Is this thing on? Test, test…

I don’t know what I was thinking coming up here without a jacket. I’m blogging from the hotel lobby because my room won’t be ready until three o’clock. (Idle hands are the blogger’s workshop.)

After this, I think I’ll brave the chilly weather and walk around. After all, I am in New York City. I’ve got to soak up some of the sights. I’ve always wondered, though, why anybody would want to live in a place with so many people per square whatever. No offense to New York City-ers. It’s nice to visit and all.

Anyway, I wanted you to read this story about states “turning up the heat” on illegal aliens. Says Missouri governor Matt Blunt:

“We will make every effort, implement every tool, and take every step to ensure the laws against illegal immigration are enforced.”

It does a patriot’s heart good to know an elected official has the bal…I mean nerve to talk like that on the record. In this ultra-PC world, can you believe a white American elected-to-office male would say that? I almost cried yesterday when I read Matt Blunt’s plain, direct words. Thank goodness for Americans like him. More from the article:

Forty-three states enacted 182 immigration-related laws this year, “an unprecedented level of activity,” according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

More than two dozen cities and counties have also introduced measures aimed at curbing illegal immigration, though many have been turned back by legal challenges.

Measures vary widely but many focus on penalizing employers of undocumented workers, restricting public benefits, and making it hard for illegals to find places to live.

Oklahoma’s new law is widely seen as the toughest in the nation, making it a felony to transport or harbor people without legal status, requires local law enforcement and businesses to enforce federal immigration restrictions, and reduces public benefits for illegal immigrants.

“Illegal aliens will not come to Oklahoma or anywhere else if there are no jobs waiting for them. They will not stay here if there is no government subsidy,” said the law’s sponsor, Oklahoma Rep. Randy Terrill, a Republican who believes the measure will make illegal immigrants “self deport.”

Forty-three states, people. Forty-three states have acted this year to ease the burden of illegal “immigration.” Supposedly, Oklahoma has the toughest laws. It’s not Washington politicians and the rest of the elite who’re feeling the unpleasant effects of this scourge the most. It’s everyday folks like you and me. Sure, judges are striking down some of the measures, but the message to illegal aliens is clear. As Tom Tancredo said during a presidential debate, we don’t have to deport millions of illegal aliens. Just take away the jobs and welfare, and they’ll go home.

As more states make their territory “unfriendly” for criminal aliens, other states will enact laws to stem the tide of illegals seeking refuge within their borders. Bye, bye.

Power to the people. I do love it so…

(Reuters photo)