Saturday, June 22, 2013
I will pay you tomorrow for a hamburger today.
Bravo Senator Cruz!
The classic quotation from the old Popeye the Sailorman cartoon series is the perfect analogy for our immigration policies. This phony baloney amnesty program that liberal Senators, from both parties, are trying to pass, is like every previous amnesty that promised enforcement but gave us only amnesty for millions, including all sorts of scary people who could never pass a legitimate background check .
If you honestly trust the pro-amnesty, pro-open borders, Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate to suddenly reverse decades of pandering to the illegal alien community, then I have a wonderful, if slightly used, Brooklyn Bridge that I can offer you at a great price!
Do they really think the American people are this stupid? Are we this stupid? Perhaps, we are because we keep electing these same worthless scoundrels year after year, don’t we?
Right now, there are one thousands and seventy-five (1075) pages in the immigration bill. No Senator has read it, nor will they. And no Senator has any idea what’s in it, including the Gang of Eight who claim authorship. The size of the bill is a dead giveaway that this legislation was fattened to bury all sorts of really bad details inside.
Kind of reminds me of that classic quote from former Speaker Pelosi when she said, “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it.” That, as you may recall, is how we got ObamaCare.
Every time, I repeat, every time the Congress has put amnesty first with a promise of stricter enforcement later, it NEVER HAPPENS!
Even after 9/11, when the entire nation was screaming “Close the damned borders!” IT NEVER HAPPENED!
Every time they budget funds to finish building the fence, or hire more border agents, or put drones in the sky, or erect electronic listening devices, IT NEVER HAPPENS!
Even introducing such a bill causes massive problems. Every time the word amnesty is mentioned in the media, the number of illegal aliens attempting to cross the borders soars to new heights with as many as 10,000 crossing daily!
But this doesn’t seem to bother the politicians at all, since, in their twisted little minds, they see each new immigrant as a new voter that will keep them in Washington.
BOTTOM LINE: Any politician who suggests that putting enforcement before amnesty is a bad thing is either completely out of his or her mind, or, more likely, is a person who puts his own selfish interests ahead of the best interests of the nation, once again.
ACTION TO TAKE:
Call the Senate National Switchboard at (202) 224- 3121. Use
your cellphone so the call will likely be free. If you don’t know the
names of your Senators, tell them what state you live in and they will
provide their names and connect you.
Don’t worry — you will never get to speak to your Senators. They are far too important to speak to lowly citizens. You will be speaking to one of their Legislative Assistants who will politely listen to you and then click off one more vote FOR or AGAINST the immigration bill.
This exercise might seem ridiculous but it is deadly serious. We used to be a Constitutional Republic, that honored the rule of law. Today, however, we are behaving like a country where the mob in the street rules.
And right now, the mob shouting in the street and on the phones calling Washington are those millions of illegal aliens who instead of cowering in the shadows, are boldly making demands to our Representatives and Senators. They have no fear because they know that no President, since Reagan has had the courage to suggest that all persons who entered our country illegally should be deported.
And they never will unless and until the American people rise up; shake off all those politically-correct notions that we should put the interests of illegal aliens ahead of our own American citizens.
So please pick up the phone and call so we can have more check marks in our column than they have in theirs.
Yes, it is pathetic, but this is one of the few things that our lofty Senators pay any attention to … because they know that even thought they are stealing our rights and freedoms daily, we still have the power to throw the bums out.
Thank you!
Edward Nelson
Chairman
U.S. Border Control
P.S. Your donation, now and then, will help us to remain your strong voice in Washington, DC and in state capitals throughout the country. Thank you.
The classic quotation from the old Popeye the Sailorman cartoon series is the perfect analogy for our immigration policies. This phony baloney amnesty program that liberal Senators, from both parties, are trying to pass, is like every previous amnesty that promised enforcement but gave us only amnesty for millions, including all sorts of scary people who could never pass a legitimate background check .
If you honestly trust the pro-amnesty, pro-open borders, Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate to suddenly reverse decades of pandering to the illegal alien community, then I have a wonderful, if slightly used, Brooklyn Bridge that I can offer you at a great price!
Do they really think the American people are this stupid? Are we this stupid? Perhaps, we are because we keep electing these same worthless scoundrels year after year, don’t we?
Right now, there are one thousands and seventy-five (1075) pages in the immigration bill. No Senator has read it, nor will they. And no Senator has any idea what’s in it, including the Gang of Eight who claim authorship. The size of the bill is a dead giveaway that this legislation was fattened to bury all sorts of really bad details inside.
Kind of reminds me of that classic quote from former Speaker Pelosi when she said, “We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it.” That, as you may recall, is how we got ObamaCare.
Every time, I repeat, every time the Congress has put amnesty first with a promise of stricter enforcement later, it NEVER HAPPENS!
Even after 9/11, when the entire nation was screaming “Close the damned borders!” IT NEVER HAPPENED!
Every time they budget funds to finish building the fence, or hire more border agents, or put drones in the sky, or erect electronic listening devices, IT NEVER HAPPENS!
Even introducing such a bill causes massive problems. Every time the word amnesty is mentioned in the media, the number of illegal aliens attempting to cross the borders soars to new heights with as many as 10,000 crossing daily!
But this doesn’t seem to bother the politicians at all, since, in their twisted little minds, they see each new immigrant as a new voter that will keep them in Washington.
BOTTOM LINE: Any politician who suggests that putting enforcement before amnesty is a bad thing is either completely out of his or her mind, or, more likely, is a person who puts his own selfish interests ahead of the best interests of the nation, once again.
ACTION TO TAKE:
Call the Senate National Switchboard at (202) 224-
Don’t worry — you will never get to speak to your Senators. They are far too important to speak to lowly citizens. You will be speaking to one of their Legislative Assistants who will politely listen to you and then click off one more vote FOR or AGAINST the immigration bill.
This exercise might seem ridiculous but it is deadly serious. We used to be a Constitutional Republic, that honored the rule of law. Today, however, we are behaving like a country where the mob in the street rules.
And right now, the mob shouting in the street and on the phones calling Washington are those millions of illegal aliens who instead of cowering in the shadows, are boldly making demands to our Representatives and Senators. They have no fear because they know that no President, since Reagan has had the courage to suggest that all persons who entered our country illegally should be deported.
And they never will unless and until the American people rise up; shake off all those politically-correct notions that we should put the interests of illegal aliens ahead of our own American citizens.
So please pick up the phone and call so we can have more check marks in our column than they have in theirs.
Yes, it is pathetic, but this is one of the few things that our lofty Senators pay any attention to … because they know that even thought they are stealing our rights and freedoms daily, we still have the power to throw the bums out.
Thank you!
Edward Nelson
Chairman
U.S. Border Control
P.S. Your donation, now and then, will help us to remain your strong voice in Washington, DC and in state capitals throughout the country. Thank you.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Obama’s passion for tyranny.
There was a time when the United States
stood for freedom and liberty. There was a time when oppressed people
who longed to be free would look to the United States.
Those were the days before Barack Obama.
Today we are seeing events unfold that show one thing beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty. Barack Obama supports tyranny around the world and opposes those who want freedom, especially freedom from Islamic tyranny.
How do we know this?
It is simple. We know this by the actions of Barack Obama.
Barack Obama helped support deposing one regime after another in the Middle East. He supported replacing Hosni Mubarak, who was a strong American ally, with the Muslim Brotherhood. He supported deposing Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi. Who replaced Gaddafi? Radical Islamists and do we hear a word from Barack Obama?
No.
Now Obama wants America to support Islamic rebels in Syria who are trying to overthrow Syrian strongman Basher Al-Assad. Assad is certainly not a good guy but given the track record of not only Obama but also what we know about the rebels, they will be worse.
It is not just the movements Obama supports that show us where his sympathies lie, but also who he does not support.
In 2009 and 2010, Iran was hit by protests that were called the “Green Revolution.” Deposing the Iranian regime would have not only been good for America, it would have been good for the Iranian people.
Did Obama do anything?
No, there was dead silence from the White House.
More recently, in Turkey there have been massive protests.
The protests have been directed against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan is a radical Islamist who has been turning Turkey, which had been a secular Muslim state into an Islamic state.
Turkey has been persecuting its tiny Christian minority for decades but under Erdogan, the persecution has reached new levels. Christian churches are having their property taken from them. Radical Islamist are demanding Turkey become an Islamic nation instead of a secular nation.
Turkish citizens who do not want to live in an Islamic republic have taken to the streets. In scenes reminiscent of the protests in 1989 at Tiananmen Square in China, protestors took over Taksim Square in Istanbul.
Erdogan ordered troops to go in and suppressed the protests.
Did we hear a word of support for those protestors from Barack Obama and the White House?
No.
Did we hear a word of condemnation from the White House about the suppression of free expression by the Turkish government?
No.
According to the AP, the White House has carefully avoided criticizing Erdogan. In 2011, before he was deposed the White House showed no such restraint with then American ally Hosni Mubarak.
As freedom wanes in Turkey and Iran, those who seek liberty do not have a friend in the White House.
Unfortunately those who believe in Islamic tyranny do.
Those were the days before Barack Obama.
Today we are seeing events unfold that show one thing beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty. Barack Obama supports tyranny around the world and opposes those who want freedom, especially freedom from Islamic tyranny.
How do we know this?
It is simple. We know this by the actions of Barack Obama.
Barack Obama helped support deposing one regime after another in the Middle East. He supported replacing Hosni Mubarak, who was a strong American ally, with the Muslim Brotherhood. He supported deposing Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi. Who replaced Gaddafi? Radical Islamists and do we hear a word from Barack Obama?
No.
Now Obama wants America to support Islamic rebels in Syria who are trying to overthrow Syrian strongman Basher Al-Assad. Assad is certainly not a good guy but given the track record of not only Obama but also what we know about the rebels, they will be worse.
It is not just the movements Obama supports that show us where his sympathies lie, but also who he does not support.
In 2009 and 2010, Iran was hit by protests that were called the “Green Revolution.” Deposing the Iranian regime would have not only been good for America, it would have been good for the Iranian people.
Did Obama do anything?
No, there was dead silence from the White House.
More recently, in Turkey there have been massive protests.
The protests have been directed against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan is a radical Islamist who has been turning Turkey, which had been a secular Muslim state into an Islamic state.
Turkey has been persecuting its tiny Christian minority for decades but under Erdogan, the persecution has reached new levels. Christian churches are having their property taken from them. Radical Islamist are demanding Turkey become an Islamic nation instead of a secular nation.
Turkish citizens who do not want to live in an Islamic republic have taken to the streets. In scenes reminiscent of the protests in 1989 at Tiananmen Square in China, protestors took over Taksim Square in Istanbul.
Erdogan ordered troops to go in and suppressed the protests.
Did we hear a word of support for those protestors from Barack Obama and the White House?
No.
Did we hear a word of condemnation from the White House about the suppression of free expression by the Turkish government?
No.
According to the AP, the White House has carefully avoided criticizing Erdogan. In 2011, before he was deposed the White House showed no such restraint with then American ally Hosni Mubarak.
As freedom wanes in Turkey and Iran, those who seek liberty do not have a friend in the White House.
Unfortunately those who believe in Islamic tyranny do.
Obama Offends Catholics in UK: Says Religious Schools Divisive
President Barack Obama angered some proponents of Catholic education
during his visit to Northern Ireland this week when he told a Belfast
audience that towns will remain divided "if Catholics have their schools
and buildings, and Protestants have theirs."
An article, which subsequently appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer, carried the headline, "U.S. President Undermines Catholic Schools After Vatican Prefect Praised Them."
The article said Obama "made an alarming call for an end to Catholic education in Northern Ireland," and quoted from recent remarks of the Vatican’s Archbishop Gerhard Müller, who had said that Catholic education was "a critical component of the Church."
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Dr. Matthew Bunson, senior correspondent for Our Sunday Visitor and author of the new book "Pope Francis," tells Newsmax the president should have chosen his words more carefully, and he pointed to the contribution that Catholic education has made to bringing about the 15-year-old peace in the once-troubled region.
"While I understand the background — the backdrop of his remarks in terms of the painful history of the religious strife in northern Ireland — it is unfortunate that his remarks could be construed by some as an attack on religious education," Bunson explained.
"It's an opportunity I think, though, to make note of the very significant role that religious education — especially Catholic education — has played in ending the strife in Northern Ireland, in particular the role of Catholic educators in helping to raise new generations in Ireland, who recognize the importance of cooperation, of peace, and that is something that’s worth celebrating.”
Conservative website Breitbart.com was quick to label Obama's remarks as a "gaffe" based on the "fact that Obama did not consider the sensitivities of his audience — or that he inadvertently revealed his own anti-religious prejudice.
"To travel to a city troubled by conflict, and to then insult the members of at least one of the two communities, is not only a gaffe, but a serious diplomatic error," according to the website.
Obama arrived in Northern Ireland Monday morning after an overnight flight from Washington.
Following his speech to about 1,800 students and adults, he flew to a lakeside golf resort near Enniskillen, where he met with other leaders of the Group of 8 industrial nations on Syria, trade and counterterrorism.
The president also told the Belfast audience that peace in Northern Ireland is a "blueprint" for those living amid conflict around the world, while acknowledging that the calm between Catholics and Protestants will face further tests.
With respect to Catholic education, Obama said "If towns remain divided, if Catholics have their schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs, if we can't see ourselves in one another, if fear or resentment are allowed to harden, that encourages division. It discourages cooperation."
Ashley McGuire, a senior fellow with The Catholic Association, also viewed Obama's remarks as an attack on Catholic education.
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"Catholic education is a longstanding tradition and a gift to society at large," she said. "Why the president chose to attack that tradition is beyond comprehension and represents his continuing effort to relegate religion to the private sphere."
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An article, which subsequently appeared in the Scottish Catholic Observer, carried the headline, "U.S. President Undermines Catholic Schools After Vatican Prefect Praised Them."
The article said Obama "made an alarming call for an end to Catholic education in Northern Ireland," and quoted from recent remarks of the Vatican’s Archbishop Gerhard Müller, who had said that Catholic education was "a critical component of the Church."
Special Report: Obama’s Assault on Religion — Click Here Now
Dr. Matthew Bunson, senior correspondent for Our Sunday Visitor and author of the new book "Pope Francis," tells Newsmax the president should have chosen his words more carefully, and he pointed to the contribution that Catholic education has made to bringing about the 15-year-old peace in the once-troubled region.
"While I understand the background — the backdrop of his remarks in terms of the painful history of the religious strife in northern Ireland — it is unfortunate that his remarks could be construed by some as an attack on religious education," Bunson explained.
"It's an opportunity I think, though, to make note of the very significant role that religious education — especially Catholic education — has played in ending the strife in Northern Ireland, in particular the role of Catholic educators in helping to raise new generations in Ireland, who recognize the importance of cooperation, of peace, and that is something that’s worth celebrating.”
Conservative website Breitbart.com was quick to label Obama's remarks as a "gaffe" based on the "fact that Obama did not consider the sensitivities of his audience — or that he inadvertently revealed his own anti-religious prejudice.
"To travel to a city troubled by conflict, and to then insult the members of at least one of the two communities, is not only a gaffe, but a serious diplomatic error," according to the website.
Obama arrived in Northern Ireland Monday morning after an overnight flight from Washington.
Following his speech to about 1,800 students and adults, he flew to a lakeside golf resort near Enniskillen, where he met with other leaders of the Group of 8 industrial nations on Syria, trade and counterterrorism.
The president also told the Belfast audience that peace in Northern Ireland is a "blueprint" for those living amid conflict around the world, while acknowledging that the calm between Catholics and Protestants will face further tests.
With respect to Catholic education, Obama said "If towns remain divided, if Catholics have their schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs, if we can't see ourselves in one another, if fear or resentment are allowed to harden, that encourages division. It discourages cooperation."
Ashley McGuire, a senior fellow with The Catholic Association, also viewed Obama's remarks as an attack on Catholic education.
Special Report: Obama’s Assault on Religion — Click Here Now
"Catholic education is a longstanding tradition and a gift to society at large," she said. "Why the president chose to attack that tradition is beyond comprehension and represents his continuing effort to relegate religion to the private sphere."
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Obama family trip to Africa amid sequester cuts
President Obama’s trip this month to Africa, with the first
family tagging along, is projected to cost taxpayers as much as $100
million, sparking criticism as the federal government scrimps along
during sequester-related budget cuts.
Among the related costs will be fighter jets; hundreds of Secret Service agents; a Navy ship with a full trauma center; and military cargo planes to bring 56 vehicles including 14 limousines and three trucks loaded with sheets of bulletproof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the first family will stay. The details were reported by The Washington Post, based on a confidential planning document.
The trip to sub-Sahara Africa runs from June 26 to July 3.
The president and first lady have cancelled plans to go on a safari that would have included the additional expense of a sharp-shooting team, responsible for putting down a cheetah, lion or any other wild animal that became a threat.
Figuring out the exact cost of the overall trip is difficult because the information is classified for the purpose of national security.
However, a Government Accountability Office report shows President Clinton’s 1998 trip to six African nations cost at least $42.7 million – not including Secret Service expenses.
Obama’s trip could cost the federal government $60 million to $100 million based on the costs of similar African trips in recent years, a person familiar with the Obama journey but not authorized to speak for attribution told The Post.
The trip comes as agencies across the federal government try to find cost-saving measures to deal with the massive, across-the-board budget cuts known as sequester, which kicked in this year after Washington lawmakers failed to agree on a more measured approach. The Secret Service, for example, pushed to cancel public White House tours to save thousands in weekly overtime expenses.
“For the cost of this trip to Africa, you could have 1,350 weeks of White House tours,” Rep. George Holding, a North Carolina Republican, said last week. “It is no secret that we need to rein in government spending, and the Obama administration has regularly and repeatedly shown a lack of judgment for when and where to make cuts. … The American people have had enough of the frivolous and careless spending.”
The White House had defended the trip cost saying the Secret Service plan determines the security cost and that first family’s trip will result in long-term goodwill.
“The infrastructure that accompanies the president’s travels is beyond our control,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser for strategic communications. “When you travel to regions like Africa that don’t get a lot of presidential attention, you tend to have very long-standing and long-running impact from the visit.”
Among the related costs will be fighter jets; hundreds of Secret Service agents; a Navy ship with a full trauma center; and military cargo planes to bring 56 vehicles including 14 limousines and three trucks loaded with sheets of bulletproof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the first family will stay. The details were reported by The Washington Post, based on a confidential planning document.
The trip to sub-Sahara Africa runs from June 26 to July 3.
The president and first lady have cancelled plans to go on a safari that would have included the additional expense of a sharp-shooting team, responsible for putting down a cheetah, lion or any other wild animal that became a threat.
Figuring out the exact cost of the overall trip is difficult because the information is classified for the purpose of national security.
However, a Government Accountability Office report shows President Clinton’s 1998 trip to six African nations cost at least $42.7 million – not including Secret Service expenses.
Obama’s trip could cost the federal government $60 million to $100 million based on the costs of similar African trips in recent years, a person familiar with the Obama journey but not authorized to speak for attribution told The Post.
The trip comes as agencies across the federal government try to find cost-saving measures to deal with the massive, across-the-board budget cuts known as sequester, which kicked in this year after Washington lawmakers failed to agree on a more measured approach. The Secret Service, for example, pushed to cancel public White House tours to save thousands in weekly overtime expenses.
“For the cost of this trip to Africa, you could have 1,350 weeks of White House tours,” Rep. George Holding, a North Carolina Republican, said last week. “It is no secret that we need to rein in government spending, and the Obama administration has regularly and repeatedly shown a lack of judgment for when and where to make cuts. … The American people have had enough of the frivolous and careless spending.”
The White House had defended the trip cost saying the Secret Service plan determines the security cost and that first family’s trip will result in long-term goodwill.
“The infrastructure that accompanies the president’s travels is beyond our control,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser for strategic communications. “When you travel to regions like Africa that don’t get a lot of presidential attention, you tend to have very long-standing and long-running impact from the visit.”
Monday, June 17, 2013
Immigration Activists Mob Kansas Secretary of State’s Home
Jun 17, 2013
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By Todd Starnes
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is calling for a criminal investigation after a huge mob of illegal alien supporters surrounded his private home Saturday and held a rally on his front porch.
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At least 200 members of Sunflower Community Action were bused into Kobach’s Kansas City-area neighborhood on Saturday – to protest his staunch anti-illegal alien views.
“I was just appalled,” Kobach told Fox News. “They have a right to protect at my office or at public places – that’s fine. But they don’t have a right to enter someone’s private property and engage in this kind of intimidation.”
“I have four little girls and they would have been terrified to see 200 protesters shouting at their daddy on megaphones on the front lawn,” he said.
The secretary of state said a large number of the protesters were believed to be illegal aliens. They can be seen on video chanting in Spanish, standing on Kobach’s porch, front yard and driveway and demanding that he come outside.
“Kris Kobach, come on out,” one unidentified protester shouted. “We’ll show you what Kansans are all about.”
Kobach and his family happened to be out-of-town when the demonstrators arrived. Video showed the protesters arriving in four buses – and then marching through the neighborhood. They left behind 20 pairs of shoes at his doorstep – representing illegals who’ve been deported.
Kobach has built a national profile presenting tough policies on illegal immigration issues. He and his family apparently weren’t home during the protest at his home.
“You don’t go to a public official’s home and try to intimidate him because of the positions he’s taken,” he said.
A receptionist at Sunflower Community Action told Fox News they would be releasing a statement to the press later today.
Kobach said he was especially troubled to learn that it took police at least 15 minutes to respond to his house.
“You have a mob of 200 people gathering on someone’s property and it takes the police 15 minutes to get there,” he said. “That doesn’t give you a whole lot of confidence either. I shudder to think what would have happened if one of those members of the mob had tried to break into the house.”
He also feared what would have happened had he been home with his wife and four young daughters.
“On a typical Saturday, my four girls would have been riding their bikes and coloring chalk in the driveway,” he said. “That’s where they play. If four buses pulled up and the mob started marching down upon them, they would have been absolutely terrified.”
The secretary of state is a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment – and he said the incident at his home is an example of why Americans should bear arms.
“If we had been in the home and not been armed, I would have felt very afraid – because it took the police 15 minutes to show up,” he said. “It’s important we recognize there’s a reason we have the Second Amendment. There are situations like this where you have a mob and you do need to be able to protect yourself.”
He said had they been home and the mob had gotten out of hand, his family would have been in “grave jeopardy.”
“The Second Amendment is the private property owner’s last resort,” he said.
Kobach said he’s asked local police and the county attorney to investigate the incident. He believes a number of laws were violated including terrorizing a public official.
The county attorney did not return calls seeking comment.
Kobach said he will not be silenced by the weekend mob-action.
“My views are set and I’m determined to do what I can to restore the rule of law,” he said. “Let’s obey our laws and not give amnesty to illegal aliens.”
And he also leveled a warning to would-be protesters.
“Don’t come to my home and don’t scare my family,” he said.
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