I agree with Galv and Mike. I, too, am infuriated by the President's remarks and I certianly believe that modern "liberalism" is not liberal at all. It is, IMHO, Communism. I don't often use that word but I am well versed in the subject and know that what we call liberalism today follows the Communist Manifesto to the letter. And I am disgusted that so many in America don't ( or rufuse to) see it. They are voluntarily going to the gallows.

NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal

And absolutely don't enforce immigration laws against Mexicans.

Gore lied. Nobody fried

dscott,

Things are NOT black or white. Nothing is; we need more understanding. Those jobs you think are being "taken away" from the American unemployed have to be scrutinized, as well as the jobless. You have to ask why they're jobless.

You speak of 6 and change percent unemplyment as if this were centralized, all in one place. Or as if the jobs were all at the reach of those 6 millions.

But they're scattered over 50 states. Some are self-employed. They still pay taxes. The unemplyment rate is calculated on lines of unemplyment insurance applications. They rise and fall.

In one city there may be more or not many jobless applications. Spread over 50 states and you can see easily some jobs go begging. -- A jobless eligible might be 500 miles away from that jobsite. Maybe 1,000 miles and not job-hunting where it's available.

An illegal who applies is hired, it stands to reason. Does this mean he stole the job from a guy who didn't even apply ?

Calculate this over time. Not only do fewer Americans (than illegal aliens) apply at ranches and farms. Or to dig ditches. The 6m jobless you cite may be over-qualified; so the illegal alien has a better chance at those menial jobs.

There are always variables. Not every jobless guy cares. Some refuse to work; but they'll take unemplyment benefits for as long as they last, then quit. They'll hang around liquor stores. In the meantime, some peon from Mexico cuts lawns, or picks fruit. He or she didn't come here to quit. They came to work. Why doesn't anybody on the Right understand that ?

"The economy is doing well due to capitalism". When the downturn comes, and it always does, who will keep what job? Will we let American citizens sit idle because they can collect unemployment for a while? We have 7 million people unemployed. We have employment agencies in every city. If the government offered reimbursable moving and living expenses to our own citizens and contact with these agencies, we would have fewer unemployed and more of our citizens with an improved life. A great number of the urban population are born into poverty and can never afford to break the bonds. A great number of those are our black citizens. They deserve a boost from Senor Bush and company long before anyone who stole into our country.

A brief example is the refugee population from New Orleans. A goodly number of them have put down roots in other cities after they were forced to move by Katrina. The cable TV employee who came to resolve a problem at my house was  one of those refugees.