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The Minuteman Caravan

May 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses

BBC NEWS | Americas | Drive for strict US immigrant law

The Minuteman people interest me, because very often when they are quoted, the surnames of the spokespeople are Hispanic. Of course, they’re probably native born Latinos and Latinas, or at least naturalized citizens. They’re pretty successful at getting their pictures in the paper doing what [...]

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Hastert Redux

May 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Politics, Schmolitics

Here’s an even better visual on Speaker Hastert’s cynical press conference at a BP station: arrives in a hydrogen cell-powered car, departs in same, switches cars around the corner to the typical black SUV (one of fourteen, no doubt).

Thank you, Speaker Hastert, for your visible support of environmental concerns, and your unwavering loyalty of the [...]

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Illegal, But Gratifying

May 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses

LiveJournal site Once Lost, Now Found reminds us of the prototypical image of the Bush Presidency:

Just In Case You Haven’t Had Enough Yet…
Yes, boys and girls, that is our fearless leader delivering, no doubt, one of the more satisfying sucker punches of his career. Little did we know, he would model his whole presidency [...]

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