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6.5.06 @ 12:01AM

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His other hilarious observation was one you couldn't get away with today. He did an authentic kind of Flip Williams' high-pitched woman's accent and the bit went (mama admonishing son) "James, Henry, you git away from that wheelbarra. You know you doesn't know nuthin' about machinery."

I remember where "lovely and talented" was lifted from now. Bob Tyrrell often uses it to describe Hillary Clinton.

If I have offended anyone with my remarks, please take a number.
-- Diane Smith
Southern San Francisco, California

I am dismayed by the arrogance of Brandon Crocker's reply to reader mail opposing a "guest worker program." He misses the entire point of the conservative base: Don't trust this administration or this Congress.

Knowing how government tends to work, the total disconnect of ruling elites, past experience, and total refusal to enforce the borders first, the term "guest worker program" is interpreted as an Orwellian, Clintonesque euphemism for AMNESTY. Once the ruling elites get legal status for illegals, the rest of us get the middle finger on border enforcement.

That is how us [sic] hicks decode the language, and we will take it to the polls with us this fall.

In the mean time, Mr. Crocker, refresh yourself on Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution: The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the Legislature, or of the executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.

I noticed a recent list of favorite conservative rock songs. Number 1 on that list is "Won't Get Fooled Again," by The Who. The unforgettable final lines of that song are, "Meet the new boss; same as the old boss."

Meet the new Bush; same as the old Bush?
-- John
Redding, California

I had no idea that you were going to post responses to Crocker's non-response. If I did, I would have noted that he in no way attempted to refute one single substantive point I made in my comments.

He did not even try to explain why America, the anti-Europe, should adopt policies that have so ruined Europe. He did not even address the fact that importing low-wage foreigners depresses wages and stifles innovation. He certainly did not make any argument to disprove that companies are importing low-wage labor so management can maximize profits, at the expense of the American worker.

Instead, he simply threw a fit, picked up his marbles and went home. Such behavior evidences a juvenile mind that has no place in The American Spectator, as if his ill-reasoned article were not proof enough in the first place.
-- Scott Collier
Edinburg, Texas

UNWHOLE
Re: Ralph R. Reiland's Freedom's Whole Foods

How can one claim that the Whole Foods founder is a cheerleader for "individual freedoms" when he opposes the most basic freedom of all -- Life? I'm sure Mr. Reiland is aware that Whole Foods is a major contributor to "Planned Parenthood." He simply chose to not mention that the retailer is a willing participant and supporter of the abortion industry. This is just one example that pure capitalism, as Reiland espouses, inevitably results in less freedom for people; not more.
-- A. E .R.
New Orleans, Louisiana

SOUR SCOT
Re: Jed Babbin's appearance on The O'Reilly Factor:

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