tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25701104016851036252024-03-21T08:49:02.195-07:00Immigration Talk with a non-hyphenated AmericanLoyalty, Truth, Honestyultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comBlogger601125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-88747678957125116142017-10-12T16:14:00.001-07:002017-10-12T16:14:18.942-07:00America in Jeo[ardyThis email reflects how many people feel today.<br />
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I am now in my late 80s<br />
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Recently I received a questionnaire and request for money from the Republican Party and strongly agree with every question, as I have since Obama was elected.<br />
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Unfortunately the one question that was missing is:<br />
What have the Republicans done for the American people?<br />
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We gave you a majority in the House and Senate, and you never listened to us.<br />
Now you want our money, my money, more money.<br />
You should be more concerned about our votes, not our money.<br />
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You are the establishment which means all you want is to save your jobs and line your pockets.<br />
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Well guess what? It's not going to happen.<br />
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So far, TRUMP hasn't asked for a dime.<br />
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You might think we are fools because you feel Trump is on a self-destruct course, but look beyond Washington and listen to the masses.<br />
Nobody has achieved what he has, especially in the state of New York.<br />
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Here's why I want Trump:<br />
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Yes, he's a bit of an ass;<br />
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Yes, he's an egomaniac;<br />
but I don't care.<br />
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The country is a mess because politicians suck.<br />
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The Republican Party is two-faced and gutless, and illegals are everywhere...<br />
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I want it all fixed!<br />
I don't care that Trump is crude.<br />
I don't care that he insults people.<br />
I don't care that he has changed positions.<br />
I don't care that he's been married 3 times.<br />
I don't care that he fights with Megan Kelly and Rosie O’Donnell.<br />
I don't care that he doesn't know the name of some Muslim terrorist.<br />
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Our country has become weak, and bankrupt.<br />
Our enemies are making fun of us.<br />
We are being invaded by illegals.<br />
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We are becoming a nation of victims where every<br />
Tom, Ricardo and Hassid is a special group with special rights to a point where we don't even recognize the country we were born and raised in,<br />
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"AND I JUST WANT IT FIXED."<br />
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And Trump is the only guy who seems to understand what We The People want and need.<br />
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I'm sick of politicians,<br />
I’m sick of the Democratic Party,<br />
I’m sick of the Republican Party,<br />
and I’m sick of illegals.<br />
I just want this thing fixed.<br />
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Trump may not be a saint, but he doesn't have lobbyist money controlling him;<br />
he doesn't have political correctness restraining him;<br />
all you know is that he has been very successful;<br />
a good negotiator;<br />
he has built a lot of things; and,<br />
he's also not a politician.<br />
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He says he'll fix it.<br />
I believe him because he is too much of an egotist to be proven wrong or looked at and called a liar.<br />
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I don't care if the guy has bad hair.<br />
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You are welcome to pass this on, or not.<br />
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Thought for the Day:<br />
"No country can sustain, in idleness,<br />
more than a small percentage of its numbers.<br />
The great majority must labor at something productive!"<br />
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P.S. No Borders, No Language, No Culture = No Country.<br />
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I sure hope this goes to everyone.ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-56676112175225206802017-02-03T15:10:00.002-08:002017-02-03T15:10:50.889-08:00Population GrowthPeople are taking to the streets to protest President Trump's immigration Executive Order. One might well ask : Who are these people? First of all one can be certain that they are not loyal Americans because if they were they wouldn't be so eager to sacrifice our standard of living and quality of life by promoting excessive population growth through unfettered immigration . We might also wonder why they would agitate in favor of refugees who do not share our values? What do these agitators have in common with people who stone adulteresses on the flimsiest evidence, cut off the hands of thieves, order the murder of apostates and infidels? Don't they even comprehend that they themselves are infidels? Why is it no one explains to the world and to the refugees that it is these 13th Century practices inherent to Islam and the Koran that are abhorrent to us? <br />
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Europe used to be a center of great learning and culture. Now by virtue of its own policies it is in danger of sliding back into the Dark Ages as Islam creeps across the land and beautiful Christian cathedrals are converted into Mosques where the preaching of sedition and anti-infidel rhetoric is a common occurrence.<br />
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Some are what is commonly known as bleeding heart liberals. Few would argue with them that we need to address the needs of the economically vulnerable by remedying injustice, engaging in benevolence, fostering mutual aid, and encouraging the flourishing of free markets is both practically and morally important. The disagreement arises with regard to how far one is obligated to go in sacrificing one's own economic and psychic well-being and whether it is proper to advocate measures which would fall heavily on those who abhor confiscatory taxation and immigration policies which tend to take from those who have earned or possess it in order to give it to those who have not or who envy the good-fortune those who live in better circumstances.<br />
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Most of this mindless rabble haven't even contemplated what would be the optimum U.S. and world populations. Until they do they are like reckless teenage drivers whose brains are not fully developed. Thee is evidence to support the steady decline in our standard of living as our population continued to grow. Is it the desire of these demonstrators to reduce our standard of living until it is in equilibrium with that elsewhere on the globe? If they have not experienced the poverty, joblessness, disease , overcrowding, crime and oligarchies first hand , they should be careful what they wish for.<br />
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We should be advocating for that optimum population level that best serves our citizens and not be swayed by those foreigners and illegal aliens who would compromise our standard of living to accommodate millions of their brethren and others from cultures and religious totally at odds with the basic concepts of American democracyultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-20502778172819833012016-12-16T16:30:00.000-08:002016-12-16T16:30:03.077-08:00Putin Speaks???<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Unfortunately, I
understand this to be a hoax. If only it were otherwise and all world
leaders had the guts to say this in defense of their culture, language and
nationalism. Nationalists are often mistaken for xenophobes. It is
not that they are afraid of other cultures and languages. It is that they
prefer their own and wish to preserve them just as other cultures and languages
of immigrants and illegal aliens are are well-preserved in their
respective homelands. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Begin: Hoax??</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">" </span><span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No wonder he was selected by Forbes as the
most powerful person in the world. This is one time our elected leaders should
pay attention to the advice of Vladimir Putin.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I would suggest that
not only our leaders but every citizen of USA should pay attention to this
advice. How scary is that?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It is a sad day when a Communist Leader makes
more sense than our LEADERS here in the U.S.A., but here it is!</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vladimir Putin's speech - SHORTEST SPEECH
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<span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vladimir Putin, the
Russian president, addressed the Duma, (Russian Parliament), and gave a speech
about the tensions with minorities in Russia:<br />
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<span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"<b><i>In Russia, live like Russians. Any
minority, from anywhere, if it wants to live in Russia, to work and eat in
Russia, it should speak Russian, and should respect the Russian laws. If they
prefer Sharia Law, and live the life of Muslim's then we advise them to go to
those places where that's the state law.</i></b></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"<i>Russia does not need Muslim
minorities. Minorities need Russia, and we will not grant them special
privileges, or try to change our laws to fit their desires, no matter how loud
they yell 'discrimination'. We will not tolerate disrespect of our Russian
culture. We better learn from the suicides of</i></span></b><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">America, England, Holland, and France, </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">if we are to survive as a nation. The Muslims
are taking over those countries and they will not take over Russia. The Russian
customs and traditions are not compatible with the lack of culture or the
primitive ways of Sharia Law and Muslims.</span></i></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"When this honorable
legislative body thinks of creating new laws, it should have in mind the
Russian national interest first, observing that the Muslims Minorities Are Not
Russians."</span></i></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The politicians in the Duma gave Putin a five minute standing ovation."</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #008040; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">End of hoax</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I do hope some of these
questions get answered!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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INTERESTING! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Truly – what will be
in his presidential library????? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE UNANSWERED MYSTERY
OF THE CENTURY!!! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, he's ending 8
years of living in the White House <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This came from a union
guy in Chicago who didn't vote for Obama. Very interesting perspective
that I never thought of in this light! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It will be interesting
to see what they put in his "Library” about his early years when he is out
of office. In a country where we take notice of many, many facets of our public
figures' lives, doesn't it seem odd that there's so little we know about our
current man in the WH, Barack Obama? For example, we know that Andrew Jackson's
wife smoked a corn cob pipe and was accused of adultery; Abe Lincoln never went
to school; Jack Kennedy wore a back brace; Harry Truman played the piano. As
Americans, we enjoy knowing details about our newsmakers, but none of us know
one single humanizing fact about the history of our own president. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are all aware of
the lack of uncontestable birth records for Obama; that document managing has
been spectacularly successful. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There are however,
several additional oddities in Obama's history that appear to be as well
managed as the birthing issue. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One other interesting
thing... There are no birth certificates of his daughters that can be
found? It's interesting that no one who ever dated him has shown up. The
charisma that caused women to be drawn to him so strongly during his campaign,
certainly would in the normal course of events, lead some lady to come forward,
if only to garner some attention for herself. We all know about JFK's
magnetism, that McCain was no monk and quite a few details about Palin's
courtship and even her athletic prowess, Joe Biden's aneurisms are no secret;
look at Cheney and Clinton, we all know about their heart
problems. Certainly Wild Bill Clinton's exploits before and during his
White House years, were well known. That's why it's so odd that not one
lady has stepped up and said, "He was soooo shy..." or "What a
great dancer..." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It's virtually
impossible to know anything about this fellow. Who was the best man at
his wedding? Start there. Then check groomsmen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then get the footage
of the graduation ceremony. Has anyone talked to the professors? It
is odd that no one is bragging that they knew him or taught him or lived with
him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When did he meet
Michele, and how? Are there photos there? Every president gives to
the public all their photos, etc. for their library, etc. What has
he released? And who voted for him to be the most popular man in 2010?
Doesn't this make you wonder? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ever wonder why no one
ever came forward from Obama's past saying they knew him, attended school with
him, was his friend, etc.?? Not one person has ever come forward from his past.
It certainly is very, very strange... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This should be a cause
for great concern. To those who voted for him, you may have elected an
unqualified, inexperienced shadow man. Have you seen a movie named
"The Manchurian Candidate?" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As insignificant as
each of us might be, someone with whom we went to school will remember our name
or face; someone will remember we were the clown or the dork or the brain or
the quiet one or the bully or something about us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of ABC News said the same thing during the 2008 campaign. He
questions why no one has acknowledged the president was in their classroom or
ate in the same cafeteria or made impromptu speeches on campus. Stephanopoulos
also was a classmate of Obama at Columbia -- the class of 1984. He says
he never had a single class with him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He is such a great
orator; why doesn't anyone in Obama's college class remember him? Why won't he
allow Columbia to release his records? Nobody remembers Obama at Columbia
University... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of Obama's past, Fox News contacted 400 Columbia University
students from the period when Obama claims to have been there... but none
remembered him. Wayne Allyn Root was, like Obama, a political science major at
Columbia who also graduated in 1983. In 2008, Root says of Obama,
"I don't know a single person at Columbia that knew him, and they all know
me. I don't have a classmate who ever knew Barack Obama at Columbia, ever." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Root adds that he was also, like Obama, Class of '83 Political Science, and
says, "You don't get more exact or closer than that. Never met him in my
life, don't know anyone who ever met him. At class reunion, our
20th reunion five years ago, who was asked to be the speaker of the
class? Me. No one ever heard of Barack! And five years ago, nobody
even knew who he was. The guy who writes the class notes, who's kind of
the, as we say in New York, 'the macha' who knows everybody, has yet to
find a person, a human who ever met him." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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does not appear in the school's yearbook and Obama consistently declines
requests to talk about his years at Columbia, provide school records, or
provide the name of any former classmates or friends while at Columbia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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questions: Why was Obama's law license inactivated in 2002? It is said
there is no record of him ever taking the Bar exam. Why was Michelle's law
license inactivated by court order? We understand that was forced to
avoid fraud charges. It is circulating that according to the U.S. Census, there
is only one Barack Obama but 27 Social Security numbers and over 80 alias
connected to him. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Social Security
number he uses now originated in Connecticut where he is reported to have never
lived. And was originally registered to another man (Thomas Louis
Wood) from Connecticut, who died in Hawaii while on vacation there. As we all
know Social Security Numbers are only issued 'once, they are not reused’ No
wonder all his records are sealed... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sending this out. Somewhere, someone has to know SOMETHING!?!... School?
Before he reorganized Chicago? SOMETHING!!! He just seemed to burst upon
the Scene at the 2004 Democratic Convention. ANYONE??? ANYWHERE???
ANYTHING??? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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going to come to light about this highly unqualified person who has been
president of the United States for 8 years. Soon, we will know how badly
we were all doped and duped by this imposter who has basically, with much help
from his minions, brought the greatest nation in history to its knees in ruins.
That will be his legacy. He totally destroyed the Integrity, Morals and
Christian Heritage of our once great country. Who in the hell is he? Is America
stupid or what? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-13207306353897937962013-12-26T15:06:00.000-08:002013-12-26T15:07:27.269-08:00The American Tribe<h3>
Leading Evangelicals Show that Bible Has Been Misinterpreted</h3>
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This is the time of year when many pro-amnesty advocates in the pulpit and the press misuse the Bible to try to try to advance their cause. This year, churchgoers are fortunate to have access to a much different explanation of scripture, thanks to the emergence of a group called <a href="http://evangelicalsforbiblicalimmigration.com/" target="_blank">Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration</a> and to a fascinating <a href="http://blog.heritage.org/2013/11/19/evangelicals-examine-amnesty-strangers/" target="_blank">panel</a> recently sponsored by the Heritage Foundation to inform congressional staffers and the media. <br />
Kelly Monroe Kullberg, who has organized Evangelicals for Biblical Immigration, is a highly respected evangelical leader. She founded the <a href="http://www.veritas.org/" target="_blank">Veritas Forum</a> at Harvard University in the 1990s, which has since grown into a world-wide movement. Her critique of the sloppy handling of Scripture used by some clergy is irenic yet wide-ranging. At the Heritage panel, she said: <br />
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God loves us all. God invites us all to be citizens in his kingdom. He places us in families, tribes and nations, and gives us biblical wisdom about shaping a thriving culture. Like gardening, growing a culture requires discernment and vision. But nowhere in Scripture do we see blanket asylum, blanket amnesty, blanket immigration. We see wise welcome to a well-meaning Ruth or Rahab (the sojourner or 'ger' in Hebrew is something like a convert and comes lawfully, as blessing), and we also at times find a Nehemiah leading his nation in the building of walls to cultivate the good and to be set apart from the ways of the 'foreigner' (the 'nekhar' or 'zar') who does not respect the laws, customs and values of the country visited -- who does not intend to advance cultural flourishing.</blockquote>
Mark Tooley, the president of Washington's <a href="http://theird.org/" target="_blank">Institute on Religion and Democracy</a> (on whose board I serve), has been warning his fellow evangelical leaders against a one-sided approach on immigration. His <a href="http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/11/16/remarks-at-heritage-foundation-on-evangelicals-immigration/" target="_blank">remarks</a> at the Heritage panel included this: <br />
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Christians also should be cautioned against sweeping 'comprehensive' legislative solutions to deep, pervasive political problems. Solutions to most political challenges are more typically incremental. And in our fallen world, reputed solutions, even when implemented relatively effectively, usually create new problems demanding attention. And in this particular debate we should avoid rhetoric that romanticizes immigrants no less than avoiding demonization. <br />
Immigrants, legal and illegal, are frail humans like us all, a combination of virtues and vices. Their presence among us brings both gifts and troubles. Our prisons are full of tens of thousands of immigrants, legal and illegal, who have committed heinous crimes. There are also, of course, millions who work hard, are faithful to their families, and love their new country. Likewise, many immigrants, even while working hard, ultimately draw government benefits and services that outstrip their financial contributions, making their presence in America an additional fiscal stress upon our already fraying and probably unsustainable entitlement state. The mass legalization of 11 million illegal immigrants, as presently construed, would likely add to that stress.</blockquote>
Dr. James K. Hoffmeier, a professor at <a href="http://divinity.tiu.edu/" target="_blank">Trinity Evangelical Divinity School</a>, is an expert in ancient Hebrew and ancient near-east society. He takes a dim view of current Evangelical leaders who misuse Scripture for political ends. At the Heritage panel, Hoffmeier made the following points (as reported by <a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/evangelical-immigration-table-misuses-scripture-critics-say-109190/" target="_blank">The Christian Post</a>): <br />
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Three different Hebrew words are translated as "foreigner" or "sojourner," Hoffmeier explained, but the most common one, by far, is ger, which appears 160 times. Under biblical law, a ger was legally recognized and entitled to certain rights, responsibilities and social benefits. They could participate in community worship. They were expected to observe kosher dietary laws. And, they could not be charged interest. <br />
"People who are using scripture for the undocumented immigrant are trying to credit the non-legal resident with the same rights the biblical law calls for a legal foreign resident," he said. </blockquote>
Hoffmeier strongly rebuked open borders evangelicals for misusing the "sanctuary cities" passages found in Scripture. He stated that in ancient Israel, sanctuary cities were places where accused criminals could flee to get a fair trial. In effect, they were a change of venue. "Sanctuary" never meant escaping the law, Hoffmeier said. He said that using the sanctuary cities concept to help illegal aliens cancel out immigration penalties is completely against the "spirit and letter" of the texts. <br />
Another evangelical speaking up against misuse of Bible passages on immigration is Dr. Carol Swain, professor of political science and law at <a href="http://law.vanderbilt.edu/bio/carol-swain" target="_blank">Vanderbilt Law School</a>. At the Heritage Foundation event, Swain claimed that Evangelicals had been "manipulated" by pro-amnesty proponents who seek to overturn the law for political and economic advantage. Swain, who is black, spoke forcefully about the effect mass immigration has on minorities and white workers: <br />
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The losers tend to be low-skill, low-wage Americans. Our greatest obligation is to the people already here [legally].</blockquote>
Kullberg makes a strong case for a more reasoned, balanced approach on immigration than many Evangelical leaders have ever voiced: <br />
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We're for wise immigration. We're for kindness to citizens as well as kindness to guests. Immigration is a beautiful idea. As a younger missionary in several Central American nations, I never understood the need for rules and fences. The problem is that we're considering an influx of perhaps 30- or 40,000,000 new citizens in just ten years, into a near-bankrupt welfare state living on borrowed money -- America. There aren't enough jobs.</blockquote>
At the Heritage panel, Tooley of IRD made this remark that struck me as summing up the situation: <br />
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There are sincere people of faith on many sides of this debate. Quoting scripture and citing religious principles in support of a political argument can be fine if done with some humility and recognition that on most political issues none of us can claim to know God's will with absolute certainty.</blockquote>
<b><i>JIM ROBB is Vice President, Operations for NumbersUSA </i></b></div>
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ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-22615226644677395812013-10-27T17:39:00.000-07:002013-10-27T17:44:52.756-07:00Democrats Doom Democracy<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
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ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-91518043599667587722013-06-26T15:34:00.000-07:002013-06-26T15:34:10.078-07:00Traitors - Do you recognize any of these names?
The Republican Senators listed on the left below have reneged on their promises to vote against amnesty. Some if not all have been bought off by Senate majority leadership with provisions in the amnesty bill that provide extra funds to the states of those GOP senators who agree to vote for the amnesty bill, S.744.<br />
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The Democrat Senators who have done likewise even though they are from "Red" States.<br />
If you recognize the names of any of your senators, please call them to voice your extreme displeasure with their votes. Ask them to reconsider and honor their promises.<br />
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This is another of those thousand page bills that obscure a variety of provisions that serve special interests rather than the American people. It was largely written by representatives of La Raza, unions and the chamber of commerce. Ordinary Americans and those with opposing view were not allowed to participate. And don't be fooled by Senators McCain, Rubio, Flake and Graham's participation on the Gang of Eight. They were the senators who least represented their party's position. No other choice could have been worse.<br />
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ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-50331181023846941822013-06-26T12:52:00.000-07:002013-06-26T12:56:34.673-07:00Here's $4.2 Billion to Apply to the National DebtTo make a long story short, the Internal Revenue Service is responsible for
assigning Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs). ITINs are issued
to those who are unauthorized to work in the U.S. However, a 2011 <a href="http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2011reports/201141061fr.pdf" target="_blank">report </a>from the Treasury Inspector General (TIG) showed that
in 2010, $4.2 billion in tax credits nationwide were paid to those same people
through the Child Tax Credit; those who eligible for this credit can receive up
to $1,000 in tax credits per child. So, a person who is not authorized to work
in the U.S. is nevertheless able to obtain a refund check from the American
taxpayer, via the IRS.<br />
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Fast forward to 2013.<br />
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The TIG completed a <a href="http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2012reports/201242081fr.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> in 2012 that outlines problems with the IRS’s review of
ITIN applications. Among the many problems, TIG found that IRS personnel are
inadequately trained to identify false or questionable documentation and
identify patterns involving fraudulent tax refund claims. Additionally, a
Questionable Identification Detection Team formed that would have properly
handled fraudulent tax returns has been disbanded. Since the elimination of the
team, the IRS’s management does not use application information to identify
potential fraudulent schemes.<br />
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The TIG audited the IRS’s data system to understand how to solve this
problem. When the TIG analyzed the number of times the same mailing address was
used on an ITIN application, it found that 154 mailing addresses were used 1,000
or more times on ITIN applications.<br />
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For example, 123456 Peachtree Street, Atlanta GA 30312 was listed as the
contact address on 1,000 or more ITIN applications submitted to the IRS. Since
we are using Atlanta as an example, from 2006-2011, 12,345 ITINs were granted to
individuals using a single addresses. In 2011, at only four addresses in
Atlanta, 41,272 tax refunds were issued that totaled over $54 million. Each
refund averaged $1,308.<br />
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While over 20 million Americans and legal immigrants struggle with
unemployment or underemployment, the IRS sends refund checks to those ineligible
to work in the U.S.ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-25088350081320495052013-06-23T14:01:00.001-07:002013-06-23T14:01:37.078-07:00Illegal Aliens Already Cost Us a BundleThe economist Milton Friedman warned that America cannot have open borders and an extensive welfare state. He was right, and his reasoning extends to amnesty for the more than 11 million unlawful immigrants in this country.<br />
In addition to being unfair to those who follow the law and encouraging more unlawful immigration, amnesty has a substantial price tag.<br />
An exhaustive study by the Heritage Foundation has found that after amnesty, current unlawful immigrants would receive $9.4 trillion in government benefits and pay more than $3 trillion in taxes over their lifetimes.<br />
That leaves a net fiscal deficit (benefits minus taxes) of $6.3 trillion. That deficit would have to be financed by increasing the government debt or raising taxes on U.S. citizens.<br />
For centuries, immigration has been vital to our nation's health, and it will be essential to our future success. Yet immigrants should come to our nation lawfully and should not impose additional fiscal costs on our overburdened taxpayers. An efficient and merit-based system would help our economy and lessen the burden on taxpayers, strengthening our nation.<br />
A properly structured lawful immigration system holds the potential to drive positive economic growth and job creation. But amnesty for those here unlawfully is not necessary to capture those benefits.<br />
We estimate that when those who broke our laws to come here start having access to the same benefits as citizens do — as is called for by the Senate Gang of Eight immigration bill — the average unlawful immigrant household will receive nearly $3 in benefits for every dollar in taxes paid. The net annual cost is $28,000 per unlawful immigrant household.<br />
Given the federal debt of $17 trillion, the fiscal effects detailed in our study should be at the forefront of legislators' minds as they consider immigration legislation.<br />
Already, illegal immigrants impose costs on police, hospitals, schools and other services. Putting them on a path to citizenship means that within a few years, they will qualify for the full panoply of government programs: over 80 means-tested welfare programs, as well as Social Security, Medicare and ObamaCare.<br />
The lifetime fiscal cost (benefits received minus taxes paid) for the average unlawful immigrant after amnesty would be around $590,000. Who is going to pay that tab?<br />
Our government is now in the business of redistribution. As Nicholas Eberstadt, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute, has pointed out, federal transfer payments, or taking from one American to give to another, grew from 3% of spending in 1935 to two-thirds of all spending in 2010. Adding millions of unlawful immigrants to U.S. programs will have a massive negative fiscal effect.<br />
Our findings are based on empirical research and reflect common sense. Unlawful immigrants have relatively low earning potential because, on average, they have 10th-grade educations and low skills. Heads of households like that, whether from the Midwest or Central America, will receive, on average, four times as much in government services and benefits as they pay in taxes.<br />
Adding millions more to bloated welfare and overburdened entitlement programs would deepen the fiscal hole our country is in.<br />
In addition to costing taxpayers, amnesty is unfair to those who came to this country lawfully. More than 4 million people are waiting to come to America lawfully, but our dysfunctional bureaucracy makes it easier to break the law than to follow it.<br />
Our cost estimates are in some ways conservative. The $6.3 trillion figure does not factor in the waves of unlawful immigrants who could pour into this country hoping for another future amnesty.<br />
As scholars at the Heritage Foundation and elsewhere have explained, the immigration bill being considered in the Senate differs little from previous empty promises to secure our borders and enforce immigration laws on the books. When amnesty was granted under a similar plan in 1986, there were about 3 million unlawful immigrants; now we have more than 11 million.<br />
Instead of forcing through a complicated, lengthy bill, Congress ought to advance piece-by-piece immigration solutions that enjoy broad support and build trust with the American people. We should move to streamline our legal immigration system, encourage patriotic assimilation to unite new immigrants with America's vibrant civil society, fulfill promises to secure our borders and strengthen workplace enforcement.<br />
We are proudly a nation of immigrants. People the world over are attracted to America because we are a nation of laws.<br />
Granting amnesty to those who broke the law and putting them on a path to citizenship would be unfair, would encourage more bad behavior and would impose significant costs on American families. -- Robert Rector et al<br />
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By now it is clear that you can't trust those damn Democrats. In 1986 they promised secure border in return for amnesty for more than a million illegal aliens. Border security never hap pended. They lied. Eleven million illegals later make that crystal clear. And yet now the Democrats prompted by La Raza are back at the table again trying to sell us another bill of goods. </div>
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It's hard to see why anyone doesn't realize by now that there is only one way to secure the borders and that is to stop rewarding illegal aliens with the opportunity to stay and work while they ultimately force the Congress into yet another amnesty. </div>
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Likewise there is only one way to ascertain whether the border is secure. We must have a secret poll of all border patrol and related front line officials administered and reported by an outside agency such as one of the large accounting firm or as Charles Krauthammer suggests below when he s".... some independent body certifies that the border is essentially closed."</div>
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Is a bipartisan immigration deal at hand? <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/senators-say-final-immigration-deal-not-yet-done-despite-business-labor-agreement/2013/03/31/acdc0b50-9a1a-11e2-9219-51eb8387e8f1_story_1.html">It’s close.</a> Last week, the AFL-CIO and the Chamber of Commerce worked out a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/business-labor-agree-to-a-deal-on-new-guest-worker-program/2013/03/30/6e8f05ac-995f-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html">guest-worker compromise</a> that allows in foreign workers on a sliding scale of 20,000 to 200,000, depending on the strength of the economy.<br />
Nice deal. As are the other elements of the Senate’s bipartisan <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/politics/bipartisan-framework-for-immigration-reform-report/27/">Gang of Eight plan</a> — the expansion of H-1B <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/visas-for-high-skilled-workers-could-double-under-bipartisan-senate-plan/2013/03/20/8b74c08a-9194-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_story.html?hpid=z3">visas for skilled immigrants</a>, serious tracking of visa overstayers and, most important, a universal E-Verify system that would make it very risky for any employer to hire an illegal immigrant.<br />
But there’s a rub. It’s the perennial rub. Are Democrats serious about border enforcement? It’s supposed to be the trigger that would allow illegal immigrants to start on the path to citizenship.<br />
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Why is a trigger necessary? To prevent a repeat of the 1986 fiasco where amnesty was granted and border enforcement never came — giving us today’s 11 million living in the shadows. Yet just a week ago Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, referring to border enforcement, averred that “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/03/napolitano-border-security-trigger-not-the-way-to-go-in-immigration-reform.php">relying on one thing as a so-called trigger is not the way to go</a>.” Regarding legalization, “there needs to be certainty.” But not for border security?</div>
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And she’s the person <em>in charge</em> of securing that border. Now listen to President Obama: “<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/290685-obama-confident-immigration-reform-will-get-done">Given the size of the border, it’s never going to be 110 percent perfect. What we can do is to continue to improve it</a>.”<br />
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The usual Obama straw man. Who’s asking for 110 percent enforcement? And the need is for something a lot more than just improvement. The objective is to reduce a river to a trickle. It’s doable. The two border sections with triple fencing outside San Diego reduced infiltration by 92 percent. (If the president tells you that fences don’t work, ask him why he has one around the White House.)<br />
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To be sure, the Gang of Eight enforcement trigger is not ideal. The 11 million get near-instant legalization — on the day, perhaps six to nine months after the bill is signed, when Homeland Security submits a plan (with the required funding) to achieve within a decade 90 percent apprehension and 100 percent real-time surveillance.<br />
This plan triggers “probationary” legalization, which in reality is permanent, because once the 11 million register, it is inconceivable their status would be revoked.<br />
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But that simply will not happen. Democrats control the Senate and the White House, and they will only agree to a <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bipartisan-group-of-senators-to-unveil-framework-for-immigration-overhaul/2013/01/27/bdb04360-68bf-11e2-ada3-d86a4806d5ee_story.html">weaker trigger</a>. Which is? Legalization first — i.e., living here openly without fear of deportation but nothing more until the border is controlled. Until then, no one even starts on the path to citizenship — no green card, no naturalization.<br />
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Are he and Napolitano signaling to their hard-core open-border constituency that they will try to sabotage passage of any law that has a serious enforcement trigger, or that they will try to sabotage enforcement if a strict law is nonetheless enacted?<br />
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Why? Isn’t border control an elementary principle of sovereignty? What country deliberately forfeits the right to decide who gets to join its communal life?<br />
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Remember: We’re not talking about the 11 million already here who will be legalized as a matter of both practicality and compassion. We’re talking about the <em>next</em> 11 million. Without border enforcement, they will be here. If you don’t build it — the fence, the visa-tracker, E-Verify — they will come.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In a matter of hours, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will bring the Gang-of-Eight Amnesty bill to the floor of the Senate. It will take only 41 votes to deny him cloture and kill this Amnesty bill. Tell your senators that the American people expect them to <u><span style="color: red;">vote against cloture or any motion to proceed</span></u>. You must do this today to have any effect! Phone, fax or email your senators now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Here's what your senators need to hear:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">"I am are going to be blunt. You may be thinking that you can vote in favor of cloture and then vote against the legislation after it hits the floor. The American people will not be fooled by this deception. You need to <span style="color: red;"><u>vote "no" on any motion to proceed</u></span>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you vote "yes" on cloture, you won't get away with telling the American people that you opposed Amnesty. Disabuse yourself of that ridiculous notion right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Put another way, a vote in opposition to filibustering the Gang-of-Eight amnesty bill will be viewed as a vote in favor of Amnesty... PERIOD!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This Gang-of-Eight Amnesty bill can't be fixed and it should not be debated. The sooner you kill this fraudulent immigration legislation, the sooner you can enact real immigration reform. Kill it now! Vote "no" on cloture or any motion to proceed.</span>ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-64191977335711497362013-06-07T09:28:00.000-07:002013-06-07T09:28:29.746-07:00Dee Perez -Scott's Top Ten -- Only in Progressive America <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: Arial Black;">Pretty sad, especially #1</span></em></span><span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial Black;"> TOP-10 "Only In America" Observations:<br /><br />10) Only in America…could<span> </span><br />politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a<span> </span><br />$35,000.00 a plate campaign fund-raising<span> </span><br />event.<br /><br />9) Only in America…could<span> </span><br />people claim that the government still<span> </span><br />discriminates against black Americans when they<span> </span><br />have a black President, a black Attorney General,<span> </span><br />and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is<span> </span><br />black while only 12% of the population is<span> </span><br />black.<br /><br />8) Only in America…could<span> </span><br />they have had the two people most responsible for<span> </span><br />our tax code, Timothy Geithner (the head of the<span> </span><br />Treasury Department) and Charles Rangel (who<span> </span><br />once ran the Ways and Means Committee),<span> </span><br />BOTH turn out to be tax cheats who are in<span> </span><br />favor of higher taxes.<br /><br />7) Only in America…can<span> </span><br />they have terrorists kill people in the name of<span> </span><br />Allah and have the media primarily react by<span> </span><br />fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the<span> </span><br />backlash.<br /><br />6) Only in America…would<span> </span><br />they make people who want to legally become<span> </span><br />American citizens wait for years in their home<span> </span><br />countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for<span> </span><br />the privilege, while they discuss letting<span> </span><br />anyone who sneaks into the country<span> </span><br />illegally just 'magically' become<span> </span><br />American citizens.<br /><br />5) Only in<span> </span><br />America…could the people who believe in<span> </span><br />balancing the budget and sticking by the<span> </span><br />country's Constitution be thought of as<span> </span><br />"extremists."<br /><br />4) Only in America…could<span> </span><br />you need to present a driver's license to cash a<span> </span><br />check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.<br /><br />3) Only in<span> </span><br />America…could people demand the<span> </span><br />government investigate whether oil<span> </span><br />companies are gouging the public because the<span> </span><br />price of gas went up when the return on equity<span> </span><br />invested in a major U.S. oil company (Marathon<span> </span><br />Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis<span> </span><br />shoes (Nike).<br /><br />2) Only in America…could<span> </span><br />the government collect more tax dollars from the<span> </span><br />people than any nation in recorded history, still<span> </span><br />spend a Trillion dollars more than it has<span> </span><br />per year - for total spending of<span> </span><br />$7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that<span> </span><br />it doesn't have nearly enough money.<br /><br />1) Only in America…could<span> </span><br />the rich people - who pay 86% of all income taxes<span> </span><br />- be accused of not paying their "fair share" by<span> </span><br />people who don't pay any income taxes at<span> </span><br />all.</span></span>ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-54651325384384748822013-06-02T16:53:00.001-07:002013-06-02T16:53:55.117-07:00Dee Perez-Scott --Obama overlooks the most important gun issue<div style="background: white;">
<b><i><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt;">“The single most important factor that has caused the political left to demand an end to private firearms ownership is that the underclass has, over the last fifty years, expanded exponentially, bringing with it an exponential increase in crime. Many of these criminals come from the single-parent families encouraged by the welfare system, a dysfunctional government give-away favored by the far left. The absence of fathers has led large numbers of children to seek gangs as a substitute for parenting not available at home. Not content with having created an entire class of welfare-bred criminals, the political left now seeks to protect this underclass by rendering ordinary citizens defenseless against crime perpetrated by these criminals.”</span></i></b><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">In sum, both blacks and whites are part of this criminal underclass, but, as Juan Williams points out, blacks, a 13% minority, are doing 54% of the killing and dying. That needs to be said.</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Why is this happening? According to Juan Williams, the out of wedlock birth rate for blacks is now 72%. This leads to more than 70% of black mothers being on welfare raising more than 70% of black children without fathers.</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 18pt;">Not so. The President of the United States recently invited the gangster rapper Jay-Z to his inauguration. Jay-Z is the black poster boy for the value system that Juan Williams says is destroying the black community. Inviting him to the presidential inauguration is, by implication, an endorsement of the mindlessness characteristic of Jay-Z and his supporters.</span></b><span style="color: black;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 26px;"><a href="http://cis.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=11002b90be7384b380b467605&id=10c32fff9a&e=52e4fa741c" style="color: #336699; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><strong>Is the Gang of Eight Plan “Amnesty”?</strong></a><br /><span style="font-size: 18px;"><em>A study of other recent amnesties indicates that it is</em></span></span><br /> </h2>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">In 2012 Rhode Island offered what the state government and media outlets explicitly called a “tax amnesty”. The state even created the website<a href="http://www.taxamnesty.ri.gov/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.TaxAmnesty.ri.gov</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to promote it. The amnesty allowed certain taxpayers to pay overdue taxes plus seventy-five percent of interest due by November 15. The remaining interest and civil and criminal penalties were waived.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">The town of Huntington, N.Y., just completed a parking ticket program described as an amnesty by the town board, town supervisor, and local media. To qualify for the amnesty, past due tickets issued January 1, 2005, or later had to be paid by April 30, 2013. The person had to pay the ticket value plus any penalties, but could do so at a 40 percent discount.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">In 2009 Louisiana ran what the state itself called a “tax amnesty”, even setting up a “Tax Amnesty Website”. The media also referred to it as an amnesty. The program covered past due taxes from 2001 or later. If taxes owed and 50 percent of interest were paid during the two-month amnesty period, the remainder of the interest plus civil penalties were waived.</li>
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On his website promoting S.744, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) states that, “No one gets amnesty”. He argues that because the beneficiaries have to meet requirements and pay fines it is not an amnesty. He even states, “no undocumented immigrant is rewarded with anything”. Similarly, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) argued in a National Review opinion article, “This bill ensures that no illegal immigrant will be given amnesty or rewarded for illegal behavior.” When asked if the bill was amnesty in a recent interview Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) stated, “not at all.” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) also claimed in a recent interview that the bill is not amnesty.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fcffff; color: #202020; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px Arial; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fcffff; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px Arial; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fcffff; color: #202020; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px Arial; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fcffff; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px Arial; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Despite claims to the contrary, S.744 is similar to the tax and parking ticket amnesties discussed above. The normal penalty for being in the United States illegally is that the alien must leave the country. Under S.744 this penalty is set aside and illegal immigrants who arrived prior to January 1, 2012 are given legal status and can remain in the country. They must also pay a fee of $500 initially, and undergo a background check. Like all the amnesties discussed above, S.744 includes conditions and payments. If S.744 is not an amnesty, then none of the tax and parking ticket amnesties discussed above are amnesties, even though everyone involved with them considers the programs to be amnesties.</span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fcffff; color: #202020; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px Arial; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fcffff; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px Arial; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fcffff; color: #202020; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px Arial; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #fcffff; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px Arial; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">“The Schumer-Rubio immigration bill is an amnesty, and those who claim otherwise are not being honest with the American people,” said Steven Camarota, Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies.</span>ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-31357346291901792152013-05-01T15:16:00.000-07:002013-05-01T15:16:14.352-07:00Notorious GAng of Eight N Immigration Bill bodes ill for U.S. Population Growth -- Dee Perez-Scott Loves It!<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f7931e;"><span style="font-size: 48pt;">33 million!!!!!</span></span></strong></div>
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That's the number our analysts came up with after nearly two weeks deciphering the 844-page bill created by the "Senate Gang of Eight" to give amnesty to illegal aliens.</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">AMNESTY IS THE TROJAN HORSE .............................. FILLED WITH FAR WORSE DANGERS</span></strong></div>
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Unbelievably, the 11 million illegal aliens to be given work permits are merely the visible <span style="color: #c1272d;"><strong>Trojan Horse</strong></span>. As bad as that amnesty is, it is distracting the nation from the fact that inside the bill is something far worse than the amnesty -- WORK PERMITS FOR 22 MILLION FOREIGN CITIZENS in addition to the 11 million illegal aliens!</div>
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11 million + 22 million = 33 million.</div>
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<strong><span style="color: #c1272d;">And the 33 million is just the first 10 years. It looks like the bill possibly could dole out around 20 million lifetime work permits every decade after that.</span></strong> We're still working on those numbers.</div>
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33 million is the number that should start every conversation about the "comprehensive immigration reform" bill being rushed through the Senate Judiciary Committee by Chairman Pat Leahy (D-Vermont).</div>
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And it's the number that has to stop this bill before it can do unalterable damage to our country. No matter what your Members of Congress may think about giving an amnesty to 11 million, they can't possibly justify immediately over the next decade adding 33 million more potential competitors for scarce U.S. jobs.</div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">LIKE ADDING 20 LARGEST U.S. CITIES ............................ ALL OVER AGAIN</span></strong></div>
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Our cities, suburbs, towns and rural areas already have 20 million Americans who want a full-time job but can't find one.</div>
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It is hard to imagine what adding another 33 million foreign citizens with work permits would look like.</div>
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But try this:</div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #c1272d; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><strong>33 million is like adding an entire new city of New York, PLUS . . .</strong></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 14px;">
. . . adding duplicate cities of Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix and San Antonio, PLUS . . .</div>
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. . . also adding duplicate cities of San Diego, Dallas, San Jose, Jacksonville and Indianapolis, PLUS . . .</div>
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. . . finally adding duplicates of Austin, San Francisco, Columbus, Fort Worth, Charlotte, Detroit, El Paso, Memphis and Boston!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>
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If Congress passes this bill it would be <strong><span style="color: #c1272d;">like re-creating ALL of the Top 20 cities in the United States, filling them entirely with foreign citizens and giving them lifetime work permits to compete with America's struggling workers</span></strong> -- and in just 10 years time.</div>
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Must Washington fix our broken southern border? You bet.</div>
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Will the comprehensive immigration reform bill help? You bet it won’t.</div>
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The number one flaw of the bill is it starts by giving <a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/03/encouraging-lawful-immigration-and-discouraging-unlawful-immigration" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #123457; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">amnesty</a> to the unlawfully present population in the United States. As soon as the bill passes, those in the country contrary to U.S. immigration law are granted status to stay.</div>
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Amnesty immediately creates an incentive for illegal border crossings and overstays. Thus, the bill’s strategy would drive up the cost of securing the border. To make matters worse, the draft law states that anyone who was present in the U.S. before 2012 qualifies—creating massive opportunity for fraud, since there is no proof required that applicants have been here for several years.</div>
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While supporters of the bill trumpet its “border security” features, in reality, the law delivers nothing new—other than the promise of spending a lot more money and running up our debt.</div>
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The bill trashes fiscal discipline, exploiting “a loophole in the Budget Control Act (BCA) that allows Congress to <a href="http://blog.heritage.org/2013/04/19/immigration-bill-spending-a-trojan-horse/" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #123457; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">spend more than allowed</a> under the spending caps adopted in 2011.”</div>
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In other words, Washington is willing to draft a bounced check to justify an amnesty bill.</div>
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To make matters worse, there is very little likelihood that that Americans will get much for the next border security buck spent.</div>
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The Secretary of Homeland Security has repeatedly stated that our borders “have never been more secure.” In the past five years, the White House has never asked for this additional border security funding. Yet, this bill lavishes billions of additional spending on the department with no clear requirements on how the money is spent. At least $2 billion could legitimately be labeled the Secretary’s slush fund.</div>
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Supporters of the bill trumpet requirements to “certify” border security, yet its standards are in some ways weaker than existing law. Present law requires gaining “operational control” of the whole border, while this bill sets standards only for “high-risk” sectors. Since smuggling trails shift to where the security is not, even if the standards were attained in one area, the traffic would just go somewhere else.</div>
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In addition, the Department of Homeland Security has been trying unsuccessfully to define credible metrics for border security since 2004. Even if it had effective “triggers,” that does not guarantee a secure border. Border crossing conditions constantly change. Even if the goal is achieved, there is no guarantee it will stay that way.</div>
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We can do more to secure our borders. But we don’t need an amnesty bill and bogus border triggers to make our borders safe and sovereign. Nor does Washington need to throw more buckets of money toward border security.</div>
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Our government could cooperate more effectively with Mexico and the border states. Congress could <a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/01/immigration-reform-needs-problem-solving-approach-not-comprehensive-legislation" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #123457; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">modernize</a> our legal immigrant and non-immigrant programs, including effective temporary worker programs. The government could enforce our workplace and immigration laws.</div>
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In short, the promise of border security in this case is merely an excuse for a bloated bill that would promise anything to push amnesty, regardless of cost or practicality.</div>
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<b><i>By <u>Patrick J.. Buchanan<br />
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Barack says we need to have a conversation</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">about race in America ..</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Fair enough.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">But this time,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">it has to be a two-way conversation..</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">White America needs to be heard from,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">not just lectured to....</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">This time,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">the Silent Majority needs to have its convictions,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">grievances and demands heard.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">And among them are these:<br />
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First,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">America has been the best country on earth for black
folks.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">It was here that 600,000 black people,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">brought from Africa in slave ships,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">grew into a community of 40 million,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">were introduced to Christian salvation,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">and reached the greatest levels</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">of freedom and prosperity blacks have ever known..</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Jeremiah Wright ought to go down on his knees</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">and thank God he is an American.<br />
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Second,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">no people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">than white Americans.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Untold trillions have been spent since the '60s</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">and poverty programs designed</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">to bring the African-American community</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">into the mainstream.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Governments, businesses and colleges</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">have engaged in discrimination against white folks --</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">with affirmative action,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">contract set-asides and quotas --</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">to advance black applicants over white applicants.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">and individuals all over America</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">have donated their time and money to support</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">soup kitchens, adult education, day care,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">retirement and nursing homes for blacks.<br />
We hear the grievances.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Where is the gratitude??<br />
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Barack talks about new 'ladders of opportunity' for blacks.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Let him go to Altoona ?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">And Johnstown ,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">and ask the white kids in Catholic schools</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">how many were visited</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">lately by Ivy League recruiters handing out
scholarships</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">for 'deserving' white kids...?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Is white America really responsible</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">for the fact that the crime and incarceration rates</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">for African-Americans are seven times those of white
America ?</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Is it really white America 's fault that illegitimacy</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">in the African-American community has hit 70 percent</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">and the black dropout rate from high schools</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">in some cities has reached 50 percent?<br />
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Is that the fault of white America or,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">first and foremost,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">a failure of the black community itself?<br />
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As for racism,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">its ugliest manifestation is in interracial crime,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">and especially interracial crimes of violence.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Is Barack Obama aware</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">that while</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">white criminals choose black victims 3 percent of the
time,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">black criminals choose white victims 45 percent of the
time?<br />
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Is Barack aware</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">that black-on-white rapes are 100 times</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">more common than the reverse,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">that black-on-white robberies</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">were 139 times as common</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">in the first three years of this decade</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">as the reverse?<br />
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We have all heard</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">ad nauseam from the Rev. Al about Tawana Brawley,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">the Duke rape case and Jena .</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">And all turned out to be hoaxes.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">But about the epidemic of black assaults</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">on whites that are real,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">we hear nothing.<br />
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Sorry, Barack,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">some of us have heard it all before,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">about 40 years and 40 trillion tax dollars ago.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">This needs to be passed around because,</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">this is a message everyone needs to hear!!! </span></i></b></div>
<br />ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-81821778835198738682013-04-09T17:43:00.000-07:002013-04-21T09:51:01.651-07:00A New Statue for Dee Perez-Scott to Admire<br />
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ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-77157205517877626992013-01-31T15:54:00.000-08:002013-01-31T15:54:34.549-08:00Dee Perez-Scott gets it Baxkwards -- Again!Dee has become an advocate for the offspring of illegal aliens to permit them to join the armed forces. I have been an advocate for a 4 year enlistment as a minimum qualification for eligibility under the DREAM Act. College is not a substitute for service to our country as a form of redemption for the illegal acts of their parents. Moreover, the parents of these children should never be allowed to a pathway to citizenship. The ability to remain and work in this country would represent a major compromise on the part of those who would prefer to see them all systematically deported. Citizenship is and should be unacceptable in any immigration bill.ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-7495542387032028292013-01-31T15:36:00.000-08:002013-01-31T15:36:12.034-08:00Congress Threatens Personal Freedoms<span id="goog_1308566078"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a class="toc-anchor" href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="overview"></a><h2>
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As Barack Obama begins his second term in office, trust in the federal government remains mired near a historic low, while frustration with government remains high. And for the first time, a majority of the public says that the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms.<br />
<a href="http://www.people-press.org/files/2013/01/1-31-13-1.png"><img alt="1-31-13 #1" class="alignright size-full wp-image-20049743" height="311" src="http://www.people-press.org/files/2013/01/1-31-13-1.png" width="295" /></a>The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Jan. 9-13 among 1,502 adults, finds that 53% think that the federal government threatens their own personal rights and freedoms while 43% disagree.<br />
In March 2010, opinions were divided over whether the government represented a threat to personal freedom; 47% said it did while 50% disagreed. In surveys between 1995 and 2003, majorities rejected the idea that the government threatened people’s rights and freedoms.<br />
The growing view that the federal government threatens personal rights and freedoms has been led by conservative Republicans. Currently 76% of conservative Republicans say that the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms and 54% describe the government as a “major” threat. Three years ago, 62% of conservative Republicans said the government was a threat to their freedom; 47% said it was a major threat.<br />
By comparison, there has been little change in opinions among Democrats; 38% say the government poses a threat to personal rights and freedoms and just 16% view it as a major threat.<br />
People who say they have guns in their households continue to be more likely than those who do not to say that the government is a threat to their personal rights and freedoms. About six-in-ten (62%) in gun-owning households see the government as a threat, compared with 45% of those without guns; this gap is no larger today than it was three years ago.<br />
The survey finds continued widespread distrust in government. About a quarter of Americans (26%) trust the government in Washington to do the right thing just about always or most of the time; 73% say they can trust the government only some of the time or volunteer that they can never trust the government. Explore a Pew Research interactive on <a href="http://www.people-press.org/2013/01/31/trust-in-government-interactive/">Public Trust in Government: 1958-2013</a>.<br />
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I would argue that much of this is due to the unAmerican influence of organisation's like La Razaand its members like Dee Perez-Scott who placea everything except La Raza in distant second place. Their lack loyalty to American is obvious from all of their writings and positions. When was the last time any of them thought about or questioned the effect of our rising population <br />
ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-62329953786526008492012-08-02T09:25:00.000-07:002012-08-02T09:30:00.836-07:00Dee Perez-Scott: The Limits of Immigration and PropagationEven Dee Perez-Scott should appreciate the in-depth, multi-part series on global population growth in the Lost Angeles Times. The series, by Kenneth Weiss , touches briefly on U.S. population growth, which is the fastest in the developed world, and hints at immigration and migration factors. Hopefully, the series will cause some people to question why the United States sets such a poor example for the rest of the world by forcing U.S. population growth at a time when other countries are desperate to stabilize.<br />
As most people know, it is rare for today's media to take a careful look at any kind of population issues. In particular, the media have failed in its duty to inform the public regularly and repeatedly on the causes, consequences and limits of population growth in America. As is article points out, there are limits to such finite natural resources as water, arable land and minerals and therefore the more people there are, the more poverty and hunger there will be. In the U.S., a declining standard of living, already in evidence, and a reduction in the quality of life will be among the results for the common people who cannot affluent to live in a gated communities or enjoy the other material things affluence can provide.<br />
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But there will be people like Dee who will turn a blind eye to this trend as long as they can avoid all but the imperceptible consequences of population growth driven by inane immigration and tax policies. They will not wake up until it is too late.<br />
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To read the full series see<br />
<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/population/"><href nationworld="nationworld" news="news" population="population" world="world" www.latimes.com="www.latimes.com">Beyond 7 Billion</href></a>ultimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2570110401685103625.post-12221555380491340662012-07-08T08:15:00.000-07:002012-07-08T08:41:47.527-07:00Dee Perez-Scott: Cosby speaks to you!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English.
I can't even talk the way these people talk:
Why you ain't,
Where you is,
What he drive,
Where he stay,
Where he work,
Who you be...
And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk.
And then I heard the father talk.
Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth.
<b><i>In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living.
People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around.
The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal.
These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids.
$500 sneakers for what?</i></b>
And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics.
I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit.
Where were you when he was 2?
Where were you when he was 12?
Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn't know that he had a pistol?
And where is the father? Or who is his father?
People putting their clothes on backward:
Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong?
People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn't that a sign of something?
Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all type of needles [piercing] going through her body?
What part of Africa did this come from??
We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans; they don't know a thing about Africa .......
I say this all of the time. It would be like white people saying they are European-American. That is totally stupid.
I was born here, and so were my parents and grandparents and, very likely my great grandparents. I don't have any connection to Africa, no more than white Americans have to Germany, Scotland, England, Ireland, or the Netherlands. The same applies to 99 percent of all the black Americans as regards to Africa ... So stop, already! ! !
With names like Shaniqua, Taliqua and Mohammed and all of that crap ........... And all of them are in jail.
Brown or black versus the Board of Education is no longer the white person's problem.
We have got to take the neighborhood back.
People used to be ashamed. Today a woman has eight children with eight different 'husbands' -- or men or whatever you call them now.
We have millionaire football players who cannot read.
We have million-dollar basketball players who can't write two paragraphs. We, as black folks, have to do a better job.
Someone working at Wal-Mart with seven kids, you are hurting us.
We have to start holding each other to a higher standard.
We cannot blame the white people any longer.'<br />
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Dr.. William Henry 'Bill' Cosby, Jr., Ed..D.<br />
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