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« Indoctrinate U Review | Main | Mitt Said What? » June 3, 2007Fence First!Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander got a wake-up call on illegal immigration from his constituents in Tennessee Saturday. Reports from Bear Creek Ledger and the Blue Collar Muse. The thing is, it isn't just Republicans who oppose the Senate's illegal immigration "reform" bill - a lot of moderate Democrats too. The issue could catalyze the reconstruction of the old Reagan coalition that included so many moderate Democrats - if the Republicans were just smart enough to realize it. There is no need for a grand bargain on illegal immigration. Build the fence, the whole fence, and secure the border, the whole border, and only after that let's talk about what to do about the 12 million that are already here. They're not going anywhere. We can have the political debate about their status after the border is secure. Update: Fred Thompson frames the issue correctly: He received his biggest applause for blasting the bipartisan plan for immigration reform, which he called unworkable. "We are a nation of compassion, a nation of immigrants," he said. "But this is our home . . . and we get to decide who comes into our home."Fence first! Posted in Immigration
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BY LAW, we now have 700 miles of medium security barrier along our Southern border. But of course, except for two lonely miles, it exists only on paper, in the law, and in the fevered imagination of our President and Congresscritters, who have given us empty promises instead of concrete (!!) results. We cannot - and I believe, SHALL NOT - accept such empty promises on this issue again, no matter how cleverly these minions package and flavor the bitter pill of instant, permanent, and unconditional amnesty for this horde of invading lawbreakers. I looked for where "Senator Slippery" would make a personal appearance over the long weekend and could not find anything, which I take to be a deliberate avoidance of the confrontation he knew would occur. I am gratified that some managed to penetrate the obfuscation and deliver the necessary message. But each problem offers an opportunity, and this one is no exception. SUPPORTERS of this abominable legislation have set up a toll-free line to contact both of your senators, that seems to be answered almost immediately by a real person. Further, according to Worldnet Daily, their setup causes your OWN number to display on the Senator's caller ID. The number is: 1-800-417-7666. You will be asked whether you want your senior or junior senator, then hear a request to urge the Senator to support the bill, but you make your own choice. Good luck! Posted by: Dave Shiffman at June 3, 2007 10:02 AMBill, I've misplaced your email and I'm working at light speed on the events going down tomorrow (read on and you'll understand), so I don't have the time at this moment to click around and find your email addy. Here's the links: http://www.cooljim.com/pressrelease.htm And then the letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: http://www.cooljim.com/gatesletter.htm
NASHVILLE MAN ASKS US MILITARY TO CHANGE BANKS Bank of America could lose millions in profits Saturday June 2, NASHVILLE (Tn) - A former Army Reserve Officer here is taking the Department of Defense, the agency that manages our military, to task. "We're sending our soldiers to the border to defend us from the Illegal Immigration Invasion" Jim Boyd said. "We're sending them with a government issued M-16 in one hand, government issued binoculars in the other and a government issued travel card in their back pocket. Unfortunately, that government issued travel card in their pocket is reaching up and stabbing our soldiers in the back." Boyd is upset that the government travel card many military members carry is issued through Bank of America. BoA made the news recently for aggressively marketing their financial services to the same illegal immigrants that the National Guard and Border Patrol are trying to turn back at the border. "The Bank of America is making money from both sides of this invasion" said Boyd. "They charge the taxpayers millions of dollars to provide our fighting men and women with travel cards they use around the world. Then, they make millions by opening savings, checking and loan accounts for illegal immigrants waving their flimsy 'Matricula Consular' cards." The Matricula Consular is an often and easily forged identification card issued by the Mexican Government expressly to Mexican citizens hoping to enter the United States illegally. Many states have passed laws rejecting the Matricula Consular as a legal ID. According to Boyd, BoA earns a profit on their government travel cards through interest and service fees. "How can we turn back the Illegal Immigrant Invasion if we have businesses like the Bank of America offering illegals incentives to come here? There are many great banks that don't cater to the illegals" Boyd said. "Those banks would love to have this nation's military business." "If the Department of Defense and this administration are serious about defending our communities from this invasion, they would change banks and let a pro USA bank host the military travel cards" Boyd said. If the DoD were to change banking institutions as Boyd is calling for, the Bank of America would lose millions of dollars in taxpayer supported revenue to rival banks that do not accept the Matricula Consular as a legitimate identification. The DoD has issued government travel cards to select military personnel for years. Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guardsmen use the tightly controlled cards to help pay travel expenses for government directed travel. Use of the cards helps prevent the individual military member from paying for directed travel out of his or her own pocket. The government travel card is generally issued to officers, senior enlisted personnel and military members with highly specialized duties. The military travel card program is tightly and successfully monitored for any potential fraud or abuse by cardholders. Boyd sent faxes and emails this weekend to US Defense Secretary Robert Gates requesting that he order the DoD to change banking institutions. He is also sending his request to his US Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker. He plans to hold a mini-press conference and make copies of his requests available to the media and answer public questions. He plans to hold the mini-press conference at Noon on Monday in front of the Bank of America Plaza at the corner of 5th Avenue North and Union Street Boyd served as an Army Reserve Officer from 1990 to 1996. According to Boyd, he is continuing to defend his community by running for his Metropolitan Council on a platform that focuses on the Illegal Immigrant Invasion. "For our Government to continue to use the Bank of America for travel cards," Boyd stated, "that would be a slap in the face to the men and women we are sending to the border to defend our nation. Our military deserve better than that." - 30 - William James (Jim) Boyd Post a comment
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