Sunday, November 25, 2007

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Sinkhole de Mayo Arrival of California's Deferred Demise Train wreck arrives ­ a little late United Press International -- November 24 California budget beset by problems     Due to a number of agreements Schwarzenegger approved to benefit the state earlier in his tenure as governor, he now is beset with an expanding state deficit that could surpass $10 billion, the Los Angeles Times said Saturday.     Former Santa Barbara councilwoman Hannah-Beth Jackson said Schwarzenegger's prior deals, along with various state constitutional prohibitions he championed, have left California in a serious financial predicament.     "We have just tightened the noose around our neck instead of figuring out how to get out of the noose in the first place," Jackson said. "We have all these spending requirements, and they end up working against each other. We can't take from this, we can't take from that; we've become immobilized." Also See: California schools the worst in nation Past Features   Operation B.E.E.F. Updates

Dr. Paul

Monsters & Critics -- UK Ron Paul's growing poll numbers vex mainstream press ...On ABC's "This Week" George Will cautioned fellow pundits, "Don't forget my man Ron Paul" in the New Hampshire primary. Jake Tapper added: "He really is the one true straight talker in this race." -- Dr. Paul's campaign, which is three-quarters of the way to its goal of raising "$12 Million to Win" by Dec. 31, had an outside party...

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D. A. King -- The Dustin Inman Society MALDEF out from under rock in Cobb County For those who have not kept up with the far left adventures of MALDEF in my home county and state, you may not know that MALDEF has asked to be on a steering committee appointed by our sheriff to monitor law enforcement activities. -- Rather like the fox asking to help guard the hen house...

Washington Times Culpeper rules out day-labor center The Culpeper (Virginia) Town Council's public safety committee Tuesday is expected to decide how to address a growing problem with Hispanic day laborers after the owner of a shopping center hired security guards to remove the men who gathered there looking for work.

Martin Walters -- Seattle Times Bottom-line mentality fuels invasion crisis If President Bush and all his men were truly interested in slowing down the tide of illegal [aliens... criminals], all they would have to do is enforce current employment law. With American corporate profiteers willing and able to break laws to increase their bottom line, and our current leadership's willingness to ignore it...

Marylee Shrider -- Bakersfield Californian Invaders given more rights yet again Despite all his tough talk about securing borders and immigration reform, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last month signed AB 976, making California the first state in the union to prohibit landlords from asking tenants about their immigration status. -- Talk about your dubious distinctions.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Editorial ... & pardon these 2 The degrading, draconian and disgraceful incarceration of former Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean indicates President George W. Bush, the self-anointed compassionate conservative, is capable of stone-cold stupidity. -- By doing their duty along the near-lawless border with Mexico, Messrs. Ramos and Compean have...

Brenda Walker -- VDare.com Monkey-eating diversity on trial Today's diversity drama concerns how at least some Africans who want to bring their custom of eating monkeys to America, even though the practice is illegal because of dangers to public health and species preservation. A recent case is playing out in New York with a Liberian woman, Mamie Manneh...

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif. Immigration raids spark plan-ahead drive After immigration raids near her house this year, Rosa isn't taking many chances. -- The [illegal alien... criminal] tries to stay home when possible and avoids extra trips to the store. And she's spoken with her two U.S.-born children about what lacking papers means ­ and let them know that if she is deported...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Editorial ... & pardon these 2 The degrading, draconian and disgraceful incarceration of former Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean indicates President George W. Bush, the self-anointed compassionate conservative, is capable of stone-cold stupidity. -- By doing their duty along the near-lawless border with Mexico, Messrs. Ramos and Compean have...

Bush to U. S.

New York Times Revised rule for employers that hire "immigrants" The Bush administration will suspend its legal defense of a new rule issued in August to punish employers who hire illegal [aliens... criminals], conceding a hard-fought opening round in a court battle over a central measure in its strategy to curb illegal immigration, according to government papers filed late Friday in federal court.

KPHO-TV -- Phoenix Patriots' Border Alliance joins Pruitt's snit Phoenix -- The crowd outside Pruitt's Home Furnishings at 34th Street and Thomas Road on Saturday represented a different side of the immigration debate. -- This weekend it was those opposed to illegal immigration that supported the store's prohibition of day laborers from its property.

Billings (Montana) Gazette Invader sentenced to prison Kalispell -- An El Salvadoran who was in the United States illegally has been sentenced to eight years in prison for using a false identity to receive government benefits. -- Tomas D. Ramirez was ordered to pay $18,000 in restitution for federal and state student aid and food stamps he received illegally.

El Paso Times Meddling Mexican committed to "binational solutions" ...[Mexican consul Roberto] Rodríguez said that he met with the Otero County Sheriff for breakfast in Alamogordo two weeks ago out of concern over a recent string of operations that blurred the line between crime fighting and immigration enforcement. Rodríguez said he was told that sheriff's deputies were not doing Border Patrol work. [More Mexican meddling]

KATU-TV -- Portland, Oregon Invader with fake ID busted at DMV Hillsboro, Ore. -- A college student from Washington County could be deported after trying to renew her driver's license at a local DMV. -- Alejandra Trujillo went to the Tanasbourne DMV office on Friday. -- When a DMV worker asked her for identification, authorities say she handed over a fake Social Security card. The DMV worker called police...

San Jose Mercury News Family widens push to link DUIs, deportation The family of a Los Gatos woman whose legs were mangled this summer by an [illegal alien... criminal] believed to be driving drunk is stepping up its campaign for stricter deportation rules, hoping to push lawmakers to close a little-known loophole that excludes DUIs. -- Sara Cole's family has met with a handful of lawmakers...

Elgin (Illinois) Courier-News Group wants city to target invaders Elgin, Ill. -- Two local men are aiming a spotlight on what they consider a growing problem that must be addressed by city officials. -- Elgin has become an attractive destination for illegal [aliens... criminals], and the city's infrastructure is buckling under the influx of people, according to Doug Heaton and David White.

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald / Review Police see opportunity in federal border program Bisbee, Az. -- The Bisbee and Douglas police departments participate in an initiative that offers overtime pay to officers for doing work to help stop illegal immigrants from entering the United States. -- Police in Sierra Vista are not involved in the program. -- Money, call volume and proximity to Mexico are some of the factors...