Former Employees File RICO Racketeering Lawsuit Against Swift & Co.

*ILLEGAL ALIEN UPDATE*

Eighteen former employees who worked at Swift & Co. have filed a $23 million lawsuit alleging that the meat packing company conspired to manipulate and depress the labor market and wages by hiring illegal immigrants.

Earlier this week federal immigration officers raided six Swift production facilities in six states, arresting nearly 1,300 people in what is believed to be the nation's largest-ever workplace raid on illegal workers.

"These plaintiffs are legal residents and victims in a longstanding scheme by Swift to depress and artificially lower the wages of all its workers by knowingly hiring illegal workers," says Angel Reyes, of Dallas' Heygood, Orr, Reyes & Bartolomei, attorney for the plaintiffs. "By lessening its labor costs and increasing its profits, Swift has severely damaged the potential earnings and livelihood of these hard-working men and women. This litigation seeks to redress those wrongs."

Each of the plaintiffs were employed at the Swift facility in Cactus, Texas, located north of Amarillo. A total of 295 people were arrested on immigration violations or other criminal charges in a raid of the Cactus facility on Tuesday, Dec. 12.

According to the lawsuit, Swift executives "actively sought to locate these illegal immigrants and hire them -- knowing full well that it was in violation of the immigration laws of the United States to do so." The lawsuit also accuses the company of transporting, smuggling, harboring and concealing illegal immigrants.

"When the Swift plant opened in Cactus, wages were approximately $20 an hour," says lead litigation counsel Michael Heygood. "Now, the average wage is approximately $12 to $13 an hour. Illegal immigration has fueled this depression in wages."

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061218/dam026.html?.v=74

BIG BAZOO's take: Let's all pray this lawsuit goes ahead successfully....this could fundamentally change the immigration debate nationwide!!.....This suit could result in 'perp walks' of corporate execs that employ illegals and that would send a shiver up the spine of American businesses....that's a good thing!.....cut off the jobs and you cut off the illegals....STAY TUNED!

Iranian Madman Ahmadinejad: Iran Now A Nuclear Power

*RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE*

Iran is now a "nuclear power," its President, Mahmoud Ahamdinejad, delcared Wednesday, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency .

During a speech delivered in the Western Iranian province of Javanroud, Ahmadinejad said: " The Islamic Republic of Iran is now a nuclear power, thanks to the hard work of the Iranian people and authorities."

The announcement of Iran as a "nuclear power" is bound to significantly escalate tensions between the West and Iran, and marks a dramatic stage in the Islamic Republic's nuclear campaign.

In recent days, the US military has begun to build up forces around the Gulf, in what is being seen as as a warning to Iran.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3342489,00.html#n

Big Bazoo's take: The time for action is NOW!...If Hitler had a nuke what would we have done.....the answer is a real no-brainer...an airstrike on the Iranian nuclear facilities and massive bombings of military infrastructure.....Terror only understands sign language delivered by an iron fist!!....This evil-doer must be dealt with now before a mushroom cloud appears over Tel-Aviv or Al-Queda buys a bomb from Iran and smuggles a dirty bomb into the US via Mexico!! Bye Bye Los Angeles!

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Islamic Name Mohammed Overtakes George As Most Popular Boy Name In UK, Wales

**RELIGION OF PEACE UPDATE**

Mohammed, and its most common alternative spelling Muhammad, are now more popular babies' names in England and Wales than George, reflecting the diverse ethnic mix of the population.

The Office for National Statistics said there were 2,833 baby boys called Mohammed in 2006.

The name is 22nd in the list of most popular boys' names, moving up a place from last year.

Spelled Muhammad, it is the 44th most popular name and enters the top 50 for the first time along with Noah, Oscar, Lucas and Rhys.

There were 2,833 babies called Mohammed born in 2006 and 1,422 called Muhammad. The total exceeds the number of Georges (3,386) or Josephs (3,755).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/21/nnames21.xml

**BIG BAZOO's take: If this doesn't set off alarm bells nothing will.....The 5th column of Islam is tearing the social fabric of Europe and this confirms it reach.....Does this bode ill for the West?? You better believe it!.....Unfettered immigration and lack of assimilation by the Islamic community can only lead down the into multi-cultural abyss!! It is time to turn off the immigration spigot and pass laws that demand integration into the host society!!

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Jeff Spicoli aka Sean Penn Uses Awards Ceremony For Bush Bashing, Forgets He's Just an Actor!

*HOLLYWOOD ASS OF THE WEEK*

NEW YORK: Sean Penn, the actor and occasional foreign correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle, hit the media and called for impeachment of the president in receiving the 2006 Christopher Reeve First Amendment Award fromThe Creative Coalition Monday night in New York City.

In his remarks, Penn listed more than a dozen serious issues facing the country, and commented, ”We depend largely for information on these issues from media industries, driven by the bottom line to such an extent that the public interest becomes uninteresting.”

Turning to his views of President Bush, Penn said, “Now, there's been a lot of talk lately on Capitol Hill about how impeachment should be ‘off the table.’ We're told that it's time to look ahead - not back...

“Can you imagine how far that argument would go for the defense at an arraignment on charges of grand larceny, or large-scale distribution of methamphetamines? How about the arranging of a contract killing on a pregnant mother? ‘Indictment should be off the table.’ Or ‘Let's look forward, not backward.’ Or ‘We can't afford another failed defendant.’

“Our country has a legal system, not of men and women, but of laws. Why then are we so willing to put inconvenient provisions of the U.S. constitution and federal law ‘off the table?’”

In his prepared remarks, he also lamented how the U.S. public was allegedly tricked into backing the Iraq invasion and derided those media figures who did that, describing Rush Limbaugh as “high as a kite on OxyContin,” Bill O'Reilly as “factually impaired,” and Sean Hannity as “simply a whore to the cause of his pimps - Murdoch and Ailes?” He then rapped former Rep. Mark Foley, Sen. Joe Lieberman and even singer Toby Keith.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003523277

**BIG BAZOO's take: Sean Penn is a diminutive guy with a severe case of 'little-man syndrome'.....measuring in on his tippy toes at 5'6".....Penn uses every oppurtunity to to reprise his role as 'Stoner Dude' Jeff Spicoli and bash America and it's President......It's our belief that his trip to Iran as a 'reporter' was a cover for a clandestine pickup of fine Middle Eastern Hash from Lebanon and Opium from Afghanistan for his personal use....Dude! You're an actor.....Smoke up Johnny!

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