Give Me More Money, Please! – before Dec 31!

Bryanna Bevens
December 21, 2005, 9:00 am
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[VDARE.COM
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If we can
learn anything from the verdict in the O.J. Simpson case it is
that suspense is completely overrated.

Bearing
that in mind, today I want to talk about money.

It is
important to note that I am talking about your money.

DON`T
EVEN THINK ABOUT ESCAPING!
I will go on with my
plea…and I reserve the right to evil-eye any would-be
absconders.

As you
know, it is a never-ending struggle for us here at VDARE.COM to
stay alive among the bushel of groups on the scene today that
all compete for the same activist dollars.

Although
we are pleased to do it, our policy of publishing the more
candid material which is to say, the whole story or I
don`t know…the truth…is considered in poor taste to the
minds of some Establishment funders.

Obviously, they prefer mindless gobbledygook—the immigration
stuff that mainstream rags seem obliged to run because it
comports with the manifest complacency rampant among our
peerless leaders today.

Side
note: The people who like to call the Minutemen vigilantes…yeah,
those nut jobs.

Let`s
see…I was going somewhere with all this…oh yeah, WE NEED YOUR
MONEY!!

VDARE.com
is a vigilante or maverick media faction. We take
risks. We don`t have Establishment backers. Our fundraising
campaigns involve an element of crisis—because we are always in
crisis, trying to build in five years what former risk-takers
have taken fifty to achieve.

I am
obviously using the definition of vigilante and
maverick exploited by the aforementioned peerless leader.

Hmm…even
if our only purpose in life was to educate that peerless
leader, I would still describe our need for donations as a
crisis.

But that
isn`t our only purpose…well, it`s on the VDARE.com to-do list
but we have bigger issues right now.

These are
issues that involve our readers—and not just their pocketbooks
but also their time.

Immigration reform has reached a critical turning point and the
sense of urgency involved is shall we say…threat con delta.

Last
week, a gaggle of politicians took to the House floor and
pontificated for hours about the various amendments proposed for
the famous Sensenbrenner bill.

In all,
there were 13 amendments and the bill passed.

In the
end, the
Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Control
Act of 2005 (HR4437) looks something like this:


  • It would
    criminalize "illegal presence" in the United States


  • Require
    businesses to verify the status of all 147 million U.S.
    workers


  • Deport
    violators immediately


  • Deputize
    local sheriffs along the border to arrest illegal immigrants

Additionally, HR4437 says no more money for sanctuary
cities—that means ya`ll, New York and San Francisco.

These
so-called sanctuary cities choose not to report illegal aliens
to the proper authorities.  As a result, this bill will no
longer reimburse them for incarceration costs they incur for
illegal aliens.

This is
being celebrated as a great victory for those of us in the
reform movement.

Sure it
is…in a Thomas Dewey kind of way.

First of
all, this bill may never make it through the Senate. And even if
it does, Bush II will likely play trump with a veto, ok?

El
Presidente
has made it clear—many times over—that he will reject any bill
that does not include a guest worker program.

Secondly,
during last week`s kafuffle, the Republican leadership did not
allow two issues to come up for vote during the debate:


  • Birth-right citizenship


  • Guest worker programs

Alright…now we get to the part where our need for urgency is
most apparent.

At the
last minute, Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ) tried to sneak some
language into the bill about guest worker programs.  The
Republican caucus rebelled and, eventually, the powerful Rules
committee did not allow the amendment.

In my
humble little opinion, this is very, very important. 

The Rules
Committee is chaired by one of the most vocal proponents of
amnesty, I mean guest worker legislation—Congressman
David Dreier (R-CA).

How is
this significant? It means there are a whole lot more of us then
there are of them, my friends.

For some
political reason (guess what?), Dreier allowed the language to
be killed. And this gives me hope…great hope.

If you
favor reform, this should give you hope as well. This news
should also inspire our troops to fight even harder.

In
February, Congress will look at two important pieces of
legislation—legislation that does address things like,
guest worker programs.

1. The McKennedy Bill

This bill would allow
400,000 workers (aka people from Mexico) to come
over each year and do…I don`t know…whatever they want. 

Oh yeah! And they have to
pay a fee and maybe back taxes (if they`ve been here
illegally…yeah, if) before they can apply for the
program.

Uh-huh…millions of people
are just going to up and pay a bunch of money and go through the
paper mess over at Immigration because why? 

Why should they? What is
the consequence if they don`t?

Ah that`s right…nothing!

Basically, the McKennedy
program involves approximately umm, zero people and
accomplishes umm, zilch.

If for no other reason, I
would ask you to donate money so we can try to pay these two
statespersons off—pay them off to just resign their office
and spend the remainder of their double-crossing days in a place
more suitable for their ethics…such as, Siberia.

2.  The Corny-Kyl Bill

This beauty
comes to us from Senators Jon Kyl of Arizona and John Cornyn of
Texas.

A tad more
restrictive, this bill asks the workers to actually leave the
country before they apply for a guest worker visa.

You know how
there are three options for voting on the floor? There is 1)
yea, 2) nay and 3) abstention.  This bill makes me wish there
was also 4) this bill is so stupid I can`t believe we pay you
option.

So here`s
the deal:

We have
made great progress here, people.

We have
everybody talking about the issue. We have everybody talking
about the potential problems that certain politicians face
should they choose to ignore the demands of their
constituencies.

The demands
that say, as George Putnam always says “We`re mad as Hell and
we`re not going to take it anymore.”

It is more
important than ever that we keep the pressure on these guys in
Washington.  Yes, they have tackled certain areas of immigration
reform and maybe we can all claim victory…next year.


But the fight
isn`t over.
The big issues—birth-right citizenship and guest worker/amnesty
programs—are coming up in two short months.

Help us keep
their feet to the fire.  Help us get the right message to
Washington:

No more anchor
babies! No more amnesty!

And,
ultimately, No more (or a lot less) legal immigration!

We can`t do it
without you….

Many of you
have been in this fight from the very beginning. 

It would be
more than heartbreaking for us to lose in the end simply because
we grasped at the first thing that vaguely resembled a brass
ring.

Let`s keep
working for the real thing.

And a Merry
Christmas.

Ciao for now!

P.S. You`ve
noticed that the War Against Christmas, featured on VDARE.COM
since 2000, is everywhere this year—and a lot of people are
claming credit. Peter Brimelow says he`s really happy for them,
but I say men are wimps. Still, with luck the same people will
be claiming the credit for immigration reform in five years
time—if VDARE.COM can keep making the case for it now.

DO I
MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?



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