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Dr. Norm Matloff writes:
Let me first make my usual disclaimer that I am a lifelong Democrat. I'll add that whatever errors Ted Kennedy may have committed in his earlier life, he did evolve into someone who had a deep, genuine desire for social justice.
Having said that, the op-ed linked below confirms my longheld suspicions that even Kennedy felt that the "greater good" demanded that he cave in to the moneyed, powerful special interests on the H-1B work visa--the tech industry lobbyists, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the universities and so on.
From today's Wall Street Journal:
Donor's Views on Race Spark Outcry Over Parkland:
Activists Criticize California Town for Accepting Gift's Terms That Plot Be Named for Scientist Who Backed Eugenics Movement
I recently blogged that with the Left exploiting Ted Kennedy's death for socialist healthcare, we don't need to worry about them doing the same with amnesty. I was wrong. Michelle Malkin already has the term: "ShamnesTeddy."
An Associated Press piece by one Russell Contreras, published August 29th, pretty much spells it out. The article, entitled KENNEDY HELPED CHANGE DEMOGRAPHICS OF US AS TIRELESS ADVOCATE FOR IMMIGRANTS begins thusly :
Alexander Hart's recent analysis of the way in which right radical web radio host/ FBI informant Hal Turner was apparently being used to make the case for Hate Crimes/ Hate Speech totalitarianism rang a bell and I dug into my email inbox (currently 9518 items, aargh) to find this:
Mon 11/27/2006 10:39 PM
Sirs:
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