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Welcome to BoreAmerica!

BoreAmerica is a new blog that will occasionally monitor AirAmerica (a.k.a. "liberal talk radio") so you don't ever have to.

Sponsored by The Lonewacko Blog, BoreAmerica will be a group effort, and we're looking for contributors.

Contributors must have a blog or at least have published accessible editorial content to a website. Being a contributor shouldn't be that difficult. Simply listen to AirAmerica for a few minutes every once in a while, furiously write down all lies heard, and then post them to the web for the enjoyment of all. The blog will also feature things like AirAmerica satires, news about AirAmerica's contributors and its business dealings, and so forth.

We'll also be holding a contest to find a logo. Something like a radio listener falling asleep or something.

The URL to the blog will be BoreAmerica.com. However, for the next day or so you'll need to use this temporary address: tolstoy.com/boreamerica

If you would like to be considered for contributor status, contact abuse [at] tolstoy [dot] com with the following:

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Posted to Bloggage at 09:24 PM | Comments (0)

Michelle Malkin on the Karl Rove harrassers

Malkin discusses the NPA harrassment of Karl Rove in 'A closer look at left-wing thuggery':

...NPA members are funded by the usual suspects -- "progressive" charities such as the Tides Foundation, Ben & Jerry's Foundation, and the MacArthur, Ford and Rockefeller foundations. But they are also funded by your tax dollars. My research shows that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Environmental Protection Agency and Massachusetts Department of Education have given tens of thousands of dollars in grants to NPA members. Their agenda is the usual big government, race card-playing, entitlement mentality claptrap: "homeowner security" (more government minority home loans), "workplace rights and training" (more government job programs), "good policing" (a ban on racial profiling), and "promoting security and opportunity for immigrants" (more benefits for illegal aliens)...

Previous coverage starts here.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 03:35 PM | Comments (0)

Important news on the brewing Kerry scandal

DaisyGate just keeps getting weirder and weirder. Some right-wing-wackos are speculating it's a Skull and Bones symbol. Others think it might contain the key to a secret Illuminati compound at the top of Baldy Mountain. Far-left-wingnuts think it might be a secret signal to them that Kerry still supports the McGovern Revolution.

I, on the other hand, think it's just a zipper pull or (much less likely) a key ring. What use does Kerry have for a key ring? His servants probably watch for his arrival at the various Kerry compounds. I noticed it 12 days ago and I didn't think anything of it. Those pictures were shot on the day that JFK did his big expedition: he snowshoed up a mountain and then 'boarded (dude!) back down. He would not have needed a ski-lift pass for that, since it was all done under his own power. It probably wasn't an area pass or something like that: a) he is, after all, JFK, and b) he had a member of the ski patrol with him leading the expedition.

There are better things to bash Kerry for, such as his brain-dead immigration policy. Not only are those policies in deep conflict with his supposed support for low-wage workers, they also appear not to be supported by the vast majority of people in his forums.

Posted to Politics at 03:28 PM | Comments (0)

Spain issues arrest warrants for 5 Moroccans, 1 Tunisian

The Reuters headline 'Spain Seeks Two-Time Bomb Suspect in Madrid Blasts' is a bit misleading. Mejjati was not one of those named on the arrest warrants:

Spanish investigators chasing suspects in the Madrid train bombings have identified as the suspected organizer a wealthy Moroccan also being sought in connection with bombings in Casablanca and Riyadh last year.

But the wanted man -- Abdelkarim el Mejjati -- was not among those who were the subject of an international arrest warrant, as sources close to the investigation said and Reuters reported earlier Wednesday.

Instead the Spanish judge investigating the Madrid train bombings, Juan del Olmo, issued six other arrest warrants for five Moroccans and one Tunisian.

Sources close the investigation held firm that Mejjati was perceived to be the organizer of the Madrid attacks that killed 191 people on March 11 -- and said del Olmo could still issue a warrant for him in the future...

Posted to Terrorism at 03:01 PM | Comments (0)

I support Sun's quixotic quest

Those of you who don't know about or care about Sun, Java, Java on the desktop, etc. can skip this entry.

For years I've railed about the direction Sun takes with Java. Here's an example; there are many many more, including dozens if not hundreds of Usenet postings and personal appearances at a few JavaOnes.

Now, Wal*Mart is selling cheap computers that run the Java Desktop System. It's Linux with Java and StarOffice built-in. I'd imagine it won't run Windows programs without something like WINE. Some people will no doubt be upset to find out that that new system they just bought not only won't run Windows software, it looks a little funny and it runs all these other strange programs.

And, considering that it's from Sun, I'm going to hazard a guess that it has nothing on the Mac in the usability arena. In fact, I'd imagine that there are all manner of weird things that will bite average consumers in the ass. I wouldn't be too surprised to find out that Sun thinks regular users are going to edit or write shell scripts or know how to set permissions or a multitude of other UnixElite tasks.

That said, it's finally an opportunity to get a mass market desktop that runs an up-to-date version of Java. Even if it just took Sun nearly a decade to do it.

Posted to Miscellania at 02:44 PM | Comments (0)

Slave work is better than no work at all, right?

The article 'US companies accused of condoning workers' rights abuses in China' is, unfortunately, based only on hearsay from a source that could be considered biased. However, it's probably not too far from the truth.

Posted to Politics at 02:22 PM | Comments (0)

How to Argue Like a "Liberal"

From this:

[...]

1. Make an untrue statement.

2. Deny that you said what you said.

3. Deny that the other party understood what you said.

4. Deny that the words you used mean what the other party claims they mean.

5. Redefine your definition and hope the other person forgets the previous one. Repeat as needed.

6. Assert that since definitions are irrelevant and subjective, the other person is mean-spirited, racist, sexist, intolerant and obsessive.

7. Change the subject.

See also this chestnut: 'How to Argue Like A Lefty in a Weblog Comments Board':

Posted to Politics at 12:42 AM | Comments (1)

"Spain probes Morocco link, press names FBI suspect"

From Reuters:

Spain refused to comment on Tuesday on the possible role of an FBI-wanted militant who is reported to be under suspicion in the Madrid bombings.

Interior Minister Angel Acebes confirmed on Tuesday that investigators were examining the bombers' ties to the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM), an extremist group which is believed to have links to Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda.

Acebes would not speculate on the involvement of Abdelkarim el Mejjati, a Moroccan wanted in several countries who was the subject of an FBI worldwide alert last September.

Previous coverage of Mejjati here; a possible Balkans connection here.

North Africa analyst George Joffe, asked about the GICM soon after the March 11 attacks, told Reuters he had doubts about the operational existence of a group "whose name was probably coined as a cover for networks in Europe that include Algerians, Tunisians and Moroccans. When was the last time this group claimed responsibility for anything?"

...Known to the FBI as Karim El Mejjati, the 36-year-old comes from a prosperous family. He is the son of a Moroccan father and French mother, and according to acquaintances is married to an American of Tunisian origin...

It said Mejjati holds a French passport and his last recorded entry to the United States was between 1997 and 1999.

Posted to Terrorism at 12:19 AM | Comments (0)

What the heck is eDoDo?

I have no idea. However, they do have a work-safe biography of porn [deleted]-gobbler Gina Ryder. Apparently it's a cartoon strip or something and she did a voice-over for an episode or something. I don't believe there was any [deleted] or [deleted] in the cartoon strip.

Her bio doesn't discuss how she likes to [deleted] [deleted] or how she enjoys [deleted], but it does contain information on her educational background:

I guess we will start with high school. As a freshman I was accepted to be part of the first classes at Business Careers High School. This was a big deal for me because this meant that getting good grades and being in advanced classes was finally going to pay off. I was chosen out of hundreds of applicants from throughout the city to be one of the select few to be given the opportunity.

While attending Business Careers I was part of the pep squad team. My junior year of high school I returned to my home school where I attended 4 classes my junior year and 3 classes my senior year. I did this because I was tired of school and I wanted to work. My only motivation at this point was that I was in DECA (An Association of Marketing Students). I served as the Vice-president for one year and President of my chapter for another year. Being part of this organization gave me many valuable working and leadership skills, along with the opportunity to meet a lot of interesting people while traveling to New Orleans, Houston, St. Louis, Corpus Christi, Detroit, and Canada.

I graduated from high school in 1995. I took almost a year off from school before I enrolled at UTSA for the spring semester of 1996. My courses included Macro-Economics, Political Science, and Algebra with Calculus for Business, I got a promotion into a salary position half way through the semester and I stopped attending my classes at UTSA. For some reason I felt that working and making money were more important than obtaining an education. As I mature I am coming to the conclusion that school is important and that I hope to gain the discipline to continue my education someday.

Plus, she can [deleted] a mean [deleted]. And I mean that with the utmost respect.

Posted to WackyHumor at 10:34 PM | Comments (0)

John Kerry: "help will be on the way to California!"

The article 'Kerry offers aid in capital visit' appears in the SacBee, but I occasionally thought it might be in the Onion:

Presidential hopeful John Kerry said Monday that "help is on the way" to California if he is elected, suggesting that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would be better off if the Massachusetts Democrat is in the White House...

"We knew each other when he first came over to this country to make 'Pumping Iron,' and we've stayed in touch ever since then, and our families are friends, and so I hope California does well. When I am president, ladies and gentlemen, Governor Schwarzenegger, help will be on the way to California!"

...Kerry did not meet with Schwarzenegger while in town, his first visit to Sacramento since he became the presumptive Democratic nominee, his campaign said. But on Sunday night, shortly after touching down in the state capital, Kerry did sit down at the Esquire Grill for a glass of wine with Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver, a Democrat and a member of the Kennedy family...

A Vietnam veteran, Kerry told the crowd at the Sacramento fund-raiser, "I learned bitterly what it was like when a president and a government take a nation to war and leave them at war when the truth is left tattered in the background..."

I wonder, was that "Vietnam veteran" bit inserted because they couldn't find a quote where he mentioned that fact himself? Naw, that can't be the case.

The picture is from a celebration of California's newest state holiday, Cesar Chavez Day. Somehow I'm a little uncomfortable with schoolchildren waving a flag that a) represents a union, and b) has a racial component. See the history of the UFW flag:

The Aztec eagle is an historic symbol for the people of Mexico. The UFW incorporated the Aztec eagle into its design in order to show the connection the union had to migrant workers of Mexican-American descent, though not all UFW workers were Mexican-American...

Would the educational establishment allow schoolchildren to wave flags that represented, say, management and had a white-oriented symbol on them? I think not.

Also, note that John Kerry has gladly accepted the endorsement of Antonio Villaraigosa, the former president of the UCLA chapter of the racial separatist organization MEChA. Bush is bad for California, and Kerry would probably be even worse.

Posted to California at 01:11 PM | Comments (0)

"Sierra Club must save its soul"

From the NY Daily News:

Dick Lamm, public policy gadfly and former Democratic governor of Colorado, is being denounced these days as a right-wing extremist, neo-Nazi and racist. His offense is that he is one of three men running for the Sierra Club board of directors on a platform of limiting immigration to protect the environment. In response, the leadership of the club and its allies have been playing the race card with berserk ferocity. Among the charges are "environmental racism" and the "greening of hate."
These arguments assume that any urge to cap or slow immigration is a form of anti-Latino or anti-Asian bigotry. "It's hate," the Sierra Club executive director Carl Pope said of the splinter group endorsing the insurgent candidates...

Pope has shamelessly tried to connect Lamm, Morris and Pimentel to the most extreme anti-immigration people. He told The New York Times: "If somebody who isn't a Nazi is put on the ballot by the American Nazi Party" it can be difficult to tell the candidate from his dubious backers. Good grief. Next we will be hearing that Franklin Roosevelt may have been a commie because Stalin fought on his side during World War II...

Early media coverage has focused on incendiary charges of a hostile takeover of Sierra by extremists. Soon the media will figure out that the club is actually conducting a smear campaign.

This disgraceful effort by the Sierra Club has turned the spotlight on the leadership itself, its lack of candor about who its powerful donors might be, and its tactic of trying to sway an election with ugly charges. The organization should act quickly to make things right.

"Soon the media will figure out that the club is actually conducting a smear campaign"? And here I thought the media was a willing participant in the smear campaign. For an example, see the dissection of an L.A. Times article on the election.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 12:55 PM | Comments (0)

Even more on the Karl Rove harassment

Tasty Manatees has a very informative post about the leaders of the NPA harassment of Karl Rove. It turns out that the two leaders mentioned by the WaPo are school teachers. They may have commandeered students and school buses for their stunt, or they may have done it all legal like. In any case, they put those kids in harm's way, and TM has their supervisor's contact info.

Previous coverage starts here.

UPDATE: See FAIR's comments on the DREAM Act here.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 10:47 PM | Comments (0)

"immigration [to Europe] as a Trojan horse to expand jihad"

That's a quote from the WSJ. Yes, the same WSJ that calls those who don't support Open Borders "nativists."

See 'New Breed of Islamic Warrior Is Emerging' for the full article.

Excerpt:

Immigration is a key way to extend the radical ideas into Western Europe. One Takfiri scholar, Abu Basir, wrote in 2001 that "jihad and immigration go together...the one cannot be achieved without the other."

Fifteen of the 18 suspects jailed for the Madrid bombings come from cities in northern Morocco that have become front-line recruitment centers for the ultrafundamentalist message. One senior Moroccan official says "every country with an Arab or Muslim immigrant population now faces this problem" of potential sleeper cells...

Unlike previous generations of radical Islamists, who attracted police attention by their long beards, public proselytizing and orthodox postures, the newer generation of holy warrior blends in better. They are encouraged to lead a double life in the ultimate pursuit of jihad, according a German intelligence report.

"Outwardly they pretend to lead a modern lifestyle," says terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp. "But deep inside they adhere to a pure medieval strain of Islam." Many Takfiris shave their beards and avoid mosques for security reasons. "Recruits conceal their true beliefs until the time is right," Dr. Ranstorp says...

Damn those European nativists!

See this post for this quote from a Muslim scholar: "Islam will return once more to Europe as a conqueror and as a victorious power..." See this post and the one before it for more information on "al-Andalus."

Posted to Immigration_euro at 10:38 PM | Comments (2)

CNN announces new press release service

CNN has a new feature, and it's free! If you send CNN your press release, they'll weave it into a news story, even if they had a reporter there to report on it himself. Such a deal!

Of course, there are a few restrictions. First, your press release must be from a far-left group promoting an "action." Like, oh, say, harrassing Karl Rove chez lui. See 'Group protests outside Rove's house'. They even left out the bit about the protesters banging on Rove's windows, making it sound much more of a peaceful protest than as described in the WaPo. See this post and the previous one for more information.

Previous coverage of the Rove harrasment is here, and previous coverage of the DREAM Act is here.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 10:25 PM | Comments (1)

Jorge Castaneda running for president of Mexico

Former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castaneda is running for president of Mexico as an independent.

In addition to his many other noteworthy accomplishments, Castaneda uttered the following back in Nov. 2002:

[Mexico's foreign minister Jorge] Castaneda said Mexican officials will begin rallying unions, churches, universities and Mexican communities.

"What's important is that American society sees a possible migratory agreement in a positive light," Castaneda said. "We are already giving instructions to our consulates that they begin propagating militant activities -- if you will -- in their communities."

There's more on the presidential race in Mexico here.

There are several examples of those militant activities here, here, and here.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 02:38 PM | Comments (0)

3000 U.N. Staffers Probed (Oil-for-food)

From the NY Post:

Investigators probing the United Nations' Iraq oil-for-food program are taking a close look at allegations the scandal-plagued initiative was filled with spies, terrorists and do-nothing bureaucrats earning exorbitant salaries.
The activities of the estimated 3,000 U.N. staffers who were working on the $100 billion humanitarian aid program are emerging as a central focus of the investigations into the mushrooming scandal...

I did the math on the money Saddam pilfered from O4F here, and there's more on how much France would have got from exclusive oil contracts here.

Posted to Iraq at 02:32 PM | Comments (0)

I'm LOST again

The article 'UN Wants Control of the Seas with US Senate’s Help' has more on the LOST (the Law of the Sea Treaty.) If you've never heard of the LOST, but you want to prevent a U.N. power grab, read the article.

There's more on the LOST here.

Posted to Politics at 02:27 PM | Comments (0)

Karl Rove meets his new "voters"

This is funny, annoying, disturbing, heartening, and shocking all at the same time:

Several hundred people stormed the small yard of President Bush's chief political strategist, Karl Rove, yesterday afternoon, pounding on his windows, shoving signs at others and challenging Rove to talk to them about a bill that deals with educational opportunities for immigrants [sic: it should read "illegal immigrants" -- LW]...

The crowd then grew more aggressive, fanning around the three accessible sides of Rove's house, tracking him through the many windows, waving signs that read "Say Yes to DREAM" and pounding on the glass...

And after about 30 minutes of goading by protesters in English and Spanish, Rove agreed to meet with two members of the coalition on the condition that the rest of the protesters board their buses and leave his street. The group obliged.

Rove opened his garage door and allowed Palacios and Inez Killingsworth to enter. The meeting lasted two minutes and ended with Rove closing the garage door on Palacios while she was still talking... Rove told them "he hoped we were proud to make his 14-year-old and 10-year-old cry..."

Closing the garage door on them is pretty sweet. In fact, I think the whole experience might do Karl some good. He actually got a chance to meet those people he thinks are going to vote for the Republicans. I'd say the chance of any of those "immigrant's rights advocates" of voting Republican is about one in a million.

I only hope some of them were waving Mexican flags, discussing how they were working closely with the Mexican consulate, building Communism, and all those other good Republican things.

This same group tried this same s*** last year at the offices of FAIR. Can you count all the lies in their press release?

Or, can you count all the lies in the press release for their Rove harassment? What's sad is the WaPo has simply parroted one of the main lies: the DREAM Act doesn't affect "immigrants," it affects "illegal immigrants." A big difference that both NPA and the WaPo gloss over.

For an earlier example of the elites getting a taste of their own medicine, see 'CEO of DC’s PBS Station Mad About Day Laborers Next to Studio'.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 11:31 PM | Comments (0)

"As Border Woes Strain Arizona, U.S. and Mexico Talk"

The NYT reports on the illegal alien situation in Arizona. As you read the excerpt, consider this astonishing fact: in FY2002, just 13 (thirteen) companies were fined for immigration violations. (source)

Now, here's the excerpt:

...In recent months, there has been an eruption of illegal immigration and related violence in Arizona, and with it has come a realization by federal officials: no matter how many hundreds of thousands of migrants they catch and send back over the border, many will return time and again unless the government finds better ways to keep them out of the country and out of harm's way.

Officials from Mexico and the United States began meeting last week in Mexico City on a plan to repatriate Mexican border crossers by sending them deep into their country, closer to their hometowns, rather than simply returning them near the border.

American and Mexican officials agreed in February to explore the repatriation plan, which is similar to a program that was scrapped in the mid-1990's. Though Mexico had resisted the idea in recent years, American officials saw the willingness to reconsider the plan partly as a sign of good will in response to President Bush's recent call for a temporary worker program. However, officials made clear that there were still potentially major issues involving logistics and financing [in English: Mexico wants more of our money --LW] to be worked out and that some issues remained off limits.

"We would never allow someone to be sent back to their hometown if they didn't agree to it," said a Mexican diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations were continuing. "The program has to be voluntary. That issue is not even on the table."

Asa Hutchinson, an under secretary in the Department of Homeland Security, said that American officials were committed to the repatriation idea and that "if it has to be voluntary, we'll make it work..."

While most other parts of the southern border have had a decline in illegal crossings, Arizona has recorded a 34 percent jump in the past six months. Federal officials say tightened security in areas like Southern California and Texas has pushed smuggling rings to Arizona, which now accounts for about 40 percent of all illegal entries. The shift to Arizona has brought with it a sharp increase in violent extortions and drug seizures as well as the deaths of dozens of migrants left in the desert, law enforcement officials say...

Once again: in FY2002, just 13 (thirteen) companies were fined for immigration violations.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 09:27 PM | Comments (0)

"Dress like you are going into a bar in Kansas to drink from the bottle"

Could you humor me and say the title to this post aloud?

Thanks, but you don't have the accent right. Here, say these words first:

savoir-faire
oui
grenouille
Je suis parisien a vie!

Now, say this in the same accent:

"American culture is an adolescent culture... In America, you have to be the common man, be able to make people think you are the common man..."

"...start giving one word or two answers to questions..."

"Go to K-Mart, buy jeans and cowboy boots... Dress like you are going into a bar in Kansas to drink from the bottle..."

Now, you might be wondering why I had you do that. Because the guy who said those things above is French-born, US-based, consultant and "medical anthropologist" Clotaire Rapaille.

He's been contacted by the Kerry campaign to give them advice.

I'm vaguely reminded of this non-Kerry-related piece of advice to peace protesters who want to reach out to mainstream Americans:

"Speak American," she said. "Strip down to the simple, metaphoric Anglo Saxon. Leave out long words, complex explanations, historical analysis or arguments supported by lots of reasons, facts, statistics."

(Via PoliBlog)

Posted to Politics at 04:13 PM | Comments (0)

A supposed Balkan connection to the Madrid bombings

I already linked to the LeMonde report saying that the alleged "orchestrator" of the attacks, Abdelkrim Thami Mejjati/Karim El Mejjati, was French-Moroccan. No other news source appears to be reporting about this. This old El Mundo story mentions him in relation to the Casablanca attacks.

One of the Madrid suspects lived in Germany.

Suspect Mohammed Bekkali grew up in Ireland.

There is also reportedly a link to the Balkans:

According to [investigation by the Italian authorities], mujahedin who participated in the Bosnian civil wars were imported from an al Qaeda training camp near Zenica to help with the bombings in Madrid, and other attacks possibly being planned for the future.

“Their road was from Zenica through Split to Ancona,” says the paper, citing Italian authorities who point to the Balkan map found in the Madrid apartment of Syrian-born terrorist mastermind Edin Barakat Yarkas, also know as Abu Dahdah, following the September 11th 2001 attacks. The map highlighted training camps and transport routes from Bosnia to Western Europe...

Posted to Terrorism at 03:46 PM | Comments (0)

Riding through Chernobyl

Here are several pictures from someone who tours the "the dead zone" of Chernobyl on her motorcycle.

Via Art Bell. In keeping with the source, do you notice something... strange... about the first photo on this page? Did "Elena" - if that is indeed her name - blur out the picture of a mutant space alien inhabitant of the Chernobyl dead zone?

UPDATE: The previous link was to an angelfire page which has since disappeared. Good thing considering their various attempts to take over my browser.

UPDATE 2: First, I changed the second link to point to a page not at Angelfire; the original page was located at www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter13.html but all the angelfire pages appear to have gone away.

Second, an alternate address is www.kiddofspeed.com

Third, and most important, this site has now been determined to be a hoax.

Posted to Miscellania at 02:49 PM | Comments (1)

I guess this means six more weeks of Winter

Posted to WackyHumor at 02:24 PM | Comments (0)

That's a funny joke, but I was in Vegas last night

This is really strange. I've received reports that I supposedly attended an L.A. Blogs meeting last night. Which I was considering doing.

However, I decided to go to Vegas instead.

The picture above is from Vegas, and I shot it a few hours after this L.A. Blogs meeting supposedly took place.

Either I was in two places at the same time, or the L.A. Blogs people are making all of this up, or there's someone running around posing as me. I'll look into this and keep you informed.

Posted to Bloggage at 02:17 PM | Comments (0)

In Vegas, back Sunday

I'll be in Vegas until tomorrow. Here's a picture I just took 30 minutes ago at Red Rock State Park. Ain't WiFi great?

Posted to Miscellania at 05:30 PM | Comments (0)

Get Chipped[TM]!

Hey kids! Look what we've got in store for you:

VeriChip, the world’s first subdermal personal verification technology, announces a special, introductory pre-registration program. Sign up today to be among the first in the world to “Get Chipped.”

Why, they've even got a ChipMobile that's coming to a town near you!

It's quick, it's easy, and it's subdermal:

VeriChip is a subdermal, radio frequency identification (RFID) device that can be used in a variety of security, financial, emergency identification and other applications. About the size of a grain of rice, each VeriChip product contains a unique verification number that is captured by briefly passing a proprietary scanner over the VeriChip. The standard location of the microchip is in the triceps area between the elbow and the shoulder of the right arm. The brief outpatient "chipping" procedure lasts just a few minutes and involves only local anesthetic followed by quick, painless insertion of the VeriChip. Once inserted just under the skin, the VeriChip is inconspicuous to the naked eye. A small amount of radio frequency energy passes from the scanner energizing the dormant VeriChip, which then emits a radio frequency signal transmitting the verification number...

VeriChip definitely needs to get chipped and with feeling.

Posted to Privacy at 03:30 PM | Comments (1)

Chris Cannon [R-UT] is "loose with facts, demeans American public discourse"

From the SteinReport:

(Washington, D. C. - March 26, 2004) The FAIR Congressional Task Force today issued the following statement regarding comments made by Rep. Christopher Cannon:

At a recent hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives, Utah Rep. Christopher Cannon tried to indict American immigration reform activists with a series of smears, frauds and half-truths designed - at least in his mind - to discredit all Americans who believe in sensible immigration and border reform policies. In making these assertions, Congressman Cannon crosses the line into the realm of fabrication, taking what is a strength - the broad based nature of the nation's immigration reform lobby - and trying to make it into a weakness.

Contrary to Cannon's wild assertions, FAIR and the FAIR CTF have never taken any position on sterilization, abortion, eugenics or euthanasia.

Rep. Cannon claims that he has exposed the "anti-life" agenda of those who want better immigration enforcement and lower overall immigration levels. In repackaging tired, old and hackneyed allegations - mostly old lies and gross distortions - Cannon uses classic "red jacketing" or a heinous form of guilt by association by passing off inaccurate information about third parties and seeking to paint everyone with the same distorted brush. Rep. Cannon demeans the nature of American political discourse and deserves the censure of all right-thinking Americans...

...unfortunately for Rep. Cannon, his cheap labor agenda - rewarding law breakers and promoting taxpayer rip offs -- is opposed by most of those he purports to represent. He has also pursued reckless and obstructionist policies that are a clear threat to national security. He opposes improvements in state/local enforcement cooperation, opposes stronger border regulation, opposes effective interior enforcement, opposes efforts to deter illegal immigration by denying access to benefits and opposes any effort to rationalize the immigration system to reduce the overall flow and its burden on America's communities...

You can read Cannon's "expose" here and in this .doc file. He seems to want to compete with Dave Neiwert and the WSJ in the smear category.

For one small example, he quotes a Denver Post column that states that the group American Patrol "sends vigilantes to the southern border to capture illegal immigrants who sneak in." That's false. That group only observes illegal aliens and reports them to the Border Patrol, it does not attempt to apprehend illegals. Using the term "vigilantes" is indicative of the author's biases.

Cannon's "expose" references an easily discredited WSJ editorial. (As usual, the reader responses to this article are almost all negative. I don't know if they plan it that way or what.)

Many of Cannon's "revelations" have already been answered in the Front Page Magazine article 'Lies about the Immigration Reform Movement'.

See this page for Cannon's contact information:

118 Cannon House
Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-7751
Fax: (202) 225-5629
Email: cannon.ut03@mail.house.gov

Posted to Immigration2003 at 02:26 PM | Comments (0)

Oakland to create gay ghetto by government fiat, remove straights

Only in California! Specifically, the town that gave us Ebonics:

[Oakland Councilman Danny Wan] wants to cultivate a gay community in the area known as Eastlake [east of Lake Merritt], by using the business development and marketing powers of the area's nascent Redevelopment Agency to turn a tumble-down neighborhood into an economic and social hot spot...

Oakland is not alone in trying to create gay-focused neighborhoods, though districts in other large cities tend to grow out of community will, as opposed to government proposals... [yes, but that would run counter to the California Way]

"It's really about creating safe places where individuals can flourish and feel welcomed," [National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce co-founder Justin Nelson]said.

Yes, but will it be Feng Shuied?

But, seriously, I like Oakland. Every time I'm in the Bay Area I try to stop at Lake Merritt. Shouldn't things like this occur naturally rather than, as the article says, by government fiat? Will the City of Oakland be using eminent domain against straight businesses, or businesses which are judged to be not gay-friendly enough? Will there be a smashing of windows of straight businesses? Forced conversions perhaps? The mind reels and the legislators drool.

Posted to California at 01:18 PM | Comments (5)

"Southwestern schools root out illegal pupils"

From the CS Monitor:

From kindergartners to 12th-graders, these children routinely cross the US-Mexico border to attend Arizona schools. Some use fake documents. Others stay with US relatives. All pose as full-time US residents to obtain a better education than they would receive from Mexico's public schools.

Now, however, a growing number of school districts in the Southwest are cracking down on the presence of illegal immigrants in their classrooms as education budgets tighten.

The moves are touching off a deeper moral debate that underlies almost every issue dealing with illegal immigration: Is it better to help the immigrant children and thus improve their lives, or is their presence behind American desks robbing taxpayers - and schools - of much-needed money?

They aren't "immigrant children." They're citizens of another country. That country should take charge of educating its citizens, and not leech off our educational system.

While this might have the slight benefit of indoctrinating those children, it will also imprint in them the idea that America is a great big sucker.

And, there is another factor to consider in this debate. If the Mexican government can't educate its own citizens, perhaps those citizens will agitate for reform. Educating their citizens provides the Mexican elite with a safety valve and delays reform.

[Kelt Cooper, the superintendent of the Nogales Arizona Unified School District] estimates that up to 10 percent of his district's approximately 6,000 students may still live in Mexico. Each costs the district about $5,000 per year to educate, in what he calls "a fraud on the government and the taxpayers..."

To get a clearer picture of how many children cross the border, Arizona superintendent of public instruction Tom Horne has asked the state attorney general to investigate the scope of the problem. He says taxpayers deserve nothing less, especially since "state budgets are tight all over right now. People naturally feel uneasy if they feel their government is tolerating a scam without looking behind the surface."

In Chula Vista, parents increasingly complain that children from Tijuana add to crowded classrooms. In response, Chula Vista officials now require parents to provide proof of residency each year. While anger simmers, however, many Chula Vista residents are afraid to speak out, fearing they'll be labeled as racist. But when the San Diego Union Tribune highlighted the district in a recent story, the newspaper received a flood of e-mail supporting the crackdown...

Not all border community members want to keep Mexican children out. From her perch behind the counter at Andres Tienda general store in Nogales, Mercy Johansen watches youngsters pass by on their way to Arizona schools every day. The mother of two grown children, her heart goes out to them. "I think that all children should have the right to a good education, no matter where they live," says Ms. Johansen. "These kids are our future, on both sides of the border."

Ah, the good ol' "end the article with an idiot" trick. Perhaps Ms. Johansen should take her bleeding-heart-of-Sally-Struthers mindset one step further and sponsor one of those children.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 12:31 AM | Comments (1)

The disturbing ties of some of George W. Bush's Latino advisors

From the older article 'Los Amigos de Bush: The disturbing ties of some of George W. Bush's Latino advisors':

Those who say that George W. Bush has scant knowledge of foreign affairs don't understand his family's relationship with Mexico.

If one event could be said to make that relationship visible, it had to be the state dinner given eleven years ago by President Bush for Mexico's president, Carlos Salinas. It was an elegant yet boisterous gala, where the biggest movers and shakers in Texas and Mexico congregated and celebrated. This group was to become W's Mexican legacy, a gift of ties and connections passed on from the father to his son.

What was not visible was that the group included two men with numerous links to drug cartel figures. These men helped George W. Bush win the Latino vote in Texas. Which raises a few questions: How did these guys get into the Bush circle? What else do they do for him? And, to rephrase a famous query, what did the presidential candidate know and when did he know it?

It goes into great depth regarding Bush's very questionable ties with some bad people.

I found out about this article from Steve Sailer's 'The Bush Betrayal: Maybe He's Not Thinking But Feeling - Family Feeling, Mexican Style' in which he tried to figure out why Bush would propose the Bush/Fox Amnesty.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 11:27 PM | Comments (0)

"American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush"

The book American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips is on my list of things to read. Here's the blurb from Amazon:

The Bushes are the family nobody really knows, says Kevin Phillips. This popular lack of acquaintance—nurtured by gauzy imagery of Maine summer cottages, gray-haired national grandmothers, July Fourth sparklers, and cowboy boots—has let national politics create a dynasticized presidency that would have horrified America’s founding fathers. They, after all, had led a revolution against a succession of royal Georges.

In this devastating book, onetime Republican strategist Phillips reveals how four generations of Bushes have ascended the ladder of national power since World War One, becoming entrenched within the American establishment—Yale, Wall Street, the Senate, the CIA, the vice presidency, and the presidency—through a recurrent flair for old-boy networking, national security involvement, and political deception. By uncovering relationships and connecting facts with new clarity, Phillips comes to a stunning conclusion: The Bush family has systematically used its financial and social empire—its "aristocracy"—to gain the White House, thereby subverting the very core of American democracy. In their ambition, the Bushes ultimately reinvented themselves with brilliant timing, twisting and turning from silver spoon Yankees to born-again evangelical Texans. As America—and the world—holds its breath for the 2004 presidential election, American Dynasty explains how it happened and what it all means.

An adapted version of a chapter from the book is in 'For Texas’ Elite, Is Open Immigration The New Slave-Holding?'

Posted to Immigration2003 at 10:42 PM | Comments (0)

"In Florida Groves, Cheap Labor Means Machines"

Some Florida orange growers are getting smart and using machines rather than foreign serf labor. From the NYT:

IMMOKALEE, Fla. — Chugging down a row of trees, the pair of canopy shakers in Paul Meador's orange grove here seem like a cross between a bulldozer and a hairbrush, their hungry steel bristles working through the tree crowns as if untangling colossal heads of hair.

In under 15 minutes, the machines shake loose 36,000 pounds of oranges from 100 trees, catch the fruit and drop it into a large storage car. "This would have taken four pickers all day long," Mr. Meador said...

But as globalization creeps into the groves, it is threatening to displace the workers. Facing increased competition from Brazil and a glut of oranges on world markets, alarmed growers here have been turning to labor-saving technology as their best hope for survival...

"The rest of the world hand-picks everything, but their wage rates are a fraction of ours," said Galen Brown, who led the mechanical harvesting program at the Florida Department of Citrus until his retirement last year. Lee Simpson, a raisin grape grower in California's San Joaquin Valley, is more blunt. "The cheap labor," he said, "isn't cheap enough..."

Investment in technology generally happened when the immigrant spigot was shut. After the bracero program ended and some farm wages began to rise, scientists at the University of California at Davis began work on both a machine to harvest tomatoes mechanically and a tomato better suited to mechanical harvesting...

In line with the last paragraph, consider this quote from "The Mirage of Mexican Guest Workers":

...California Farmer reported in 1963 that if the flow of braceros stopped, tomato growers and canners "agree the State will never [again be able to plant] the 100,000 to 175,000 acres planted when there was a guaranteed supplemental labor force in the form of the braceros..."

Reality, however, never confirmed these dire predictions. In 1960 some 45,000 farm workers (mostly braceros) had harvested 2.2 million tons of processing tomatoes. By 1999, it took only 5,000 workers to operate machinery that harvested some 12 million tons. Thanks to these efficiency gains from mechanization, the real price of processing tomatoes declined 54 percent while per capita consumption rose 23 percent...

California Farmer was lying in 1963, and the same groups are lying today.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 01:52 PM | Comments (0)

Guest Worker Residency Bill Is Taking Root in the Senate

The L.A. Times reports on the AgJobs bill:

The so-called AgJobs bill, which also would make it easier for growers to import foreign guest workers, has 55 co-sponsors — including Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) — in the 100-member Senate, its authors said Wednesday.

Sens. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho) and Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) said they hoped in the next few weeks to increase that number to more than 60. That would give the bill enough support to overcome delaying tactics on the Senate floor and force a vote on its passage...

The chairman of the [House] Agriculture Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), is opposed to AgJobs...

At a hearing on guest-worker programs Wednesday, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on immigration, Rep. John N. Hostettler (R-Ind.), contended that such programs reduced wages for American workers and that legalization of undocumented migrants encouraged more to come illegally.

"We have an untried alternative — simply to enforce employer sanctions — that would year by year brighten the prospects for American workers," he said...

...administration officials remained noncommittal about whether the president would support the bill...

"If we were able to gain the support of the president of the United States, this would go through the Senate of the United States in two hours," [Sen.] Kennedy said...

I previously discussed the AgJobs bill here. As stated above, it's supported by Barbara Boxer. The previous post has a list of the 400 organizations who support AgJobs. Most are the ultimate in special interest groups. Big ag business, grower's organizations, racial groups, radical groups, and so on. Some might even have connections with foreign governments. They don't have America's best interests at heart.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 12:43 PM | Comments (0)

French-Moroccan suspected of orchestrating the Madrid bombings

So reports LeMonde. French version here, translated version here. LeMonde reports that the Moroccans suspect him of involvement in the Casablanca attacks. After those attacks, he went to Spain, where they suspect him of having orchestrated the attacks. He was not the "inspirer" of the attacks, that was Zarqawi. His name is given as Abdelkrim Thami Mejjati, however, he appears to be the same person mentioned at this page under the name Karim El Mejjati.

Posted to Terrorism at 12:26 AM | Comments (0)

We're being sued by Mexico

No kidding. There's a case before the International Court of Justice entitled Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America).

It concerns Mexican citizens who face the death penalty in the U.S. Judgment will be rendered on March 31. Read the latest press release here, the first press release here, and the document index here.

This appears to be part of a larger attempt by Mexico to tie us up in litigation and force us to change our policies to fit their agenda. See, for instance, the earlier post "Mexico files human rights complaint against U.S. to the United Nations." This page suggests the possibility that Mexico might use the World Court to get compensation for their nationals who've died trying to get across our border. This CS Monitor report has some background.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 11:14 PM | Comments (0)

DOG Derb Discusses Diversity

The Derb has an interesting column on fake diversity.

(The titular "DOG" means "Designated Oppressor Group.")

Posted to MultiCultiCult at 10:41 PM | Comments (1)

"Stealth Invasion"

This long, sourced, and highly recommended article describes how agents of the Mexican government have infiltrated politics in Utah. They succeeded in defeating a bill that would stop illegal alien driver's licenses. Here's the summary:

Working through its consulates in the United States, the Mexican government is waging a war of subversion against our nation — with the silent complicity of Washington.

The next time someone regurgitates AILA talking points, just give them the link.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 02:54 PM | Comments (0)

Time to make some phone calls

From the John and Ken (KFI radio-Los Angeles) blog:

We have contacted all the Republicans in the State Senate and the State Assembly asking one question- how will you be voting on Senator Gil Cedillo’s Illegal Alien Driver License Bill (SB1160)?

...If you DO NOT see your Senator or Assembly member, then they have replied with a big fat NO to SB1160. For those who have not replied to any phone messages or seem to be on the fence about the issue, we have kindly made available their contact information. We urge you to call them and let them know that SB1160 is wrong for California.

Seem To Be “On The Fence”

1. Bill Maze ® District 34, Visalia
Capital Office: 916-319-2034
District Office: 559-636-3440
E-mail here

2. Abel Maldondo ® District 33, San Luis Obispo
Capital Office: 916-319-2033
District Office: 805-549-3381
E-mail here

3. Bonnie Garcia ® District 80, Cathedral City
Capital Office: 916-319-2080
District Office: 760-321-8410
E-mail here

UPDATE: Apparently they were able to get in touch with Steve Samuelian, and he's said he won't support the bill.

UPDATE 2: Like Samuelian, they took Dave Cogdill off the list.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 02:18 PM | Comments (0)

Remember the Alamo

There's a new Alamo movie coming out in a couple weeks (official site here). It features Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, and Patrick Wilson.

You can buy the novelization of The Alamo here.

You can buy the Original Uncut Version of the John Wayne version (1960) here.

And, if you'd like to read about President Bush forgetting about The Alamo, click here. Imagine, a U.S. President selling out the country on the 168th anniversary of the storming of the Alamo.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 01:54 AM | Comments (0)

Muppets Bringing Peace to the Middle East

Remember the picture above of OBL with his henchman Bert from Sesame Street?

Well, Ernie and the rest of the Sesame Street gang are now working against Bert and working for peace:

...A programing experiment using the Muppet characters was launched six months ago and was widely welcomed by parents, educators and the media. But the Muppets are not without their critics in Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan.

Sesame Workshop partnered with local producers to create "Sesame Stories," an adventurous initiative to use new and existing "Sesame Street" characters to foster respect and understanding among children in the region.

Gary Knell, president and chief operating officer of Sesame Workshop, says in an interview that producers knew that not everybody would be open to the idea of Elmo & Co. teaching Israeli kids to respect Palestinians and vice versa.

"It's a highly charged environment, and the press is going to reflect some of that," Knell says. "Yes, some Israeli reports accused us of being lackeys of the Palestinians, while another article accused us of being lackeys of the Bush White House and charged that Elmo was carrying the will of the White House to the Middle East. A Jordanian Internet site accused us of being Zionist lap dogs..."

Posted to Terrorism at 10:37 PM | Comments (0)

"Attacking Illegal Immigration From The Left"

RightWingNews links to this column about illegal immigration. It's by Marty Nemko, and it's generally opposed to illegal immigration and the current immigration system.

What's extra interesting is that Mr. Nemko is apparently a leftie.

Posted to Immigration2003 at 10:17 PM | Comments (0)

Mexico Arrests 42 [Government Employees] for Migrant Trafficking

From the AP:

Mexican police have arrested 42 immigration agents and other government employees accused of running a network that smuggled illegal immigrants into the United States, officials said Tuesday.

The suspects, arrested in raids last week in 12 of Mexico's 31 states, allegedly smuggled Cubans, Uruguayans, Brazilians, Asians and Central Americans through the southern border and guaranteed them safe passage into the United States. It was unclear how the ring operated in the United States.

Attorney General Rafael Macedo de la Concha said his office was asking U.S. law enforcement agencies for help in determining whether any Americans were involved in the ring...

Those arrested included agents and ex-agents of Mexico's National Immigration Institute, the INM, the very agency Mexico relies on to detect illegal migrants and prevent the country from becoming staging base for migrants from other countries.

Even more chilling was the fact that seven of the 26 INM agents arrested were assigned to Mexico's Grupo Beta, a special force designed to protect immigrants...

For extra fun, flip back and forth between this story and the earlier story "Mexico asks to help oversee U.S. border protection plan."

Posted to Immigration2003 at 10:08 PM | Comments (0)

Truth must be ultimate weapon for Sierra Club

From the Arizona Republic:

Mark Twain said, "A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." It's astonishing how the media have been stampeded into a feeding frenzy by mostly one-sided stories charging that an army of racist, anti-immigrant, animal-loving vegetarians is about to take over the venerable Sierra Club...

In recent years, the environmental movement has lacked courage to address the root cause of most environmental problems: rapid and apparently endless U.S. population growth. With our high levels of consumption, we Americans are stealing the resources of the world from other species, other peoples and future generations.

The longer the environmental movement and its flagship, the Sierra Club, shirk their responsibility to speak out forcefully for a policy of U.S. population stabilization - that includes both reduced levels of fertility and immigration - the worse off all future generations will be...

Posted to Immigration2003 at 03:23 PM | Comments (0)

Will US tech pay fall to Indian levels?

From this:

Ultimately, says economics, America could become India, thanks to offshoring.

Say what?

OK, so we're exaggerating, as all theory tends to do when considered in isolation from reality. But an increasingly louder voice of warning is being heard in the US, saying that the creation of a global pool of knowledge workers - where Seattle is no different from Bangalore - will equalise compensation level for such workers...

Posted to Politics at 02:41 PM | Comments (0)

Autoeroticism, Michael Jackson style

"Hello, is this movie director Kevin Smith?"

"Yes"

"Please hold, I have a call from Michael Jackson"

"What? The King of Pop?"

"Yes, the King of Pop himself has a movie idea for you. Please hold..."

"Hello, this is Michael Jackson, and I have a movie I'd like you to direct."

"Well, OK. What's it about."

"It's a fantasy about me and a special friend of mine. I had a dream about this, and I want to make it into a movie. In the movie, I change into a car, and I get driven around by my little friend."

"That sounds, well, creepy and Freudian."

"Is that a movie director?"

"Er, yes."

Posted to WackyHumor at 02:21 PM | Comments (1)

Miami Herald "endorses indentured servitude"

That's what the Stein Report says regarding the Miami Herald's editorial supporting the AgJobs bill ('A win-win for growers, farmworkers, America'). That bill would provide an amnesty for half a million illegal aliens. As history shows, amnesties simply lead to more illegal immigration. One amnesty leads to more illegal immigration, which requires another amnesty, which leads to more illegal immigration, repeat.

As for the claim that the editorial supports indentured servitude, judge for yourself:

...AgJobs sets up a process by which illegal immigrants already working in agriculture could earn legal status. They would have to continue to toil in the fields a certain number of days for at least three more years to be eligible for residency, which would assure farmers of a legal labor pool.

At the same time, the bill provides better protections for the farmworkers who now too often are exploited by unscrupulous growers, directly or through labor contractors. The result should lessen abuses such as those documented last year in The Herald's series Fields of Despair: modern-day indentured servitude, slave wages, indecent housing and perilous working conditions. And it would benefit the honest growers who want to treat farmworkers fairly and won't have to worry about being fined for having illegal workers on their payroll...

I believe they'd have to be required by contract to work for the specified period for it to meet the legal definition of "indentured servitude." However, the requirements of this program come dangerously close.

I've included a list of the 400 organizations that support AgJobs below. I've divided them into categories. You tell me if these organizations have your best interests at heart. (Here's a hint: People for the American Way, AILA, MALDEF and all the rest do not. These are the ultimate in special interest groups).

There's also a list of good and bad immigration bills here. And, see "Florida Farmworkers Sue Dairy Owned by Family of Sen. Graham Over Wages."

The original list of the 400 supporters is here, and to see the categorized list, click the 'MORE' link directly below.

Usual suspects:
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER

Businesses:
VLASIC PICKLE GROWERS (OH)

U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
U.S. HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BIRDS EYE FOODS
DEERE & COMPANY
TYSON FOODS INC.
COBANK
FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT
MONROVIA GROWERS (CA, OR, GA, NC)
YANKEE FARM CREDIT
HARRY SINGH & SONS (CA)
John Harris Farms Inc (CA)
LASSEN CANYON NURSERY, INC. (CA)
CONNLEAF, INC (CT)
H.F. BROWN INC. (CT)
THE LYMAN FARM, INC. (CT)
LIVE OAK VILLAS, LLC (FL)
SKINNER NURSERIES (FL)
FARM CREDIT OF MAINE
ANGELICA NURSERIES (MD)
BELL NURSERY (MD)
JOHN SHORB LANDSCAPING, INC. (MD)
MARYLAND AQUATIC NURSERIES, INC.
QUINN'S KINGSVILLE FARMS (MD)
ROBIN HILL FARM NURSERY (MD)
SPEAKMAN NURSERIES, INC. (MD)
LEITZ FARMS LLC (MI)
ZELENKA NURSERY, LLC (MI)
FARM CREDIT OF WESTERN NEW YORK
LAKE PLACID GROVES LLC (NY)
TORREY FARMS (NY)
WILLET DAIRY(NY)
LATINO COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION (NC)
ZELENKA NURSERY, LLC (NC)
HIGH STAKES FARMS (OH)
EL VISTA ORCHARDS (WEXFORD, PA)
FIVE FORKS FRUIT (WAYNESBORO, PA)
AMICK FARMS (SC)
ELLISON'S (TX)
MIDLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP. (TX)
UNDERWOOD FRUIT AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY (WA)

AGRI-PLACEMENTS INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATIVE PRODUCERS, INC.
COOPERATIVE THREE, INC.
COUNCIL OF NORTHEAST FARMER COOPERATIVES
DAIRYLEA COOPERATIVE
RANCH ONE COOPERATIVE, INC. (FL)
PRO-FAC COOPERATIVE (NY)
NASH PRODUCE COMPANY, INC. (NC)
PETER ORCHARDS (GARDNERS, PA)
GARDENS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN CENTERS (WI)

UNIVERSAL IMMIGRATION SERVICE (CA)

Ethnic organizations:
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA (NCLR)
MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND (MALDEF)
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS (LULAC)
WILLIAM C.VELASQUEZ INSTITUTE
LA CLINICA DE LA RAZA (CA)
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA (WA)
GRUPO MEXICO OF WASHINGTON STATE
INSTITUTO DEL PROGRESO LATINO (IL)
EL CENTRO, INC. - KANSAS
EL PUEBLO, INC (NC)
PINEROS Y CAMPESINOS UNIDOS DEL NOROESTE (PCUN) (OR)
FUNDACION SALVADORENA DE LA FLORIDA
GUATEMALAN UNITY INFORMATION CENTER (FL)
IMMOKALEE MULTICULTURAL MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, INC. (FL)
MUJER (FL)
CENTRO ROMERO (IL)
CONGUATE (IL)
CENTRO SAN MARTIN DEPORRES (MS)
Comite de Apoyo a los Trabajadores Agricolas (NJ)
MEXICAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
CENTRO HISPANO CUZCATLAN (NY)
CENTRO INDEPENDIENTE DE TRABAJADORES AGRICOLOS (CITA) - (NY)
CENTRO SALVADORENO, INC. (NY)
HIGH COUNTY AMIGOS INC. (NC)
VENEZUELAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF OKLAHOMA
CASA OF OREGON
JÓVENES INMIGRANTES POR UN FUTURO MEJOR (TX)
UMOS (WI)
IVAN KOHAR PARRA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LATINO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER (WI)
LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER (DE)
LATIN AMERICAN YOUTH CENTER (DC)
CENTRO CAMPESINO (FL)
CARLOS ROSARIO INT'L CAREER CENTER AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL
CENTRO PRESENTE (MA)
CASA OF MARYLAND
CENTRO DE LA COMUNIDAD, INC (MD)
MIGRANT AND REFUGEE CULTURAL SUPPORT, INC. (MIRECS) (MD)
MASSACHUSETTS FARM BUREAU
CENTRO DE SALUD FAMILIAR LA FE (TX)

KOREAN AMERICAN RESOURCE & CULTURAL CENTER (KRCC), CHICAGO
NATIONAL KOREAN AMERICAN SERVICE & EDUCATION CONSORTIUM (NAKASEC)
YKASEC - EMPOWERING THE KOREAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY (NY)
KOREAN RESOURCE CENTER, LOS ANGELES

IRISH IMMIGRATION CENTER (MA)

ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE (AAI)

SALVADORAN AMERICAN NATIONAL NETWORK
POLISH AMERICAN CONGRESS

CENTER FOR PAN ASIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES (GA)
ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY SERVICE ASSOCIATION, INC

Growers associations:
AGRICULTURE COALITION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYERS
NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE
AMERICAN NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
UNITED EGG PRODUCERS
NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION
UNITED FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLE ASSOCIATION
U.S. APPLE ASSOCIATION
U.S. CUSTOM HARVESTERS, INC.
WESTERN GROWERS ASSOCIATION
WESTERN RANGE ASSOCIATION
WESTERN UNITED DAIRYMEN
AMERICAN HORSE COUNCIL
AGRICULTURAL AFFILIATES
NATIONAL POTATO COUNCIL
NEW ENGLAND APPLE COUNCIL
NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL
NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION
SOUTH EAST DAIRY FARMERS ASSOCIATION
NORTH EAST DAIRY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
NORTHWEST HORTICULTURAL COUNCIL
WINEAMERICA, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN WINERIES
WINEGRAPE GROWERS OF AMERICA
AMERICAN MUSHROOM INSTITUTE
AMERICAN FROZEN FOOD INSTITUTE
GULF CITRUS GROWERS ASSOCIATION
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
PERENNIAL PLANT ASSOCIATION
SOUTHERN NURSERY ASSOCIATION
ALABAMA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
ARIZONA NURSERY ASSOCIATION
ARKANSAS GREEN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
ALLIED GRAPE GROWERS (CA)
ALMOND HULLERS AND PROCESSORS (CA)
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NURSERIES AND GARDEN CENTERS
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS
CALIFORNIA APPLE COMMISSION
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS
CALIFORNIA FLORAL COUNCIL
CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
CALIFORNIA GRAIN AND FEED ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA GRAPE & TREE FRUIT LEAGUE
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR RURAL STUDIES
CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC
CALIFORNIA SEED ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY COMMISSION
CALIFORNIA WOMEN FOR AGRICULTURE
IMPERIAL VALLEY VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GROWERS ASSOCIATION
NURSERY GROWERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Raisin Bargaining Association (CA)
VENTURA COUNTY (CA) AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
VENTURA COUNTY (CA) FARM BUREAU
NISEI FARMERS LEAGUE (CA)
COLORADO NURSERY ASSOCIATION
COLORADO SUGAR BEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION
NORTHERN COLORADO ONION ASSOCIATION
CONNECTICUT FARM BUREAU
CONNECTICUT NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
DELAWARE NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
FLORIDA CITRUS PACKERS, INC.
FLORIDA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
FLORIDA FRUIT AND VEGETABLE ASSOCIATION
FLORIDA NURSERYMEN & GROWERS ASSOCIATION
FLORIDA STRAWBERRY GROWERS ASSOCIATION
INDIAN RIVER CITRUS LEAGUE (FL)
WESTERN CAROLINAS HORTICULTURAL ALLIANCE
TURFGRASS PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL
PACIFIC EGG AND POULTRY ASSOCIATION
SUGAR CANE GROWERS CO-OP OF FLORIDA
GEORGIA GREEN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
IDAHO FARM BUREAU
IDAHO FOOD PRODUCERS
IDAHO GRAIN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
IDAHO GROWER SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION
IDAHO NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
POTATO GROWERS OF IDAHO
SNAKE RIVER FARMERS ASSOCIATION (ID/MT)
ILLINOIS LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION
ILLINOIS NURSERYMENS' ASSOCIATION
INDIANA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
KANSAS FARM BUREAU
KANSAS NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
KENTUCKY NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
MAINE NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
MARYLAND NURSERY& LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
MASSACHUSETTS NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
MISSOURI NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
MONTANA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
NEBRASKA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
NEVADA LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY
NEW JERSEY NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
EMPIRE STATE COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS (NY)
NEW YORK FARM BUREAU
NEW YORK STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
NEW YORK STATE APPLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK STATE CHERRY GROWERS ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK STATE NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK STATE VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN
NORTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU
NORTH CAROLINA LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
NORTHERN OHIO GROWERS ASSOCIATION
OHIO FARM BUREAU FEDERATION, INC.
OHIO FRUIT GROWERS SOCIETY
OHIO LANDSCAPERS ASSOCIATION
OHIO NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
OHIO VEGETABLE & POTATO GROWERS ASSOCIATION
OKLAHOMA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
HOOD RIVER GROWER-SHIPPER ASSOCIATION (OR)
OREGON ASSOCIATION OF NURSERIES
OREGON FARM BUREAU
PENNSYLVANIA FARM BUREAU
PENNSYLVANIA LANDSCAPE & NURSERY ASSOCIATION
SOUTH CAROLINA GREENHOUSE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
SOUTH CAROLINA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE TREE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
RIO GRANDE VALLEY SUGAR GROWERS, INC. (TX)
TEXAS AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE COUNCIL
TEXAS NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
TEXAS POULTRY FEDERATION
TEXAS EGG COUNCIL
TEXAS BROILER COUNCIL
TEXAS POULTRY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
TEXAS PRODUCE ASSOCIATION
TEXAS SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION
TEXAS STATE FLORIST'S ASSOCIATION
TEXAS TURKEY FEDERATION
TEXAS VEGETABLE ASSOCIATION
TURFGRASS PRODUCERS OF TEXAS
UTAH FARM BUREAU
UTAH NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NURSERY AND LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
VIRGINIA GREEN INDUSTRY COUNCIL
VIRGINIA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON GROWERS CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON GROWERS LEAGUE
WASHINGTON POTATO & ONION ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON STATE NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
WASHINGTON SUSTAINABLE FOOD & FARMING NETWORK
COMMERCIAL FLOWER GROWERS OF WISCONSIN
GROUNDS MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN
NORTHERN CHRISTMAS TREE GROWERS & NURSERY (WI)
WISCONSIN LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION
WISCONSIN LANDSCAPE FEDERATION
WISCONSIN NURSERY ASSOCIATION
WISCONSIN SOD PRODUCERS
OFA - AN ASSOCIATION OF FLORICULTURE PROFESSIONALS
FLORIDA CITRUS MUTUAL
IOWA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU
MICHIGAN NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
MINNESOTA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
NEW JERSEY FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
RHODE ISLAND NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSN, INC.
TENNESSEE NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION

Lawyers:
AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (AILA)
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT
HISPANIC LAWYER'S ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS
LAW OFFICE OF SHIRLEY SADJADI (IL)
LAW OFFICE OF DOUGLAS W. WORRELL, CHTD. (IL)
NEBRASKA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST
BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
OREGON LAW CENTER
MIGRANT LEGAL ACTION PROGRAM (DC)
LEGAL AID SERVICE OF BROWARD COUNTY, INC. (FL)
MIGRANT FARMWORKER JUSTICE PROJECT, FLORIDA LEGAL SERVICES, INC.
MICHIGAN MIGRANT LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT
FARMWORKER LEGAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK
ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY (OH)
NATIONAL LEGAL AID & DEFENDER ASSOCIATION (NLADA)
NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEGAL CONSORTIUM (NAPALC)
CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION (CRLAF)

Religious:
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
MARIN INTERFAITH TASK FORCE FOR THE AMERICAS
CHRISTIAN BROTHERS (NY) [The Wine Company?]
NATIONAL FARM WORKER MINISTRY

EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
GENERAL BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY, THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ST. JOSEPH THE WORKER CHURCH (MN)
IMMACULATE CONCEPCION CHURCH (NC)
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST JUSTICE AND WITNESS MINISTRIES (OH)
VIRGINIA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF CHURCHES (WA)
WISCONSIN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, USA
CATHOLIC MIGRANT FARMWORKER NETWORK
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA (CA)
CATHOLIC CHARITIES, SAN DIEGO
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ORLANDO, INC.
FLORIDA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
IMMIGRATION OUTREACH OFFICE, CATHOLIC CHARITIES/ ARCHDIOCESE OF DUBUQUE
CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS
OFFICE OF HISPANIC MINISTRY, CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF JACKSON (MS)
RICH SMITH, PASTOR OF ST. ANN CATHOLIC CHURCH, PAULDING, MS
THE SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE OF THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (MS)
DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY IN ST. LOUIS (MO)
COMMISSION ON PEACE AND JUSTICE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ALBANY, NY
PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE, ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF ROCHESTER, NY
RURAL AND MIGRANT MINISTRY (NY)
OFFICE OF HISPANIC MINISTRY, CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND
CATHOLIC HISPANIC MINISTRY, DIOCESE OF KNOXVILLE (TN)
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
REFUGEE AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF RICHMOND

EPISCOPAL FARMWORKER MINISTRY (NC)
LATIN AMERICAN ACTION TEAM, GIDDINGS-LOVEJOY PRESBYTERY (MO)
EN CAMINO, MIGRANT AND IMMIGRANT OUTREACH, DIOCESE OF TOLEDO

OUR LADY OF VICTORY MISSIONARY SISTERS (CA)
SISTERS OF LORETTO (CO)
SISTERS OF THE HUMILITY OF MARY - INDIAN RIVER (FL)
SISTERS OF CHARITY (IA)
MISSION EFFECTIVENESS, SCHOOL SISTERS OF NOTRE DAME, ST. LOUIS
Sisters of the Humility of Mary - Villa Maria, Pennsylvania - (Sister Ruth Mary Powers)

FRANCISCAN FRIARS OF ST. BARBARA PROVINCE (CA)
HOLLABAUGH BROTHERS, INC. (BIGLERVILLE, PA)
OREGON FARM WORKER MINISTRY
MID-SOUTH INTERFAITH NETWORK FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE (TN)
LUTHERAN PUBLIC POLICY OFFICE OF WASHINGTON STATE
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICES DIOCESE OF TRENTON

State (?) organizations:
IDAHO COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS
ILLINOIS COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS
ILLINOIS MIGRANT COUNCIL
EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY'S BILINGUAL BICULTURAL EDUCATION TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM
STATE HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
FEINSTEIN CENTER FOR CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION SERVICES (RI)
HISPANIC COMMITTEE OF VIRGINIA
VIRGINIA JUSTICE CENTER FOR FARM AND IMMIGRANT WORKERS
WASHINGTON STATE COMMISSION ON HISPANIC AFFAIRS
OFFICE OF INTL. STUDENT SERVICES, UNIV. OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE

Unions:
AFL - CIO
UNITED FARM WORKERS (UFW)
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION (UFCW)
SERVICES EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU)
FARM LABOR ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, AFL-CIO (FLOC)
LABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT (LCLAA)
CULINARY WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 226 - NEVADA
UNION OF NEEDLETRADES, INDUSTRIAL AND TEXTILE EMPLOYEES (UNITE)
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION (UFCW) LOCAL 1442 (CA)
EL PASO CENTRAL LABOR UNION
COALITION OF FLORIDA FARMWORKER ORGANIZATIONS
SOUTH CENTRAL FEDERATION OF LABOR, AFL-CIO (WI)

Other/Uncategorized:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTED AND APPOINTED LATINO OFFICIALS (NALEO)
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE (AJA)
TOGETHER IN AMERICA
JEWISH COMMUNITY ACTION (MN)

FARMWORKER JUSTICE FUND (FJF)
ASSOCIATION OF FARMWORKER OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS (AFOP)
ESSENTIAL WORKER IMMIGRATION COALITION
A. DUDA & SONS
AL FRENCH, FORMER USDA DIRECTOR OF AG LABOR RELATIONS
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM
CAMPAIGN FOR LABOR RIGHTS
NATIONAL MIGRANT AND SEASONAL HEAD START ASSOCIATION
FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN
GULF HARVESTING, INC.
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS (LCCR)
MOARK LLC
MAFO
NORTHEAST FARM CREDIT REGIONAL COUNCIL
PAN AMERICAN RECRUITING
NORTHWOODS AGRI WOMEN
TELAMON CORPORATION
Housing Assistance Council
AMANECER (AZ)
CENTRAL AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER (CA)
COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS OF LOS ANGELES (CHIRLA)
LOS ANGELES COALITION TO END HUNGER & HOMELESSNESS
ESTES VALLEY MULTICULTURAL CONNECTIONS (CO)
BIG CYPRESS HOUSING CORPORATION (FL)
CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANT SERVICES INC. (FL)
EVERGLADES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.
EVERGLADES HAMMOCK, INCORPORATED
FAIR FOOD AMERICA (FL)
FARMWORKER ASSOCIATION OF FLORIDA, INC
FARMWORKERS SELF-HELP (FL)
THE FELLSMERE COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (FL)
FLORIDA IMMIGRANT ADVOCACY CENTER
FLORIDA IMPACT
LITTLE MANATEE HOUSING CORPORATION (FL)
PINELLAS SUPPORT COMMITTEE (FL)
REDLANDS CHRISTIAN MIGRANT ASSOCIATION (FL)
RETAIL SYSTEMS CONSULTING (FL)
SARASOTA/MANATEE FARMWORKER SUPPORTERS
UNITE FOR DIGNITY, INC. (FL)
GEORGIA RURAL URBAN SUMMIT
IDAHO COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK
IDAHO MIGRANT COUNCIL
CHICAGO JOBS WITH JUSTICE
DISCIPLES JUSTICE ACTION NETWORK (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) (IL)
HEARTLAND ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN NEEDS & HUMAN RIGHTS (IL)
IMMIGRATION PROJECT (IL)
THE MIDWEST IMMIGRANT & HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER (IL)
PROJECT IRENE (IL)
THE RESURRECTION PROJECT IN CHICAGO
CENTRAL INDIANA JOBS WITH JUSTICE
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS NETWORK OF IOWA AND NEBRASKA
IOWA PROJECT
MASSACHUSETTS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE ADVOCACY COALITION
MISSISSIPPI IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ALLIANCE (MIRA!)
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION SERVICE. ST.LOUIS (MO)
NEW JERSEY IMMIGRATION POLICY NETWORK, INC.
RURAL HOUSING INCORPORTED (NM)
CABRINI IMMIGRANT SERVICES (NY)
CAYUGA MARKETING, LLC (NY)
NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR NEW AMERICANS
WORKPLACE PROJECT (NY)
NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
STUDENT ACTION WITH FARMWORKERS (NC)
TRIANGLE FRIENDS OF THE UNITED FARMWORKERS (NC)
VITALINK (NC)
IMMIGRANT WORKER PROJECT (OH)
FARMWORKER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (OR)
NORTHWEST WORKERS' JUSTICE PROJECT (OR)
Friends of Farmworkers (PA)
PENNSYLVANIA IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP COALITION
TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION
EQUAL JUSTICE CENTER (TX)
HOUSTON COMMUNITY SERVICES
MIGRANT CLINICIANS NETWORK, INC (TX)
HAMPTON ROADS COALITION FOR WORKERS' JUSTICE
MARSING AGRICULTURAL LABOR SPONSOR COMMITTEE (WA)

Posted to Immigration2003 at 01:53 AM | Comments (0)

Link between Iraq and al Queda partially confirmed

Remember the recent 60 Minutes interview with Ahmed "0.2%" Chalabi? Remember how he showed Leslie Stahl a document purporting to prove a link between Iraq and al Queda?

Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough have a report on the document here (permalink not yet available):

We have obtained a document discovered in Iraq from the files of the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS). The report provides new evidence of links between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

The 1993 document, in Arabic, bears the logo of the Iraqi intelligence agency and is labeled "top secret" on each of its 20 pages.

The report is a list of IIS agents who are described as "collaborators."

On page 14, the report states that among the collaborators is "the Saudi Osama bin Laden."

The document states that bin Laden is a "Saudi businessman and is in charge of the Saudi opposition in Afghanistan."

"And he is in good relationship with our section in Syria," the document states, under the signature "Jabar..."

A U.S. official said the document appears authentic.

Posted to Iraq at 01:39 AM | Comments (0)

Spain Declassifies Intelligence Reports on Bombing Probe, Part 2

Earlier I posted about the declassified documents from the Spanish government. They are large PDFs, and only in Espanol.

However, here is a translation of some of them. I haven't verified the translation. See this page (in Spanish, but HTML) referenced in the comments at that post.

Posted to Terrorism at 01:14 AM | Comments (0)

Lonewacko wades into America's Debate About Outsourcing

IANAE, IFASOTAEMCMETGO*. Nevertheless, herewith are presented a few outsourcing links:

The WSJ reports that "Foreigners outsourced far more office work to the United States than American companies send abroad in 2003" (see the graphic). However, what do you expect the WSJ to say?

Paul Craig Roberts says in 'The Harsh Truth About Outsourcing' that the model on which outsourcing is based is outmoded due to the ease of transporting goods over borders (Internet, jet planes, etc.)

From 'Outsourcing critics cite labor laws in other nations':

Labor groups upset about job losses say U.S. companies are hiring workers in foreign countries in part because employment laws are often looser abroad... Employees working in foreign countries for U.S. companies are generally not covered by U.S. employment laws, which cover such issues as sexual harassment, age discrimination and worker safety. Instead, the workers are covered by employment laws in their own countries that U.S. labor officials say are often not as strict.

(Lonewacko notes: But, that's a good thing! China's problem with political dissent results in massive benefits to the U.S economy. Talk about win-win!)

From the NYT comes the article 'Experts See Vulnerability as Outsiders Code Software'

There are several good links about outsourcing here.

Yale Global is a blog about... globalization, and it's from Yale.

A blogging cheerleader of outsourcing is Daniel Drezner. He points to this attempt to a) smear Paul Craig Roberts via a neato ad hominem, and b) incidentally attack his thesis about Ricardo.

I posted the following comment to the Drezner post:

The example given in the &c article about the T-shirts and the software illustrates the fantasy world that those who only look at the bottom line inhabit. This is especially true among libertarians.

What if, for instance, the Chinese or the Indians think developing software is in their long term interests, and even if they can make more money selling T-shirts they decide to concentrate on software? What if they're thinking long-term and trying to make the U.S. lose its edge in software development? What if they want access to as much U.S. information as possible for, let's say, future reference? What if some of them want to insert trojan horses into things? Putting trojan horses into software is a lot easier than doing it with T-shirts.

As a software developer, I realize it's possible to insert difficult-to-detect bugs and trapdoors into software. Look up, for instance, MS's attempts to make it difficult to trace using a debugger portions of MS-DOS (or an early version of Windows, I forget). That was featured in one of those "Undocumented MS-DOS (or Windows)" books. Look up some of the other wacky tricks MS's crack engineers have used, like jumping into the middle of an instruction (turing data into an opcode). Imagine how difficult it would be to detect such trapdoors in a large system like an OS.

Seriously, some of these outsourcing/globalization proponents inhabit a fantasy world similar to that enjoyed by those who go to StarTrek conventions dressed as Ferengi. The ones who aren't delusional make Scrooge look like a short-sighted Catholic Worker.

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John Lear reveals: Elk deaths caused by "soul catcher" glitch

LONEWACKO HEADQUARTERS OUTSIDE PAHRUMP, NEVADA -- As this blog previously broadcast using our giant antenna, elk have been mysteriously dying near Yellowstone National Park. Almost all possibilities were discarded: "calcium deficiency, chronic wasting disease, bacterial and common viral infections, tick paralysis, meningeal and carotid artery worm as causes..."

This blog is now prepared to announce the real reason for these mysterious deaths. After an exclusive interview with John Lear - son of Lear Jet founder Art Lear - we have determined the cause to be a software glitch - related to Moon Year 3000 - in the software that runs the "soul catcher" apparatus on the Moon. This information had previously only been available to Jimmy Doolittle and other members of the super-ultra top secret level MJ12 - or higher -.

Now, we are able to report this information here.

The cover story provided to the public in order to calm their fears is lichen.

Stay tuned to my giant antenna to hear updates as they are available. If you are using the RonCo wind-up compass, orient yourself facing Orion 3 and tune into Channel 382.

Posted to OutdoorSports at 12:00 AM | Comments (0)

Book: "How to get stupid black women out of office"

Oops! A wee bit of a typographical error there. The book's title is actually "How to get stupid white men out of office":

How to Get Stupid White Men Out of Office documents 20 success stories from the past five years of young people who have swung or won elections — from city councils to the Senate — in 16 states, South Korea, and on the Internet.

• Alisha Thomas, a 24-year-old black woman won a state legislative seat in suburban Cobb County, Georgia, the heart of Newt Gingrich country.
• University of Michigan students leveraged a student government election to catapult themselves into and shift the national debate about affirmative action.
• A 21-year-old city council member in Providence, Rhode Island, and a 25-year-old mayor in New Paltz, NY — both Greens.
• Young Native Americans in South Dakota who swung a Senate seat by 528 votes in 2002.
• Ras Baraka, Newark's hip-hop deputy mayor.
• The young Latina campaign manager who beat the Daley machine in Chicago.

How to Get Stupid White Men Out Of Office puts its finger on the pulse of an unprecedented historical moment when the blossoming youth — led political movement — from Seattle to peace to sweatshops to immigrant rights to hip-hop — has awakened and begun to flex its cultural influence and organizing muscle in the nasty new battlefield of electoral politics.

...Editor William Upski Wimsatt created the League of Youth Voters, a political action committee designed to raise awareness amongst younger demographics...

Just keep repeating to yourself: It's not racist, it's true! It's not racist, it's true! It's not racist, it's true!

Posted to MultiCultiCult at 11:38 PM | Comments (0)

Man tries to board plane with seal's head

From this:

The head was apparently checked in by a Colorado man in his 40s, officials said. His identity was not released.

The man, who bound for Denver [sic, I no write like that], told investigators that he is a biology professor and that he had found a dead seal on Revere Beach, officials said. He checked in the head because they didn't think it was appropriate as carrion...

Phwoar!

Posted to WackyHumor at 09:32 PM | Comments (0)

[Belgian] Police search home and office of journalist who exposed fraud

Belgian police search the office of Stern Magazine
correspondent Hans-Martin Tillack

From this:

The Brussels editor of German magazine Stern was released from police custody on Friday.

His release came after ten hours of questioning, said Stern's editor Norbert Höfler.

Mr Tillack was taken into police custody on Friday morning (19 March) after the police raided his office.

The investigation was to do with an allegation of bribery in connection with a case the German journalist wrote about in 2002.

His articles covered alleged irregularities that had been raised by an EU official, Paul van Buitenen, and the related inquiries carried out by the Commission’s anti-fraud office OLAF – and were based on confidential documents...

Mr Tillack’s home was searched by the police, who confiscated material on paper, computers and cell-phones...

Mr Tillack is well-known in Brussels media circles. He was the first journalist to report the investigations into the irregularities of the EU statistical arm, Eurostat, which led to the removal of the responsible officials.

He has lately run stories on MEPs allegedly falsifying signatures qualifying for daily allowances and MEPs employing their wives and family members...

There's another article here, and the Stern response (auf Deutsch) ist hier.

Reporters sans frontieres has a report here.

(Via DailyPundit)

Posted to Politics at 04:07 PM | Comments (0)

Poll: Texans believe illegal immigration is a serious problem

From the AP, discussing the Scripps Howard Texas Poll:

A vast majority of Texans believe illegal immigration from Mexico is a serious problem, but they are split over President Bush's plan to provide undocumented workers with temporary work visas...

Eighty-six percent of those surveyed... said illegal immigration is a very serious or somewhat serious problem. Ni
e percent said it is not very serious and four percent said it is not serious at all.

Meanwhile, 48 percent of the respondents said they favored Bush's plan to allow undocumented workers to stay in the United States for several years working at jobs Americans don't want as long as the immigrants return to their native countries. Forty-five percent opposed the plan.

Bush's plan has the most support among Hispanics, with 55 percent favoring the proposal and 40 percent opposing it. Forty-nine percent of Anglos support Bush's plan and 45 percent are opposed. Fifty-six percent of blacks oppose the plan while 37 percent support it... Sixty-nine percent of Texans said the U.S. government is not doing enough to stop unauthorized immigration.

"Anglos?" But, I digress.

This poll's results would be even more opposed to Bush's plan if more facts about the plan and our laws had been provided.

For instance, consider this: "48 percent of the respondents said they favored Bush's plan to allow undocumented workers to stay in the United States for several years working at jobs Americans don't want as long as the immigrants return to their native countries."

There's no such thing as a "job Americans don't want." There are only wages and conditions Americans won't accept. Most Americans wouldn't sign up for slavery, indentured servitude, or dangerous jobs that should be done by machines.

And, the poll's respondents should have been reminded about birthright citizenship. Those guestworkers will have children, those children will be U.S. citizens, and that means they're not going home.

If those facts had been figured into the poll, there probably would have been 70% opposed to Bush/Fox Amnesty.
There's a more detailed article, complete with quotes from Daniel Griswold and others and a nifty graphic, here. It includes this Griswold chestnut:

"In some ways, it’s a common sense answer," Griswold said. "We have more people here illegally than ever before. What the government is doing to stem illegal immigration has failed."

Bravo Sierra, good buddy. The fact is the government has abandoned workplace enforcement. In FY2002, just 13 (thirteen) companies were fined for violating our immigration laws.

I have a feeling that if Daniel Griswold had lived 150 years ago one of his arguments would be "But, the South's economy will collapse."

Posted to Immigration2003 at 02:04 PM | Comments (1)

More fun with Kerri Dunn

In my earlier post 'Hey Kids! Make your own Hate Industry Rationalization!' I had a bit of fun with the Kerri Dunn untruehatecrime incident at Claremont McKenna Collega.

For a mainly more serious take on this matter, consult these posts at academic blogs: this, this, this, and this.

That last link includes the words of Ms. Dunn herself (MP3 here):

Many people responded with, well you know Professor Dunn, we’ve always been taught that we should be racially blind, and that by not paying attention to it and not calling attention to differences we would minimize them. You know, that’s a beautiful, beautiful, explanation... or should I say, um… all right, piece of shit...

(Applause)

It has absolutely no substance and no utility in society wherein we are founded on diversity. The Statue of Liberty stands every day of all of our lives theoretically welcoming people to this land to become part of us. So to say that we should act like we’re color blind I really believe is an excuse. I believe it’s an excuse to remain lazy, it’s an excuse to turn your head. And it’s an excuse to allow these idiots to continue with their agenda.

(Applause)

< snip >

And I just, you know, I want to end this by saying as a group, we stand here, and we say we’re pro-diversity and anti-hate (applause) and that the people who espouse these hateful ideologies, really, I said earlier today should go underground. What I meant is that they should go to hell.

God help us if she ever becomes a dictator or something.

This post has a bit of fun with it too.

Posted to MultiCultiCult at 11:53 PM | Comments (0)

John Kerry, backwoodsman

Memo to self: marry a rich broad.

At least I know the meaning of irony.

UPDATE: Senator Poochie, to THE EXTREME! He's edgy, he's "in your face." You've heard the expression "let's get busy"? Well, this is a presidential candidate who gets "biz-zay!" Consistently and thoroughly.

UPDATE 2: Updated comments on DaisyGate are here.

Posted to Politics at 11:17 PM | Comments (0)

Evidence, London link found in the Spanish bombings

According to the NYT's 'Spanish Judge Holds 3 Moroccans on Murder Charges':

A Spanish judge ordered Friday that three Moroccans be held on multiple provisional charges of terrorism and murder in the Madrid train bombings, as investigators uncovered new details suggesting that Europe's deadliest terrorist attack in 25 years was carried out on a slim budget by men who used a stolen van and explosives they got free...

...Mr. Zougam is believed to be an important link between a cell of Al Qaeda in Spain and a group of militants aligned with the Moroccan Islamic Combat Group, or GICM, a radical Islamist group blamed for suicide attacks last year in the Moroccan city of Casablanca.

A Spanish investigator said it was still unclear whether Mr. Zougam had placed any of the 13 bombs that were left on four trains or simply coordinated the provision of telephones and other supplies.

But another official said Mr. Zougam had been connected solidly to the plot: in a small cellphone shop that he operated with his brother in Madrid, investigators found a tiny piece of plastic that had broken off from a cellphone that was to have triggered an unexploded bomb recovered by the police.

On Thursday, the police arrested another five suspects, including at least three more Moroccans and a Spaniard. The role of the Spaniard, who has not been identified, may be one of the most striking yet uncovered. Spanish officials said the man was believed to have supplied the Moroccans with the blasting explosives they used in their bombs. According to Spanish news reports, the man was arrested in the northern coastal city of Oviedo and worked at a mine nearby.

But an investigator said the suspect had apparently given the terrorists the explosives free: he had been spent time in jail with one of the Moroccan suspects, to whom he gave more than 200 pounds of Goma 2, a nitroglycerin-based explosive, as a favor.

The bombers also economized on transportation, driving to pick up the explosives in a step van they stole in Madrid on Feb. 28 without apparently bothering to change the license plates, the investigator said...