"How did it come to pass that an opposition's measure of a president's foreign policy was all or nothing, success or "failure"? The answer is that the political absolutism now normal in Washington arrived at the moment--Nov. 7, 2000--that our politics subordinated even a war against terror to seizing the office of the presidency." - Daniel Henninger - WSJ 11/18/05
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"the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." - George Orwell
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Friday, May 26, 2006

This Is Not What I Or The CAII Stand For

From My Country-My View comes an example of the ugliness the illegal immigration issue can bring about. Actions like these are undertaken by those that know only hate.

Cross posted from My Country-My View:

U.S. Newswire : Releases : "White Supremacists Ratchet Up AntiHispanic Action as..."

I know there are a lot of people out there that call me and some of us at CAII racists.
This is just so far from the truth.
Below is an article of the real racists.
We at CAII are just trying to fight ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
There is no hate here.
We are only asking that when people come to this country, that they come here legally; and not try to make this country over.
As for those of you that call me personally a racist, you got shit mixed up.
Look here: I am a Mexican American!This is not what I teach my children.

White Supremacists Ratchet Up Anti-Hispanic Action as U.S. Immigration Debate Rages, Says Anti-Defamation League

5/24/2006 12:13:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Myrna Shinbaum, 212-885-7747, Todd Gutnick, 212-885-7755, both of the Anti-Defamation League

NEW YORK, May 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the national debate over immigration continues to hold the national spotlight, neo- Nazis and white supremacists have ratcheted up their anti- Hispanic action, using everything from Internet video games to street demonstrations and other confrontational tactics in an effort to exploit the debate as a means to spread hate. Their goal is to draw new attention to their hateful notions about minorities and hopes for making America a nation for "Whites only."

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors and reports on the activities of far-right extremists, has updated its online report, "Extremists Declare ‘Open Season’ on Immigrants" with new information showing that extremists continue to focus their energies on Hispanic hate-mongering through racist rhetoric, crude stereotypes, and threats of using violence to intimidate illegal immigrants.

"As we have gotten deeper into the discussion on immigration, the white supremacist movement has reinvigorated itself and closed ranks around the cause of fighting immigration and turning America into a nation for ‘Whites only’", said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "The immigration debate has provided the perfect storm for America’s white supremacist fringe to recruit, organize and sow the seeds of racial discord and hate."
On the Internet, right-wing extremists have championed video games such as "Border Patrol," where the aim is to shoot to kill Mexicans as they attempt to cross the border, and used their Web sites to spread hateful anti-Hispanic messages. In the real world, white supremacist leaders have organized protests and encouraged their followers to act violently against immigrants or anyone of Hispanic origin.

Anti-Hispanic Violence

ADL’s report cites two recent incidents as the latest in a multi-year trend of increasing violence targeting Hispanics:

-- A teenager was arrested in East Hampton, Long Island, on April 29 after he allegedly threatened a Hispanic teenager with a machete and chased a second teenager with a chain saw while shouting racial epithets. Described by classmates as a skinhead, the alleged perpetrator had posted to the Internet photographs of himself posing as a Nazi and adorning a shed with swastikas.

-- David Henry Tuck, 18, and Keith Robert Turner, 17, were arrested and charged with aggravated sexual assault in the brutal April 22 attack of a teenage Hispanic high school student in Houston. The victim was beaten and sodomized with a plastic pipe from a patio umbrella, then kicked in the head with steel-toed boots.

White Supremacist Protests

In recent weeks, white supremacists have organized protests, rallies and other events across the country:

-- In Seattle, Washington, and Las Vegas, Nevada, members of the neo-Nazi National Vanguard held anti-immigration protests on May 20. On its Web site, the National Vanguard declared that day to be a "day of protest against George W. Bush’s plan to destroy America," calling the president's immigration proposals a "sellout of the nation."

-- In Keene, New Hampshire, New England members of the Arkansas-based neo-Nazi group White Revolution held a self- described "anti-invasion" demonstration on May 7 to protest "the invasion of America by illegal non-white hordes.’

-- In Russellville, Alabama, members of the Alabama chapter of the Indiana-based National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan held an anti-immigration rally on May 6, yelling "Let's get rid of the Mexicans!" After the rally, the Klansmen burned a cross in a field outside of town.

-- In Montgomery, Alabama, the neo-Confederate group League of the South and the Coalition against Illegal Immigration together organized an anti-immigration "Cinco de Mayo" demonstration on May 5. The event was promoted in the racist and anti-Semitic newspaper, "First Freedom."

-- In Greenville, South Carolina, the racist Council of Conservative Citizens held an anti-immigration demonstration on April 29 in front of the offices of Republican Congressman Lindsey Graham, where they burned Mexican flags and displayed signs such as "More INS, Less IRS," "Vote for Pedro to Go Home," and "I Didn't Fight in Iraq for Illegal Aliens."
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EDITORS NOTE: To speak with an expert on extremism, contact ADL Media Relations at 212-885-7749 or adlmedia@adl.org. Further examples of racist rhetoric, protests and other activities surrounding the immigration issue are available on the League’s Web site at http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/immigration_extremists.htm.
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The Anti-Defamation League, founded in 1913, is the world’s leading organization fighting anti-Semitism through programs and services that counteract hatred, prejudice and bigotry.
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