Today's Nuze: May 10, 2006

Wednesday -- May 10, 2006

RATTING 0UT THE MINUTEMEN?

There were reports yesterday that our government is telling the Mexican government where the Minutemen are gathering to monitor illegal crossings of our border. Our government denies it. So .. whom to believe?

OK .. a little cogitation here.

The charge made by reporter Sara Carter is that the U.S. Border Patrol is telling the Mexican government where the Minutemen are staging their vigils. The Border Patrol says it isn't so.

Now you tell me ... what branch of our government oversees the U.S. Border Patrol? Now remember, there are only four branches of the government in Washington. Can you name them? Well ... if you're fresh from your experience at government education, probably not. But they are the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch and the Lobbyist Branch. Now, of these four branches, which is the only branch that has shown no inclination to do anything about the thousands of invaders who are crashing our border with Mexico? Well, actually there are two. It's not the Legislative Branch. Both houses of Congress are currently discussing proposals to shut down the borders. It's not the Judicial Branch. They merely interpret and enforce the laws set forth by the other branches. What does that leave? The Lobbyist Branch and the Executive Branch. The Lobbyist Branch is busy working for those businesses in this country who benefit from the Mexican invasion. The problem is, the Lobbyist Branch has no operational control over the Border Patrol. That leaves the Executive Branch. Clearly George Bush, who runs the Executive Branch, has shown absolutely no inclination whatsoever to take even the smallest step to stop this massive invasion of the American homeland, and it's George Bush who exercises the executive control over the policies and activities of the Border Patrol. So ... what do you think? Here we have a president with no interest in stopping the invasion, and we have a Border Patrol under his control that is reported to be handing information to the Mexican government regarding the locations of the Minutemen operations? Draw your own conclusions.

The next question is why? Why would our government tell the Mexican government where the Minutemen are? Well, we know that the Mexican government is complicit in the invasion. Mexicans are openly encouraged by the Mexican government to cross the border into the US so that they can get higher-paying jobs and send money back to Mexico. [comic book Mexico produces to help Mexicans cross the border: Spanish | English] Right now that money totals about $20 billion a year. Now if the Mexican government knew just where the Minutemen were, they could either hold back the invaders in those areas, or send them to areas where the Minutemen aren't. Simply put -- if we have people in our own government who are giving the enemy the locations of our border defense forces, there could only be one reason --- to enable the invasion.

POLLING THE GIMME GENERATION

Someone polled our senior citizens to ask them if the new prescription drug benefit plan was working for them. About 48% of them said no. Well, of course they said no! Until the gimme generation can get their drugs for absolutely you'll still have large segments who will express their disapproval of the system.

FAIRTAX RALLY - WILL YOU BE THERE?

Here's the deal folks. If we can get some sort of indication as to how many people are really going to come to the FairTax Rally May 24th, we may be able to upgrade to a larger venue. So, if you are going to be there, RSVP here. It's not for nuthin'. At the rally, 5 of these people will be upgraded to the front row! Don't worry. You don't HAVE to RSVP. You're welcome if you do and welcome if you don't. It'd just help us if you did.

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION AT WORK

Neal's guest today, John Kasich author of Stand for Something : The Battle for America's Soul

The focus this time is on California. Six students in Oakland have filed a lawsuit challenging the requirement that California high school students pass an exam showing that they have gained a minimum amount of knowledge on certain core subjects like math and science before they can receive a high school diploma. These state-educated students get about 10 chances to take the test, and they get free remedial courses every time they fail. That's not enough for the six students who just, frankly speaking, weren't bright enough to pass --- even after being spoon fed.

Yesterday we had students protesting outside of the courthouse where the suit was being considered. They held signs reading "Stop the Exit Exam. Testing is not Teaching."

Sorry .. but they're wrong. Testing is most certainly teaching. It's teaching you what you haven't learned.

Anyway ... one student .. with a ring through her nose, by the way ... spoke for the CNN cameras. Here is what she had to say:

"So we want to show our support and to show the judge that we will not stand in silence and allow our students to be failed and denied the opportunities to equal education."

Well now, isn't that special? They aren't going to "allow" these students to "be failed." Not that it would do any good, but someone ought to try to explain to Ms. Government-educated Ring-through-my-nose" that these students aren't "failed." They fail. There's a difference, though you might not expect a government schooled teenager to understand it, between failing and being failed. And as for this "opportunities to equal education" nonsense. Again, maybe someone can explain to her that equal opportunities to education do not necessarily mean equal results from education.

None of this matters though. My guess is that this judge will kill off the exit exam in California. After all, who do these legislators think they are? How can you demand of students that they actually show that they have learned the material?

Listener John responds to Ken Mehlman and the RNC's request for money...

CNN ... DELIVERING ALL THE NEWS?

OK .. so I'm picking on CNN again. I watch CNN in the morning because I just can't stand that Fox News coffee klatch nonsense. As they were going into a commercial break there was a graphic with the words "American Morning - Other Headlines" The number one headline was "Deadly Car Bombing near Baquba, Iraq." CNN's own poll this week showed that the bulk of those who give Bush a negative approval rating are people who are upset with the way the war in Iraq is going. I wonder how that figure might change if they reported the good news from Iraq?

DOOM AND GLOOM TAKE HOLD

Polls do a lot of things. Sometimes they accurately predict elections, sometimes not. But one thing they can do is give you an idea of what the mood of the general public is. And, sadly, they can also show you just how ignorant the masses are, as is the case with a new poll out today.

This one comes to us from CBS News and The New York Times, two leftist media organizations known for their hatred of the Bush Administration. Here are the numbers:

Just 31% approve of George W. Bush's job performance. We knew this....other polls have come out this week and told us the same thing. Illegal immigration, the Iraq war, gas prices and the exploding size of the federal government are some of the things that have displeased the public. No surprise there.

Here's the depressing number: 68% of those polled said they believed the U.S. was worse off than before Bush took office. Looks like the propaganda from the mainstream media is having an effect.

If there's one thing that can't be disputed, it's that we are better off today than we were in 2000. During that year, the economy was beginning to drag, the dot com bubble had just burst ... things were not so rosy. By any historical measure, we are currently in the middle of an economic boom. The stock market is at a record. Household income is at an all-time high, as is home ownership. Jobs are being created by the millions and we are at virtually full employment. Consumer confidence is high.

Sadly, equipped with only a government education, most people are too ignorant to know how good they've got it. Oh, and only 13% approve of how George Bush is handling gas prices. Perhaps someone should inform these mindless morons that it isn't George Bush's JOB to handle gas prices.

SLAVERY REPARATIONS

Another bad idea comes to us today...courtesy of Michigan Congressman John Conyers. This leftist dinosaur has been warming his seat in Congress for an absolute eternity...some 40 years. He's the one that came up with the idea that we should impeach George W. Bush. So what's his latest cause?

Slave reparations. That's right...that old loony idea is making a comeback. He wants hearings to determine if reparations should be paid to black Americans for slavery. He even went so far as to compare the slave trade to the Holocaust: "Just as we've discussed the Holocaust, and Japanese interment camps, and to some extent the devastation that the colonists inflicted upon the Indians, we must talk about slavery and its continued effects." Uh huh.

Here are a few undisputed, undeniable facts for Congressman Conyers and the reparations crowd:

1.) There is not one person alive today that is responsible for owning, trading or keeping slaves.

2.) There is not one person alive today that was ever held as a slave.

But, that's never stopped nutcases like Conyers from pursuing the idea. By the way...I wonder how that probe into Conyers using his official staff to baby sit for him is going? Perhaps they need to be paid some reparations!

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

I wonder if this guy is also using a toilet as a planter. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

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An amusing look at johns from around the world.

Michelle Malkin has a thing or two to say about the Department of Homeland Security. She says the organization is in chaos and is an ineffective bureaucracy. And that's just the first few paragraphs.

Put the oranges down and step away from the telephone. Cingular Wireless has stopped selling what some said was a racist ring tone. Can a cell phone ring tone be racist? I guess so. Of course, anything politically incorrect is also racist.

Somebody may need to check Hillary Clinton's pulse. In one day, she praised both Rupert Murdoch and George W. Bush. Before long, she'll be switching political parties. Not that there's a whole lot of difference anymore anyway.

CNN's Lou Dobbs continues to swing the bat on illegal immigration. He lit up the White House and federal immigration officials over the report that the administration is alerting the Mexican government to the whereabouts of the Minutemen.

Could 2008 be the year of the black Republican? The Washington Post takes a look at three high-profile races, and what the odds are of each candidate winning. Could the Democrats' stranglehold over the black vote finally be lessening?

With the possibility of losing the House this fall, Republicans finally have an issue they can run on. James Pinkerton sums it up perfectly: the fear of losing should give Republicans enough reason to turn out this fall. Speaker Pelosi, anyone?

What causes others to help people? Dr. Walter E. Williams asks the question: what helps people more...charity or benefiting from other people out for their own self interest? You'll be surprised by the answer.

Atlanta listeners, what will you do with $10,000?

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Is Michael Hayden the right man to run the CIA? 

Not only does Linda Chavez say yes, but she even calls the choice savvy.  
She also correctly points out that most people don't care about the 
warrantless wiretaps on suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists. 


The media has been telling us for years about all of the diseases and 
afflictions that are going to kill us all.  However, most of it has never 
come true and

John Stossel has a simple question: where are the bodies?  Great column.



 Dr. Thomas Sowell weighs in on gas prices.  Since people are so 
outraged by oil company profits and CEO salaries, he tells us exactly how 
much the price at the pump would change if all of the profit were changed to 
zero and oil company executives worked for free.

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