Some interesting bits from Politico’s recent piece on “the hunger for information” about Rick Perry and how “the Texas press stands to benefit from [this] Perrypalooza”—including in the form of book contracts for some veterans of the Perry beat.
For those with books in the works, there’s this warning about “the national media” from Bill Minutaglio, the onetime Dallas Morning News columnist and the author of First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty, “the first biography of [George W.] Bush” back in 1999:
[Minutaglio] knows what’s in store for these early-stage Perry interpreters: “innumerable” television interviews, phone calls from New York Times investigative reporters, and the surreal experience of having his narrative chopped up into context-free morsels by the national media.
“People parsed it, and simply went to the parts that they needed to prove their point about Bush, either pro or con,” he said. “When it happened in real time, it was kind of breathtaking. It caused me to rethink how I view the media, or trust the media.”
And there’s this insight on “the national media,” from R.G. Ratcliffe, an Austin American-Statesman reporter who is currently writing a book about Perry:
Ratcliffe says he already sees signs that the national media will follow the Texas media in its aggressiveness toward Perry—continuing the stark contrast to Perry’s predecessor.
“I get the sense that the national media would just as soon take Perry out as anything,” he said. “The national media, in 2000, wanted George Bush to be president. The reporters all wanted an inside track to the Bush administration. This time around, it’s like, ‘We want to take the guy’s legs out.’”
URGENT FOR TAXPAYERS! CALL TODAY AND DEMAND REP. LAMAR SMITH E-VERIFY LAW.
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LAW TO SAVE U.S. JOBS; DESTROY THE MAGNET THAT IS THE ILLEGAL ALIEN SCOURGE COSTING US $113 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
DON’T BE DUPED BY THE OPEN BORDER HERETICS.
Assume-- you are an illegal alien and are ready to cross the Southern border, wouldn't you hesitate knowing that if caught you are going to be charged with a felony? Same with so called tourists, students or others coming in by passenger plane, that if you commit perjury by signing your entry document and stay on a expired visa you are going to be charged with a felony. Nobody in their right mind is going to enter America, other than dangerous criminals, terrorists or other foreigners with elicit intentions.
Governor of Texas Rick Perry cancelled his chance of being President, as he had an insignificant standing on holding back the hordes of illegal aliens. In prior speeches he was more for amnesty than against it and his handing out taxpayers money for tuition of illegal immigrant children is not honing the TEA PARTY to support him.
THE TEA PARTY NATION—DOESN’T SPEAK FOR THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF TEA PARTY MEMBERS.
THE MORE I CONTEMPLATE THAT ITS ONLY A CIVIL OFFENSE, THE MORE I UNDERSTAND THAT NO GOVERNMENT SINCE THE 1954 EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION HAVE EMPOWERED ANY SERIOUS INTENTIONS TO SEAL THE BORDER--TRACK IMMIGRANTS FROM ABROAD, PROSECUTE ILLEGAL ALIENS WITH A FELONY CONVICTION. TRY ENTERING ANOTHER COUNTRY WITHOUT PERMISSION, ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR SOUTHERN BORDER, YOU ARE GOING TO BE IMPRISONED OR DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE.
I keep on hearing that illegal aliens are not taking American jobs. My step daughter’s common law husband, his cousin found him some extra work at a Solar Company in Los Angeles. He had previously always been in construction, but after being laid off, he went back to school, hoping become an intricate part of the Solar Industry. What he really got him angry about, was during the work on the roof of an educational complex, where they were installing the equipment, nobody spoke English and the supervisor who managed the ten men team, and only communicated in broken English himself. Asking another supervisor about the installers, he stated they were all fresh young faces and had been recruited in Tijuana. AS FOR FARMERS AND MEGA AGRICULTURAL CONCERNS, THEY DO NOT PAY FOR ILLEGAL ALIEN HEALTH OR THEIR CHILDREN’S SCHOOLS—TAXPAYERS CARRY THAT BURDEN.
This rampant violation of our immigration laws is not an isolated case, as it is a widespread breakdown of the US Government failing to defend American citizens. One of the biggest violators is contractors and sub-contractors who are using cheap labor and therefore able to lower their bids, so established firms cannot compete. This is not just California, but the whole Southwest to the East coast and has been propagating for years. It's a shame there isn't a website that describes stories exactly like this, relating to businesses using illegal immigrants and migrants; jobs that could be accomplished by every occupational American?
But NumbersUSA has an very interesting grid that illustrates the great advantages of a permanent federal government E-Verify, that will initiate a zero-tolerance law that no business can escape from.
In a prior job speech by President Obama, he told the national audience, he intends to invigorate more jobs, in rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, by repairing bridges, roads and schools. The question to ask—how has this administration is going to stop the illegal aliens stealing these jobs. We already know illegal aliens are being hired at cheaper rates than the average American; receiving no health or other benefits. We also know that unions are not interested in who is allowed to work and whose not. Then
#1 Posted by Dave Francis, CJR on Mon 19 Sep 2011 at 06:51 PM