Illegal immigration and climate change: Reality and confusion
By Special K
Disassociated Press
October 7, 2009
U.S.
Federal officials vow to continue immigration enforcement
Federal immigration officials are revamping the nation's immigrant detention system, but warn that
immigration law enforcement will continue (emphasis added …imagine that!).
BY ALFONSO CHARDY
achardy@MiamiHerald.com
Gonzaga wrote on 10/07/2009 09:44:22 AM:
The problem of "detention" wouldn't exist if illegal residents weren't allowed to be/stay here. Mandate that all illegal residents come forward to be registered, and issue them temporary worker permits for some finitely defined, limited period of continued legal residence; also make arrangements for new workers to come in to replace the current crop-- each successive cohort scheduled to go back home after a designated period of time. And, of course, current illegal residents who do not come forward for registration-- when ultimately apprehended through the coordinated efforts of law enforcement at national, state and local levels--will be deported forthwith.
"Crop rotation" is SOP in agricultural science, and should become so as a matter of policy in supplying successive cohorts of temporary, foreign workers under conditions both open and legal. In essence, we need to adopt the practice of “’worker-crop’ rotation” in all the fields of endeavor in which, for purposes of getting the job done”, it is deemed necessary to exploit the availability of willing foreign nationals on a continuing basis.
Addendum
From the late, unlamented presidential campaign:
By Michael D. Shear
washpost.com, January 6, 2008
Ref. Romney Puts Focus On Immigration
He Hopes to Sting McCain on Hot-Button Issue..<<
(emphasis added).
Gonzage wrote:
The issue is that of "illegal immigration",
Not orderly entry into this nation,
And Senator McCain
Has made it quite plain
Re: illegals he's for integration.
So a vote for him is a vote
For indiscriminate assimilation
Of folks who have come here illegally
Into the body politic of the nation.
A policy of doubtful merit.
1/7/2008 2:08:34 PM
Addendum 10/7/2009
Re the current national lineup, to use a football analogy
Obama is our somewhat uncertain starting quarterback,
And the designated backup is Shoot from the Lip Biden
Who can’t pass, run and/or hide; and should he be sidelined
Only Pelosi the House Speaker is left to take over--a prospect most ill-betiding.
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Climate change adds to humanitarian risks - aid group
Reuters India
"The linkage between humanitarian impact and climate change is very much on
our doorstep here in
<http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-42952020091006>
If Mr. Rumsey says it’s so
He’s entitled, himself, to believe it--
And that applies as well, of course, to anyone else
(A larger number, perhaps, that one would like to admit)
Climate Costs: Can The World Really Afford to Roll Back Carbon ...
Wall Street Journal (blog) By Keith Johnson
By and large, even in
change boils down to a simple question: How much is this going to cost...
<http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/10/06/climate-costs-can-the-world-really-afford-to-roll-back-carbon-emissions/>
Given the catastrophic predictions re: climate change effects
This emphasis on cost of prevention reminds one of Jack Benny
Who, when threatened by highwaymen with”It’s your money or your life”
Replied petulantly, “Give me time to think”--of his classic miserly ripostes, only one of many.
Panama Butterfly Migrations Linked To El Niño, Climate Change
Science Daily (press release)
Climate change has been linked to changes in the migration of butterflies
in North America and Europe but this is one of the first long-term studies of ...
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091005161126.htm>
Before we accept such a linkage
We must have unequivocal evidence of climate change;
To link a thing to something not yet in evidence
Is clearly conceptually strange.
Opinion: Climate change is already making us sick
San Jose Mercury News
The urgency is driven by evidence that the effects of climate change are
having immediate impacts on human health: The World Health Organization estimates ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_13499695>
No doubt here, however,
That climate change is already making us sick,
But it’s clearly labeled as “opinion”--a salutary practice--
So to seek physicians’ assistance, “Jack (shouldn’t necessarily) be quick …”
“I don't believe creating a center on climate change is going to prevent
terrorist attacks.” The agency announced late last month that it was
creating a ...
<http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/cia-climate-center-spurs-opposition/>
This reporter is inclined to agree with Barrasso
That creating a center on climate change won’t prevent terrorist attacks--
It isn’t at all clear what such a center would do, but it’s clear, indeed,
That it’s existence provides no excuse for us, our vigilance against terror, to relax.
Climate change: Will the U.S. be a leader or a laggard at ...
By Mark Svenvold
The upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, slated
for December, represents an opportunity for the U.S. to urge the world into
taking serious action on climate change -- and reclaim America's leadership role in ...
<http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/06/climate-change-will-the-u-s-be-a-leader-or-a-laggard-at-copenh/>
Reclaiming America’s leadership role
Would seem to be a lost cause--
And before taking any “serious action” to stop(sic) “climate change”
Climate change - A national security challenge - The Hill's ...
By Operation Free- Rafael Noboa Rivera
You never have 100% certainty. If you wait till you have that, you'll fail.
<http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/61835-climate-change-a-national-security-challenge>
This is not the first (or last) we’ll see
Of the notion that CC is a security threat--
But whether on a par with al Queda, the Taliban or
Is not clearly discernible yet.
Traces of doubt…
1. Catastrophes Book “Equivocal” About Climate Change « The ...
By omnologos
A recently published (serious) book about future catastrophes appears to
confirm that there is nothing special about allegedly upcoming climate
change disasters: to the contrary, there are too many uncertainties to put
those on equal ...(emphasis added).
<http://omniclimate.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/catastrophes-book-equivocal-about-climate-change/>
2. Climate change nonsense « The Inquiring Mind
By adamsmith1922
The “problem” is the well-funded climate monopoly who pay to find a
crisis but don't pay to check the results. Billions have been spent on
global warming theories but auditing to test the integrity of the theories
is left to unpaid ...(emphasis added).
<http://adamsmith.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/climate-change-nonsense/>
But not here…
Addressing Climate Change - solutions in the desert - COP15 United ...
By HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of
Since the phrase 'climate change' became a regular feature in our
newspapers, on our televisions and in our conversations, there has been
much debate over its existence. But while the debate ensues, there is no
doubt that change is ...(emphasis added) or, perhaps, is not: shades of WJC.
<http://en.cop15.dk/blogs/view+blog?blogid=2284>
Why bother to check the results of a widely heralded crisis
When simply warning that it’s impending pays so well?
Billions have been spent on (the strength of) global warming theories
None of which has been validated, insofar as this reporter’s been able to tell.
Can We Solve Climate Change? Governors Climate Change
By Jonathan Hoekstra
Cool Green Science: The Conservation Blog of The Nature Conservancy - A
blog on conservation, from migratory birds to coral reefs, from rainforests
to climate change to personal green technology.
<http://blog.nature.org/2009/10/can-we-solve-climate-change-governors-global-summit-jon-hoekstra/>
There they go again!!
Governors gather in a summit on global climate change
(To those who thought governors of states in the
The actual composition of the summit will seem a bit strange).
BBC - PM: Captain Cook and Climate Change.
This is Dr Dennis Wheeler of the
programme tonight talking his involvement in a scheme to use historical
naval logbooks in research into climate change. The log books of Captain
Cook and others are ...(emphasis added).
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2009/10/captain_cook_and_climate_chang.shtml>
Why stop at taking a look
At Captain Cook’s hoary log book?
Cast an inquisitive eye
On the records of Captain Bligh
Who all canons of decency forsook.
Scientist predicts resource wars as climate change takes its toll ...
By Cameron
Water scarcity as a result of climate change will create far-reaching
global security concerns, says Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of the
intergovernmental panel on climate change, a co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel
Peace Prize. (with Guess Who ???)[2][2] (emphasis added)
<http://www.sciencecodex.com/water_scarcity_will_create_global_security_concerns>
Dr. Pachauri undoubtedly knows his “stuff”
But that doesn’t include international relations
So his predictions about general and internecine warfare
Are admissible only with strong reservations.
And the “Guess Who”, noted above,
Turns out to have been Arnold Albert (Al) Gore Jr.
A Tennessee-born-and-bred CC troubadour
Who like his father before him once strode the Senate floor.
And was “opposed” to our struggle to stem the Red Tide
By defending South from
But nonetheless found it within himself to serve in the military--
Even while doubting the wisdom of Uncle Sam.
He, later on, was self-credited for inventing the internet
And, by many, with inventing climate change--
At least he touted it so well
As to make any doubt thereof seem decidedly strange.
[1][1] “. . Friday, governors from
http://blog.nature.org/2009/10/can-we-solve-climate-change-governors-global-summit-jon-hoekstra/
[2][2] The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge (sic)about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change (emphasis added).
Al Gore has for a long time been one of the world's leading environmentalist politicians. He became aware at an early stage of the climatic challenges the world is facing. His strong commitment, reflected in political activity, lectures, films and books, has strengthened the struggle against climate change.
He is probably the single individual who has done most to create greater worldwide understanding of the measures that need to be adopted.http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/press.html
