Literal Barrage

The latest likely-to-get-signed-by-The-Decider-in-Chief border "reform" package looks likely to pass the House and Senate, a proposition that has conservatives and many libertarians hopping mad. Lest we be too quick to judge our Congresscritters, though, Rick Moran points out that we should have sympathy for them, since we're dealing with a whole other species:

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Hey, whaddya know? A national employer is looking to get on the right side of the immigration debate! Dunkin Donuts is mandating that all of its franchises immediately begin culling employees who are not of legal status and checking all future hires against the Federal databases made available for just such a purpose. [...]

White House sources are reporting that Fox News anchor/syndicated radio host Tony Snow is in the final stages of talks to become the new Press Secretary for the Bush Administration. President Bush has missed a real opportunity here to practice what he preaches, in that he could have extended an offer to become P.S. [...]

Charles Krauthammer has written a piece that, to my mind, accurately encapsulates the set of conservative objections and views on the ongoing immigration debate. From
First a Wall — Then Amnesty:

Forget employer sanctions. Build a barrier. It is simply ridiculous to say it cannot be done. If one fence won't do it, then build a [...]

Tammy Bruce really let John McCain have it today. From "John McCain Thinks Americans Are French":

Let me be blunt. McCain is a self-serving, opportunistic pig. He, like other open-borders, Americans-Are-Lazy politicians, is a man who has grown soft and fat and elitist in Washington, DC, and has developed an obvious contempt for the average [...]

Whether you agree or disagree with The Onion's overall politics (left-of-center, for the most part), there is no denying the writers behind its stories posess rare talent for distilling issues into their most basic, ridiculous forms. Take, for instance, an article from this week's "issue": WWE: Illegal Mexican Wrestlers Taking Smackdowns American Wrestlers Don't [...]

While many patriotic Americans have been distracted recently by the utter disrespect to America and its flag shown by hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, we have been missing out on an important part of the debate, a part which Gerard Van der Leun succinctly and astutely lays out in a remarkable piece:

I submit that [...]