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Ed Morrissey of HotAir will grasp at any straw to support amnesty, and the latest is "Reason-Rupe poll shows majority approves path to citizenship, oppose targeted drone killings of Americans" [1] referring to a poll by Reason Magazine [2]. That poll obtains its result by misleading; here's the question that was asked with the results: Which comes closest to your view about unauthorized...

... peekURL.com/zATZJQZ ) * AllahPundit of HotAir links to an apparently fair-to-Scott article from a liberal, but basically just describes what those like Reed do to conservatives without coming up with any sort of solution ( peekURL.com/zVM6Kg9 ) In addition to only one or two offering something approaching an effective argument, all of those listed engage in various technical errors (which I won'...

... "Hispanic vote", even AllahPundit of HotAir realizes how amnesty (comprehensive immigration reform) would harm the GOP. Referring to a draft GOP version of the DREAM Act called the ACHIEVE Act, AllahPundit says ( peekURL.com/zcupNsw ): I can’t understand why Senate Democrats would agree to this. Republicans are in a panic over the Latino vote; liberals have never had them in a more vulnerable...

... Parties as Represented by the HotAir Readership Aren't Really Patriots at All". See this for a previous example. The latest example features a post by Erika Johnsen entitled "The coming California supermajority?" ( peekURL.com/ztdStBR ); while she's toned down her anti-California stance since the last time, her readers more than pick up the slack. First, there are the just-wall-off-California...

... is here, and Erika Johnsen of HotAir discusses it in the completely expected way here. The study shows Utah residents giving 10.6% of their income, followed by Mississippi (7.2%), Alabama (7.1%), Tennessee (6.6%), and so on. While those are the highest percentages, in actual dollar terms residents of California give more than than the top eight percentage givers combined (Utah, Mississippi,...

... the same is true of sites like HotAir, Townhall, National Review, and other establishment conservative and libertarian sources including top bloggers. With a few obvious exceptions, those who support (truly) reducing illegal immigration and even legal immigration tend to get kicked out of such places. Not only are they "bad for business" (their ideas would cost some GOP sugardaddies money), but...

Earlier today, the Washington Post published allegations that Mitt Romney was a bully back in prep school (link). I didn't read the story, but that's not what this post is about. Instead, this is a meta post: the WaPo's story is yet another example of how the establishment media is going to help Barack Obama be reelected. The media will publish or broadcast story after story just like the current...

In a HotAir "Greenroom" post ("California by the numbers", link) that was promoted to their front page, J.E. Dyer engages in the Fiscal Con. As described at that link, that consists of fiscal conservatives ignoring their role in the problems they whine about and using those problems to push another part of their agenda. In the current case, that consists of pushing lower taxes, fewer regulations...

... see many of the comments on the HotAir thread about Fuentes' plan (link): * I wonder if a state can be stripped of its statehood, cause California sure needs it. * Time for America to deport the CA government. * California is planning on leaving the union? Hasta la vista, baby! * I’m sure that California will enjoy its new status as Greece without the Parthenon. * Personally, I won’t invest a...

... posts [1] and Ed Morrissey of HotAir hypes [2] an editorial blaming the minimum wage for very high teen unemployment (see this). While the minimum wage might play a role, a clearer role is played by massive low-skilled immigration. Yet, neither the WSJ nor Morrissey even hint at that. Perhaps it's because the WSJ is a strong supporter of unlimited immigration, and Morrissey isn't exactly a...

Ed Morrissey of HotAir uses the recent tragic earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan as a launching point to promote his idea of free market capitalism. Except, he forgot to mention free market capitalism's possible role in the current nuclear issues associated with the tragedy (link): Well, the question here is whether wealth allows for adaptation - or whether an economic system’s openness to...

... the red flags on Loughner?", hotair.com/archives/2011/01/10/ did-dupnik-miss-the-red-flags-on-loughner), even if he CYAs: we’re getting lots of e-mails about this post, but I’m unfamiliar with the site and can’t vouch for its credibility. Under those circumstances I’d normally pass on it, but since America’s new standard of journalism requires no supporting evidence whatsoever before tossing an...

... the way it's being presented by HotAir [2] and by the low-wattage "StandWithAZ" group (the video was uploaded by them). Unfortunately, it's not clear whether Reid was referring to all construction jobs or just those funded by the stimulus. In the first case he's, of course, lying through his teeth: as the report points out, Pew Hispanic says that 17% of all construction workers are illegal...

... For instance, the Ed Morrissey HotAir post about this [1] uses the phrase "Milk Carton Democrats", as if that's going to cause them to start holding meetings again. That post has comments like: "This is gonna backfire on the Dems come November" and the even dumber "They can’t avoid the most important “town hall”– election day!" That's not that likely: in almost all districts the tea party types...

... and being promoted by at least HotAir; please see this discussion of the proper way to handle the "Birthers" issue. It involves simply telling the truth, something that many across the political spectrum have problems with.

... AllahPundit links to it approvingly at hotair.com/archives/2010/02/20/ video-breitbart-goes-nuclear-on-salon-writer- at-cpac-for-smearing-james-okeefe-as-racist and, of course, Glenn Reynolds does too (pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/94260). UPDATE: Apparently it's difficult to even just glance at my site and see how I do things. I'd be more effective if more people would link to me, but apparently...

Over at HotAir, there's nothing I can find about yesterday's re-introduction of an amnesty bill. Meanwhile, Ed Morrissey offers "A curious case of visa denial" [1] which is a bit of a conservative version of a PIIPP (see that link if you aren't familiar with that term). A Romanian gym coach came here on an H1B visa and applied for a green card; the visa was renewed once but not a second time. In...

... fruit that even Allahpundit of HotAir gets it mostly right (link). However, neither of the above stress that this is yet another marker on the road to Idiocracy. Instead of asking political leaders tough questions about their policies - policies that affect hundreds of millions or billions of people - about all we get is one dumb stunt after the other. There are a lot of forces working towards...

Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina recently announced her candidacy as a Republican for senator from California; she's trying to unseat Barbara Boxer. While the latter is a highly worthy goal, she appears to be a globalist, profits-at-any-cost supporter of massive immigration at least of the skilled variety. Her position on low-skilled immigration isn't known, but generally speaking people...