March 03, 2014
— DrewM First, thanks for listening to the first Special Podcast on the DoD Budget I did with Bryan McGrath. It was recorded before events got crazy in Ukraine but it's worth listening to given the events of the last few days and what it will mean for US policy.
Second, we need a better name than Special Podcast. I'm going to try to do one or two of these a week so they won't be very special soon.
On to this week....
As some of you may know I'm opposed to legalization/amnesty for the 11 million or so illegal immigrants in the US. I was interested in talking to someone who took the other side of this contentious issue and was fortunate enough to get Daniel Garza of the Libre Initiative to discuss this and something I do support, outreach to Hispanic voters.
We did agree on a number of things (a general desire to see the legal immigration system reformed) but disagreed sharply when it came to amnesty.
I'm not sure how many minds are out there to be changed but whichever side you are on, Daniel is a passionate advocate for his side.
As with the previous interview/debate this runs about 30 minutes.
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As always, thanks to Andy (@theH2) for his technical voodoo that makes this happen.
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Posted by: toby928© rants populist at March 03, 2014 07:13 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 03, 2014 07:14 AM (MLwNA)
I get tired of being told by Mexican-Americans (the real kind) that I know nothing about authentic Mexican food.
So if they want to open up some real Mexican restaurants around here, and other places north of the Mason-Dixon line, that would be ok.
Are legal beans and rice and tortillas authentic enough though?
Posted by: BurtTC at March 03, 2014 07:16 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Hector!!! at March 03, 2014 07:16 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 03, 2014 07:16 AM (MLwNA)
Posted by: Adam at March 03, 2014 07:18 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: ejo at March 03, 2014 07:19 AM (GXvSO)
Posted by: soothsayer at March 03, 2014 11:16 AM (MLwNA)
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Yup. The ole "give an inch" rule applies here. Shut Mehican immigration off for twenty years, then we'll talk. Otherwise I have no interest in the leftist bullshit.
Posted by: Soona at March 03, 2014 07:20 AM (xMLV7)
BurtTC?
We actually have 2 Mexican restaurants who cook real Mexican food- Cilantros & El Potro. Google them. They are very good.
Posted by: backhoe at March 03, 2014 07:21 AM (ULH4o)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:21 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: toby928© rants populist at March 03, 2014 07:22 AM (QupBk)
All you racists are going to upset authorlmendez so much he might come back to bitch about how racist you all are.
He might even -1 your comments.
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 07:23 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Lizzy at March 03, 2014 07:24 AM (aq/zi)
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Search results are giving me names of places in Georgia, Florida, and Californica.
Alas, they probably don't deliver this far.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 03, 2014 07:24 AM (TOk1P)
I need someone to plow the drive when it snows as I am getting too old and weak to wrestle the Ariens.
Posted by: Too old to plow. at March 03, 2014 07:24 AM (iD3HC)
Why would you do that?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2014 07:25 AM (P3U0f)
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I haven't seen him since the last time he came around to say this is why he doesn't come around here anymore.
I miss that.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 03, 2014 07:25 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: jeannebodine at March 03, 2014 07:26 AM (2LJqa)
Why would you do that?
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2014 11:25 AM (P3U0f)
Because otherwise RACIST!!!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:27 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Sam Hill at March 03, 2014 07:27 AM (zgHLA)
Otherwise you are really just importing low cost labor (to compete against low skill Americans) and having these new workers subsidized by the taxpayers...and you are sure as hell not a libertarian...
Posted by: 18-1 at March 03, 2014 07:27 AM (P3U0f)
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I haven't seen him since the last time he came around to say this is why he doesn't come around here anymore.
I miss that.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 03, 2014 11:25 AM (TOk1P)
I found it funny. And that is why I mock his stupidity and trolling.
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 07:28 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:28 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: toby928© rants populist at March 03, 2014 07:29 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 03, 2014 07:29 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 03, 2014 11:29 AM (gorVZ)
I was going to say "Call it the Short Bus Podcast," but now I'm voting for Guy Mohawk's rec. That made me laugh out loud.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:29 AM (4df7R)
*lol*
I don't want to amnesty the illegally-resident overstayed-their-visa Africans, Europeans, or Asians, either.
Posted by: HR at March 03, 2014 07:30 AM (ZKzrr)
You could call it a "Very Special Blossom" podcast.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 03, 2014 11:29 AM (gorVZ)
Will it be the one where Joey finds out his best friend is gay, isn't larry but lawrence and has the hots for him?
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 07:30 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 03, 2014 07:30 AM (7ObY1)
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Come to think of it, I haven't ever had authentic Ukrainian food either.
I wonder how difficult it is to find the ingredients, or if it's a bunch of goats bladders and ostrich ears.
Posted by: BurtTC at March 03, 2014 07:31 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 03, 2014 07:32 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2014 07:32 AM (MtC8f)
Or could it be the one where Blossom's dad imagines her getting into weed and ends up having a garbage bag full of pot?
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 07:32 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 03, 2014 11:29 AM (gorVZ)
Will it be the one where Joey finds out his best friend is gay, isn't larry but lawrence and has the hots for him?
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 11:30 AM (LI48c)
Or it could be called the "Very Special Diff'rent Strokes" Podcast, since that show had some of the most fucked up "special episodes" of the century.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:32 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 03, 2014 07:33 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: toby928© rants populist at March 03, 2014 07:33 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Neil Young [/i] at March 03, 2014 07:34 AM (CnA98)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 03, 2014 11:32 AM (4df7R)
Well to call it a "very special Blossom," is a bit of a joke about it being a special podcast every single week. Because Blossom got to be like that. Every week was "a very special episode." So its not about being fucked up its about being special every time.
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 07:34 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:35 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2014 07:36 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 03, 2014 07:36 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 11:34 AM (LI48c)
Hmm, this is true.
Of course, it could also be the "Very Special Facts of Life" podcast, since that was nothing but MESSAGE MESSAGE MESSAGE from start to finish.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:36 AM (4df7R)
I always figgered that had to mean Joey was teh ghey.
I mean, Six had the best ass of the Eighties, hands down.
Posted by: Citizen X at March 03, 2014 11:33 AM (7ObY1)
I just looked Blossom was in the 90's never the 80's. Would you like to go sit with ace and ogle Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice?
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 07:36 AM (LI48c)
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And a driver to take her to her car at night, what with all the darned photorgraphers parked around the gate.
Posted by: Zombie Liz at March 03, 2014 07:36 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 03, 2014 07:37 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:37 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2014 07:38 AM (MtC8f)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit at March 03, 2014 11:37 AM (4df7R)
AMC is selling lifesize cardboard cutouts of Darryl Dixon. There that should clear your brain.
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 07:39 AM (LI48c)
I felt sorry for Candace Cameron. It was one of the single lamest Very Special Episodes ever.
Did any of these sitcoms ever actually WIN anything for these episodes? They were such obvious Emmy bait, but that only makes sense if you've got better than a snowball's chance in Hell of actually being nominated for an Emmy.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:39 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: BurtTC at March 03, 2014 07:39 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 03, 2014 07:39 AM (7ObY1)
I would be in favor of a law that allows people to sell their citizenship. Daniel Garza could then put his up for auction, and we could find out just exactly how much it is worth. Which is to say, how much he wants us to give for free to each and every one of his amigos.
Posted by: Jerome at March 03, 2014 07:39 AM (MQlzc)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2014 07:40 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 03, 2014 07:40 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2014 07:41 AM (MtC8f)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:41 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 03, 2014 07:41 AM (hq5sb)
Second, we need a better name than Special Podcast. I'm going to try to do one or two of these a week so they won't be very special soon.
Why not just "Drewcast?"
Or "Drewlings?"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at March 03, 2014 07:42 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: NotCoach at March 03, 2014 07:43 AM (rsudF)
Posted by: Lincolntf at March 03, 2014 07:44 AM (ZshNr)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at March 03, 2014 07:45 AM (iy7de)
Posted by: tsrblke, PhD(c) (No Really!) at March 03, 2014 07:45 AM (hq5sb)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2014 11:41 AM (MtC8f)
Oh man, I can't remember.
BTW, I consider it a point of honor that, even as a wee lass in the 80s, I was still smart enough to recognize that show as the most cloying leftwing bullshit EVER. No wonder Alex was the only character anyone liked.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:45 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: JB at March 03, 2014 07:46 AM (K/J3u)
I'm sure if I was on the other side of this, I'd be passionate about being allowed into this country no matter what. But he's wrong and they are a liability and not an asset.
Have him talk about the immigration policies of the countries of the people who want to invade. Ask them how they'd act if we were to do the same as they are doing. Of course we can't because most all of their countries deny foreigners the ability to work to hold property or vote.
Ask him why he doesn't try to fix his country instead of coming here.
50 years of this. Allowing illiterates to flood the nation with cheap labor and what's the result? It's not prosperity for all but lower costs for some. Let them hire some Americans first, secure the border the entire length and then after 10 years, we'll talk.
Meanwhile; Hasta Manana.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 03, 2014 07:46 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 03, 2014 07:47 AM (TE35l)
Posted by: JB at March 03, 2014 11:46 AM (K/J3u)
THIS. The Amnesty lobby has been peddling that "11 million" bullshit for at least twenty years.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:48 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 03, 2014 07:48 AM (XyM/Y)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2014 07:49 AM (84gbM)
"If Hillary Clinton doesn't run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 -- and there's 1 chance in 5 of that -- the party could have a nervous breakdown. On the national level, the Democratic bench is weaker, or more overshadowed, than at any time in the past several decades."
Yeah, because they're all as old as Methuselah and ready to croak at any minute. And good riddance when they do.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:50 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2014 07:50 AM (84gbM)
A few things to consider:
Mexico does a heck of a lot of legal and illegal trade with the U.S. Southwest.
Mexicans believe they are just reasserting, from their point of view, their historical right of return to the U.S. Southwest; a population they have cultural and linguistic ties to.
They can't afford to have all those U.S. dollars from the illegals go missing from Mexico's economy.
And certainly after the Fast And Furious act of war against Mexico by the government of the United States that resulted in the deaths of more than 400 Mexican citizens, they are probably justified in this view.
Romney couldn't fix this, why expect Obama to be capable of it? And Sicily and Greece are too far away for us to effectively intervene in Mexican activities along the border or into the Southwest.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 03, 2014 07:50 AM (hn5v5)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 03, 2014 07:51 AM (VtjlW)
He's famous for Bosom Buddies.
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 03, 2014 07:51 AM (hHFOx)
Jenna's still looking muy caliente. ay yi yi arriba arriba andelante
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 03, 2014 07:51 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2014 07:52 AM (MtC8f)
Posted by: sven10077 at March 03, 2014 07:52 AM (TE35l)
Yep. 20 million is fraudulent too. At least 30 million. Half of 'em used to live in a duplex 2 door down....
Posted by: backhoe at March 03, 2014 07:53 AM (ULH4o)
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Ladies, would it help if I informed you that they had one of these on the set of Talking Dead yesterday evening, and Chris Hardwick was trying to tongue kiss the thing... with Norman Reedus sitting right there on the couch!
Posted by: BurtTC at March 03, 2014 07:53 AM (TOk1P)
I've said it before, but unless every person who is in this country illegally is somehow obligated to kill ANOTHER illegal as a prerequisite for continuing to illegally remain here, then there's no way that number hasn't at least quadrupled.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Assault Hobbit [/u][/i][/s][/b] at March 03, 2014 07:54 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies with whipped cream. at March 03, 2014 07:54 AM (VtjlW)
I liked Bosom Buddies, too. Had nothing to do with Donna Dixon, I swear.
Posted by: Mega, AoS Commenter of the Year at March 03, 2014 07:54 AM (hHFOx)
Posted by: Citizen X at March 03, 2014 07:56 AM (7ObY1)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at March 03, 2014 07:59 AM (E8IHS)
Posted by: RWC at March 03, 2014 07:59 AM (MtC8f)
Posted by: House Republicans at March 03, 2014 08:00 AM (KTXxI)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2014 08:00 AM (84gbM)
Posted by: DrewM. at March 03, 2014 08:02 AM (KTXxI)
Posted by: Guard at March 03, 2014 08:02 AM (NF2Bf)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at March 03, 2014 08:04 AM (E8IHS)
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Holy crap..... I take a few days from the horde.... and y'all switch up all the memes while Im away....
Posted by: fixerupper at March 03, 2014 08:04 AM (nELVU)
They'll self deport THEN.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 03, 2014 08:04 AM (LSDdO)
If it happened before January 20, 2009, it didn't happen at all.
Was it the judge from Night Court?
Harry Anderson had a funny recurring character on the first season of Cheers, too.
Posted by: HR at March 03, 2014 08:05 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at March 03, 2014 08:05 AM (E8IHS)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 03, 2014 08:05 AM (oFCZn)
Posted by: Adam at March 03, 2014 08:06 AM (Aif/5)
Posted by: HoboJerky, Hash Hunter at March 03, 2014 08:07 AM (E8IHS)
Posted by: Romeo13 at March 03, 2014 08:08 AM (84gbM)
There's a reason why Mexico is still a 3rd world country despite all it's advantages and it's not because the anglos are keeping them down.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 03, 2014 08:09 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: buzzion at March 03, 2014 08:11 AM (LI48c)
Hispanic opposition to amnesty is in the 40% range. The GOP would pick up MORE, YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT, MORE hispanic votes by taking a harder line on amnesty and focusing on border security.
It's like I'm living in a fucking bizarro world...
Posted by: prescient11 at March 03, 2014 08:13 AM (tVTLU)
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at March 03, 2014 08:13 AM (oFCZn)
That's what cracks me up about AoS. An off-hand Blossom joke takes a life of its own.
As to the subject, I have no dog in the fight for Hispanic outreach as I belong to no party (and I despise race politics), but I will say that the Chamber of Commerce is gonna get a shock when the amnesties all start saying they need minimum wage and labor costs go thru the roof, and they again raise the minimum wage.
Finally, Russia issues surrender ultimatum to Ukraine forces. So there's that.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 03, 2014 08:14 AM (gorVZ)
Posted by: thunderb at March 03, 2014 08:14 AM (zOTsN)
Posted by: thunderb at March 03, 2014 08:16 AM (zOTsN)
Immigration reform would consist of shutting down any and all asylum seekers for 5 years, a tracking system for anyone gaining a temporary visa, a bond of 10,000$ for that visa (in cash) and proof of verbal literacy in English and verbal and written literacy in THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. (literacy being able to converse adequately and write clearly to the level of freshman in High School here.)
That and the bounty would do the trick. Oh and No Ingles? means NO BENEFITS CHICO.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 03, 2014 08:16 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Microaggressive SoCon) at March 03, 2014 08:19 AM (LSDdO)
Posted by: MacGootbone at March 03, 2014 08:20 AM (9KBWp)
Mexicans need work visas to enter Canada, thunderb. The Mexicans were complaining about it (still/again) at the recent Three Amigos meeting in Mexico.
Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at March 03, 2014 08:21 AM (hn5v5)
Posted by: Africanus at March 03, 2014 08:23 AM (XOKLb)
Posted by: Mr. Dave at March 03, 2014 08:33 AM (bX7ov)
Looking for a different name for the podcast? How about the "Touch Me There" Podcast or the "Ace of Spades: Very Special Episode" or the "WTF Is This Internet Thingie" Podcast?
/here all week
Posted by: sans_sheriff at March 03, 2014 09:19 AM (Lljg2)
Posted by: Chris at March 03, 2014 12:46 PM (crkWb)
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