Comments on: The Culpeper Coalition http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/ Blog-Fu for Prince William, Manassas and Manassas Park politics. Wed, 23 May 2012 08:41:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Greg L http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25440 Greg L Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:40:48 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25440 Thanks for the help. The post is updated, and apologies to any who may have taken offense. Thanks for the help. The post is updated, and apologies to any who may have taken offense.

]]> By: Dean Settle http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25420 Dean Settle Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:12:26 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25420 Greg, That's Culpeper. One "P" It's my boyhood home, and it's my next battlefield. I'm permanently retiring there after a few more years as acting thorn in the LCRC's side. :-) Greg,

That’s Culpeper. One “P”
It’s my boyhood home, and it’s my next battlefield. I’m permanently retiring there after a few more years as acting thorn in the LCRC’s side.
:-)

]]> By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25340 citizenofmanassas Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:55:40 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25340 BL, Wow, I think you covered it all. Though, I would like to ask one more question of those that support illegals. With the ample number of job placement services such as, manpower, labor finders, VA employment center, avaiable for all segments of employment and jobs, why should there be a need for day laborer centers? And for those that will defend the parking lot centers, why is it these have only just become an issue in the last few years? As a resident of this area since the early 1970's(that includes time spent living in South Arlington, North Arlington, Fairfax, and now Manassas). I do not recall seeing or hearing about them before we had an influx of illegals come into the area. The local governments who are participating in this program need to ensure day laborer centers formal or otherwise operate within their jurisdictions. BL,

Wow, I think you covered it all.

Though, I would like to ask one more question of those that support illegals.

With the ample number of job placement services such as, manpower, labor finders, VA employment center, avaiable for all segments of employment and jobs, why should there be a need for day laborer centers?

And for those that will defend the parking lot centers, why is it these have only just become an issue in the last few years? As a resident of this area since the early 1970’s(that includes time spent living in South Arlington, North Arlington, Fairfax, and now Manassas). I do not recall seeing or hearing about them before we had an influx of illegals come into the area.

The local governments who are participating in this program need to ensure day laborer centers formal or otherwise operate within their jurisdictions.

]]> By: BL http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25335 BL Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:27:21 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25335 This Nation has from 12 to 30 million Illegal Aliens and less than 2% work on farms. Those Illegal Aliens are destroying our schools, medical systems, environment, adding to pollution, overpopulation, water & energy use, costing the Tax payers an additional 22,000.00 per year each for their schooling, medical, welfare etc. while Killing, Raping, & Robbing American citizens by the 10,s of thousands! The vast majority of Americans desperately want our borders protected — and we want it done now. We are weary of the excuses and empty promises put forward by the Republican National Committee, the White House, and the Democratic leadership on this vital issue of national, economic, and cultural security. We do not understand why, even after the devastating attacks on September 11, our government still allows hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to cross our borders every year. We do not want our public schools burdened with a massive influx of non-English speaking children of parents who broke our laws. We are livid that our health care costs skyrocket year after year as illegal immigrants take advantage of free health care at emergency rooms across the country. We are astounded to see the resurgence of diseases we thought we had long since conquered, such as tuberculosis, carried by illegal aliens who enter the country without any medical screening. We are horrified to learn how the illegal alien invasion feeds crime and gang activity in our country. We are fed up with a government that has ignored our wishes on an issue that will transform every major aspect of our lives — imperiling America's future. Why is there such a split between elite and popular opinion on immigration and border enforcement? One big reason is that regular people pride themselves on being Americans, while the elites pride themselves on being cosmopolitan (from Greek words basically meaning citizen of the world). Additionally, the specific costs of open borders do not hit the elites as hard as they hit the working class. Case in point: illegal immigrant crime. To listen to the open border advocates and the dinosaur media, one would think that every illegal immigrant living here is like celebrity dog-trainer Cesar Millan (a.k.a. "The Dog Whisperer"). Illegally in this country — yes, but also entrepreneurial, ambitious, and law-abiding. The "local illegal does good" sob stories have gotten old fast. You'd think establishment politicians and the New York Times would be embarrassed to keep pouring it on, but they aren't. The simple fact is that illegal immigration has ravaged entire communities with increases in violent and drug-related crime, and in these areas the system is on the verge of being totally overwhelmed. Yet you would never know this by watching the evening news or reading most of the newspapers. When is the last time CBS or the New York Times, reported on violent crime committed by illegal immigrants? Perhaps they are too busy doing stories on how difficult life is for the illegal immigrant — or the rare case when deportation separates a parent from a child born in the U.S. Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera loves these stories. In 2005, the GAO studied a sample of illegal alien criminals... and found an average of eight arrests and thirteen offenses per criminal alien. The audit examined one hundred criminal cases involving illegal immigrants, and found that seventy-three illegals accounted for 429 arrests, 878 charges, and 241 convictions. Gangs comprised of illegals, such as the deadly Salvadoran MS-13, have been terrorizing communities from Northern Virginia to Long Island since the 1980s. Their crimes range from human and drug trafficking, murder (often by machete), rape, extortion, and armed robbery. MS-13 is now the most powerful gang in America and operates in more than thirty states. The more we learn about illegal immigration's devastating consequences for our country — our schools, our health care system, our prison population — the more many of us feel abandoned and cheated by the people who were supposed to represent us in Washington. Why did President Bush lobby so passionately for "comprehensive immigration reform" when an overwhelming majority in his own party and even a majority of Democrats didn't want it? And why didn't he work so hard on issues conservatives cared about — cutting government spending and defeating McCain-Feingold, to name a few? This Nation has from 12 to 30 million Illegal Aliens and less than 2% work on farms. Those Illegal Aliens are destroying our schools, medical systems, environment, adding to pollution, overpopulation, water & energy use, costing the Tax payers an additional 22,000.00 per year each for their schooling, medical, welfare etc. while Killing, Raping, & Robbing American citizens by the 10,s of thousands!
The vast majority of Americans desperately want our borders protected — and we want it done now. We are weary of the excuses and empty promises put forward by the Republican National Committee, the White House, and the Democratic leadership on this vital issue of national, economic, and cultural security.
We do not understand why, even after the devastating attacks on September 11, our government still allows hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to cross our borders every year. We do not want our public schools burdened with a massive influx of non-English speaking children of parents who broke our laws. We are livid that our health care costs skyrocket year after year as illegal immigrants take advantage of free health care at emergency rooms across the country. We are astounded to see the resurgence of diseases we thought we had long since conquered, such as tuberculosis, carried by illegal aliens who enter the country without any medical screening. We are horrified to learn how the illegal alien invasion feeds crime and gang activity in our country. We are fed up with a government that has ignored our wishes on an issue that will transform every major aspect of our lives — imperiling America’s future.
Why is there such a split between elite and popular opinion on immigration and border enforcement? One big reason is that regular people pride themselves on being Americans, while the elites pride themselves on being cosmopolitan (from Greek words basically meaning citizen of the world). Additionally, the specific costs of open borders do not hit the elites as hard as they hit the working class. Case in point: illegal immigrant crime. To listen to the open border advocates and the dinosaur media, one would think that every illegal immigrant living here is like celebrity dog-trainer Cesar Millan (a.k.a. “The Dog Whisperer”). Illegally in this country — yes, but also entrepreneurial, ambitious, and law-abiding. The “local illegal does good” sob stories have gotten old fast. You’d think establishment politicians and the New York Times would be embarrassed to keep pouring it on, but they aren’t.
The simple fact is that illegal immigration has ravaged entire communities with increases in violent and drug-related crime, and in these areas the system is on the verge of being totally overwhelmed. Yet you would never know this by watching the evening news or reading most of the newspapers. When is the last time CBS or the New York Times, reported on violent crime committed by illegal immigrants? Perhaps they are too busy doing stories on how difficult life is for the illegal immigrant — or the rare case when deportation separates a parent from a child born in the U.S. Fox News Channel’s Geraldo Rivera loves these stories.
In 2005, the GAO studied a sample of illegal alien criminals… and found an average of eight arrests and thirteen offenses per criminal alien. The audit examined one hundred criminal cases involving illegal immigrants, and found that seventy-three illegals accounted for 429 arrests, 878 charges, and 241 convictions.
Gangs comprised of illegals, such as the deadly Salvadoran MS-13, have been terrorizing communities from Northern Virginia to Long Island since the 1980s. Their crimes range from human and drug trafficking, murder (often by machete), rape, extortion, and armed robbery. MS-13 is now the most powerful gang in America and operates in more than thirty states.
The more we learn about illegal immigration’s devastating consequences for our country — our schools, our health care system, our prison population — the more many of us feel abandoned and cheated by the people who were supposed to represent us in Washington. Why did President Bush lobby so passionately for “comprehensive immigration reform” when an overwhelming majority in his own party and even a majority of Democrats didn’t want it? And why didn’t he work so hard on issues conservatives cared about — cutting government spending and defeating McCain-Feingold, to name a few?

]]> By: citizenofmanassas http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25332 citizenofmanassas Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:58:59 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25332 It is funny how some on the support the illegal alien side say there is only a small minority of the overall population who are against illegal aliens. Greg, you are right, Timmy should take heed, and so should Mark Warner. It is funny how some on the support the illegal alien side say there is only a small minority of the overall population who are against illegal aliens.

Greg, you are right, Timmy should take heed, and so should Mark Warner.

]]> By: The Patriot http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25325 The Patriot Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:02:09 +0000 http://www.bvbl.net/index.php/2007/09/14/the-culpepper-coalition/#comment-25325 It is about time! That day labor site I saw just outside of old town Culpeper is a symptom of problems down the road if they do not do something before it gets out of control! It is about time! That day labor site I saw just outside of old town Culpeper is a symptom of problems down the road if they do not do something before it gets out of control!

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