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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
June 14, 2007
Is The SEIU A Front For "La Raza"?
"An Economist" writes
I have long had doubts about the SEIU. Frankly, it has struck me as a phony union, more devoted to promoting Open Borders than actually helping workers. It would appear that there is some substance to my skepticism.
From the article "Who Killed the Immigration Bill, and Who Wants it to Come Back?" PoliticalAffairs.net, [David Bacon, June 13, 2007]
The Return Of The Accursed Undead--Teddy Kennedy And The Immigration Bill Are Back
Mickey Kaus writes: "Fox is reporting an imminent agreement -- significantly including Sen. Reid -- to grease the skids for passage of the Senate immigration bill via a Fool-the-Yahoos addition of $4.4 billion in enforcement spending."
ABC reports:
Missouri Microcosm - Minuteperson In PC Park Purge
The excellent blogger who calles himself The Audacious Epigone has a devastating post about the current attempt to purge Frances Semler, a 73-year old grandmother recently appointed as one of Kansas City, Missouri's Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners, because she is a member of the local MinuteMen chapter. Councilwoman Beth Gottstein is quoted referring to the Minutemen:
Three Texas Guardsmen Arrested for Alien Smuggling
As a soldier in the Texas Army National Guard myself, it's no honor to learn that three of my fellow Texas Guardsmen (not of my unit, however) have been arrested for running an illegal alien smuggling ring.
The three guardsmen: Private First Class Jose Rodrigo Torres, Sergeant Julio Cesar Pacheco, and Sergeant Clarence Hodge, Jr., were all serving in Operation Jumpstart, the National Guard border deployment.
Even worse, the ring was using the Guard as a cover for the smuggling operation.
California Meltdown Update: Triple Whammy
Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters has long been a calm voice in the wilderness, calling attention to immigration's demographic time bomb and other idiocies that have been propelling California where no society has gone before.
Bush In Kosovo: Precedent For U.S. Southwest?
On his trip to Albania last week, obsequious crowds greeted President George W. Bush with praise and adoration.
Why?
A Utah Reader Notices A Positive Development Among Certain Democratic Senators
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06/13/07 - A Texas Reader Smells A Rat
From: Craig Russell