and

please spread this message around to all who may be interested (they're
the ones who haven't been fooled by Bush's insanely cruel & idiotic,
warmongering bull shit).

Listings of events currently planned at/in approx. 200 major
cities/universities in the US:

http://snipurl.com/jcy8

If there's not one in your area, grab everyone you know, go to your
downtown/town square at noon and protest.

==========================================================

October 31, 2005
 http://www.worldcantwait.net
Nationwide actions on November 2

On November 2, in 67 cities, 43 colleges and universities, and 90 high
schools (at last count), people are walking out of school and work and
demonstrating to drive out the Bush regime.

A battle is brewing over high school students walking out in schools
through out New York City. Clergy and lawyers are monitoring the
situation on behalf of the students. At 3pm today, Hot 97 refused to
run a paid ad for November 2 created by Boots Riley of The Coup, that
was to have run beginning this afternoon as high school kids were
getting out of school.

To hear the ad:
http://www.worldcantwait.org/media/nov2nyc.mp3

=======================

Listings for activities in cities/universities all over the US:

http://snipurl.com/jcy8
or
http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&i...

------------

also - if you haven't already -
please visit:
http://www.impeachbush.org

Because Hitler was to the world then, what Bush is to the world now. An
extremely miserable, violent, cruel and negative influence. We mustn't
turn our heads away and let him destroy our nation and the world. Now
is the time for all good people to rise up and tell them to f' off
forever!

This is very important!  Please participate - it's the only way that we
can ever expect for democracy to work! Pull your head out of the sand,
and do something constructive!

Locations of convergences: Nov. 2
http://snipurl.com/jen4

http://www.worldcantwait.net
-----------

also - if you haven't already -
please visit:
http://www.impeachbush.org

Because Hitler was to the world then, what Bush is to the world now. An
extremely deceptive, miserable, violent, cruel and negative influence.
We mustn't turn our heads away and let him destroy our nation and the
world. Now is the time for all good people to rise up and tell them to
f' off
forever!

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Not to mention a lot of college athletes who drop out of school to go
professional ASAP...

“No Atheists in Foxholes!” Don’t believe it. Atheists and other
nonbelievers have always served this country in peace and war, and they
do so today. The remarkable story of Hans Kasten is just part of the
proof. Kasten was one of several hundred American POWs forced into
slave labor by the Nazis. He was beaten for refusing to turn over
“Jewish” troops, escaped from a POW camp, and worked to hunt down his
jailers. Kasten and other Foxhole Atheists will be honored at a Parade
and Rally on Veterans Day, Friday November 11, 2005 in Washington, DC!

Visit http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/foxhole1.htm for the full
story!

PRELIMINARY SPEAKERS ROSTER FOR AIF ANNOUNCED!

With just over a week before the historic ATHEISTS IN FOXHOLES Parade
and Rally in Washington, DC (November 10, 2005 -- see below), the AIF
Task Force has announced the preliminary line-up of speakers.
Included on behalf of organizations are (alphabetically)...

KEN BRONSTEIN (New York City Atheists) ELLEN JOHNSON (American
Atheists) LARRY JONES (Institute for Humanist Studies) EDWIN KAGIN
(Camp Quest) WOODY KAPLAN BOBBIE KIRKHART (Atheist Alliance) MEL
LIPMAN (American Humanist Association) HERB SILVERMAN (Secular
Coalition for America JASON TORPY (Military Association of Atheists &
Freethinkers)

Other speakers include (alphabetically)...

GARY BETCHAM
KEN BONNELL
KATHRYN BROOKS
LARRY CARTER
JIM CORRENTI
CHRIS DAVIS
DOUGLAS DIGGENS
DONNY JANES
HANS KASTEN
BART MELTZER
GEORGE OSSENKO
WILLIAM H. RUSSELL
WILLIAM T. SHEEHAN
WARREN ALLEN SMITH
ARIEL J. THOMANN
SPIKE TYSON
CHUCK VILLA
BILL WALKER
RICHARD L. WINGROVE

The historic Atheists in Foxholes Parade & Rally will take place on
Friday, November 11, 2005 -- this coming Veterans Day.
-- The parade is open to all retired and active-duty members of the
Armed Forces (for more information visit
http://www.atheistfoxholes.org) <http://www.atheistfoxholes.org%29/>.

Form up beginning at 10:30 AM directly east of 14th Street on the
Mall. Signs will signify areas where vets of different eras can
assemble. You are welcome to bring your own appropriately-themed
signs, banners and flags. Be sure to wear appropriate attire for this
event! We ask that all participants in the Parade be there no later
than 10:45. The Parade will begin promptly at 11:00 AM and proceed
down the Mall to the 4th St. Rally location. Marshals will be
available to direct the Parade, answer questions and provide for
special needs.

The Parade itself is restricted to vets and active-duty military!
This is their day, their event! Others are encouraged to line the
Parade route which runs down the Mall between Madison Drive and
Jefferson Drive.

The Parade will take approximately 20-25 minutes to reach the Rally
stage location. Events there will begin promptly at 11:30 AM. All
may assemble in front of the stage. Portable toilets and a First Aid
station will be set up. Some may wish to bring folding chairs or a
blanket.

********

A note on signs, posters, banners and more...

The Atheists in Foxholes event is about the veterans and active duty
military personnel who have served our country and defended the ideas
enunciated in our secular Constitution.

We welcome signs, banners and flags for this event. National Park
Service rules prohibit any signs mounted on wooden posts. Also,
please note -- this is not about our respective
Atheist/Freethought/Humanist or other organizations! (This is NOT the
Godless Americans March on Washington, remember that?) This event is
NOT a promotion for any group. So, please keep that in mind in
respect to the theme of any signs or banners. We encourage you,
instead, to use signs and other devices to salute our "Atheists in
Foxholes."

Also, this is not a referendum on a particular war or the idea of war.
It is not about promoting awareness of other issues having to do with
nonbelief or the First Amendment. It's about the vets.
There will be other forums and venues where you can "blow off steam"
about your favorite issues, or promote your particular favorite group
-- but this is not an appropriate situation. Please be aware of this.
The Atheists in Foxholes event is about our vets and active duty
military personnel. If you have doubts about an appropriate sign or
message, we suggest that you bring an American flag instead. Thanks!

***************

Hotel lodging, meals for the AIF event...

The official venue for the AIF is the Washington Plaza Hotel located
at Ten Thomas Circle, NW. Their phone number is 202-842-1300. The
hotel is a short walk from the McPherson Metro Station and the Mall.
They are providing a special room rate beginning at $149; to qualify,
mention that you are with Group #4515. You must contact the hotel
directly. Visit their web site at http://www.washingtonplazahotel.com
<http://www.washingtonplazahotel.com/>
for more information.

The Atheists in Foxholes Task Force has now booked two other hotels
which are giving special rates for our event.

The Crowne Plaza Washington National Airport is located at 1480
Crystal Drive in Arlington, phone 703-416-1600. The offer a special
rate of $109 per night. Visit http://www.cpnationalairport.com
<http://www.cpnationalairport.com/> and
use the group booking code: FOX .

The Holiday Inn National Airport at Crystal City is located at 2650
Jefferson Davis Highway in Arlington, VA. The phone is 703-684-7200.
They offer a special rate of $89 per night. Visit
http://www.hinationalairport.com <http://www.hinationalairport.com/>
and tell them you are with "Atheists
in Foxholes."

*******

There is still limited seating for the AIF Welcome Banquet slated for
Thursday, November 10, 2005 beginning at 7:30 PM at the Washington
Plaza Hotel. Officials from major Atheist, Freethought and Secular
Humanist organizations supporting AIF will be in attendance, and there
will be a program of brief talks and other events with co-hosts Dave
Silverman and Arlene Marie! Come share the good times with old and
new friends and we kick off the Atheists in Foxholes event! For more
information and to register on line using our secure transaction
server visit https://lightning.he.net/~atheists/fox/reservation.php
<https://lightning.he.net/%7Eatheists/fox/reservation.php>

*********

* If you're an "Atheist in Foxholes" veteran or active duty military,
we want to hear from you. Tell us your story! Contact
e...@atheists.org ... and send us your photo so we can use it on our
web site and during the AIF event!

WHAT: Atheists in Foxholes Parade and Rally

WHEN: Friday, November 11, 2005, beginning at 11:00 "AM

WHERE: The Mall, Washington, DC

MORE INFO: http://www.atheistfoxholes.org
<http://www.atheistfoxholes.org/>

links to pictures below:

http://www.ncqa.org/communications/awards/photos/qm301_newt_hillary.jpg

[Note: "MS-13" -- "MS" standing for "Mara Salvatrucha," meaning
"clever person" in illegal alien street slang -- is a street gang
started by illegal aliens in Los Angeles during the 1980s. According
to a very recent Los Angeles Times report, police officials in that
city now believe that much of the rioting that swept that city in the
wake of the Rodney King trial -- U.S. National Guard troops were
called in to patrol neighborhoods -- was in fact started by this
gang.]
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Two alleged gang members killed after FBI agents ambushed

November 4, 2005

By Chau Nguyen / 11 News

Nerves are on edge in an east Houston neighborhood where FBI agents
killed two suspected gang members during a wild shootout overnight.

Steve Hernandez said it's a quiet neighborhood -- until the sun goes
down.

Under cover FBI agents killed two and wounded two other gang member
suspects after they were ambushed overnight.

"Last night was the worst we had never seen it like that," Hernandez
said.

The agents were conducting an undercover drug investigation involving
possible MS-13 gang members.

They approached an abandoned home on Liberty Road with HPD officers.
They ordered the suspects inside to drop their weapons. Instead, the
suspected gang members opened fire on the agents.

The agents returned fire, killing two suspects and wounding two
others.

Three more were taken into custody.

None of the FBI agents was wounded.

Residents say crime has long been a problem in their neighborhood.
Experts say grafitti in the area likely signals a gang presence.

"They're marking their territory to a certain extent so it may be a
problem for that particular area where they are seeing grafitti,"
explained HPD Captain Mike Graham, head of the gang division.

Graham says it's hard to say whether gang-related crimes are on the
rise since HPD only recently updated their database to better document
them.

Steve Hernandez just hates to see it in his neighborhood.

"We're scared somebody might try to hide in our yard and try to get in
our house," Hernandez siad.

The names of the dead suspects have not been released. Investigators
aren't saying yet whether they were MS-13 gang members.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou051104_jt_fbiagents.28909e...
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  "A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation . . . betrays [one nation] into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter . . .
  "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
  "Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded."

Palestinian Refugees have the right to return to their homes in Israel.
General Assembly Resolution 194, Dec. 11, 1948

"Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live
at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the
earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the
property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to
property which, under principles of international law or in equity,
should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible."

Israel's occupation of Palestine is Illegal.
Security Council Resolution 242, Nov. 22, 1967

Calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from territories occupied in
the war that year and "the acknowledgment of the sovereignty,
territorial integrity and political independence of every state in the
area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized
boundaries free from threats or acts of force."

Israel's settlements in Palestine are Illegal.
Security Council Resolution 446, March 22, 1979

"Determines that the policy and practices of Israel in establishing
settlements in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied
since 1967 have no legal validity and constitute a serious obstruction
to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle
East."

Palestinian have the right to Self-Determination.
General Assembly Resolution 3236, November 22, 1974

Affirms "the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people in
Palestine...to self-determination without external interference" and
"to national independence and sovereignty."

Reaffirmation of a Palestinian State
Security Council Resolution 1397, March 12, 2002

Affirms "a vision of a region where two states, Israel and Palestine,
live side by side within secure and recognized borders."

Also see:

UN General Assembly Resolution 181 - the 1947 Partition plan of
Palestine and the creation of Israel.

International Humanitarian Law: the Geneva Conventions - 150 years of
international designated protection of civilians during wartime and
Israel's explicit violations.

History of the Palestinian Problem - from the Division for Palestinian
Rights, United Nations

UN Resolutions on Israel - 1955-1992

Resolution 106: condemns Israel for Gaza raid.
Resolution 111: condemns Israel for raid on Syria that killed fifty-six
people.
Resolution 127: recommends Israel suspend its no-man's zone' in
Jerusalem.
Resolution 162: urges Israel to comply with UN decisions.
Resolution 171: determines flagrant violations by Israel in its attack
on Syria.
Resolution 228: censures Israel for its attack on Samu in the West
Bank, then under Jordanian control.
Resolution 237: urges Israel to allow return of new 1967 Palestinian
refugees.
Resolution 248: condemns Israel for its massive attack on Karameh in
Jordan.
Resolution 250: calls on Israel to refrain from holding military parade
in Jerusalem.
Resolution 251: deeply deplores Israeli military parade in Jerusalem in
defiance of Resolution 250.
Resolution 252: declares invalid Israel's acts to unify Jerusalem as
Jewish capital.
Resolution 256: condemns Israeli raids on Jordan as flagrant violation.

Resolution 259: deplores Israel's refusal to accept UN mission to probe
occupation.
Resolution 262: condemns Israel for attack on Beirut airport.
Resolution 265: condemns Israel for air attacks for Salt in Jordan.
Resolution 267: censures Israel for administrative acts to change the
status of Jerusalem.
Resolution 270: condemns Israel for air attacks on villages in southern
Lebanon.
Resolution 271: condemns Israel's failure to obey UN resolutions on
Jerusalem.
Resolution 279: demands withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon.
Resolution 280: condemns Israeli's attacks against Lebanon.
Resolution 285: demands immediate Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
Resolution 298: deplores Israel's changing of the status of Jerusalem.
Resolution 313: demands that Israel stop attacks against Lebanon.
Resolution 316: condemns Israel for repeated attacks on Lebanon.
Resolution 317: deplores Israel's refusal to release.
Resolution 332: condemns Israel's repeated attacks against Lebanon.
Resolution 337: condemns Israel for violating Lebanon's sovereignty.
Resolution 347: condemns Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
Resolution 425: calls on Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanon.
Resolution 427: calls on Israel to complete its withdrawal from
Lebanon.
Resolution 444: deplores Israel's lack of cooperation with UN
peacekeeping forces.
Resolution 446: determines that Israeli settlements are a serious
obstruction to peace and calls on Israel to abide by the Fourth Geneva
Convention
Resolution 450: calls on Israel to stop attacking Lebanon.
Resolution 452: calls on Israel to cease building settlements in
occupied territories.
Resolution 465: deplores Israel's settlements and asks all member
states not to assist its settlements program.
Resolution 467: strongly deplores Israel's military intervention in
Lebanon.
Resolution 468: calls on Israel to rescind illegal expulsions of two
Palestinian mayors and a judge and to facilitate their return.
Resolution 469: strongly deplores Israel's failure to observe the
council's order not to deport Palestinians.
Resolution 471: expresses deep concern at Israel's failure to abide by
the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Resolution 476: reiterates that Israel's claim to Jerusalem are null
and void.
Resolution 478: censures (Israel) in the strongest terms for its claim
to Jerusalem in its Basic Law.
Resolution 484: declares it imperative that Israel re-admit two
deported Palestinian mayors.
Resolution 487: strongly condemns Israel for its attack on Iraq's
nuclear facility.
Resolution 497: decides that Israel's annexation of Syria's Golan
Heights
is null and void and demands that Israel rescinds its decision
forthwith.
Resolution 498: calls on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon.
Resolution 501: calls on Israel to stop attacks against Lebanon and
withdraw its troops.
Resolution 509: demands that Israel withdraw its forces forthwith and
unconditionally from Lebanon.
Resolution 515: demands that Israel lift its siege of Beirut and allow
food supplies to be brought in.
Resolution 517: censures Israel for failing to obey UN resolutions and
demands that Israel withdraw its forces from Lebanon.
Resolution 518: demands that Israel cooperate fully with UN forces in
Lebanon.
Resolution 520: condemns Israel's attack into West Beirut.
Resolution 573: condemns Israel vigorously for bombing Tunisia in
attack on PLO headquarters.
Resolution 587: takes note of previous calls on Israel to withdraw its
forces from Lebanon and urges all parties to withdraw.
Resolution 592: strongly deplores the killing of Palestinian students
at Bir Zeit University by Israeli troops.
Resolution 605: strongly deplores Israel's policies and practices
denying the human rights of Palestinians.
Resolution 607: calls on Israel not to deport Palestinians and strongly
requests it to abide by the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Resolution 608: deeply regrets that Israel has defied the United
Nations and deported Palestinian civilians.
Resolution 636: deeply regrets Israeli deportation of Palestinian
civilians.
Resolution 641: deplores Israel's continuing deportation of
Palestinians.
Resolution 672: condemns Israel for violence against Palestinians at
the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount.
Resolution 673: deplores Israel's refusal to cooperate with the United
Nations.
Resolution 681: deplores Israel's resumption of the deportation of
Palestinians.
Resolution 694: deplores Israel's deportation of Palestinians and calls
on it to ensure their safe and immediate return.
Resolution 726: strongly condemns Israel's deportation of Palestinians.

LULAC organizational leaders to develop Diversity Score Card on
Judicial Appointments, questioning Bush’s commitment to diversity

October 31, 2005

Washington, DC -- The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
expressed today its frustration over President Bush’s nomination of
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court.  This is the
third opportunity Bush has missed to diversify the court by not naming
a Hispanic to the seat.  It is clear to LULAC officials that Bush has
misled the Hispanic community by not keeping his promise of being a
Hispanic-friendly president in the courts . . .

LULAC will closely research Samuel A. Alito’s record and encourage a
thorough and vigorous confirmation process.  To educate the Latino
community, LULAC will develop a Diversity Score Card on Judicial
Appointments that will examine Bush’s commitment to diversity.

"President Bush has had three opportunities to name a Hispanic to the
Supreme Court.  We will no longer be fooled by the president or his
administration into believing the Latino community is of top concern,”
said Brent Wilkes, LULAC national executive director.  “The Diversity
Score Card on Judicial Appointments will be used to educate our
communities on the lack of diversity under this administration,
highlight candidates who are committed to diversifying our government,
and lead voters to the polls so they may elect diversity-friendly
candidates."

Cases of concern presided under Alito are those related to immigration
and Spanish language.  In the Pemberthy v. Beyer case, Alito seemed
amenable to peremptory juror challenges based on race or ethnicity and
found persuasive a prosecution argument that Spanish-speaking members
on a jury could be barred because they might substitute their own
interpretation of Spanish testimony and transcripts as opposed to
relying on the official English translation.

With respect to immigration, Alito seems ready to depart from his
colleagues and order immigrants to return to their home countries
despite fears of persecution that his colleagues on the panel found
credible or at least worthy of investigation.  In the Lee v. Ashcroft
case, Alito would have broadened Congress’s determination that tax
evasion was a deportable offense to include the filing of false
returns as such an offense.  The majority said that Alito was ignoring
well-established rules of statutory construction by speculating on
Congress’ intent.

http://www.lulac.org/advocacy/press/2005/alito.html
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An excerpt from "Funding Hate - Foundations and the Radical Hispanic
Lobby- Part III"

The Social Contract (Fall 2000)

by Joseph Fallon

  " . . . today LULAC's goals center on ''group entitlements'' as can
be seen in The 1998 LULAC Legislative Platform . . .

Among its objectives expansion of American empowerment and enterprise
zones along the U.S.-Mexican border; incentives for ''Hispanic'' small
businesses; retention of affirmative action hiring policies ''to
ensure diversity in all workplaces''; preventing California
Proposition 209 from being enforced; increasing the number of
''Hispanic Serving Institutions'' and according them ''as many of the
same benefits provided to Historically Black Colleges and
Universities'' [which is especially ironic insofar as Hispanics
themselves brought FAR more Africans to America as slaves than the
British did -- WakeUp]; increasing the number of ''Hispanics'' at all
levels of the federal government and in the civil service, especially
at ''key positions in the State Department, the Foreign Service and
the United Nations''; confirmation of 60 ''Hispanic'' judges;
appointing a ''Hispanic'' as the next Supreme Court justice; employing
sampling for the 2000 census; having the Census Bureau include the
population on the island of Puerto Rico in the total ''Hispanic''
population for the United States; increasing the number of ''Hispanic
oriented programming in TV and print'' as well as having the major
media companies increase the number of ''Hispanics'' employed in
''creative positions.''

U.S. citizenship is no longer important. Membership in LULAC is not
restricted to U.S. citizens. ''Residents of the United States'' are
now eligible to become members (Article III of the Constitution of the
League of United Latin American Citizens). Interestingly, it does not
specify that they be legal residents. U.S. Citizenship is also
apparently not a qualification for National, State, and District
Officers, whether elected or appointed. (Article VIII, Section 4).

LULAC's apparent attempt to denigrate the meaning and value of U.S.
citizenship extends to the franchise. In The 1998 LULAC Legislative
Platform, the organization appears to condone, if not actually
promote, the violation of this country's election laws. According to
the section entitled ''Voter Registration and Citizenship'' ''LULAC
actively encourages eligible Hispanics to fully participate in the
democratic process and register to vote. We also encourage those who
are eligible to become citizens'' (italics added). Since the law
states one must be a U.S. citizen in order to be eligible to vote, the
wording of this LULAC platform encourages voter fraud.

In 1954, LULAC supported immigration control and mass deportation of
illegal aliens. Today, LULAC opposes both measures. Convicted criminal
José Velez, the head of LULAC from 1990 to 1994, typifies this
reorientation. Using his ''special status with the INS as director of
LULAC,'' Velez submitted false documentation for 6,000 illegal aliens
seeking amnesty that netted him millions of dollars. Velez had
previously declared that the U.S. Border Patrol is ''the enemy of my
people and always will be.''

• ULAC sought amendments to the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996 to increase the cap on
suspensions of deportations from 4,000 to ''at least 75,000 per
year.''

• LULAC lobbied for full restoration of benefits cut by the Welfare
Reform Act of 1996 to legal immigrants.

• LULAC was one of the primary opponents of California Proposition 187
— the proposition to deny illegal aliens free social and welfare
services.

• LULAC ''reject[s] attempts to dramatically cut legal immigration''
insisting that current levels of nearly one million a year ''serve[s]
the U.S. national interest.''

• LULAC opposes any deployment of the military to defend U.S. borders
— not even to interdict drug smugglers — because ''military personnel
are not trained for border patrolling and might easily violate the
civil rights of those they intervene with.''

Prior to the 1960s, LULAC recognized English as the official language
of the United States. Today, LULAC vigorously opposes any official
recognition of English as the language of this country.

For example, in 1996, when U.S. House of Representatives passed the
''English Language Empowerment Act'' declaring English the official
language of the United States in the ''Bilingual Voting Rights Act,''
LULAC responded with an ''Action Alert'' to members and supporters.
Full of disinformation, smears, and the threat of violence, this
''Action Alert'' claimed

English Only is incredibly divisive because it sends the message that
the culture of language minorities is inferior and illegal. With a
dramatic increase in hate crimes and right wing terrorist attacks in
the United States, the last thing we need is a frivolous bill to fuel
the fires of racism. …English Only is unnecessary because over 97
percent of Americans already speak English and those who don't are
eagerly trying to learn. English language classes have three year
waiting lists in Los Angles and New York and current immigrants are
learning English at a faster rate than their predecessors.

LULAC offered no evidence to support any of these claims. If what
LULAC claimed was true, however, then why was LULAC — a) opposed to
legally recognizing this fact by legally recognizing English as the
official language of the United States and b) demanding that the U.S.
government provide bilingual voting ballots, bilingual welfare forms,
bilingual motor vehicle examinations, bilingual education, bilingual
translators, etc.

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October 30, 2005

Bushicide of the GOP -- And Of America?

By Steve Sailer

In all the many discussions of Red (Republican) states and Blue
(Democratic) states since the 2000 Presidential election, the most
striking finding that emerged has been that the GOP share of the vote
correlates extremely closely with "affordable family formation" for
non-Hispanic whites.

In states where young white couples make enough money to buy a house
with a yard in a neighborhood with a decent public school, they are
more likely to get married and more likely to have more children.

And where you find lots of white married couples with lots of
children, you'll find lots of Republican voters.

So you might think that the Bush Administration would promote policies
making family formation more affordable for its political base. But
the latest government data suggest that it is not.

As I pointed out in a series of articles last winter, in the 2004
election Bush carried—

 The 26 states with the least housing price inflation since 1980:
That's what I call The Mortgage Gap.

 The 25 states in which white women from 18 through 44 average the
most years married: I call this The Marriage Gap.

 And 25 of the top 26 states in total lifetime fertility among younger
white women: I call this The Baby Gap.

In contrast, single people, especially single mothers, vote
Democratic.

For example, California voted Republican in nine of ten Presidential
elections, from 1952 through 1988. As recently as 1990, non-Hispanic
white women in California averaged 1.93 babies.

Over the next dozen years, though, as immigrants poured in,
California's white fertility rated dropped 14.4 percent to 1.65
babies. And the Democrats have carried the state easily four times in
a row.

If the Bush Administration had the long-term interests of the GOP at
heart, it would limit immigration to allow native-born Americans to
better afford marriage and children.

Cutting immigration would raise America's employment and wages, keep
housing prices in check, and make public schools better in quality by
not overloading them with children from families that don't speak
English and don't put a high value on education.

But instead, incredibly, the President has encouraged illegal
immigration—actually goading Mexicans to sneak across the border by
saying "You're going to come here if you're worth your salt…"

We could call this “Bushicide”—for the GOP, and for the American
nation.

Now the National Center for Health Statistics has released its
"Preliminary Births for 2004" report. And it's more apparent than ever
that the demographic trend is not the GOP's friend.

For example, illegitimate births grew 3.8 percent in just one year to
a new record of 1,470,000 in 2004. That's 35.7 percent of all births,
up from 34.6 percent in 2003.

Among non-Hispanic whites, the illegitimacy rate rose to 24.5 percent,
which is even higher than the notorious black illegitimacy rate that
so alarmed Daniel Patrick Moynihan in his famous 1965 report to LBJ
"The Negro Family: The Case for National Action."

Among African-Americans, there had been some hope that the
illegitimacy rate was starting to go down from its catastrophic level
of recent decades. But in 2004 it bumped back up to 69.2 percent.

The President has repeatedly assured us, "Family values don't stop at
the Rio Grande River." Yet the U.S. Hispanic illegitimacy rate rose
from 45.0 percent to 46.4 percent.

Sure, Latinos are assimilating—but they are assimilating toward
African-American norms. The illegitimacy rate is actually higher for
American-born Hispanics than for immigrant Hispanics. (Which doesn't
bode well for the future crime rate.)

The GOP won 58 percent of the white vote in 2004. It gets about nine
out of every ten of its votes from whites.

So it's not good news for Republicans that the number of babies born
to white women dropped by 18,000 last year to 2.303 million.

It’s not good news for two reasons:

 Having babies (legitimately) encourages whites to vote Republican.

 Judging from past elections, white babies are about twice as likely
to grow up to vote Republican as are nonwhite babies.

White women accounted for only 56.0 percent of all births in the U.S.
last year, down from 56.7 percent in 2003.

The total fertility rate, or expected lifetime number of babies, among
white women in their childbearing years fell from 1.87 to 1.85.

That's about 1/4th below the replacement rate at which a demographic
group can maintain a stable size.

In contrast, the number of babies born to Hispanic women grew by
33,000 (or 3.6 percent in one year) to 945,000, or 23.0% of all
births. (Latinos make up only about 14 percent of all residents.)

The Hispanic total fertility rate rose from 2.79 to 2.82.

The high Hispanic fertility is driven upwards by illegal immigration.
A recent analysis of 2002 data by Steven A. Camarota of the Center for
Immigration Studies suggests that the total fertility rate for illegal
Mexican immigrants is above 3.5 babies per woman. That compares to
only 2.4 for Mexican women in Mexico.

Keep in mind that Latinos also tend to have children at an earlier age
(their teen birth rate is more than triple the white rate). So their
growth rate relative to whites is even faster than the total fertility
numbers would suggest—because their average generation time is
shorter.

As we've seen in California, immigration is crowding out marriage and
childbirth among American citizens by making family formation less
affordable.

This will spread to the rest of the country—unless something is done,
i.e., current government policies are reversed.

During the last, disastrous, week, many Republicans have finally woken
up to realize that the Bush apparatchiks are not the political
geniuses that they've claimed to be.

If it is to survive, the Republican Party can no longer afford to
mortgage its future to George W. Bush's extraordinary obsession with,
in effect, abolishing the Rio Grande.

Nor can America.

[Steve Sailer [email him], is founder of the Human Biodiversity
Institute and movie critic for The American Conservative. His website
www.iSteve.com features site-exclusive commentaries.]

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  "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
  "Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded."