One thing that did stand out in the Jacksonville debate was the ugly face of ethnic politics. All of the candidates were flashing their “Hispanic appreciation credentials.” In other words, the candidates were kissing mucho culo.

Immigration was a hot topic (notice how now immigration=Hispanics) and “Hispanic-American” questioners shamelessly asked the candidates about what Hispanic they would put into their cabinet. Of course, all of the candidates with the exception of Ron Paul gladly jumped into the childish game. Paul was the only one that didn’t drool over Marco Rubio saying that he would appoint the most qualified Americans – period.

Leave it to CNN to find a questioner from the audience who claimed to be a “Palestinian-American Republican.” The man assured the candidates that there were a lot more (Palestinian/American/Republicans) from where he came from.

My response to that is simply this:

The candidates seemed to share my skepticism over the man’s claim because they didn’t attempt to kiss his culo as they did with the Hispanic questioners.

I fully understand politics and know that the candidates were simply doing what most politicians do extremely well – kissing ass! But aren’t Republicans/Conservatives supposed to be against hyphenated Americanism? And why do “Hispanics” get all of the attention over all other ethnic groups? Can it be because there are a lot more of them than other ethnic groups? If so, why are there so many more, and is it fair that one group gets special treatment in regards to immigration over all others? Oh wait a minute, can this have anything to do with illegal immigration and all of the now “legal” anchor babies that it produced, and continues to produce?

Question: When was the last time a Polish, Hungarian, Czech, or Croatian American got his/her tukus kissed by a candidate for president? Just asking!

One of the candidates really missed a big opportunity last night to stand out from the crowd and to stand with the majority of Americans. One of the candidates missed the opportunity to say that unlike Obama, we conservatives don’t believe in racial and ethnic politics; we don’t believe in affirmative action and racial/ethnic set asides; we don’t believe that Americans should separate themselves into groups that compete for federal money and power; we don’t believe in hyphenated Americanism. But hey, politicians will be politicians.

My question is: what do politicians and members of the media mean when they use the term Hispanic? To me it seems that the term is now almost exclusively used to describe Mexicans.

Being that it’s an election year, the word Hispanic will surely be ringing in the ears of the American electorate.

Some of the questions that will arise are: Will Obama continue to receive big support from Hispanics, as he did in 2008?  Which one of his potential Republican opponents will be able to garner the ever-coveted “Hispanic vote?” Will Hispanic voters reject any candidate that speaks tough on illegal immigration and border enforcement?

I have always been puzzled as to why “Hispanics” from Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, and Portugal who came here legally would somehow be upset  if the United States secures its border with Mexico, or deports illegal immigrants that are predominantly from Mexico. Do the elites in the media and in Washington truly believe that just because people share the same language they automatically side with each other, no matter what? Do legal “Hispanic” immigrants that aren’t Mexican really want special privileges given to Mexicans? That would border (no pun intended) on racism, or better put – languagism. Wouldn’t it?

I wasn’t born yesterday so I realize that there are some Hispanics, just as other groups, that will always defend other Hispanics regardless of the circumstances. The half Puerto Rican Geraldo Rivera quickly comes to mind. Again I ask this question: Would Geraldo feel the same way if Poland was at our southern border and Polish people were sneaking in? I somehow doubt it!

The fact is that the MSM purposely pushes the myth that all “Hispanics” are for open borders, illegal immigration, bilingual education and amnesty. Part of the reason they do this is to intimidate Republicans (Conservatives) into caving in to the open borders amnesty crowd.

Finally, if you are a “Hispanic” who is legally living in the United States, and if you respect the rule of law, then please don’t defend other Hispanics who have broken and continue to break our laws. If you live in America your allegiance should be to America and your fellow Americans, not to your country of origin or native language. And please don’t let the media and the Democrat Party use you as political pawns.

Note: I’m of the same background as Dennis Kucinich. I would never, under any circumstances, vote for him. I’m an American and I try to base my decisions on what I think is best for America.

I guess that’s Newt Gingrich – that’s what he ultimately does!

Gingrich made the following statements when the topic at last night’s Republican national security debate turned to illegal immigration and controlling our borders:

OK Newt; just where is the humane line drawn? Less than 10 years is humane, but more than 10 isn’t? Is it perfectly humane to boot out childless illegal immigrants, but inhumane to expel those that have produced offspring?

Note to Mr. Gingrich: This is exactly why most illegal aliens “start families” as soon as they manage to sneak into our country; that’s if the women aren’t already pregnant when they arrive! Ever hear of the term ‘anchor baby’ Newt? Also, just how does an illegal immigrant pay taxes (except sales tax) if they don’t have a (legit) social security number? I’m a bit confused.

Here is where Newt’s elitist insider problem is put squarely under the spotlight. Mr. Gingrich and people like him live in an exclusive bubble, a bubble where they rarely have to deal directly with the illegal immigrant community. I live in Queens, NY – right in the trenches! I pass by public schools where the kids coming out are all speaking Spanish as they’re walking down the street. Most of these kids were born right here in the United States – anchor babies! However, they don’t consider themselves Americans, but rather, Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorians, etc. etc. etc. Doubt me? Ask any public school teacher that isn’t a brainwashed progressive zombie, they’ll tell you!

Newt and the Washington elites don’t see what I see, and they don’t hear what I hear. They don’t see the damage that illegal immigration does to the very fabric of our nation – to our culture. I’m an immigrant who came here at the age of 4 and I have never, ever referred to myself as anything but an American. The Washington elites have a very hard time admitting that the immigrants of today (particularly illegal immigrants) aren’t the same immigrants that have come here in the past. My family came here for freedom and opportunity. We didn’t come here for government handouts, and we didn’t come here to change America into a new version of the nation we chose to leave. We came here to become Americans!

Sorry Newt, but people that came here illegally should not be rewarded simply because they purposely started a family in order to claim a connection to this country, and therefore, a supposed right to stay. What this has done, and will continue to do, is to give millions upon millions more the motivation to do the same thing. How many illegal immigrants and their anchor babies can this country absorb while still maintaining its principals, economic viability, and identity?

Not too many more, I’m afraid.

If you’ve guessed that Halloween isn’t my favorite day of the year, you’ve guessed correctly. In fact, I have come to outright loathe the 31^st of October!

Now I don’t know how it is in other places throughout the country, but Halloween in New York has turned into a day that is almost unbearable for retailers, shoppers, and civilized humans alike. It has morphed into an event driven by adults, for adults, all for the supposed sake of their children.

When I was growing up in Queens, kids went trick-or-treating at private homes in the close proximity of their own homes. They almost always knew the people whose door they knocked on. Over the years trick-or-treating has changed course and is now almost exclusively focused on retail shops and other local businesses. Parents now drag their children to high traffic shopping areas and then go from one store to the next in their almost desperate search for goodies. They go into supermarkets, delicatessens, drug stores, banks, discount stores, pizza shops, restaurants, and even into liquor stores and bars!

If there were any strip clubs in the neighborhood, they would most likely pop in there as well! No candy? How about a free lap dance then?

Like I said, it seems that the parents are the driving force behind this aggressive trick-or-treating. I can’t tell you how many times I heard loud obnoxious comments (often including cursing) from parents when informed by a business that they don’t have any candy, or that they have run out. A typical outburst usually threatens to never patronize that particular business ever again! What are the values that these idiot parents are instilling in their children? What is the message here? That other people owe you something? That as long as you’re part of a mob, you can demand free stuff?

I frankly can’t see how this could possibly be much fun for the kids. Nobody really notices or looks at their costumes as they madly rush from store to store. The proprietors quickly throw some candy into the bags of the trick-or-treaters in order to limit their stay in the establishment so said proprietor can go back to trying to make a living.

Before anyone comes to the conclusion that I’m a total grinch, I do believe that Halloween has a place in our society when done right. My wife and I actually went to a children’s Halloween event yesterday (Sunday) at a local establishment that we do business with. There the kids played with each other, danced, participated in games, and had a great time without going out and hitting up businesses. The kids did get their share of candy and other assorted treats, but the goodies were paid for by the parents and/or the venue that sponsored the event. Also, the kid’s costumes were actually noticed and appreciated by everyone in attendance.

Another problem that I have with many of the trick-or-treaters (Again, I’m referring to the parents – it’s not the children’s fault.) in my neighborhood is the fact that most of them, as is the case in most major cities, are recent immigrants. Before anyone goes into a conniption and hurts themselves, allow me to explain!

The majority of trick-or-treaters in my neighborhood are now “Latinos” or “Middle Easterners.” Go right ahead and criticize me for noticing – see if I give a you-know-what! In other words, these are mostly the anchor babies of the mostly illegal immigrants who so easily find sanctuary in this once great city. I take it that the Quran doesn’t have any restrictions on shaking down infidels for sweets! Anyway, I find it maddening that these people will not even think about putting out an American flag on July 4^th, Memorial Day, or Veterans Day, but they have no problem assimilating right into the whole Halloween spirit. Gee, I wonder if it can possibly have anything to do with the concept of getting something for nothing. Can it be that our filthy politicians have managed to turn most immigrants into entitled slobs that believe America is the land of the freebie?

I now see Halloween (Again, I’m speaking of New York) as the perfect expression of the Obama age. It epitomizes much of what Obama and his radical street thug Marxists are all about. Create a mob and demand free stuff from society’s producers under the threat of violence – TRICK-OR-TREAT!

Let’s see…demanding wealth redistribution while hiding your true identity. If that’s not a day tailor fit for Barack Hussein Obama, nothing is!

Read NewsBusters story here.

Little ole’ me has a news flash for the brilliant, I’m sure, Congresswoman. Coming into the United States illegally is already a crime. Yes, that’s right! That’s why it’s commonly called illegal immigration and the perpetrators are called illegal immigrants. I’m sure that those two terms are in the process of being sanitized by the PC Gods, but the facts still remain the facts.

Read Heritage Foundation piece on the subject here.

Another giveaway that illegal immigration is illegal is the fact that for the most part, illegal immigrants try their best to hide their immigration status. In fact, dishonest politicians like Shultz and McCain have often expressed their dismay about these people (illegals) having to ‘live in the shadows.’ That’s when they’re not out protesting, that is.

Another infuriating talking point that Schultz is quoted using in the NewsBusters piece is the old “backbone of the economy” line.

Many of us realize that Congresswoman Schultz and her fellow Democrats have little to no respect for the American citizen taxpayer, but to say that illegal immigrants who perform menial labor and don’t pay any taxes are the backbone of the American economy is utterly disgraceful. I’m not only picking on poor Ms. Schultz; other charlatans like John McCain and Michael Bloomberg have often used the same nauseating line. No Congresswoman Schultz, illegal immigrants are not the backbone of the American economy. Working Americans, entrepreneurs/small business owners and corporations are the backbone of the United States economy!

Congresswoman Schultz also uses a standard DNC talking point (aka lie) when referring to the supposed Republican desire to have illegal immigrants go back home. No Ms. Schultz, we don’t need to round anyone up (unless they’ve been arrested for a crime) and ship them back home. Instead, we need to pass some simple common sense laws that would make them go home voluntarily and get back in line if they really want to live in the United States. For example: Employers and landlords need to be held accountable and punished if they hire and house illegal immigrants. When these illegal invaders have no work and no place to live, they’ll go back home. It’s really not that much of a difficult fix when you remove all of the various agendas of the illegal immigrant supporters.

In reality, all Congresswoman Schultz and her Democrat associates really care about is getting a steady stream of long-term votes. They need these votes to finally transform America from a free-market economy into a Socialist/Marxist economy, once and for all. They need these extra 50 to 100 million votes to make sure that there is only one political party in America with only one political ideology. They need poor ignorant people who are more than willing to perpetually suck on the giant nipple of the United States government. Never mind what happens when the milk runs dry!

Schultz is either a total ignoramus, or, she just doesn’t care that her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will not have the same quality of life that she and her wealthy husband currently enjoy. Marxists like Schultz have absolutely no concern for the damage their policies will do on future generations. They are Godless scoundrels who believe that the ends always justify the means when it comes to their dark atheistic worldview. On their deathbeds these people are quite peaceful knowing that they did everything they could to tear down American values and Capitalism as they slip into eternal nothingness.

Not only are anchor babies a huge financial burden on our society, but they are also extremely harmful to our culture. Yes, America does have a culture! Anchor babies tend to remain loyal to the country from where their parents came from, rather than to their supposed country of birth. I can’t tell you how many times I hear young people claiming they’re Mexican, Guatemalan, or Salvadoran even though they were born in the United States. Instead of English, they tend to use their parents language in their day to day lives.  If you’re a public school teacher you know exactly what I’m saying.

Debbie Schlussel has a great post on her blog about the tremendous cost of anchor babies on Los Angeles, and California in general.

Read here.

If you naively believe this doesn’t affect you, just wait until your tax dollars are used to bail-out California…then New York…then Illinois…

Does all this smell just a wee bit fishy? Naaah…

Whitman allegedly dismissed Ms. Santillan in 2009, after Ms. Santillan confessed that she was here illegally. According to Ms. Whitman, Ms. Santillan produced a valid social security # and card when she was initially hired. All of a sudden, Ms. Santillan came up with the brilliant idea to expose her crimes in order to be reimbursed for gas mileage? She also looked up high priced celebrity attorney Gloria Allred to represent her? Of course Ms. Allred agreed! Har-har-hardy-har-har!

I don’t know if she knew it or not, but when Ms. Santillan confessed to being an illegal alien, she also confessed to defrauding the Social Security Administration, and possibly to identity theft. She exposed herself to all of this just so she could get reimbursed for her gasoline?

Gasoline isn’t that expensive!

Not only are these charges and accusations fishy because of their timing, but they also clearly expose a popular media myth and a left-wing talking point.

Poor illegal immigrants are forced to “live in the shadows.” Boo-hoo…

Here we have Ms. Santillan opening herself up to serious federal charges that could get her deported or land her in jail, or both! She then appears publicly with her attorneys during a press conference to spell out the accusations against Ms. Whitman. This is what the media calls living in the shadows? If so, then the rest of us must be living in caves near the earth’s core!

Not only does this episode highlight the extent that the Left will go to in order to win elections and stay in power, but it also highlights the fact that illegal immigrants have absolutely no fear of our federal government. The corrupt media would have us believe that people like Ms. Santillan are fearfully living in the shadows waiting for an ICE agent to break down their door and haul them off. Right…and Elvis is alive and well living in the North Pole with Santa and his elves!

Ms. Santillan’s attorney, Gloria Allred, made the mistake of appearing on Mark Levine’s radio show where Mark tore her to pieces. He attempted to highlight the obvious point by asking Ms. Allred why she would expose her client to serious federal charges over some unpaid mileage expenses. Of course, Ms. Allred couldn’t or wouldn’t answer the question. You can listen to the whole comical exchange on marklevineshow.com.

As expected, the Democrats are in full force smear mode. The dirt has just barely begun to fly!

P.S. Even if Ms. Whitman knowingly hired an illegal, the illegal should still be charged with using a phony SS#, go to jail, and then be deported! We can dream – can’t we?

Politics aside, that’s a simple yet profound question.

If you are a sane rational person, I’d bet that you would not want to be part of a Country, State, City, Neighborhood, Organization, Company, Social Club, or even a Family where 75% of the people there don’t want you around; particularly if you have no legal right to be there in the first place!

In my book, going somewhere where you don’t have legal permission to go, then staying there in spite of being asked to leave is called an invasion! That’s exactly what the anti-war left accused the United States of doing in Iraq. That’s also why I will often refer to the illegal immigrants in Arizona and the rest of the country as illegal invaders - because that’s exactly what they are!

Our federal government has the obligation to protect our homeland from foreign invasion! The fact that our federal government isn’t doing its constitutionally mandated job is the reason that the citizens of Arizona overwhelmingly support SB 1070.

The supporters and apologists for the illegal invaders have no real argument for allowing millions of illegal immigrants to stay in our country. They often attempt to define it as a moral issue. “Just coming here in search of a better life.” I also want a better life, but you won’t find me sneaking into Steven Spielberg’s Beverly Hills mansion, then refusing to leave when I’m caught trespassing!

And you still wanna live here??

Other stupid liberals and politicians even attempt to make the argument that the illegal invaders are good for our country. We all remember “jobs Americans won’t do.”

Then there’s the argument from the law breakers who hire these illegal invaders. The farmers say that we would have to pay more for produce if they couldn’t hire illegal immigrants. Restaurant owners say that not having illegal immigrants washing dishes and bussing tables would raise prices on meals. These arguments ring shallow because we pay a lot more in taxes than we’d ever have to pay in higher retail prices.

Then there are the morons who argue that giving the current illegal invaders amnesty would help the country because we would supposedly get tens of millions more taxpayers. That argument holds about as much water as a sieve. If we granted amnesty to the 12 to 25 million illegal immigrants who are already here, the net affect on our economy would actually be far worse than it is currently. It’s a no-brainer to say that most of the illegal immigrants would not be making enough money to be contributing to the federal coffers. In fact, most would not be paying any federal taxes at all! It would just add to the burden that most of us are already pulling.

There really is no rational argument for putting up with millions upon millions of illegal invaders living within our borders. The reasons for them being here, and the reasons for allowing them to stay, have mostly to do with left-wing anti-American politics. The progressive left basically hates this country and western civilization. They would love to flood this land with third-world immigrants who would be both supporters and consumers of their cradle to grave Marxism. They would finally be able to bring down the United States and the economic philosophy of Capitalism in one fell swoop without having to fire a single shot. The shot firing would come later when dealing with political opponents!

If you are an illegal immigrant, regardless of what country you came from, you have no legal or moral ground to stay here! Attempting to make yourselves into victims, and demanding to be allowed to stay in a country that you call racist and fascist is not going to work anymore. Through their insanely irresponsible spending, and by mortgaging the future of our children and grandchildren for political expediency, Obama and the Dumocrats have awoken a sleeping giant. We will not send anymore of our hard earned money to Washington so you can comfortably live in our country illegally. Go back home and reform the governments of your own countries, or get in line and apply to come into our country the correct and legal way!

After all, why would you want to live here anyway if we Americans are all a bunch of racists Nazis who hate you?

As I mentioned once prior on this blog, the very same night of the cowardly murderous attacks there were already crudely printed fliers stuck on light and telephone poles around my neighborhood. The fliers urged us to “stop the hate against Muslims.” I had fire coming from my ears as I ripped down every single one I came across that night!  Claiming victimhood while bodies on ground zero were still smoldering was just as disgusting and despicable as their current attempt to mark the site with a mega-mosque!

Now it seems that Latino illegal immigrants and their supporters are using the same victimhood card that Islam has been using. Who could blame them?  It seems to be working great for the Islamists!

Last Friday two men with Mexican flags (I guess that probably makes them Mexicans!) ran onto Citi Field during the NY Mets – Arizona Diamondbacks game. Gee…I wonder what the “legal status” of the two trespassers is. We’ll never know because New York is a top of the line sanctuary city. I think that I can probably make a pretty intelligent guess though! There were also protestors across the street from the ballpark chanting “oppose racism” and “boycott Arizona.”

Mexican protestor illegally trespasses onto Citi Field in support of the illegal trespassers in Arizona

I wonder if anyone told those idiotic protestors that SB 1070 had already been completely gutted by a liberal activist federal Judge? The fact is that it really doesn’t matter to them at this point. Their plan is to now feign outrage over the proposed Arizona law, while claiming that they (law-breakers) are the victims.

By the way, Arizona Iced Tea better think hard about changing its name, or at least putting a Mexican flag on the can!

Big-mouthed blowhard Ozzie Guillen, the manager of the Chicago Whitesox, also got into the act using the victimhood card this past Sunday when he claimed that Major League Baseball has a bias against “Latin American Players.” First off: Ozzie Guillen is a freaking idiot who would have been fired long ago if he weren’t a “minority.” Second: I wonder if Ozzie knows that 7 out of the top 10 and 11 of the top 20 highest salaries in baseball belong to “Latin American” players?

According to the Associated Press, they are:

1. Alex Rodriguez, NYY $33,000,000

2. Manny Ramirez, LAD 23,854,494

3. Derek Jeter, NYY 21,600,000

4. Mark Teixeira, NYY 20,625,000

5. Carlos Beltran, NYM 19,243,683

6. Carlos Lee, Hou 19,000,000

7. Magglio Ordonez, Det 18,971,596

8. Johan Santana, NYM 18,876,139

9. Carlos Zambrano, Cubs 18,750,000

10. Barry Zito, SF 18,500,000

11. Torii Hunter, LAA 18,000,000

(tie) Ichiro Suzuki, Sea 18,000,000

13. Alfonso Soriano, Cubs 17,000,000

14. Aramis Ramirez, Cubs 16,900,000

15. Todd Helton, Col 16,600,000

16. A.J. Burnett, NYY 16,500,000

17.  Tim Hudson, Atl 15,500,000

18.  CC Sabathia, NYY 15,285,714

19. Jason Schmidt, LAD 15,217,401

20. Vladimir Guerrero, LAA 15,000,000

(tie) Ryan Howard, Phi 15,000,000

(tie) Derek Lowe, Atl 15,000,000

(tie) Mariano Rivera, NYY 15,000,000

I wish that an organization, any organization, was that biased towards me!

The buffoon also complained that Japanese players receive special treatment over Latin-American players. He said: “why do we have Japanese interpreters and we don’t have a Spanish one. I always say that. Why do they have that privilege and we don’t?”

I actually agree with the moron on this one – kind of. All players who want to make millions playing in the United States should learn English!  It’s amazing that someone like Hideki Matsui still needs an interpreter after playing eight years in America. How about a little effort Hideki! I’m sure that the same situation in reverse would be seen as an insult in Japan!

The moronic Ozzie Guillen is just a microcosm of a growing sentiment among many “Latinos” who are in this country both illegally and legally. They are now mimicking the game-plan that has been used by Islam since 911. They want to paint America as a racist country that doesn’t tolerate Hispanics. Using this ruse, they can intimidate spaghetti-spined politicians and weak-willed citizens into capitulating to blanket amnesty followed by massive immigration from Mexico, Central, and South America.

It matters little to these people that America is a nation of laws, and not a nation of mob rule. Illegal immigrants and their supporters have learned quickly from our recent history. Just play the race-card, or the victimhood-card, or both, and you usually get what you want.

 Sources: ESPN, Associated Press

*Note to morally superior Independents*

Presidential elections actually mean a lot more than any personal issues you may be experiencing at a given moment!

More and more, liberal-progressive federal judges are overruling the will of the people. The basis for most of their decisions has little to do with the constitution, and a lot to do with their personal view of fairness. They have taken it upon themselves to morph the U.S. Constitution into some “living & breathing” document that can be perverted to support whatever the politically correct flavor of the day happens to be. For this bunch, the Constitution is no more than an annoying obstacle that stands in the way of their social utopian fantasies.

Bolton’s ruling seems to have been entirely based on her idiotic opinion that legal “Hispanic” residents of Arizona would be “swept up” by the requirements for police to question people about their immigration status once they are stopped.

Give me a freakin break already!

The “legal” Hispanic residents of Arizona (or anywhere else in America) should be loyal to America, and not to illegal law-breakers with whom they happen to share a common birthplace or language. Too damn bad if some “legal” people are inconvenienced by having to prove their legal status. When Americans travel to Mexico, they’re required to have their passports and other identification on them at all times. Unlike SB 1070, the Mexican authorities don’t even need a reason to ask foreigners for their papers. I may give a damn when I hear the “legal” Mexican immigrants complain about the unfairness of the Mexican system, but until then, I don’t!

Hopefully, this sickening ruling and the behavior of the Obama Justice Department will result in the following:

• More people will get off their fat asses this November to throw the congressional Liberal/Progressives out of power once and for all.

• This will finally embolden fence-sitting so-called Independents to come over to the right side and take a stand for once in their lives.

• Average law-abiding, tax-paying Americans will realize that the liberal ruling class in this country doesn’t give a rat’s ugly ass about them.

• America’s sleeping majority will finally wake up and take their country back!