Date:  Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:03:59 -0700 
From: "Ross A. Smith" <rosssmith@charter.net> 

  Teddy (the Date Drowner) Kennedy, George W. Bush & John McCain's
Immigration Fiasco Bill is apparently a DEAD DUCK in the Senate!  Isn't 
that a darn shame??? We don't get to spend $3 Trillion dollars on welfare 
benefits for illegal aliens.  And George Bush does not get to join Teddy and
John in destroying the Republican Party -- although the party probably 
deserves to be put out of its misery after the way it has screwed up royally under Bush's free-spending leadership.

  I wonder if the Republican leaders learned anything from this fiasco -- probably not.

   LaRaza and other illegal immigrant support groups PLUS the Oregonian 
hate the fact that far-left Teddy (the date drowner) Kennedy's reform bill 
(pushed hard by RINOS John McCain and George W. Bush) was defeated 
in the Senate.
    All of which adds up to telling us the US Senate finally did something right 
-- perhaps.
    They tried to sneak this one by citizens (again) without first sealing the 
borders (which many say is a mandatory Step One to addressing the 
problem) and they got caught by those could discern another govt con job at  work.  No bill is better than this mess -- until our government shows us it 
intends to CONTROL OUR BORDERS FIRST!     
    
   Only then can we talk about Step Two.

SOB

    PS -- the Spanish-speaking roofers, siders, and painters who have been working on the house we are building do a first class job, always arrive early
and leave late, and cause absolutely no problems. They are the kind of 
workers I would hope we would welcome in this country and I hope we find
a way they can become U S citizens if they are not already.
    Immigrants have a way of reminding us who we are, where we came from, and how fortunate we are that all of our ancestors immigrated to this country  at one time or another. They are a way of refreshing ourselves by adding hard working new ingredients. Is the phrase "blessing in disguise" appropriate 
here?

     Our country is not that old, and indigenous birth rates are down and 
abortion rates up. We need replacement workers who are not afraid of hard
work not just to produce goods and services but to revitalize our work force
grown too complacent perhaps.