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Title: GOP lawmaker: shoot illegal immigrants like 'feral pigs'
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TheCalifornian.com
URL Source: http://www.thecalifornian.com/artic ... 0315/NEWS02/110315035/-1/RSS06
Published: Mar 15, 2011
Author: AP
Post Date: 2011-03-16 15:28:47 by X-15
Ping List: *The Border*
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Views: 442
Comments: 15
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Kansas apologized Tuesday for remarks suggesting that illegal immigrants should be shot like feral swine, but his statement didn't quiet the furor over what he said was a "regrettable" joke. The League of United Latin American Citizens' national office in Washington described the comments from state Rep. Virgil Peck, of Tyro, as "despicable" and called upon him to resign. And U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat who is chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said such remarks "have no place in our national discourse." Leaders of the Kansas House's Republican majority called the remarks inappropriate but said they accepted Peck's apology and were confident such a lapse in judgment will not occur again. The leaders' statement suggested they weren't planning disciplinary action, but Speaker Mike O'Neal declined to comment further. Asked whether he intended to resign, Peck said: "Nope." Peck made his comments during a Monday meeting of the House Appropriations Committee as it discussed whether the state should try to control the wild hog population by using gunmen in helicopters. He said, "If shooting these immigrating feral hogs works, maybe we have found a (solution) to our illegal immigration problem." His comment drew gasps from the audience and committee members, but after the meeting, he told the Lawrence Journal-World that he was "speaking like a southeast Kansas person," adding that his constituents are frustrated with illegal immigration. On Tuesday, other southeast Kansas legislators demanded a public apology. Also, Gov. Sam Brownback, a fellow Republican, called the remark "completely inappropriate," according to The Topeka Capital-Journal. Peck issued a statement: "My statements yesterday were regrettable. Please accept my apology." It was the second time in a month that a Republican House member has apologized for a remark touching on immigration issues. In February, Rep. Connie O'Brien, of Tonganoxie, faced criticism for a story she told during a committee hearing about enrolling her son at a community college and observing another student who couldn't produce a driver's license or other government identification. O'Brien said she could tell the woman wasn't from the U.S., noting her "olive complexion." O'Brien was discussing a bill to repeal a state law allowing some illegal immigrants to pay the lower tuition charged Kansas residents. She apologized and promised to be more careful with her words in the future.
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
What'd he do wrong?
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
He didn't embrace the joys of diversity and risk getting the plague.
__________________________________________________________ Bravo Peck! The O'Piles won't be happy with this one.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
What did The League of United White American Citizens or the Congressional Anglo-Saxon Caucus have to say about the remarks?
I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it. Ashleigh Brilliant
I wish someone in DC, or state capitols, had the balls to not apologize to these rats. In fact, I'd like to see them go on the offensive. .
remarks suggesting that illegal immigrants should be shot like feral swine,
#2. To: Flintlock (#1)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#3. To: X-15 (#0)
#4. To: X-15 (#0)
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#3)
#6. To: X-15 (#0)
The League of United Latin American Citizens' national office in Washington described the comments from state Rep. Virgil Peck, of Tyro, as "despicable" and called upon him to resign. And U.S. Rep. Charles Gonzalez, a Texas Democrat who is chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, said such remarks "have no place in our national discourse."
#7. To: X-15 (#0)
Click for Privacy and Preparedness files
ruin everything, including sig lines.
#8. To: Eric Stratton (#5)
Suggest to Peck a circular firing squad after we rid the nation of illegals :)
#9. To: angK, *Dopey White Folk* (#6)
The PC dipped among us have refused to allow whites to be afforded the same organizational rights as darks. Most whites, being feckless complainers, are fine with the double standard. Good luck to their little white kiddies when they line up for jobs and find them at the back of the line.
What did The League of United White American Citizens or the Congressional Anglo-Saxon Caucus have to say about the remarks?
#10. To: Jethro Tull (#9)
WHAT! You mean whites DON'T have affirmative action? What is this world coming to? angK whines, "That's not fair!"
Good luck to their little white kiddies when they line up for jobs and find them at the back of the line.
I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it. Ashleigh Brilliant
#11. To: Jethro Tull (#8)
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one.
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
#12. To: Eric Stratton (#11)
I'll vote for that!!
#13. To: angK (#10)
angK whines, "That's not fair!" "White privilege" damns you and me for all time. Didn't you get that memo?? No?? Well, you'll be hearing from Al Sharpton AND Jesse Jackson shortly....
WHAT! You mean whites DON'T have affirmative action? What is this world coming to?
__________________________________________________________
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#14. To: Eric Stratton (#5)
LOL! That they are, indeed!
when the biggest feral pigs of all dwell within the halls from whence this comment came.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
#15. To: X-15 (#13)
I keep forgetting! EVERYTHING is a zero sum game in the New World Order. Economics is just one facit of the agenda. Population and race must be homogenized throughout the world. In third world countries where the population breeds indiscriminantly and proditiously, well, they must have their populations reduced through natural disasters and starvation. Better them than us. White men and women must interbreed with the natural slave populations for their passive and dumbed down genetic qualities. Only then will the elite have a suitable slave population, genetically enhanced with white genes, for more demanding intellectual roles, but passive enough to accept their lot in life.
"White privilege" damns you and me for all time. Didn't you get that memo?? No?? Well, you'll be hearing from Al Sharpton AND Jesse Jackson shortly....
I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it. Ashleigh Brilliant
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