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There’s a fascinating story in the news.  One account, in the Post-tribune and written by Danielle Braff, illustrates just how bizarre our society has become. 

Vikram Buddhi, a Purdue University graduate student wrote in an online message board that he wanted to kill George Bush, Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, and  Donald Rumsfeld.  He also wrote calling on his readers to bomb the United States, kill ALL Republicans, and rape and mutilate white women.

Here’s the kicker: 

Since this is a very busy time for college students, being immersed in studying for their upcoming finals, Buddhi’s attorney John Martin said he hopes his client will be released from jail Wednesday following his detention hearing so he can return to studying.

Buddhi told investigators he posted the message, along with other derogatory messages aimed at the president, but Martin said Buddhi’s actions should be covered by the First Amendment since Buddhi would have never actually carried out his threats.

“What was allegedly said certainly is derogatory and may be inflammatory,” Martin said. “But there’s no real serious threat more than it was chat on the Web.”

Buddhi is a teaching assistant at Purdue University in the industrial engineering department.

Buddhi was arrested Friday and told investigators he is not suffering from any mental illnesses nor is he taking any illegal or prescription drugs.

How much you want to bet he not only gets off but keeps his job at the university?

Others: Random Thoughts of Yet Another Military Member, The Dread Pundit Bluto,

There’s an excellent article written by Rabbi Aryeh Spero at Human Events Online.  He describes our current situation in regards to illegal immigration and terrorism.  DEFINITELY worth reading.

What makes citizens of a country submit to the demands of people who are not even citizens? What is it that makes people here for decades and centuries cower in front of those here illegally, arriving only yesterday? What is it that makes people unwilling to lay claim to their own land and country?

It is guilt. It is fear. It is a brainwashing that has convinced so many that every member of the world is entitled to U.S. constitutional and welfare “rights.” It is a society that no longer believes in itself as a specific culture or even a sovereign country. Worse, it is a society so emotionally weak that it will accept disease, terrorism, crime, bankruptcy and the disintegration of its own chosen laws rather than being called racist, even though such charges are false.

Forty years of sick liberalism has created a public so unsure of its own legitimacy yet so sure of every other culture’s and nation’s goodness that it cannot say “no” to anyone perceived outside the mainstream. Being an outsider proffers today a nobility and entitlement to “rights” that is beyond the scope and hope of those viewed as merely regular Americans.

In fact, in today’s America, the more hostile one is to the country and the more brazen against its historic mores, the more protection and concern comes one’s way. Why? Because what greater way to demonstrate one’s “tolerance,” “sensitivity” and “understanding” than when given precisely to those who are your greatest threat. Showing goodness to your own is labeled “tribalism” while being tolerant of those that differ and even despise is the most shining example of “tolerance.”

In today’s America, tolerance is God, and the faithful will sacrifice all — even their security — to their secular God. Never in history has there been such a need for people to feel good about themselves as is happening in the West. Never have a people become so insecure that they feel unworthy absent the approval of those who deride their ways. Thus, can the foreigner in the land rise with impudence against his benefactors, demanding from them and daring them to say “no.”

Whereas common sense dictates that the way to find a criminal is by investigating the men who match the description of those seen at the crime scene, emotionally enfeebled America searches in airports for benign grey haired old ladies with blue eyes and dainty cheek bones rather than young Muslim/Arab men with angry facial muscles, simply because to do the rational may invite the accusation of profiling and thus “racism,” albeit every terrorist has thus far been an Islamic jihadist, not to mention how it is radical Islam that encourages terrorism not Lenox, Mass. Unitarianism.

NBC’s Dateline looks for racism not by Muslims against Christians but in NASCAR Christians against Muslims, even though North Carolina Protestantism does not speak of others as infidels as does today’s Islam, constantly. NBC represents the corrosive elitist notion that those foreign are harmlessly noble while mainstream Christian America is congenitally racist and must, therefore, every day prove itself non-racist and tolerant.

This already forty year brainwashing job on Americans by academia and the media has created an American public so tentative about itself and so submissive that it rarely sticks up for its own rights and needs when in conflict with a “minority” out of fear of being labeled a racist and, worse, feeling that it is indeed racist.

I can hear the “amens!” ringing out as you read this.  He continues:

. . . many spearheading the flouting of our laws regarding immigration are the Barney liberals who never believed in an indigenous American culture or a truly sovereign America. They, in fact, subscribe to a borderless America. They are universalists and transnationalists who view America as nothing special and have no understanding of how and why this country achieved its greatness. Others are simply grownup children, bereft of any knowledge of history and reality.

Many are old fashioned communists who take up any cause they see as disruptive to America, its institutions and its establishment. Masquerading as human rights activists, they are fascists craving an America socially engineered under their hegemony. Unfortunately, while most Americans do not see themselves on the left, they have been snookered by the high-sounding terms of multiculturalism and unearned “rights for all” used by the left to disenfranchise regular, good willed Americans. We have become, unwittingly, complicit in our own demise.

Though I bear no ill will to the illegals and know many of them, I’m disturbed by how this issue has revealed an American weakness that if not reversed imperils our longevity as a specific and distinct culture. I speak not of race but values; not of place of origin but a common American ethos and love and pride in Americanism.

I fear what will happen to an America ruled not by its republican laws but emotion, not by what is right and legal but by who screams the loudest — mob rule, the jungle.

A people no longer able to assert its right to say “no” out of fear and guilt as to what others will say or charge is a nation that is allowing its mores and habits, its heritage and distinctiveness, to be determined by those accusing the loudest. Not only will America loose the immigration issue but the war on terror itself.

Watching America fold to La Rasa and other race mongers, how afraid of America can the jihadist enemy be, knowing that Americans will not protect themselves if by so doing they are accused of “Islamophobia,” the latest concocted form of “racism”. To think, a great and powerful nation brought to its knees not by a power stronger militarily but simply because it was afraid of being called a name, simply because it craved its enemy’s validation over its own security.

I have not read a more succinct and intelligent summary of what is going on today.

 **This was a production of The Coalition Against Illegal Immigration (CAII). If you would like to participate, please go to the above link to learn more. Afterwards, email the coalition and let me know at what level you would like to participate.

Entire text of the following is cross posted from Right Truth:We already have a ‘guest worker’ program for illegal immigrants (criminal invaders), but most people don’t know about it.  On the surface the “H” Visa appears to allow only highly skilled, or professional, workers into the US.  But that is NOT the case.  Skilled, unskilled and agricultural workers  can all enter the US under the “H” Visa.  According to Bill West’s article in FrontPageMagazine:

What we do historically have, and have had for many years, is…a guest worker program.  That is the “H” Temporary Worker visa.  Seldom in the current clamor over illegal alien workers and legalization and “guest workers” is the existing “H” visa program even mentioned.

“H” visas traditionally have been used by many high-tech employers, especially in recent years employers like computer engineering firms, to bring in well educated foreign technicians, engineers and scientists who, while on paper are paid the equivalent of their US counterparts, in reality are paid less.  This brand of white-collar corporate fraud has not been aggressively investigated by INS in the past and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) currently, thanks primarily due to lack of manpower and other investigative priorities set by management.  Congress has essentially ignored this issue.  Therefore, this “H” visa abuse became widespread and mostly ignored.

The understanding of the “H” Visa is misleading.  It sounds  like ONLY highly skilled workers can enter the USA on this visa, but in fact, “A review of the “H” visa system reveals that it is actually quite broad. The H-1B category, the most common one encountered, covers “specialty occupation” workers.  H-1C is for nurses.  H-2A is for temporary agricultural workers.  H-2B is for other temporary workers, both skilled and unskilled. “ Another very important fact that Mr. West makes is that there is already a procedure in effect for legalizing illegals who are already in the country. It is called ”Cancellation of Removal and was revised under the 1996 version of the Immigration and Nationality Act and is found at Title 8 US Code,  Section 1229b.”

Essentially, an illegal alien who has been in the US for ten years or longer, … will be eligible for cancellation of removal and would be allowed to remain permanently in the US and eventually be allowed to apply for naturalized US citizenship.

One of the key elements to obtaining cancellation of removal, however, is the alien must be in removal (deportation) proceedings before an Immigration Court. This means the alien, if not caught by immigration authorities, must surrender himself to those authorities to be placed in such proceedings so they can apply for the relief. source

Excuse me, but doesn’t that sound a bit retarded?!?! We who are fighting against criminal invaders to our country don’t understand why current laws are not enforced.  But, if this law were to be enforced, thousands and even millions, might turn themselves in to authorities and the entire “system now would very quickly collapse”.

Essentially, an illegal alien who has been in the US for ten years or longer, who meets the qualifications noted above, will be eligible for cancellation of removal and would be allowed to remain permanently in the US and eventually be allowed to apply for naturalized US citizenship.  One of the key elements to obtaining cancellation of removal, however, is the alien must be in removal (deportation) proceedings before an Immigration Court.  This means the alien, if not caught by immigration authorities, must surrender himself to those authorities to be placed in such proceedings so they can apply for the relief.

Mr. West suggests that while we are debating all these new potential bills and laws, we might just want to look at the laws that are already on the books and try enforcing them! Good luck with that Mr. West!

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Related reading:

From My Country - My View, “Corpus Christi, TX - KRISTV.COM - Minutemen using aircraft to report illegal immigration to Border Patrol
Thumbs up to our Minutemen! Doing the job that our government won’t,  Go read her article here

From Ace in the Hole, ”Georgia Governor Signs Sweeping Immigration Law”

The state of Georgia approved a sweeping measure on Monday to crack down on illegal immigrants and the people who hire them as a passionate debate on immigration heats up in the United States.
Go read it all   From Yahoo! News
Cross Posted with: Public Figures…Beware
And now Michelle Malkin is on the job too… The more the merrier…

From Blogbat, May 1st, 2006,Mark Johnson of Human Events Online has posted a fun little piece reminding us of the upcoming holiday: Conservative Shopping Day, or, as I call it, Shop America Day. Excerpts below:

As you no doubt know, illegal aliens and their handlers plan to hold their next Senate intimidation rallies on May 1,

From Mike Jerihco at Adversus Monstrum, “Small Oversight”

Suspiciously blonde Hispanic man temporarily overlooks the fact that the Hispanic peoples originally came from Spain. Meanwhile, in New England, counter-protestors who have the temerity to point out that illegal aliens are, well, illegal, are righteously beaten by righteous people:  Go read it all and see the picture

UPDATE: Always on Watch has an excellent article today, you must go read it: “Profiting From Illegal Invasion” Below is an excerpt, but she has graphs, links, advice, …. Go on, scoot and read it.

When I saw the television coverage of immigration demonstrations throughout the United States, including the Heartland and areas with which I did not immediately associate a high population of immigrants, and the above graph, I wondered, “How did they get to be all over the United States?”

Greg at DeMdeiacratic Nation says to our politicians, “Don’t Just Pass Anything…”

“If the Senate wants to be successful in passing immigration reform, its first priority should be to approve a bill to secure the borders and increase interior-enforcement infrastructure .” Go read it

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**This was a production of The Coalition Against Illegal Immigration (CAII). If you would like to participate, please go to the above link to learn more. Afterwards, email the coalition and let me know at what level you would like to participate.

I heard on the news that Jane Fonda was asked in an interview why she wasn’t touring the United States speaking out against the war.  She said (and I’m paraphrasing here from what I remember from the news report) that she decided not to do that because she has too much baggage as a result of her protests during the Viet Nam war.  Also, she said, Cindy Sheehan is doing a much better job than she could.  Does anyone take Jane Fonda or Cindy Sheehan seriously anymore?   At least we can thank God for Jane’s baggage.  Without it, we’d be subjected to even more of her self-serving political idiocy.  Some people don’t learn from their past.

Enough of Jane. 

I read a great post by David at Third World County.

Make yourself watch an evening of MTV analytically. Or do the same with any network or cable TV channel. Heck, watch The History Channel analytically. In any and all of those examples, among the many, many media outlets I could cite from Hollyweird to Nashville and on, what we generally view as harmless entertainment is framing our references.

David is so right. I challenge you to give it a shot.  Listen and watch with a critical eye.

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I was listening to talk radio on my way home from work.  Of course the topic of conversation was the protests throughout America in favor of giving the illegal immigrants amnesty.

One caller declared, “Give them all white t-shirts before they cross the border illegally and on the shirt have ‘I’M A REPUBLICAN AND I BELIEVE IN JESUS!’” and the MSM and the Democrats would get serious about working to stop illegal immigration.

Ain’t that the truth!  

The following post was written by “cowgirl” over at Musings of a Real Texas Cowgirl.

Cross posted at Ace in the Hole and Coalition Against Illegal Immigration

What a week this has been! We have been working very hard, watching and reporting. In one week, we have sighted and reported over 400 illegals on the properties we are operating on. The total number for the last month-long operation, October, was 800. The number of captures is far more than our reportings, as the border patrol is looking at us as real helpers this time around. 

The folks here are just great people. They are the kind of people you would invite over for dinner and a game of dominos. I love to watch the way everyone pulls together to figure out how to solve an equipment or logistical problem in preparation for some special operation. These are regular people from all walks of life, who would never have met under normal circumstances. Yet, here we are, spending time with one another, all trying to preserve our country.

The media is all but ignoring the month-long Minuteman operation. If you can put any pressure on Fox News or any of the other networks to give us some publicity, it would be great.

Spirits were down when it looked like the Senate had reached a compromise on that completely ridiculous immigration bill, thereby pursuing politics rather than the preservation of our country. In case you missed it, there were 3 classes of illegal aliens set out in the bill, which is ludicrous on its face (are there 3 classes of income tax evaders?). The first class involved a road to citizenship without leaving the country for people who had been here 5 or more years. OK. These are “undocumented” workers. How are they going to prove they have been here 5+ years? You can just scratch out the other 2 classes of illegals, because they will ALL say they have been here for 5 years. Just how stupid do our elected representatives think we are? Give me a break.

We were all relieved when Congress went on Easter break. I’d kinda like them to stay on break. That way they can’t pass any more assinine bills, thereby fouling things up even more.

Bottom line. All that needs to be done is for the government to enforce the laws now on the books, and to seal the borders to prevent more invasion. And, I intentionally used the word invasion. We don’t need more laws….. we already have just what we need. There is also that little document known as the Constitution of the United States, that assigns the federal government the duty of defending America’s borders. Enforcement of existing laws is all we need.

Well, maybe that’s not exactly accurate. Enforcement and Generation 3 night vision equipment is what we need. We could use some more of that. The coyotes have better toys than we do. If anyone would like to donate directly to the Texas operation so we can have the best toys, the HQ number is 361-325-5121.

Of course, if you want to be a Minuteman, get online and register, and then phone the HQ number. The more people we have, the more territory we can watch.

Thanx to everyone for your kind wishes and moral support. One very tired cowgirl, signing off.

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**This was a production of The Coalition Against Illegal Immigration (CAII). If you would like to participate, please go to the above link to learn more. Afterwards, email CAII and let them know at what level you would like to participate.

The weather in Tennessee is wild today!  We got out of school a little early to try to get ahead of the line of storms headed our way.  I ALMOST got home before getting in the middle of an awful hailstorm.  I made it home, though - no damage to my car that I can see.  It’s been storming ever since with more lines of storms on the way.  The news is that this series of storms will probably last well into the night.  And I was looking forward to a good night’s sleep. Sigh!

In the first photo below, there’s a golfball on the top left - just to give you an idea of the size of the hail that fell right outside my house awhile ago.

This rainbow photo was taken from my front porch around 5:25 p.m. CDT.  The rainbow appeared LESS than five minutes after the hailstorm that produced the hail in these photos.  Then it lasted only a few minutes, followed by more rain and thunder and lightning.  In the photo, the sky is cloudy and gray, although the gray looks blue.  There was a small break in the clouds off to the right of the picture that briefly allowed enough sunlight through to form the rainbow.

Our country was founded on immigration, and through immigration our country has been enriched and blessed.  We are truly the melting pot of the world.  I applaud people who have the courage to leave oppressive and burdensome lives elsewhere to immigrate LEGALLY to America where there are more opportunities.  I also applaud people who stay in their homeland and work to obtain the freedoms and opportunities for their own country that are available here.

The line has formed to get into America, and illegal immigrants have snuck in under the fence to keep from paying for their ticket.  Illegal immigration is a slap in the face to all the millions of people who have entered America legally since the union was first formed.  LEGAL immigrants have given their time, effort and resources to follow the law and become Americans. Illegal immigrants, for the most part, aren’t interested in becoming Americans.  Instead, they want our culture to change and adapt to their culture.

I hope we don’t give in to all the rallies and protests and speeches.  No one from another country DESERVES to be here until they follow the same procedures that the immigrants before them followed. America was founded on equality - not on making accommodations for special interest groups.

Cross posted at: The Uncooperative Blogger, A Lady’s Ruminations

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**This was a production of The Coalition Against Illegal Immigration (CAII). If you would like to participate, please go to the above link to learn more. Afterwards, email the coalition and let me know at what level you would like to participate.

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Last week I wrote about my speculations concerning the murder of Matthew Winkler.  In that post, I mentioned that Mary Winkler might possibly have been dealing with some issues stemming from the Church of Christ’s oppression of women - that maybe the COC’s demeaning (my opinion) policies towards women had something to do with her resorting to something so extreme and out of character.

The post generated lots of comments, and today I received the following email from someone named Brett.

“I am sure that you meant no harm in speculating over the motive of the wife who murdered her church of Christ minister husband. However, your comments came across as cruel and callous. I am sure this is not the image you want people to have of you. It is truely tragic when we feel the need to kick those who are already down. Have you know sympathy for the family who lost their son? Have you not thought that people of varying religious backgrounds murder their family members because they are simply disturbed? How many of those professing to be practicing Catholics or Baptists etc have been guilty of murder? By the way, have you considered the fact that Psalm 33:1-3 is part of the Old Testament? Are we bound by commands and allowances of the Old Testament? I am sure that you no longer offer animal sacrifices or refrain from eating pork and other unclean meats. Why quote commands and allowances given under the Old Law? I hope in the future you refrain from mean spirited comments that only inflame and injure the families who have experienced a loss.”

It has been enlightening to me to read all the comments on my initial post.  Cruel, callous and mean-spirited?  Aw, come on!  Is there anyone who reads this blog even occasionally who thinks that?  I was relating a personal experience and opinion, and I prefaced it with how badly I felt about the whole situation - and even later (days before this email) I wrote another post about how the focus should be on the three girls and the heartbreak they are experiencing as a result of what their mother did to their father. 

And should we just throw out the Old Testament?  Is there no value or guidance for us there?  Is that a COC belief, too - that the Old Testament has no merit?  Curious perspective.

So this cruel, callous and mean-spirited blogger who has no sympathy for people who’ve experienced a loss and who just wants to inflame and injure people who are already hurting will now close this post.

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