Saturday, June 23, 2007

Noche de San Juan

So, there's a celebration going on tonight called "Noche de San Juan". Big party in San Juan. Lots of music, drinking, yada yada yada.

I would actually be happy about it, if it weren't for the fact that half of San Juan has decided to take the day off in preparation of the party. To include every single muffler shop in San Juan.

Guess who needed to get a muffler today? Yeah. Me.

Dammit. I should have figured out that a city that closes down completely on Father's Day would use any excuse to not work and go drink beer.

Friday, June 22, 2007

Oh dear Lord, not again!

Remember when the Democrat American Communist Party put up a picture of a soldier to claim they supported the troops? Only the picture they put up was of a Canadian soldier?

Uh huh. Bela Pelosi is at it again. Why should I believe any claim that the Democrat American Communist Party supports our troops when they obviously have no clue WHAT OUR TROOPS EVEN LOOK LIKE?!?!?! Like "Yeah, uh, you brave, patriotic babykillers, I support you! What's that say on your uniform? C-A-N-A-D-A.... what's that stand for? That's an acronym, right?"

Any claim of support from the Democrat American Communist Party can be tossed aside as false.

Once more, with feeling!

The liberal, Democrat American Communist Party Supporting, agenda pushing media is not your friend!

The Media is so invested in American defeat that they will push any story that will demoralize the people back home. Period. End of story. Luckily, we've got people there who can and do report the truth, rather than yet another analogy of Viet Nam that the Has-Been Media loves.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Uh....... Wow.

I knew that America didn't want to allow the Shamnesty Bill. I knew that the majority of Americans disagreed with D.C. on how to deal with illegal aliens.

But, just... wow.

Americans give both President Bush and the Congress failing marks on their handling of immigration, according to a new UPI/Zogby poll on the topic.

The Zogby Interactive poll of 8,300 adults nationwide finds just 3% of Americans viewing Congress’s handling of the immigration issue in favorable terms, while 9% say the same of the President-even as respondents in the survey rated it the second most important issue facing the country, after the war in Iraq.

At this point, I'm willing to vote against any idiot who signs on to this travesty. Right Wing News has a plan to oppose any congresscritter who signs onto it. People are pissed off. Even if it finally dies as it should, I don't know if the people who proposed it will survive their next election cycle.

Which is fine with me. Anyone so brainless and fuck-witted as to bring this Shamnesty Bill up needs to be tossed out of Congress on their ass.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

To add onto my wife's post

Who needs loopholes when you don't even enforce the laws you have?

I mean, when an illegal alien gets popped for his FOURTH FUCKING DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, and he wasn't jailed or deported for the FIRST THREE TIMES HE WAS DRIVING DRUNK, who the hell needs loopholes?

When the Mexican government and the US government are working together to provide medical care to illegal aliens, WHO THE HELL NEEDS LOOPHOLES?

In order for loopholes in the law to have any kind of meaning, you first have to ENFORCE THE DAMN LAWS! Something that the US government has failed to do, INTENTIONALLY.

And they wonder why we don't want any part of their shamnesty bill? Huh. Go figure.

Immigration reform

My father sent me the loopoles, listed below, for the Immigration reform bill. Now, these may or may not be valid.

I have my own Immigration reform I would like to propose

1 Any employer guilty of employing more than 1% illegal immigrants as their workforce would have the following happen their business license will be permanently revoked,
2 all of their assetts would be seized to pay for border patrol
3 the illegal immigrants in their employ would be fingerprinted and have a felony on their record for forging federal identification documents, including a social security card
4 due to #3 they would never be allowed US Citizenship, to come here as a legal immigrant, or even given a work visit
5 all illegal aliens would be deported
6 all "anchor babies" would be given dual citizen ship, but would be deported with their parents. They would not supply benefits to their illegal parents.
7 all US Armed forces and Goverment agencies would have war games with paint balls on the 10 miles of US soil parellel to the US/Mexico border.

I would add to this amendments for all aliens

1 If you are not a bonafide US Citizen you will not receive any benenfits (welfare, SS, unemployment, unified health care)
2 All aliens must learn english with in 6 months of entering the US work force, otherwise they will not get it re up'd
3 no official government form, signs, or education shall be done in any language other than (US) English



My reasoning for the above measures are as follows:

1 I have heard it many times, and firmly agree that if you take away the jobs, then the illegal immigrants will not have a reason to come, so we make hiring illegal immigrants too high of a risk
2 If you take away opportunities, they will not come
3 I think it just sounds like fun
Not to mention, it would make it far more likely for wetbacks to be discovered as they cross the border illegally.
4 The official language of the US is English, not Spanish, and shall remain this way as long as I have something to say about it!!!!

Think about it

20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill

  • Loophole 1 – Legal Status Before Enforcement:

Amnesty benefits do not wait for the “enforcement trigger.” After filing an application and waiting 24 hours, illegal aliens will receive full “probationary benefits,” complete with the ability to legally live and work in the U.S., travel outside of the U.S. and return, and their own social security card. Astonishingly, if the trigger is never met and amnesty applications are therefore never “approved,” the probationary benefits granted to the illegal alien population never expire, and the new social security cards issued to the illegal alien population are not revoked. [See pp. 1, 290-291, & 315].

  • Loophole 2 – U.S. VISIT Exit Not In Trigger:

The “enforcement trigger,” required to be met before the new temporary worker program begins, does not require that the exit portion of U.S. VISIT system – the biometric border check-in/check-out system first required by Congress in 1996 that is already well past its already postponed 2005 implementation due date – to be in place before new worker or amnesty programs begin. Without the U.S. VISIT exit portion, the U.S. has no method to ensure that workers (or their visiting families) do not overstay their visas. Our current illegal population contains 4 to 5.5 million visa overstays, therefore, we know that the U.S. VISIT exit component is key to a successful new temporary worker program. [See pp. 1-2].

  • Loophole 3 – Trigger Requires No More Agents, Beds, or Fencing Than Current Law:

The “enforcement trigger” does not require the Department of Homeland Security to have detention space sufficient to end “catch and release” at the border and in the interior. Even after the adoption of amendment 1172, the trigger merely requires the addition of 4,000 detention beds, bringing DHS to a 31,500 bed capacity. This is far short of the 43,000 beds required under current law to be in place by the end of 2007, or the additional 20,000 beds required later in the bill. Additionally, the bill establishes a “catch, pay, and release” program. This policy will benefit illegal aliens from countries other than Mexico that are caught at the border, then can post a $5,000 bond, be released and never show up for deportation hearings. Annual failure to appear rates for 2005 and 2006, caused in part by lack of detention space, doubled the 2004 rate (106,000 – 110,000 compared with 54,000). Claims that the bill “expands fencing” are inaccurate. The bill only requires 370 miles of fencing to be completed, while current law already mandates that more than 700 miles be constructed [See pp. 1-2, & 10-11, and EOIR’s FY2006 Statistical Yearbook, p. H2, and The Secure Fence Act of 2004].

  • Loophole 4 -- Three Additional Years Worth of Illegal Aliens Granted Status, Treated Preferentially To Legal Filers:

Aliens who broke into the country illegally a mere 5 months ago, are treated better than foreign nationals who legally applied to come to the U.S. more than two years ago. Aliens who can prove they were illegally in the U.S. on January 1, 2007, are immediately eligible to apply from inside the U.S. for amnesty benefits, while foreign nationals that filed applications to come to the U.S. after May 1, 2005 must start the application process over again from their home countries. Last year’s bill required illegal aliens to have been here before January 7, 2004 to qualify for permanent legal status. [See pp. 263, 282, & 306].

  • Loophole 5 – Completion of Background Checks Not Required For Probationary Legal Status:

Legal status must be granted to illegal aliens 24 hours after they file an application, even if the aliens have not yet “passed all appropriate background checks.” (Last year’s bill gave DHS 90 days to check an alien’s background before any status was granted). No legal status should be given to any illegal alien until all appropriate background checks are complete. [See pp. 290].

  • Loophole 6 – Some Child Molesters Are Still Eligible:

Some aggravated felons – those who have sexually abused a minor – are eligible for amnesty. A child molester who committed the crime before the bill is enacted is not barred from getting amnesty if their conviction document omitted the age of the victim. The bill corrects this loophole for future child molesters, but does not close the loophole for current or past convictions. [See p. 47: 30-33, & p. 48: 1-2]

  • Loophole 7 – Terrorism Connections Allowed, Good Moral Character Not Required:

Illegal aliens with terrorism connections are not barred from getting amnesty. An illegal alien seeking most immigration benefits must show “good moral character.” Last year’s bill specifically barred aliens with terrorism connections from having “good moral character” and being eligible for amnesty. This year’s bill does neither. Additionally, bill drafters ignored the Administration’s request that changes be made to the asylum, cancellation of removal, and withholding of removal statutes in order to prevent aliens with terrorist connections from receiving relief. [Compare §204 in S. 2611 from the 109th Congress with missing §204 on p. 48 of S.A. 1150, & see missing subsection (5) on p. 287 of S.A. 1150].

  • Loophole 8 – Gang Members Are Eligible:

Instead of ensuring that members of violent gangs such as MS 13 are deported after coming out of the shadows to apply for amnesty, the bill will allow violent gang members to get amnesty as long as they “renounce” their gang membership on their application. [See p. 289: 34-36].

  • Loophole 9 – Absconders Are Eligible:

Aliens who have already had their day in court – those subject to final orders of removal, voluntary departure orders, or reinstatement of their final orders of removal – are eligible for amnesty under the bill. The same is true for aliens who have made a false claim to citizenship or engaged in document fraud. More than 636,000 alien fugitives could be covered by this loophole. [See p. 285:19-22 which waives the following inadmissibility grounds: failure to attend a removal proceeding; final orders of removal for alien smuggling; aliens unlawfully present after previous immigration violations or deportation orders; and aliens previously removed. This appears to conflict with language on p. 283:40-41. When a direct conflict appears in a statute, the statue is interpreted by the courts to the benefit of the alien.].

  • Loophole 10 – Learning English Not Required For A Decade:

Illegal aliens are not required to demonstrate any proficiency in English for more than a decade after they are granted amnesty. Learning English is not required for an illegal alien to receive probationary benefits, the first 4-year Z visa, or the second 4-year Z visa. The first Z visa renewal (the second 4-year Z visa) requires only that the alien demonstrate an “attempt” to learn English by being “on a waiting list for English classes.” Passing a basic English test is required only for a second Z visa renewal (the third 4-year Z visa), and even then the alien only has to pass the test “prior to the expiration of the second extension of Z status” (12 years down the road). [See pp. 295-296].

  • Loophole 11 – Earned Income Tax Credit Will Cost Taxpayers Billions In Just 10 Years:

Current illegal aliens and new guest workers will be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, a refundable tax credit designed to encourage American citizens and legal permanent residents to work. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this loophole will cost the U.S. taxpayer up to $20 billion dollars in just the first 10 years after the bill’s enactment. To be consistent with the intent of the 1996 welfare reforms – which limited new immigrants from receiving public benefits until they had been legal permanent residents for five years – the bill should withhold EITC eligibility from amnestied aliens until they become legal permanent residents. Closing this loophole will save the taxpayers billions of dollars. [See p. 293 after S.A. 1190 was adopted, p. 307, p. 315, §606. All that is required for EITC eligibility is a social security number and resident alien status. Nothing in the bill’s tax provisions limit EITC eligibility. The issuance of social security numbers to aliens as soon as they apply for amnesty will ensure they are able to qualify for the EITC.]

  • Loophole 12 – Affidavits From Friends Accepted As Evidence:

Records from day-labor centers, labor unions, and “sworn declarations” from any non-relative (acquaintances, friends, coworkers, etc) are to be accepted as evidence that the illegal alien has satisfied the bill’s amnesty requirements. This low burden of proof will invite fraud and more illegal immigration – even aliens who are not yet in the U.S. will likely meet this burden of proof. DHS will not have the resources to examine whether the claims contained in the “sworn declarations” of the alien’s friends (that the alien was here prior to January 1, 2007 and is currently employed) are actually valid. [See p. 293: 13-16].

  • Loophole 13 – Taxpayer Funded Legal Counsel and Arbitration:

Free legal counsel and the fees and expenses of arbitrators will be provided to aliens that have been working illegally in agriculture. The U.S. taxpayer will fund the attorneys that help these individuals fill out their amnesty applications. Additionally, if these individuals have a dispute with their employer over whether they were fired for “just cause,” DHS will “pay the fee and expenses of the arbitrator.” [See p. 339:37-41, & p. 332: 37-38.]

  • Loophole 14 – In-State Tuition and Student Loans:

In-state tuition and other higher education benefits, such as Stafford Loans, will be made available to current illegal aliens that are granted initial “probationary” status, even if the same in-state tuition rates are not offered to all U.S. citizens. This would normally violate current law (8 U.S.C. §1623) which mandates that educational institutions give citizens the same postsecondary education benefits they offer to illegal aliens. [See p. 321: 8-31].

  • Loophole 15 – Inadequacy of the Merit System:

The “merit system,” designed to shift the U.S. green card distribution system to attract higher skilled workers that benefit the national interest, is only a shell of what it should have been. Though the merit system begins immediately, it will not increase the percentage of high skilled immigrants coming to the United States until 2016, 8 years after enactment. Of the 247,000 green cards dedicated to the merit based system each year for the first 5 years, 100,000 green cards will be reserved for low-skilled guest workers (10,000) and for clearing the current employment based green card backlog (90,000). From 2013 to 2015, the number of merit based green cards drops to 140,000, and of that number, 100,000 green cards are still reserved each year for low-skilled guest workers (10,000) and for clearing the current employment based green card backlog (90,000). Even after 2015, when the merit system really begins (in 2016) by having 380,000 green cards annually, 10,00 green cards will be reserved specifically for low skilled workers, and points will be given for many characteristics that are not considered “high-skilled.” For example, 16 points will be given for aliens in “high demand occupations” which includes janitors, maids, food preparation workers, and groundskeepers. [See p.260: 25 – p. 261: 20, p. 262, & The Department of Labor’s list of “occupations with the largest job growth” available at www.bls.gov/emp/emptab3.htm].

  • Loophole 16 – Visas For Individuals That Plan To Overstay:

The new “parent” visa contained in the bill which allows parents of citizens, and the spouses and children of new temporary workers, to visit a worker in the United States is not only a misnomer, but also an invitation for high rates of visa overstays. This new visa specifically allows the spouse and children of new temporary workers who intend to abandon their residence in a foreign country, to qualify to come to the U.S. to “visit.” The visa requires only a $1,000 bond, which will be forfeited when, not if, family members of new temporary workers decide to overstay their 30 day visit. Workers should travel to their home countries to visit their families, not the other way around. [See p. 277:1 – 33, and p. 276: 38-43].

  • Loophole 17 – Chain Migration Tippled Before Being Eliminated:

Though the bill will eventually eliminate chain migration (relatives other than spouses and children of citizens and legal permanent residents), it will not have full effect until 2016. Until then, chain migration into the U.S. will actually triple, from approximately 138,000 chain migrants a year (equal to 14% of the 1 million green cards the U.S. currently distributes on an annual basis) to approximately 440,000 chain migrants a year (equal to 45% of the 1 million green cards the U.S. currently distributes on an annual basis). [See pp. 260:13, p. 270: 29 – pp. 271: 17]

  • Loophole 18 – Back Taxes Not Required:

Last year’s bill required illegal aliens to prove they had paid three of their last five years of taxes to get amnesty. This year, payment of back taxes is not required for amnesty. The bill requires taxes to be paid at the time of application for a green card, but at that time, only proof of payment of Federal taxes (not state and local) is required for the years the alien worked on a Z visa, not the years the alien has already worked illegally in the United States. Though Senator McCain’s S.A. 1190, adopted by voice vote, claimed to “require undocumented immigrants receiving legal status to pay owed back taxes,” the amendment actually only required proof of payment of taxes for “any year during the period of employment required by subparagraph (D)(i).” Since the bill does not contain a subparagraph (D)(i), nor require any past years of employment as a prerequisite for amnesty, the amendment essentially only requires proof of payment of taxes for future work in the U.S., not payment of “back taxes.” [See p. 307, and p. 293 as altered by S.A. 1190, amendment p. 2: 19-20.]

  • Loophole 19 – Social Security Credits Allowed For Some Illegal Work Histories:

Aliens who came to the U.S. on legal visas, but overstayed their visas and have been working in the U.S. for years, as well as illegal aliens who apply for Z visa status but do not qualify, will be able to collect social security credits for the years they worked illegally. Under the bill, if an alien was ever issued a social security account number – all work-authorized aliens who originally came on legal visas receive these – the alien will receive Social Security credits for any “quarters of coverage” the alien worked after receiving their social security account number. Because the bill requires social security account numbers to be issued “promptly” to illegal aliens as soon as they are granted “any probationary benefits based upon application [for Z status]” (these benefits are granted 24 hours after the application is filed), an illegal alien who is denied Z visa status but continues to work illegally in the U.S. will accumulate Social Security credits. [See pp. 316:8 – 16, and pp. 315: 32-39]

  • Loophole 20 – Criminal Fines Not Proportional To Conduct:

The criminal fines an illegal alien is required to pay to receive amnesty are less than the bill’s criminal fines for paperwork violations committed by U.S. citizens, and can be paid by installment. Under the bill, an illegal alien must pay a $1,000 criminal fine to apply for a Z visa, and a $4,000 fine to apply for a green card. Eighty percent of those fines can be paid on an installment plan. Under the bill’s confidentiality provisions, someone who improperly handles or uses information on an alien’s amnesty application can be fined $10,000. Administration officials suggest that the bill’s “criminal fines are proportionate to the criminal conduct.” Why, then, is the fine for illegally entering, using false documents to work, and live one-tenth the fine for a paperwork violation committed by a government official? [See p. 287: 34, p. 317: 9, p. 315:6-8, & remarks made by Secretary Gutierrez on Your World with Neil Cavuto, 4:00 May 31, 2007]

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Busy

Yeah. Today sucks. Tomorrow ain't looking so good either.

But, if you're in a good mood and want to stay that way, I highly recommend not reading this. Or this, which I found at the same webpage as the first link.

I really think some people should just be allowed to fall on their face. And if they refuse to pick themselves up, we should have no obligation to do it for them.

Monday, June 18, 2007

Economic Indicators

Folks, there's a damn good post up at Kim du Toit's that stems from this post. It's a must read for any and all who have to deal with socialists and members of the Democrat American Communist Party. (but I repeat myself)

I work at a brokerage that has about 150 clients, almost all of whom qualify as high net worth investors. Since the last election we’ve all joked about the Republicans losing all reins of government, the appearance of the nanny state, and what will happen to American initiative. All conversations included a paragraph or so of stock liquidation. Until last week this was all talk. On Thursday last three of our clients began slowly liquidating their stocks with the intention of being out of the market within a month. The talk is rampant, but so far it’s mainly talk. So far…


The main problem with taxing wealth excessively is that wealth can move. These guys are all a keystroke or a signed document away from being residents and citizens of Dubai or any one five or six other countries. It CAN happen here; unlikely but a possibility.


The Free Market will not be denied. And if you try to deny it, the Free Market will move somewhere else. Which means that the capital that we as a country use to keep our economy moving will not be there when we need it. If you tax the hell out of someone, that person will do whatever they can to keep more of their own hard-earned money in their pockets and out of the greedy, clutching hands of the gummint. And that means moving their money to a country that won't take it from them hand over fist.

Well, just where do you think the money for loans comes from? Where do you think investment capital comes from? Do you think that banks own all that money they deal with? Hell no. That money belongs to someone else. When I put my money into a CD or a savings account, the reason the bank pays me interest is because THEY ARE USING MY MONEY. They use it to give out loans, or to conduct other business. The interest I accrue is my payment for allowing the bank to use my money.

Now, if the gummint decides that I have too much money in my savings account, and they take a big chunk of it, what reasons do I have for keeping my money in that bank? Why wouldn't I take my money out of a US bank and invest it offshore somewhere else that won't take as much in taxes?

Here's a Capital Gains tax calculator you can use to find out just how much money the gummint will take from you if you sold some stocks today. If the Democrat American Communist Party gets their way, your Capital Gains tax rate is going to skyrocket. And you can bet your bottom dollar that before that tax hike kicks in, people are going to be selling their stocks left and right so that they can move their money somewhere else.

Pray for President Bush to veto a whole bunch of spending bills from Congress. And remember just who you want to deal with in 2008.