They raise their voices for an end to border jumping
The people spoke loud and clear.
There were not many of them and their voices were quiet and
reasonable, but what they said is clear enough for anyone to
understand.
There is a war afoot in the land and it's not a foreign war.
It's happening here and now along the southern border of the
U.S., in the employment and welfare lines, the waiting rooms
of hospitals and clinics and on the highways and streets of
America.
It's a war not against illegal immigration, but one of
economic oppression by illegal aliens who are allowed to do
as they please in the land of the free, the home of the
brave - with impunity and without fear of any corrective
action on the part of the U.S. Government.
As speaker after speaker talked to the small gathering in
the elegant little park named Heritage Square at Waco's City
Hall, it slowly dawned on me.
Government is not a business; government is the means by
which business may be done.
Our Constitution provides the authority by which men and
women may work, prosper, establish credit, borrow, repay,
buy and sell real property, raise their children in peace,
educate themselves and their young in the realities of the
world around themselves. From its underpinnings flow each
rule of law that exists in all such areas.
But something is wrong. Dead wrong.
A young woman works hard and acquires a luxury automobile at
a huge expense - simply because she can.
She throws a party on a weekend and on her way home from a
gourmet grocery, a pickup truckload of illegal aliens rear
ends the beautiful new car. The driver not only does not
see the red light, he fails to notice the hundred thousand
dollar vehicle stopped there on the North Dallas street
corner.
With four other men in the cab of the truck and a half dozen
in the cargo bed behind him, he plows into the car at high
speed, causing its total loss.
He never even slowed down. There are no skid marks.
The damage is so severe that the wrecker driver can't get
the trunk open enough to salvage even part of the two
hundred dollars worth of delicacies she has bought for the
party.
Twenty years later, the woman is still paying very high
insurance premiums because of this ill experience.
Her crime, the reason for the penalty she continues to pay:
She earned big money and bought an outrageously expensive
car in which to sit out north Dallas traffic jams while
listening to an Alpine stereo in air conditioned comfort.
The driver was under the influence of deadly drugs. They
arrested him for that after he fled the scene of the
accident. He was also an unlicensed, uninsured motorist.
Under the state's insurance laws, the woman is still
responsible for that fact, even though the wreck happened
twenty years ago. She still pays an extremely high rate for
collision, comprehensive, personal injury and comprehensive
coverage. There's no way out of it, though she has been
accident free all these years.
Where is the negligent driver now? After all, he had a
pocket full of methamphetamine, the stuff people call
"crank." He'd been up all night shooting pool at a local
24-hour games emporium, according to insurance
investigators.
Oh, he went back to Mexico as soon as the immigration
authorities sorted his case out - at taxpayer expense.
They put him on the bus, Gus. He caught the Chain, Jane.
Where is he today?
¿Quien sabe?
One thing for sure - he doesn't help pay the insurance bills
on the Dallas woman's car.
His crime: He got loaded and failed to notice the hard-
working, tax-paying professional woman waiting at the red
light in her brand new luxury auto.
What if he hadn't been there? What if they had stopped him
at the border and he'd never had the chance to buy some
dope, drive illegally, plow into the rear end of a law-
abiding citizen's car?
Conservative estimates fix the number of people of illegals
at about 20 million, though more shrill government critics
make it more like three times that number. Illegals in
border states such as California and Texas are estimated at
anywhere from 2 million in the land of fruit and nuts to 8
million, a million to two million in Texas.
Arizona comes in a distant fifth or sixth, depending on who
you believe, at a shade under a million.
Employers say they do the kind of work Americans won't even
think about doing.
Can they prove it?
It's the law. Do they follow it? Do they take steps to
obtain work visas for those they employ?
They just passed a state law in Arizona, SB 1070, making it
legal for police officers to detain and state courts to hold
anyone determined to be of an illegal immigration status.
It's history making and very controversial. Many oppose
this.
This has prompted massive rallies throughout America - 70
big protest rallies in cities from New York to L.A. and all
points in between.
The chief allegation is that this new law is racist, but the
truth is, the new law is in reaction to the inaction on the
part of the federal government to get the job done.
It is not racist to have a certain expectation that the
government "establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization..."
because it is one of the powers granted to the Congress in
Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
Between the Constitution, the Congress and the Executive
Departments of the U.S., the massive coalition of lawmakers,
immigration enforcement types and federal judges is not only
not getting the job done, but they're pretty much totally
ignoring their responsibilities.
People know that.
In Waco, they have something to say about it.
"Politic," the stage name of rapper David Saucedo, said, "I
can't see where it (SB 1070) violates anyone's civil
rights."
You have to have rules, he said; otherwise, our world would
be an unlivable, chaotic corner of hell.
He read from a philosophical treatise on law. It's a
concept that is in place to protect life and property,
according to the ancients who defined these things.
Speaking of loud demands to boycott Arizona, Mr. Saucedo
said, "It makes no sense to boycott a whole state's economy.
I call for a similar law to be passed in this state."
Mr. Saucedo knows what makes sense when it comes to the law.
He spent time in the penitentiary for a felony conviction.
He has not been back there or in front a judge since the day
they cut him loose.
Said Duke Machado, a sales executive at a Ford dealership,
President of the Hispanic Republican Club of McLennan
County, "We need security for our families. We don't need
people coming across our borders sucking the resources from
our state."
Said TEA Party activist Toby Marie Walker, "We don't enforce
laws we have, but we just keep passing new ones."
She urged people to tell 10 people in their neighborhood
about their experience and urge each one to tell another 10.
Said State Senate candidate Darren Yancy, "I married into
the culture. His wife's maiden name was Gomez. After 14
years of marriage, they have four kids - three boys and one
girl.
"That makes them Hispanic by blood and by birth."
A conservative, he said the Gomez family makes him look
positively liberal when it comes to family values.
After studying the new Arizona law, he says he's not
satisfied with its wording.
"I don't like the words 'reasonable suspicion,'" which is
the requirement for detention and investigation of a
person's naturalization status in Arizona.
"We have to lower the threshold. We gotta say probable
cause...When we talk about illegal immigration, it's taking
citizenship and putting it down.
"In the next 10 years, the Hispanic culture will be the
majority culture."
State House of Representative District 57 candidate Marva
Beck said, "Where did that first law come from? It came
from God.
"Our laws are already there. Nobody's enforcing them."
TEA Party activist Michael Simon cited the fact that an
Arizona deputy was gunned down by an illegal alien drug
runner just that morning. "There is a war going on at our
southern border."
Why don't the parties get involved? "Democrats would lose
14 million votes...Republicans run the risk of being
perceived as racist, of being too concerned with their
wealth."
The solution?
State Republican Executive Committee candidate Jimmie Kerr,
a local refuse hauler, said the numbers don't lie.
Of 93 voting precincts in McLennan County, almost half have
no Republican Precinct Chairman.
"They won't give me the numbers at (McLennan County
Republican Party) headquarters."
If elected to the Executive Committee, he promised, he will
identify and select new chairmen who will recruit and train
savvy precinct secretaries, election judges and poll
watchers to get out the conservative vote in Six Shooter
Junction and its rural environs.
jim@downdirtyword.com
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Local Auto Executive On Glide Path For Recognition
Hispanic Republican Club Takes A Stand On Border Security
Duke Machado could not hide his pleasure.
A little bit after lunch, the phone on his desk rang and Mr.
Bud Kennedy of the "Ft. Worth Star-Telegram" told him to
stand by, he would be calling back in 10 minutes to
interview him about his organization's unusual stand on
border protection.
Mr. Kennedy called back right on schedule and spent 45
minutes probing the Machado personality, his history and
political views, for a lengthy news feature that will appear
in his newspaper's Sunday editions.
It is a rather unusual development, to say the least.
You see, Duke Machado and his associate, Bert Hernandez,
have scheduled a rally at 7 p.m. in Waco's Heritage Plaza
outside the City Hall to protest the protesters who are
rallying in 70 cities across the nation in outrage over a
new statute just signed into law in Arizona.
The basics: If you are apprehended for some other offense,
arrested, and a state law enforcement official such as a
city policeman or state trooper discovers you are an illegal
alien, the court will place a hold on you immediately. You
will be held pending a decision by Immigration authorities.
Either they will deport you back to Mexico, or they will
turn you loose, but then you will have to make bail for the
other offense.
It's something that is rankling Hispanics deeply.
Not so the membership of the Hispanic Republican Club of
McLennan County.
Mr. Machado is a native of San Marcos, Texas, an Air Force
veteran who worked on cruise missiles during his enlistment
in the Air Force. He is a self-described "car guy."
What he means by that is he is the General Manager of Gloff
Ford in Clifton.
Mr. Hernandez is a veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces,
a Green Beret who served in Vietnam and other hot spots
around the globe before he came home to Texas and became a
car guy.
He is the General Manager of Bird-Kultgen Ford in Waco. Mr.
Hernandez came to this nation as a lad of 13 when his
parents emigrated from Mexico. After a lengthy process,
they were all naturalized as U.S. citizens by taking an oath
in U.S. District Court to defend the U.S. Constitution
against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
How did Mr. Kennedy find out about the rally and the
Hispanic Republican Club of McLennan County?
Why, he read all about it in "The Legendary" at this
blogspot address, www.downdirtyword.blogspot.com
It's that kind of year, this midterm election year of 2010.
One friend calls another with an idea. They in turn contact
yet another friend who gives them some approval and
volunteers to help - and they're off to the races.
It's all done with phone wires, iPods, cell phones, internet
hook-ups and weblogs. Before the day was over, the Waco
TEAParty was on board and raring to go.
Reportedly, the Waco city officials weren't all that easy to
work with until Mr. Machado and Mr. Hernandez pointed out to
them this little thing called the First Amendment to the
United States Constitution.
It says you have the freedom to express yourself and to
peaceably assemble to petition the government for a redress
of grievances.
Their grievance: As Hispanics, they feel the federal
government is failing in its constitutional duty to protect
and defend the borders. It's quite abusive, they say, to
have to compete with illegal alien workers who are employed
by companies who insist that Americans will not do the work
they pay the illegal aliens to do.
After all, there is a lawful mechanism in place to address
that situation. It's called a work visa and you get one
when your employer has demonstrated a need to the government
that he must recruit workers outside the national boundaries
and that the company will employ them as full time workers.
"Illegals need to get on one side or the other, and stay
there," Duke Machado said, stabbing the air with his
forefinger for emphasis. There is no doubt that he is
stabbing the ground on either side of the Rio Grande on an
imaginary map only he can see as he talks.
"They can't have it both ways."
He and his associate, Mr. Hernandez, who does double duty as
a Woodway police officer, will provide a public address
system and microphone for people to voice their opinions.
"I don't want people who are pro-amnesty to go up and give
their opinion," said Mr. Machado. "Let them go to one of
the other rallies. They're having May Day rallies to
protest the new Arizona law in more than 70 cities across
the nation."
It's going to be an anti-May Day May Day rally in downtown
Six Shooter Junction. And that's that.
For now.
Major media are invited and will likely be watching with the
unblinking eyes of their mini-cameras.
When you stop to think about it, it all makes good sense.
After all, Mr. Henry Ford often recruited workers from other
nations such as Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia.
He sponsored his employees for a work visa. To retain that
visa, they were required to attend classes in English,
civics and American history in preparation for that pesky
State Department examination. When they passed, he gave
them a send-off at his Dearborn, Michigan headquarters that
was very symbolic.
Each graduate would climb stairs that led to the bottom of a
huge concrete container prominently labeled "Melting Pot."
His River Rouge Assembly Plant took in raw materials from
ships that plied the Great Lakes and shipped finished
automobiles, ships, airplanes and other automotive products
to customers around the globe. All materials were
manufactured on the spot - steel, cast iron, glass, copper,
rubber, glass - you name it. Mr. Ford made it right there
in Dearborn. He paid them $5 a day - a sum unheard of.
As their names were called, each new graduate would climb
out of the melting pot and descend to shake Henry Ford's
hand and receive their diploma.
The next day, they would be sworn in by a U.S. District
Judge. They were then citizens of the greatest nation in
the world. Y'all come. Heritage Square, 7 p.m.
Duke Machado could not hide his pleasure.
A little bit after lunch, the phone on his desk rang and Mr.
Bud Kennedy of the "Ft. Worth Star-Telegram" told him to
stand by, he would be calling back in 10 minutes to
interview him about his organization's unusual stand on
border protection.
Mr. Kennedy called back right on schedule and spent 45
minutes probing the Machado personality, his history and
political views, for a lengthy news feature that will appear
in his newspaper's Sunday editions.
It is a rather unusual development, to say the least.
You see, Duke Machado and his associate, Bert Hernandez,
have scheduled a rally at 7 p.m. in Waco's Heritage Plaza
outside the City Hall to protest the protesters who are
rallying in 70 cities across the nation in outrage over a
new statute just signed into law in Arizona.
The basics: If you are apprehended for some other offense,
arrested, and a state law enforcement official such as a
city policeman or state trooper discovers you are an illegal
alien, the court will place a hold on you immediately. You
will be held pending a decision by Immigration authorities.
Either they will deport you back to Mexico, or they will
turn you loose, but then you will have to make bail for the
other offense.
It's something that is rankling Hispanics deeply.
Not so the membership of the Hispanic Republican Club of
McLennan County.
Mr. Machado is a native of San Marcos, Texas, an Air Force
veteran who worked on cruise missiles during his enlistment
in the Air Force. He is a self-described "car guy."
What he means by that is he is the General Manager of Gloff
Ford in Clifton.
Mr. Hernandez is a veteran of the U.S. Army Special Forces,
a Green Beret who served in Vietnam and other hot spots
around the globe before he came home to Texas and became a
car guy.
He is the General Manager of Bird-Kultgen Ford in Waco. Mr.
Hernandez came to this nation as a lad of 13 when his
parents emigrated from Mexico. After a lengthy process,
they were all naturalized as U.S. citizens by taking an oath
in U.S. District Court to defend the U.S. Constitution
against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
How did Mr. Kennedy find out about the rally and the
Hispanic Republican Club of McLennan County?
Why, he read all about it in "The Legendary" at this
blogspot address, www.downdirtyword.blogspot.com
It's that kind of year, this midterm election year of 2010.
One friend calls another with an idea. They in turn contact
yet another friend who gives them some approval and
volunteers to help - and they're off to the races.
It's all done with phone wires, iPods, cell phones, internet
hook-ups and weblogs. Before the day was over, the Waco
TEAParty was on board and raring to go.
Reportedly, the Waco city officials weren't all that easy to
work with until Mr. Machado and Mr. Hernandez pointed out to
them this little thing called the First Amendment to the
United States Constitution.
It says you have the freedom to express yourself and to
peaceably assemble to petition the government for a redress
of grievances.
Their grievance: As Hispanics, they feel the federal
government is failing in its constitutional duty to protect
and defend the borders. It's quite abusive, they say, to
have to compete with illegal alien workers who are employed
by companies who insist that Americans will not do the work
they pay the illegal aliens to do.
After all, there is a lawful mechanism in place to address
that situation. It's called a work visa and you get one
when your employer has demonstrated a need to the government
that he must recruit workers outside the national boundaries
and that the company will employ them as full time workers.
"Illegals need to get on one side or the other, and stay
there," Duke Machado said, stabbing the air with his
forefinger for emphasis. There is no doubt that he is
stabbing the ground on either side of the Rio Grande on an
imaginary map only he can see as he talks.
"They can't have it both ways."
He and his associate, Mr. Hernandez, who does double duty as
a Woodway police officer, will provide a public address
system and microphone for people to voice their opinions.
"I don't want people who are pro-amnesty to go up and give
their opinion," said Mr. Machado. "Let them go to one of
the other rallies. They're having May Day rallies to
protest the new Arizona law in more than 70 cities across
the nation."
It's going to be an anti-May Day May Day rally in downtown
Six Shooter Junction. And that's that.
For now.
Major media are invited and will likely be watching with the
unblinking eyes of their mini-cameras.
When you stop to think about it, it all makes good sense.
After all, Mr. Henry Ford often recruited workers from other
nations such as Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia.
He sponsored his employees for a work visa. To retain that
visa, they were required to attend classes in English,
civics and American history in preparation for that pesky
State Department examination. When they passed, he gave
them a send-off at his Dearborn, Michigan headquarters that
was very symbolic.
Each graduate would climb stairs that led to the bottom of a
huge concrete container prominently labeled "Melting Pot."
His River Rouge Assembly Plant took in raw materials from
ships that plied the Great Lakes and shipped finished
automobiles, ships, airplanes and other automotive products
to customers around the globe. All materials were
manufactured on the spot - steel, cast iron, glass, copper,
rubber, glass - you name it. Mr. Ford made it right there
in Dearborn. He paid them $5 a day - a sum unheard of.
As their names were called, each new graduate would climb
out of the melting pot and descend to shake Henry Ford's
hand and receive their diploma.
The next day, they would be sworn in by a U.S. District
Judge. They were then citizens of the greatest nation in
the world. Y'all come. Heritage Square, 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Angry Union Honcho Demands Equal CEO Taxation
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka led thousands upon
thousands of protesters in a march down Wall Street this
afternoon at quitting time.
Calling for bankers and corporate CEO's to pay their fair
share of taxes, he made an angry speech and demanded that
Congress extend unemployment benefits, put 11 million people
back to work by taxing the corporations and banks that
benefied from the TARP bailout, and fund green energy
projects.
"Let's make our voices heard all the way down to the bull,"
he shouted into the microphones.
As the crowd moved out and began to march, it was apparent
that the number of people marching was massive.
The rally was organized by the National People's Action
Committee, a project of the AFL-CIO.
thousands of protesters in a march down Wall Street this
afternoon at quitting time.
Calling for bankers and corporate CEO's to pay their fair
share of taxes, he made an angry speech and demanded that
Congress extend unemployment benefits, put 11 million people
back to work by taxing the corporations and banks that
benefied from the TARP bailout, and fund green energy
projects.
"Let's make our voices heard all the way down to the bull,"
he shouted into the microphones.
As the crowd moved out and began to march, it was apparent
that the number of people marching was massive.
The rally was organized by the National People's Action
Committee, a project of the AFL-CIO.
Conservatives Plan Anti-May Day May Day Rally in Waco
Plan to hit illegal immigration forces at City Hall
Conservative Hispanics plan to hold an anti-May Day rally on
Hertitage Square at 7 p.m. Saturday - rain or shine.
Espousing the idea that Hispanic values are actually
conservative values, Duke Machado of GOP Is For Me.com and
Bert Hernandez of Hispanic Club of McLennan County plan to
have an open microphone rally to allow people to voice their
opposition to political forces who oppose state laws against
illegal immigration.
This week Arizona signed a law into effect that will allow
police officers to arrest and book any illegal immigrant
they apprehend in that state. The plan is to turn the
violators over to federal authorities for deportation.
Protestors smeared refried beans on the windows of the
capitol building at Flagstaff while the legislators hammered
ou the details of the new law. Bright and early next
morning, the Governor signed the bill into law.
Conservative Hispanics plan to hold an anti-May Day rally on
Hertitage Square at 7 p.m. Saturday - rain or shine.
Espousing the idea that Hispanic values are actually
conservative values, Duke Machado of GOP Is For Me.com and
Bert Hernandez of Hispanic Club of McLennan County plan to
have an open microphone rally to allow people to voice their
opposition to political forces who oppose state laws against
illegal immigration.
This week Arizona signed a law into effect that will allow
police officers to arrest and book any illegal immigrant
they apprehend in that state. The plan is to turn the
violators over to federal authorities for deportation.
Protestors smeared refried beans on the windows of the
capitol building at Flagstaff while the legislators hammered
ou the details of the new law. Bright and early next
morning, the Governor signed the bill into law.
GOP Congressional Candidate Demands Changes
Bill Flores insists on Term Limits, Pay Cuts, Realignment of
Priorities and Transparent Appropriations
The Republican candidate for House of Representatives District 17
called for a major shakeup in the way Congress does business.
Here are the changes Bill Flores proposes.
Congressional Pay vs. Public Pain - Congressmen should not get a
pay raise if Social Security recipients don't get one. They
should get a net pay decrease when unemployment is exceptionally
high, as it is now.
All Laws Must Apply to the Federal Government - Congress has
exempted itself and most federal government employees from many
federal laws and programs.
Term Limits - As determined by the voters, Congress should have
term limits. The Fouding Fathers never intended for
Representatives and Senators to have a life long career in the
halls of Congress.
Servant leadership - We should not have to remind Members of
Congress who they work for. . . after all, as my Mother used to
tell me often, "we all put our pants on the same way."
Replace Earmarks with a Transparent Appropriations Process -
While there are important fiscal arguments against the use of
earmarks, there is also a more important philosophical one. The
unrestrained use of earmarks by Members of Congress is primarily
for their own reelection, not for the public good.
Priorities and Transparent Appropriations
The Republican candidate for House of Representatives District 17
called for a major shakeup in the way Congress does business.
Here are the changes Bill Flores proposes.
Congressional Pay vs. Public Pain - Congressmen should not get a
pay raise if Social Security recipients don't get one. They
should get a net pay decrease when unemployment is exceptionally
high, as it is now.
All Laws Must Apply to the Federal Government - Congress has
exempted itself and most federal government employees from many
federal laws and programs.
Term Limits - As determined by the voters, Congress should have
term limits. The Fouding Fathers never intended for
Representatives and Senators to have a life long career in the
halls of Congress.
Servant leadership - We should not have to remind Members of
Congress who they work for. . . after all, as my Mother used to
tell me often, "we all put our pants on the same way."
Replace Earmarks with a Transparent Appropriations Process -
While there are important fiscal arguments against the use of
earmarks, there is also a more important philosophical one. The
unrestrained use of earmarks by Members of Congress is primarily
for their own reelection, not for the public good.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
New law gives state cops the right to jail illegals
Arizona Governor Signs Illegal Alien Bill Into State Law
Early this morning, a state made history by second guessing
federal authority to secure the nation's borders with
Mexico. That power has been reserved by the U.S. Constitution.
- The Legendary
A Hispanic response to news reports:
By Duke Machado
It is not clear to me as a Hispanic if it is constitutional
for Arizona to pass a law making it a state criminal offense
to enter on its territory as an illegal alien.
Furthermore, it's not clear to me if it is constitutional
for state authorities to arrest an alleged illegal alien and
turn them over to federal authorities for prosecution.
However, when someone mentions closing the border,
Republicans fear backlash and Democrats fear loss of
opportunity. If it's possible to remove one's personal and
human attachment, it's a simple decision. In order for our
country to survive and flourish, we must have controls on
certain factors.
One of them, and I believe it's the most important, is the
control of our nation's borders.
When we go to bed at night, we lock our doors, set the
alarm, pray to God for His protection and take comfort in
the fact that we have done all we can to protect our
families from intruders. Just as we protect our homes, we
must protect our borders.
Would we accept unauthorized entrance into our homes?
No, we wouldn't. If people began breaking in, we'd call the
police to come to our aid, catch the intruders, and
hopefully give them the justice they deserve. When an
intruder is caught, they go to jail. There's a consequence
for their action.
So now the people of Arizona are fed up with having to deal
with the results of inaction by the Federal government.
Illegal immigrants kill people in their own homes and locals
are not taking it anymore. They wanted the leadership of
their own state to protect them from these intruders, since
they couldn't rely on the Federal government to come to
their aid. I can't blame them.
The natural step is to put forth actions to protect the
people of Arizona from not only physical assaults on their
person, but also the financial destruction associated with
the high cost to sustain the influx of illegals. How can any
American citizen side with the notion that we must be
politically correct when addressing a very real, dangerous
situation like border control?
If a Hispanic American has issue with it, they need to
reconsider and just look at what happens to countries who do
not secure their borders. Is it so easy to illegally enter
China? What about Russia?
Now, many Texans are talking about following the path of
Arizona. The real question is whether the new law is
constitutional. Only after our Supreme Court justices have
ruled on this, can we be sure of the validity of the law.
One thing is for certain; the tide is turning, and people
are looking for solutions to this issue. Would I support a
Texas law similar to Arizonas? I wouldnt violate the
Constitution for starters, but securing the borders is only
half the battle.
Once you go down that path, you have to have a plan for what
to do with the illegals trapped in an immigration purgatory.
Here's the real question. What do you do with the family
whose father is not legal, whose spouse and children are
legal, but will not survive without his income once he is
deported?
Answer that one. Make sure it is a simple process and treats
people with respect, and you've got it. - Duke Machado,
President, Hispanic Republicans of McLennan County
duke@gopisforme.com
Early this morning, a state made history by second guessing
federal authority to secure the nation's borders with
Mexico. That power has been reserved by the U.S. Constitution.
- The Legendary
A Hispanic response to news reports:
By Duke Machado
It is not clear to me as a Hispanic if it is constitutional
for Arizona to pass a law making it a state criminal offense
to enter on its territory as an illegal alien.
Furthermore, it's not clear to me if it is constitutional
for state authorities to arrest an alleged illegal alien and
turn them over to federal authorities for prosecution.
However, when someone mentions closing the border,
Republicans fear backlash and Democrats fear loss of
opportunity. If it's possible to remove one's personal and
human attachment, it's a simple decision. In order for our
country to survive and flourish, we must have controls on
certain factors.
One of them, and I believe it's the most important, is the
control of our nation's borders.
When we go to bed at night, we lock our doors, set the
alarm, pray to God for His protection and take comfort in
the fact that we have done all we can to protect our
families from intruders. Just as we protect our homes, we
must protect our borders.
Would we accept unauthorized entrance into our homes?
No, we wouldn't. If people began breaking in, we'd call the
police to come to our aid, catch the intruders, and
hopefully give them the justice they deserve. When an
intruder is caught, they go to jail. There's a consequence
for their action.
So now the people of Arizona are fed up with having to deal
with the results of inaction by the Federal government.
Illegal immigrants kill people in their own homes and locals
are not taking it anymore. They wanted the leadership of
their own state to protect them from these intruders, since
they couldn't rely on the Federal government to come to
their aid. I can't blame them.
The natural step is to put forth actions to protect the
people of Arizona from not only physical assaults on their
person, but also the financial destruction associated with
the high cost to sustain the influx of illegals. How can any
American citizen side with the notion that we must be
politically correct when addressing a very real, dangerous
situation like border control?
If a Hispanic American has issue with it, they need to
reconsider and just look at what happens to countries who do
not secure their borders. Is it so easy to illegally enter
China? What about Russia?
Now, many Texans are talking about following the path of
Arizona. The real question is whether the new law is
constitutional. Only after our Supreme Court justices have
ruled on this, can we be sure of the validity of the law.
One thing is for certain; the tide is turning, and people
are looking for solutions to this issue. Would I support a
Texas law similar to Arizonas? I wouldnt violate the
Constitution for starters, but securing the borders is only
half the battle.
Once you go down that path, you have to have a plan for what
to do with the illegals trapped in an immigration purgatory.
Here's the real question. What do you do with the family
whose father is not legal, whose spouse and children are
legal, but will not survive without his income once he is
deported?
Answer that one. Make sure it is a simple process and treats
people with respect, and you've got it. - Duke Machado,
President, Hispanic Republicans of McLennan County
duke@gopisforme.com
International "Draw A Picture of Mohammed" Day!
Cartoonist poses method to give Jihadists myriad targets
Have you heard about the Seattle cartoonist who has proposed
a way to give the Islamic hardheads so many targets they
won't know where to send another bomb-strapped virgin to
blow up the world?
The news is all over such on-line news organs as "The
Huffington Post" and "The Guardian."
If everyone draws a picture of Mohammed on the same day,
the Islamic terrorists won't know who to target.
At least, that's the proposed strategy.
Congress, of course, has it own ideas.
Would you believe that 17th District Democratic
Representative Chet Edwards joined 402 of his colleagues and
voted 403-11 to impose "sanctions, accountability, and
divestment" upon multinational corporations and governments
who persist in buying Iran's crude?
That's what some people do do.
That's what Representative Edwards did did.
The motion calls for the formation of a conference committee
with the Senate to study its bill, a measure that would
prohibit the U.S. government from purchasing goods from
companies that are subject to sanctions under an existing
law passed in 2008 and expand sanctions on foreign companies
investing more than $20 million in Iran's oil and gas
sector.
At least those 403 brave souls mustered the courage to vote.
An additional 3 registered themselves as merely "present,"
while 11 members of the House voted against the motion.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, it would only
cost $550 million between the years 2010 and 2014 to
administer the programs of watchdogging the watchdogs to
prevent any such attempts at getting into cahoots with the
Iranians and buying their oil.
It seems everything in our global economy has its price tag.
Have you heard about the Seattle cartoonist who has proposed
a way to give the Islamic hardheads so many targets they
won't know where to send another bomb-strapped virgin to
blow up the world?
The news is all over such on-line news organs as "The
Huffington Post" and "The Guardian."
If everyone draws a picture of Mohammed on the same day,
the Islamic terrorists won't know who to target.
At least, that's the proposed strategy.
Congress, of course, has it own ideas.
Would you believe that 17th District Democratic
Representative Chet Edwards joined 402 of his colleagues and
voted 403-11 to impose "sanctions, accountability, and
divestment" upon multinational corporations and governments
who persist in buying Iran's crude?
That's what some people do do.
That's what Representative Edwards did did.
The motion calls for the formation of a conference committee
with the Senate to study its bill, a measure that would
prohibit the U.S. government from purchasing goods from
companies that are subject to sanctions under an existing
law passed in 2008 and expand sanctions on foreign companies
investing more than $20 million in Iran's oil and gas
sector.
At least those 403 brave souls mustered the courage to vote.
An additional 3 registered themselves as merely "present,"
while 11 members of the House voted against the motion.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, it would only
cost $550 million between the years 2010 and 2014 to
administer the programs of watchdogging the watchdogs to
prevent any such attempts at getting into cahoots with the
Iranians and buying their oil.
It seems everything in our global economy has its price tag.
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