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Paul Simon And Labor Economics
Listening to a Mark Steyn podcast interview with singer Paul Simon, [MP3]I heard Simon refer to the South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo as, in effect, a super doo-wop group, except that the South African group has 10 members instead of the American s
Planet Odometer about to Reach Seven Billion Humans
How time flies. It seems like only yesterday that world population reached six billion, a doubling since 1960.
Actually, it was 12 years ago in 1999 that the six-billion milestone (more like a millstone) was crossed, but who’s counting these days? Overpopulation is largely ignored by the media because it gets various groups upset. Criticizing third world societies that produce more children than they can feed is now thought by liberal elites to be “racist” (the handy accusation that shuts down dissent), even though unpleasant mass starvation is often the result of overpopulation. But don’t say it.
Of course, the presence of too many people to be supported by a society’s economic and natural resources (aka sustainability) has long been recognized as an immigration push factor, although that element is rarely mentioned in individual cases.
The scary seven billion mark is estimated to occur pretty much on Halloween — perfect!
Room for one more? World population to reach 7 BILLION in next few days, Daily Mail (UK), October 15, 2011
Michelle Bachmann Pledges Border Fence "In Great Stem-Winding Speech", Herman Cain Pledges Electrified Border Fence - Then Says It was a Joke
Candidate Michelle Bachmann has pledged to build a border fence if elected president:
Representative Michele Bachmann gave one of the great stem-winding speeches of her campaign Saturday about the burdens illegal immigration places on American taxpayers, and she signed a pledge to build a “secure double fence” along every foot of the border with Mexico.
Citing figures from two conservative groups, the Federation for American Immigration Reform and the Heritage Foundation, Mrs.
Texas Woman Suffers Job Discrimination for Not Speaking Spanish
The flooding of America with millions of Mexicans and other foreigners has become so extreme that society is literally upside down for citizens, where Americans must know the invader’s language to work in their own country.
It’s out of control and must be fixed. America must remain a monolingual society. So-called bilingualism (aka foreigner language rules prevail) will balkanize this country faster than anything else.
The current employment depression and unfairness of the new paradigm indicate the wisdom of an immigration moratorium for several decades, at least.
No Spanish, No Job Says Conroe Woman: MyFoxHOUSTON.com
No Spanish, No Job Says Conroe Woman, Fox Houston, By Greg Groogan, October 6, 2011
HOUSTON – These days Becky Cusak spends a lot of time around the house. Too much time.
“I was born and raised here in Texas and I’ve never had
Mexico Meltdown: State Abandoned to Cartel
Here’s another marker of the worsening failed-state syndrome next door: Mexico City admits that government authority has disappeared from the Gulf state of Veracruz, leaving it to the ultra-violent Zeta crime syndicate.
As the graphic indicates, Veracruz is not a small piece of land. At more than 30,000 square miles, it accounts for 3.7 percent of Mexico’s territory. Its coastline of just over 428 miles makes it desirable real estate, for both commerce and crime.
Presidente Calderon is nearing the end of his term, and his war against the drug cartels has not been successful. The cartels have been demonstrating their growing power in various ways; one example was the Zetas dumping 35 bodies on a city freeway during rush hour last month in downtown Boca del Rio, Veracruz.
Presidente Calderon tries to spin the chaos as being the responsibility of previous government officials (perhaps taking a clue from his amigo in Washington). But Calderon has been in charge for five years, and he owns the issue of combating drug cartels. He suggests the lawlessness is a local problem, although he has not been shy about sending the army into other areas to push cartels back.
In Mexico today, surrender is an option.
With that fact in mind, Washington should take the necessary steps to keep invasive Mexicans OUT.
Mexican president: State was left to drug cartel, Associated Press, October 14, 2011
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Friday that the violence-plagued Gulf coast state of Veracruz had been left in the hands of the brutal Zetas drug cartel.
MSM Continues Free Pass For Perry On Sanctuary Cities
As far as I can discover on Google News, only one remotely MSM outlet deigned to cover the Thursday Texas Tea Party Caucus news conference denouncing Governor Perry’s devious sabotage of the “Sanctuary” Cities legislation in the state legislature this summer:
Legal Immigrants The Fount Of Illegal Immigration
Two presumably legal Korean immigrants were busted today for repeatedly hiring illegal aliens at their, drumroll, car wash in San Diego.
Channel 10 News October 13 and 14, 2011
SAN DIEGO -- The operators of a Rancho Penasquitos car wash were arraigned in federal court Thursday on charges of knowingly hiring undocumented immigrants.
Police Condemn California Highway Checkpoint Law
Unlicensed drivers, even sober ones, are far more dangerous than persons who are licensed. Unlicensed drivers are involved in one in five fatal crashes.
Obama's Latest War
From Reuters:
President Barack Obama said on Friday he was sending about 100 U.S. military advisers to Uganda to support central African allies pursuing Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, and other rebel commanders. ...
"Subject to the approval of each respective host nation, elements of these U.S. forces will deploy into Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo," he said.
The War Nerd profiled America's newest enemy, the Lord's Resistance Army, back in 2002:
This week I’m honoring some great Christian killers: the Lord’s Resistance Army of Uganda. These kids — and they are kids, mostly 13-16 years old — get my vote for funniest army on the planet. ...
There was another, way crazier and more fun: Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance
Jerry Brown Steamed at DREAM Act Blowback
California Governor Jerry Brown was not pleased to be questioned about the public’s negative reaction to his recent creation of a new entitlement for illegal aliens, shown in the video below.
Brown has been very generous to illegal aliens of late; see the Latin American Herald Tribune’s story: California Enacts Slew of Immigrant-Friendly Laws for a list.
However, the tuition giveaway hits home in a way that more distant goodies (e-verify disallowed, no confiscation of illegal alien vehicles) do not. Parents who have scrimped
Jihad On ICE Officers By ICE
A Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO), Bruce Norum, was suspended for mistakenly forwarding an email critical of Muslim terrorists to a radical Islamist immigration attorney, Shahid Haque-Hausrath, who also by the way says that there is no such thing as an illegal alien.
Jihad On Immigration Enforcement
The Mexican head of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Thomas Perez, announced, in Spanish, a special complaint line for illegl aliens who object to being arrested by the State of Alabama for being illegal aliens:
AP October 14, 2011
Occupy Wall St. Picks Open Borders Over High Wages
Kevin DeAnna at Youth for Western Civilization writes that the Occupy Wall St. protestors have accurately identified the problem, namely the inability of "ordinary Americans to lead a middle class life.”
However, he says they
“don’t consider the social, cultural, and governmental changes that caused these problems to take place. The left wing lifestyle choices, political correctness, multiculturalism (including affirmative action and preferential loans and financial programs for minority groups), open borders, growth of government power, growth of
Oktoberfest And Cross-Cultural Drunkenness
Anthropologist Kate Fox writes for the BBC:
There is enormous cross-cultural variation in the way people behave when they drink alcohol.
South Park: Last of the Meheecans
When Comedy Central’s South Park cartoon series takes on a current issue, you can be sure the portrayal will be twisted.
A theme of the most recent episode is that Obama has made America so crummy that even Mexicans want to leave, and warped hilarity ensues in the usual South Park style.
Following is a clip with the Obama comment:
Why Herman Cain Might Be The Best GOP Candidate
Cain-Bachmann in 2012? Hmmm.
The Cain Mania seems to be building so it is time to look on the bright side: there is one, although it's tragic.
