Thread: Leahy seeks to help Mexican farm workers

Either way, if amnesty passes the demand higher pay or hit the road, if it does`nt pass,,,,they better hit the road!

Originally Posted by nittygritty

You remember the chief of NY, Bernie something, who Bush picked out for homeland security? I thought that man would be a very good head of homeland security, the news leaked out that his Nanny, was an illegal alien, he swore he was not aware of that, but they didn't hire him for the job because of this, how does all these other leaders get away with hiring illegal aliens?

I don't know if you've seen his resignation letter.

I'm posting it below.

Wow, !

nitty, and 2ndamendsis



NY official withdraws name for homeland security chief

Bernard Kerik has withdrawn his name from consideration, saying questions have arisen about the immigration status of a housekeeper and nanny he employed.

The decision, which came late Friday, caught the White House off guard. It must now search for a new candidate to run the sprawling agency.

The White House said Bush accepted Kerik’s decision, after a phone call.

An F-B-I background investigation was said to be still in progress.

One administration official who didn’t want to be identified said the only moderately troubling information uncovered about Kerik so far was his business dealings with a stun gun firm. The company does lucrative business with the Department of Homeland Security and hoped to continue that relationship.

"Bernie Kerik is one of the most accomplished and effective leaders of law enforcement in America," Bush said in announcing his decision at the White House.

"In every position, he has demonstrated a deep commitment to justice, a heart for the innocent and a record of great success. I'm grateful he's agreed to bring his lifetime of security experience and skill to one of the most important positions in the American government."

The "real" Bernie Kerik:

According to the New York Times, the NYPD adulterer and Lothario even conducted one of his long-term affairs at an apartment that had been set aside for 9/11 workers who needed a rest.

Bernie needed rests, lots of them, while jogging between bedrooms. Now we know that the most heroic thing Bernie may have accomplished was keeping his mistresses and wives from finding out about each other, which he eventually failed at, like many other endeavors in his life.

And how about the guy who helped pay for Bernie's latest wedding, which was against department rules, or the one who gave a few thousand for a Tiffany jewel-bedecked police badge? And then there was Bernie's multi-million dollar take on a Taser contract with -- you guessed it -- the Department of Homeland Security. Oh, and "in 1998, Kerik was sued for failing to pay about $5,000 in maintenance fees on a condo he owned in New Jersey. When Kerik failed to respond to a subpoena," Newsweek reported, "a judge issued a warrant for his arrest."

The Bush Cartel must have been mightily impressed with Bernie's failed attempt to train the Iraqi Police Force, even though ole' "hero" Bernie high tailed it out of Baghdad with his tail between his legs, as Slate noted, "two and a half months earlier than he'd planned."

Hey, when this guy was head of security at a Saudi Arabian Hospital, he was accused of using staff security guards to follow around women he was having affairs with to see if they were meeting with other men. And this was in Saudi Arabia!

Bush's Bernie couldn't even keep one mistress from finding about another mistress, let alone the second Mrs. Kerik, who turned out to really be the third Mrs. Kerik -- because it turns out that he may have even been married to a heretofore unknown first Mrs. Kerik while betrothing the second Mrs. Kerik -- not to be confused with the third one. We don't know if you're following this one -- because we're having a hard time keeping up with all of it ourselves -- but the bottom line is that the faux 9/11 "hero" and one time Giuliani fellow tom catter might have been a bigamist at one point.

Good God, Bush apparently wanted this man to be head of National Security so that we could make all women, girls and sheep safe by locking them up and keeping them away from him!

As Columnist Bill Berkowitz notes, the day before Kerik took his name from contention, he was "forced to testify in a civil lawsuit about an alleged affair with a subordinate."

And then there were the "little problems," like he had once declared bankruptcy. The New York Daily News also reported that a six-month investigation showed Kerik had accepted thousands of dollars in cash and gifts without proper disclosure, and had ties to a construction company that investigators believe is linked to the mob.

In the end, the Bush Cartel blamed Kerik's withdrawal on the good 'ol "Nanny problem." Of course, the nanny has conveniently left the country (let's hope she's not buried next to Jimmy Hoffa), but you got to wonder, considering the goods on Kerik, if that's the real reason he withdrew his nomination.

Ol' George sure can pick 'em, can't he?

Historically, only foreign workers performing short-term work to help harvest crops -- like apple picking -- are allowed visas to enter the United States legally. Persons doing long-term, year-round farm work --

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 such as milking cows

-- have always been excluded from obtaining legal work visas.

I doubt that there`s a dairy farm in existance that don`t use milking machines. We used them back in the 60`s.