Mar
30
2007
These "anything for a buck" travel agents thought they were untouchable. Clearly, they'll have some time to re-think. This is a great start, but it's clear that we need much more enforcement - on both sides of the border. What to do with Americans who facilitate human smuggling? Perhaps they should be stripped of citizenship in the USA and shipped to Juarez. After all, turnabout is fair play. Why not send the criminals to the country that they really support?
PHOENIX — Fourteen travel agency owners or employees were indicted on human smuggling and other charges, accused of selling airline tickets they thought would be used by illegal immigrants, officials said.
Authorities said a records analysis showed six travel agencies sold tickets to an estimated 6,800 illegal immigrants in the United States since mid-2005. But Thursday's charges were connected only to the sale of tickets to undercover officers.
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Mar
30
2007
In an apparently under-reported decision, the Oregon Supreme Court has not only redefined self-defense, but has essentially overturned a twenty-five year-old ruling by a former Oregon Supreme Court. In ruling that the law does not require a person to attempt to avoid a confrontation before employing deadly force, the court reversed a Josephine County murder conviction and chastised the 1982 Supreme Court for rewriting the law - noting that no escape or retreat language was ever included in Oregon law. While this is a significant development, it doesn't seem to have been picked out on much of the local media. The folks at JibJab won't be looking for work anytime soon.
Mar
30
2007
Previous post that Orbusmax featured.
Apparently, your Washington State Senate Democrats want you to believe they have a "Security for Washington’s future today" budget. Nothing could be further from the truth. The State Senate budget (SB 5140) overspends greatly… but invests "a maximum of $100,000" for a special education ombudsman. Only because State Senator Janéa Holmquist has staked her personal reputation on getting this funding - and her press release was written three weeks ago in most respects according to a source within Olympia.
Of course, being a conservative in the mold of U.S. Representative Mike Pence, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn and the Evergreen Freedom Foundation… here are some offsets (okay, cuts) the State Senate could make in its budget (these are biennium numbers):
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$158,000 for a "Manufactured Home Installation Training Account" in Sec. 127 - Community, Trade and Economic Development
(A subsidy to private business, pure & simple.)
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