Immigration Illustrated

I have always said that I'd rather our dollars went to people in their poor countries (if we could be guaranteed they were going to actually get it, of course) than having them leave the environments in which they were raised and whose relatives and culture they must leave behind (though, lately, they bring their cultures here instead of acclimating like immigrants did before the last 25 years or so).

This video is powerfully convincing and I wonder what you think?

If you were poverty stricken in your country, would you rather be helped there to start a business, make the best of your country's natural resources, have education with which to improve your life and that of your children, or would you rather come to America and be forced to work menial jobs to try to get ahead and never feel quite at home?

Yes, I know many from Latin America are feeling at home here in America as they have enough numbers here to start changing the American landscape and culture, and I know America pays for a lot, even if you are illegal, and I know you don't really even have to learn English, but I'd rather be in my own culture, wouldn't you? 

Dear taxpaying commenters, would you rather support illegals here or, if assured the people were being helped there, send money to those countries INSTEAD (not also)?  For their well being, their pride?   We want immigrants here who work hard, want to fit in, want to become citizens and learn the language, wouldn't take a penny of America's money even if they needed it from sheer pride (as my grandparents wouldn't even when they first came and did need it).  These are the new Americans America needs and wants.  We're spending SO much money on illegals.....why not develop programs to help them at their home countries?

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The Fence.............

and YOU know it.

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NO Dream Act Enforcement; you will want to see this

Please send this around to everyone you know.   Americans need to know we're being lied to about our borders.  They are NOT safe according to top immigration officials.

This is quite a lot of first-hand information and imagine what it took for officials to speak against the DHS and this administration?  That is very rarely done;  not unless they are FED UP.
And here they are.............

I suppose we should all be fed up.   Would that the truth behind so many American issues was finally revealed like this is.
Is there anything we can do to make sure the laws ARE enforced by this administration?  HOW?

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Immigration Laws.......a question

From THIS ARTICLE: " The Supreme Court upheld a key part of Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law in a 5-3 decision on Monday that allows police officers to ask about immigration status during stops. That part of the law, which never went into effect because of court challenges, will now immediately be enforced in Arizona. Other parts of the law, including a provision that made it a state crime for illegal immigrants to seek work, will remain blocked, as the justices affirmed the federal government's supremacy over immigration policy."
Also, "The law made it a state crime for illegal immigrants to seek work or fail to carry proper immigration papers."

So, what DOES the Federal Government do to protect America from illegal immigration?  Can someone help me out here? 

UPDATE:  (AP) — Mitt Romney on Monday said states have a duty and a right to secure their borders even as he called for a bipartisan national immigration strategy.
Z: I'm not sure AP had to say "even as he called for ..." as if the states and the national immigration strategies wouldn't be best if working together, but I guess "even as he.." make him sound like a hypocrite, so the author, Jack Gillum, got his point across :-)

ANOTHER UPDATE WHICH REALLY REALLY SURPRISED ME is on Yahoo as a POLL QUESTION:

Should police have the right to ask about immigration status?

• Yes, if it catches illegal immigrants.
  
   
  77%
• No, it's too often done irresponsibly.  23%

SO, is our government representing the majority?  or......No, a Yahoo poll isn't 'gospel', but...

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Immigration 1907....2012 Differences?

Theodore Roosevelt's ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
'In  the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall

be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.

But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an  American...There can be no divided allegiance

here.  Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty

to the American people.' - Theodore Roosevelt 1907

Why do you think this should change for 2012?   Any input? What did he get wrong?

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Did you have to pay to the IRS this year?

You just won't believe this video;  please take a few minutes to watch it.  The IRS knows about the problem in this video, but you don't....BILLIONS are being paid to illegals (four billion per YEAR), we're even paying child tax credits for children living in Mexico who've never lived here.


Think anybody will ever talk about this on the network news?  CNN? FOX?  WHERE IS THE INFORMATION?    TWO MILLION undocumented workers are getting tax refunds due to a loophole the IRS says it can't act on unless they hear from Congress.  So far..........nothing.

Are we racists for thinking this has to stop? :-)  Has it become so bad that we can't fix problems affecting our legal families here in the United States who are paying taxes for those who are illegal and getting our money paid to THEM in refunds?  WOW.

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Illegals: An opinion regarding how to solve the problem

Below is a fascinating comment by Bob (see his new BLOG "Gonna Say it") , something he left on THIS post of mine about Illegal Aliens.   I thought it was an interesting comment and wanted to blog it as a post...I hope you weigh in on it with your opinions.  Sometimes, my (conservative) blogger buddies are smarter than I am on a subject and I like to highlight their thoughts...please add yours to them!  Thanks:

The simple solution is usually the best for most problems, the illegal immigrant problem is not a conceptually difficult one to handle.

The Problem: Millions of illegal aliens are taking millions of jobs that should be filled by US citizens. Millions of illegal aliens are burdening the US social structure with additional costs in medical and educational demands.

The Solution: Since the problem is illegal aliens, the obvious solution is to prohibit illegal aliens from the US proper, and to eject those currently in the country. Conceptually, and realistically, we can take care of 80% of the problem with little trouble.

1. Announce that immigration laws will be upheld, and that the US border will be sealed as much as possible. Dedicate the manpower to do the job.

2. Build the wall. It is not a big deal, and a couple of jobs might be created in the process. Defensive walls like Hadrians Wall and the Great Wall in China were effective as long as the builders had the political will.

3. Punish US employers that hire illegal aliens. These are the people that are taking advantage of the illegals, and making money because they pay less than legal wages.

Partial Example: In Georgia tens of thousands of jobs have been taken by illegal aliens. These are good jobs in construction, food processing, and other factory type work that most people would like to have. Recently, something has happened to cause a shift in this area. (Z: many Americans in L.A. who've worked construction have been threatened and contractors are threatened if they don't hire Hispanics here, with guns; I know this for a fact)

Recently, laws have been enacted that allow local law enforcement to take action when finding illegal aliens, and the illegal community has gotten the message.

At the car wash, most of the employees were Hispanic, and could not speak English. They were probably illegal aliens. Ditto at McDonalds, Burger King, and other fast food chains.

Now, when visiting the car wash, or going to a fast food restaurant I see smiling white and black faces. These people are happy to be working, and the illegals are disappearing.  (Z: there is not ONE white or black worker at my local car wash)

It's not hard to get rid of most of the illegals.

It is red herring, myth, or just plain lie that mass deportations will be necessary to rid the country of these people.

These illegals know when the gravy train has stopped, and will feel the pressure to leave. (Z: immigrant numbers are going slowly down since our economy has suffered)

All it takes is the political will to make it happen, but Obama wants Hispanic votes. That is the extent of his will power.  (end of comment)

Z: What do you think?  Thanks, Bob...that paragraph about smiling legal Americans with jobs again was very moving and I keep wondering what this administration doesn't understand about that.   Don't they WANT Americans working?  

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Illegals.........aren't they STILL illegal? Why not?

This morning, the headline reported by the news reader on CNN was:

"...and criminal UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS are the most likely to be deported, according to Janet Napolitano, head of Homeland Security."

First of all, the term 'undocumented workers' instead of 'illegal aliens' is a familiar whitewash, then the fact that the criminals amongst the 'undocumented workers' might be deported isn't quite the obvious bigger story that the vast amount of illegal aliens are going to be able to stay, supported by Obama's ignoring the law and circumventing Congress.  Glad there's no bias at CNN, right? :-)   If he had to say 'illegal', what kind of conscientious news reader COULD read that story without asking "WHA...?"

Here's the truth:
The White House announced that the U.S. government will immediately halt the deportation of undocumented immigrants that do not have criminal records or pose a security risk to the United States on a case-by-case basis. According to Carlos M. Colombo, an experienced immigration lawyer at Colombo, Hurd & Brandt, PL, many undocumented immigrants including those who entered the U.S. illegally could qualify – especially those who would benefit from the Dream Act. These individuals may be eligible to apply for work authorization, allowing them to work, obtain driver’s licenses and social security cards immediately.  (Z: think voting fraud)

Mr. Obama........."....called on Congress to reform the immigration system in a manner that would encourage skilled and motivated immigrants to participate in American society while ending what he called an underground economy that preys on low-wage illegal immigrants."  (Z: is there ever any concern given to the illegals who are financially preying on our community hospitals, city budgets, federal  budgets, etc.?)

And then, Mr. Obama, ever the campaigner and Chief INSULTER goes on:
"But even though we've answered these concerns, I suspect there will be those who will try to move the goal posts one more time... Maybe they'll say we need a moat. Or alligators in the moat."

So, that's that!  The laws are circumvented, these people are not illegals anymore, they're undocumented people being preyed upon and, odd, but my own Hispanic friends are angrier about this than most non Hispanics I know.

But, what happened? From the Washington Times:  "The move marks a major step for President Obama, who for months has said he does not have broad categorical authority to halt deportations and said he must follow the laws as Congress has written them.
But in letters to Congress on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she does have discretion to focus on “priorities” and that her department and the Justice Department will review all ongoing cases to see who meets the new criteria."   I guess Obama suddenly decided have broad categorical authority on something...again.  And, of course, Congress will be cowed now in speaking up against this, as if speaking against it means you hate Hispanics;  not that laws are being BROKEN:  wait for it.  And, if the Republicans do balk, the leftwing media will cover it as if they are being hateful, not lawful.
Does something have to be done?  Yes.  Should it be done with Congress?   Don't ya THINK? When did THAT stop in our government?


Then there's THIS......oh, NOW WE UNDERSTAND.
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A DELICATE BALANCE....another great Priscilla's Post

Freedom, Security, and Governmental Power

This is about the line drawn between keeping us secure and not impeding our right to be free. It's also about impeding our freedom with regard to issues which have nothing to do with our security.

This is a delicate balance, especially with terrorism afoot. However, who is it whose rights are being impinged upon and why? Will police or other government officials be able to come into our homes, "for the sake of the environment" and check our light bulbs? Our toilets? How far will this go?

We'll be told "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about," but, new laws can be passed, bans can be imposed, you name it, and pretty soon, it's a full blown police state. We can't profile can we, that's against civil rights, right?  But, to avoid profiling and offending Muslims, we can be felt up or scanned in an airport. We're at war, but we're the losers, we are the ones losing our rights.

I can envision scanners everywhere if we say nothing. As we speak, there are video cameras at intersections, malls, stores, and a multitude of public places. It seems we have accepted those with little outcry. It's as if all of us are potential criminals.

The American people are being trained to be subjects, serfs, which is counter to everything our founders envisioned for our people. It's up to us to stand up and say, "no more".

While next to nothing is done about our borders, and immigrants from the Middle East and countries on the terrorist list are now ostensibly free to come here (10 East Indians were apprehended only days ago in one of the round-ups crossing from Mexico into America), it's American citizens who are coming under the government's thumb. I believe we either follow the Constitution or we are at the mercy of our lawmakers and those in political power.

I've never even believed the police had the right to drunk driving checkpoints. I consider those to be a presumption of guilt placed on  citizens who the police have no probable cause to suspect of breaking  the law. But they do it, don't they?


These things are always explained away with "if you haven't broken the law, why should you care?" This is how it starts, and little by little, sooner or later, we're closer to a total police state. Crazy laws are passed all the time. And then of course, we have activist judges, and lawyers who can twist anything to arrive at the result they want.

If we're constantly watched or questioned, they'll get a bad guy now and then that they may not have gotten otherwise, but what will we > have given up? Our freedom. I don't think it's worth that and I fear that's what is going to happen. There is an ever growing encroachment, and it doesn't feel like it's going to stop anytime soon.

Thanks, Pris....it's a very difficult balance but something that needs to be addressed.  So, folks, what are we going to do about it?

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Illegals and Gumballs.........worth the few minutes, I promise

PLEASE WATCH. For about ten years now, I've been saying that we should help illegals stay in their countries instead of turning a blind eye to illegals ruining ours with what our left seems to feel are their entitlements;  that it would be cheaper to us and less harmful to our economy, infrastructure, society, etc., to have them stay where they are and maybe we could send 1/8 the amount of money we're spending here now on them and make sure the money we send creates jobs and food and opportunities for their own people in their own countries which they'd rather stay in anyway.  Let THEIR countries be their 'sanctuary countries', come to think of it!  I know some of you won't agree, that's fine, but I see it as one possible solution.  This video should be seen and passed around, please do:

Tell me what you think.......

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Get a LOAD of this one.....

Please READ THIS ARTICLE....Thomas Sowell explains multiculturalism so well and it ties so well into my post just three posts down.   Sowell ROCKS.   The sorrowful thing is that I don't believe Germany or any other Western country will recover from their open-hearted stances of the past which have been largely greeted with disdainful open palms and little else.  Oh, and don't forget the signs saying "Germany will belong to Muslims soon!"
And PLEASE, I am a first and second generation American, so do NOT lecture me on how I'm heartless toward immigrants.  By the way, Heidianne, our friend and commenter, left a comment about a friend who's a teacher and knows many Hispanic kids who've lived here in America all of most of their lives and who don't speak ENGLISH well...How can they survive and flourish here without English?  My own beloved (you'd have adored him, too) grandfather came at 9 years old from Eastern Turkey (He was not a Turk) and learned English within a few months.  They didn't cater to HIM in his school in Troy, New York, they expected him, having come to America to be an American, to learn the language, and he did.  And he became the owner of 3 of Troy's best meat markets.
Why do so many in our country undersell the intelligence of Hispanic children?  I guess it's the soft bigotry of low expectations, as Mr. George Bush so articularly put it ( for a change :-)
Why do we expect any country to survive when other cultures insist on ignoring and even insulting and threatening that of the host country?

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Arpaio's telling it like it is again.............from the HOT SEAT

The following is an official statement by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio regarding today's lawsuit filed against his office by the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C. for alleged refusal to turn over documents. It is followed by another statement from his Washington, D.C. attorney, Bob Driscoll.

"The Obama administration has filed three lawsuits against Arizona in the last few weeks ... one against a college district, one against the state of Arizona and now one against my office. Each lawsuit centers on something to do with alleged racial
discrimination.
These actions make it abundantly clear that Arizona, including this Sheriff, IS Washington's new whipping boy. Now it's time to take the gloves off. As for today's lawsuit against my office: These people in Washington met with my attorneys only a few days ago. And in that meeting, Washington got our
cooperation; they admitted they already have thousands of pages of the requested documents; and they were given access to interview my staff and get into my jails. They smiled in our faces and then stabbed us in the back with this lawsuit. The Obama administration intended to sue us all along, no matter what we did to try to
avert it. Washington isn't playing fair and it's time Americans everywhere wake up and see this administration for what it really is. Calculating, underhanded at times and
certainly not looking out for the best interests of the legal citizens residing in this
country. "

MORE

STATEMENT OF ROBERT N. DRISCOLL,
COUNSEL TO SHERIFF JOSEPH ARPAIO AND THE MARICOPA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

"Today's lawsuit by the Department of Justice is part of a deliberate media strategy to "get tough" on Sheriff Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and undermine immigration enforcement by a local Sheriff who is trying desperately to make up for this Administration's own indifference to the topic.
The DOJ suit speaks loudly by what it does not say. It does not allege that Sheriff Arpaio or the MCSO have discriminated against anyone because the DOJ, after 18 months of soliciting allegations against Sheriff Arpaio, has come up empty. Even the purported basis for the suit, which alleges a lack of "cooperation," is a sham. In fact, after meeting with the DOJ last week, just last Friday, on behalf of MCSO,
I informed the DOJ that MCSO would cooperate with all reasonable document requests and would schedule tours of MCSO facilities and interviews with senior MCSO command staff. We were awaiting a response from DOJ, and this lawsuit is apparently it. Clearly DOJ is more interested filing its third lawsuit in as manyweeks against Arizona defendants than in looking into the allegations that
purportedly gave rise to its investigation. This lawsuit is nothing more than an attempt to obscure the fact that DOJ still has no case. Today's suit over documents does not change that."

So, the Sheriff's office is perfectly willing to comply with whatever more documentation the DOJ wants and they're hit with a lawsuit instead. What do you think Sheriff Arpaio should to? And what message does this send to illegal aliens?

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Arizona and Obama...what most people think

I thought this was worth blogging.....people will argue with him (especially because he's on PATRIOT TV, so he MUST be wrong, right? :-) ...but he's got the facts and he tells it like it is. Please remember AZ sheriff Paul Babeu in your prayers...he needs it. Talk about a patriot who's putting his life on the line for America.
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Basketball crashers?

The owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team, Robert Sarver, opposes AZ's new immigration laws.

Arizona's Governor, Jan Brewer, released the following statement in response to Sarver's criticism of the new law:

"What if the owners of the Suns discovered that hordes of people were sneaking into games without paying? What if they had a good idea who the gate-crashers are, but the ushers and security personnel were not allowed to ask these folks to produce their ticket stubs, thus non-paying attendees couldn't be ejected. Furthermore, what if Suns' ownership was expected to provide those who sneaked in with complimentary eats and drink? And what if, on those days when a gate-crasher became ill or injured, the Suns had to provide free medical care and shelter?"

GOOD ONE, Gov Brewer!

Let me just add ONE thing I can't reist....GO, LAKERS! :-)

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Think Obama's lawsuit is strictly political?

Do you think the DOJ really thinks this is a federal job or do you think this is about winning over hispanics? Can Arizona sue anybody in Federal government for not protecting them?
And, really....who would mind showing ID if they're legally here? I don't.
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ANCHOR BABY HOTELS? ........

From TRAVEL NEWS:

A New York hotel is staking its claim to have invented a new hospitality niche – birth tourism. The Marmara Manhattan offers “an exclusive package for new mothers that wish to give birth in the USA”, with the additional bonus of the newborn child gaining US citizenship.

The hotel, which is part of the Turkish hospitality chain, exploits the 14th amendment to the US constitution, which states that all children born on American soil “are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside”.

The Marmara Manhattan, which is located in New York’s Upper East Side, told The Times: “What we offer is simply a one-bedroom suite accommodation for $5,100, plus taxes, for a month, with airport transfer, baby cradle and a gift set for the mother.” There are also medical fees of about £20,500.

However the price is a cheap and easy one to pay for US citizenship. Many will eventually use the newborn - known as an “anchor baby” - as a stepping stone for the immigration of extended family. The hotel has so far sold 15 of the packages.

Got any thoughts? I can't put mine in print.

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Mexicans are 'seething'?

Is this a JOKE? A Mexican boy is killed by our border guards, nobody knows quite sure what happened yet, but THIS is what's provoking a possible "Intifadeh", according to TIME MAGAZINE? What happened when that American rancher was killed in cold blood? Any outrage from Time Magazine then? Ah, gee, I just Googled a few ways for (rancher) ROBERT KRENTZ TIME MAGAZINE and it looks like they didn't cover it. hmmm OH! but the Huffington Post says that rancher Krentz's murder is now reported to have been someone from inside the United States (no nationality) but inferring it was not a Mexican illegal, even though the only footprints leading from his body were back to the border and there are many other reasons many think it was an illegal. A link from Huffington's piece says this:

High-ranking government officials with credible information spoke to the Star, citing a desire to quell the fury over illegal immigration and drug smuggling set off by the shooting death of longtime rancher Robert Krentz on March 27.

So........."high ranking government officials" are eager to make sure none of us gets the idea that illegal immigration or drug smuggling could have POSSIBLY been the cause of the rancher's death, but HOLD ON, FOLKS....Border guards just shot and killed a young boy from Mexico and TIME MAGAZINE is so outraged at our guards. Imagine guards shooting indiscriminately at anything these days with the video cameras on them and with the law changes in Arizona making them toe the line so much more than they ever were?
If the guards killed this kid with no provocation, they're WRONG and need to go to trial. If this is another "Murtha-ing" of people before all the facts are known, it's got to stop...........let's err on America's side first, Time Magazine, huh? My beef isn't that the poor boy's death is being covered (the image above is the hearse and cortege following it in that poor Mexican border town..odd, it almost looks like there are cameramen in the trunk of the car behind the hearse covering the long line of cars, doesn't it? odd. Here are more pictures), my beef is with Time Magazine for not having done an equally condemnatory piece on Krentz's death and to all who rush to judge our own first.....and for all the innocent Americans being kidnapped and killed by illegal Mexicans who aren't getting coverage like this. Mexicans are, according to Time Magazine and Reuters, "seething"....we should be, too.
UPDATE: I just found THIS ARTICLE....the kid was a criminal because he and the other kids in Juarez are poor. right.
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This HAS to be photo shopped...and maybe the story below's a joke, too?

...............at least I HOPE it is. And then, Priscilla just sent me THIS NEWS....The article starts with;
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are preparing to roll out a series of changes at several privately owned immigration detention centers, including relaxing some security measures for low-risk detainees and offering art classes, bingo and continental breakfast on the weekends.

The changes, detailed in an internal ICE e-mail obtained by the Houston Chronicle, were welcomed by immigrant advocates who have been waiting for the Obama administration to deliver on a promise made in August to overhaul the nation's immigration detention system.

The 28 changes identified in the e-mail range from the superficial to the substantive. In addition to “softening the look of the facility” with hanging plants and offering fresh carrot sticks, ICE will allow for the “free movement” of low-risk detainees, expand visiting hours and provide unmonitored phone lines.

I'm sending the Obama administration MY phone bill and a bill for some hanging plants...I haven't even broken a law, why NOT?

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Immigration REFORM in what sense of the word REFORM?

Has anybody else thought about the phrase IMMIGRATION REFORM? Consider that this is what the signs many illegals carry say: "WE WANT IMMIGRATION REFORM"... and how the illegals and Lefties in our government use this term as if it could only mean ONE THING....loosening laws, amnesty, etc, etc...'reform' in their direction.
The term makes me wonder because, actually, sending all illegals back, or tightening even more the AZ bill so that it better matched Federal Law, or stopping all immigration for five years (something I'd be willing to consider if I were Queen), could also be considered IMMIGRATION REFORM, no?
Why's REFORM suddenly only mean "reformed as illegals and Leftist politicians want it?" Odd, don't you think?

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Obama ...whose side IS he on regarding illegal immigration?

Marv Albert on interviewing Barack Obama ESPN Blogs - May 24 01:57pm

• Obama says Phoenix Suns protest of immigration law ‘terrific’ Toronto Star - 8 hours ago
• TNT's Albert interviews President Obama at White House NBA.com - May 22 09:10am

Oops!...the middle link above says "Sorry, the page you were looking for is not available." That's ODD, isn't it? :-) The one and only article I could find whose title says what I just heard on FOX, that Obama thinks the Suns wearing their LOS SUNS jerseys was "terrific", and I can't open the link? Who managed that? Ya, well, maybe it's because the thing hasn't aired yet and the teaser's too titillating to expose beforehand, right? Ya, right.

Also, the Republicans are now saying that the president says today that he does not "embrace" closing the borders. Oh, that's not Calderon, that's Obama, if you were wondering.......(I have to admit I saw Coulter say that in reaction and thought it was pretty astute) I'll find that link as soon as Google (yesterday called one of the two of the world's most reputable companies....who cares if Google's an Obama shill and covers for him, too, right?) let's that information out.

Don't you find yourself asking "Wait, whose side is Obama ON?" I do.
UPDATE: Our commenter buddy IMPERTINENT just sent me THIS LINK...Obama's asking for $500 million for 1200 guardsmen at the border (ya, I THINK it's OUR side of the border :-)!...read it, it sounds like "can't we just have an effective FENCE?" to me) (thanks, Imp)

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