More installments to come about Help Save Manassas. We also have two installments dealing with Help Save Herndon and the closing of the Herndon Day Laborer Center. Part One tells the story a bit more from Bill Thelkeld's point of view (the man who runs the worker center, now operating "on the streets." Part Two features more of George Taplin of Herndon Minutemen/Help Save Herndon.
We are starting to get a multifaceted discussion going on our interactive documentary channel. If you have comments or questions for the filmmakers, please post at 9500 Liberty.
Comments
The Wagner music's a nice touch! (Lowell - 10/15/2007 6:04:07 AM)
Ee gads.
I don't know about you... (Tom Joad (Kevin) - 10/15/2007 10:26:06 AM)
but I think of the "Blues Brothers" when I hear that song. Wasn't Wagner Hitler's favorite composer?
Correct about Wagner. (Lowell - 10/15/2007 10:31:49 AM)
For more on the notorious anti-Semite, see here. It's not often that you hear someone playing Wagner at a rally anymore. I think that kind of went out of style in the 1940s...
Racism at its ugliest (Arturo - 10/15/2007 8:23:06 AM)
Let's not fool ourselves. This has little to do with illegal immigration. It has to do with racism. Where is the outrage about illegal immigration from Eastern European countries?
Nevertheless (Teddy - 10/15/2007 10:07:04 AM)
I have to ask: are there any illegals from Eastern Europe? Probably not--- if so, more likely students with expired visas. That aside, there were some very, very shrewd comments made: such as, a likely 10 percent voter turnout in the election, and if that 10 percent is the anti-immigration voter, then they win. How true.
The enthusiastically clapping crowd (about what size, was it, anyone know?) was told to go knock on doors, inspire their neighbors, contribute money. Be warned, we have another successful wedge issue being developed right before our eyes. What, if any, effective response do Democrats have in plaace (other than blogosphere ridicule, which will not be enough).
How about tourists (Arturo - 10/15/2007 4:24:59 PM)
with expired visas? There are plenty. You just don't notice them, because they blend in.
Also.. (MikeSizemore - 10/15/2007 10:07:40 AM)
did they just label Bob Fitzsimmons as a House of Delegates candidate?
Thanks for pointing out that error. We'll reedit and fix it.
Help Save Manassas' Tax Exempt Status (jsrutstein - 10/15/2007 6:09:30 PM)
There's a reason Greg made a point of saying "if you so choose," when he introduced all those candidates. If Help Save Manassas is a tax-exempt organization for purposes of federal tax law, they are prohibited from endorsing candidates and prohibited from engaging in more than a small amount of political activity. Other organizations have had their tax-exempt status threatened for far less than Greg's transparent nod. And this from someone who rests his whole case at the beginning of the clip on the importance of enforcing federal law.