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The Long View 2006-07-05: Format; The Fall of New Jersey; Anti-Southern Strategy; Democrat Immigration Liability

I've lost a few of John's blog posts from the middle of June through July 2006. It looks like he was trying a hosted blog service that he didn't like, and I can't access saved copies of the main blog URL from

The Long View 2006-05-31: The Life of Saint George and the Coming of the Third Party

Third parties have a habit of not actually doing much in American politics. The Unity party ticket mentioned here is a prime example. The Life of Saint George and the Coming of the Third Party The Bush Administration would be in worse shape were it not for the fact that

The Long View 2006-05-24: The Next America

Here are a couple of graphs to help illustrate John Reilly's points here. If we would really like to emulate the success of the last large wave of immigration to the United States, from roughly 1840 to 1930, it would be prudent of us to stop, and give

The Long View 2006-05-22: Immigration & the West; Various Elections; Unauthorized Photo

I see two good predictions John Reilly made here. 1. The Democratic Party was going to gain in the 2006 Midterm Elections in the United States 2. The Open Borders Movement was going to become increasingly bold Immigration & the West; Various Elections; Unauthorized Photo Of course the Republicans are

The Long View 2006-05-19: The Potemkin Cathedral; Immigration & Economic Growth; The Real Da Vinci Hoax

In 2006, John correctly noted that Open Borders was starting to become a defining feature of the ideology of the governing classes throughout the West. He also correctly noted that few people in the electorates at the time noticed just how extreme many politicians and career bureaucrats had become on

The Long View 2006-05-16: President Bush, Immigration, and Puppy Killing

It shouldn't be any surprise that how you ask a question has a big influence on polling results. When it comes to polls asking about Americans political support for immigration, one of the biggest factors is what the respondent thinks the number of immigrants is per year. And

The Long View 2006-05-02: General Strike; Ethanol

I don't remember it it was the same event as the one John Reilly mentions here, but there was a day without immigrants in Los Angeles where all of the illegal immigrants stayed home to show what the impact of their labor was. Mostly the Angelenos were impressed