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By David Limbaugh - Via Newsmax

Political commentators – both right and left – who think the outrage over the immigration crisis is a conservative fringe phenomenon are sorely out of touch. That may have been true some time ago, but the sleeping giant of American good will and apathy has finally been jolted out of her sleep.It’s hard to deny that the catalyzing events were the audacious protests of illegals throughout the country, waving Mexican flags, disrespecting the American flag and demanding, sometimes in Spanish, their “civil rights.” Perhaps Sen. Ted Kennedy’s pathetic pandering to this burgeoning new constituency contributed to the national wake-up call as well.
I recognize that certain eastern-corridor economic conservatives may have lofty motives in their undying advocacy for open borders. They continue to romanticize immigration as some innocuous boon to our economy with comparatively minor downsides. But they grossly underestimate the magnitude of the angst of mainstream conservatives over this issue and misjudge their motives. They betray their elitism by implying that those roiled about the issue are “anti-immigrant” or “impervious” to facts that only those in their perches of erudition can clearly see.
The overwhelming majority of people exercised about immigration are not remotely racist, prejudiced, bigoted or nativist. They are, however, unapologetic patriots, believers in the American ideal, the American identity and the American culture. They are not slaves to an exclusively capitalistic perspective, realizing that economic considerations – pro and con – are only one part of the equation.
It goes without saying that immigration is a multi-faceted problem because it touches on so many issues, including the rule of law, national security, national sovereignty, our national identity, the welfare state, demography, the economy, and politics.
I find it particularly offensive to watch talk shows that approach the immigration debate from an exclusively political perspective. Wouldn’t it be refreshing to hear the talking heads, instead of discussing the potential impact on the two political parties, actually considering what the ramifications for our nation might be if significant action isn’t taken? AMEN!
Unfortunately, the frequency of elections in our system has the effect of causing politicians to put out short-term fires rather than devising long-term fixes for problems. They are under enormous pressure to just do something to address the problem before November to avoid being blamed for inaction.But because of the outstanding work of people like Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation, and the clarion calls of Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., in publicizing his work and other aspects of the problem, we are now seeing that one of the Senate’s proposed immigration reform bills could greatly exacerbate the problems.
Even if Rector’s projections about the inflow of new immigrants over the next 20 years are substantially overstated, there is no question that way too many immigrants will come in during that period. And there is no question that this nation, given the current state of its laws and its refusal to encourage assimilation and promote a national identity, simply cannot absorb them.
With all due respect to the casual elite, we are talking about nothing less than the destruction of America as we know it. This will come about not so much by “foreigners,” but through our own complicity in devaluing the rule of law by neglecting immigration enforcement and the disgraceful abandonment of our national identity. This will prevent us from promoting the English language, our own sovereignty, our unique constitutional system and our traditional values.
Though we are the greatest nation in the history of the world, we often project anything but pride about that. We act as though we are ashamed of the American culture and Western civilization and must promote a destructive, euphemized multiculturalism, instead of an American blend of multiethnicity. We must celebrate our multiple ethnicities, but promote our common cultural identity. To do otherwise is national suicide. Not only will we become a hopelessly balkanized nation if trends continue, but we’ll bankrupt ourselves in the process. CAN I GET ANOTHER AMEN!!
Some say that in crafting a solution to the immigration problem we must effectively seal our borders before we can deal with the “illegals” who are already here. Others say we might as well not bother trying to close the border unless we deal with the legality issues because without strong legal deterrents to future illegal immigration, our efforts to seal the border will be in vain.
I believe we have to address both aspects of the problem, as they are manifestly interdependent. In the meantime, I hope that those mostly well-meaning elitists looking down their noses at the commoners who have finally been stirred to action on this issue will reconsider their underestimation of the scope and urgency of the problem and realize that it has finally reached the tipping point among the mainstream.

Tip leads Border Patrol to 91 illegal entrants in truck

Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona

Border Patrol agents discovered 91 illegal entrants who were smuggled into the country in the back of a box truck Thursday night southwest of Sonoita, an official said Friday.Around 10 p.m., the Border Patrol received a call from a concerned citizen about possible illegal activity, said Jesus Rodriguez, a spokesman for the agency’s Tucson sector. The caller said they believed the truck was picking up illegal entrants.Border Patrol agents from Nogales and Sonoita pulled the truck over on Highway 82 around Milepost 26, at which time the driver got out and ran into the brush, Rodriguez said.Inside the truck, agents found 91 illegal entrants, most of whom were from Mexico but some were from Central America, he said.No injuries were reported and the driver of the truck was not found, Rodriguez said. The illegal entrants were detained and taken to the Nogales processing center, he said.

Illegals granted Social Security
By Charles Hurt

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The Senate voted yesterday to allow illegal aliens to collect Social Security benefits based on past illegal employment — even if the job was obtained through forged or stolen documents. “There was a felony they were committing, and now they can’t be prosecuted. That sounds like amnesty to me,” said Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada Republican who offered the amendment yesterday to strip out those provisions of the immigration reform bill. “It just boggles the mind how people could be against this amendment.” The Ensign amendment was defeated on a 50-49 vote. “We all know that millions of undocumented immigrants pay Social Security and Medicare taxes for years and sometimes decades while they work to contribute to our economy,” said Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. “The Ensign amendment would undermine the work of these people by preventing lawfully present immigrant workers from claiming Social Security benefits that they earned before they were authorized to work in our community,” he said. “If this amendment were enacted, the nest egg that these immigrants have worked hard for would be taken from them and their families.”
Mr. Ensign was among 44 Republicans and five Democrats who voted to block such payouts. Damm Democrats, I’m gonna find out what idiot Republicans voted against blocking….  

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Ok, I’m gonna have to do this in a few parts, because I am still tired and slightly out of it.
We accomplished the “up till dawn” thing twice while there.
I ‘l have Mrs Sniff post on some other aspects of the trip.
Let me get my negative rants out of the way.
FIRST, as much as I like Vegas one thing it is quicky becoming is a Redneck Riviera. Living in Lawrence, KS one thing that spoils you is that we don’t have a lot of fat ass toothless hillbilly types living here. With the University here obviously we have a nice collection of younger, nice looking females here.
Unfortunately, Vegas with its multitude of cheep flights via Allegiant Air ($69 each way) from tiny destinations such as Sioux Falls and Rapid City South Dakota, Bismark and Fargo North Dakota, Missoula Montana and Idaho Falls, Idaho it has become the choice destination of incredibly overweight, toothless, hillbilly redneck types.
You simply do not see very many nice, ordinary attractive people there anymore.
Even in the Mega resorts. Despite the billions spent on these destinations with the marble floors, beautiful furnishings, fine restaurants and oasis type settings it is grossly offset with people walking around in nasty shorts, tennis shoes, dirty T-shirts, mullets and bunches of women with thighs bigger than I am with mounds of cellulite! Its fucken gross.
How the hell can a normal person enjoy a fine vacation when these type of people are milling around?
I mean seriously, these are folks who consider a trip to Denny’s buffet and Smoke shop fine dining.
If you are going to take your ass to Vegas at least TRY and play dress-up and look decent walking around.
SECOND, Trash. With all the billions and billions of dollars spent making Vegas this spectacular glossy destination, city leaders sure as hell don’t spend very much time cleaning up the rest of the city.
Having the opportunity to drive literally around the entire city Mrs. Sniff and I got to explore not only the strip and casinos but neighborhoods as well. There is still significant building going on there.
They are building luxury condos and townhomes by the bunches. Unfortunately the areas where building has yet to commence there are piles of cement, dirt and mounds of trash everywhere.
It’s already bad enough that you are in an environment that is dry, brown, sorely lacking in trees or green grass but blowing trash, construction waste and other debris is given free reign to spread itself around the city.
Now adding to the trash category is political signs. These should be outlawed. The jackass politicians in Vegas are not satisfied enough with the small yard type signs you see elsewhere, but these bastards erect signs the size of a mini vans on these vacant lots I mentioned. They also put them on any available fencing or vacant surface. I even saw one politician advertise on the side of a restaurant! Its just fucken tacky as hell.
THIRD, Foreign Drivers. One thing you notice is that there are lots of accidents in Vegas and when you see one they are more often than not serious ones. Also more times than not the fault lies with the Japanese or some other far Eastern individual who decided to come to Vegas and rent a fancy car knowing damm well they can’t navigate successfully.
Every time I was cut off or cut in front of was a foreign driver. Oh lets not forget the Middle Eastern folks as well. One lady (Indian dot, not feather) whom I thought was making a right turn had her car in the middle of the far right lane on a six lane boulevard. She looked as though she wanted to get totally across the street. Instead of waiting for the proper light she simply was easing herself across this incredibly busy street causing a major traffic jam.
FOURTH, support staff in Vegas.
I believe that most of what I am bitching about has taken it’s toll on the support staff there in Vegas. Having to cater to the rude gamblers, the plastic face and breasted trophy wives, to the Hillbilly masses these people are just worn out and pissed off. Except for a couple of cases the support staff was slightly rude, never smiled, looked pissed off and especially the waitresses in the mega hotels were not as attractive. Even in the Paris, (was my favorite) all of the fine looking women who worked there in those French uniforms were not nearly as nice or attractive. They clearly did not enjoy their work. They were just going through the motions and collecting a paycheck.
Being there for one week wore me out. Can you imagine working there day in and day out.
Mrs Sniff will continue this later. We are still settling in and recuperating.
Despite my rants Mrs Sniff and I had a good time. We always say to each other we can enjoy ourselves wherever we go. It’s never about the destination, it’s more about who you are with.

I cured my Vegas fix for awhile.

Iran: Jews, Christians Must Wear Badges

In a move reminiscent of the Nazis forcing Jews to wear a Star of David insignia, Iran’s parliament has reportedly passed a law requiring Jews, Christians and other religious minorities to wear color-coded badges to identify them as non-Muslims.
The law would also set a dress code for all Iranians, requiring them to wear “standard Islamic garments.”
The law, which must be approved by Iran’s “Supreme Leader” Ali Khamenei before taking effect, requires Iran’s roughly 25,000 Jews to sew a yellow strip of cloth on the front of their clothes. Christians would be forced to wear red badges and Zoroastrians would wear blue cloth, according to Canada’s National Post.
“This is reminiscent of the Holocaust,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.
“Iran is moving closer and closer to the ideology of the Nazis.”
Bernie Farber, chief executive of the Canadian Jewish Congress, agrees.
“There are some frightening parallels here,” he told the National Post.
“We thought this had gone the way of the dodo bird, but clearly in Iran everything old and bad is new again. It’s state-sponsored religious discrimination.”
The new law was drafted two years ago, but lingered in the Iranian parliament until recently when it was revived at the urging of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad has repeatedly described the Holocaust as a myth and earlier this year announced Iran would host a conference to re-examine the Nazis’ “Final Solution.”
Ali Behroozian, an Iranian exile living in Toronto, said the new law would make religious minorities immediately identifiable and allow Muslims to avoid contact with non-Muslims.
Iran’s small pockets of Jewish, Christian and other religious minorities “have all been persecuted for a while, but these new dress rules are going to make things worse for them,” he told the Post.
Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard told reporters about the law: “Anything of that kind would be totally repugnant to civilized countries, if it’s the case, and something that would just further indicate to me the nature of this regime. It would be appalling.”
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has written to U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan calling on the international community to bring pressure on Iran to drop the law.
“The world should not ignore this,” said Rabbi Hier. “The world ignored Hitler for many years. He was dismissed as a demagogue. They said he’d never come to power.
“And we were all wrong.”

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