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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
September 4, 2008
Spanish Socialists see Light: Close Immigration Door
When the Socialist Government of Spain came to power in 2004, it immediately amnestied 700,000 illegal immigrants. These were enabled consequently to migrate legally all over the European Union. Spain’s EU partners were not amused.
Things have changed completely. The Spanish Government, faced with a massive construction bust, is effectively banning fresh immigration. This follows the launching of a plan earlier this year to pay immigrants to return home.
Immigration Enforcement Stops Jet Skier, Misses Millions Of Mexicans
It's interesting to contrast this Overlawyered.com story of a jet-skier injured in the Niagara River, (the center of which is the border between the US and Canada) who washed up on the American side and found himself in a cell, and the millions of Mexicans who deliberately ford the Rio Grande, much shallower and warmer, and are immediately released by the Border Patrol even though, unlike the jet-skier, they have no plans to go back home.
Michelle Obama vs. Hillary Clinton
One little remarked point are the similarities in the roles of Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton in the rise to power of their husbands: they were both skilled operatives instrumental in building their husbands' political machines. Obama, for example, placed Michelle in the 1990s in charge of a headhunter's group for social charities in Chicago, allowing her seed hundreds of Barack Obama loyalists throughout Chicago NGOs. Interestingly, Barack has seldom over-praised his wife's contributions the way Bill Clinton did so slavishly.
Pointless Palin, Malevolent Meyerson
I generally never waste time listening to convention speeches because you can read them faster afterwards (or, increasingly in the age of the internet, before). But I did try to listen to Sarah Palin. (Read it here) I just got bored, although it was well enough delivered, I guess. Maybe because I've written speeches and can see the joints.
A Delaware Reader Says Biden In Pocket Of Credit Card Companies
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09/03/08 - A New York Reader Says The Housing Market Is Booming—in El Salvador, Mexico, Peru, etc.
From: Midge Jones (e-mail
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