LawDog, as always, hit several nails on the head ....................................

with his commentary on the un-lamented demise of S1369 ..................... ;-)

My $0.02 worth? WATCH OUT!! Teddy the Drunkard is so vindictive, I wouldn't be surprised to find out he's 'sneaking in' amendments to various other bills, and that by mid-November, S1369 is in effect, having been partitioned among various other legislation ........................ of course, with Teddy & Harry doing the parsing, none of the 'strengthening of the border', or illegals having to pay fines, or any of the other punitive provisions will be enacted ....................... don't say I didn't warn you ....................... ;-)

The always erudite Martin Kelly has a commentary ..........................

that with a few alterations could be a perfect description of our own Senate - check out the title A Couple Of New Descriptions here - hell's belles, we could call the U.S. the New Aztlan ...........................

Coupla thoughts on the Shamnesty deal …………………..

There’s all this talk about a “virtual fence” – does that mean it will only preclude “virtual illegals”?
Also, all these demands by illegals, and the claims of “Reconquista” – I can’t help but envision the U.S. turning into a BAD version of Mexico – kinda like South Africa & Zimbabwe, when whites were forced out – I realize this isn’t politically correct, but – one only needs to look at SA & Zimbabwe’s current fiscal/productivity dilemmas vs. SA during and immediately after apartheid, and Zimbabwe since Madman Mugabe told the white farmers to leave …………………….. I’m NOT saying native South Africans & Zimbabweans are all corrupt and incompetent – but unfortunately, the individuals in power are, as a rule, corrupt & incapable of governing properly and fairly – they choose to govern tribally, which lends itself to all sorts of problems.

We lived in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, for 2.5 years – we saw the barrios on the outskirts of town, thrown together with cinderblocks, roofed with corrugated metal, stealing electricity from municipal light stanchions. We lived in a neighborhood that was NOT an ‘expat enclave’ {didn’t find THAT ‘til we’d been there about 9 months} – our neighbors were teachers, lawyers, business proprietors. I had ‘poor’ women with children in tow ring my door buzzer, demanding I give them ‘ropa usado’ {used clothing}, then having their kids defecate on the sidewalk. Whenever we would travel up to the border, on our return, the spousal unit’s truck {a LARGE Dodge} would be subjected to kids panhandling – even going so far as the kids jumping up on the hood {a good 4.5-5 feet off the ground}. There are also the ‘rent-a-kids’ – you’d see a woman with 5 or 6 kids begging on a corner – that afternoon or the next day, you’d see the same kids with a different “mother” on another corner. We went to doctors there – I was in a hospital for 4 days – granted, we had insurance {though we had to prepay my hospital stay} – but the ‘poor’ of Mexico have FREE medical care available – EVERY Mexican graduate of a Mexican medical school MUST give 2 years’ medical care to the poor, whether in a hospital setting, or in a rural clinic. Many physicians who are established in their practices there still donate time to the free hospitals, instructing medical students & caring for patients. One note of caution – God forbid, but should any of my readers be visiting Mexico & have an accident, if they send a green ambulance for you, tell’em you want ANOTHER one – at least in the Monterrey area, a green ambulance is one step {make that a half step} removed from a morgue wagon ………………………..

You may notice ..................................

I've put a new banner on the site - also, the originating site is here.

I've liked Fred Thompson since high school, when I'd get home to watch the Watergate hearings ........................ his wisdom as Counsel to the committee was always on point, and the fact that he can deliver his views with some folksy humor doesn't hurt .......................... ;-)

Many thanks to

Martin Kelly for his gracious recommendation of my blog .............................. ;-)

For those of you who don't read Michelle Malkin on a

regular basis, she provides a phone number to get through to your Senators {toll-free} about the immigration shamnesty - it's 1-800-417-7666 {I know, I'm not crazy about the triple 6 deal, either ;-)} - background to the origins of the number here.

Watched a couple of interesting movies recently - one is Bent, about the treatment of homosexuals in Nazi Germany - extremely depressing, yes, but an eye-opener as to the cruelty of the Nazis - it was a matter of anyone they disagreed with/determined was "less than human" being fair game for torture. Clive Owens & Lothaire Bluteau {a VERY good actor} are the stars.

'Nother movie that I would recommend - Instinct - if you've any affinity for animals, and our collective 'stewardship' of the earth, it'll getcha - it also throws the spotlight on the sad state of a lot of psychiatric institutions in our country; it does leave one with hope, though.

One I would NOT recommend - Rent - the music is great, but I just don't care for 'lingering death' movies.

Can someone PLEASE explain to me ……………………….

exactly why a spoiled brat "heiress’" misbehaviors and jailhouse antics {she’s in, she’s out, she’s in} rates such nonstop “news” coverage, while a man who has devoted his LIFE to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” is fired and the ONLY mentions of this fact are incorporated in denigrating the man’s service.

Maybe I’m too critical, but it seems as though the “media’s” laziness is becoming more & more apparent. They try to stuff us full of pablum, via ‘reports’ that would better fill the pages of The National Enquirer, rather than seek out what is arguably “news” {ie, information we didn’t have before}.

If they were lucky, NBC devoted maybe 3 minutes to General Pace’s departure – however, they gave at least 5 minutes to the ‘Paris Hilton story’. Of course, NBC doesn’t bother even sending American reporters to Iraq anymore – their “reports” are provided by British or Australian reporters. Why don’t the ‘talking heads’ just phone in their reports?

I don’t happen to believe that the American people are so shallow – our ‘media’ however, to quote a man I used to date, is “shallow as pi$$ in a plate”.

My heart's hurting ......................................

and I'm feeling guilty {hey, I'm Catholic, I can feel guilty about anything!!} - stopped for gas this afternoon, and there at the convenience store was a young pit bull mix with a collar - I spoke softly to him - and he responded - BUT - he was wearing a collar, and was COVERED with mange .......................... if I'd been driving the spousal unit's truck - I'dve picked him up, tied him in the bed & taken him to the shelter - BUT - when the cats are transported, the vast majority of the time, they're transported in my Jeep - I can't risk not killing all the mange mites ........................ St. Francis, please keep him safe, and let him find a loving home ........................ :-(

WOOHOO - Martin Kelly's back!!!

An absolutely brilliant lawyer, he's again blogging from Scotland ..................... he's on the links, but in case you're impatient ........................... ;-) Martin Kelly

Admittedly, I'm not a big fan of "hunting" ................................

and stories like THIS "Feral" Pig was pet cause me greater heartburn ............................
Now, I understand the absolute need to control wildlife populations ......................... but most of my experience has been with people from cities {Washington, DC; Philadelphia; New York; etc} in rural Pennsylvania, who don't even know how to field dress their kills ......................... in the case of 'Fred' - he WAS A PET - he TRUSTED humans - he associated humans with being FED - and yet, 'hunting' & killing him is considered SPORT? Sorry, but that is in NO WAY a "sport", in my estimation ...........................

Just up-dated/-graded the blogroll ............................................

didn't ask permission, just did it ............................. also, the blogworld has lost a very erudite member today - Allan Kelly, one of the founders of Barking Moonbats Early Warning System was found dead in his home ........................ Rest in Peace, Skipper ........................

From my LtColonel ............................ ;-)

SCHOOL ANSWERING MACHINE
This is hilarious - no wonder some people were offended!

This is the message that the Pacific Palisades High School ( California ) staff voted unanimously to record on their school telephone answering machine.

This is the actual answering machine message for the school. This came about because they implemented a policy requiring students and parents to be responsible for their children's absences and missing homework. The school and teachers are being sued by parents who want their children's failing grades changed to passing grades - even though those children were absent 15-30 times during the semester and did not complete enough schoolwork to pass their classes.

The outgoing message:

"Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your school.

* To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1
* To make excuses for why your child did not do his work- Press 2
* To complain about what we do - Press 3
* To swear at staff members - Press 4
* To ask why you didn't get information that was already enclosed in your newsletter and several flyers mailed to you - Press 5
* If you want us to raise your child - Press 6
* If you want to reach out and touch, slap or hit someone -Press 7
* To request another teacher, for the third time this year -Press 8
* To complain about bus transportation - Press 9
* To complain about school lunches - Press 0
* If you realize this is the real world and your child must be
accountable and responsible for his/her own behavior, class work, homework and that it's not the teachers' fault for your child's lack of effort: Hang up and have a nice day!
* If you want this in Spanish, you must be in the wrong country.

THIS is just selfish, irresponsible .................................

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