I guess the term “ILLEGAL aliens” doesn’t mean much to certain Senators on Capitol Hill these days. Obama hasn’t passed out free citizenship amnesty to all just yet, so for the time being illegal aliens are still…ahem…illegal. Check out the story from Judicial Watch.
An influential senior Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee is withholding support for his party’s recently drafted healthcare reform bill because illegal immigrants won’t benefit under the plan.
The only Hispanic in the U.S. Senate, New Jersey’s Robert Menendez, doesn’t like the way illegal aliens are treated in the bill, recently released by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, and refuses to vote for it until changes are made. This could create a huge problem, according to the congressional newspaper that broke the story, because Menendez has considerable leverage and may represent the committee’s deciding vote.
Specifically, Menendez objects to the portion of the bill that forbids illegal immigrants from buying health insurance through newly created exchanges that will be set up to cut costs. The senator, once among the highest ranking Democrats in the U.S. House, has joined forces with Hispanic advocacy groups that have denounced the proposed measure’s emphasis on legal and illegal immigrants.
Sickening how race-based politics gets in the way of that pesky rule of law thing….Shame on you Senator Menendez!
Here is a letter to the editor published in the Detroit Free Press today. It about says it all.
Thank goodness for Mitch Albom! Without him I’d have never known I was a racist.
Here, I thought that I disagreed with the president’s policies because he nationalized some of the largest corporations in America (e.g. numerous banks, GM, Chrysler etc).
I thought that I disagreed with him because he has quadrupled the national debt and because he now wants to take over nearly 10% more of the US economy under the guise of fixing healthcare.
I thought that watching co-workers getting laid off by the dozen, and seeing my friends and neighbors lose their jobs as federal unemployment reaches 10% was reason enough to disagree with the President. Now I know better.
Thanks to reading Mitch’s Sept. 13 column (”Yell at Obama a new low but not the last”), I now know that the reason I disagree with the president is that I’m actually a racist.
At first this news made me feel bad, but then Mitch pointed out that it wasn’t really my fault; it’s the fault of talk radio and cable TV (I should have known that I’m not bright enough to form my own opinions).
I now know that only Mitch’s talk radio show should be considered palatable.
Thanks again, Mitch, for straightening me out on this!
This concerned citizen from Michigan (apparently a racist, he now knows it lol) wrote this in response to Mitch Alboms column published on September 13 in the Free Press where he arrogantly declared that disagreement with policy and ideology actually have nothing to do with policy and ideology. It stems from a deeper need to use the “N” word for a black President, and since we can’t do that, we can use the more socially acceptable terms such as anarchist, socialist, communist etc.
The premise of his argument is tied to the Rep. Joe Wilson story, which of course we have all heard by now the two words heard ’round the world. YOU LIE! An amazing sentence, a tiny sentence, but a sentence that apparently is not to be used in the Congress of the United States of America. Certainly not during the middle of a speech that was in fact laced with half-truths, deception, and vagueries. Yes, we know that in the bill it says that your not to be able to get the public option if you are an illegal resident. But the following paragraphs and pages leave loopholes so large that a Mack truck could drive through it. No coverage for illegals, but absolutely no check system in place to acheive that statement. In essence, a half-truth or as my mother told me as a child. A LIE.
For his lack of decorum in the joint session of Congress, Rep. Wilson did in fact apologize to the President. He acknowledged that he was in error by interrupting his speech (frankly, I disagree…if cheers from Dems are ok, why is dissent not ok?). The President accepted his apology, effectively ending the story right? No, not even close. The silliness has only just begun. Fundraising for Wilsons upcoming election opponent spiked to amazing levels, as he was demonized by the DailyKos kooks, and the faux intellectualism of many lefty reporters. He was a racist, he didn’t disagree with Obama’s statement…he hated the fact that a black man delivered it. Its ludicrous. Race baiters across the country have apparently united to form a wall of separation around this President, to make sure he does not encounter any policy disagreements. After all, it only means your racist right?
So, in its typical useless form, the House undertook the unprecedented step of passing a resolution of disapproval for Rep. Wilsons behavior. It has never been done. It was a monumental waste of time.
The 240-179 vote on the resolution of disapproval reflected the sharp partisan divide over the issue. Democrats insisted that the South Carolina Republican take responsibility for what they said was a serious breach of decorum. Republicans characterized the vote as a political stunt.
Wilson himself would not back down on his position that he owed the House no apology. Surrounded by Republican supporters, Wilson said Obama had “graciously accepted my apology and the issue is over.”
Thank God for journalists like Megyn Kelly, who have been blessed with a measure of common sense and decency.
Wait, but Wilson isn’t the only racist in town. Over a million protesters took to Pennsylvania Avenue marching to the Capitol to put our racism on display for the world…I mean, everyone saw the pictures of the Patriots in their white hoods right? No..you didn’t. But the attempt to marginalize and demonize the outpouring of anger over government (if you were there, you would know that the majority of anger was aimed at the Congress, not the President).
Racism is a weak argument. You cannot debate the merits, you can’t defend the Presidents indefensable policy. His mindset, his history, his associations, and his actions in the office of the President of the United States are admittedly progressive, which is merely double speak for socialist. Wait, according to Mitch Albom, that statement must be my inner racist coming out again. Ridiculous. Debate the facts.
Finally a GOP Congressman willing to speak up and yell the truth. Inappropriate, sure…but much needed anyways.
A complete lack of decorum by South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson. But if the guy with the big microphone is willing to stand in front of Congress and the American people and lie, then he should be called a liar. Congratulations Joe Wilson on saying what thousands upon thousands of Americans were yelling at their television screens.
The war on the Mexican border continues quietly, and under the radar of the Washington elite who choose not to deal with the problems for fear of offending the growing Hispanic voting bloc.
United States Customs and Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas was killed Thursday night while responding to a call near the town of Campo, California. Rosas, who is 30, responding alone to this call and was gunned down by what is thought to be drug smugglers coming across the border by car.
“My thoughts and condolences are with Agent Rosas’ family and his fellow agents at this difficult time,” said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement.
“His death is a vivid reminder that we are engaged in a serious effort to secure our border and that thousands of Border Patrol agents and other DHS employees risk their lives every single day to protect and defend our nation.”
The growing concern of the Mexican drug violence spilling over in the southwest has been growing for a while. Yet we continue to do nothing about it. Drug cartels have been raging a war against Mexican officials for years, its only a matter of time before it comes into the US (which it already has on some levels) and we will undoubtedly continue to see the escalation of this type of violence, unless the root issue of controlling our southern border is dealt with. We do not need the constant flow of illegals coming into our country, let alone the lawless element of Mexico continuing their activities in our homeland. Our border is porous and should be a top priority of our government, no matter who you are going to offend. Its our security we are talking about.
One of the questions that popped into my head about this latest incident is why was Agent Rosas responding alone? I am not exactly sure of the way they operate, if its similar to a normal policing situation, but I would have thought he would have had a partner. Its kind of an irrelevant point I suppose, but could have made a difference in preventing this tragedy.
According to Michelle Malkin, there has been a break in this case….
KPIX in San Francisco is reporting that two men and one woman were arrested in relation to this case in a San Jose Hospital where they were seeking treatment. Reportedly, a blood sample of one of the assailants was found at the scene. Reports that the Agent may have been shot with his own weapon are unconfirmed at this time.
This tragedy underscores the need for a better fence and tighter control over the United States Border with Mexico. It also signals an escalation of the violence on this side of the fence or lack thereof. The area where the agent was killed is still only protected by the decades old ten-foot fence that smugglers and illegal immigrants have been scaling or crawling under since it was installed.
Local residents and citizen border watchers are stricken with grief, many of whom knew and worked with Agent Rosas…Agent Rosas is survived by a wife and two small children. Flags across the area are flying at half-staff.
Rosas was the first CBP agent to die in the line of duty in more than a decade. I salute him and offer prayers for his family.
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