http://24ahead.com/blog/ Non-"liberal" coverage of immigration, Iraq, terrorism, multiculturalism, Los Angeles, California, privacy, and occasionally celebrities and wacky humor. Official slogan: "Don't blame me, I wrote-in Tancredo." en-us DELETETHISabuse@THISTOOtolstoyANDTHIS.com Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:44:18 -0800 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:00:44 -0800 Todd Palin - the husband of John McCain's vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin - and I share a common bond. Todd (as I call him) is part native Alaskan, that is, part Eskimo. Distant relations... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007970.html From this: The sudden guilty plea to charges of hiring illegal immigrants by the president of Shipley Do-Nuts — one of Houston's most well-known institutions — is likely to send a strong message to employers... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007968.html Perky Katie Couric is going to be attending the Republican National Convention next week, and she's looking for questions she can ask. Now, I'm not expecting much of anything, but I did leave four suggestions... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007967.html In his big acceptance speech in Denver, Barack Obama said among many, many other things: Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007965.html From this: Hispanics should not have to live in fear of raids by immigration agents, Michelle Obama told a Hispanic caucus to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. ..."We would have an immigration policy that... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007964.html This site doesn't normally stoop so low as to link to a TMZ report where they conduct a sidewalk interview with U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez, and she responds in a way that's consistent with those... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007963.html The Republican National Committee is working on the draft of their platform, and might have it done tonight in order to be ready to be put up for a vote on Monday. As of yesterday... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007961.html On Thursday, Barack Obama will accept Athens' the Democratic Party's endorsement at Denver's Invesco Field on a set resembling a miniature Greek temple. A somewhat close-up is above (via CQ Politics' collection, link). There... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007955.html You could have seen this coming from miles away. The Census Bureau today released their 2007 statistics on poverty and those without health insurance. Also today, Barack Obama lied when he said: "Another 816,000 Americans... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007954.html The largest immigration raid in U.S. history occured yesterday at a Howard Industries plant in southern Mississippi where they make transformers (link). There were almost 600 arrests, with around 100 of those being released for... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007953.html I am declaring the nadir of Obamamania, as Dave Stewart (of the Eurythmics) offers a song called "American Prayer", which is along the same lines as previous Obama promotions from Will.I.Am. This one, however, features... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007951.html The Census Bureau has released their report with the numbers of those below the poverty line and without health insurance for 2007; see this PDF file. What you'll probably hear from the mainstream media and... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007950.html The Democratic National Convention is about as exciting as watching the 37th Plenary Soviet, and even more predictable. The MSM pretends they're doing real reporting, as do the "citizen journalists" whether of the Democratic partisan... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007948.html Dear non-Democrat, non-MSM "citizen journalists" in Denver attending the Democratic National Convention: While I enjoy reading about riots by the far-far-far-left as much as the next Infonaut (link), I believe you're concentrating on the, well,... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007947.html Kristen Wyatt of the Associated Press (AP) gleefully offers "Anti-immigrant rally fizzles as DNC opens" (link), about an event organized by RightMarch and conducted in a Denver park specifically to coincide with the DNC. According... http://24ahead.com/blog/archives/007946.html