Posted on 07/03/2011 5:30:36 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
p>The Talk Shows
July 3rd, 2011
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas; Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pre-empted by Wimbledon tennis coverage.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Govs. John Kasich, R-Ohio; Deval Patrick, D-Mass.; and Scott Walker, R-Wis.; Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Panels on the Constitution and immigration with analysts and commentators.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.; Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan; AOL co-founder Steve Case.
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Every time I see a statement like the above my head wants to explode. Why, WHY would any company invest in additional help if they can meet current demand for their product? This idiot along with the WH idiot who said the same thing a few weeks ago, seem to actually believe if companies add workers that demand for their product will automatically increase. This is the same as saying if I buy a stock it will go up in value just because I bought it.
The blatant stupidity behind this statement is mind boggling.
Both parties are guilty. Bush 43 was one of the worst. That said, legal and illegal immigration are just two sides of the same coin. They involve essentially the same people. By greatly expanding legal immigration since 1965, we have rapidly changed the demographics of the country.
Two Sides of the Same Coin—The Connection Between Legal and Illegal Immigration
Stupendously good point and report. And our side has to STOP conceding half the argument to the commies on this and EVERY OTHER issue.
I an watching now This Week on immigration. It is barf inducing. One sided and lack of facts. Pure appeal on emotion. No one on our side to discuss it. Terrible. Just a propaganda piece.
Fox Sunday - discussing Republican candidates fundraising money.
Chris Stirewalt - obama is the big winner because he has the most cash
Nina - Pawlenty is having trouble. The numbers BECOME the race. The real news this week is the obama numbers. Money talks.
Kristol - Money is overrated. McCain could have had $7 billion....still wouldn’t have won. The mood of TP/citizen activism, age of the internet is more important today, .... money is less powerful.
Kirsten Powers - Money Does matter for those who need to raise their profile. a lot of obama’s fundraising will actually go to the DNC. It’s better to have money than not have money (Hello, Capt. Obvious!)
Wow. And I left out the fact that the neo cons/New Left (Kristol et al) are bigtime economic globalists and oppose “protectionism” at every turn.
You know, Will had a very good point about the “severing” caused by crossing the Atlantic by ship, when there were no phones or air travel and people pretty much left their former country for good.
It seems to me that if wire transfers of money to Mexico, through banks or Western Union, were prohibited, that would stem the tide of a lot of illegal crossings. They could keep the money they earned, but they would have to carry it back across the border to give it to their families.
I suppose that is too mean of me.
I’m okay on staying away from protectionism, what I don’t like is the sort of unConstitutional mega trade deal that takes away our sovereignty.
I know, Fishtalk. It cracked me up that Dyson’s favorite framer was Jefferson because of his “supposed” relationship with a black slave that he “supposedly” had a child with. What an idiot.
He prefers a man who would take advantage of black women using their position of power (being a slave owner) over any of the other framers of the Constitution.
Guess we know how Dyson feels about black women.....or “the people at the edges” .
How about not giving new arrivals favored status, via affirmative action, on everything from government benefits to education and hiring? (If anything, we should go back to their being disfavored on benefits for an extended period of time after their legal arrival.)
That not only warps who comes here but biases their political outlook going forward as well.
Fox Sunday, Nina says, obama has this bad habit of always scolding people. SPOT ON, NINA.
I’m okay on staying away from protectionism, what I don’t like is the sort of unConstitutional mega trade deal that takes away our sovereignty.
Right. I’m not arguing the merits, just the muddled cataloging of the neo cons as somehow our “cousins.”
Rightly or wrongly, your position pushes you leftward in one specific area of the economy — if by leftward we mean away from the paleocon position of lore.
The presumption that led to the acceptance of the EXISTENCE of “neo cons” was that they were former liberals coming our way during the time of Bush 43. That’s what I dispute.
And my uber point in all this would probably be to say, there are few if any genuine conservatives on Fox. Lots of New Left, though.
:-(
As far back as I remember... re-litigating” has always been promised... and that promise is never fulfilled. Will this be another example of the cowardly republican leadership caving? I have a pretty firm opinion on that.
LLS
Powers (formerly Weiner's girlfriend)
we need to keep things in perspective and know the source of her thoughts
Will is bad on immigration. Several years ago we booed him at a CPAC banquet because of his statement that we must accept the fact that the illegals aren't going home. He like others present the false choice of mass deportation versus a blanket amnesty. Attrition thru enforcement works.
Any legislation that legalizes the status of those who broke our laws by entering our country illegally and allows them to stay is amnesty. We must not only prevent the Democrats and some moderate Republicans from hijacking the meaning of the word amnesty, but the public must be made aware about the true impact of an amnesty. The Heritage Foundation concluded that the cost of amnesty alone would be $2.6 trillion in entitlement costs. And the number of additional LEGAL immigrants who would join those who were the recipients of amnesty through chain migration, i.e., family reunification, would approach 70 million over a 20-year period, assuming there are only 12 million illegal aliens. We cannot assimilate such numbers. An amnesty would destroy the United States of America with the stroke of a pen.
Will is totally clueless about the impact of amnesty and immigration on our SS system. We don't need more immigrants to support the system. Immigrants grow old as well. And most contribute less than what they take out.
Do not forget the 66.7 TRILLION in unfunded mandates... money already collected for certain things and spent on other things... that is our debt too!
LLS
I saw that Dyson was on there and I said no thanks. Even though THIS WEEK doesn’t come on here till 11. Dyson is just a deceitful racist.
fox is not our friend.
LLS
Agreed. I have no interest in watching or listening to these over-exposed losers. These are poster boys for term limits and reduced egos. Why does the media purposely jam these three in our face every other Sunday for talk shows with the false belief they have something worthwhile to say, when they don't?
Second, the level of cash sent to Mexico and Latin America — who knows the exact amount, but variously reported at well over $30 billion — redefines the entire question of immigrant wealth and poverty. We are not talking of $10 million or even $1 billion, but a fantastic amount of capital, which, in theory, computes to several thousand dollars per resident illegal alien. Are aliens, then, sending capital to Mexico with the full expectation that federal, state, and local agencies here will make up the difference with health, welfare, housing, and education subsidies?
Could not there at least be a 10% tax on funds remitted to Mexico as a sort of bond to ensure the sender is not dependent on American taxpayers?
Third, the dollars represent a huge drain in capital from the American Southwest and a transference of financial resources across the border. The one defense of massive remittances — they prevent social unrest in Mexico — is even questionable, especially with the violence today inside Mexico. (Could it be worse without the remittances?) Oaxaca sends more illegal aliens to the U.S. than other regions in Mexico, and is probably the largest recipient of U.S. cash sent back — and yet is one of the most unstable regions in Mexico. Were not the Mexican system propped up by several billion, would it not, in Greek fashion, have to embrace structural reform?
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