Weekend reading guaranteed to make you smarter

Amnesty lies revealed

Conservative columnist Thomas Sowell is a favorite for a reason. His brilliant mind clarifies and distills issues that have been analyzed and debated ad infinitum. Here’s Sowell’s take on “Comprehensive” immigration reform, which he argues “serves the interests of politicians who like to be on both sides of a controversial issue, and it serves the interests of those foreigners who want to game the system in the United States, at the expense of the American people. But it does not serve the interests of American society.”

On the issue of anchor babies, Sowell minces no words: “If nothing else, putting a legal end to the “anchor baby” racket might suggest to the American public that they were regarded in Congress as something more than expendable suckers who can be mollified with rhetoric.”

Today’s recommended reading is the incisive, icing-on-the-amnesty-cake commentary Immigration Sophistry to bring you up to speed on the truth behind what we are being sold by the disreputable “Gang of 8.”  Sowell hits all the glib distortions being fed as facts to the American people. For additional background, read Immigration Gambles: Part II and Immigration Gambles.  

Here in the border state of Arizona, we are particularly vulnerable — even more so since two of the gangsters are Arizona senators. The deceptive John McCain is leading this massive sham as well as the ultimate destruction of the Republican Party, along with his open-borders protégé Jeff Flake.

US Rep. Steve King exposes ‘Gang of 8′ deceivers

844 page amnesty bill: “Being stampeded without enough scrutiny”

Plain spoken conservative Congressman Steve King is, without a doubt, the man many Arizonans would eagerly take in trade for our two double-talking, Democrat-colluding ‘Gang of 8‘ U.S. Senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake.

No waffler, the Iowa Republican even posts his voting record on his website for all to see.

On the issue of “immigration” McCain’s site has a pull-down linking to Homeland Security, with no actual position — but crammed with staffer-written press releases dating back to 1999.  Jeff Flake evasively has no issues page at all, though following his McMentor, has press releases. 

No big surprise, neither of these two have their votes recorded. Here’s the deception you won’t read on Flake’s sanitized site. And not a single word about the $6.3 trillion price tag of implementing this mammoth and deliberate destruction of the Republican Party, known innocuously as S 744 

Another honorable statesman, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) says illegals now in the United States should not be allowed to get green cards or become citizens until the dangerous visa entry-exit system is fixed. He has also warned that the bill gives Department of Homeland Security chieftain Janet Napolitano, “virtually unlimited discretion to waiver” prohibitions on obtaining legal status, such as criminal activity or previous deportation. His amendment mandating controls failed by a vote of 6 to 12.  Just two Republican senators — Jeff Flake and Lindsey Graham– both under the mesmerizing spell of John McCain, joined the 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee to defeat the proposal.

“The big question I would pose out there is, why?” U.S. Rep Steve King asked. “Why is that 844-page bill, why is it good for America and Americans? I can’t get that answer on why it’s good for us,” he said.

Take the time to read King’s entire immigration policy statement.

Even the leftist, amnesty-supporting  Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic) admits in a front page report today that the “Feds lack key data to how to stem illegal crossings.”

For more, read this CNS News report detailing how the Gang of 8 Immigration Bill Destroys the Rule of Law. The video included is worth your time. Listen as U.S. Rep King clearly states the consequences of rewarding lawbreakers with citizenship.

Amnesty trickery: Jeff McFlake votes with Democrats & Update

This is a simplified version of the facts from Matthew Boyle at Breitbart.

Read his entire report titled, Lindsey Graham, Jeff Flake Join Dems to Kill Border Security Amendment here.

An amendment submitted by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley requiring the security of our nation’s borders before granting amnesty to at least 25 million illegal aliens, has been voted down by the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 6 -12 vote. Every single Democrat on the Committee voted against the amendment — not surprisingly joined by McCain sycophants and “Gang of 8” Sens. Jeff Flake (AZ) and Lindsey Graham (SC). Democrat Committee members, Sens. Dick Durbin and Chuck Schumer are also part of the Gangster group, casting their votes against the reasonable amendment to provide security to American citizens.

The three-page amendment can be read here.

Did you really expect anything more from this compliant trickster? Warning: Read the Breitbart article before you eat.

 H/T  euby

The Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic), which has recently called Flake “a coward,” is today extolling his virtues for colluding with the most liberal of Democrats on gifting legal status to those who illegally invaded our sovereign nation. Today he wins the daily’s praise for “fending off key changes” to the amnesty bill.

It’s happened before, as we pointed out in Oops — Jeff Flake’s crown slips as he sinks to mere McPolitician,” when, as an unwavering amnesty-supporting former CD 6 congressman, Flake did an about-face, worthy of an accomplished contortionist, to win conservative votes for the senate seat he so blatantly coveted. At the time, editorialist Doug MacEachern called Flake’s change of heart on legalizing millions of illegal aliens “jarring.” Imagine our surprise as the Republic declared the vacillating Flake to be a mere “politician” — no longer a “statesman” — for emulating John McCain’s border fickleness during his own 2010 senatorial campaign.

It matters not that opposition to the Gang of 8’s $6.3 trillion amnesty bill continues to grow, as evidenced by these quotes from noted conservatives. Flake is keenly aware that his rocky start in the senate could further harm him with the liberal press he needs in order to remain in DC.

As we’ve previously noted, “Such is the duplicity of Jeff Flake. Get used to it or get rid of him before he becomes further entrenched. He already sways like a monkey on a branch.”

Seeing Red AZ has dedicated an entire category to Jeff the Flake for a reason.

Polls: Americans fear gov’t over terrorism

Recent polling tells the grim story of the underlying fear many Americans express about our government. For the first time since September 11, 2001, Americans are more fearful their government will abuse constitutional liberties than fail to keep its citizens safe.

Even in the wake of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings, in which a pair of radical Islamic jihadist brothers are accused of planting explosives that took the lives of 3 and wounded over 200 — two distinct polls indicate Americans are unwilling to give up any further freedoms in exchange for promises of increased “security.”

This Fox News poll of a random sample of 619 registered voters the day after the Boston bombings found interviewees responded very differently than following 9/11 in which nearly 3000 lost their lives.  For the first time since a similar question was asked in May 2001, more Americans answered “no” to the question: “Would you be willing to give up some of your personal freedom in order to reduce the threat of terrorism?”

Of those surveyed on April 16, 2013, 45% answered “no” to the question, compared to 43% answering “yes.” In May 2001, before 9/11, 40 percent answered “no” while 33% answered “yes.”

Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, there was a dramatic reversal as 71% of Americans agreed to sacrifice personal freedom to reduce the threat of terrorism. Subsequent polls asking the same question in 2002, 2005 and 2006 found Americans consistently willing to give up freedom in exchange for security. There was a marked decline from 71% following 9/11 to only 54% by May 2006.

Today it appears the sentiment expressed in Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote — “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety” — is more valued by Americans than it has been in over a dozen years.

This Washington Post survey, using a similar polling sample of 588 adults, conducted April 17 and 18 also discovered the change in attitude. “Which worries you more,” the Post asked, “that the government will not go far enough to investigate terrorism because of concerns about constitutional rights, or that it will go too far in compromising constitutional rights in order to investigate terrorism?”

The poll found 48% of respondents worry the government will go too far, compared to 41% who worry it won’t go far enough.

And similar to the Fox News poll, the Post found the worry to be a new development. Only 44% worried the government would go too far in January 2006 and only 27% expressed such concerns about governmental overreaches in January 2010.

The Fox News poll broke the responses down further by political affiliation:

A troubling 51% of Democrats responded they would forfeit personal freedom to reduce the threat of terror, compared to 36% who opposed the concept.

Forty-seven percent of Republicans opposed giving up freedoms, compared to only 43% in favor.

Independents were the most resistant, with only 29% willing to sacrifice freedom, while 58% opposed losing constitutional rights.

Immigration: Addressing the harsh realities

Bi-partisan acknowledgment that the nation’s legal immigration system is also in need of repair

Earlier this week, as the nation was still reeling, trying to absorb the grisly aftermath of the Boston marathon bombings, Ann Coulter wrote a cogent column titled: The  problem isn’t just illegal immigration, it’s legal immigration, too. Coulter’s fact-filled commentary is our “Weekend reading guaranteed to make you smarter” recommendation.

Bob Beckel, ubitquitous liberal commentator and co-host of ‘The Five,’ appeared to catch his co-hosts off guard as he echoed similar thoughts. Beckel advocated for the temporary ending of student visas for foreign Muslim students as a means of combating homegrown terror.

Opposition growing to Gang of 8’s amnesty scheme

Numbers USA features a compilation of quotes from noted conservatives who exemplify the backlash against the amnesty bill introduced this week by the Gang of 8 — two of whom, John McCain and Jeff Flake — claim to represent Arizonan citizens.  Republican Senators hold the key to whether this amnesty of millions of illegals passes or fails. And the conservative opinion media that tend to matter most to them are showing increasing disdain for the bill.

To read more, click on the link following each quote. You’ll find a treasure trove of great thinking on this important subject.

Numbers USA also provides a free fax form — although donations are welcome — to contact your two U.S. Senators and your U.S. Representative to voice your opposition to the gang‘s amnesty scheme. They even have a means of getting your message to Barack Obama.

Fact Check: “Marco Rubio distorts his bill during Rush Limbaugh interview” by Chris Chmielenski can be read here.

Sen. Rubio facing major opposition from Tea Party activists over Amnesty bill can be read here.

Then click on Roy Beck’s updated video “Immigration, World Poverty and gumballs.” You won’t soon forget it.

Senate immigration hearings: Déjà vu on steroids

Speaking at the start of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on granting amnesty to millions here in the U. S. illegally, Sen. Charles  Grassley (R-Iowa) noted that exactly 30 years ago — April, 19, 1983 — the same committee met to consider similar immigration legislation that claimed to bolster border security and reunite separated families.

“Now 30 years have passed, and we’re saying the same thing, facing the same problems,” Grassley said. “We’re proposing the same remedies and asking the American people to trust that we’ll get serious about enforcing our immigration laws.”

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) was also skeptical: “We have laws today that are utterly ignored, and I have no confidence that this administration, based on what we’ve seen, will ever enforce any law,” he said.

Grassley also criticized Democrats for “rushing to read and analyze” an 844-page bill.

The only thing that has changed is that in 1986, through the passage of the flawed Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) signed by Ronald Reagan, amnesty was granted to 2.7 million illegals.  Today the number is at least ten times greater.

Then, as today, the efforts to legalize those who thumb their noses at our laws as they make demands and refuse to acclimate, was promoted by a “bi-partisan” team. Rep. Romano Mazzoli was a Kentucky Democrat who collaborated with Sen. Alan Simpson, a Wyoming Republican. They each chaired their respective immigration subcommittees in Congress.

Their effort was assisted by the recommendations of a so-called bipartisan Commission on Immigration Reform, chaired by Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, then President of Notre Dame University.

Today we have the notorious amnesty hustling “bi-partisan” Gang of 8, including Arizona’s two ostensibly Republican Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, in cahoots with four Democrats and two other deceptive Rs. The Catholic Church is still actively involved as noted in this article by Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid: Bishops Lobby for ObamaCare and Amnesty for Illegals.

Sens. Grassley and Sessions are correct. But rather than the situation not changing, the illegals have become militants who desire to take over this country.

 Take the time to watch this:

$ Billions in loophole-filled amnesty scheme for invaders, families

More good people coming to do the work Americans refuse to do

In his revealing, must-read 2-page report, The Daily Caller’s Neil Munro details the “Many loopholes hidden in the immigration bill” being shepherded by Arizonans John McCain and Jeff Flake, doing Obama’s work in collusion with the Gang of 8 gangsters. McCain admits it’s “not that much different from what we tried to do in 2007.”

Munro’s exposé comes as the reality of the ongoing criminality of those who will be granted green cards that are precursors to legal status is showcased by yesterday’s arrest of a Mexican man attempting to smuggle 79 counterfeit credit cards into Arizona. Leonardo Daniel Robles Castro, 23, of Hermosillo, Sonora is in custody after border agents found the contraband while conducting a routine inspection of a tourist bus in Nogales, AZ.

Yep.  The criminal invader is a “tourist.”

The criminal/tourist will be referred to Janet Napolitano’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security. Look for Robles Castro to be sent home on our dime and reenter the United States in time to be granted amnesty by way of the new legislation being shepherded by Arizonan Sens.  McCain and Flake, both hard at work assisting Obama’s scheme to ensure expanded Democrat voter rolls while guaranteeing the demise of the Republican Party.

Give McCain and Flake a call. Ask them why we need to underwrite with billions of citizen taxpayer dollars, competition for scarce jobs and university admissions. Flake’s contact info is here. McCain’s is here. We pay their salaries.  They should be happy to hear from us.

And speaking of Homeland INsecurity chieftain Napolitano:  In the wake of the bloody carnage that devastated so many lives at the Boston Marathon, why hasn’t the Obama regime’s U.S. Department of Homeland Security — headed by Arizona’s former governor — seen fit to put up an alert on the National Terrorism Advisory System page? Americans visiting the site are advised “there are no current alerts” and “there are no expired alerts.”

Obviously, everything is swell.

Limitations on ammo, guns, driving panic

As the Obama regime continues to advance restrictive gun-control legislation, average Americans are attempting to stock up on ammunition, which is in short supply. Ammo was the big seller this past weekend at the two-day Crossroads of the West Gun Show at the Ontario Convention Center in southern California.  ”The line to purchase ammunition snaked around the exhibit hall,” said Bob Templeton, gun show owner. “It was taking nearly three hours for shoppers to make their way to the head of the line,” he said.

Not only are private individuals feeling the pinch, but law enforcement agencies nationwide are also affected, as firearms and ammunition fly off the shelves across the country, causing some dealers to limit sales.

Ammunition shortage continues to increase demand and prices, stripping some store shelves bare as gun owners rush to buy ammunition in anticipation of restrictive new gun laws.

CNS News runs a report, Ammo Manufacturers Scramble to Keep Up with Demand, Reassure Eager Customers, complete with information from various manufacturers.

As examples, here in Phoenix the disturbing news is that the Phoenix Police Department has stopped providing officers with 100 rounds of ammunition per month for practice. Tennessee’s Highway Patrol is still waiting for rifle and shotgun ammunition ordered in November.

Reports of government stockpiling of ammunition, and the lack of reasonable answers has increased public concerns. Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) and 14 of his House colleagues, who signed onto his March 5 letter, have asked the Department of Homeland Security to explain its purchase of approximately 2 billion rounds of ammunition of various calibers over the course of the last year — a fact which is believed to be exacerbating the bullet shortages. In his letter LaMalfa asks, “Are these purchases being conducted in a manner that strategically denies the American people access to ammunition?”

Great question, Congressman.

Additionally, the Social Security Administration posted this notice requesting a quote for ammunition indicating its intent to purchase 174,000 hollow point bullets. Why does the agency that is charged with sending senior citizens their monthly social security checks need bullets? Click on the first link under RFQ and read page 4.

Watch as presidential candidate Barack Obama, at a 2008 campaign event, declared he will not take Americans’ guns away:

“When you all go home and you’re talking to your buddies and you say, ah ‘He wants to take my gun away.’ You’ve heard it here; I’m on television so everybody knows it. I believe in the Second Amendment. I believe in people’s lawful right to bear arms. I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won’t take your handgun away.”

Maybe not.  But denying us the right to buy ammunition produces the same results, doesn’t it?

Reminder: How Mexico treats foreigners

This commentary by syndicated columnist and Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin is enlightening. 

Malkin’s reminder is especially pertinent given the push for granting amnesty to an estimated 26 million+ illegals by congressional Republicrats, including Arizona Senators McCain and McFlake, who foolishly believe this is the route to increasing GOP election victories.

Congress is set to reconvene after the Easter break, and this issue is a key agenda item.

 Do yourself a favor and read: “Reminder: How Mexico Treats “Undesirable” Foreigners.”

Knowledge is power.