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"Latino Summit Response to 187" (1995 187flashback) - 7/03/2006

The extended entry has a few reports about 1995's Latino Summit Response to 187 which was discussed in this entry about Fabian Nunez. Paper: Press-Enterprise, The (Riverside, CA) Title: Hispanics call illegal immigration issue racist Author: Skip Morgan Date: January 5, 1994 Section: LOCAL Page: B01 RIVERSIDE A coalition of Hispanic activists vowed yesterday to fight back against what the...

Fabian Nunez denies making racist speech (Prop. 187) - 7/01/2006

In 1995, current Speaker of the California Assembly Fabian Nunez spoke before the "Latino Summit Response to Prop 187" at UC Riverside and "allegedly" said, among other things, this: There's only two forms of power in this country and in this world. One is economic power, We certainly don't have the economic power because we don't own the means of production, but...

EFE admits Goldwater "concentration camps" smear - 6/28/2006

... on things like this. Even the Los Angeles Times has noticed: At Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, 2 1/2 million pounds of garbage [left by illegal border crossers] is scattered through broad valleys and desert arroyos every year UPDATE: Showing his true sleazy, no-class nature, John McCain is refusing to back down: "It is critically important that we improve the security of our bord...

Alicia Robinson, Daily Pilot pimps ID cards for illegal aliens (Matricula Consular) - 6/26/2006

... Robinson of Orange County's Los Angeles Times-affiliated Daily Pilot offers "ID card seen as ticket to a brighter future" about Mexico's Matricula Consular cards, aka "IDs for illegals". Mexico passes those IDs out to their citizens in the U.S. irrespective of their immigration status, and they're mostly used by illegal aliens in order to obtain some form of leg...

New Orleans: AP covers the worker abuse it helped bring about - 6/08/2006

From Rukmini Callimachi of the AP: They are the backbone of post-Hurricane Katrina reconstruction: Workers who converge at dawn and wait to be picked up for 14-hour shifts of hauling debris, ripping out drywall and nailing walls. But because many are in the country illegally, immigrant workers rebuilding New Orleans are especially vulnerable to exploitation, according to a study released Tuesd...

Los Angeles Times supports Bush immigration speech - 5/16/2006

They offer the editorial "The right words". Their only quibble is that he wasn't specific enough: The president has given the process some much-needed direction, urgency and even a moral framework. As I briefly described here and in other posts, allowing illegal aliens to come or stay here is actually immoral.

"Nativo Lopez, The Ethno-Grifter" - 5/06/2006

Nativo Lopez is one of the organizers of the May 1 illegal immigration marches. He's also with Hermandad Mexicana Nacional and he's the president of the Mexican-American Political Association (MAPA).

"Lou Dobbs: Radical groups taking control of immigrant movement" - 5/02/2006

... Unknown." The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times are both calling their coverage "The Immigration Debate."

Let's help Steve Lopez think - 4/30/2006

L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez - at that link being snowed by a Mexican consul - offers "For One Migrant, March Is a Luxury". It concerns a housekeeper he met: I met Hernandez, 39, a while back at a birthday party for my nanny's son.

The "Immigrant" Rights Movement - 4/30/2006

Did you know there's a growing "Immigrant" Rights Movement? Of course, most Americans will refer to that "movement" as "foreign citizens who are here illegally marching in our streets making a show of force and demanding rights to which they aren't entitled", but many news/propaganda organizations seem to prefer the first term. And, not just because it'...

CFR/NAF: End illegal immigration by ending U.S. - 4/23/2006

Steven Hill of the CFR-linked "New America Foundation" offers "Time for a Tex-Mex Marshall Plan". In brief, he proposes ending illegal immigration by ending the U.S.: creating an "American-Mexican union" out of the two previously independent, sovereign countries with borders and things like that.

Pulitzer Prize for Propaganda - 4/17/2006

... Post, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, USA Today, San Diego Union-Tribune, and many more for their reporting on illegal aliens taking Katrina jobs from American hurricane victims. Even though those papers probably weren't working together, their coverage seemed like it. They offered several stories on American citizens being warehoused in hotels outside New Or...

AVWatch: 500-to-1 against Villaraigosa's support of illegal immigration marches - 4/15/2006

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, former MEChA leader Antonio Villaraigosa informs us about the response to his recent involvement in the illegal immigration marches: The letters and e-mails have been overwhelmingly negative, maybe 500 to 1, maybe a little more... But I think we're elected to do what's right, not necessarily what's popular. Yes, but 500 to 1?

The Walter Duranty Award for Immigration Coverage goes to... - 4/12/2006

... News, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and just about every other newspaper or media outlet that's tried their best to spin foreign nationals marching in our streets and making demands as "immigration marches". I previously linked to Networks Champion Cause of "Americans" Marching for "Immigration Reform", but since that shows just how much the networ...

Juan Jose Gutierrez + ANSWER = revolution! - 4/06/2006

A blogger went undercover at an ANSWER meeting and has a report. The meeting mostly concerned ANSWER's upcoming Monday April 10 rally for illegal aliens in Washington DC and their NYC rally on the 29th.

Bush uncovered: he doesn't know what country he runs - 4/04/2006

The Los Angeles Times' offers a four(!)-screener from Peter Wallsten entitled "Immigrant Issues Are Personal for Bush". I believe the best way to characterize it is as a lame attempt to further divide Bush from his base.

Tim Rutten on Lou Dobbs - 4/03/2006

Is Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles Times correct in his assesment of Lou Dobbs ("Lou Dobbs: bile across the border")?

Los Angeles Times, Joe Hicks on student protests - 4/01/2006

The Los Angeles Times gives some background on the recent pro-illegal immigration student protests (one of which featured the Mexican flag flying over an upside-down American flag) in "Student Protests Echo the '60s, but With a High-Tech Buzz". You can practically smell the patchouli as the aging hippies at the Times celebrate the youthful activists fighting the power, man.

The 'Immigration Backlash' - 3/30/2006

From this: ...The Los Angeles Times duly reported, "Some Republicans fear that pushing too hard against illegal immigrants could backfire nationally, as with Proposition 187 (the 1994 ballot measure that sought to deny benefits for illegal immigrants that) helped spur record numbers of California Latinos to become U.S. citizens and register to vote.

Costa Mesa businesses hurt when city enforces law - 3/24/2006

Costa Mesa in Orange County CA will be checking the immigration status of those arrested for violent felonies. Now, at first glance you might think most residents of that city would support that idea, rather than, for instance, telling lies about the proposal or complaining that it hurts their businesses (more here). Previously: Los A

LAT, NYT, WaPo print Mexican propaganda ad - 3/20/2006

... government of Mexico appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and the Washington Post on Monday. While they do have a right to take ads even from foreign governments, the choice was particularly apt considering that all three papers support illegal immigration.

LAT: "In Border Battle, Land and Wildlife Suffer" - 3/09/2006

From this: Mountains of trash, recurring fires, despoiled natural springs, vandalized historic sites and disappearing wildlife are part of the devastating toll that the government's running battle with smugglers and migrants is taking on national parks and wildlife refuges along the U.S.

Matt Welch's very first Los Angeles Times essay? - 3/06/2006

Former contributor to the lunatic libertarian magazine Reason Matt Welch was recently hired by the L.A. Times to write the occasional editorial. Could "A silly sting" be his very first effort? If so, bravo!

Los Angeles Times supports illegal immigration, again and again - 2/26/2006

Christopher Goffard of the LAT offers "Costa Mesa's Border Heat Puts a Chill in Its Latinos". First, of course, there's the title's assumption that all Latinos are either illegal aliens or supporters of same.

Rob Reiner denies wrongdoing - 2/24/2006

Meathead is on the defensive: Hollywood director Rob Reiner denied any wrongdoing Thursday in response to recent scrutiny about the potential misuse of taxpayer funds for a June ballot initiative he is spearheading. Reiner, who heads the state's First 5 California Children and Families Commission he helped create, is now leading a campaign for a ballot initiative that would establish a st...

"Guest" workers: Mehlman, Bush win; America, GOP lose - 1/21/2006

The Los Angeles Times reports on the Republican National Committee supporting a "guest" worker scheme in Amid Rifts, GOP Backs Guest-Worker Plan by Peter Wallsten: ...Bush aides and senior Republican strategists say that taking a hard-line stance against illegal immigration risks alienating Latino voters, just as California's 1994 campaign for

Los Angeles Times goes to border, discovers immigration laws won't work - 12/26/2005

For an unknown reason, Drudge is linking to the L.A. Times article "Some Border Patrol Agents Take a Chance on Love", which reports on a few BP agents who've dated illegal aliens and gotten into trouble for that practice. Obviously, the LAT only has a finite amount of resources, and it's a shame that they would choose to deploy them in this fashion when there are so many more i...

"Liberalism" caused Los Angeles' massive underground economy - 12/14/2005

... they support has caused. The Los Angeles Times freely admits that llegal immigration leads to companies that aren't in "compliance with tax, wage and safety laws". It leads to "unfair competition", a "burden on public health systems", and "worker mistreatment". They note that "outlaw businesses... offer no compensation to injured employees and oft...

Jon Vessey, crops rotting in the fields, and pro-illegal immigration propaganda - 12/05/2005

... West" (link), and today the Los Angeles Times features him in "Picking a Battle Over Shortage of Farmworkers" (link). And, he was apparently also featured saying similar things in Copley News Service and USA Today. And, the CSM article (link) I discussed in "America's produce industry is facing a crisis" featured another member of the Vessey clan. However, there a...

Celebrate blogging with the Los Angeles Times - 12/03/2005

The LAT has promulgated "Blogging L.A.", and, no, it's not as bad as you would think: it's even worse. They give the shout out to several recommended sites: Finding the jewels among Los Angeles' thousands of blogs can take some doing. This is a highly selective list of some of the more interesting a

The Los Angeles Times scandal - 12/03/2005

... (new) scandal brewing at the Los Angeles Times involving them allegedly helping to cover-up the murder of the Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls, real name Christopher Wallace). There are two parts to this scandal: first, the matter itself. Second, the fact that it's been ignored by the other MSM players.

Bob Sheer disfavored, sent to Novosibirsk - 11/11/2005

The Los Angeles Times has dropped Bob Sheer, and three guesses to who's picked him up... No, not the LA Weekly... No, it's not People's Weekly World either... Yes, that's right, HuffPost. In related news, the numbers of political cartoonists at papers appears to be about equal to the number of pantomime ponies at banks as they've also fired cartoonist Michael Ramirez.

AVWatch: Villaraigosa rides on Ameriquest jet, pays 10% of cost - 11/10/2005

"Mayor Reconquista", aka Antonio Villaraigosa, was recently given short notice that he could appear at Rosa Parks' funeral. Now, if he were an average citizen, about the only thing he could do is try to get a last-minute flight from LAX or BUR.

L.A. Times buries news about anti-Arnold forum - 11/05/2005

The Los Angeles Times offers "Gov.'s Effort to Engage Voters Stalls", which, buried down in the sixth paragraph, has this: A forum Thursday in Los Angeles at times resembled an anti-Schwarzenegger campaign rally. Democratic activists made their way into the audience that questioned the governor, contributing to the angry tone.

Ruben Navarrette Jr. or Vicente Fox? - 10/20/2005

The column "A city about to change colors" says it was written by San Diego Union-Tribute editorialist Ruben Navarrette Jr., but it reads like it was written by Vicente Fox. I strongly urge you to read the column and use the email addresses below to let those papers that printed this know what you think.

Los Angeles Times endorses Proposition 75 - 10/18/2005

In an official, editorial page endorsement, the LAT has thrown whatever weight it has left behind the same proposition that Arnold Schwarzenegger supports: "Their views, their dues": The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that union members cannot be forced to finance political activity, and Proposition 75 merely requires that public employee unions get written consent from their members befor...

Does USA Today support illegal aliens taking rebuilding jobs? - 10/17/2005

USA Today offers a very strange column from Raul A. Reyes entitled Katrina's next expose: Immigration woes. Reyes is "an attorney in New York and a member of USA TODAY's board of contributors", and his article reads like a hasty, amalgamated summary of recent pro-illegal immigration essays from other professional Hispanics. It's almost like they're all reading from th...

Does the L.A. Times support displacing African-Americans from New Orleans? - 10/10/2005

I'm left with that distinct impression after reading the scandalous article "Immigrants Rush to New Orleans as Contractors Fight for Workers".

Los Angeles Times to get less "liberal" - 10/04/2005

... Nikke Finke of the LA Weakly, the Los Angeles Times' phone solicitors are reading the following from a script when they call: I want you to know that we're bringing in a lot more conservative voices and conservative columnists. This "frankly shocked" Finke, as one might imagine. This guy confirmed this when calling in to the LAT's subscription line and posing as a suck......

Crime, illegal immigration, and media bias - 10/04/2005

There's a transcript of a discussing by Heather MacDonald and others here. From her talk: [... discussing the Washington Post editorial from August 10th "The Reality of Gangs"...] Even as the Post called for more social spending, it completely ignored the most salient feature of Mara Salvatrucha, which is the astoundingly high number of illegals within its ranks. The Justice Dep...

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