Well, this has been an eventful three weeks to say the least.  While engaged in a knock down battle with the defeat-o-crats on the fate of the Iraq war, we were blind-sided by a sucker punch delivered by the President and the US Senate on immigration reform.  As we recovered from the devastating blow, we heard a standing eight count and mercifully we were saved by the bell as the first round of the already infamous 'immigration reform' fight came to a close.  The Senate, astounded themselves by our negative reaction, were forced to abandon their plan to sneak this shamnesty plan by the American people with little or no real debate and postponed the vote until after the Memorial Day recess.

The conservative Republican base, now feeling politically more like one of Andrew Luster's date rape victims, struggled to regain their bearing and self-respect.  Unflattering epithets like betrayal, treason, sellout and dereliction of duty, formerly reserved for his lowness slick Willy, now echoed throughout the rank and file of Bush's last bastion of political support.  Our former Commander in Chief was quickly demoted to rank of his notorious predecessor as Traitor in Chief.  We now sounded like spiteful Democrats as we ruthlessly demagogued him.  Why would Bush betray his last bastion of political support, we asked?  Why would he turn on those who had stood by him through the thick and more recently thinner political fortunes?  We were not surprised when the Chappaquiddick Kid emerged as one of the ring leaders of the new Democratic voter registration bill.  But why would our Republican Senators sign on to this monstrosity?  We expect this betrayal of principle by the Democrats.  We were genuinely shocked by the quisling Republicans.  A rude awakening it was indeed and it marked the end of any political innocence that we might still have left in us.

The obvious questions and unconvincing answers emerged like ants at a picnic.  Why were our borders left unsecured in the first place?  Don't they want to protect us?  After 9/11 you would think this would be a top priority.  The oxymoron of the Department of Homeland Security goaded me to redefine my concept of national security.   Why has there been virtually no enforcement of our current immigration laws?  Why are employers allowed to hire illegals indiscriminately without fear of retribution or penalties by the government.  With a total of 800 miles of fence scheduled to be built, why had they built only two miles in the last 6 months?  At that rate the fence will be completed in the year 2207 and all of Mexico could have scampered unmolested across the border by then.  People are inclined to assign all of these failures to governmental incompetence.  However I have become aware of something that changed my opinion as to why this situation exists.  I hope it will change your mind and make you aware of what a dire situation our Republic really is in.

As I searched the internet for information about illegals I came across an article called Former Employees File RICO Lawsuit Against Swift & Co.  As you may remember last December the INS arrested 1300 illegal employees of Swift & Co., the largest meat packing company in the US.  A class action RICO lawsuit was filed on behalf of 18 of the employees who claimed that Swift had "conspired to manipulate and depress the labor market and wages by hiring illegal immigrants."  In January a federal judge came to Swift's rescue and dismissed the case.  So you may ask yourself, 'what's the beef' here?  Well, I did another search and I found a similar class action RICO lawsuit has been filed in Georgia against Mohawk Industries, the carpet manufacturing giant.  The eleventh circuit refused to dismiss this case outright and the decision to proceed with it is now under appeal.  It is evident to me and I hope it is becoming clear to you that this is a major threat to the business giants that hire illegals intentionally and make millions in profits because of the lower labor costs.  There may be other RICO predicate lawsuits being filed elsewhere but this is sufficient for me to see what is happening here.  Coincidentally both of Georgia's Republican Senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, who previously paid lip service to the conservative Republican position of tough immigration laws and border enforcement, have now signed onto the new shamnesty bill.  What they voted against last year they are now voting for this year.  What made them change their minds?

Now we have to ask, why would big business be in favor of legalizing immigrant workers?  After all, are not they the ones that primary benefit from this cheap labor?  You would think that they would be the ones to support the 'status quo', to borrow a talking point from the sellout Senators.  Well to me, the answer to this question became painfully clear.  If these illegals are allowed to become legal quickly, then the employers are off the hook (hence the 24 hour approval of the Z-Visa).  They cannot be prosecuted for hiring illegals and the millions of their hard earned profits are secure and safe from class action labor cases.  They are free from the looming threat of these very costly RICO lawsuits.  All they have to do is loose one and the door to the barn is open, so to speak, and the Big Businesses all across America who hire illegals will be vulnerable to prosecution.

This article published in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, primarily a liberal rag, shows not only the support of big business in GA for this so called 'immigration reform bill', but that they have formed a new high powered lobby call GEIR and are actively lobbying the Senate for it's passage.  This powerful group is so new that it's membership is still secret.  It was no doubt formed in the wake of the class action Mohawk RICO lawsuit.

Georgia agri-business lines up behind Chambliss, Isakson on immigration reform

"Just got off the phone with Wayne Lord, a vice president for governmental affairs with Pilgrim’s Pride, the largest chicken company in Georgia, and the United States as well.  He’s up in Washington, trying to build support for the immigration reform package now being debated in the U.S. Senate.  Lord is also chairman of Georgia Employers for Immigration Reform, a group of 25 or so major businesses that are backing the play of U.S. Senators. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, who helped negotiate the bipartisan compromise.  The group is one of the reasons the two Georgia feel comfortable sticking their necks out on this highly volatile issue.  “All of us as business leaders are very grateful for the leadership of senators Chambliss and Isakson,” Lord said."

This group is one of many Big Business interests lobbies that have signed on to 'immigration reform.  I would go so far as to suggest that they in fact are the primary movers behind this 'employer amnesty' bill and the reason that the Senate is in such a hurry to get it passed.   They are the ones that would benefit the most from amnesty under this bill.  I have no specific information of how these lobbies have managed to change the minds of our Senators but it is obvious to me that they have done just that.  Immigration bill picks up support from businesses.

The incredible irony of this shamnesty bill is that we have immigration rights lobbies and Big Business employer lobbies both working to ram this bill through the Senate.  Another irony is that both political parties have sold out their base constituency to get the compromised legislation through.  The Republicans have sold out their conservative constituency to big business interests and the Democrats have sold out their traditional labor and blue collar constituency to big business and immigration interests.  The executive branch completes the triumvirate of the complete sellout by indulging both immigration amnesty and big business.  Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., derisively refers to them as "the masters of the universe."

So money talks and everything else walks across the border in the US Senate these days.  There use to be a great deal of concern about the number of companies exporting their factories to Mexico and China to benefit from the surplus of cheap labor there.  Now big business has found it is easier to move the workers than to move the factories.  This way they can maintain the pretense that they are still supporting American business growth.

So the unfortunate and painful but very simple answer to my earlier question is, the reason this situation exists, is that big business controls big government and they have no desire to close the borders, to protect America or to protect our jobs.  They are for open borders and cheap labor and we are 'open for business'  because it is 'good for the economy stupid.'  As long as it's good for the economy it's good for everybody.  The Senate's moral principles are subverted by their allegiance to the principle of profit only.  National Security issues are not the priority of our Senate anymore.

I paraphrase a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet, something does indeed stink in the US Senate.  It is the stench of elitist powerful rich corporations buying support from our elected officials and betraying the foundation of our Republic and our representative form of government.  President Bush and the majority of both parties in the US Senate have been bought and paid for by Big Business.  Any pretense at debate or discussion is a forgone conclusion.  If Chambliss and Isakson had not made up their minds already why did they publish a joint editorial in the AJC recently lauding and promoting the bill?  Their minds are already made up for them by GEIR and other business interests.  Sen. Chambliss holds firm on immigration reform bill.  They even seek to convince us that our economy is dependent solely on cheap Mexican labor.  They are attempting to create a new slave class to serve their interests. 

It seems to me that the only real question left for America is - has the House been bought as well?   The Senators feel they can weather the intense opposition from their constituents who are clearly against this bill.  They arrogantly believe they can deceive us and we will be dissuaded.  I can assure you Shameless Saxby will be the former US Senator when he comes up for re-election in 2008.  Would to God we could recall both him and Isakson, who is safely ensconced in his Senate seat until 2010.  Petition to Recall GA US Senators Chambliss and Isakson.

We can only hope the House will be our last line of defense.  Being re-elected every two years makes them a little more attentive to the voters that elected them.  If the House does not hold, I fear for the future of our great Republic.  Immigration Gate will dwarf any previous scandal of corruption.  Who shall we turn too?  Who can we rely on in our government anymore?  Can the House impeach the Senate and President?  Is the House itself unimpeachable in this scandal?  How many others in the House are corrupt and un-convicted like John Murtha?  If big business interests can buy and control our elected officials, then our representative form of government is a sham and what is left is just a pretense of a representative democracy.


There should be NO AMNESTY for the President or any politician that supports this Faustian pact that compromises America's national security or our unique cultural heritage and destiny.



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