Rubio Ruined By Voting For Shamnesty Bill

It's official.  Marco Rubio and Kelly Ayotte are BOTH traitors to all of the TEA Party Patriots who helped them get elected.  What is with these people???  They haven't even been in the Senate that long, but they have already been brain-dirtied by the RINOS and Demoncraps!!!  This amnesty bill is a nasty bill!!  What were they thinking???

Sarah Palin gets to the heart of the matter:

Sarah Palin        ✔ @SarahPalinUSA

"Obama Calls Rubio to Congratulate Him on Immigration Reform" http://shar.es/xLWXm  ...Hope it was worth 30 pieces of silver.

Excerpt:

Sarah Palin certainly doesn’t mince words when criticizing President Obama, but there’s something particularly stinging about the former vice presidential candidate calling out the man who was once on the short list for 2016. That photo of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hugging Sen. Marco Rubio following the Senate’s vote on immigration reform is destined to feature in countless campaign ads against Rubio; at least today’s thank you phone call from President Obama wasn’t caught on film.<

 

Hat tip: Twitchy.com




Hat tip: J. Bell of TEA Party Community.com


More posts on this issue:

The Daily Caller

Senate immigration bill is a boondoggle

 

Excerpt:

 

But the biggest problem with the bill is the way its authors seem to have ignored the economic impact amnesty will have on law-abiding, taxpaying citizens for decades to come.
I don’t believe the Gang of Eight’s claim that this plan will be deficit neutral, despite the recent Congressional Budget Office estimate. After all, when was the last time the government correctly estimated the cost of legislation? Common sense suggests that the tax revenue collected from the newly legalized low-wage workers will not offset the cost of the benefits to which they will be legally entitled. According to a recent Heritage Foundation study, the bill would cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion. And even the CBO concluded that the bill would decrease wages and increase the unemployment rate, at least in the short term.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/29/senate-immigration-bill-is-a-boondoggle/#ixzz2Xcs0Noxp

 

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SENATE AMNESTY BILL
- Socialist Schumer Hearts RINO Rubio and McRINO
- House GOP's Flay Senate Bill
- If Enacted, You're Fired

 

Hat tip:  Commieblaster.com

Criminals Are Running the Government

I KNEW in my heart of hearts, my mind, and in my soul that the moment I heard that Obama had made the sudden and unexpected decision to put National Guard troops at the Mexican border, it was going to be used as some sort of diversion, Alinsky tactic, or distraction. Gateway Pundit has the story:

Figures. Obama Knew Arizona Immigration Law Would Be Challenged When He Announced 1,200 Guard Troops Would Be Sent to the Border Today
posted by Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit - 56 minutes ago
Ace of Spades nailed it. The Obama Administration announced today that they would send 1,200 National Guard troops to the Mexican border. Ace said it was just cover for the Administration so that they coul...

My comment there:

The moment I heard about Obama sending the National Guard troops to the border, something told me that there HAD to be an ulterior motive. Thanks for revealing it here and cementing my suspicions.

We can’t trust ANYTHING that this corrupt administration does!

And – excellent comment wanumba! You wrote:

“The highest law enforcer in the land is trying to undermine the legal process.”

I agree – 100%!

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Here is wanumba's entire comment:

wanumba May 25th, 2010 10:20 pm #6

Holder knows damn well there’s nothing wrong with the law. The heavy breathing is stalling. Meanwhile he’s busy influencing public opinion, while Democrats and Open Borders advocates try to whip up hysteria, with deliberately provocative words like “racist.” They want to have the law repealed by force of mob, by terror, because they do not have legal grounds on which to contest it.

The highest law enforcer in the land is trying to undermine the legal process.

This commenter nails it, too:

jonyjoe101
May 25th, 2010 10:37 pm #9
I feel like all the criminals are running the government. There are 2 Americas the patriots and the liberals.

The liberals are anti-Constitution, anti-Christian anti-gun, antiwar, pro-abortion, pro-gay, pro-amnesty for illegals, and they are in power.

I think it will take a state to secede from the union to restore law and order. The states will have to jump ship and go on there on, otherwise everyone is going to go down with the ship. The state of the union is not good.

I wonder in 1930’s Germany when they elected Hitler if anyone had second thoughts, everyone eventually went down with the ship there. There where a lot of weirdos with crazy eyes in that government.

Hat Tip: Gateway Pundit

Update: Hat Tips to the Gateway Pundit commentators too! (Thanks for the reminder, Al!)

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Update:

Like this comment (and link!) too:

Sojourner
May 26th, 2010 | 8:46 am | #34
… ‘a team of radical Obama Justice Department attorneys recommended that the U.S. government challenge the Arizona state immigration law…good.
The sooner these open border, global governance shills file legal action against Gov. Brewer’s SB 1070 the better.
Americans can see November from their porch & ‘polling reveals an overwhelming public aversion to illegal immigration, with opposition reaching up to 70%. The Democrats might be better-advised to run on a platform calling for more child abuse.’

AM THINK’s excellent read, on immigration, election &’ smart strategy, intelligently worked-out media tactics, and a refusal to play the left’s game that will carry us across the finish line:’

Anerican Thinker: Illegals And The Election

(File soon, Holder.. conservatives will win bigger in the House and put the Senate within reach to boot.. file soon.)

Gang-Linked San Fran Sanctuary Murder Case

After watching the gut-wrenching interview between Megan Kelly and Danielle Bologna whose husband and two sons were murdered by an illegal alien who should have been deported, but was not because of this horrible illegal alien/sanctuary city situation in San Francisco; I wanted to share the consequences of such a stupid, ILLEGAL policy with all readers here on this blog. Please watch that video (link above - find the video in the group called "I Want Justice"). It will break your heart for this woman!

Excerpt on this topic from Michelle Malkin's blog.

San Francisco Chronicle’s Jaxon Van Derbeken, who has done a great job uncovering San Fran’s illegal-alien-crack dealer shuttle service, has now linked one of the sanctuary policy’s underage wards to a particularly heinous crime:

The man charged with killing a father and two sons on a San Francisco street last month was one of the youths who benefited from the city’s long-standing practice of shielding illegal immigrant juveniles who committed felonies from possible deportation, The Chronicle has learned.

Edwin Ramos, now 21, is being held on three counts of murder in the June 22 deaths of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16. They were shot near their home in the Excelsior district when Tony Bologna, driving home from a family picnic, briefly blocked the gunman’s car from completing a left turn down a narrow street, police say.

Ramos, a native of El Salvador whom prosecutors say is a member of a violent street gang, was found guilty of two felonies as a juvenile - a gang-related assault on a Muni passenger and the attempted robbery of a pregnant woman - according to authorities familiar with his background.

This is what the feel-good Sanctimony City policies bring upon their law-abiding citizens–and on the rest of the country. San Francisco had two opportunities to deport a violent felon with (if you’ll read a little further in the article) ties to the MS-13 gang, and they didn’t do it. They can’t even plead incompetence–the sanctuary policy worked exactly as it was intended.

The City of San Francisco wanted to keep criminal illegal alien juveniles like Edwin Ramos in San Francisco–or, at least, somewhere inside the United States. They were willing to frustrate a federal law to do so. And a devastating, preventable triple murder occurred because of their policy.

HT: Michele Malkin

Radical Islamic Narco-Terrorism in the U.K.

For those who have been following the plight of blogger named Lionheart, I want to share some additional links to several blogs.

The first one is a blog that is scheduled to do a blog radio interview with him on January 17th and 18th, 2008. The blog's name is 1389 Blog - Antijihadist Tech

That blog is about exposing what is happening in the U.K. regarding the infiltration of radical Islamists and the litigation jihad, blog censorship, counterjihad, and censorship that has placed citizens like Lionheart in danger.

[Please note: This post is NOT ABOUT NON-RADICALIZED, PEACEFUL PEOPLE OF THE MUSLIM FAITH!!!]

Now, there are some bloggers who are questioning Lionheart's affiliation with questionable groups. I have come to the conclusion that this was the result of a misunderstanding which escalated into a blog spat between a well know blogging community and Lionheart.

Admittedly, my knowledge about all that has transpired is limited. This is all new to me, people. [Note: I am open to comments and/or corrections].

But when I heard about Lionheart and started researching his case on the internet, I must tell you that it certainly appears to me that his plight is genuine. I am learning more and more about his desperate situation each day. His decision to be a whistleblower about what is happening in the U.K. and the danger being heaped upon the citizens there by those involved in radical Islam is wrecking havoc upon Lionheart's homeland. Because of absurd "hate speech" laws in the U.K., it has ended up costing him his freedom of speech rights as well as his freedom of religion rights. What's worse is that because of the added threat of arrest, he had to leave his homeland!


Past interviews:
Lionheart was interviewed by Atlas Shrugs last year. Listen to the interview here. [Note: Lionheart's interview starts about 5 - 10 minutes into the show.]

You can also read a great post at Right Truth.

Atlas Shrugs has a blog post about Lionheart's pending arrest. Be sure to read the comments there, too.

This morning, I read an interesting section in John MacArthur's "The Truth War" book. Here's the excerpt that I thought was related to this situation:

In England, where the reigning monarch is titular head of the Anglican Church, one of the important subsidiary titles that goes with the crown is "Defender of the Faith." (The common abbreviation appears on all British coins as FD, for fidei defensor.) In all candor, almost none of England's monarchs have really deserved such a label or taken the duty very seriously. In fact, the formal title dates back to the time of of Henry VIII, a man for whom the title was ludicrous - because his lifestyle was notoriously sinful, memorable mostly for his shoddy treatment of several successive wives.

Prince Charles, current heir apparent, announced in 1994 that he would prefer to tweak the title so as not to elevate Christianity over Islam, Hinduism, or Wicca: "I personally would rather see it as Defender of Faith, not the Faith," he said. In a verbal cascade of perfect postmodern eloquence, the prince went on to say that he views himself as a defender "of the divine in existence, the pattern of the divine which is, I think, in all of us but which, because we are human beings, can be expressed in so many different ways."

When you listen to the results of this unfortunate open door policy given to Islam in the U.K. (via the interview with Lionheart and Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs -link above), you will see what a serious mistake that Prince Charles' decision really was!

MacArthur continues:

Prince Charles's discomfort with the kingly title is an exact parallel to what has happened in the evangelical movement. After years of neglecting to defend the faith, many evangelicals now simply refuse the duty. They have become uncomfortalbe with the whole idea of militancy in defense of the truth. They have in effect embraced the postmodern axiom that dialogue is morally superiour to debate, a conversation is inherently more edifying than a controversy, and fellowship is always better than a fight.

Can you see the not-so-subtle parallels between heresy's invasion into the true gospel of Jesus Christ and Lionheart's plight in the U.K. in fighting against the invasion of the narco-terrorists of Islam and their goals of domination, repression of other religions, and desire to instill shari'a law?

Read the following excerpt from the Right Truth blog. It is a good summary in case you are unfamiliar with what is happening in the U.K.:

Islamist rule over the UK may, alarmingly, be on its way. Today, the British police want to question and/or arrest the British blogger known as Lionheart. His crime? Turning his life around as a young school dropout and petty drug dealer and emerging as a believing Christian who opposes the drug plague in his hometown of Luton and who views the Pakistani Islamist and al-Qaeda control of the drug trade in Luton as both criminally and politically dangerous. For this, Lionheart has been charged with “stirring up racial hatred”—which is a crime in the UK.

Yes, Luton—where the 7/7 suicide bombers, Omar Bakri, and the hook-handed Abu Hamza of the Finsbury Park Mosque all came from. In fact, according to Lionheart, one of his supporters is Glen Jenvey, the man who helped imprison Abu Hamza and aided in the expulsion of Omar Bakri from Great Britain.

Interestingly, Dr. Ehrenfeld was sued because she documented that the Saudi billionaire was funding terrorism and that Islamist terrorists are funding their diabolic deeds by selling narcotics. The phrase: “narco-terrorism” is Ehrenfeld’s.

Lionheart, whose real name is Paul, documents the extent to which this is true on the ground. He writes about the massive number of Pakistani Muslim drug dealers in his hometown of Luton who addict British youth and whose profits fuel expensive lifestyles, paramilitary organizations, suicide terrorism, and religious hate speech against Jews, Christians, and the West. Ironically, what is said in mosques and madrassas and on protest marches all over the UK is never considered to constitute a “racially” motivated hate crime. As George Orwell understood, not all pigs are equal.

Oh yes. These Islamist groups also raise money by sexually enslaving girls and women. The largest opium fields in the world are currently in Afghanistan. Al-Qaeda, The Taliban, and Pakistani Islamists are selling what becomes heroin and crack cocaine to the West.

Paul/Lionheart started working with the police and with vulnerable children. He gave evidence that led to a one year jail sentence for one such drug dealer. Because some police officers are, allegedly, corrupt, Paul’s name was given to the drug dealer as the “informant.” Paul fled after receiving credible death threats. Now, he himself faces possible arrest.

Be sure to click on the link to the Right Truth blog and read the interview there with Lionheart.

Lionheart has chosen to be a warrior in the defense of his country from being overtaken by radical Islamic rule. This is serious stuff, folks! He is an individual (Christian convert) who is willing to pay a huge price to defend and fight for truth in his country.

I hope that people reading this blog will now see the seriousness of the threat of global Islamofascism.

This coming election is going to be so important. We MUST elect a new president who understands this global threat and who is willing to do whatever is necessary to protect our nation and people. Our presidential choice must be vigilant in fighting the threats from not only radical Islamic terrorism, but also the slow, subtle, freedom-killing infiltration by radicals into our nation whose goal is to take it over for radical Islam.

Don't be fooled into complacency. There will never be a truce in radical Islam's war against the West. The enemy is relentless.

Unfortunately, the U.K. was lulled into a false sense of security. They opened up their land and over the course of 13? (just a guess) years since Prince Charles made his unwise postmodern pronouncement, the world can see what giving up the defense of the faith of Christianity, open borders and unregulated immigration has wrought upon their country. We cannot make the same political mistakes and let this happen in the United States of America!


Hat Tips:

Lionheart

1389 Blog - Antijihadist Tech

Atlas Shrugs

Right Truth

Bush Backs Mexican Rapist-Murderer and World Court

When are the American people going to wake up to the fact that BOTH parties are selling America down the road to Marxist and Globalist slavery, And you fools think this is not a conspiracy! Bush is a phony Christian, a phony conservative and an elitist Rockefeller Republican/Globalist. He is a lying Trilateralist mole!
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I never thought that I would ever agree with the above statement. However, when I listened to the Rick Roberts talk radio show this morning and heard the details about this topic, on this issue (as with illegal immigration in general) I definitely feel that President Bush has blown it big time.

If you could have heard what I heard when Rick interviewed the father of these two girls who were brutally raped, tortured and murdered by this illegal alien who is without a doubt a son of Satan, then you would probably be as outraged as I am today.

This made me so angry!! It made me sad!! It made me feel helpless to combat the powers that be which are, one by one, attempting to destroy the sovereignty of our nation.

There are many more articles to read at the WND website. All I can say is God help us!!!

You can listen to Rick's broadcast at his website.

I agree with Rick's rant, I Want Our Country Back!

He gives permission to post the transcript on any blog, so here goes:

“I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!”-
By Rick Roberts - 760 KFMB AM

I don’t mean to go off on a rant here, but here’s the bottom line, I want my country back.

I want my kids to be able to walk to the store or walk to school without being abducted by some 3-time convicted child molester. And the politically correct powers that be in this country just can’t seem to get over themselves with “CAN’T WE JUST HELP THIS PERSON!” No! You can’t. But they’re let loose to prey on more children.

I want my kids back. I want my country back.

I don’t agree with everything this President does. I’ve never agreed with anything 100% that any President has done or said.

You know, I was very young during the Vietnam War. So I probably missed that thing by a hair. I don’t know whether I would have agreed with that or not at the time. I was too stupid to have an opinion at that point and time even though I thought I did.

I want my country back.

I want some semblance of respect for authority, whether I agree with it all or not.

I want the Boy Scouts to be “boy” scouts, not boy and “we think she’s a girl” scouts. I want Girl Scouts to be “girl” scouts not Girl Scouts and “Bruce.”

I want my country back.

I want to be able to wake up in the morning knowing that I can walk outside without some gang-banger on parole taking my life.

Or being able to go down and purchase a car without having to worry about you know 90% of the parts being made overseas in some sweatshop.

I want my politicians, when they finally do get my vote, to do what the hell they said they were going to do in the first place.

I want the Abramoff’s of the world to be labeled what they [are]…nothing more than organized crime in a better suit.

I want the Hollywood elite to make movies to entertain me. Not use their celebrity to sway me politically one way or the other.

Quite honestly, if you’re a has-been-pseudo-celebrity I want you to go away quietly, so that I can remember you fondly through your “artiste work” that’s left in the archives.

I want people to say something and when they say something look at me in the eye. And mean what they say. Not say what they think I want to hear. And then do what they want to later politically or any other way.

I want to be able to go out and work and make a decent wage and buy a home. Half the people that are listening to me right now can’t even afford to buy a house unless they’re working three jobs.

And I want America to be America. All of those opportunities, all of those things that made her great, I want those returned to the forefront. If you want to come to this country we welcome you with open arms. We simply ask that you abide by our laws. I don’t want you to snub your nose at our laws, then take advantage of our opportunities, and then cling to the constitution most of which you can’t even read because you don’t speak the language.

I want us to secure our borders because the country is worth securing. The people that live here are worth protecting.

I want my country back. I want my children back.

I want some semblance of what this country used to be.

It’s worth protecting. It’s worth defending.

I don’t recognize this country anymore.

Not politically, not philosophically, not spiritually.

Whether you like it or whether you don’t, God was a part of building this great nation. To remove him is to take away the very foundation of what this country was all about.

I don’t care about your political correctness!

I don’t want to know your sexual preference!

I could care less about all of that. Stop making it the headline of the day!

That’s not America.

I want my country back!

And the only way I’m ever going to be able to get this country back is if I reach out to the brothers and the sisters that all feel the same way and we say “Hell No! You can’t have our country.”

It’s not for sale! Take the price tag off this country!

Take the price tag off the heads of our children!

Stop it already!

The politically-correct-psychobabble-hug-a-tree-experts ; You are not qualified to release sex offenders back into our neighborhoods.

The southern border, more than any other border, needs to be secured tomorrow. For all those that wish to come to this country to take advantage of her opportunity, to live under a constitution a living document that breathes in and out just like you do, this country is not for sale.

I should know. I’m one of the owners. You can’t sell it without my permission.

I want my country back!

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The only presidential candidate currently running to become the Republican nominee that I can safely say I agree with is Mike Huckabee. So far, he has my vote in the primary. Two other possibilities might be (still have to research all of their views...especially whether or not they are pro-life and traditional marriage advocates) Duncan Hunter or Tom Tancredo.

A DREAM? More Like A Nightmare!

Important message from Concerned Women for America:

Dear Friends,

Please call your Senators today at 202-224-3121!

The Senate is now considering the Department of Defense (DOD) Authorization bill. Since this bill is something that must pass, it is being used as a Christmas tree, where many Senators hang their decorations (amendments), and which, in many cases, have nothing to do with defense or our national security.

On Thursday, Senator Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) introduced the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM) as an amendment to the defense authorization bill. This legislation is a nightmare that extends amnesty to the millions of illegal aliens who entered the United States before the age of 16. The alien can then use his newly acquired status to seek green cards for the parents who brought him in illegally in the first place. This amendment has nothing to do with border security which absolutely must be our top priority. Please call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to oppose this amendment - it is not a DREAM for the U.S.

The Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act has been reintroduced as an amendment by Senators Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) and Gordon Smith (R-Oregon). In his explanation on why this legislation must be attached to the DOD Authorization, Senator Kennedy claimed that "hate crimes" are acts of domestic terrorism. Senator Kennedy's assertion flies in the face of the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report that shows bias-motivated crimes are on the decrease. Please call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and ask them to oppose this "hate crimes" amendment.

Action:

Please call your Senators (202-224-3121) and urge them to oppose the Dream Act amendment - it is not a DREAM for the U.S.
Please call your Senators (202-224-3121) and ask them to oppose the dangerous "hate crimes" amendment.
For additional information please read: H.R. 1592: An Assault on Equal Protection

Sincerely,

Mrs. Beverly LaHaye
Founder and Chairman

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Copy of article at above link:

H.R. 1592: An Assault on Equal Protection
Shari Rendall
April 26, 2007


The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution affords equal protection to every citizen under the law. This legislation would treat victims differently based on their class. Such laws do not equally protect all citizens.


The proposed categories of “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” in H.R. 1592 create special classes of victims based solely upon behavioral identification with a group of people. This means that a perpetrator could receive a harsher punishment for assaulting a homosexual man than for the same violent crime committed against a child.


“Hate crimes” laws politicize criminal law, leading to pressure on police and prosecutors to devote more of their limited resources to some cases at the expense of other crime victims’ cases. They also vastly expand the power and jurisdiction of the federal government to intervene in local law enforcement matters.


While the intent-based evaluation for murder examines intent and treats all criminals equally, “hate crimes” laws require an evaluation of a criminal’s thoughts and treats victims differently based on their identity. According to the FBI’s annual report on “hate crimes,” identifying feelings is beyond law enforcement’s ability and jurisdiction. The determination of thoughts and feelings involves enormous possibility of error. To maintain order and justice, government must judge actions — not feelings.


The most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report shows that bias-motivated crimes are on the decline. In fact, less than 17% of all law enforcement agencies reported a single hate crime in 2005. A total of only 1,171 “sexual orientation” bias crimes were reported (one-half of which were name-calling, pushing or shoving) — representing the largest and most consistent decrease of all bias-motivated crimes.


State criminal statutes already prosecute “hate crimes” to the fullest extent of their laws. In other words, existing laws are already working.

Top attorney backs Michael Savage against San Fran official

One of the nation's top civil rights attorneys has offered his assistance in suing a San Francisco city supervisor who attacked nationally syndicated radio talk-show host Michael Savage for his tough stance against illegal immigration.

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Excerpt:

[H]orowitz wrote: "This Sandoval fellow accused you of using 'defamatory language ... against immigrants.' Of course, this statement by Sandoval is slander. I have listened to your show. You are very complimentary of immigrants. In fact, you frequently mention that your parents were immigrants. The slander by Sandoval arises because he claims that your opposition to illegal entry into this country is somehow a stand against Hispanics. That is like saying that every Border Patrol agent and every Congress person is anti-immigrant because they don't condone illegal border crossing."

"I will back you, Michael, and file this lawsuit if you wish," concluded Horowitz.

The San Francisco government's proposed resolution condemning Savage is just the latest in a major, multifaceted – and largely unreported – effort both in and out of government to transform American talk radio. (bold mine)

The entire campaign, complete with details of battles against Rush Limbaugh, Savage and other top talkers, is revealed in-depth in the current edition of WND's monthly Whistleblower magazine, titled
THE WAR ON TALK RADIO."

San Francisco passes resolution condemning radio personality Michael Savage

S.F. CA.- Gerardo Sandoval introduced a resolution Tuesday condemning the “defamatory language used by radio personality Michael Savage against immigrants.” Sandoval’s resolution comes after Savage’s July 5 broadcast, during which he made a number of comments involving a group of students who were fasting to advocate for immigration policy change

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While driving back from Huntington Beach yesterday, I listened to a large portion of Michael Savage's radio program. Sometimes I just can't believe what this lunatic Sandoval in San Francisco gets away with!! The first that I heard about him was when he was front and center in the fight to get that Naval ship out of the S.F. port. He also made one of the most stupid statements I've ever heard!! He doesn't think that the U.S. should have a military...at all!!



How do ignorant loons like him ever get elected?? Are most of the liberal loonie voters in S.F. on drugs or what??



Now, we have this awful situation with radio talk show host Michael Savage. I'll tell you what...they picked on the wrong guy! If and when he makes the decision to counter-sue, he will follow through on his lawsuit against them and he, as well as free speech in this nation will win! He may have to get past the crazy 9th Circuit Court of appeals, but we know that he will keep his word (unlike many politicians these days) and go all the way to the Supreme Court if he needs to!

Note the following from Michael's website:

Iliberalism is not only a mental disorder it is fascist at its core.

This schmuck says my comments are "symbolic of hatred and racism." And they want the City to sue me for "symbolism." There is no basis in American Law for such a suit but the larger point is the astonishing hate speech this putz is engaging in. To stop OPINION by threatening legal action is akin to using the power of the State to control thought and speech. This is something out of Kafka and the ex-Soviet Union. Moreover, this illegitimi is working on behalf of a foreign government AGAINST an American Citizen. Does this constitute harassment against me? My attorney will soon answer this question as I ponder suing the City of San Francisco.



- Michael Savage

This is yet another example why "hate crimes" laws would be so dangerous to our free speech rights in America!!

This is just another example of the far left attempting to force the oxymoronically titled "Fairness Doctrine" down the throats of America's majority who listen to conservative radio.

Michael sees right through their sleezy, slimy, deceptive motives. He's willing to fight against their corrupt propaganda and stupid lawsuits. Even if you don't agree with everything that Mr. Savage says, every normal, rational, conservative American needs to stand by him on this particular issue.

A Jury Duty Experience

In my fourth call for jury duty within the last twelve years, this was the third time that I had made it to the panel for a trial. I wasn't slated for the jury, but let me back up a bit.

I arrived at 8:00 a.m., went through the usual routine to get into the courthouse. A young woman came up to the front of the room to instruct us through the orientation process. Then, one of the judges spoke for about 15 minutes. He stated that our being there wasn't a waste of time, how important our service is...blah...blah...blah!

Next, we viewed a video of all these smiling, former jurors who were explaining how exciting their jury duty experience was. I'll have to take them at their word. So far, I haven't made it to that point.

After all of the orientation instruction and the judge's speech, I settled down to finish reading my book. I didn't pick the best place to sit because two guys were watching (more like blasting) the history channel which just happened to be an episode about Attila the Hun. The description of all the blood and gore started to get to me. I was ready to move to the quiet room section, when the moderator came up to the podium and announced that 65 people have been chosen to go to Department 22 for a case.

Again, we waited. Once we got into the room, I was seated in the audience portion of the courtroom. Twenty-four people were seated in the jury box area.

Lovely...

It was already 11:15 a.m. and the lunch break was approaching. I knew that if the case wasn't settled by the lawyers through plea bargaining during the lunch hour, then we would all have to come back after lunch. Blah!

Once seated, I noticed that I was approximately 10 people away from going forward to the jury box area if, and when, any potential jurors already seated there were dismissed by the judge, prosecutor, or defense attorneys.

I wasn't enthusiastic about this case and there are several reasons why. The first reason was because the charges against the defendants were almost identical to those where our good friends and their son were the victims. I thought that if I had gotten up to the immediate jury panel, I would most definitely be dismissed once I revealed this fact.

The second reason was because of what I found out during the process of questioning.

Now, I know that I will probably get blasted by the liberals who read here for saying what I am about to say. So be it.

As the judge was giving instructions about this case, he mentioned that the jury panel should not allow the fact that the two young men (obviously of Mexican descent who are in need of, and utilizing, interpreters throughout the trial via an earphone system) to be used in judgment against them. He also said that the fact that one defendant is in prison garb should not prejudice us towards him.

The description of the charges involved the theft of a vehicle to commit a robbery at another residence.

Both before, and after lunch the long process of the judge asking questions of the jury panel continued. Later, one of the defense attorneys stood up and gave a little speech, then questioned a few of the jurors about their negative experiences concerning theft of vehicles as well as any other type of theft or crime that they had experienced.

It was interesting, though. The defense attorney worded her question during her speech (regarding that the defendants are to be viewed "innocent until proven guilty") in a bit of a startling way. Those whom she chose to answer that question outright were almost "trapped" into proclaiming that the two men are innocent.

However, when the prosecuting attorney stood up to speak to the panel, she emphasized the fact that the defendants are to be presumed innocent. There is quite a difference. And so, the lawyering began.

The lawyers on both sides took turns dismissing potential jurors. At one point, juror #2 wanted to know if he could ask the judge a question. The judge allowed it. He asked, "since these two men do not speak english and need interpreters, I wanted to know if I'm allowed to ask this..." The judge saw his hesitation and told him to go ahead and ask the question. The juror concluded, "are they illegal?"

Oh. My GOSH! You could just see the tension rise in that courtroom! Of course, being liberal California, the judge would not answer such a question and went ahead and shared ten minutes worth of gobbledy-gook about how the jurors are not to see such an assumption as "relevant" to this case. Frankly, I just tuned him out at that point.

O.K. Now you can call me a bigot. Call me intolerant. Call me an illegal alien basher.

I don't care!

What I see is a broken justice system.

If these two were illegal aliens,(which is probably most likely) the first thing done should have been immediate deportation! NOT take up the time of all of these people!!

I sat there wondering what the cost was to our state to try these illegal aliens. What was the cost to the potential jurors (besides a day of sitting around doing nothing productive) for being there? What was the cost to their employers for having to pay them while they are not doing anything productive for them? What was the cost for the jury panel that was ultimately chosen for this trial which was estimated to continue until next Wednesday?

Back in the original jury lounge area during the orientation session, there was a moment where the moderator discussed a cost-saving measure brought forth by Gov. Arnold. Apparently, the formerly archaic method for government employees to be paid for jury duty was cumbersome and time-consuming, so they changed it. Big wow! How about the fact that trials for illegal aliens is cumbersome, time-consuming, and expensive for our state and all the individuals involved?

When I got home, I told my husband about the brave man (who said he has been a public high school teacher for 33 years) who had the guts to ask if the defendants were illegals. I told him that I was sitting in the audience pool of jurors, wondering the same thing!

Yeah. Juror # 2 was dismissed by the defense attorneys. No big surprise there. But I just wonder what all the rest of the 65 potential jurors in that room thought? Did they just shrug their shoulders about it or were they concerned, or even outraged seeing the huge expense that these two men are costing our state?

And, this is just one trial against two men.

Think of all of the criminally charged illegal aliens who are appearing in courtrooms across California.

Think of all of the criminally charged illegal aliens who are appearing in courtrooms across the United States.

O.K. I'm done with my post. What do you think about this?

Let those darts of disapproval fly. I've got my defense shield up.

The Amnesty Bill

Oh...excuse me? It's not called an amnesty bill?

Hmmm...

Just what is that saying I'm trying to recall? Oh yeah...if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

You know the rest!

America's illegal immigration problem is alive and well. But this bill makes it far worse!

I'm with Sean Hannity on this one! On his radio show yesterday, Sean mentioned that the moment he heard that Ted Kennedy...of all people...agrees with this bill, that was the moment that he IMMEDIATELY questioned it.

I agree!

And,now that the ugly details are out, I'm even more alarmed!

I heard that this bill will cost American taxpayers TRILLIONS of dollars! That's TRILLION...WITH A 'T"!

Michele Malkin covers most of the details in her posts:

Dissecting the Bush/Kennedy shamnesty bill

In the No-Spin Zone

Michele will be guest hosting The O'Reilly Factor tonight. I think that she is one of the best guest hosts who fills in when Bill is away. Tonight should be most informative and interesting! She plans to cover this awful amnesty bill that Congress is about to succomb to!

Why are many in Congress headed towards approving this bill?

Because they value their OWN power and position in Washington over the desires and will of the people who elected them to office in the first place! That's why!!

We must flood the congressmen and senators' offices with phone calls, letters, and emails voicing our opposition to this terrible bill!!

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P.S. This bill is so obviously revealed as amnesty, even a cartoon character like Wimpy can explain it!

What's Wrong With the Far Left?

For some time now, I have been thinking about what the true motives of the radical liberal left ideology really is all about. It's time to speak out on what is really wrong with the far left and their dangerous ideology. Caution! You are about to enter another BIGOT post zone. (Don't claim that I didn't warn you!)

FYI, BIGOT is an acronym that represents:

Bible
Is
God's
Only
Truth

Several books and periodicals that I have completed reading have helped me immensely to see that the radical liberal left agenda covers so many areas that as a born-again evangelical Christian, I am called by the God of the Bible to personally reject and speak out against. In the past, some issues on the side of the radical left have not been as clear for me. However, it has been brought to my attention recently that just as I have suspected all along, there is one component that they all seem to have in common. More on that later. Meanwhile, here is a partial list of some of the issues that are 180 degrees opposite mine:

1. The far left wants to keep unfettered access to abortion legal. They don't want women who are considering abortion to see the new 4-D ultrasounds that show the growing child in the uterus. Why?

2. The far left wants homosexuality declared as normal, natural, and completely acceptable. They want anyone who disagrees with that punished through "hate crimes" legislation that would elevate a group of people based on sexual orientation to a degree over and above any other group. The real motive here is freedom of thought, freedom of speech, and freedom of association control. It doesn't matter if a person's faith (and the Bible) tells them that homosexual behavior is sin and an abomination to God, they just want you to no longer have the opportunity or right to publicly say so anymore! Why?

3. Darwinism is their "god" and any scientist who disagrees with the macro-evolution portion of the theory is not only automatically labeled as "not scientific," but also scorned and ridiculed. It makes one wonder just what they are so afraid of? Can't Darwinism hold up to the scrutiny of those who disagree? Apparently, rather than risk the exposure of this debunked part of the theory, they wish to silence all opposition in scientific journals, public schools, and secular universities. Why won't they allow students to question this hierarchy?

4. The far left's hysteria over global warming is but another example of the desire to squelch any opposition to such their own beliefs. Even qualified scientists who do not agree that all that was stated in Gore's "Inconvenient Truth" documentary is plausible are to be vilified, marginalized and silenced. Why?

5. The far left's " set in stone" ideology and rabid negativity about the war against terrorism in Iraq causes them to refuse to see the big picture of why we are fighting there. They ignore the good that we are doing over there and the leftist news media only accentuates the bad. They refuse to see and/or recognize the similarities and parallels between the danger of Nazism in the historical past and the current world-wide threat and obsession of Radical Islamo-fascism. Why?

6. The far left take liberty and change it into licientiousness; allowing such horrible atrocities against children to occur in this nation simply because they (and lunatic liberal left judges) view pedophiles as people who "need to be helped" rather than locked away for life. Perhaps Judith Reisman has the answer as to where such a disgusting and lurid licientiousness hailed from. Those of the licientious mindset appear to refuse to recognize that pornography fuels physical and sexual abuse upon women and children. Yet they demand access to it in public libraries. They appear to want to ignore the huge problem of online sexual predators in this nation that has reached epidemic proportions (due to Kinsey's insanity under the guise of "scientific research" with the added scourge of easy access to internet porn). They appear to not care a thing about the sex trade industry that is destroying our young people and taking away the innocence of children. Why?

7. The far left want open borders and illegal alien amnesty in this country. Just the term "illegal alien" being used by T.V. news analysts like Bill O'Reilly invites scorn and invective accusations of racism. Why? What is it about the term "illegal" that they just don't understand?

8. Speaking of racism, dinosaur African-American "leaders" of the black community continue to keep the anger, hate, and oftentimes false accusations of racism against white people alive and festering; rather than taking the approach of reconciliation between the races. Why? What's more, have any of those leaders (i.e. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton) taken the time to apologize to the Duke lacrosse team players who were falsely accused of raping an African American woman who chooses to strip for a living?? Why not? What's more, the African American leaders who have been elevated to high-ranking positions within the Bush Administration (i.e. Condi Rice; former Education Secretary Rod Paige; and former Secretary of State Colin Powell) have been constantly disparaged and vilified by the left and the media in this country just because they are conservatives. Why? Even worse, the African-American head of the "Black Panthers" gets away with calling Michele Malkin (while substituting for Bill O'Reilly on the O'Reilly Factor) a "political prostitute."

I ask you. Could you imagine the outrage if a white man said something as nasty as that to Oprah Winfrey on national television? Oh wait...we did have something similar happen. The "nappy headed ho's" comment by Imus.

So what's the difference?

The outrage and calls to fire Imus erupted on a scale larger than the Grand Canyon!

Malik Shabazz's bigoted rant against a petite, beautiful, conservative, Filipino young woman attempting to interview him? Just a blip on the radar screen. He certainly bashed her big time. But it was soon forgotten. What a coward! We all know that he would never have the courage to say such a thing to O'Reilly's face. Malik...you are a bully!

No news broadcasts filled with pictures and outraged pundits calling for his resignation from his position.

No calls for apology from Shabazz...oh no, of course not!

Just a blog post about the encounter on Hot Air and an apology from Bill O'Reilly to Michele because he felt that Michele did not deserve to be attacked in such an outrageous and disgusting way by that vile excuse for a man.

But I have even more questions.

Why the outrage and media firestorm against one person (Imus) who spewed a racial epithet and apologized profusely, yet media silence about what Shabazz spewed against a conservative Fox News contributer and well-known blogger? What is wrong with this picture? Can you recognize it yet?

There are probably tons of additional examples that I could give here, but I think that these few will suffice for me to share my point.

My morning started out by reading an article about Joseph Farah's new book called, Stop the Presses. In that article, it occurred to me that the powerful gay activism in the media today is just one of the reasons why hatred is often spewed Farah's way. In a former article, Farah exposed how Pressure groups are shaping press coverage and that one only needs to trace the dots on the obvious bias machine to see how the U.S. newsrooms have been infiltrated.

Farah wrote:

Another example of an extremist pressure group controlling press coverage, according to Farah, is the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.

"Not only is the organization successful at working inside the media to ensure favorable coverage of homosexuals and their political agenda, it even persuades the corporate press barons to pay their freight," exclaims Farah.

Like the Society of Environmental Journalists, the NLGJA is well-funded, with support coming from the Hearst Corp., Chicago Tribune, National Public Radio, Bloomberg, Knight-Ridder, the New York Times, Newsweek, NBC News, Time, ABC, CBS News, CNN, Fox News Network, Washington Post, Newsweek, Newsday, the Ford Foundation, General Motors, Allstate, jetBlue, Toyota, Coca-Cola, Verizon and HBO.

Also, like speakers at the SEJ conference, some members of the NLGJA have suggested "getting the other side" on issues involving homosexuality is not necessary and probably not a good idea.

"At the group's 2000 national conference in San Francisco, the big debate was over whether journalists should even bother getting other points of view on homosexuals' issues and stories – whether such viewpoints should even be permitted," says Farah.

CBS correspondent and NLJGA member Jeffrey Kofman made the point: "The argument (is): Why do we constantly see in coverage of gay and lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues the homophobes and the fag-haters quoted in stories when, of course, we don't do that with Jews, blacks, et cetera?"

Paula Madison, vice president of diversity at NBC and news director for the NBC's New York City affiliate WNBC, added: "I agree with him. I don't see why we would seek out ... the absurd, inane point of view just to get another point of view."

Kofman rejoined: "All of us have seen and continue to see a lot of coverage that includes perspectives on gay issues that include people who just simply are intolerant and perhaps not qualified as well."

Farah says this kind of observation is exactly why activists should be prohibited from the newsroom – not in control of it.

"I wrote 'Stop the Presses!' as a unique effort to explain the institutional problems we see in the establishment press today from the perspective of an insider – someone who witnessed this takeover of America's newsrooms," says Farah. "But I also witnessed and participated in the antidote – the New Media, with all of its increased competition and the many fresh voices it welcomes to the national debate."

Many others have addressed issues of media bias before, says Farah. But few other insiders have blown the whistle on the problem. And no one else has exposed the tactics of pressure groups within the press.

Farah says the activists within the media, whether they realize it or not, are mapping a route to their own self-destruction and disfranchisement through the increasingly intolerant and close-minded way they practice their profession.

If you clicked on the links above, you will no doubt have noticed that the first article started with a blurb about the global warming frenzy. Now, at first glance, these two may not appear to be related in any way (except for the media bias against dissenting voices, of course). But, it wasn't until I read an article written by David Kupelian in World Net Daily's Whistleblower magazine entitled, "Hysteria: Exposing the secret agenda behind today's obsession with global warming" that I made the connection between what the Bible says about godless people and the type of world that the far left envisions for mankind.

Kupelian wrote:

Global problems, whether real or conjured up, seem to require global governmental solutions. Today, "environmentalism" is nothing less than the global elitists' replacement ideology for communism/socialism. With communism largely discredited today – after all, 100-150 million people died at the hands of communist "visionaries" during the last century – leftist elitists who desire to rule other people's lives have gravitated to an even more powerful ideology. More powerful because it seems to trump all other considerations, as it claims the very survival of life on earth is dependent on implementing its agenda.

[W]hat we're witnessing right now is a rigid global-warming orthodoxy permeating the would-be ruling class. Scientists and climatologists who dare question the unquestionable are openly ridiculed, censored and threatened with decertification and professional disgrace. Meanwhile, the movement toward global governance, complete with global taxation, massive international wealth transfers and the crippling of Western industrialized society, moves inexorable into the fast lane.

"Kyoto," insists French President Jacques Chirac, "represents the first component of an authentic global governance." You see, they don't even hide it - they think global governance is a wonderful thing.

[Note from Christine: Wow! Can you see how this would play into the hands of the anti-Christ prophecied in Scripture? Global governance and dominance; brought on by a "miracle" worker who is perceived to be good for the world, yet in the final years of the tribulation his evil intent shows up and turns against the very people who once "worshipped" him as some sort of "messiah."]

Kupelian continues:

Make no mistake. On the surface, people like Al Gore say they want environmentalism to be the central organizing principle of life on earth (Gore admits precisely that in his book, "Earth in the Balance"). But look deeper, and you'll see that pious concern for the environment masks an elitist, greedy, controlling, anti-democratic, anti-Western, anti-capitalist, anti-free-enterprise, anti-free-will philosophy, carefully honed as a weapon for tranforming civilation.

And just who are these people who want to control and change our lives? When all is said and done, they are just supremely egotistical but ultimately clueless human beings who, devoid of God's light in them, lust after power over others as a dismal substitute for having a real life.

By the way, have you ever noticed that these people don't seem to be concerned about real dangers, like the global Islamic jihad movement that is negatively transforming Europe and Britain right now, and which has targeted the U.S. for massive attack and Israel for total annihilation? No, environmentalist-globalist elitist types - being darkly motivated themselves - have no ability to deal with real evil, nor even any motivation to do so. Rather, their fulfillment comes from confusing and upsetting good people into following them, for the sake of ego and power.

And that's the bottom-line principle here: Sociopaths know that if they can confuse, upset and frighten the masses, they can control them.

So don't be confused, don't be upset, don't be frightened - and most of all, don't believe these wackos.

Maybe you don't think they should be called "wackos." But I must agree that they do lack common sense and truth.

Arrogant of me to say that? Maybe. But I will share why I have reached such a conclusion.

Most people who hold a far left mentality fall into one of the following categories: atheists, agnostics, skeptics, false religion advocates or even cult religion (Scientology comes to mind) members. What do they all have in common? The rejection of God's Word, the Bible; non-belief in the Christian faith in general; as well as non-belief (and, more likely hatred) for the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ, in particular. You will most likely never find a born-again, evangelical, Bible-believing Christian in the midst of the far left crowd.

Why?

Because they see the Gospel as foolishness.

The Bible is filled with verses telling us that 'the cross of Christ is foolishness to those who are perishing.' The cross of Christ is offensive to non-believers. Why? Because the Gospel reveals how man ignored God's warning to avoid evil. A fallen angel turned evil then tempted man to sin. Man chose to sin, thus separating himself from Holy God. This means that one day every man must be judged for the sin upon his own soul. The far left does not want any judgment to interfere with their actions or pleasures in life. Confession, repentance, recognizing that Jesus died on the cross for their sins and is the only way to be reconciled with God does not appeal to them. Their pride will not allow them to see that their lives have been negatively affected (and infected) with ego, lust, power, and marketing (plus participation with) of evil. Their rejection of the God of the Bible completes their fate.

When David Kupelian's book, "The Marketing of Evil" came out, the first radical group to protest were the homosexual activists.

Why?

They don't want anyone to be allowed to pass any judgment upon their behavior. They didn't want their marketing techniques (even when they knew they were lying to the public) using "tolerance" as a guise for total acceptance...or else...exposed.

So, what is the result of 30 years of "tolerance" without the truth? What exactly is happening today?

I'll tell you. It is no longer enough for people to tolerate who they want to be and what aberrant behaviors they wish to engage in. Now, they demand that we all must be in lock-step with their militant agenda, or we will be locked up in jail through hate crime legislation brilliantly marketed by the thought police activists.

I know, it sounds like I'm exaggerating. I wish I was...but I'm not!

The loss of Religious freedom on this issue would be the first to suffer amongst an entire host of terrible things that would result if such legislation were to pass. Just click on that link and see what has happened to religious leaders and preachers in other nations where the former freedom of speech ability to share what the Bible tells us about homosexuality being sin and an abomination to God is no longer legal.

You see, there is much more at stake than originally meets the eye.

***Part 2 in this series coming up tomorrow.***

News Roundup 2/22/07

The Anna Nicole court hearings could be labeled as a circus. Apparently, the judge in the case has taken a somewhat liberal approach to get to the truth. Many talking head lawyers appearing on the news analyst shows have stated their objections (no pun intended) to the manner in which this judge has conducted the hearings.

After viewing Larry Birkhead's testimony yesterday, I would have to say that he was the most credible witness on the stand (as compared to Anna's mother and Howard Stern). There were several moments (and answers that he supplied under oath) that leads me to believe that he genuinely cared for Anna Nicole. His breaking down on the stand appeared genuine.

Today, on the live streaming court room proceedings, the judge claims that he is searching for the truth.

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Remember the uproar over the Danish cartoons that mocked Muslims and Muhammed? Well, it appears that the Egyptians may not be able to take such mockery, but they certainly know how to dish it out!

Egyptian Two-Fer: Racism and Misogyny in One Cartoon

Although I don't plan to vote for either Obama or Hillary, just the fact that they would mock two of my fellow Americans really irks me...

I was glad when Charlie Rangel, a Democrat who opposes most (if not all!) of President Bush's policies, at least was man enough (and patriotic enough) to tell Hugo Chavez where he should go in his dissing rhetoric against our President; both when he was spouting off at the United Nations and then in Rangel's neighborhood.

HT: LGF

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This sentence from the LGF post speaks volumes about the liberal loonie left press:

Not even the use of banned chemical weapons against civilians is enough to get al-Reuters to use the word “terrorist:” Second chlorine bomb may show new militant tactic.

HT: LGF

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Insane human religious rights abuses are worsening in China. To me, it is unbelievable that China was chosen as the site for the 2008 Olympics.


Christians jailed for walking near Olympic hotel

Excerpt:

"We are deeply concerned about Brother Hua and his elderly, ill mother. They are faithful Christians seeking only to serve the Lord in accordance with their conscience," said Todd Nettleton, a spokesman for Voice of the Martyrs.

"We encourage Christians around the world to pray for their family, and we strongly urge the Chinese government to release them immediately," he said.

China Aid Association officials told VOM that Hua has been very active in trying to help persecuted Christians and others who are oppressed by local officials who travel to Beijing trying to obtain justice from the central government.

He and his mother were attacked, and while on the ground, kicked. Then later they were taken to a police station for questioning, according to reports. "When Hua asked the police to release his sick mother and explain the legal ground for the detention, he was beaten repeatedly. While the temperature in Beijing was in the 20s, cold water was poured on him. He was later taken to a detention center," the organization said.

"The Chinese government says they ensure freedom of religion, but this case clearly shows the truth," Nettleton said. Police from the Olympic Sports Stadium Police Station also threatened to arrest Hua's brother, officials reported.

Authorities in China told CAA that Hua was under criminal detention on the charge of "intervening public affair," essentially damaging public and private property at the construction site.

"The charge against Brother Hua is totally baseless and it's clearly … revenge to Hua's Christian ministry to the oppressed," said Bob Fu, who works with Hua. "Hua's case should be seen as a litmus test on whether China is sincere to improve its worsening human rights record before the 2008 Beijing Olympics."

HT: World Net Daily

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Update: 10:12 a.m. PT

If I remember correctly, I believe that Jaded once shared a statistic within her comments that was similar to what the following article reveals:

More Americans killed by illegal aliens than Iraq war, study says

This is precisely why the illegal immigration issue in this country must be finally, and completely, dealt with!!

1. I support increased monitoring of our borders to stop terrorists and illegal aliens.

2. I support the registration and deportation of illegal aliens.

3. I do not support amnesty for illegal aliens; however, some sort of "guest worker" program could be created that would not constitute amnesty and allow for workers to come in and do the work.

4. I support a border fence between the U.S. and Mexico to prevent illegal aliens from entering the U.S. in the first place!

(Note: Look at how effective the fence created in Israel has been to prevent suicide bombers from getting in. I think that we need to do the same to prevent terrorists, drug dealers, and illegal aliens from crossing our borders.)

HT: GOP U.S.A.