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04/10/2006: "Dirty Journalists, Illegal Immigrants and Other Nasty Things."

As many as half a million people marched through downtown Dallas yesterday for the rights of illegal immigrants, in the largest civil rights demonstration in the city's history and to some experts, the birth of a new social movement. "We came, we made history," said Victoria Garcia, a 21-year-old marcher from Dallas. More marches and events are scheduled for today.

Look, I ask you, why should ILLEGAL ANYONE have rights?

Is Mexico Planning to Take Over America or Parts of It?

Mexico is not shy about expressing its intention to conquer the American Southwest, which it regards as territory lost in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo in 1846. Mexican children are taught in school that the United States stole that land, which they call Aztlan. Absurd rantings of political extremists? Consider:

• In 1997, then-President Zedillo proclaimed that "I have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders."



• Mexican American Legal Defense Fund founder Mario Obledo stated, "California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like it should leave. Every constitutional office in California is going to be held by Hispanics in the next 20 years." People who don't like such demographic changes "should go back to Europe." (Incidentally, Mr. Obledo was also the California Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Gov. Jerry Brown.)



• Mexico's President Fox has been unrelenting in his brazen demands on the United States, starting with open borders even before he was elected. He has called for the border to be "a joining line." His visits to the U.S. have been filled with endless requirements for Mexican citizens illegally in this country -- free healthcare, taxpayer-subsidized in-state tuition for illegals at state colleges and universities, guestworker programs and amnesty for all.


In marches yesterday people carried the Mexican flag. That's obscene. This is not Mexico. Spanish is not our national language. What is happening is dangerous. Mexicans are planning to take over America.

Mark Krikorian on his site, libertypost.org, says, "What we're seeing in the streets is a naked assertion of power by outsiders against the American nation. They demand that we comply with their wishes and submit our immigration policies for their approval, and implicitly threaten violence if their demands are not met. Far from being a discussion among Americans about the best way to regulate immigration, the illegal-alien marches have been marked by the will to power: ubiquitous Mexican flags, burning and other forms of contempt for the American flag, and widespread displays of blatant racial chauvinism and irredentism."

If we don't do something, this will turn into a civil war. We need to face this issue now or it will get out of hand. And while we're dealing with this what will the Middle East be planning against us while we're not watching?

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Journalism Has Long Had its Perks



According to an article in The New York Daily News today, "The New York Post "Page Six" scandal grew yesterday as those familiar with the gossip page painted a picture of an out-of-control institution where lavish gifts are routinely bestowed on columnist Richard Johnson and his staff. "

The truth is, journalists have long gotten special treatment. While most have not taken money for special treatment on the pages of their papers or on the air, most get free tickets to events, free gifts of all sorts. I can get into most affairs free. I get free books to review. It's part of our business.

But when a gift is a bribe, that's a different story. I got a book one time (I know a book is not expensive) from the author. My review was not kind. I didn't like the book and that's what I wrote. Giving me a gift doesn't mean I won't write nasty things about a person or thing if it's not true.

But yes, journalists do get special treatment. Perhaps it shouldn't be that way. But it is. And I think it probably always has been. But the people over at Page Six may be taking it to a new and dangerous level. Oh it's probably always been that way in New York.

The New York Times today discusses business people getting their names in the gossip columns. Most people think business people don't make the gossip pages. But according to a story in the NY Times Dealbook today, "Until recently, we assumed this was because most moguls are just, well, boring. Now, amid allegations that a reporter from The New York Post tried to extort money from Ronald Burkle in exchange for better coverage, we don’t know what to think anymore."

It also lists the names of top business people who get on the Page Six and Gossip sections during the year ended April 9.

So now the dirt on journalists is coming out. And so it goes.


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