Posted on 05/26/2006 6:59:19 PM PDT by Altair333
RUSH: Now, folks, as I say, I've got all this figured out, and when I told you this wasn't about immigration, I was right; and when I told you that what this is really all about is the Democrats wanting and needing some new victims, I was right; and when I said this was all about politicians, particularly Democrats wanting new voters, I was right. But I was not a hundred percent right. I was close. To sum this up -- very simply -- what this bill is, this is not an immigration bill. What is being done here is being done under the guise of immigration reform. What this is, is a huge attempt by certain politicians, mostly moderate and liberal Democrats and moderate Republicans, to expand the federal government, to increase the numbers of people in poverty in this country by importing them via this immigration bill, which will set up the need to expand the "social safety" net in this country, which will then empower those who believe in big government.
It is also designed to provide a free flow of cheap labor for businesses that want to access it, and with the few limits on legal immigration that this bill imposes, we're no longer talking just about Mexicans. We now can import workers from all over the world who want to come in for the purposes of achieving and accessing the American dream, and believe me, if certain American businesses want to get labor cheaper than what they have to pay Mexican immigrants, they want to get them from Ethiopia, they want to get them from Sudan, here's an opportunity to do it. It really is no more complicated than that. I mean, you cannot read this bill and conclude anything else. This bill is senseless.
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You've said it!
Good for him. I agree Krauthammer is an intellectual.
Thank you so much for writing that correctly. I am so tired of reading "the gig is up". Thanks again.
Thanks for your comments. I don't really have anything to add. Take care.
Great post.
You're quite welcome.
Along those lines, you might appreciate this article from the CBC, GIGS, JIGS, AND JIBES
JIG IS UPThe phrase "the jig is up" surfaced more than 200 years ago. The exact origin is unknown, with speculation ranging from the end of a musical performance to the removal of a fishing line (a jig) from water – although the anglers' term didn't catch on until the 1860s, so this seems unlikely.
Some scholars believe it originally referred to the end of either a trick or game, since the word jig (sometimes spelled gig) had acquired this meaning by the time Shakespeare was writing plays.
The first recorded use of "the jig is over" appeared in 1777. About 20 years later, a Philadelphia newspaper published the earliest known version of our current expression – throwing in an extra "g" (the jigg is up) for good measure.
What does "the jig is up" imply today? The Canadian Oxford defines it as a scheme that's been "revealed or foiled," while Webster's suggests it means "all chances for success are gone" – especially when applied to "risky or improper" strategies.
The gigantic Oxford English Dictionary broadens the scope to "the game is up, it's all over." The Gage Canadian Dictionary says the expression is slang for "it's all over; there's no more chance," and The Houghton Mifflin Canadian Dictionary of the English Language offers a similar entry: "the game is up; all hope is gone."
I speak and write with the same attempt and intent to be as precise as possible in communication. Words are like a carpenter's tools or a surgeon's instruments, their use should be a concise and straight as possible to be efficient and, when applied to speech or writing (which is merely written speech, unless one is writing a novel) less is usually more and clarity trumps either mass or volume. So, yes, when atttempting to communicate to a class, judge, client or jury or, during the time I was an intelligence briefer/analyst or unit commander, I have followed the same idea; the exception being on the golf course or having a beer with the boys. It's neither an affectation nor contrived, but a true attempt to communicate well and with precision.
I speak and write with the same attempt and intent to be as precise as possible in communication. Words are like a carpenter's tools or a surgeon's instruments, their use should be a concise and straight as possible to be efficient and, when applied to speech or writing (which is merely written speech, unless one is writing a novel) less is usually more and clarity trumps either mass or volume. So, yes, when atttempting to communicate to a class, judge, client or jury or, during the time I was an intelligence briefer/analyst or unit commander, I have followed the same idea; the exception being on the golf course or having a beer with the boys. It's neither an affectation nor contrived, but a true attempt to communicate well and with precision.
The saying ," the jig is up," is an idiomatic expression which comes from Scotland and Iteland, from low class common folk. That is why you won't find much morphology on the expression in English dictionaries, as their editors had and still have a prejudice against idiomatic espressions which originate in the auld gaelic and Scots/Irish Societies.
Other examples of idioms which originate in the same milieu are, "the whole nine yards," referring to the amount of material in a great Kilt or "Filamor," and such sayings as," may you arrive in heaven befor the devil knows your dead." There are hundreds of them. And you won't find their origins in any English publication,only their meaning, often skewed to fit a redefinition of history.
"The jig is up," means," the party's over."
and it some circumstances it can mean," we've been caught," if the pary is illegal, as many often were in Scotland and Ireland because the whiskey was home made at most parties, and subject to taxation which rarely was paid by the cottars who made it.
We Need the hammer badly!
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Poignantly put...I share your feelings.
Sinister forces appear to be at work, but we shall prevail if we all hang together.
Our church (United Methodist) was urged by our bishop to participate in Rick Warren's The Purpose-Driven Life program. Immediately thereafter, codewords began popping up in sermons: peace and justice; sustainable development, etc. Soon, offering envelopes to different "causes" began popping up in the bulletins. Here's one letter from the bishop that illustrates how they're using Christianity to further their agenda:http://www.nonviolentways.org/fisher.html
Look what I found under the link "children's internet ministry." http://www.cccgood.org/
Look what I found on a United Methodist website under the link "children's internet ministry": http://www.cccgood.org/
And here's a letter from the United Methodist bishop in my region to help prove your point about using religion to further the one world, globalist agenda.
http://www.nonviolentways.org/fisher.html
Throw away your Bibles and sing new songs.
"Something is very wrong in a world when the only answer to violence that adults can find is more violence, using weapons more lethal that those your opponent has. Something is very wrong when our imagination fails us and our creative energies for the making of peace without violence are non-existent."
Be Afraid. Be very afraid.
I cringe in church when the prayer petitions are offered up - one example "Pray so that governments and nations can work together so that people can live in peace and justice". Now, what made them say "Justice"????? What about FREEDOM?????
It's pure Marxist thought ..... and it has come into religions without people realizing what it is.
On Good Friday, Pope Benedict XVI gave his address that blasted Marxism and I was standing up cheering. He warned against the dangers of Marxism and the prevailing Cultural Marxist trends in liberal thought today.
My plan - pray for peace..... but in the meantime, hand me a spare .50 cal, will ya?
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