Ben Arnoldy at the Christian Science Monitor writes about the upcoming new US citizenship exam:

The US government… plans to roll out a new pilot test this winter.

It will continue to be an oral test, conducted in English, and will have 10 questions. Six correct answers will earn a passing grade. But the content, which is tightly under wraps, is expected to shun simple historical facts about America that can be recounted in a few words for more explanation about the principles of American democracy, such as freedom. [ VDARE.com note: This, of course, represents the ideology of the "Proposition Nation," as opposed to--in fact, very much opposed to, the historical American nation.]

Now, given the fact that US citizenship rights are worth at least $100,000, even under the recent idiotic leadership of the US government, I think there will be no shortage of folks willing to smile and say the right things to get those rights. Still the question is the overall selection criteria really doing anything to ensure the US gets a set of new citizens that means the US is a better country for its existing citizens or a greater force for good in the world as whole? I seriously question that.

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers flew to Saudi Arabia this past week to “explain” how Homaidan Al-Turki came to be sentenced to state prison for slavery-related charges. (Saudis officially outlawed slavery in the 1960s, but old habits are hard to break, apparently.)

Say, don’t the citizens of Colorado require Mr. Suthers’ time and attention? Don’t we have a State Department to deal with foreign relations, and isn’t Condi paid the big bucks to hold hands with the Saudi royals in Bush’s stead?

But when the Saudi overlords squawk, the Bush government jumps [Suthers reassures Saudis, Rocky Mountain News, 11/18/06].

Suthers sat knee-to-knee for an hour with King Abdullah and also met with Crown Prince Sultan, Saudi journalists and relatives of Al-Turki during his weeklong trip to the capital city of Riyadh, Deputy Attorney General Jason Dunn said Friday.

“There was a lot of public attention in Saudi Arabia on this case,” Dunn said, adding that “misperceptions” there about the U.S. judicial system and Colorado in particular convinced U.S. officials that the highly unusual trip was warranted.

In June, Al-Turki was convicted in Arapahoe County of 12 counts of unlawful sexual contact with force, one count of theft of services over $15,000, false imprisonment and conspiracy. He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

The Saudis apparently believe they can live in this country and not be subject to its laws. Al-Turki declared at trial that he was innocent, and the Saudi royals took up his cause, even though Saudis admit they are habitual liars. Islam accepts lying to infidels anyway, a practice known as Taqiyya.

It should concern all Americans that visas given to Saudis doubled in number in just the past year, for increased Saudi students and for other purposes from tourism to medical care.

Slashdot is once again discussing H-1b visas.

“‘The IT work force is not skilled enough and almost never can be skilled enough,’ said Robert Cresanti, Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology. So what does the Poli Sci grad and ex-General Counsel for the ITAA think is the answer? Open the gates to more foreign workers, urged Cresanti, including H-1B holders.”

So Cresanti is the high tech equivalent of “Brownie” of Katrina fame. A lawyer that needed a little better job, took one for which he wasn’t vaguely qualified and in doing do created a mess for a lot of Americans.

For a long time, any meaningful discussion of H-1b visas was taboo on Slashdot. My own article The Jobs Crunch appeared there when such articles were much more rare. Projection: Republicans will lose the college educated white male vote again in the next presidential election if they keep this kind of stuff up.