Preception and reality don’t meet in Farmers Branch

I have been writing about this for some time now so I just couldn’t let this pass without comment.
Star-Telegram | 02/05/2007 | Public opinion doesn’t follow the numbers

Wow, it sure looks like illegal immigration has increased Farmers Branch’s crime rate and has hurt their property values something awful doesn’t it? That was the reason for [...]

Whopper-sized spin

Commentary: Putting a sinister spin on immigration crackdown - CNN.com:
For as long as anyone can remember, illegal immigrants have been working with the aid of bogus Social Security numbers. And this was seen for what it was — a violation of U.S. immigration law.
But last week, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement rounded up 1,282 illegal [...]

Bonilla Scared???

Please, please, go read this whole article. It is worth the 5 minutes it will take.
MySA.com: Politics
Bonilla hits Rodriguez on terrorism matters
The “dangerous judgment” Bonilla attributed to Rodriguez was primarily his support for legislation that would have eliminated the use of secret evidence to deport or deny benefits to any undocumented immigrant. Bonilla’s attack put [...]

Things that make me go hmmmmm

The ultimate drug deal:
The flaws in the Medicare Plan D program didn’t crop up without anyone seeing them coming. They are the expected result of the way Congress designed the program. So ask those who want to serve you how they’ll fix its flaws.The greatest of them arises from a feature inserted to protect drug [...]

Republican Hypocrisy

Transcript for October 23 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com:
SEN. HUTCHISON: Tim, you know, I think we have to remember something here. An indictment of any kind is not a guilty verdict, and I do think we have in this country the right to go to court and have due process [...]