"Today’s Islam has huge problems and it is not unreasonable to be afraid of it. It’s not just the Islamic terrorism. It’s the widely spread female genital mutilation, breast ironing, subjugation of women, Sharia law, treatment of gays, fanaticism and racism including antiamericanism and antisemitism to give a few examples."
Works for me. I’d also throw in the "honor" killings of children. Via shlemazl.
“Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007” is the official title of the controversial proposed law. But, judging from the text, only "economic opportunity" seems to be operatively likely. The full text, in easily browsable format, from The Truth Laid Bear.
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Those U.S. treasure hunters off the British coast aren’t saying where or what their $500 million gold and silver haul–deep enough apparently to require recovery by robot–may be, but speculation already is trying to pinpoint it:
"In 1641, an English ship called the Merchant Royal sank off the Scilly Islands, laden with bullion from Mexico. There is speculation that this is the wreck salvaged by Odyssey."
If that is the one, what do you want to bet that the Mexicans demand it all back?
UPDATE Nothing yet from Mexico City, but the Spaniards are going to court. They’re satisfied it’s one of their hauls from the New World.
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The Wall Street Journal likes some of what it sees in the Senate immigration bill:
"A bipartisan immigration bill would be good for the country if it truly leads to fewer illegals while allowing the flow of workers our economy needs. The Senate bill takes us only half way there."
It also sounds complicated, with new employer penalties, and the need for illegals to return home before they can return to become citizens. Too complicated maybe. But amnesty it ain’t.
UPDATE Nevertheless, it’s killing Bush’s approval rating, according to pollster Rasmussen.
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“With this bill, the American people are going to think they are being sold the same bill of goods as before on border security. We should scrap this bill and the whole debate until we can convince the American people that we have secured the borders or at least have made great headway.”
Announce, Fred. Announce.
Or is there a bill?
Via Instapundit
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When Ken Burns decided to forgo any mention of Latino-American troops in his upcoming doc on World War II, he skipped over the more than 500 stories collected here by the University of Texas’ oral history project. They have a new web site in the works. I hope it has some transcripts of the actual interviews and some of their good photographs that have been reproduced in newspaper articles.
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