Letter From Arizona Governor

Dear Friends,

Since Arizona is the main recipient of the problems of illegal immigration, let me be clear. My citizens demand a secure border and I demand a secure border. It's as simple as that.

I understand there is anticipation for me to take a position either endorsing or opposing the "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill. I have not endorsed or opposed the bill because I know it remains a work in progress. I have faith that House Republicans will improve the bill by making securing our border the top priority.

Recent additions to the Senate plan are encouraging. For example, I have long advocated for additional Border Patrol agents, completion of the border fence and further use of unmanned aircraft and other technology, as well as workplace enforcement. However, supporting these provisions does not equate to an endorsement of the overall legislation. There are still too many unknowns. Specifically, Congress must require that the border-security provisions are mandated on the front end rather than forgotten on the back end.

Our nation's immigration system is broken and has been for decades. Congress must get it right this time. America cannot again repeat the failure of the 1986 immigration reform. The federal government must begin keeping its promises when it comes to border security.

We've been down this path before, and the federal government has failed to keep its promises - whether in 1986 or as recently as 2006, when the federal government promised to build a border fence and then failed to fund it. We need assurances of a secured border that is fully funded. Also, the federal government needs to do its job and allow States to work in partnership - through the existing 287g program - to address illegal immigration.

I know there is skepticism regarding this latest attempt by Congress to fix our immigration system. The federal government has a multi-decade record of failure on immigration and has passed along the costs to states like Arizona. The Obama administration, especially, does not instill faith among conservatives like myself. However, conservatives must remain in the conversation to ensure that the security provisions are as strong as possible. We cannot address our priorities if we walk away from the debate.

Thank you for your time.

Best,

Jan

From Whistleblower to traitor

When Edward Snowden burst on the scene two weeks, many hailed him for being willing to shed light on the Obama Regime’s spying on American citizens.  As Snowden revealed details of an American leadership mad on power, many conservatives cheered him.
 
Now Snowden has gone from being a whistleblower to being a traitor.

Why is Edward Snowden a traitor?

From the New York Times:

A Russian law enforcement official quoted anonymously by Interfax said that the Russian authorities had taken unusual measures to protect Mr. Snowden. “This was done so that nothing threatened Edward Snowden, so that he could spend the night calmly in a capsule hotel and fly to Russia without problems,” the official was quoted as saying.

Mr. Snowden is reportedly carrying four laptop computers with American intelligence documents that he downloaded to a thumb drive this spring while working in Hawaii for the National Security Agency as an employee of Booz Allen Hamilton. The Guardian newspaper of Britain disclosed a week ago that Mr. Snowden had provided the newspaper with documents showing that during a conference in London in 2009, the United States was able to access the communications of Dmitri A..., then the Russian president and now the prime minister. That disclosure will almost certainly cause Russia to review its codes and other procedures for top leaders.
Dmitri V. Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, said he considered it likely that Mr. Snowden would remain in Russia, a country that is increasingly positioning itself as a protector of people like Mr. Assange, whom Western governments wish to prosecute.
“I don’t think there is any other country that would stand up to U.S. pressure, which will be tremendous,” Mr. Trenin said. “The Chinese don’t want to spoil their relationship with the United States. Russia is sometimes embracing conflict with the U.S.”
He noted that Russia Today, the state-financed English-language cable news channel, has become a platform for figures like Mr. Assange, who are unlikely to appear through mainstream Western news outlets.
 It is one thing to blow the whistle on the unlawful spying on Americans by the government.  It is quite another to share American intelligence with foreign nations that may have hostile intent towards America.

There is a point where we might have been able to thank Snowden for doing something to help America.

It now appears that his blowing the whistle on the NSA domestic spying program was only a pretense so he could sell American secrets to the highest bidder.

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74%No, America should never negotiate with terrorists

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IRS versus Border Patrol

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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
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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.

Obama

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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