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Vox Media is a new, corporate-sponsored [1] venture from Ezra Klein, Matt Yglesias, and others (see those links). One of their not-so-innovations is "cards": a series of blurbs about one topic divided into several pages. It will help their Slate-style target audience pretend they aren't reading a listicle.
One such "card" is from Dara Lind, where she makes some questionable statements about immigration.
I'm not going to link to Vox [2], but some questions for Lind based on her card follow. You're encouraged to tweet @DLind and ask her when she'll answer them and take the corrective steps noted:
1. You refer to "unauthorized immigrants", a term that makes no sense as discussed on the immigration terminology page. Someone can't be "unauthorized" and an "immigrant", because the term "immigrant" is defined by the U.S. as someone here with the U.S.'s permission. To help you understand that, I can't say I'm a French citizen unless the country of France has granted me citizenship. I can't say I'm a Harvard student unless Harvard has admitted me. Or, to look at it another way, we don't call those who just have visitor or temporary work permits "immigrants" because they haven't gone through the process that term entails. The question is: when will you use a legally-correct term such as illegal alien or at least unauthorized alien?
2. You say there's been an "increased levels of deportations in recent years". How do you square that with the admissions from both the Los Angeles Times and DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson that Obama has not in fact been responsible for "increased deportations"?
3. You say "[t]here's broad agreement that having educated, skilled immigrants helps the US economy". Even if that's true, how are the benefits distributed? Broadly, or to just a few? Aren't some number of Americans harmed by large numbers of skilled immigrants? When will Vox look at things from their point of view?
4. Besides that, are there downsides to skilled immigration that you can think of? (Hint: see the link)
5. You say "[m]any economists have found, however, that low-skilled immigrants don't necessarily drive down the wages of native workers..." Do lower-skilled illegal aliens and lower-skilled immigrants (actual immigrants this time) do jobs that unemployed Americans could do if the situation were right? Would reducing the number of illegal alien farmworkers tend to increase, leave the same, or decrease wages and working conditions for farmworkers?
6. Do you agree that McDonalds, WalMart, US Chamber of Commerce, Tyson Foods and many other corporations tend to support massive immigration and comprehensive immigration reform? Do those corporations and US Chamber members tend to support policies that increase wages and better workplace conditions?
7. I'm not entirely clear by what you mean by "[i]mmigrants of all skill levels can also boost the economy by spending their earnings back into their communities", yet in one sense that's true of anyone in the U.S. outside of the wealthy: most of their earnings will be spent in their communities. But, if by "communities" you mean "others of their ethnic/racial group located near them", can all racial/ethnic groups concentrate their spending on those like them, or just some racial/ethnic groups? Another possibility is that you're just confused on what remittances are (and how bad they ultimately are). So, which is it?
8. You spend a page providing a somewhat neutral description of the anti-American DREAM Act. When will you discuss the anti-American aspect of that and similar bills? As discussed at the link, that and similar bills let foreign citizens deprive U.S. citizens of college slots and/or discounts. When will you offer a card from the point of view of those harmed by the DREAM Act?
Please take a moment and tweet @DLind to ask her when she'll answer the questions above and take the corrective steps noted. In case you see someone promoting Vox Media's immigration coverage, direct them to this post.
[1] Prominently featured in the upper right of their pre-launch home page was the news that their launch was sponsored by General Electric.
[2] A search for site:vox.com will bring up several subdomains containing highly questionable - and not in the political sense - content. I don't know if those subdomains are still active, but I'm not going to risk checking them out.
Politico's immigration coverage is already very bad, but their reporter Jose DelReal is apparently working at making it even worse.
For example, DelReal [1] offers "States boost immigration action" ( peekURL.com/zSymrNd ) which contains this:
The National Conference of State Legislatures report, released Tuesday, documents a 64 percent increase in state-level immigration legislation; in all, 2013 saw a total of 437 laws and resolutions passed on immigration, compared to 267 in 2012... Many of the bills included in the figure are intended to bring about needed reforms in states where the flawed immigration system weighs most heavily. The report shows that eight states have expanded driver's license eligibility rules to include undocumented residents in the last year, while an additional four states have enacted legislation that gives undocumented students in-state tuition for local colleges.
The "needed reforms" part is editorializing, even with the preceding "intended". His reference to the "flawed immigration system" is even a more clear example of editorializing. His sentence is a long way of saying "the system is broken", a false talking point that's a favorite of those who support mass and/or illegal immigration. The problem isn't so much with our laws, but with the corrupt politicians that seek to undercut enforcement of those laws though things like sanctuary cities.
DelReal presents giving drivers licenses to illegal aliens as one of those "needed reforms". See the link for all the many downsides of such laws. Rather than being a "needed reform", it's a controversial issue that most Americans oppose. That holds true even in California, El Paso, and New York state.
DelReal also presents giving college slots or discounts to illegal aliens as a "needed reform". Perhaps he should tell that to the American students who won't be able to attend college. The number of applicants will always exceed the number of college slots or discounts that are available. Thus, by very simple arithmetic, every college slot or discount given to an illegal alien is one that was taken away from an American. See the DREAM Act page for more, including a video illustrating that process.
And, of course, there's also the use of "undocumented" instead of the legally-correct term "illegal aliens". That might be more due to Politico's warped style guide than DelReal.
Want to do something about this? Tweet Politico editors like @RachelSmolkin, @JimVandeHei and @MikeZapler and suggest that Jose DelReal is making them look even worse.
[1] Per his Politico bio, he's "a POLITICO fellow covering breaking news. He is a graduate of Harvard College, where he reported on politics for The Crimson. Prior to joining Politico, Jose was an editorial assistant at Boston Review. He got his start in journalism as a freelancer for the Anchorage Daily News and previously interned at The New Republic." His Harvard stint was from September 2009 to February 2012 per his LinkedIn profile. In the summer of 2011, a Jose A. Delreal-Perez served as an intern for Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska (peekURL.com/zGpgNUA). According to a commenter at Politico they're the same person, but that hasn't been confirmed.
From a press release [1], bolding added:
The California Student Aid Commission; the Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento, Cien Amigos; the Mexican Cultural Center of Northern California; the University of California; the Latino Policy Coalition; the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities; and, Dream. Develop. Do. invite you to attend Steps to College 2014 on Saturday, February 1, 2014, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Consulate General of Mexico in Sacramento... Steps to College 2014 will highlight the importance of higher education for Latino high school students. This event is presented in both Spanish and English and parents are encouraged to attend. ; Students will have the opportunity to apply on-site for the California Dream Act financial aid, Cal Grants, and institutional aid and, if students are eligible, federal grants...
...Carlos González Gutiérrez, Consul General of Mexico in Sacramento [says] "Behind this very beneficial fair, is the hard work and the planning of many people, institutions and organizations, all of them committed to the goal of encouraging young Latino students to get a college education..."
The objective of Steps to College 2013 is: 1.) To explain the full array of resources available for Latino students to finance their higher education 2.) To expose Latino families to the admissions process on Northern California higher education institutions; and 3.) To assist Latino students in completing their student aid applications. Student workshop topics will include Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Financial Aid, College and University Admissions, and Consular Affairs. Students will learn more about available scholarships and the Cal Grant program...
The press release also features a quote from Diana Fuentes-Michel, Executive Director of the California Student Aid Commission. Per the release, "over 40 public and private California colleges and universities" will be represented. On the video below (from the 2013 event), the Consul says the goal is to increase the numbers of "Mexicans and Latinos" who'll attend universities. Another speaker on the video is Darrell Steinberg, president pro tem of the California state Senate. Non unsurprisingly, the video also features a large Mexican flag flying in front of the consulate.
The Mexican government is, as usual, being quite crafty. They see an opportunity to leech off the U.S., sending people they don't want to take care of north and receiving cash back in the form of remittances. They don't need to pay to educate some portion of their own people, they can pass that off on the U.S. At the same time, a large number of Mexicans inside the U.S. gives them a political power bloc that they can use in various ways to influence U.S. policy (i.e., such as preventing attrition).
Such events also tend to make those attending think of themselves less as Americans (officially or not) and more as Mexicans. Why assimilate when there's little need to do so? If anyone says they are assimilated, then why are they using Spanish at the Mexican consulate?
There's also the racial aspect: this event is completely oriented towards Latinos. Can anyone imagine a similar white-oriented event? (Replace all the bolded "Latino"'s above with "white" in case that's not clear).
Note that very college discount given to an illegal alien is a discount that won't go to an American citizen. As illustrated on the DREAM Act page, there are only so many college slots and discounts, and the DREAM Act will cause some Americans to lose out on college.
And, of course, there's the very worrisome involvement of government officials. Fuentes-Michel, Steinberg, those at the University of California who approved the program, and other officials involved with the plan are, not to put to fine a point on it, quislings. Instead of helping as many U.S. citizens as possible go to college, they're helping foreign citizens deprive some citizens of benefits. Those officials are colluding with a foreign government to help foreign citizens obtain benefits that will harm U.S. citizens.
For any misguided liberals that support such efforts, why do you want to deprive some Americans of college? Why aren't you demanding that the elites of Mexico educate their own people? Why would you braindrain Mexico, rather than trying to increase the number of educated people in that country?
For any misguided conservatives that don't care because it's California, the first thing I'd say is that California is coming your way. Turn your back on the state now, and pay for it later.
Want to do something about this? Start by working to discredit Steinberg. Search for his supporters on social media (on Twitter he's @proTemSteinberg) and make the points above to them. Point out to his supporters that he's colluding with a foreign government to deprive some U.S. citizens of college.
[1] latinbusinesstoday . com/2014/01/consulate-general-of-mexico-hosts-steps-to-college-2014
If you're an illegal alien, New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio wants you to know that you're welcome in NYC. And, if you're a corrupt company or bank that wants to profit from illegal immigration, Bill de Blasio wants to help you make more money too.
While it will certainly come as a shock to many of his supporters, de Blasio's immigration position (billdeblasio . com/issues/immigration) really isn't that far off from that of Michael Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch, and other billionaires. De Blasio's immigration position won't put the wealthy out in any way; in fact, it will help them make more money. But, it will harm struggling American workers, including the poor in New York City.
First I'll quote from de Blasio's page, then I'll show how his position would help the wealthy and harm the American poor (bolding added):
...More than 700,000 hardworking members of our communities live in the shadows - subject to extortion by abusive employers and scam artists. Their relationship with law enforcement is destabilized by laws that do not work here in New York - fostering a climate of fear and alienation from civic life...
... Fighting Detention Center Injustices. Bill de Blasio also stood up against the mistreatment of immigrants in detention centers, especially those operated by private for-profit companies. Many of these facilities, including a center in Queens managed by GEO Group, have been accused of intolerable treatment of detainees - including sexual abuse and guard brutality. Joining the New York Immigration Coalition and Make the Road New York, Bill de Blasio demanded a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into allegations of abuse at private immigrant detention facilities contracted by the federal government. He also called for the termination of contracts with any company found to have mistreated immigrant detainees.
Creating DREAM Scholarships. Working through the Fund for Public Advocacy, the New York Immigration Coalition, and the Korean American Community Foundation, and by harnessing additional non-profit funding, Bill de Blasio created the DREAM fellowship - a scholarship and leadership development program for undocumented college students. Beyond helping dozens of students, the initiative has highlighted the need for enactment of national and state DREAM Act legislation. A second cohort of students just completed the spring semester with the aid of this program...
...Bill de Blasio believes it's time for a city-backed ID card that will allow all residents - including undocumented immigrants - to access basic services like opening a bank account or signing an apartment lease. These identification cards will also help foster better relations between the police and undocumented people, who often choose not to report crimes out of fear they may be deported. In New Haven, Connecticut - which offers a municipal ID to undocumented people - crime in the largely-immigrant Fair Haven community declined 20 percent in the two years after the IDs were introduced, even as crime-reporting increased. San Francisco and Los Angeles have also approved or are close to approving city ID cards.
...Bill de Blasio will work for legislation that would make New York the fifth state to allow undocumented immigrants access to driver's licenses. This will improve roadway safety by getting undocumented people who are already driving on our streets into driver's education classes and covered by auto insurance. It will also help weave undocumented immigrants into the fabric of our shared New York civic life, as Congress debates comprehensive immigration reform that includes a pathway to citizenship.
...One of the more egregious problems with our broken immigration system is the "federal detainer" process, which, in its current form, compels local police to hand over legal and undocumented immigrants to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - even for minor crimes committed years ago. Bill de Blasio will end cooperation with abusive federal "detainer requests" for all residents, except those who have been convicted of violent or serious felonies.
If you were the head of a bank or ran a sweatshop, none of what de Blasio proposes would inconvenience you in any way. In fact, it would help you make money.
The way to raise wages and reduce unemployment for Americans is to reduce the labor pool, and opposing illegal immigration and demanding immigration enforcement is an excellent way to reduce the labor pool.
De Blasio is going in the opposite direction: he implicitly supports illegal immigration and wants as little immigration enforcement as possible. That will increase the labor pool, thereby lowering wages and most likely increasing unemployment. Yes, mass immigration will increase overall economic activity, but at what cost? As of 2010, just 1 in 4 young black men in NYC had a job (Community Service Society of New York study: peekURL.com/zypQNCP ). Adding more lower-skilled workers to the labor pool will make statistics like that worse.
Doing things like raising the minimum wage won't work: de Blasio's opposition to most immigration enforcement will make it easier for illegal aliens to undercut Americans by working off the books.
But, de Blasio's immigration stance will help employers. They'll have a wider selection of lower-skilled workers and and at lower wages. It will also help banks and insurance companies: they'll have more clients. De Blasio will make it easier for illegal aliens to open bank accounts, giving banks a whole new set of customers (including those who sent remittances).
In addition to harming struggling American workers, de Blasio's immigration position would also harm struggling American students. He supports the DREAM Act, and any such bill (state or national) would result in taking scarce education resources from Americans to give to foreign citizens who are here illegally.
I realize that to many de Blasio fans, all of the above might come as a shock. Yet, if you actually look into it you'll see that what de Blasio wants isn't that far off from what Mike Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch, WalMart, the Koch family, Tyson Foods, the US Chamber of Commerce, and other very wealthy interests want. See also the entries on the immigration banks page for others de Blasio would help. For discussions of state and local ID cards designed to help banks profit, see the relevant entries on the New Haven, Los Angeles, California, and San Francisco pages. And, regarding private detention centers and another group whose immigration stance ends up helping the wealthy at the expense of the poor, see the immigration-related entries on the Occupy Wall Street page.
If any de Blasio supporters aren't convinced, feel free to leave a detailed comment below and I'll add even more.
Rep. Ted Poe (see the link) - vice chairman of the House immigration subcommittee - has now switched sides and supports comprehensive immigration reform, aka amnesty.
Per peekURL.com/zrA6UGN , he now "supports measures that would include a path to legal status" and he thinks that waiting for border security before declaring amnesty is "unrealistic" and "counterproductive." He says, "I've changed... I used to think we had to do border security before we ever talk about other immigration issues. But we have to do them in tandem, because [otherwise] we'll never get to those other issues."
What could have prompted his change of policy? This:
Latino population growth also upended many congressional districts – including Poe's. His district was about 10 percent Latino, but redistricting after the 2010 Census swelled his Latino constituency to 41 percent.
Obviously, whatever principles he had (if any) disappeared once his job was on the line.
Further, he says:
"[Illegal aliens are] not leaving... They're not going to go back to their countries, and what purpose would it serve for them to leave? ...It's not automatic pathway to citizenship... I don't think that's right, I agree that we shouldn't reward people for being here illegally. But if you're in the country without permission, you should register, we have to know who's in the country. Then you would have legal status for a period of time, and you can stay here and work here during that time."
It would definitely be helpful to the millions of unemployed Americans if many did leave, so that's one major purpose. Whatever amnesty plan is proposed now, it will be changed later on so those legalized eventually become voters.
To top it off, Poe also now supports the anti-American DREAM Act, a bill that would let the illegal aliens covered by it deprive Americans of college slots and discounts.
Want to do something about this? Search for those who talk to @JudgeTedPoe, and then point out to them the many downsides of what Poe now supports.
In the Wall Street Journal, Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick offer "Solving the Immigration Puzzle" (link).
I'll provide excerpts followed by a discussion of how they're misleading and promoting bad policy.
First, Bush & Bolick ("B&B" for short) want comprehensive immigration reform rather than "piecemeal" changes such as some form of DREAM Act and also instead of demanding that border security is addressed first (see secure the border, in the "first" sense).
For the GOP and (much more importantly) for the U.S., comprehensive "reform" is the worst possible outcome because of the lesson offered by the 1986 amnesty. The corrupt elites who try to undercut immigration laws now will simply pick and choose which aspects of the latest amnesty they want to enforce, and ignore the rest. We'd get the amnesty, without the promised enforcement. "Secure the border first" is bad policy, but at least supporters of immigration enforcement would be demanding something up front. B&B wouldn't demand anything but would simply put their trust in Obama, the Democrats, and corrupted GOP leaders to enforce the laws even though they've tried to undercut similar laws in the past.
B&B write:
The nature of the border-security problem has evolved. The only tried-and-true method of reducing illegal immigration is a bad economy. Thus, with a dismal American economy and an improving Mexican one, the net immigration from Mexico is now zero: As many Mexicans are leaving the U.S. as are entering it.
What they're unwittingly admitting is that attrition (aka "self-deport") would be a viable policy to reduce the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. Under attrition, we'd reduce the jobs and non-emergency benefits available to illegal aliens, encouraging them to make the logical decision to return home. In other words, being in the U.S. as an illegal alien would be like being in the U.S. in a bad economy, even when the economy is booming. Of course, there's no chance that B&B would support attrition: they want those illegal aliens to be legalized and remain here.
The driver of immigration policy is "chain migration." Since the 1960s, the vast majority of legal immigrants have come pursuant to a very broad definition of "family reunification"—which includes not only spouses and minor children but parents and siblings. Family preferences account for two-thirds of all legal immigrants, crowding out work-based immigration and placing increased pressure on social services.
When extended family members obtain legal status, they too are entitled to family preferences. This chain migration does not promote the nation's economic interests.
While it's good that they come out against chain migration, the "reform" they support would give more power to the Democrats who seek electoral profits from that immigration. The Democrats would have millions of new voters and could use that increased power base to push to restore more chain migration.
There is no "line." Critics of comprehensive reform often argue that illegal immigrants should return to their native countries and wait in line like everyone else who wants to come to America. But unless they have relatives in the U.S. or can fit within the limited number of work-based visas, no line exists for such individuals.
While the second sentence is true of many others, I don't argue they should go home and wait in line, but that they should simply return home and solve their own countries' problems. As for there not being such a line, why was that ever a part of our laws? There's a reason: so lower-skilled Americans aren't harmed by an influx of cheap foreign labor.
The U.S. needs workers of all types. The birthrate in this country has fallen below the level necessary to sustain the population at the very time that millions of Americans are leaving the workforce and expecting retirement benefits. The nation needs energetic young workers to spur the economy and support an ever-increasing social-welfare burden.
The only alternatives to increased immigration are mounting debts or reduced social services. A practicable system of work-based immigration for both high-skilled and low-skilled immigrants - a system that will include a path to citizenship - will help us meet workforce needs, prevent exportation of jobs to foreign countries and protect against the exploitation of workers.
As Rahm Emanuel said, "never let a good crisis go to waste". The lowered birthrate is probably due to the recession (link) and will probably pick up when the economy does. There are no doubt social factors involved, and B&B have no answer on that front. One solution would be to make family formation easier by reducing economic disparities rather than encouraging them as the GOP and the elites in general would do. It's the elites who've made family formation more difficult, such as by sending jobs overseas and by establishing the situation where many people have to work multiple jobs. Instead of working to keep the elites in check, B&B would give the elites what they want: more wage-lowering immigration. The first sentence in the second paragraph above is a false choice: another alternative would be to make it easier for U.S. citizens to start a family.
Regarding those "energetic young workers", we've got millions of younger illegal aliens in the U.S. If increasing the number of workers from Mexico was a solution, shouldn't our streets be paved with gold right now?
America especially needs high-skill workers. The K-12 education system is not producing nearly enough graduates with the skills needed for a vibrant 21st-century economy. This country has attracted, and still does attract, the best and brightest from throughout the world to its universities and businesses. But once here, even the most talented students are not assured that they will receive visas enabling them to work following graduation, and high-skill workers and entrepreneurs have no sure path to citizenship.
Other nations - including Canada, New Zealand and even China - are luring away students, workers and entrepreneurs with more sensible and welcoming immigration policies. If we do not adapt, we will be increasingly unable to compete.
If we aren't producing enough STEM and similar graduates, isn't increased immigration just papering over a very serious problem that should be addressed? Oddly enough, B&B support the papering over, not getting at the much deeper problem. Part of that problem is due to the increased low-skilled immigration that George W Bush allowed, but part of it is also under the general "idiocracy" umbrella. See also skilled immigration for the major downsides of what they support.
Amnesty promotes illegal immigration. The U.S. must find a fair way to deal with its 11 million illegal immigrants without sending the message that America's laws can be broken with impunity. Crossing the border illegally must have consequences. At the same time, we must recognize that children who were brought here illegally have committed no crime and in most instances know no other country.
Finally we agree on something, although that's only because they've redefined "amnesty" to not have the meaning that most Americans give it (see reform not amnesty). What they seem to be getting at is described at amnesty require: a deceptive way to sell amnesty to its opponents. Any form of legalization would send a completely wrong message, not just to illegal aliens but to the elites in business, the media, and other groups. See questions 4, 5, and 6 here.
The last sentence above promotes the anti-American DREAM Act. The pro-U.S. (and pro-Mexico) alternative is described here.
Immigrants replenish the American spirit. Most immigrants come here to secure a better life for themselves and their families. They cherish the values of hard work, faith, family, enterprise and patriotism that have made this country great. Meanwhile, many who were lucky enough to have been born here have grown complacent or even disdainful of these values. America's immigration system should provide opportunities for people who share the country's core values to become citizens, thereby strengthening the nation as have countless immigrants have before them.
Ah, the inevitable "up with immigrants, down with Americans!" bit. I'm vaguely reminded of George W. Bush congratulating a divorced mother of three kids on having to work three jobs ( peekURL.com/vaxyU7D ).
As with others above, B&B would paper over deeper problems. They're also misleading: while many legal immigrants do cherish all the values they list, others only value some. Illegal aliens aren't coming here because they cherish U.S. patriotism, but simply to make money. Legalizing them wouldn't tend to make them patriotic to the U.S. and they might retain their past allegiances (and form an even greater power base inside the U.S. for the Mexican government and other governments).
Please write @JebBush and @lawyer4liberty with your thoughts. Even better, do a Twitter search for those promoting the ideas of B&B, and send them a link to this page.
Laurene Powell Jobs - the widow of Apple's Steve Jobs - is joining with filmmaker Davis Guggenheim [1] to promote the DREAM Act. As discussed at the link, that anti-American bill would harm struggling Americans that want to go to college.
On the site thedreamisnow . org, Powell Jobs and Guggenheim will collect stories from illegal aliens who'll describe how their lives would change if the DREAM Act passes. Guggenheim will then turn that into a film. In other words, their effort is one big PIIPP (see that link).
What Laurene Powell Jobs and Davis Guggenheim won't be collecting are stories from those Americans who would be screwed by the DREAM Act.
There are only a finite number of college slots and discounts available, and any college slot or discount that goes to a someone covered by the DREAM Act is one that did not go to a struggling American student.
In case that dynamic isn't clear, see the video on the DREAM Act page, and for a tangible example see, for instance, this.
From Beth Fouhy of Yahoo ( peekURL.com/zA7b6e5 ):
"There needed to be a demystification - to put a face to these people, to hear the individual stories," Powell Jobs said...
Powell Jobs told Yahoo News her interest in the Dream Act had been sparked through College Track, an initiative she founded to help low-income and minority students attend college. Many of the students in the program are undocumented.
"They're our children's friends. They are people we know. This is a huge national problem that needs resolution," Powell Jobs said.
Dozens - perhaps hundreds - of corrupted establishment media hacks have worked over the years to "put a face to these people"; see the PIIPP link above for several examples of boilerplate propaganda designed to promote the DREAM Act. It would be a great public service if Powell Jobs would offer the pro-American point of view, instead she's going in the opposite direction.
I'm sure that almost everyone should be able to see that if there were fewer illegal aliens in College Track, that would increase the chances that the U.S. citizens in the same program would get college slots and/or discounts. Yet, either Laurene Powell Jobs can't figure that out, or doesn't care.
Another thing she can't figure out is that this isn't just a "national problem", it's an international problem. Losing "DREAMers" to the U.S. assists the corrupt elites of foreign countries such as Mexico: it means less competition for them, it decreases the chance of reform in those countries, it might result in increased income through remittances, and it means that those countries can spend less money on education.
At the same time, it results in braindrain: depriving struggling Third World countries of the smart people they desperately need, something that will have an impact on the U.S. in years to come.
Please write Fouhy with your thoughts, and suggest next time she sides with her fellow citizens and calls Powell Jobs on not siding with her fellow citizens: @bfouhy
[1] You might remember Davis Guggenheim from his Obama mini-documentary that was so sycophantic even Piers Morgan made fun of him: peekURL.com/vznLXhE
The actions of Tea Parties darling Marco Rubio played a significant role in causing Obama's recent amnesty for illegal aliens.
Per Julia Preston of the New York Times:
...[Illegal alien and amnesty activist Gaby Pacheco] said she concluded that day that it was time to shift strategies. The House majority would pass to Republicans, who rejected the Dream Act as a reward to immigrant lawbreakers. The movement would have to concentrate on the president, Ms. Pacheco believed, to press him to stop deportations using executive powers.
...In the summer of 2011, administration officials began to ease up on enforcement, steering federal agents to concentrate their efforts on removing immigrants who had been convicted of crimes. Seizing that leverage, Dreamer groups stopped dozens of deportations, getting news coverage and rallying communities around young people facing removal.
That made more young immigrants feel confident they could protest without being detained, Ms. Jimenez said. New organizations, including the National Immigrant Youth Alliance, embraced confrontational tactics, inviting arrest with sit-ins on streets and in public offices.
...The political equation changed when Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, a Republican, said in April that he was preparing a new bill to give visas to young immigrants. Ms. Pacheco met with Mr. Rubio and his staff, and United We Dream praised his efforts.
Worried, White House officials scheduled a meeting in mid-April with United We Dream leaders. In a Washington church (since illegal immigrants could not enter the White House), Valerie Jarrett, the president's senior adviser, and Cecilia Muñoz, the domestic policy adviser, insisted that Mr. Obama had no legal authority to issue an order granting deportation protection.
Another advocate activist stood up and disagreed. Then, about a month later, law professors wrote an open letter saying that Obama did have the legal authority to declare an amnesty through executive fiat. Then, in June, Obama declared that amnesty.
Rubio's role was key: his actions undercut opposition from GOP leaders to any amnesty Obama was considering.
If Rubio had put the national interest ahead of his race-based personal ambition, he would have opposed amnesty and used the anti-American DREAM Act to discredit its supporters.
Instead, Rubio helped the Democrats get an amnesty, even though that amnesty will harm American workers.
Jesse Singal of the Washington Monthly discusses the Julia Preston story about the DREAM Act and says ( peekURL.com/z2kCSje ):
As a quick aside, I've always thought that some of the more strident members of the anti-immigration did untold damage to their group by failing to exhibit any nuance on the question of young undocumented immigrants who came here as infants or children. If I'm the hypothetical median American voter, the second you tell me that we should be deporting a 25-year-old whose parents took her here when she was 3, I am going to tune you out and go check Facebook or something. And the next time one of your allies comes to me complaining about "amnesty" or whatever, I'll be less likely to listen.
And, that's why Jesse Singal shouldn't be allowed anywhere near policy making.
I could write something like his paragraph, but I'd then follow it by pointing out why the "hypothetical median American voter" shouldn't tune out. I'd point out to that voter that the DREAM Act is anti-American. As discussed at the link, the DREAM Act would let the illegal aliens covered by it deprive struggling American citizens of jobs and college educations. It would also encourage more illegal immigration and more mixed-status families. And, like any other amnesty, it would reward not just those illegal aliens who broke our laws, but the corrupt elites who enabled them and who are trying to profit from illegal activity in one way or another. I'd also point out that the DREAM Act would deprive struggling foreign countries of the people they need to grow (see skilled immigration).
Yet, Singal doesn't do that. Instead, his opinion clearly aligns with those voters who'd tune out. Thankfully, most voters are smarter and more patriotic than Singal.
Foreign citizens who are here illegally are aggressively agitating to change our laws to suit them, even though those changes will harm U.S. citizens. And, Julia Preston of the New York Times is doing her best to help those foreign citizens.
Preston offers "Young Immigrants Say It's Obama's Time to Act" (link) which starts with a lie: those she discusses aren't "immigrants", they're illegal aliens. While Preston does use "illegal" several times in the piece, those who aren't familiar with these issues might be confused by the various terms she uses for those who are illegal aliens.
But, that's the least of her sins: not once in the piece does she reveal that the DREAM Act would harm both U.S. students and workers, giving both competition for scarce resources (jobs and college educations) in tough economic times.
For what Preston won't tell you, see the last link.
I side with my struggling fellow Americans; Julia Preston and the New York Times side with law changes that harm struggling Americans.
Matt Lewis of the Daily Caller has obtained a draft of the "ACHIEVE Act", an immigration amnesty program for younger illegal aliens ( peekURL.com/znPTmcX ). It's the GOP own anti-American version of the anti-American DREAM Act:
Essentially, the proposal involves several tiers: W-1 visa status would allow an immigrant to attend college or serve in the military (they have six years to get a degree). After doing so, they would be eligible to apply for a four-year nonimmigrant work visa (also can be used for graduate degrees.)
Next, applicants would be eligible to apply for a permanent visa (no welfare benefits.) Finally, after a set number of years, citizenship "could follow…"
Below are a few of the details being floated to be eligible for the W-1 visa:
- "Applicant must have lived in the U.S. for five year's prior to the Act's enactment";
- Must have entered the country before age 14
- Must have good moral character
- "Applicant must not have committed a felony, must not have committed more than one misdemeanor with a jail term of more than 30 days, must not have committed a crime of moral turpitude, and must not have a final order of removal pending"'
- Must have knowledge of the English language, U.S. history, "and of principles of U.S. government"
- Applicant must be 28 or younger at time of application (or 32 if they have a bachelor's degree from a U.S. college);
- Must pay a $525 fee
- Must submit to a medical exam and a background check, submit biometric and biographic data, and register with the Selective Service.
The smart, pro-American alternative for the GOP would be to show how the DREAM Act is bad and harms American citizens (see the link). The Democratic Party is extremely vulnerable on immigration, especially on the anti-American DREAMAct. Instead of correctly pointing out that the DA is anti-American and using it to discredit leading Democrats, the GOP validates the DA's anti-American concepts by coming up with their own alternative. What good is the GOP if the only difference between them and the Democrats is a few minor details in anti-American bills?
That doesn't mean that a smarter, pro-American GOP would just let younger illegal aliens stay here: a better alternative would be a repatriation program. Not only would that mean less competition for American students and workers, it would improve situations in countries like Mexico (which can't afford to lose any smart people).
And, of course, any "tough" provisions in any GOP amnesty would be whittled away before signing or after. In fact, I know the groups and people who'd lead the charge. Even AllahPundit can figure out what would happen, even if the brightest minds of the GOP leadership can't.
ADDED: Here's another description of the program from peekURL.com/zupwXZ3 :
W-1 Status: Those with a W-1 nonimmigrant visa would attend school to earn a bachelor's, associate's, vocational/technical, or advanced degree, or serve in the U.S. military for 4 years, while here on a W-1 nonimmigrant visa. A W-1 visa holder would have 6 years to get a degree; individuals in school could work while earning the degree.
To be eligible:
Applicant must have lived in the United States for five years prior to the Act's enactment;
Applicant must have entered the country before the age of 14;
Applicant must have good moral character;
Applicant must not have committed a felony, must not have committed more than one misdemeanor with ajail term of more than 30 days, must not have committed a crime of moral turpitude, and must not have a final order of removal pending;
Applicant must have knowledge of the English language, of American history, and of principles of U.S. government;
Applicant must be 28 or younger at the time of application (unless applicant is under 32 and possesses a bachelor's degree from a U.S. college at the time of application);
Applicants pay a $525 application fee;
Applicants complete a medical exam, sign up for U.S. Selective Service, and submit biometric and biographic data as part of a background check.
To maintain W-1 visa status, visa holders:
Must check in every six months with DHS, and be compliant with program requirements;
Must not access public welfare benefits;
Must not access federal student loans, work study, or other benefits or services under the Higher Education Act;
Do not have access to a green card while here on the W-1 visa.
W-2 Status: After completing all W-1 education/military service requirements, a recipient can obtain a W-2 visa, which is a four-year nonimmigrant work visa (also allowed, study toward a master's degree or higher).
Criteria for obtaining W-2 status:
Recipient must have earned a bachelor's, associate's, or vocational/technical degree in the U.S. while here on the W-1 visa or have served four years in the U.S. Armed Forces;
Pay a $525 application fee;
Continue to meet W-1 criteria (no criminal record, check in with DHS, etc.).
W-3 Status: After completing four years of work while holding a W-2 visa, a recipient can then apply for a non-conditional (permanent) nonimmigrant (no special pathway to citizenship) visa.
Must have complied with all requirements/eligibility standards for W-1 and W-2 status;
No eligibility for public welfare benefits;
W-3 status renewable every four years;
No new green cards are added in the Act, but a W-3 visa recipient could take advantage of opportunities in current law to obtain one; for example, if a W-3 visa holder were to marry a U.S. citizen, that alien, already in W-3 status and now married to a U.S. citizen, would be eligible for a green card (legal permanent resident status). Citizenship could follow after the requisite number of years required in green card status (and processing usually takes around a year after that).
According to Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security [1], over 200,000 illegal aliens have applied to Obama's "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" amnesty.
That's not as bad as it could be, but it's still very bad news for American workers: in a weak job market, Obama's adding hundreds of thousands of new legal workers. Those who are illegal aliens are clustered in jobs that are lax about checking if someone's a legal worker, such as crop picking.
But, when Obama gives those illegal aliens a work permit they'll be here legally, and they'll then be able to compete with struggling American workers in any field they're qualified for: cashiering, waitressing, construction, and on and on.
Those former illegal aliens will be clustered in lower-skilled jobs, like a good portion of Obama's (or at least the Democratic Party's) base. In fact, most of those harmed by Obama's amnesty will be those who vote Democrat.
Want to do something about this? Make sure as many Democratic voters see the last link, and challenge prominent Obama supporters on that link at their public appearances or on Twitter. Here's a question you can ask, complete with an example of how the question was dodged when I asked it.
Note, of course, that Mitt Romney isn't much better. Challenge his surrogates with that same question. Make them admit the harm that Obama's amnesty will do, then ask them why Romney won't point that out.
[1] From The Hill ( peekURL.com/zp9H26m ):
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Wednesday [to a panel of educators from around the country who serve on the Homeland Security Academic Advisory Council] that more than 3,000 young illegal immigrants are applying for deferred deportation every day under the administration's new immigration policy.
About 200,000 young people in the country illegally have applied to defer their deportation for at least two years and get a temporary work permit since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began accepting applications under the new rules two months ago, according to Napolitano...
...Each application takes at least 4 months to process, during which time the applicant will not be deported from the country, said Napolitano...
..."I suspect that we may see a bulge of applications after the New Year when there's either this administration or a new administration and when the policies are going to be become more clear," Napolitano told the group.
Mitt Romney recently spoke to the Denver Post editorial board and said this (link):
"The people who have received the special visa that the president has put in place, which is a two-year visa, should expect that the visa would continue to be valid. I'm not going to take something that they've purchased," Romney said. "Before those visas have expired we will have the full immigration reform plan that I've proposed."
..."I actually will propose a piece of legislation which will reform our immigration system to improve legal immigration so people don't have to hire lawyers to figure out how to get here legally," Romney said. "The president promised in his first year, his highest priority, that he would reform immigration and he didn't. And I will."
This is yet another milestone on Romney's transformation from someone who sometimes pretended to be somewhat OK on immigration during the primaries, to someone who's now almost just as bad as Obama and the Democratic Party on the issue. That transformation doesn't speak to his character: he doesn't have political principles beyond helping the wealthy and - most importantly - winning. The transformation doesn't speak to his intelligence either: he's bought the Democrats' line about the "Hispanic Vote", chasing after a slim margin of pro-illegal immigration Hispanics even though he might lose more votes from those of all races who support our laws.
It would be much smarter for him to make taking on illegal immigration a key part of his campaign, and actually oppose the Democrats on their extremely flawed immigration concepts. For instance, by pointing out that most of those harmed by Obama's amnesty are Democrats. Instead, he continues to validate their concepts.
That said, this isn't as significant as it might seem: Romney is talking about those already covered by Obama's amnesty. The big question is whether he'd cancel that amnesty and do so immediately. The even bigger question is what form Romney's "reform" would take. The Denver Post says that Romney "didn't furnish specifics on that plan", so I guess we'll never know.
Given the way Romney's going, his plan would almost surely be a major amnesty to cover most of the millions of illegal aliens in the U.S. Given his penchant for playing both sides of the fence, he'll probably include some form of "touchback" provision to mollify those who support our laws.
See Comprehensive Immigration Reform and DREAM Act for more on these issues. See Mitt Romney for past coverage showing his transformation and describing how his policies are not just bad for for his election prospects, but bad for the U.S..
10/3/12 UPDATE: From the Boston Globe ( peekURL.com/z72Vtx6 ):
Responding to a Globe request to clarify Romney's statement to The Denver Post, Romney's campaign said he would honor deportation exemptions issued by the Obama administration before his inauguration but would not grant new ones after taking office.
Bear in mind, of course, that that's only because Romney says he'll push for a comprehensive "reform" if elected. Expect his opponents to keep pretending he's tough on immigration, when his position is more George W Bush-like.
California governor Jerry Brown yesterday signed AB2189, a bill that gives drivers licenses to the illegal aliens who'll be admitted into Obama's amnesty program.
This is a partial victory for Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, a supposed representative of U.S. interests who actually frequently acts more like a paid agent of the Mexican government. Cedillo has been pushing to get drivers licenses into the hands of the illegal aliens he represents so long, he's nicknamed "One Bill Gil". And, Brown signed a variant of his one bill.
From [1]:
"It is a victory for those who were brought here through no choice of their own, played by the rules, and are only asking to be included in and contribute to American society," Cedillo said in a statement.
He said California is the first state to grant drivers' licenses to the group singled out under the Obama administration's policy. Cedillo praised Brown for choosing "public safety over politics" by signing the bill.
"President Obama has recognized the unique status of these students, and making them eligible to apply for driver's licenses is an obvious next step," Brown spokesman Gil Duran said.
This shows the fallacy of those who think that limited amnesties will work: those who support illegal immigration will "eat the elephant one bite at a time". The Democratic Party and others will give benefits to those covered by Obama's "temporary" amnesty and will push to extend their terms and put them on the "path to citizenship". That's why even limited versions of the DREAM Act have to be opposed: those who want race-based power will simply keep pushing until they get what they want. They have to be discredited, not compromised with.
See the DREAM Act page for questions you're urged to ask its leading supporters, and for posts you're urged to send to the supporters of those leaders.
[1] peekURL.com/zzVrt62
Yesterday, Mitt Romney was interviewed on Univision by Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas; a transcript of his answers about immigration is below.
If you're a foreign citizen - whether here legally or illegally or planning on moving here legally or illegally - Romney's comments were great. If you're a business that wants a large labor pool with lower wages and lower safety standards, or you're a leader of the Democratic Party, his comments were also great.
For everyone else, his comments weren't so great.
As is their wont, the media and others who enable illegal immigration are going to present Romney as a fire-breathing reincarnation of Genghis Khan on this issue and pretend there's a great difference between him and Barack Obama. Many or most of the people who Romney is trying to reach out to by being weak will listen to the media instead of realizing just how much Romney is on their side. At the same time, being weak on immigration will cost Romney support from some of the GOP base. For the media and other illegal immigration enablers, it's a win-win. For Romney and the country, it's a lose-lose. The smarter and patriotic alternative would be for Romney to actually be strong on this issue and to show how his opponents are wrong. Romney clearly isn't capable of that, not to mention the fact that some of his top donors probably don't want that because being strong on immigration might cut into their profits.
Here's a summary of his comments:
* Romney - someone famous for once using the term "self-deport" - said this:
we're not going to round up people around the country and deport them. That's not - I said my primary campaign time and, again, we're not going to round up 12 million people that include the kids and the parents, and have everyone deported. Our system isn't to deport people... I'm not going to be rounding people up and deporting them from the country... I'm not in favor of a deportation, mass deportation, a rounding up of 12 million people and taking them out of the country. I believe people make their own choices as to whether they want to go home and that's what I mean by self-deportation. People decide if they want to go back to the country of their origin and get in line legally to be able to come to this country.
First, concentrating on only the general concept of deporting people, perhaps Romney should have a chat with Obama. The Obama administration crows about how many people they deport. Yet, here we have the supposed conservative candidate saying that "[o]ur system isn't to deport people." After the Obama administration claims they deport more people than George W Bush, would a potential Romney administration seek to deport fewer than the Obama administration?
Regarding mass deportations, see deportations false choice. Large numbers of hacks have pretended that we need to choose between mass deportations and some form of amnesty, ignoring a third choice: "self-deport", aka attrition. Romney is offering a variant of that false choice by redefining the term "self-deport". To everyone besides Romney, it means "attrition through enforcement". To the new, improved Romney - perhaps prompted by someone like Ed Gillespie - it's just a voluntary thing illegal aliens may or may not decide to do, with seemingly little or no prompting from us.
* Romney validated Democratic Party concepts on immigration, as he's done before. In none of his 1000+ words did he even come close to challenging Obama's ideas on immigration. Instead of pointing out how Obama is wrong on immigration, Romney chided Obama for not pushing his plans faster.
* Romney supported chain migration. He wants that to be "the favored system for immigration".
* He supported a guest workers program.
* He used the tired line about "staple the green card to their diploma". He's used that at least twice before: here and here. See skilled immigration for the downsides of that and related plans.
* He supported Marco Rubio's version of the DREAM Act rather than pointing out the problems with such plans (see the link).
* He used the system is broken and secure the border canards.
* At the end, he seems to be implying that one component of reducing illegal immigration is to increase legal immigration, an idea that's delusional. Search for "five billion" in the post about Paul Ryan on immigration.
From the point of view of most non-elite Americans, the only bright spots were Romney's use of the term "illegal aliens" (see the link) and his support for something like eVerify.
Here are Romney's comments on immigration, excerpted from the transcript (via Latina Lista):
The immigration system generally - and let me respond more broadly and then get to the specific of young people who were brought here through no fault of their own. And are now going to school here. The immigration system, I think we all agree, is broken and it's been a political football for years and years on the part of both Republicans and Democrats. It needs to be fixed. Actually, I think one of the reasons candidate Obama got so much support from the Hispanic community in the last election is that he said that in his first year among his highest priorities would be to fix the immigration system. But he never even filed a bill. He never tried to fix the immigration system. So it's time to put the politics aside and I will actually reform the immigration system to make it work for the people of America.
...Well, let me begin by talking about what we do for our legal immigration system. I will make sure that people know that they can come to this country in a transparent and clear way. They shouldn't have to hire lawyers to find out how to get in this country legally. I want to also make sure that instead of having our diversity visas offered, we provide instead the chance to pull families together. I want that to be the favored system for immigration. I also believe that we should have temporary work visas consistent with the needs of the employment community and by the way, if the student does so well that they get an advanced degree, I'd staple the green card to their diploma. Now, for those that are already here and that are undocumented, that were brought here by their parents and therefore are illegal aliens in this country, my view is that we should put in a place a permanent solution. What the president did was take no action when he had a Democrat House and Senate, even though he said he would, then he put in place something he called a stop-gap measure. Temporary. These kids deserve something better than temporary. They deserve a permanent solution and my view is that the ideas that were being brought forth by Senator Marco Rubio, those were things that should've been pursued. We should have had an answer. And my (inaudible) that for those young people who, for instance, serve in our military, that they should be able to become a permanent resident of the United States. That's the kind of model I think that will work for these young people.
...Well, we're not going to - we're not going to round up people around the country and deport them. That's not - I said my primary campaign time and, again, we're not going to round up 12 million people that include the kids and the parents, and have everyone deported. Our system isn't to deport people. We need to provide a long-term solution and I described the fact that I would be in support of a program that said the people who serve in our military could be permanent residents of the United States. Marco Rubio was working on legislation which he called, I believe, the Dream and Achieve Act. It had a number of features that said kids that get higher education could become permanent residents of the United States. But this is something that's going to have to be worked out by the Republicans and Democrats together. I will lead a program that gets us to a permanent solution as opposed to what was done by the president which, with a few months before the election, he puts in place something which is temporary, which does not solve this issue. I will solve it on a permanent basis consistent with those principles.
...I'm not going to be rounding people up and deporting them from the country. We're going to put in place a permanent solution and, unlike the president, when I am president I will actually do what I promise. I will put in an immigration reform plan that solves this issue.
...I think I have some friends apparently. All right. I think I just answered the last part of your question which is that I said I'm not in favor of a deportation, mass deportation, a rounding up of 12 million people and taking them out of the country. I believe people make their own choices as to whether they want to go home and that's what I mean by self-deportation. People decide if they want to go back to the country of their origin and get in line legally to be able to come to this country. Look, legal immigration is critical for America. I love legal immigration. No nation on earth brings in a million people a year into their country.
This country lives, in part, by virtue of the vitality of our legal immigration system. But at the same time, to protect legal immigration we have to secure our borders and what I like about the Arizona law was that the measure that says we're going to have an employment verification system so that employers know who they're able to hire and who they're not able to hire. And by the way, in my view, if employers hire people that they know are not here legally, there should be tough sanctions on those employers.
...The reason there's an Arizona law is because the federal government, and specifically, President Obama didn't solve immigration problem when he came into office. And so states are doing their best to try and solve it state by state. And any state tries to solve it in their own way, but the right answer is ultimately to have a federal solution to make sure that we have a robust and active legal immigration system, that we stop illegal immigration, and that we don't have to have states trying to find solutions of their own. And one aspect of the Arizona law, which I think is worthwhile to consider and part of the federal solution, is this idea of an employment verification system.


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Big Web Show: Monkey Do!
IN EPISODE No. 86 of The Big Web Show, I interview Monkey Do studio's Michael Pick and Tim Murtaugh.
Mike, Tim, and I discuss the A List Apart redesign, responsive images and type, CSS Zen Garden, organic design processes, the future of CMS systems, designing a food truck app, and more.
TIM MURTAUGH has been building web sites since 1997 and specializes in delivering standards-based HTML5/CSS templates. His eye for design and serious affinity for clean code allow him to painlessly integrate his templates into larger systems without sacrificing user experience or aesthetics. Tim started in the non-profit world, moved on to start-ups, shifted to an agency, upgraded to publishing, and from thence: Monkey Do. Tim can be found on Twitter at @murtaugh.
MICHAEL PICK approaches web design from the perspective of both art director and front-end developer. He primarily creates clean and concise design systems for websites, but is also known to get his hands dirty with Flash, HTML/CSS, and JavaScript development. Over the years he has worked as a cog in a large agency, an in-house art director, and a humble freelancer, and has picked up a few awards along the way. He holds a BD in Communication Design from NSCAD in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mike tweets as @mikepick.
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5 Responses to "Big Web Show: Monkey Do!"
Jared Caraway said on 30 March 2013 at 4:21 pm:
I looked up the Picturefill script mentioned on the show and found a post by Oscar Godson titled "Picturefill needs to die." I'd be interested to hear some thoughts on this post.
Dan Guy said on 4 April 2013 at 11:48 am:
Has Tim Murtaugh's pic always had hair down to his shoulders? I never noticed that before. (Maybe I just thought it was flames of inspiration?)
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Movie News
Arnold Schwarzenegger Gets Held CAPTIVE!
Nordling here.
Arnold Schwarzenegger looks to be pretty busy now that he's turned back to acting – he's got THE EXPENDABLES 2 and THE LAST STAND to film, and now he's in talks to star in CAPTIVE. CAPTIVE centers around a wealthy magnate who finds himself kidnapped and held prisoner in a landfill. As he desperately tries to escape, a police detective pulls out all the stops to find him. No word on casting for the detective but Schwarzenegger would be playing the magnate.
There is no word of a director yet, and as this is an independent production, no word on budget. I have to say, I like this hungry Schwarzenegger. These three projects that he's involved in seem to be going back to everything we loved about the man, and he either doesn't care about the age factor or he's trying to get in as much as possible as soon as possible. Whoever they cast as the detective would seem to be something like Tommy Lee Jones to Harrison Ford's Fugitive, and I'd love to see a really good character actor, or even another action hero, take the part. I bet someone like Dwayne Johnson would eat that role for breakfast. I love how Arnold handed the reins off to the Rock in THE RUNDOWN – it'd be quite something to see them together in an action thriller like this.
Nordling, out.
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Sept. 9, 2011, 4:18 p.m. CST
The handing of the reins in Rundown was fucking stupid
by Randy
Sept. 9, 2011, 4:25 p.m. CST
by tHEgREATgABBO
Sept. 9, 2011, 4:26 p.m. CST
Arnie needs to get back into shape
by Nasty In The Pasty
He was distressingly paunchy in The Expendables.
Sept. 9, 2011, 4:29 p.m. CST
fuck that republicant son of a beatch
by lostboytexas
thanks for fixing all the problems in CA you cunt!
Sept. 9, 2011, 4:29 p.m. CST
sounds like it needs more robots
by tHEgREATgABBO
or it'll be boring like collateral damage. at least make it in the future with cool gadgets like the sixth day or eraser.
Sept. 9, 2011, 4:36 p.m. CST
by taff
Wish he'd do another comedy like Jingle All the Way.
Sept. 9, 2011, 4:37 p.m. CST
Contra Alien Wars!
by Mars
Its not too Late AH-Nold you and stallone can still beat the alien threat!
Sept. 9, 2011, 4:45 p.m. CST
Arnold was in 'The Rundown'?
by Titus05
maybe I'll actually watch it the next time it's on Cinemax
Sept. 9, 2011, 4:58 p.m. CST
Arnold vs gahbahj = classic quotes aplenty
by Fred
Sept. 9, 2011, 5 p.m. CST
Arnie Needs to Get to the Choppah...
by Read and Shut Up
...DEH-LAHN! fucked him up for good.
Sept. 9, 2011, 5:19 p.m. CST
He's an old man action star now
by Rupee88
Since when do those work? Yeah The Fugitive is an example, but Harrison Ford is a REAL ACTOR, not like Arnie who was there because he was big and muscular and had some screen presence.
Sept. 9, 2011, 5:24 p.m. CST
NITP you think arnold had time to pump iron whilst governating
by Judge Dredds Dirty Undies
Hes already getting back into shape, so have no fear. I am really looking forward to the last stand, nice to have Arn working with a director with some edge again. Glad he already has another on the backburner, hope they get another interesting director to helm.
Sept. 9, 2011, 5:34 p.m. CST
=but Harrison Ford is a REAL ACTOR=
by KilliK
nope he aint. he is like Arnold too,using charisma and screen presence to sell his characters and movies.He is talented but he hasnt been a real thespian artist for years now. And in the Fugitive he did the same character that he does almost in his entire film career: ordinary,successful man and a good family guy and husband who turns into a hero which you can relate to him.
Sept. 9, 2011, 6:03 p.m. CST
The Rock
by vicmackey1268
Would fantastic...especially if he was the same as in Fast Five...what a badass...I'd go a little easier on the fake swear (aka lube) but other than that he was a beast. And the Rundown scene was what put the entire movie in perspective...it's a light-hearted action film...the Arnold part made zero sense in the film but it was damn fun and I laughed along with everyone else in the theater. And his 3 films sound great...provided, like the Nord-dawg said, the right badass actor fills the shoes...cuz a no-name would be horrible direct to dvd JCVD style
Sept. 9, 2011, 6:09 p.m. CST
by vicmackey1268
I respectfully disagree...he did in almost every film what he did in The Fugitive...before then he really hadn't done that type of role...Witness was completely different as was Frantic, Blade Runner, etc... Since then yes it's all been shades of Fugitive, but Fugitive is what made him...just like after Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar for that film he's been playing the same role in tons of films. I would love it if Ford got another Mosquito Coast-type of movie to actually act in, but the old guy wants to have fun, and in his next western I think he'll do just that...so far I'm having fun watching it.
Sept. 9, 2011, 6:10 p.m. CST
If he's in a landfill...
by vicmackey1268
you know "time to take out the trash" will be a line somewhere in there
Sept. 9, 2011, 6:34 p.m. CST
Fugitive is what made Harrison Ford?
by Hipshot
Ummm...if you asked 100 people on the street to name a Harrison Ford role, you think they'd say Dr. Richard Kimble over Indiana Jones or Han Solo? That's...interesting.
Sept. 9, 2011, 6:40 p.m. CST
I shall explain...
by vicmackey1268
before Fugitive and after yes he was Han and Indy...he will always be Han and Indy....but the character he played in Fugitive defined his character choice for the rest of his career...excluding the pile of trash Crystal Skull... What I meant was that when we think of Ford's choice of character it's all rooted back to Fugitive-typecasting....of course Han and Indy made him, very poor choice of words by my part.
Sept. 9, 2011, 6:40 p.m. CST
Please not the fucking Rock. Get a real actor
by chien_sale
I would like to see Clive Owen for the part
Sept. 9, 2011, 6:45 p.m. CST
by vicmackey1268
Clive Owen...no...Shoot Em Up and Killer Elite are enough...something about him is just odd now....I miss the good days when he was the guy driving the BMW adds and did The Courier
Sept. 9, 2011, 6:46 p.m. CST
@vicmackey1268 as i said he is talented and at
by KilliK
some point in his career he did try to show this talent by doing other,diversified roles like in the Mosquito Coast.But eventually,after his try on different roles failed, he went back to his usual cinematic MO. And no his character in Fugitive didnt typecasted him,he had already done the same character in previous movies: Frantic,Patriot Games,Presumed Innocent,etc
Sept. 9, 2011, 7:17 p.m. CST
I ahm soo-rounded by gahr-bage! Hyoo-man gahr-bage!
by MrMysteryGuest
Sept. 9, 2011, 7:19 p.m. CST
The kidnapper will turn out to be....
by FilmGuy125
Mildred Baeana, the maid!! And she's looking for her child support!!!
Sept. 9, 2011, 7:27 p.m. CST
Wow. You just suggested Dwayne is a good actor
by daggor
Get the fuck out of here.
Sept. 9, 2011, 7:34 p.m. CST
Alimony Arnie is going to be hysterical
by IWasInJuniorHighDickhead
Wanna be a farmer? Here's a couple of acres
Sept. 9, 2011, 7:40 p.m. CST
I'm betting they cast someone MUCH younger as the detective to hedge their box-office bets. Arnold is an unknow quanity right now; not necessarily a box-office superstar anymore.
by The Reluctant Austinite
Sept. 9, 2011, 8:31 p.m. CST
Wasn't he going to do this film called CRY MACHO?
by Ricardo
What, is he the beard now, changing projects every now and then?
Sept. 9, 2011, 8:41 p.m. CST
Ford is an Everyman. Arnold is not.
by Acquanetta
That's the real difference between them. Arnold already tried to change this fact in the late 90s but audiences didn't buy it.
Sept. 9, 2011, 8:54 p.m. CST
Hey lostboytexass,
by docholliday5
Maybe if California had state fucking taxes it wouldn't have a lot of the issues it does. It was fucked with a democrat before it was fucked with a Republican. Dickhead, the state's problems have nothing to do with political parties.
Sept. 9, 2011, 9:01 p.m. CST
"He's trying to get as much action as possible" LOL
by BoyNamedSue
That's what got him in trouble with Maria!
Sept. 9, 2011, 9:01 p.m. CST
Have you guys ever imagined what it probably looked like when Arnold was fucking that Mexican maid?
by Bobo_Vision
His buff muscular body on top of her plump pear-shaped one, pounding her vag, causing her to moan and yell "Aye chihuahua...oye ondale...ohhhhh" <p> Have you?
Sept. 9, 2011, 9:05 p.m. CST
The Rock?
by docholliday5
That pussy forfeited his action star label when he did that long strand of kids movies.
Sept. 9, 2011, 9:08 p.m. CST
by Acquanetta
Cry Macho's plot revolved around a washed-up, middle-aged guy named Mike Milo whose wife (an ex-journalist, no less) left because of his many affairs. He ends up going to Mexico, in order to perform a task for his boss: Kidnapping the 11-year-old son his boss once fathered out of wedlock. Along the way, Milo falls in love with a Mexican woman. That's just the basic overview, but there are other similarities to Arnold's real life which would make it a nightmare for him to try and promote anytime soon.
Sept. 9, 2011, 9:16 p.m. CST
I can't fucking wait for Last Stand
by Kammich
But only because its Lee-woon Kim's english language directorial debut. Couldn't care less about Arnie being in it.
Sept. 9, 2011, 9:37 p.m. CST
micheal ironside better be in this movie
by ORIONgods
Sept. 9, 2011, 9:46 p.m. CST
Gray Davis ran California into the ground.
by DonnyUnitas
and not even Arnold could save it. :(
Sept. 9, 2011, 10:48 p.m. CST
@bobo_vision you do realise he fucked her 15 years ago
by KilliK
and not now right? i dont know how she looked then,but probably not as ugly as now. Ofc that doesnt mean that Arnold has stopped fucking her even now,which EEEEEEEWWWWWW
Sept. 9, 2011, 10:49 p.m. CST
@acquanetta that's correct.
by KilliK
Sept. 9, 2011, 11:25 p.m. CST
Arnold's movies
by catlettuce4
Say what you will about his acting, but he always had a screen presence and charisma that made his movies so cool. If he can still muster that presence he can still make a good movie.
Sept. 10, 2011, 12:32 a.m. CST
After mastering the Meisner method at the Group Theatre Arnold became an elite actor
by Roger Moon
The progress was astounding as we all saw onscreen in Red Heat. Riveting work.
Sept. 10, 2011, 1:14 a.m. CST
Please tank just like Conan did!
by btc909
Sept. 10, 2011, 3:48 a.m. CST
Fuckkk I just want King Conan.
by Marat
That's never gonna happen
Sept. 10, 2011, 5:05 a.m. CST
A landfill????
by John
CAPTIVE centers around a wealthy magnate who finds himself kidnapped and held prisoner in a landfill.
Sept. 10, 2011, 5:06 a.m. CST
A Landfill Part Deux
by John
And could it have a more generic title? It's like this thing won a Most Uninspiring Movie Pitch contest or something.
Sept. 10, 2011, 7:10 a.m. CST
Arnold is crazy smart
by Hipshot
And if he can surround himself with smart people to help him make choices, and go with his instinct, he'll find a way to make this happen. Remember: he succeeded in the top 1% of several different fields: 1) Bodybuilding (considered best ever) 2) Gym ownership 3) Authorship (bestselling fitness book) 4) Movie Star (biggest in the world at one time) 5) Politician (being elected to Governorship of the 8th largest economic entity in the world, at least--the question of his success in office is separate) 6) Married into one of America's "royal" families. 7) Wealth. Personal fortune estimated at around half a billion dollars. ## Success in any one of those arenas would suggest he has quite a bit on the ball. Three of them would be phenomenal--especially combining the marriage, the bodybuilding, and the movie career. But he went beyond that, and I would NOT count him out. In terms of practical, rounded, real-world ability he is probably more capable than anyone anyone on these boards has ever met. He MAY be finished...but betting against him just isn't very smart.
Sept. 10, 2011, 7:34 a.m. CST
Schwarzenegger's "Hand Off" to the Rock in
by MasterControlProgram
Sept. 10, 2011, 7:39 a.m. CST
Schwarzenegger's "Hand Off" to the Rock in 'The Rundown'...
by MasterControlProgram
...is as symbolic Lou Ferrigno playing a security guard in The Hulk and considering that a "Hand Off". In other words....quite lame, and totally oversold by Duane Johnson. --End of Line--
Sept. 10, 2011, 8:29 a.m. CST
Philip Baker Hall
by SenatorJeffersonSmith
For the detective
Sept. 10, 2011, 8:31 a.m. CST
the veteran australian writer, author and columnist
by emeraldboy
clive james once described arnold as a walking condom stuffed with walnuts.
Sept. 10, 2011, 9:05 a.m. CST
Gimme Arnie & James Cameron
by Nice Marmot
Sept. 10, 2011, 9:29 a.m. CST
Thomas Jane
by twogunjames
since he got fucked out of the role in headshot or whatever that was called, I think he's tailor made for a detective role.
Sept. 10, 2011, 10:06 a.m. CST
Jah! Dahtz riight! Dey stick me in da lahdfill dere becuz aihm cahptiv dere.
by UltraTron
Sept. 10, 2011, 10:07 a.m. CST
Den da pohleez mahn mus cum an rehscoow me dere befohre da time ruhnz howt
by UltraTron
Sept. 10, 2011, 10:09 a.m. CST
Iz gon tew be vehree suspezfuul oont exciitink
by UltraTron
Sept. 10, 2011, 10:17 a.m. CST
ummm, Harrison Ford was in classics like Witness, Bladerunner, Working Girl, etc
by mistergreen
I think your argument is bunk.
Sept. 10, 2011, 11:31 a.m. CST
Arnie handed the reins to The Rock in The Rundown...
by BNITT
...and The Rock went off and did Race To Witch Mountain! Soo disappointing. Arnie needs to come back and put him in the meat grinder!
Sept. 10, 2011, 11:34 a.m. CST
Come Oooaaannn! Do It!
by highfunctioningsociopath
If Matrix was here, he'd laugh too.
Sept. 10, 2011, 12:13 p.m. CST
I caught THE RUNNING MAN the other day
by Ditko
Man, what a cult classic!
Sept. 10, 2011, 12:24 p.m. CST
by Extr3m1st
Arnie is not the actor Harrison is, he is not even the actor that Clint Eastwood is. But he can be decent in the right role. Hey if Stallone can make good movies still then so can Arnold.
Sept. 10, 2011, 12:57 p.m. CST
Arnold held Captive by Fat Guatomalan nannies
by picardsucks
Sept. 10, 2011, 1:33 p.m. CST
Interesting concept....
by Arcangel2020
Definitely looking forward to seeing Arnold back doing films and I am definitely interested in seeing what kind of bigger role he will have in "The Expendables 2" "Captive" sounds interesting and I am interested in seeing how this one progresses and is done. I think the idea of casting someone like Dwayne Johnson is not such a great idea...he was ok as the Cop protagonist in this past summers "Fast 5"....but...to see him in another Cop role? Mehhhh....I am thinking someone along the lines of like maybe....a new more relatively Unknown kind of actor or maybe even have an actress in the role? That would be interesting!
Sept. 10, 2011, 1:39 p.m. CST
Arnie like Harrison Ford? are you mental...Arnie has the acting ability of an ironing board.
by Arkhaminmate001
The only thing they have in common is that they're similar ages, after seeing Harrison's grizzly turn in C&A i can say he'd out act Arnie in his sleep.
Sept. 10, 2011, 2:06 p.m. CST
If Harrison Ford isn;t a real actor than neither are Pacino and DeNiro
by Monolith_Jones
They fell WAY harder than Ford. I admit I haven't seen You Don't Know Jack yet, but has Pacino tried at all since Donnie Brascoe? That was on the other day and Pacino is absolutely fantastic in that. Flawless performance.
Sept. 10, 2011, 2:07 p.m. CST
Arnie's barely an actor, he's a personality
by Monolith_Jones
A great one, and a great movie star, but not much of an actor.
Sept. 10, 2011, 2:44 p.m. CST
Who poot all dese copiees of 'Jingle Ahl De Vay' he-ah in dis dere lahndfeel?
by MrMysteryGuest
Sept. 10, 2011, 3:13 p.m. CST
by KoolerThanJesus
Considering the new Conan bombed, will we finally be able to get our King Conan movie?
Sept. 10, 2011, 5:25 p.m. CST
Re: Conan
by bre32
The King Conan project has been dead for years. Even when Avi Lerner considered bringing Arnold back around 2008/09, Lerner wasn't planning to use the old Milius script. Regardless, after the latest box office setback, I doubt any studio will attempt another Conan film for a very long time.
Sept. 10, 2011, 10:27 p.m. CST
monolith_jones - The Merchant Of Vinice
by The_Genteel_Gentile
Pacino was all kinds of heat on that, as was Jeremy Irons.
Sept. 11, 2011, 2:28 a.m. CST
my Arnold rant
by LLL
I'm torn. He's been a part of some really great movies. Terminator 1 and 2, Conan, Predator. He's also done some terrible shit, like uhh... everything else. (for the record... Total Recall deserves remade and I never say that about anything) That being said... My support for Arnold is dead. You can bitch and whine about the Rock, Vin Diesel, etc etc but the 70's gave us some great variety in film and then suddenly that changed. The 80's are when the mindless blockbuster shit started that we all know and hate now (see: Transformers) and as much as nobody wants to admit it... it was Arnold who blew those doors open. Sure, Star Wars was a hit and so were Jaws and other movies before Arnold but those were actually made by talented people. Arnold was the first big name actor to crack the code: It doesn't have to be GOOD in order to make money. It just has to be BIG. He was a BODY BUILDER w/ ZERO acting ability getting A list roles and we ate it up and begged for more. Now we spend all of our time bitching about those things while conveniently giving Arnold a free pass... but face it: We are all to blame for every body builder, WWE wrestler, and rapper who battles aliens, becomes a nanny or tooth fairy, or plays a hitman coming out of retirement for "one last job". Yeah. We can thank Arnold for that. I know it's blasphemy but it's true. Oh, and he and Hulk Hogan are totally neck in neck in the "Which 80's icon can piss away his credibility faster?" race. My support for him is gone.
Sept. 11, 2011, 11:27 a.m. CST
You're getting old, John... You're getting old
by Bruce of all Trades
Sept. 11, 2011, 8 p.m. CST
The affair was during Batman & Robin
by Nem_Wan
Adds a whole new layer to watching him in that.
Sept. 11, 2011, 9:17 p.m. CST
Harrison Ford > Arnold + Rock + Vin + Segal + every other lucky hack action star
by LLL
Could Ahnuld have starred in Mosquito Coast or Witness? Fuck no. Case closed.
Sept. 11, 2011, 9:57 p.m. CST
Thanks Arnold
by DanielnocharismaCraig
For helping to destroy California along with the traitotrous Democrats. Your true colors really enlightened what a corporate whore you truly are. The nostalgia is now gone. Give it up and stick a fork in your career.
Sept. 12, 2011, 12:02 a.m. CST
Arnold was lost in CA..
by krylite
after the unions outvoted his last rounds of public propositions. Then the liberal media machine kept posting how many millions was used to run those popular vote propositions. But the union members (probably every one of your neighbor's neighbor) came out to vote and knocked down all of Arnold's proposed cost cutting. Face it, it wasn't totally Arnold's fault. CA has the largest % of people on the state dole. They can buy second homes and "retire" early and move on to part-time jobs while still collecting unemployment every year for the months there's "no work". That said, Maria's a Kennedy and together with Ted probably kept him leashed in the planet of the apes-leftists. Drove him crazy and drunk into that fugly maid's arms. that said, I want to see a Terminator 5 done right with Cameron back and Arnold. If not Cameron, then Ridley Scott. It would only be fair since Cameron sequeled Alien.
Sept. 12, 2011, 8:51 p.m. CST
borisdoris, you are dumb
by Bobo_Vision
That is all.
Sept. 13, 2011, 4:22 a.m. CST
Ahnold would beat all the cast of GI Joes
by chien_sale
fucking pussies and tatum oNeil.
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We are in an unprecedented time of learning and growth. Jewish community centers and publications are teaching that Yeshua is a Jewish Rabbi and also coming to terms with the New View of Paul as well as starting to understand the Reluctant Parting of Ways between Christianity and Judaism. Along with these realization is an open door for dialogue and I believe the Messianic movement should engage in this new open interfaith dialogue to help restore this much needed bridge between Judaism and Christianity. In that light I want to offer some suggested resources for you to engage in study to learn to engage in this new dialogue.
We need to study the Ancient Near Eastern Suzerainty Treaties and Covenants, as well as the concepts of Rabbi Jesus and the New View of Paul. The New View of Paul in simplicity is that of an observant Jew maintaining a distinctions between Jews and Gentiles and not creating Gentile Christianity. Even if Christians self identify with what was created later it is widely understood now that to better understand the Epistles and Ecclesia of Yeshua and the Apostles you must understand Second Temple Judaism. These scholarly studies into the Ancient Neat East and Second Temple Judaism can only add to our dialogue and help us bolster our claims.
I am certain that most of us in the Messianic Movement are comfortable with Rabbi Jesus and Rabbi Paul however we do need to help fill up some knowledge regarding Ancient Near Eastern Covenants, and associated topics in this age of academic understanding in Secular, Jewish and Christian schools about the Jewish reality of the early Ecclesia. It is time for us to learn, engage and become bridge builders.
I want to suggest some academic sites and books to read regarding Messianic Judaism, Post-Supersession New Testament Theology, Ancient Near Eastern Covenants, Rabbi Jesus and the New View of Paul.
There is an excellent book out right now called Introduction to Messianic Judaism by David Rudolph its published by Zondervan and all its contributors are PhD's it is an excellent book. I'm reading it right now, along with others who are finding it a balanced entry point to understanding the Ecclesiology of Messianic Judaism, its purpose, its function, its depth, its mission, etcetera…
Here are some links that I love to visit often to websites they are full of academic papers, dissertations, published papers and research from scholars in Messianic Judaism, Rabbi Jesus, Jewish Evangelism and the New View of Paul, as well as the Ancient Near East. These sites are full of published academic articles from Cambridge, Harvard, etcetera… These are PhD's who have studied. These are serious scholars, not fly by night Rhodes Scholars. Please visit these sites, download the papers, buy the books, and put these in your favorites, bookmarks and frequent visit lists.
Sites to study these new realities:
- The Luassane Consultation on Jewish Evangelism http://www.lcje.net/
- The Helsinki Consultation http://helsinkiconsultation.squarespace.com/
- New Testament Post Supersessionism Papers and books http://www.mjstudies.com/
- Messianic Jewish study site http://www.messianicjewishonline.com/
- The Remnant Repository http://vineofdavid.org/remnant_repository/
- The History of Ancient Near Eastern http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/index.html
- Ariel Messianic Studies http://www.ariel.org/shoshanah-pmjs.htm
- Ancient Near Eastern Studies http://eawc.evansville.edu/nepage.htm
- En Gedi Resource Center http://egrc.net/
- New School for Jewish Studies http://nsfjs.org/
- Our Rabbi Jesus http://ourrabbijesus.com/
- The Messianic Archive Site http://afii.org/jorge.htm
Those should give you some reading for a while and help expand your understanding of the biblical covenants, these new realities about Rabbi Yeshua, Rabbi Shual and Post Supersession Theology. Once we fill up these gaps hopefully you will be pretty solid in your understanding and be able to engage in this new dialogue.
It is important to understand that as to relating to Epistology and Ecclesiology it is beneficial for gentiles to experience Second Temple Judaism that Jesus, Paul, Peter and James participated in. This is done in order that they may understand the context of scripture. From this you can learn from it what Yeshua and Paul did and have a better grasp of Scripture. Gentiles must feel secure in and realize that they have their own distinct identity. There are two books I would recommend you read if you get time or money the Jewishness of the Gospels by David Stern and Godfearers and the God of Israel by Toby Janicki. These two books share what the purpose of Messianic gentiles is and what benefits Messianic Gentiles can experience in Messianic Judaism. Messianic Judaism is not Syncretic, it's first century biblical "Christianity"-Centric.
I feel I have pointed to some good learning to help you understand Covenants of the Ancient Near East and thus what happened at Sinai, as well as academic studies regarding Messianic Judaism, as well as the New View of Paul and Rabbi Jesus.
For those interested in engaging in this new Jewish dialogue we need to cover Rabbi Jesus from a Jewish perspective along with the New View of Paul as a Rabbi, as well as the Reluctant Partying between Judaism and Christianity some books to cover are How Did Christianity Begin, From Jesus to Christianity, Reluctant Parting by Julie Galambush, My Jesus Year, On Earth As It Is In Heaven Jews Christians And Liberation Theology by Dan Cohn-Sherbok, and What I Wish My Christian Friends New About Judaism by Robert Schoen. Studying these can equip those who want to engage in the modern dialogue among Christians and Jews.
Also an area of study to engage in wisely would be what's called the "Partying of Ways" between Judaism and Christianity. Study how the Church and Synagogue split some good books are from Jesus to Christianity, The Reluctant Parting by Julie Galambush, Liberating The Gospels by John Shelby Spong. Rabbi Jesus by Bruce Chilton and Jesus the Jewish Theologian by Brad Young are also essential books. I also highly recommend Sitting At The Feet of Rabbi Jesus and Walking In the Dust of Rabbi Jesus by Lois Tverberg. Also Rob Bells Dust of the Rabbi and Ray Vander Laan's book Echo of His Presence and Rabbi Jesus are essential reads.
I would like to encourage you to read the academic published papers and any of the books I mentioned, please do. I would gladly discuss any of these topics with you. Feel free to contact me or email me regarding these necessary topics and realities. There are many more quality books and materials to study the Jewishness of the Gospels, Rabbi Jesus, the New View of Paul, Postsuppersessionism scholarship and Ancient Near Eastern Covenants however here are some good starting points.
It is time to study, learn and engage in this exciting and growing openness to Rabbi Jesus making Jews better Jews, the New View of Paul and a place to minister reconciliation over the Parting of Ways that has lead to much evil done in Christ Jesus name. Hopefully the learning and reading will open you up to a more real and relational dialogue amongst our Jewish and Christian brethren.
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