Giving proof through the night that our flag is still there, A Certain Slant of Light quickly published today a useful collection of outraged responses to yesterday’s Senatorial atrocity. Almost all, of course, are from the Blogosphere - a fine new column by Tom Sowell being a notable exception. I particularly liked the posts by Lonewacko, and by Mark in Mexico:

The bill grants amnesty to 11,000,000 illegal aliens and means, basically, that you may violate United States law with impunity if you can scare United States politicians.

The previous day ACSL published an excellent “Open Letter To Members Of The United States Senate” which deserves wide circulation.

Of course it is not pleasant to watch the US Senate sitting up and begging for its open border-lobbyist paymasters. Especially when some of them seem also motivated by ethnic vendettas.

But it is the mark of a soldier to be cheerful in adversity. And the foot- in- mouth antics of the arrogant Hispanic bullies so gleefully celebrated in the MSM continue to provide amusement.

During the protest at City Hall, Alejandro Aguirre, 15, and his father Sergio said they wanted to voice their opposition…”This is a country of immigrants, and this country would not be possible without us,” said the elder Aguirre, who emigrated from Mexico about 20 years ago and now works as a Los Angeles city planner. “We are the backbone…”

[Students Rally On Streets, Downtown Freeways NBC4 TV March 27 2006]

“This country would not be possible without us”! Not much room for the Founding Fathers, it seems.

Senator John McCain provided some food for thought:

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain said the street demonstrations had made an impact.

“All those people who were demonstrating are not here illegally. They are the children and grandchildren” of those who may have been, he said”

[Tens of thousands of California students protest immigration bill Associated Press - Robert Jablon March 28, 2006]

Given the demographics of Los Angeles, the bulk of those demonstrating are certain to have been illegals. But facts are no doubt beneath Senator McCain.

And, so this is the way to get the Senate’s attention - unruly and threatening deeds? Did McCain really mean to recommend that?

Maybe those North Viet Namese were better brainwashers than it is polite to say.

Bill Clinton’s chauffeur, (one of them, he apparently has three) was arrested during a security check at an airport. It seems he’s a Muslim illegal from Pakistan, named Shahzad Qureshi. Shahzad Qureshi, is, believe it or not, a fairly common name in some parts of the world, but if this is the one I found in this archived posting saying on December 25, 2002:

“I need to know of any Driving schools or facilities that offer Driver’s Education Courses in the Nassau County or Suffoll region.”

then he didn’t even know how to drive a car until recently.

Clinton chauffeur an illegal immigrant

NEWARK, N.J., March 27 (UPI) — An embarrassing hole in security surrounding former U.S. President Bill Clinton turned up when one of his chauffeurs was found to be a wanted man.

Shahzad Qureshi, 42, was in one of three cars awaiting Clinton at Newark Airport last week when a Port Authority policeman happened to check license plate numbers.

The computer came back showing the Pakistani national had skipped a residency-status hearing in 2000, and a deportation order had been issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the New York Post reported.

Qureshi was still in jail Monday awaiting immigration processing, the report said.

Clinton, of course, is still guarded by the Secret Service, which is supposed to prevent this kind of embarrassment. And if Qureshi actually has a warrant for his arrest, available through NCIC, they should have caught it. Even if they didn’t, they really should have noticed that he was (a) a Muslim, and (b) from Pakistan. The Secret Service nearly had a fit when Clinton visited Pakistan in 2000, since Pakistan is just full of people who want Clinton, or any American president, dead.

Could the Secret Service miss a clue like that? Long-time readers of Vdare.com know the answer is, yes, they could.