States rights not just for Dixiecrats anymore

Having finally grown tired of the Federal Government doing nothing to curb the influx of illegal aliens, Hazelton, Pennsylvania took matters into their own hands, passing ordinances that would fine businesses who employee illegal aliens and fine landlords who rent to them. Several other small towns across the country followed Hazelton's example.

However today a US judge ruled the local ordinances "unconstitutional", stating Federal Law prohibited towns and cities to enforce such ordinance.

Read news reports on this here and here.

By Friday morning there will probably be a lot of folks throwing around the term "states rights" which has been historically used by southern states to defend slavery and later, segregation. Damn shame a Federal court will not allow local governments to protect their citizens when the Federal Government will not.

Of course, why would the Federal Government care anything at all about curbing illegal immigration when the they plan on erasing the borders for the Security and Prosperity Plan (North American Union) anyway?

Last time states rights were a major issue this country found itself in a bitter civil war, from which it never entirely recovered. Seems as though we're heading down that road again.

Congressional Resolution against the North American Union

On January 22, 2007, Rep Virgil H. Goode, Jr. [VA-5], sponsored and introduced a resolution "Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada."

Read the full resolution here.

See a complete list of the resolution's co-sponsors here.

The resolution was of course promptly referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, who in turn, sent it to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

And in committee it will stay until the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi brings it to the floor for a vote.

Until then, I certainly hope the committee members are actually weighing the pros and cons of this thing. However, for some reason it is much easier for me to envision them playing golf with their special interest buddies or plotting around a poker table, using our tax dollars as the ante instead of actually doing the job we elected and pay them to do.

Shouldn't this be news?

Could someone tell me why the subject of the North American Union does not trump Britney Spears shaving her head or Brad and Angelina adopting a baby?

Lou Dobbs of CNN is entirely too opiniated for my tastes, but he is one of the select few who bothered to tell anyone about this.

Why isn't most media covering this story?


The story...Part 1


Part 2


What can you do?
1) Get the facts. Read everything you can about the issue.
2) Form an opinion. Consider possible problems, possible solutions.
3) Make your voice heard, write your congressman.