The same article in two different venues:

As my old National Review colleague, Ed Rubenstein, writing on the Web site www.vdare.com, points out, these figures show work-site arrests under President Bush have fallen from Clintonian levels by something like 97 percent — even though the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, occurred in the meantime. –John O’Sullivan in the Washington Times< /a>

As my old National Review colleague Ed Rubenstein points out, these figures show that worksite arrests under Bush have fallen from Clintonian levels by something like 97 percent — even though September 11 occurred in the meantime.–John O’Sullivan in NRO.

Was it something we said?

No surprises here, but I think the VDARE readers may have an interest in this letter that came in a minute ago regarding Home Depot and the anarchy we will witness tomorrow.

From Joe in Texas:

Did you ever wonder what Home Depot thinks about the Illegal Alien protests scheduled to happen tomorrow? I found out. I was at Home Depot today. My wife wants me to build a new swing set for the kids and storage shed. I went there today to get an estimate of the cost of everything I need.

While there, my wife suggested we buy the materials today and have them delivered tomorrow, since I have the day off from work. I was all set to buy $2000 worth of stuff. When we told them we wanted the stuff delivered, they said no problem, “We can have it at your house on Tuesday morning”. I told them that was unacceptable, that I needed everything tomorrow as I would not be home any other day until next week.

After some discussion, and I walked off rather angry, (I was sure I knew why I could not get anything delivered tomorrow), the clerk told my wife the truth. He admitted that Home Depot HQ’s put the word out that there should be no deliveries on Monday in support of the boycott.

We went to a second Home Depot and got the same message. I guess illegal alien boycotts are more important to Home Depot that their Legal US Citizen customers.

Remember, no matter what the media or open borders crowds says; this boycott is not about Immigrants, it is about giving rights to Illegal Aliens.

Looks like it will be some time before the kids get their new swing set and I get my storage buildings.

All I will add to Joe from Texas’ letter is that I hope he will consider another retailer next time.

[Email Home Depot's Public Relations department, or use this contact form.]

In something of a pre-emptive strike against predictable citizen revulsion toward the crowds of illegals proclaiming hatred for America on commie May Day, the Associated Press came up with some shameless propaganda that illegal immigration is good for us.

Chill out, the story subtly suggests, don’t fear the invading thousands waving Mexican flags. That’s just their way of saying they like tacos for lunch when you hire them to work on your house. Just cruise down to your local Home Depot and get some cheap illegal workers for yourself.

Yep, it’s the humble homeowner putting dollars in Juan’s pocket [ Homeowners, top employers of day laborers, say the system works, AP, 4/29/06 ].

BURBANK, Calif. - Chris James needed help moving a piano and three dozen boxes of records from his music studio - so instead of corralling some buddies, he rented a truck and hired some workers from outside the local Home Depot.

Within minutes, two Guatemalan men James had promised $12.50 an hour were in his truck.

If James, 31, worked solo “it would take all day.” [...]

It was first time James hired day laborers, but it won’t be his last.

No mention of the ugly down side of the neo-slave economy, however — the murders, rapes and property crimes that occasionally result from unidentified workers.

The family of the late Mary Nagle surely regret allowing illegal alien Douglas Herrera to do painting prep work on their house. The mother of two was savagely raped and murdered in her bedroom by a man who was supposed to supply cheap labor only.

Another horrific case was the murder of an elderly couple, Eugenia and Sabato Russo, who owned a popular North Hollywood restaurant. A Mexican national who had worked as one of a flooring crew in the Russo home returned to rob and kill them.

The MSM wants naive Americans to think there is no danger in bringing total strangers from foreign countries into their homes, thereby revealing possessions, children and individual vulnerability to crime. Common sense concerns about safety would distract from the warm feelings of helping willing workers of the world, so the press leaves out that part.

Goodness knows Britain is full of nogoodniks- I emigrated, didn’t I? - but this Adam Kidron, always described as the “British” record producer responsible for the Spanish-language travesty of the national anthem, is obviously a prize specimen. (It’s not a translation but a complete rewrite, by the way, glorifying the illegal immivasion). Steve Sailer has now provided the story that the MSM mysterously has not: Kidron is the son of Michael Kidron, a South African-born Marxist academic who emigrated first to Israel and then to Britain, where he was prominent in International Socialists, a leading Trotskyite group. Adam Kidron himself has a history of sleazy deals, lovingly chronicled by Steve.

I remember IS well from my student days in Britain in the 1960s. Despite the elegaic tone of the reminiscences I see on Kidron’s web archive, they were never anything but a bunch of thugs who would have happily brought the Gulag to Britain if they’d had the chance. It’s a scandal of contemporary culture that the MSM would never have been so indifferent to Adam Kidron’s backgound if he was the son of a Nazi.

According to one obituary, Michael Kidron’s last article before he died in 2003 was still “full of hatred” for the system that brought wealth to himself and his children. Obviously, Adam Kidron has inherited that hate. To hell with them all.

On a lighter note, Mark in Mexico has an amusing account of Mexico’s mucho macho National Anthem. Maybe we should rewrite that.

Could you please compare the dates of these two stories, and tell me what the WSJ is spending their huge old-media newsgathering budget on?

• Immigration reaches the Heartland, Vdare.com, September 6, 2000

• WSJ.com - Immigration Debate Reaches Heartland–
  Candidates Adopt Hard-Line Positions As Illegal Workers Become a Campaign Issue, By Deborah Solomon April 13, 2006

From a reader:

PATRIOTIC RALLY IN LINCOLN

Nebraskans Fed-up with Illegal Immigration will hold a rally Saturday afternoon May 6 2006 at the Antelope Park Band shell, Lincoln, Nebraska, starting at 2PM.

(Adjacent to the Auld Recreation Center 1650 Memorial Drive[map])

All are welcome to attend this free event. This rally is a peaceful law-abiding gathering. Please arrive with a smile!