Entries from Searchlight Crusade tagged with 'immigration'

Why I Don't Like the Immigration Bill

I want to make it crystal clear that the United States needs immigrants. Legal immigrants, with skills and willingness to work that know English (or want to learn!) and become taxpayers and citizens and be an asset to our country....

Links and Minifeatures 01 26 Friday

Carnival of Investing ********** U.S. troops may protect selves from Iranians I wasn't aware that there was any doubt. If there was, shame on the entire chain of command, but particularly Mr. Bush. He spoke after The Washington Post reported...

Links and Minifeatures 12 14 Thursday

Carnival of Thoughtful Consideration ********** Ban Sworn in As U.N. Secretary-General He started off right: He pledged "to set the highest ethical standard" and "work to enhance morale, professionalism and accountability among staff members, which in turn will help us...

Links and Minifeatures 12 13 Wednesday

Carnival of The Capitalists Recommended: Professor Bainbridge (executive pay) Carnival of Personal Finance Carnival of Debt Reduction ********** This week's supreme irony of life is that the same public school that calls it "Winter Festival," and utterly refuses to permit...

Links and Minifeatures 11 01 Wednesday

Quick word about something I'm running into a lot: Lenders that sell the note but retain servicing rights. So when the note goes south, and my client wants to buy into a distressed situation, the servicers are rejecting offers...

Links and Minifeatures 10 26 Thusday

Home Prices Plunge by Most in 35 Years The Commerce Department reported that the median price for a new home sold in September was $217,100, a drop of 9.7 percent from September 2005. Keep in mind that we don't have...

Links and Minifeatures 10 13 Friday the 13th!

Iraq the Model on the Lancet study regarding Iraqi deaths. Dean's World agrees. In the same category, this looks like it's probably political: Coroner says U.S. forces unlawfully killed British TV journalist in Iraq Let's see, two british medical journals...

Links and Minifeatures 10 11 Wednesday

Top Qaeda leader urges fighters to hit White House A man believed to be a top al Qaeda militant who escaped from a U.S. jail near Kabul was shown in a new videotape broadcast on Tuesday exhorting followers in...

Links and Minifeatures 07 26 Wednesday

Carnival of The Vanities ********** Officially now a "buyer's market". This is at least twelve months behind the power curve here. Inventory (Supply) is climbing. Demand is falling. And for the kewpie doll, prices will...? Related: Housing market slowdown rippling...

Links and Minifeatures 07 06 Thusday

Calderon wins Mexican presidential race By about 250,000 out of 41 million votes cast. Just half a percent, and both candidates won about 35% of the vote. Mexico has no electoral college. His opponent, Obrador, is vowing to fight it...

Links and Minifeatures 06 12 Monday

Carnival of Investing Recommended: Seeking Alpha (profiting from mob investment psychology) Carnival of Debt Reduction RINO Sightings Recommended: Politburo Diktat Carnival of Personal Finance ********** Students Find Ring Tone Adults Can't Hear Ironically enough, it was originally developed as a...

Links and Minifeatures 05 01 Monday (Mayday!)

Carnival of Insanity Recommended: Thomas Joscelyn, Canadian Financial Stuff, Israelly Cool (16 minutes but especially recommended!), One Cosmos, Done With Mirrors, The above was a carryover from last week. I didn't submit to any carnivals this week, although I'll have...

Links and Minifeatures 04 01 Saturday (No Fooling!)

Bullet dodged, for now. Mellon was doing okay for a few days, then lost the use of her back legs again. Vet gave her a shot, and me some medicine for her for later. Less than $100, and she's feeling...

The Illegal Immigration Debate

Michelle Malkin notes the "peaceful" protest that left the head of the Chicago Minutemen hospital-bound for protesting loans to illegal aliens. I could have told them that banks offering loans to illegal immigrants are nothing unusual, but that doesn't...

Links and Minifeatures 03 03 Friday

Carnival of Liberal Wrongs ********** You know the Minutemen, the citizens organization that tries to help Border Patrol by going out and looking at border crossers and telling the Border Patrol what they see? A taxpayer funded organization is threatening...

Links and Minifeatures 10 30 Sunday

Captain's Quarters has an article up on the universal outrage to the statements of Irans president on wiping Israel from the map. But the money quote is from the Palestinians: In fact, Saeb Erekat said on behalf of the Palestinians...

Yet more on Illegal Alien Border Patrol Agent Denied Bail

Former Border Patrol agent accused of smuggling denied bail. The judge even seems rational: "You are an illegal alien," Battaglia told the defendant. "You have no right to work here. You have no right to live here." Money Quote: People...

Border Patrol Smuggler Wants Bail

Well he is a Navy Veteran, I'll give him that. But the allegations are: Not US Citizen (Veterans get citizenship at 8 years, I believe. I think it should be shorter, but this isn't the issue) Perjury (lied about being...

More Roundup on Illegal Border Patrol agent Smuggling aliens

From the local NBC affiliate North County Times:Border Patrol agent arrested in smuggling case and Border Patrol agent charged with smuggling, faking citizenship San Luis Obispo Tribune: same thing with minor differences Border Patrol agent charged with smuggling, faking citizenship...

Illegal Border Patrol Agent Held Without Bail

No bail for ex-border agent in conspiracy Looks like they're throwing all the books at him, in a "How dare you embarrass us like this?" sort of way. Got to go to work. More later. immigration Border Patrol illegal immigration...