Steve Salvi (pictured) is the intrepid founder of
Ohio Jobs and Justice PAC. He agreed to an interview with TCC.
Tell us about OJJPAC.OJJPAC is a non-partisan educational civil rights and advocacy organization focusing primarily on the effects of illegal immigration on the rights of American citizens, the economy, U.S. sovereignty, and post 9-11 national security.
Excellent! Now tell us a little about yourself.I was raised in a small Cleveland suburb and got involved in community activities and politics while a teenager. Highlights of my political experience include over 20 years of grassroots campaigning, including campaign management. I’ve done everything from distributing literature door-to-door to managing a statewide political campaign.
After managing a successful state legislative campaign, I moved to Columbus and worked for the Ohio Legislature, including a brief stint as Secretary to the Ohio House Ethics Committee. I was later appointed by the late Speaker Vern Riffe to serve as an aide to the House Democratic Caucus.
My other political party experience includes serving numerous terms as an appointed or elected member of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Central and Executive Committees and as elected Ward Leader in Columbus, Ohio, prior to returning to northern Ohio.
My formal education includes degrees are in political science, and I also have a post-degree certificate in paralegal studies.
Does Ohio need an Arizona-style law?Yes, as long as the federal government fails to do its constitutional duty and fully enforce U.S. immigration laws. I believe that when the federal government fails to perform one of its most essential duties, the states have the right and obligation to perform those duties, especially when it involves public safety. Although the U.S. Constitution does not allow the states themselves to deport illegal aliens, Ohio and other states have the existing authority to detain and arrest illegal aliens, certainly if they have violated a local or state law.
As long as Ohio passes a bill that mirrors existing federal law, my expectation is that it would (should) be found constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Most critics of Arizona’s law have used hysterics and misinformation to build public opposition to the law. Opponents paint a picture of images of Nazi Germany — where law enforcement indiscriminately asks people for their “papers.” That is not true. Critics also fail to point out that all aliens visiting the U.S. are already required by federal law to carry a valid passport for the purpose of identification.
In the world of politics, who is getting the job done in Ohio (either by protecting jobs or reforming immigration)?I don’t think any public official is getting the job done — at least effectively. A lot of public attention has been going to a couple public officials in Ohio but their success seems to be primarily making news headlines. Anyone can introduce a bill — or grab a headline — actually getting bills passed is another issue. Now that Republicans control the governor’s office
TCC note: Former GOP congressman and Fox News personality, John Kasich, was just elected governor of the Buckeye State. and the Ohio House and Senate, we’ll see which public officials are really interested in immigration enforcement. There will be no acceptable excuses.
What media outlets do you trust (or get your news from)?I don’t completely trust any media outlet. I think anyone who blindly believes what they hear or read on television, the radio, or the internet is foolish. The truth is that we really don’t know how accurate much of the information we’re being fed is true. We must do our best to verify what we can and question news sources on the most critical issues. I believe there has always been some level of journalistic activism but it seems that activism has become a primary mission of many media organizations — including writers, editors, and publishers.
Most of my research is performed via the internet — which relies heavily on online content from traditional media stories. However, there is a growing number of what I call “push back” non-profit organizations that conduct and publish their own research, serving as a check to journalistic activism or so-called media bias. As traditional media continues to lose market share, the fight for public opinion will gravitate even more to the web — where non-traditional media and issue oriented profits and non-profits will have growing influence.
Thank you, Steve, for your hard work as a volunteer for a just cause!
In case you missed this story, a former homeschooler was elected to Congress in November. Jaime Herrera (pictured) is a 32-year-old conservative, Hispanic woman who has worked as a legislative aide. Congresswoman-elect Herrera will be representing the great state of Washington (3rd district).
Whitney Kendall (pictured) is a junior, majoring in nursing, at York College in York, PA.
Dinesh D'Souza (pictured), who is now the president of King's College (a Hillsdale College-type school in New York City), debated Christopher Hitchens, the prolific writer and mouthy atheist, on the topic of Western Civilization and Christianity. Go here.
Oh, when children weren't discouraged from long stretches of purposeful peace and quiet ... memorable works of fiction were produced.
A 'word in season' from Peter Lord (pictured) who pastored the Park Avenue Baptist Church, of Titusville, Florida, for thirty years.
Mr. R., passed along this story about a hard-working, old-school Mexican rancher - Don Alejo (pictured) - who, singlehandedly, fought several narcoterrorists to the death for his property. He, at the least, deserves a ballad (a la Gordon Lightfoot-Edmund Fitzgerald).
My latest Belgrade News column is up. Go here.
Steve Salvi (pictured) is the intrepid founder of Ohio Jobs and Justice PAC. He agreed to an interview with TCC.
L to R, Phil, Jessica, Scrappy (KSU mascot)
No doubt, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi will use this articulate illegal - the student body president of Fresno State - to make a case for their lame bill and unconstitutional cause.
Disraeli's observation, about the upper and lower classes, also relates to our modern problems with unassimilated immigrants : “ ... two nations ... as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were of different planets; who are ... fed by different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws.” 
Our ongoing national experiment in mindless, expensive multicultural education continues to go awry.
-That a visually-impaired Muslim gal gets to bring her guide horse to the University of Michigan (as well as ride on a public bus with the mini-horsey and bring it into a public restroom).
I'm spending the next few days in Wisconsin where I'll be speaking to and with Tea Party Patriots (and other fun adventures).
Very nice, Mrs. Alaska Governor. Just for that I may have to cast a vote for Bristol on DWTS.
For instance, I was perusing Chapter 12 of Occupied America: A History of Chicanos (fifth edition) by Rodolfo Acuña - the section called the 'Militarization of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.' Writes Acuña (offering zero evidence) about a period in 1953 when one Joseph Swing was appointed INS commish: "Local police actively supported the INS. During the raids, U.S.-born citizens became entangled in the web. Every brown person was suspect. The INS agents searched homes illegally, and they seized and detained U.S. citizens illegally."
More education nonsense: A University of South Carolina prof will be offering a course called “Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame.” Professor Mathieu Deflem (pictured), who teaches sociology, says the "class will encompass multiple readings about music, pop culture, sex and gender, among many other topics." If you think this is a waste of taxpayer funds and believe a mind is a terrible thing to waste, please write to the prof and tell him so, at deflem@sc.edu.
Spicy column by D.A. about a 3-day immigration conference currently being held at Kennesaw State University. Mr. King states: "It is worth the trouble to go online and read the KSU conference 'schedule of activities' for other headings for oh-so-enlightened presentations. My favorite title is 'Mayans, Mexicans, Public Policy, Applied Anthropology and the limits of Highway Safety in the Suburbs.' (Alan LeBaron, a KSU professor). I am not making any of this up ... honest."
The Oregon Dept. of Consumer and Business Services just released its biennial study of national workers' compensation rates. It's available here.
Punchy opening from Counterpunch: "She's a tough-talking New Mexico state prosecutor whose zeal for catching and deporting illegal aliens rivals that of Joe Arapaio, the Arizona county sheriff who's come to symbolize America's resurgent 'nativism' toward immigrants.
In deference to Josh Hamilton, a born-again Christian and recovering alcoholic, the Texas Rangers poured bottles of a soft drink on their pitcher, instead of champagne, when the team clinched the ALDS title.
Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson started BOND (a mentoring ministry for young men) twenty years ago. It's celebrate-this-anniversary time!
Acquaint yourself with an emotion-driven campaign, by ColorLines (an online community and magazine), to make the i-word (illegal) obsolete.
The pro-life movement lost one of its most articulate champions this past weekend with the death of Dr. Mildred Jefferson (pictured) who was 84 years old. A true pioneer, she was involved with the national right to life movement before Roe v. Wade became a Supreme Court decision. She was the first black woman to graduate from Harvard medical school and was also a sometime political candidate.
Take this ditty about Old Hickory: "Andrew Jackson, thinks he's a tough guy./ Killing more Indians than there are stars in the sky./ Evil wars of Florida killing the Seminoles./ Saying hello, putting Creek in the hell holes./ Like Adolf Hitler he had the final solution./ 'No, Indians, I don't want you to live here anymore.'"
My interview/column with Sara Weaver-Balter (pictured), Randy Weaver's eldest daughter.
