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> Lynn Woolley: Americans are fed up, coming up with their own solutions
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>
>
>
> 10:04 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 27, 2006
>
>
> With the United States now being run by what some refer to as a "rogue
> government" or a "soft dictatorship," some municipal governments and
> ordinary citizens are beginning a movement. Their goal is to take
> charge of certain issues at City Hall rather than inside the Beltway.
>
> It's a bottom-up approach that intends to let the political elites in
> Washington duke it out over such things as "comprehensive immigration
> reform" while real change is effected at the local level.
>
> In the battle over what to do about illegal immigration, two sides
> have formed. On one side, you find the Bush administration, the
> mainstream media, industries that want cheap labor, The Wall Street
> Journal 's editorial board and the Senate. On the other side, you have
> the House of Representatives, CNN's Lou Dobbs, talk radio and the vast
> majority of the American people.
>
> With a top-down solution from Washington in a holding pattern, the
> people are starting to take charge.
>
> My guess is that frustration in cities and towns that are overrun by
> illegal immigrants simply has reached a boiling point. People want to
> know why aliens who are arrested for crimes are not having their
> immigration status checked. They want to know why local police simply
> shrug their shoulders and say, "It's not our job." If city police
> respond to the robbery of a federally chartered bank, why shouldn't
> they help enforce immigration laws?
>
> The people, in short, are not happy.
>
> In Houston, a so-called "sanctuary city" for illegals, a group called
> Protect Our Citizens has formed to force a citywide vote on whether
> police should check immigration status when officers make arrests.
> Houston also has a policy that forbids officers from detaining anyone
> solely for being in the country illegally. Protect Our Citizens aims
> to gather 20,000 signatures to force those policies to change.
>
> Signatures already have been gathered in San Bernardino, Calif., where
> gang violence and deteriorating schools have residents up in arms.
> Citizens there complain about Spanish replacing English in
> supermarkets, stores that showcase Mexican flags and crime related to
> illegal immigrants. So Joe Turner and his Save Our State group got to
> work.
>
> They drafted a proposal known as the San Bernardino Illegal
> Immigration Relief Act, which calls for shutting down day-labor
> centers, banning landlords from renting apartments to undocumented
> immigrants and lifting permits from businesses that employ them. It
> failed to get through the City Council by a vote of 4 to 3. The
> proposal will soon go before the people in a special election unless
> opponents can tie it up in court.
>
> The movement in San Bernardino has spread to Hazleton, Pa., a town of
> about 30,000, where the City Council is nearing approval of a similar
> ordinance. Mayor Lou Barletta, frustrated by Washington's inaction,
> was looking for a way to solve the problem when he came across the San
> Bernardino measure. To Mr. Barletta, it was a bottom-up way to protect
> his city's borders.
>
> Illegal immigration elites in the worlds of politics, business and
> academia are in a snit. Armando Navarro, a University of California at
> Riverside professor (of ethnic studies, no less), is also coordinator
> for the National Alliance for Human Rights. He's working on a strategy
> to defeat the new movement. And, as liberals always do, he will
> utilize the courts.
>
> He and others, like San Bernardino council member Gordon McGinnis,
> will tell you that this is an issue that must be handled by the
> federal government and that even if these local initiatives pass, they
> cannot be enforced.
>
> This, of course, is a liberal talking point that is divorced from
> reality. Mr. McGinnis wants the federal government to be in charge
> because the federal government is on his side.
>
> So let the battle be joined. Call it "The People vs. the Elites," and
> sit back and see who wins. The people already have triumphed with the
> election of Brian Bilbray in San Diego, Proposition 200 in Arizona and
> new illegal immigration restrictions in Georgia.
>
> Whether or not the elites like it, what happens over the next few
> months in Houston, San Bernardino and Hazleton may very well tell us
> whether a true movement of government "by the people and for the
> people" is under way.
>
> Lynn Woolley is a nationally syndicated talk show host. His e-mail
> address is lynn@be logical.com
>
>
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon...woolley_27edi.ART.State.Edition1.250ec9b.html
> --
>
> Constitution of Mexico:
>
> FOREIGNERS may NOT, in any manner, involve themselves in the political
affairs of the COUNTRY!
The National Government has proven itself worthy only of contempt. America
deserves a populist political movement.
http://www.vdare.com/ V-Dare
Hank
news:[email protected]...
> Lynn Woolley: Americans are fed up, coming up with their own solutions
>
>
>
>
> 10:04 AM CDT on Tuesday, June 27, 2006
>
>
> With the United States now being run by what some refer to as a "rogue
> government" or a "soft dictatorship," some municipal governments and
> ordinary citizens are beginning a movement. Their goal is to take
> charge of certain issues at City Hall rather than inside the Beltway.
>
> It's a bottom-up approach that intends to let the political elites in
> Washington duke it out over such things as "comprehensive immigration
> reform" while real change is effected at the local level.
>
> In the battle over what to do about illegal immigration, two sides
> have formed. On one side, you find the Bush administration, the
> mainstream media, industries that want cheap labor, The Wall Street
> Journal 's editorial board and the Senate. On the other side, you have
> the House of Representatives, CNN's Lou Dobbs, talk radio and the vast
> majority of the American people.
>
> With a top-down solution from Washington in a holding pattern, the
> people are starting to take charge.
>
> My guess is that frustration in cities and towns that are overrun by
> illegal immigrants simply has reached a boiling point. People want to
> know why aliens who are arrested for crimes are not having their
> immigration status checked. They want to know why local police simply
> shrug their shoulders and say, "It's not our job." If city police
> respond to the robbery of a federally chartered bank, why shouldn't
> they help enforce immigration laws?
>
> The people, in short, are not happy.
>
> In Houston, a so-called "sanctuary city" for illegals, a group called
> Protect Our Citizens has formed to force a citywide vote on whether
> police should check immigration status when officers make arrests.
> Houston also has a policy that forbids officers from detaining anyone
> solely for being in the country illegally. Protect Our Citizens aims
> to gather 20,000 signatures to force those policies to change.
>
> Signatures already have been gathered in San Bernardino, Calif., where
> gang violence and deteriorating schools have residents up in arms.
> Citizens there complain about Spanish replacing English in
> supermarkets, stores that showcase Mexican flags and crime related to
> illegal immigrants. So Joe Turner and his Save Our State group got to
> work.
>
> They drafted a proposal known as the San Bernardino Illegal
> Immigration Relief Act, which calls for shutting down day-labor
> centers, banning landlords from renting apartments to undocumented
> immigrants and lifting permits from businesses that employ them. It
> failed to get through the City Council by a vote of 4 to 3. The
> proposal will soon go before the people in a special election unless
> opponents can tie it up in court.
>
> The movement in San Bernardino has spread to Hazleton, Pa., a town of
> about 30,000, where the City Council is nearing approval of a similar
> ordinance. Mayor Lou Barletta, frustrated by Washington's inaction,
> was looking for a way to solve the problem when he came across the San
> Bernardino measure. To Mr. Barletta, it was a bottom-up way to protect
> his city's borders.
>
> Illegal immigration elites in the worlds of politics, business and
> academia are in a snit. Armando Navarro, a University of California at
> Riverside professor (of ethnic studies, no less), is also coordinator
> for the National Alliance for Human Rights. He's working on a strategy
> to defeat the new movement. And, as liberals always do, he will
> utilize the courts.
>
> He and others, like San Bernardino council member Gordon McGinnis,
> will tell you that this is an issue that must be handled by the
> federal government and that even if these local initiatives pass, they
> cannot be enforced.
>
> This, of course, is a liberal talking point that is divorced from
> reality. Mr. McGinnis wants the federal government to be in charge
> because the federal government is on his side.
>
> So let the battle be joined. Call it "The People vs. the Elites," and
> sit back and see who wins. The people already have triumphed with the
> election of Brian Bilbray in San Diego, Proposition 200 in Arizona and
> new illegal immigration restrictions in Georgia.
>
> Whether or not the elites like it, what happens over the next few
> months in Houston, San Bernardino and Hazleton may very well tell us
> whether a true movement of government "by the people and for the
> people" is under way.
>
> Lynn Woolley is a nationally syndicated talk show host. His e-mail
> address is lynn@be logical.com
>
>
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcon...woolley_27edi.ART.State.Edition1.250ec9b.html
> --
>
> Constitution of Mexico:
>
> FOREIGNERS may NOT, in any manner, involve themselves in the political
affairs of the COUNTRY!
The National Government has proven itself worthy only of contempt. America
deserves a populist political movement.
http://www.vdare.com/ V-Dare
Hank
