$2.2 Billion: Obama phone waste, fraud and abuse

Remember this charmer?

It‘s gotten worse. Now a $2.2 billion government program underwrites free Obama cell phones — supposedly for the needy.  Instead, they are openly being sold to raise cash for illicit drugs and Louis Vuitton bags.*

And the original cell phone lady? Whadda’ya know?  She’s not such an Obama fan today.

 

 *H/T James O’Keefe Project Veritas

Amnesty? Let’s talk election facts

Lindsey Graham: Amnesty gets us back in Hispanics’ “good graces”

On Meet the Press Sunday morning, clueless Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told host David Gregory that he favored former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as a 2016 presidential candidate, although he declared no Republican could win unless comprehensive immigration reform was passed because the party was in a “demographic death spiral.”

“I think we’re going to have a political breakthrough, the Congress is going to pass immigration reform,” Graham opined. “I think we’re going to get plus 70 votes (in the Senate). I’ve never been more optimistic about it.”

“But if we don’t pass immigration reform, if we don’t get it off the table in a reasonable, practical way, it doesn’t matter who you run in 2016.  We’re in a demographic death spiral as a party and the only way we can back in good graces with the Hispanic community, in my view, is to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform…and if we don’t do that, it doesn’t matter who we run, in my view,” Graham rambled.

In our view, Graham’s analysis is fatally flawed.

No Republican presidential candidate in at least 50 years has won even half of the Hispanic vote. John McCain, the nation’s leading amnesty proponent, carried less than a third — 31 percent of the Hispanic vote. Still Graham sings McCain’s song and dances to his tune.

President George H.W. Bush created “diversity visas,” massively increased legal immigration and even eliminated the English requirement on the naturalization test. In the 1992 election, his efforts were rewarded with a slim 25 pecent of the Hispanic vote — less than the 27 percent Romney received.

In the presidential election immediately after President Reagan signed the 1986 amnesty bill, the Republican share of the Hispanic vote actually declined from 37 percent to 30 percent — and that was in a landslide election for the GOP.

In her column “Hispanicked GOP elite: They’ll respect us in the morning,” Ann Coulter writes:“Whatever it is that makes Hispanics love Obama, it’s not amnesty. He double-crossed Hispanics on amnesty; in the words of Univision’s Jorge Ramos, “You promised (amnesty), and a promise is a promise and with all due respect, you didn’t keep that promise.” (SRAZ added this video link.) Obama still won 71 percent of their vote

Graham has partnered with McCain’s amnesty-pushing Gang of Eight: Jeff Flake, and the tightrope-walking presidential aspirant, Marco Rubio, along with far left Democrats Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin, Robert Menendez, and Michael Bennet. The group is called “bi-partisan” although it consists of iffy Republicans doing the bidding of liberal Democrats.

Here are the U.S. Senate phone numbers. Let them hear our voices loud and clear.  

If you need encouragement to pick up the phone, McCain toady Lindsey Grahamnesty provides it:

 

The coup that wasn’t

Scuttlebutt from inside sources:

In the middle of Gov. Brewer’s hastily called special session, we heard rumors of a coup to oust Speaker Andy Tobin. Fingers were pointing at Bob Robson (R-LD18) as the swag behind the attempted rebellion. But Frank Pratt’s (R-LD8) name was being pushed as the replacement for Tobin since Robson wanted to avoid the limelight.

The coup has faded for now but may be started anew if Tobin uses too many procedural moves to thwart the expansion of ObamaCare in Arizona. Stay tuned for more details on what has turned into a political death match over the state’s Medicaid battle.

Read this statement issued jointly by Arizona’s Senate President Andy Biggs and House Speaker Andy Tobin on Gov. Jan Brewer’s call for a special session.

US Rep. Schweikert nixes AZ Medicaid expansion

Citing the fiscal risks and structural problems with the plan, Arizona’s 6^th Congressional District Congressman David Schweikert has announced his opposition to the proposal to expand Medicaid currently being debated in the Arizona Legislature:

“While I understand the desire of some of our state leaders to address uncompensated medical care, this proposal is simply too fiscally risky and should be voted down,” he said.

In explaining his opposition, Republican Schweikert said, “Specifically, this proposal relies upon a provision of federal law that allows states to effectively double-dip when collecting the provider tax, the first time from hospitals and then again from the federal government during the reimbursement process. Unfortunately, this provider tax reimbursement provision is currently being eyed by members of both parties to either be eliminated or substantially reduced. Should this happen, and there are indications that it will, Arizona taxpayers would be on the financial hook for the shortfall.”

“That fact drives my opposition to this proposal. Unfortunately, this proposal is not a ‘freebie’ for Arizona taxpayers as some have claimed. It is structurally flawed and will very likely become actuarially unsound in the very near future. I would strongly encourage legislators considering this proposal to fully understand the financial implications of what passage would mean for our state and more importantly for Arizona taxpayers.”

The Arizona native and small businessman knows a thing or two about fiscal issues. Prior to his election to Congress, Rep. Schweikert served as Treasurer of Maricopa County — one of the largest counties in the United States. He was responsible for protecting billions of taxpayer dollars and earned over $300 million in investment income while never showing a deficit despite a tough economic environment. He holds an undergraduate degree in Finance as well as an MBA.

Congressman David Schweikert’s opposition to this unsustainable governmental overreach is based in expertise and intellectual acumen, combined with a good dose of common sense. Seeing Red AZ applauds his strong, conservative voice in opposition to Gov. Brewer’s efforts to expand Obama’s Medicaid into our state.

For additional clarity on this Medicaid expansion monstrosity, check in with the Heritage Foundation’s The Foundry. Amy Payne’s “Don’t Take the Money and Run,” explains that Medicaid, which is already so overloaded that the number of people on the program exceeds the population of France, Britain, or Italy — is substandard health care that is losing doctors every year. It comes with increasing and unsustainable costs that will be passed on to already overburdened taxpayers. Payne’s article links to the dire scenario laid out in “Expanding Medicaid, Shrinking Wallets,” by Byron Schlomach, director of the Center for Economic Prosperity at the Goldwater Institute.

We urge you to read them both.  Knowledge is power.

Amnesty bill: Slick efforts aimed at duping Americans

Penalties, back taxes are a joke, there is no “back of the line,” no es necesario aprender inglés

More lies are being sent our way regarding the actual provisions contained in the Senate’s so-called “Gang of 8” amnesty bill.

Breitbart’s Matthew Boyle does an excellent job of laying out the deception coming from the mouths of Barack Obama and the treacherous gangsters — two of whom claim to represent Arizona’s citizens.

Although the facts clearly demonstrate otherwise, Obama used his weekly address to deceptively state, “This bill would provide a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million individuals who are already in this country illegally — a pathway that includes passing a background check, learning English, paying taxes and a penalty, and then going to the back of the line behind everyone who’s playing by the rules and trying to come here legally.”

A member of the advisory board of the Hispanic Leadership Fund, Grover Norquist is an open borders extremist and radical-Islamophile. He teamed up with  the far left, multi-billionaire George Soros’-funded National Immigration Forum’s Action Fund, as well as the Partnership for a New American Economy, to commission a poll that argued the same thing.

As anyone who has been following this charade is aware, 11 million is a mythical number that has been in use for a decade.

What would logically appear to be unlikely alliances are forming as attempts to dupe the American people are coming from every conceivable corner. Ask yourself the key questions:

Why would Republicans be aligning with Democrats to import millions more Democrats to ensure the demise of the GOP? How are unemployed or underemployed American citizens well served by a massive surge of new workers competing for still scarce jobs?  How do native-born American students benefit when illegals cunningly described as DREAMers vie for university placements and ultimately for a limited number of jobs?

Center for Immigration Studies analyzes Sen. Marco Rubio’s deceptive televised amnesty ad here. (The video and transcript are included under link.) The article exposes McCain and Flake as less than conservative on the issue of illegal immigration — no surprise to Arizonans who pay attention.

Powerline’s Paul Mirengoff examines committed player Marco Rubio, his machinations and aspirations in a piece titled, Rubio to continue “dancing with the one that brung him.”

Scripture distorted to promote amnesty; Dr. James Edwards clarifies truths

What better time than Sunday to explore biblical scripture as it relates to the issue of illegal immigration? It was just days ago that the amnesty pushing Periódico de la República de Arizona (Arizona Republic) ran a front page, above-the-fold article titled “Embracing migrants.”  To the newspaper, following the April 2013 AP Stylebook guidelines, the acceptable words are “immigrants,” “undocumented” and “migrants” — ditching the very precise term “illegal immigrant.” Here at Seeing Red AZ, fixated on meticulous definitions, we will continue to use the clearly definitive term “illegal alien” which is, according to the daily’s dictates, verboten.

In December 2010 Seeing Red AZ reported that the liberal word police of the Diversity Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists also called on news reporters nationwide to stop using the term “illegal immigrant” in their news coverage.

But we digress. Friday’s article told of “Evangelicals pushing Republicans to embrace immigration reform” — code for amnesty — a word that clearly defines the act of granting a pardon for illegally entering the sovereign nation of the United States of America in violation of our laws. Forgiving the criminality also entails ultimately creating a new group of voting citizens. Many have already been on the receiving end of taxpayer supported social benefits (shocking video) for years.

This past week Valley Evangelical pastors have united in purchasing radio spots flooding regular programming on conservative talk radio and local Christian stations. Such ads are also being broadcast in 13 other states to drum up support of Barack Obama’s amnesty scheme – strongly promoted by Arizona Sens. John McCain, Jeff Flake and their “Gang of 8.” This massive amnesty will provide a pathway to citizenship for illegals, whose numbers have consistently been under-reported.

During his testimony before the House Immigration Subcommittee on “Ethical Imperative for Immigration Reform,” James R. Edwards, Jr., Ph.D made compelling arguments against misusing the concepts of Christian mercy and compassion, instead using relevant principles from scripture that actually relate to U.S. immigration policy. His theological understanding is far more perceptive than that of the Catholic, LDS and Evangelical clergy who insist on rewarding millions who have thumbed their noses at our Rule of Law. The sympathetic approach of the churches also conceals the pew filling aspect, as church attendance in mainstream faiths plummets. 

Many national faith-based leaders are lobbying for mercy (amnesty) for illegal aliens. But that mercy would create injustice for innocent law abiding Americans — especially the unemployed.  Governments are called on to provide justice, not sympathy.

Read the entire text of Dr. James Edwards remarkable congressional testimony.  It’s in large type and won’t take long. You’ll be wiser for setting aside the few minutes to acquaint yourself with this rational, scripture-based response sans agenda.

NYTimes: “Reckless” Obama has “lost all credibility”

Obama‘s “Transparency” pledge a vague memory

 “President Obama’s Dragnet” is the title of the recent and harshly critical 2-page editorial in the New York Times — the establishment press’ “newspaper of record” — as it expresses disgust with the Obama administration‘s surveillance operations to collect domestic phone records and Internet communications of American citizens and its extreme efforts to conceal the expansive overreaches. The editorial says “the administration has now lost all credibility on this issue,” concluding it was “reckless in its assignment of unnecessary and overbroad surveillance powers.”

And when the editorial page editor of the far left NY Times declares “the Obama administration moves beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press to gather news,” it can rightfully be called significant.

Read Taking Note, the editorial page editor’s blog. It must have pained Andrew Rosenthal to write “Obama’s Secret Habit.”

Just last year, as it had done in 2008, the newspaper not only endorsed Obama’s presidential bid, but did so “enthusiastically.” In fact, the last Republican the Times endorsed was Dwight Eisenhower — in 1956 – nearly 60 years ago!

When even the New York Times can take no more from the Democrat Imposter-in-Chief, it appears the love affair is finally over. The question to ask is, “What comes next?”

LA Times biased report gets red lined

US House supports Rule of Law, immigration enforcement

Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) includes an LA Times report on Thursday’s GOP vote on a DREAM Act amendment, deceptively loaded onto a key bill to fund the Pentagon and other defense accounts. Passed by 224 to 201, U.S. Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) amendment to HR 2217 prohibits any funding from being used by the Obama administration to implement amnesty by executive decree. Further, it blocks many of the provisions contained in the Senate’s ‘Gang of Eight’ bill, relentlessly being promoted by Arizona’s two pro-amnesty clones, John McCain and Jeff Flake.

The folks at ALIPAC do a masterful job of editing the contrived LA Times report, noting they’ve corrected many of the inaccuracies in the article with the material in brackets.

Finally, someone takes on the liberal press.

To bring you up to speed on what to watch for as the Democrat-led Senate begins debate on amnesty next week, we recommend checking in at The Foundry for Amy Payne’s cogent warning, titled, “Four Words to Watch in the Immigration Debate.”

Obama shakeup sticks finger in America’s eye

“Spontaneous protest” at embassy was known to be preplanned

Wednesday was a busy day for Barack Hussein Obama.  Determined to reward incompetence and promote far-left extremists, while simultaneously slapping down conservative voices raised in concern,  he has named former UN Ambassador Susan Rice as his top national security adviser. This key post is in gratitude for her repeatedly spewing deceitful tales regarding the murderous attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. She should have been fired when the truth was exposed.

At the same time, he has replaced the compliant Rice with radical, well-connected and anti-Israel, Samantha Power. To grasp the full extent of who and what Powers is, we recommend Katie Pavlich’s commentary, A Look at Obama’s New UN Ambassador: Radical Samantha Power.

Knowledge is power.

Fox News: “Fair and Balanced” credibility tanks

Amnesty is prevailing view, Fox silences dissent

When it first came on the scene in 1996, Fox News provided a fresh new approach. It billed itself as “Fair and Balanced, sloganing,“ We Report, You Decide.“  The policy was a rousing success and the cable network’s viewership skyrocketed into a global go-to site, far outstripping the alphabet network contenders.

We’ve noticed a decided shift for some time. The leftward tilt is evidenced by the increasing number of liberal commentators, often outnumbering the conservatives with whom they are supposed to be providing the “balance.”  Instead, the list of these biased paid contributors has grown far past Alan Colmes and Bob Beckel to include new hire former Rep. Dennis Kucinich, once considered the most liberal member of Congress. He joins a lineup of spinmeisters Lanny Davis, Juan Williams,  James Carville, Kirsten Powers, Eleanor Clift, Susan Estrich, Tamara Holder, Patrick Caddell and Mara Liasson. Although Democrat pollster Doug Schoen and devoted Clintonite-morphed-into-a-conservative, Dick Morris are out, establishment CONsultant Karl Rove has been re-signed for a multi-year contract. Iffy Republican Scott Brown is also a new hire.

When it comes to John McCain, the hosts at the network can’t give him enough time. Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and Greta Van Susteren are all his willing sycophants, promoting the deceptive Gang of Eight and their amnesty bill S 744.  Sens. Marco Rubio, John McCain, Lindsey Graham rotate almost nightly, pushing this deceptive and costly monstrosity that undermines U.S. sovereignty and upends the rule of law upon which our nation was founded. Americans have every right to expect those we have elected to end the lawlessness, not surrender to it. Also onboard this debacle is newbie Sen. Jeff Flake who Laura Ingraham says is “living up to his last name” and declares she would like to move to Arizona to challenge.

William Gheen, President of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), previously a frequent guest, now appears to be banned from Fox News. Gheen is calling on American conservatives to demand Fox News balance their coverage by allowing guests who oppose Obama’s immigration agenda and S. 744 on the air.  Gheen asks, “Why would anyone believe Fox News to be fair and balanced about this amnesty bill or illegal immigration’s negative consequences while simultaneously deploying lobbyists to pass the bill and excluding guests who oppose the legislation?” 

“We are asking Americans across the nation to begin contacting Fox News to ask them to withdraw their inappropriate lobbying efforts in support of amnesty and to start allowing more guests who oppose the bill on the air!”

Gheen’s open letter to Fox News owners, managers, and show hosts regarding bias and support of amnesty for illegals can be read here. He invites Americans to join him in requesting the Fox News embargo against presenting other voices on this critical issue be lifted.

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