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News Briefs 21-01-2009

By Gregon

Eight long years finally at an end. Let’s hope the new guy lives up to the hype…

Quote of the Day:

At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religious or political idols.

Aldous Huxley

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Greg is the owner-editor of The Daily Grail, as well as the author of a number of books including Stop Worrying, There Probably is an Afterlife.
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12 Comments

  1. Telltale Heart
    I wonder if there’s a heart beating beneath the floorboards of Dick Cheney and George W Bush’s homes. Will we ever see them in charge again? Quoth the Raven, Nevermore!

    1. WTF?
      Although I disagreed with President Bush over his refusal to deal with the problems with our borders, and the invasion of illegals which are sapping resources from citizens and legal immigrants, I have no problems with much of the rest of his agenda.

      I would caution those who are all atwiddle and duckbumps over the hopey-change empty suit to not get your standards set to high.

      The “lightworkers” credentials are about 20% of those of Sarah Palin, and to expect him to do anything more than continue with the Chicago thug machine politics he is used to is lying to yourselves.

      4 years from now, when this latest failed leftists socialist experiment has finally ended, folks will be able to look back on the disaster that was Jimmy Carter’s presidency, and realize that, compared to the “One’s”, it was a golden age of freedom and financial progress”.

      If all that the United States wanted was a black man to be president, there were tens of thousands better qualified than Obama. However, picking a president soley because he is black is almost a criminal action, worthy of having the right to vote stripped from you. A president should be elected based upon qualifications, NOT on vague platitudes of “Hope” and “Change”.

      I’m looking forward to seeing all the “Impeach Obama!” bumper strips appearing in the near future. I’va already got a few. 🙂

      But, yeah. I intend to treat the new administration, and all the moonbats that elected him, with the same sort of respect they gave the last administration. Karma, baby… it’s gonna come on big time this summer.

      Respects,
      Gwedd

      1. immigration
        I have lived in the US for many years, legally I might add.
        Now I live in Canada (legally, I am Canadian), just across the border.

        All the years that I resided in the US, I added to the economy. Local, state, and federal. In fact, the federal government owes me money in the form of Social Security (retirement for those who don’t know the term), should I live long enough.

        But there are a lot of people at the border crossings who believe their job is to be mean and suspicious towards anyone who wants to enter the USA. Not all of them, but about 40% I would say, mostly the low level, first ones you see, didn’t pass high school types.

        I do not like being treated like a criminal suspect every time I cross the border for harmless purposes.

        All of these purposes involve spending money in the USA, even if I am just traveling to someplace else using US airports and US airlines.

        Other times, I went on vacations or business meetings in the US. I love Florida, California, and New York City. People there treat me very well, they are happy to see me. Yes even people in NYC treat me kindly, I am not making this up.

        What I do mind is the paranoia that has been prevalent at the borders in the last few years.

        I would recommend that the US accepts the cooperation from individuals who want to work there honestly. They should know me as a good person, but the TSA and the CBP only look for bad people. They don’t have a list of good people.

        Perhaps Gwedd you can recommend an improvement in their methods?

        —-
        It is not how fast you go
        it is when you get there.

        1. Border Security…
          Well,

          The first step is to set up laws that prosecute firmly and quickly anyone who hires someone in the country illegally. They lose their business license, perhaps, certainly a hefty fine, perhaps jail time.

          But seriously, the borders on both sides need to be secured by whatever means needs be in order that no one gets across without permission to do so.

          Think of it as a night club. You gotta pay the cover charge and get your hand stamped at the door, and when inside, follow the dress and behaviour codes. Fair enough, eh?

          Actually, simply following the same laws that Mexico uses would be sufficient for the US.

          As to TSA, I hear ya. I’ve had my fill of them, and it comes from them being basically puffed-up rent a cops, like Mall Cops on steroids. They need some serious retraining, and some @ss-kicking when they fail to live up to proper codes.

          There is no right to not be professional when you work for your government. When I, as a taxpaying citizen, interact with them, they ought to be in full cognizance of where their salaries come from.

          If I sound over harsh, my apologies. My own state is headed to bankruptcy because of an unregulated illegals problem. I don’t blame folks for wanting to come here, but there is a way to do it legally and fairly.

          Besides that, their home countries need to be taken to task for failing to provide for their own citizens. For example: Mexico. Mexico is the United States’ 2nd larger source of oil. The US economy transfers billions of petro-dollars to the Mexican government each year, because the Mexican Government owns all of the oil companies. So where does all that wealth go? Obviously not to the migras, because they are all trying to get over here looking for work.

          Mexico, like the other American nations, needs to step up to the bat and start looking out for it’s own people.

          Respects,
          Gwedd

          1. Ah, qué caray…
            [quote=Gwedd]The first step is to set up laws that prosecute firmly and quickly anyone who hires someone in the country illegally. They lose their business license, perhaps, certainly a hefty fine, perhaps jail time.[/quote]

            I agree with that. However, I don’t agree with prosecute people who rent departments to immigrants, or try to provide them with the most basic of medical treatments. That only puts families in danger of being scammed by unscrupulous landlords.

            And putting all those people into custody like they were dangerous criminals is bad policy, as well as bad business—that way they cost American taxpayers’ money.

            Also, separating families just because some of their kids were born in America is plain STUPID. Nothing good will come up with having a whole generation of orphans who come from homes broken by inflexible laws. That’s exactly what produced gangs like La Mara Salvatrucha when all those Salvadorian refugee children ended up in the US.

            Some people say that illegal immigrants take jobs from Americans. But would Americans be really willing to take those jobs? at the pay given to the immigrants?

            And how would many business manage to survive in an Economy that is constantly demanding they lower their prices so people can buy cheap stuff at Walmart? You can’t have both those jobs AND cheap oranges & produce that were handpicked at the same time (you might actually could if you invested a lot of R&D money in robotics, like the Japanese are doing, but that’s another story…)

            [quote=Gwedd]But seriously, the borders on both sides need to be secured by whatever means needs be in order that no one gets across without permission to do so.[/quote]

            I feel uncomfortable with the stateent ‘by whatever means’. What would it take? landmines?

            We should also take into account that MANY illegal immigrants in the US get to enter by legal ways through airports and customs; then they decide to make their stay permanent.

            [quote=Gwedd]Actually, simply following the same laws that Mexico uses would be sufficient for the US.[/quote]

            That is true. Mexican foreign policy is hypocrite since they ask the US to treat our own immigrants better than we treat the Cubans & Guatemalans who try to enter the US through Mexico.

            [quote=Gwedd]If I sound over harsh, my apologies. My own state is headed to bankruptcy because of an unregulated illegals problem. I don’t blame folks for wanting to come here, but there is a way to do it legally and fairly.[/quote]

            Giving illegal immigrants full responsibility for the decline of your home state may be over-simplistic. There are studies and figures than again and again confirm that these people contribute to the American Economy more than what they might take from it. They do pay taxes everytime they buy basic necessities like food or gasoline; and they don’t get to enjoy things like Social Security, so why satanize them?

            [quote=Gwedd]Besides that, their home countries need to be taken to task for failing to provide for their own citizens[/quote]

            You’re preaching to the choir there, Amigo! 🙂

            [quote=Gwedd]For example: Mexico. Mexico is the United States’ 2nd larger source of oil. The US economy transfers billions of petro-dollars to the Mexican government each year, because the Mexican Government owns all of the oil companies. So where does all that wealth go? Obviously not to the migras, because they are all trying to get over here looking for work.[/quote]

            There are serious flaws in the way Mexico manages its oil resources. PEMEX is a highly inefficient industry because it lacks competition and the Union is too corrupt. Also, the Government is used to treat PEMEX as its cash-cow, since many people fail to pay taxes since they are part of the informal Economy.

            But I can tell you that a very big part of the money the US gives to Mexico for its oil returns to the US, because Mexico lacks the oil refineries needed to produce gasoline. In other words: you get the oil cheap and we get the gasoline expensive.

            And right now, many resources are destined to fight the war on drugs. A war that is apparently lost since a)The US keeps selling weapons to the drug cartels; you are talking about a tighter border security; why is it that the US cannot control the flow of high-caliber weapons that end up in Mexico?

            the war is also lost because b) There’s still a huge demand of the product offered by the cartels—i.e. Americans keep buying drugs.

            The US-Mexico illegal problem is highly complex and it cannot be over-simplified with an ‘it’s all THEIR fault’ attitude from BOTH sides. Mexico likes to receive dollars from the immigrants that send money to their families back home, and Americans want to buy cheap produce at the supermarket and want someone willing to clean the house and watch over the kiddies while they go out to their Pilates class.

            A joint solution is what it is needed.

            PS: I’ve had this discussion in other websites, specially Christian-based. In all those places I always asked the question: at what moment is it permissible to break an unjust law?

            Were the American founding fathers not breaking the law when they declared themselves independent from British rule? To ask that the law must be obeyed inflexibly is to accept that the law is ALWAYS right; something which I don’t agree.

            —–
            It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
            It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

            Red Pill Junkie

          2. TSA and CBP
            [quote=Gwedd]Well,

            The first step is to set up laws that prosecute firmly and quickly anyone who hires someone in the country illegally. They lose their business license, perhaps, certainly a hefty fine, perhaps jail time.
            [/quote]

            Yes something like that, punish the guilty party.
            [quote=Gwedd]

            But seriously, the borders on both sides need to be secured by whatever means needs be in order that no one gets across without permission to do so.
            [/quote]

            I maintain that I am a proven innocent man, I should not need permission. I am a free citizen of the world, have not done anything to harm any person or country. I should be allowed to travel where I want. The nitwit people at the borders (not just the US, many countries) don’t have the judgement to decide this.

            [quote=Gwedd]
            Think of it as a night club. You gotta pay the cover charge and get your hand stamped at the door, and when inside, follow the dress and behaviour codes. Fair enough, eh?
            [/quote]

            The only time I was ever thrown out of a nightclub was by a boucer who was on America’s Most Wanted. Funny, eh?

            [quote=Gwedd]
            As to TSA, I hear ya. I’ve had my fill of them, and it comes from them being basically puffed-up rent a cops, like Mall Cops on steroids. They need some serious retraining, and some @ss-kicking when they fail to live up to proper codes.
            [/quote]
            I have walked trough a metal detector wearing a wristwatch and about US$3 in coins in my pocket – no alarm, nothing. The amount of metal on me was more than enough for a knife or a good Glock.

            [quote=Gwedd]
            I don’t blame folks for wanting to come here, but there is a way to do it legally and fairly.
            [/quote]
            That is my complaint – I have always done it legally and fairly. And the US has made money off me. Why am I being harassed? The terrorists are mostly identified, and the “illegal” workers are mostly invited and honest.

            —-
            It is not how fast you go
            it is when you get there.

      2. Reality
        [quote=Gwedd]I intend to treat … all the moonbats that elected him, with the same sort of respect they gave the last administration.[/quote]

        Keep it civil, no name-calling please.

        [quote=Gwedd]Karma, baby… it’s gonna come on big time this summer.[/quote]

        No, that’s not karma — you’re talking about spite and bitter vindictiveness. Karma is what Bush and Cheney will have to deal with down the road… *thumpthump thumpthump*.

      3. memo to Gwedd
        Dear Gwedd,

        In my life I have never seen corruption and incompetance on the scale that I’ve seen during the Bush/Cheney reign–e.g., the implementing of torture, the compromising of the Justice department, the shredding of the constitution, etc. etc. etc.–I could go on but it would make me ill. That any person could at this point *still* defend these figures makes me question whether they have a) been paying the slightest attention these last 8 years, or, b) a moral compass.

        Gwedd, are you serious when you say you have “no problems with the rest of his agenda”?

        Ray G.

      4. No free rides
        [quote=Gwedd]But, yeah. I intend to treat the new administration, and all the moonbats that elected him, with the same sort of respect they gave the last administration.[/quote]

        Hey, don’t go all socialist on me! Dubya and crew worked long and hard to earn that level of respect. There’s no free rides here…at least make Obama work for that same amount of contempt!
        😉

        Kind regards,
        Greg
        ——————————————-
        You monkeys only think you’re running things

  3. I’m glad the evil bastards are gone.
    Cheney even did a great Dr. Strangelove , in that wheel chair at the end. At least we have someone with a brain in the office now. Not the Village retard. And I’m sure Bush will feel comfortable in his new home. In an all white community. I have nothing good to say about the vile worms that have been running our country. And if it had continued, my husband and I may have left. Bye you FN Bastards!

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