Posted on 07/21/2007 10:09:01 PM PDT by Ladycalif
It was hard to believe we were in Laguna Beach - response from the passersby by was enthusiastic and overwhelmingly positive. The counter protester were limited to the local kids, most of whom left early.Two Department of Justice personnel were there - they said they have been assigned to "mediate all Minuteman rallies.' Not sure what that was all about but there were three police officers there the whole time and they ran a tight ship - keeping the counter protesters away and making sure there was no illegal parking or jay walking.
DOJ Personnel in the second and fourth photos.
Great pics...
Thank you to everyone who was there...
You’re the greatest..
:)
Great pics !
Dare I ask why DOJ was there ?
Thanks - your support means a lot.
BIG BUMP
Tide may be turning ping
Love the
“How about a Night Laborer hiring site, too?” sign.
:)
It was odd -they said they were sent to “mediate” (?)
Which one of these patriots are you Lady?
I am the picture taker!
LOL ! Yeah more like intimidate....
It looks like the female DOJ is lecturing the Patriot in that photo . I wonder if they lectured the pro-illegal crowd .
So being that it’s DOJ , it would also be safe to assume that they were sent by Gonzales ?
Thank you for your service.
B T T T
DEPORT THEM ALL!!!!
Fantastic. Love the pics. Why are DOJ people there?
LOL Mediate what and did they do any mediating?
Ever since the passage of the 13th amendment there has been a certain class of employer in the US who would do anything to circumvent the 13th amendment and its follow-ons. At first they just signed African American former slaves to long term labor contracts that said that they could not leave for better wages or working conditions. Unfortunately for the employers the Supreme Court declared this to be unconstitutional. Unfortunately the courts have not yet applied this ruling to workers here on H1b or L1 visas.
Next they just tried brutalizing African American workers into submission through what were called “lynchings”. This went on until the 1950s when photography and mass communications made it difficult and welfare programs established a floor under which wages could not sink, or else said African American workers would simply sit on their proverbials and collect welfare.
Next the employers turned to workers, mostly from Latin America, who could be encouraged to enter the US illegally and work under conditions and for wages that that no American could live on but which were still better than the workers could expect in their home countries. This was the best thing that had happened to this certain class of employer since that annoying 13th amendent. Here at last was a class of workers whose rights no employer was bound to respect. If they got too “uppity”, just have them deported.
This went on for a few decades until 1986 when an illegal alien amnesty was passed. Most of the workers who had come here illegally declared that they had come here 7 years previously and were granted legal status and became a legal part of the US work force. Unfortunately the 1986 amnesty bill contained no provisions for sealing the borders against future illegal immigration and the provisions to penalize employers were, as written by the Congress, were declared essentially null and void by the courts.
Sponsors of the late “Immigration Reform” measure were sure not to do anything to impede the flow of illegal workers after passage of their measure. Unfortunately for employers the people rose up and our esteemed Congress came to fear for their blankity-blank jobs. Good for them.
The point remains. A certain class of employer still longs for a class of worker whose rights no employer is bound to respect. These are the true racists in the immigration debate.
If enlightened Americans really wanted to do something for the people of México and other Latin American counties they would encourage them to create opportunities withing their own countries for entrepreneurs and investors and to break down the old order of peones y patrones and make Latin America a true equal partner in the global economy.
As for the employers who just can’t make it without the economic advantage of disenfranchised labor, screw ‘em. There are some jobs America does not need.
Looks like the cops were tight on the pro-illegals.
Yes, meanwhile it looks like DOJ was tight on the anti-illegals , quite telling .
Did they show any ID?
Doesn't sound legal to me.
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