One of the most alarming effects of the Schumer-Rubio amnesty, if enacted in anything close to its current form, would be the legalization of tens of thousands of illegal aliens who have already been a public safety threat in their community. The eligibility criteria established for the amnesty and most of the new guestworker provisions excuse a wide variety of criminal behavior, including gang membership, drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter, identity theft, and immigration fraud (see this analysis). In addition, the bill offers amnesty to those who have repeatedly and flagrantly violated immigration laws.
… opponents are gearing up to flood Congress with calls condemning any legislation that allows illegal immigrants to gain legal status or citizenship.
The same tactic helped defeat immigration reform the last time lawmakers considered passing bills in 2006 and especially 2007, when a flood of angry calls shut down the switchboard in Congress. …
Most of you are the descendents of immigrants who came to this great nation legally, who built decent lives by living according to decent values, and passed those values unto you. Your ancestors assimilated. Most of you were raised to believe that the American dream is the chance — the opportunity — to achieve your full potential by working hard, being honest, treating people as you would have them treat you, believing in the common sense law of the land (based on the Constitution), having core values, and having faith, all to build a better life for yourself, your family, your friends, your community, your nation, and even the whole world. Your conscientious legal citizenship — your patriotism — is about to be thrown in the trash.
After multiple scandals — using the IRS as a political weapon, covering up Americans being killed in Benghazi — the Obama administration may have just put the last nail in its own political coffin. The President has alienated a key ally: the mainstream media. According to the Yahoo! News:
Exactly ten days ago, President Barack Obama was piously telling reporters who cover him that free speech and an independent press are “essential pillars of our democracy.” On Monday, the Associated Press accused his administration of undermining that very pillar by secretly obtaining two months’ worth of telephone records of AP reporters and editors. …
The latest revelations are sure to pour fuel on the fire of Republican-driven Richard Nixon comparisons. They come in the wake of revelations that the IRS may have improperly scrutinized the tax-exempt status of conservative, tea party-linked groups. This might, in order words, not be a great time to announce a groundbreaking trip to China.
And the news threatens to pile fresh political woes on a second term already burdened by a painful gun-control defeat, a seemingly stalled economic agenda, and Republican rage at the botched response to the Sept. 12, 2012 terrorist attack that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. …
For a long time, many have suspected that Obama has made “the US media its mouthpiece.” Perhaps the “US media” wanted to be Obama’s mouthpiece — until they got targeted. The AP wasn’t too happy, according to NBC:
… In a letter of protest to Attorney General Eric Holder, [AP President and CEO Gary] Pruitt called [sic] said obtaining more than two months of AP phone records on 20 separate telephone lines without prior notice was a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into news-gathering operations. …
CNN is covering the story. MSNBC reported that the Obama administration’s actions against the AP:
… also drew a swift rebuke Monday from members of Congress and freedom of the press watchdogs, one of whom called the move ‘Nixonian.’ …
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, vowed to investigate.
“This is obviously disturbing,” he said. Coming in the wake of other disclosures about the administration’s response to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and the IRS’s targeting of conservative nonprofit groups, he said it showed “top Obama administration officials increasingly see themselves as above the law and emboldened by the belief that they don’t have to answer to anyone.”
Rep. Issa hit the nail on the head: “top Obama administration officials increasingly see themselves as above the law and emboldened by the belief that they don’t have to answer to anyone.” With the pileup of scandals, Obama will surely lose the trust of the majority of the American people.
am·nes·ty (am-nuh-stee) an act of forgiveness for past offenses, especially to a class of persons as a whole.
Synonym: par·don (pahr-dn) a release from the penalty of an offense; forgiveness of a serious offense or offender; to release (a person) from liability for an offense; to remit the penalty of (an offense)
Led by Senator Marco Rubio, the “Gang of Eight” is attempting to hide the fact that their “comprehensive immigration reform” bill would provide amnesty for illegal aliens and their employers.
Rubio argues that illegal aliens would not be forgiven of past, harmless infractions, but would be required to pay for them. However, a review of the bill shows that the token penalties, when they do exist, are not commensurate with the employment-related felonies committed by the vast majority of illegal aliens, nor are they commensurate with the benefits received by illegal aliens. The penalties are, therefore, no more than thinly veiled attempts to hide the amnesty provisions of S. 744.
Here, you can thank those senators who voted yesterday against the destruction of the Second Amendment via phone, email, Twitter, and Facebook. These senators deserve our continual support. They acted as they should because “Upon taking office, senators-elect must swear or affirm that they will ‘support and defend the Constitution.’” Even though the Second Amendment is quite clear to many Americans, as it succinctly states that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed,” there are extremists who care nothing about our great nation’s founding principles. But these pro-Second Amendment senators stepped up to the plate for gun rights full-well knowing that they will be targeted by special interest groups for being “soft” on gun control.
Senators Joe Manchin (R) and Pat Toomey (D) today announced a so-called “compromise” bill/amendment which they claim would increase gun safety through improving “background checks,” but is in truth a flawed piece of legislation, WHICH IS WHY YOU SHOULD ACT NOW TO STOP THE MEASURE (or click here for more options). The title of their bill is Orwellian: “The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act.” It is double-speak, as their measure infringes on the Second Amendment — it doesn’t “protect” anything. It will in fact push the U.S. towards the establishment of a national gun registry, the eventual effect of which will be the possibility of gun confiscation.
“Under an amendment in the bill to HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), you could have your guns taken away because your private shrink thinks you’re ‘dangerous’ and could send your name directly to the FBI Instant Check system.”
As I read news reports of congressional efforts to forge agreement on immigration reform, I have the queasy feeling that in their determination to get something done our elected representatives will repeat the mistakes of 1986.
That was the year when Congress passed the poorly named Immigration Reform and Control Act. Now, I fear, they will once again pass a law that will deliver sweeping legalization while failing to deliver credible worksite enforcement.
Why exactly is President Obama going to Israel? A variety of theories have been advanced as to why he is making the trip now and what might be accomplished.
Some have suggested that Obama needs to reassure Israel, to hold their hands and tell them that the US-Israeli relationship is special. This suggests that Obama cares about Israeli feelings, at least in the sense that positive sentiments advance policy goals, and that Israelis might be thus comforted by his presence. But the record of bad relations between Obama and Netanyahu is too long, and the fact that Obama is on record saying that Israelis don’t know what is best for them, whereas he does, has mitigated whatever good vibrations he might spread now.
Waves of Islamic fundamentalism have engulfed Russia; the Kremlin continues to woo the Islamists with Hamas among them
By Alexander Maistrovoy
Following prayers at the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, during his visit in February 2010, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal admitted that, in the Council of Muftis of Russia, it felt like home. While his statement probably pleased Russian leaders, in reality these words should have alerted them. Whether it was Mashaal’s intention or not, this acknowledgment could be perceived as a prophecy: The dawn of Islamic fundamentalism in the northern superpower.
Islam is the second religious denomination in Russia after the Orthodox Church. According to the official census, there are about 15 million Muslims — 10% of the population — in Russia. The Spiritual Board of Muslims claims 20 million. Most of these Muslims are concentrated in the North Caucasus (Chechens, Ingush people, etc.) and in the Volga region (Tatars, Bashkirs, Chuvash people, etc.). The natural growth of Muslims is traditionally higher than that of rest of the population.
Successful activism involves lobbying your elected representatives, but sometimes the most effective means is economic action. Pro-gun supporters have been fighting back against the current wave of anti-gun legislation being pushed on Americans by national and state “activists.” Individuals and groups have been using the democratic process by contacting their state and federal representatives, circulating petitions, and holding rallies. You can get involved by using the resources netwmd.com has collected below. Gun-related manufacturers really may put the hurts on anti-gun “progressives” this way:
The list of companies that have stopped selling firearms and ammunition to law enforcement agencies in states that are restricting the Second Amendment has more than doubled since Wednesday and is more than five times larger than just one week ago. There are 44 companies on our list, with more being added as we receive notification. Here are the additions since Wednesday:
In the video shown below, FOX News’ Judge Jeanine Pirro talked with Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. who “warned that enforcing any gun laws that would deprive Americans of the right to bear arms could lead to a second American revolution.” Pirro and Clarke were joined by Stephen Halbrook, the “outside counsel to the NRA.” Clarke said he wouldn’t assist federal agents who may try to confiscate the guns of American citizens. Halbrook, a constitutional expert, maintained that gun registration is “prohibited by law” and stated that “registration means confiscation.” He cited legal precedent to back his claims that registration is illegal. All three spoke of President Obama’s disastrous “Fast and Furious” program. A topic of discussion was the fact that Chicago is experiencing unprecedented violence under a police chief who “doesn’t have any answers,” according to Clarke. He insisted that Chicago’s police chief was “going on a tirade” to “blame law-abiding gun owners for all the carnage and bloodshed that’s going on in Chicago.” Note that Chicago’s mayor is Rahm Emanuel, a close associate of Obama. This video is definitely worth watching:
“Obama doesn’t want to make a deal with Republicans. His fear-mongering is part of a concerted plan that extends far beyond the sequester crisis: to obliterate the Republican Party as a viable force in American political life.”
So say “Two prominent Democratic pollsters — Patrick Caddell and Doug Schoen,” according to Newsmax Wires. They “are criticizing President Barack Obama as harshly as any Republican.” They are part of an increasingly restive segment of the Democratic Party unhappy with Obama.
Caddell and Schoen aren’t holding back in their criticism of their party’s leader, concentrating their disdain on Obama because of his divisive tactics:
Polls show that 1) most Americans prefer making it harder for illegal aliens to enter the U.S., 2) most Americans oppose granting millions of illegals amnesty, and 3) most Americans believe that illegals place a great strain on the U.S. economy — especially during a time of tepid economic growth. Just look at a summary of 12 public opinion polls on immigration here and here. If readers want to wade through pages of polling information about Americans’ general opposition to opening the flood-gates to illegal immigration, click here. Given that public opinion is against illegal immigration, why have 4 Democrats and 4 Republicans — the so-called “Gang of 8″ — chosen to ignore the peoples’ will? Note that the Gang of 8 is a group of compromise-at-all-cost weasels, namely Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.). If you oppose their disastrous proposed legislation for “immigration reform,” click on this link, fill in your email address, name, street address, zip code, and phone number, and the letter shown below will be faxed for free to President Obama and your two federal senators. You can select from a bunch of differently worded letters, too, making this tool all the more effective. This one-step marvel of activism is courtesy of NumbersUSA Action. Here’s one of the choices of faxes that can be sent:
Those interested in or advocating “comprehensive immigration reform” should examine the thoroughly researched, well-documented findings of a federal commission that spent more than five years — and numerous hearings — dealing with exactly that subject.
This was the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, created by Congress as part of the Immigration Act of 1990.1 The Commission had impressive credentials, access to millions in federal funds, and was served by a highly competent staff. It had four Democratic appointees and four Republican ones, and with three chairs who were, in turn, a then-member of the College of Cardinals, a former member of the U.S. House of Representative, and a former member of the president’s cabinet.
Why should Obama bother listening to anyone? His head is in the clouds and he believes he knows what’s best for all us plebeians. In his fantasy world, he ignores the research of his own highly-paid legal staff:
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