Speaking of which scandal, did y’all catch the anti-Native American prejudice involved in bashing Democrats for taking money from Jack Abramoff’s clients by the media which just had to make sure the Abramoff scandal was bipartisan? Last I checked, Abramoff’s clients, largely Native Tribes, had not been charged with anything or are guilty of anything worse than trying to play the political game like everyone else (including, e.g., churches, which are, pardon the pun, sancrosanct in American political discourse, dispite the degree to which some protest otherwise), and the degree to which the media is ready to tarnish their money is indicative, or maybe I’m being overly paranoid?, of prejudice.

WE DONT LIKE WHAT WE ARE PAYING FOR GAS BUT WE ARE DOING IT

WELL THAT IS WHAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE RETHOUGHT – YOU HAVE WAKENED A SLEEPING GIANT – YOU PRIVATE BUSINESS PAY THE LEGAL CITIZEN A FAIR PRICE AND WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THERE HAS TO BE A WAY TO GET RID OF THE REALLY UGLY JOBS – BUT ARM THOSE BORDERS AND GET RID OF THE ILLEGAS – HOW DARE THEY FLY THEIR FLAG HERE – LET THEM DEMONSTRATE THEIR OWN COUNTRY AND LEAVE HERE ON THEIR OWN BEFORE UGLY REALLY RAISES ITS UGLY HEAD

“There is no real employer who will pay $50 an hour to pick lettuce. I call Bullshit.”

Quite right, Mr. Bond. No employer would. WE know that, but does Senator McCain? That’s the point.

“I feel really sorry people, especially progressives, who buy the lie that immigrants take jobs from Americans. Credible studies show that immigrants, most of whom are far more entrepreneurial than natives, start many businesses and CREATE far more jobs than they take. If immigrants take so many jobs, why don’t we have double digit unemployment here in NYC?”

First of all, *legal* immigrants can create some jobs, using the legal and financial infrastructure that the natives created and maintain. By no means do they all, and *illegal* immigrants cost *natives* $6000 a year per family in social services. Can you name the *Credible studies* that show are “far more entrepreneurial” than Americans?

Secondly, we do have double digit unemployment in New York, if we are honest about the way we measure it. Right now, if someone has been out of work six months they are no longer counted in the unemployment statistics. The national unemployment rate is now really something like 12%.

“Learn a lesson from 20th century Germany. Reject demagogues who say that America’s problems would be solved by the elimination of an unpopular minority population.”

Um, which third world minority population are you talking about? There were no significant “third world” minority populations in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. The concept of the “Third World” is a post-war academic construction. Get your facts right, Mr. Bond.

Translation: Vote for me because payback will be sweet!!

It just doesn’t add up. I’m gonna see if I can dig up the link…

Here ya go

You might genuinely be surprised how many conservatives are upset with the president these days. I am along with most of the conservative bloggers I know.

One of the bloggers I work closely with is the Gun totin’ Liberal and on this issue we see eye to eye.

In fact a conservative blog ring I belong to is rewriting their bylaws to no longer support any individual (i.e. the president) and replace that language completely to general support of conservative principles.

And hell yeah, fifty bucks an hour? I’ve been a chef for over twenty years and I’m lucky to pull down $16 bucks an hour.

Work for a season and then go home to your family for 6 months of vacation. That’s what a lot of fishermen do in Alaska, and for less money. It is among the most deadly jobs on Earth, to boot — I don’t think many people die from lettuce picking.