TINA BROWN'S DAILY BEAST IS CLUELESS ON IMMIGRATION ISSUE

Mickey Kaus exposes just how clueless Tina Brown's DAILY BEAST is when it come to immigration issues. Here are the money quotes:

"Tina’s Teens Home Without Adult Supervision: Tina Brown’s youthful webworkers, trying to come up with a feature riffing off the Republican debate, have produced a slideshow of “anchor babies.” The only problem is that, embarrassingly, they missed the part in the definition of an “anchor baby” (including the one they themselves cite) where it notes that an “anchor baby” is the child of illegal immigrants born on American soil (the idea being that having an American citizen child anchors the entire otherwise-illegal family by insulating them from deportation)."

Kaus also explains why this happens at liberal media outlets like the DAILY BEAST:

"Note that this is the classic insulated New York liberal mistake"

This just shows how dumb and sloppy the reporting is at the DAILY BEAST under Tina Brown's leadership.

Mickey Kaus moving to the Daily Caller

Breaking News: Mickey Kaus is moving to the Daily Caller from Newsweek. DC Fishbowl has the story. Of course BCP recognized the wisdom of Kaus' ideas  a long time ago. Well before Newsweek and Tucker Carlson latched onto him having endorsed him early  for Senator in the California primary last year.  Even though as a registered Democrat in New York I could not vote for him. Still if the Democrats had been listening to Kaus they would still have control of the house and maybe I would start voting for them again.

A BCP ENDORSEMENT: MICKEY KAUS FOR U.S. SENATE

I've been reading Mickey Kaus' blog for years and was always impressed with his honesty and insight on many issues like illegal immigration. I'm a registered Democrat who divides my time between Washington D.C. and New York where my main residence is so I can't vote for him but, if I could I would vote for Mickey Kaus (The Common Sense Democrat) in the California Democratic primary for U.S. Senate against Barbara Boxer. The least I can do is give him the BCP political endorsement. Here are some of the money quotes of why I would have no problem voting for Kaus:

"It's time Democrat politicians stopped holding enforcement measures hostage to their goal of amnesty--of giving citizenship to millions who are here illegally."

"I'm not for mass deportations, or for rooting out and displacing people who are minding their own business 'living in the shadows.' But Arizonans have been sorely tested by wave after wave of illegal immigration, in violation of federal law, which has brought with it unprecedented levels of violence to the state.

"If Obama and the national Democrats don't like Arizona's response, they should stop holding effective federal enforcement of immigration laws hostage to the amnesty they keep dangling in front of Latino voters."

Here's more from Kaus:

"Kaus is the only Democratic Senate candidate on the ballot to oppose amnesty proposals, even when they are packaged with enforcement measures and billed as "comprehensive reform." The incumbent, Barbara Boxer, supports "comprehensive reform" that includes a "path to citizenship" for illegals--i.e., amnesty."

We need to secure the borders first. Build the actual, physical fence that was supposed to be built. Extend E-verify or another effective means of checking immigration status at the time of employment. Create a system for monitoring visa overstays. Let the ACLU sue. Let the Chamber of Commerce sue. Let MALDEF sue. Then if the system survives those assaults, and works--actually stops illegal immigration and sends a signal to the world that the game has changed--then in a few years we can start to talk about amnesty."

Like I said I can't vote for him but, if you are a Democrat in California please vote for Mickey Kaus in the California primary. But, if you can't vote too you could help his epic campaign by helping him out with a donation. Not all of us Democrats are drinking the liberal kool aid. Mickey Kaus is one such Democrat.

NEW YORK TIMES & THE CULTURE OF DEPENDENCY

Mickey Kaus noticed that the New York Times seems to be repeating themselves especially when it comes to pushing their liberal agenda and taxpayer subsidized programs. Here is the money quote:

And they say Hollywood is hooked on sequels: "Once Stigmatized, Food Stamps Find New Acceptance." The New York Times' Jason DeParle and Robert
Gebeloff write ... wait, didn't the NYT run exactly this story a few months ago?. I think they did! On November 28, 2009. "Food Stamp Use Soars and
Stigma Fades." ... And people accuse Times editors of having an agenda. ...

But, it's not only food stamps the Times is pushing. A  year ago I mentioned it strange about how  the New York Times was concerned that the Welfare rolls were not increasing. The editors at the New York Times seem to still have their liberal blinders on.

Apparenty the agenda now at the New York Times is to bring back the culture of dependency regarding Federal Government programs like Welfare and Food Stamps big time. I'm sure the Obama Administration approves of this message too. But, do the taxpayers? I doubt it!

Vickie Iseman vs The New York Slime

Carlos Slim the Mexican Billionaire must be breathing a sigh of relief. As it seems none of the 250 million he recently provided to bailout the New York Times will not be going to pay lobbyist Vickie Iseman in a defamation suit. It was a feeble attempt by the paper to slime John McCain by insinuating that he had been having an affair with Univision Lobbyist Vickie Iseman. This of course was nonsense! As is increasingly the case the New York Times and other elites in the media they ignored the real story. Make no mistake people were getting screwed by McCain but, it was the American people. As the Mickey Kaus pointed out:

"Former Univision CEO, controlling shareholder and Iseman client Jerrold Perenchio is a National FInance Co-Chair of McCain's campaign. Presumably he brings in more than $85,000; b) The worry isn't that McCain was taking advantage of Univision, et. al. It's rather the other way around. Or, more precisely, that this was a smarmy, mutually self-interested alliance that helped McCain and Univision in ways that maybe went beyond promoting the national interest. "


That's the real scandal behind this story. It is about the lobbist influence on McCain and explains the real reason why he is always pushing for amnesty for the millions of illegal immigrants (the majority Hispanic). He is shilling for his friends at the Spanish language network Univision and making sure that the audience and Univision's revenue do not head south.

Of course the New York Times completely missed the connection or just ignored it. Just another example of why they continue to go downhill in their reporting and readership.

Obama pulling numbers out of his butt?

The mainstream political media is all over Scott McClellan's book on how the Bush administration lied to us about the Iraq war. Meanwhile, the corporate mainstream media seems to be ignoring Barrack Obama pulling stats out of his butt regarding hate crimes against Hispanics in his recent speeches. Mickey Kaus at Slate does a smackdown of Obama recent speeches and a look at the actual numbers. Here are some of the money quotes:
Where does Obama get that "hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year"--an alleged increase he blamed on "people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up"?

A 35% increase over four years is not "doubled last year." (Never mind why the SPLC may have picked 2003 as their base of comparison ).

Am I missing some Obama data source? Or is this an overly overlooked incident of Obama pulling convenient facts out of the air? ...

Suppose John McCain had said the same thing! ... Er, actually, McCain probably will say the same thing. And he'll probably get a pass too. Who'd attack him for it? Obama? The Dobbs-deriding MSM? This is not an area where you can rely on the normal adversarial political process to yield the truth, because Obama, McCain and the MSM essentially agree on immigration. ...

Wups there it is! The truth on why the mainstream media is not looking to closely at what Obama is saying. Luckily, while Obama, McCain and La Raza try to kill the messengers the folks at the Lou Dobbs have a little something to share with Obama. and that is the facts:

Independence Day.

I reflect on the foundlings of this country this July 4th and also celebrate the victory of the American people in stopping the immigration amnesty bill last week. Despite the powerful forces trying to push it through the Senate. The American people let their voices be heard and made it so loud that they could not be ignored. Even when most of the mainstream media seemed to be pushing it also. It is worth celebrating the independence of the American people from the mainstream media bias. As Mickey Kaus puts it:

Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox News Channel took a pro-comprehensive dive. It turns out conservatives don't need Big Murdoch Media to make themselves heard any more than netroots left needs the "liberal MSM." -Mickey Kaus

Yes, independence from the mainstream media on important issues affect the American people. That is worth celebrating too!
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