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE asking him/her to VOTE THIS WEEK TO STOP this plan to reward illegal aliens with Social Security.

Join with nearly 100,000 citizens who make their voices heard through NumbersUSA, a nonpartisan, nonprofit Immigration Reform organization.

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1601 North Kent St., Suite 1100
Arlington, VA 22209

Our Social Security system is already in enough trouble as it is. Do we really want our hard-earned tax dollars given to illegal aliens whose only method of obtaining employment is to falsify identification information and use a fake Social Security number? Keep in mind that even your own Social Security number may have been used by an illegal alien since these numbers can easily be picked out of thin air, and employers rarely confirm whether the Social Security number given by the illegal is valid or falsified.

Save Our State to Hold Rally in Baldwin Park

Thanks to Digger for posting about another rally being organized by Save Our State to protest a taxpayer-funded statue in Baldwin Park, California that supports and promotes Mexican repossession ("reconquista") of Southern California.

Comments inscribed/carved into the stone statue include the following.

This land was Mexican once, and Indian always, and is, and will be again.
It was better before they came.

Digger has photos of these inscriptions as well as discussion of the antics and violent behavior (one of the monument protestors was struck by a counter-protestor's water bottle and taken to the hospital for internal bleeding of the brain) on the part of the counter-protestors who showed up to support illegal aliens and the reconquest of Southern California by Mexico.

Rest assured that this second "monument protest" will likely not be any more civilized than the last, so if you choose to attend, please give as much consideration as you can to preparations you can take to ensure your safety. More information is available in the forum section of the Save Our State website (http://www.saveourstate.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=2255).

Press 1 for English

(Credit for the title of this post goes to one of my local talk show hosts, Jeff Katz.)

So tell me, why must I "press 1 for English?" I called one of my credit card companies on the telephone today and was greeted by an automated answering protocol saying "Press 1 for English. Blah blah blah dos blah blah blah Espanol." (I don't speak Spanish, so I can only make out two of the Spanish words spoken by the automated system.) Wait, wait, wait. This is America. I am an American. I live in America. English is the American language of commerce. English is the American language of the law. English is the American language of success. English is the American language of doing business. So why is my credit card company, and any other company that subscribes to the "press 1 for English" mentality, so willing to ignore that fact? It makes no sense to me why we continue to pander to people who immigrate to this country and then either flat out refuse to learn English or make little to no effort to learn English.

Why do we no longer expect immigrants to learn English? I have written a couple of other posts on this very topic (What Has Happened to the English Language? and What Has Happened to the English Language? [revisited]), but two pieces in the news today bring to light the fact that we have gone over the top in our utter submissiveness to waves and waves of Spanish-speaking immigrants who do not learn English.

The first story talks about the fact that new recruits and new hires to the police department in my city are now compelled to learn Spanish because of a new, mandatory department policy. The report from ABC 7 News gives a brief description of the training program.

Officers in training at the San Jose Police Academy are learning not only how to shoot, but how to speak Spanish as part of their jobs.
They're studying the basics -- numbers, the alphabet and key phrases they'll need in the field.

The report then goes on to note that officers are being taught a number of key phrases.

"Are you injured? Do you need a doctor? Do you need to go to the hospital? What happened? Could you describe the vehicle?"

Oh, it just sounds so benign, doesn't it? As if the officers are only being required to learn a few basic Spanish words and phrases to help them in their jobs. But think about this. Let's say an officer is called to the scene of a vehicle accident, and the people involved only speak Spanish. The officer goes through the basic laundry-list of questions he was taught to say in Spanish. Are we all together so far? Good. So tell me this ... how in the world is the officer going to understand a lick of what these non-English speaking people are telling him in response to his questions? If the officers are truly "studying the basics" as the author of the article states, then they are surely not going to be able to understand any "non-basic" responses given by the people being questioned.

I don't believe for one moment that the Spanish lessons are going to stop with learning basic letters, numbers and key phrases. No doubt within the next several months, or maybe within the next year or so, we'll be told that the San Jose Police Department doesn't understand enough Spanish to do their jobs, so they are going to be sent to Berlitz language courses for more advanced Spanish instruction or some other such nonsense.

This absolutely chaps my hide. We are now expecting our peace officers to deal with Spanish-speaking immigrants in the immigrants' language instead of expecting the immigrants to learn our language and become a part of this country. (Who else but immigrants would not speak English? Those born in this country learn English in taxpayer-funded public schools and would be able to converse with a police officer in English.)

Ironically, another unrelated article from CBS 5 News lends further support to the fact that Spanish-speaking immigrants need not learn English to get along in America because our business and service organizations are bending over backward to offer products and services directed to them in Spanish. The report from CBS 5 is about one of our local Humane Societies.

The Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA is reaching out to the Spanish speaking community by offering a six-week obedience class for Spanish speakers and their dogs this July.

Not only are the Spanish-language obedience classes low-cost, but all instruction, including the commands given to the dogs, will be in Spanish! What utter gaul these people have. It's not enough that the humans do not learn English, but now their dogs will be taught Spanish, too. So instead of learning "sit," little Fido will learn the Spanish word for "sit." And instead of "stay," Fido will learn the Spanish word for "stay." Damn, I sure as hell hope my tax dollars aren't going to support this program.

Besides, why are these people spending their time schooling their dogs? They need schooling more than their dogs do; people who do not speak English should be in English language classes, not in Spanish language canine obedience classes. It would be a better use of their time to learn English than to teach their dogs Spanish. This is not easy for me to say, either, because as you can tell from the theme of this blog, I'm a big-time dog person. What is not so evident from the blog is the fact that I am a major advocate of canine obedience, and I believe it is unresponsible of a person to have a dog that does not respond to basic commands. So for me to say that someone should do something else instead of taking their dog to obedience class is a big step for me. But that's how silly I think this Spanish language dog obedience program is.

I hate to sound morose, but I believe these news stories are just more proof that Americans are doomed to lose their country. To maintain a country, the people of that country must share a common culture, a common language, and be willing to defend and secure their borders. In this country today, we have none of that. We have allowed immigrants to come to this country and never become part of the American culture, so we therefore have lost our common culture. We all know that our politicians and the last several Presidential administrations have ignored our immigration laws and now stubbornly refuse to enforce them. Now, our language is gone.

I may be one of the last of my kind, but I will never learn to speak Spanish. And although I may become limited in the retailers I patronize, I will not knowingly do business with a company that I know panders to anyone who does not speak English. (Ahem ... that means you, Home Depot, with your Spanish-language signage all over the store, your bedroom antics with the National Council of La Raza and your support of illegal alien day workers.) I may pay more money to do business with those companies who still deal with their clientelle in English instead of Spanish or any other foreign langauge, but to me, the extra money is well worth the principle.

Signs that You're a Montanan

This might explain my adorable hubby's sometimes "odd" proclivities.

You Might Be A Montanan If ...
Jeff Foxworthy

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Montana.

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Cutbank is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Montana.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Montana.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Montana.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Montana.

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Montana.

If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Montana.

You know you're a true Montanan when ...

• You measure distance in hours.
• You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
• You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching.
• You see people wearing camouflage at social events, including weddings.
• You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
• You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
• You know all four seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction.
• Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
• Down South to you means Wyoming or Nebraska.
• Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his hnew pole shed.
• Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
• You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."
• You actually understand these jokes and forward them to all your Montana friends. Sad, but true! On the other hand, isn't it beautiful to be a Montanan?!?

Are Pro-Illegal Alien Activists Racist?

In a two-part series covering the issue of racism as it pertains to illegal immigration, MichNews.com guest columnist Daneen G. Peterson, Ph.D argues that in spite of the widespread stereotype to the contrary, if the term "racist" must be pinned on one of the parties involved in the battle over illegal immigration, then it is NOT the anti-illegal immigration folk who deserve that dubious distinction. Instead, Peterson offers that it is actually the pro-illegal alien groups that are racist; he then goes on to support his hypothesis of the existence of "blatant racism by the pro-illegal alien crowd" with very well-organized, well-documented, and logical data.

"If eighty to ninety percent of the 18-20 million illegal aliens here in America today, had come from Australia, Canada, and England instead of actually coming from Hispanic and Latino countries, would La Raza (The Race), LULAC, MALDEF, MEChA, and the ACLU, et al, be loudly advocating for open borders, protesting and demanding that illegal aliens receive driver's licenses, in-state tuition, and the end to Prop.200?" So begins Peterson's argument that it is really the pro-illegal alien groups that are racist, not the anti-illegal alien groups.

Is your interest piqued yet? If so, read on...

Blatant Racism by the Pro-Illegal Alien Crowd, Part I

Blatant Racism by the Pro-Illegal Alien Crowd, Part II

Spreading the Word

Calling all bloggers --

Do you oppose illegal immigration? If so, the Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) could use your help. ALIPAC was "formed to address the disparity between the public's desire for more control of illegal immigration and the actions of lawmakers."

I wholeheartedly support the work of ALIPAC and will be linking to them in my new “Immigration” blogroll on the right side of each page. ALIPAC is looking to increase their site's traffic and visibility by increasing incoming hyperlinks. If you oppose illegal immigration, support legal immigration, and would like to see our country enforce it's immigration laws, I encourage you to visit ALIPAC and read up on some of their work. Then, if you are so inclined, please add a link to ALIPAC on your blog.

Folks, the illegal immigration problem is out of control. Clearly, our elected officials are doing nothing to control the tidal wave of illegal aliens sweeping over our borders every day. It is time for the people to take matters into their own hands. I honestly believe that immigration reform will only come about through intense grassroots efforts. We can start by increasing awareness of the issue and educating people as to the real extent of the illegal immigration problem. That's where linking to websites such as ALIPAC comes into play. Whether you're a native born American or a legal immigrant to the U.S., controlling the flood of illegal immigrants into this country should be of paramount importance to you.

Hat tip and big thanks go out to Tall Glass of Milk over at the Drink this ... blog for the post Legalizing this ...

No Drivers Licenses for Illegals

Apparently, there is at least one other blogger as vehemently opposed to driver's licenses for illegal aliens as I am -- Tall Glass of Milk believes there is no legal reason to license this ...

California Senate Votes for Driver's Licenses to Illegal Aliens

Courtesy of SaveOurLicense.com:

SB 60 Passes Out of State Senate
The illegal alien driver's license bill passed out of the State Senate today on a vote of 22 to 14. As soon as the complete vote is posted on the legislative website we will make the information available so you may know who voted for and against this terrible bill.

"Giving driver's licenses to illegals, even if it is different from a standard driver's license, will only cause California to be an even bigger magnet for illegal aliens," stated CRA President Mike Spence. "We should not be in the business of rewarding people for breaking the law. We should be enforcing our laws."

More coverage available at SignOnSanDiego.com.

Note: I am INCREDIBLY UNHAPPY about this. No, unhappy doesn't even describe it. I'm livid, enraged, fuming, incensed, infuriated and offended that my state's legislators have so little respect for my citizenship and for the laws of my country that they will push to any lengths to give so many benefits to illegal aliens. Thank you, California Democrats, for trashing the value of my citizenship and for showing support, and giving comfort and aid, to criminals who have broken my country's immigration laws and are here illegally.