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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
September 17, 2007
Austin Columnist:"Retain The Best Elements Of Being A Sanctuary City"
If managed properly, sanctuary cities can have a silver lining. Really.
So says a starry-eyed columnist in Austin, Texas, which is a de facto sanctuary city.
After recounting the tragic execution-style murders of three young people in Neward, N. J., Alberta Phillips (e-mail) wraps up her call for tougher law enforcement against criminal illegal aliens this way:
NYT Reporter Taken Off Duke Case
John Leo has posted a list of of "Things you might not know about the Duke non-rape case if you haven't read the new book "Until Proven Innocent, 
One of them startled even me:
Musical Diversity Noted
We already knew that Mexicans are musically inclined, from their large output of narco-corridos which celebrate gangsterism hispanic style.
Recently their musical creations have come to the attention of diversity-loving NPR, which presented their songs as the folk expression of a people in struggle for a better life.
This ICE Employee Must Be A Short Timer
There's a notable quote from a Seattle employee of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an article ("Feds told of foreign-born jail inmates," Salem, OR, Statesman Journal, September 16, 2007) about local/fed enforcement cooperation in Marion County, Oregon. Introducing Lorie Dankers, who probably has no future with ICE, as she hasn't learned to obfuscate:
SacBee Won't Describe Suspects In Murder Of Father And Baby
This is a horrifying story of a murder:
A day after a double homicide took the lives of a 7-month old baby and his young father, detectives announced the unthinkable Saturday: the infant had not been accidentally caught in gunfire but was intentionally shot, execution-style, in his car seat.
A Texas Reader Says Gov. Rick Perry Is Cut From The Same Cloth As His Predecessor
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09/16/07 - A Texas Reader Says Bring Your Crying Towel When You Read the Houston Chronicle
From: Brian Welch