As far as newsworthy, I equate the president's reading habits on a par with the president's eating habits. Concerning immigration, I remember the the president telling us this was something he knew a little about, coming from a border state... and yet, nothing is done, for years, until the immigrant population decides to rally against proposed legislation.

I can hear Michael Brown, laughing down a long corridor, "You're doin' a helluva job, Georgie!"

Wait a minute on the presidents reading habits. This is a guy who trashed Al Gore's Earth In the Balance, but admitted he'd never read it. However, he has praised the Left Behind series and has also invited Michael Crichton by for a visit to the White House to discuss his ridiculous, anti-science State of Fear, which calls global warming a left-wing ruse. Does Judgement Days come in Cliff notes?

Both acts represent advancing their constituent's best interests, while seeming to be acting from higher moral ground.

LBJ gained the loyalty of substantial numbers of people of color in the urban North for the Democratic party, for generations, when he did the right thing and pushed through the Voting Rights Act. LBJ was not immune to the virulent racism of his upbringing. MLK was seen as a trouble-maker whose every move was watched by the FBI.

Today, undocumented workers, are the main instrument by which George Bush Jr.s Corporate pals, are ditching the middle class and lowering their costs with immigrant labor, while pretending to be staunchly against their illegal entry into this country.

As long as our country offers free education, free medical care, and citizenship for the children of those who make it to our shores, people will surely come. The contractors, restaurants, and hotels that hire them do so simply because these new arrivals lower their labor costs and there is virtually no chance that they will be held accountable for breaking the law.

For George Bush Jr. doing the right thing with some grand pro immigrant gesture, will just be another way to help his corporate pals get rich.

Or this could be a President well aware we pay attention to his reading habits and dropping a red herring in order to test political waters - a calculated move to appeal to swing democrats and get compromise with a hard line agenda. On the avenue of compromise, it's my hope democrats have seen the one-way signs.

Big business owns Bush, and big business likes the cheap immigrant labor. Enough said.