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THIS WEEK’S NEWS
A new Democracy Corps survey finds the passage of health care reform ‘did not produce even a point rise in the president’s approval rating or affection for the Democratic Congress… Virtually every key tracking measure in April’s poll has remained unchanged, including the Democrats’ continued weakness on handling of the economy.
A new national poll shows support for repealing President Obama’s health care reform law has not abated in the month since its passage, and actually ticked up.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/64746
Members of Congress face the most anti-incumbent electorate since 1994, with less than a third of all voters saying they are inclined to support their representatives in November, according to a new poll.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042705324.html?hpid=topnews
The latest
A new poll has businessman Tim Burns (R) leading in a special election for the seat of the late Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.).
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/95337-special-election-for-murthas-seat-tilting-toward-gop
National Enquirer published a story last night claiming that President Barack Obama was caught having an affair with a former campaign staffer at a
http://www.mediaite.com/online/obama-sex-scandal-national-enquirer/
As an oil spill the size of
Failure to get control of the relief effort and contain the environmental challenge could pose the same kind of political threat to Mr. Obama's popular standing that the much-criticized handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina did for former President George W. Bush. And unlike Katrina, it is likely the federal government will be the clear lead authority in dealing with the BP spill. (The Left will try to divert blame to the oil industry)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/29/expanding-oil-slick-poses-political-peril-obama/
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed a law making it a state crime to be an illegal immigrant, just hours after President Obama criticized the bill and said the federal government would review it to see if it violates civil rights laws.
The chattering class is aghast at
The furor grew as opponents used refried beans to smear swastikas on the
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100426/D9FB0SHO0.html
“Immigration Law: What The Media Fail To Report”
The law seems to be working already: “Many illegals say they will leave
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100429/D9FCDCN00.html
And it looks like a majority of Latino citizens in
Some Republicans are nervous. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is one of the first prominent national Republicans to speak out against it. "I think it creates unintended consequences,"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36427.html#ixzz0mKZmqlwp
“They've pushed and pulled, marched on the national Mall and issued demands..and now, immigrant rights groups find they've forced immigration and legalization to the top of the crowded congressional agenda. The next test of their power will come Saturday, when the groups hope to turn out hundreds of thousands of supporters in rallies across the country, all demanding that Congress and Mr. Obama slow interior enforcement and move to legalize illegal immigrants.”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/26/pressure-mounting-to-legalize-immigrants/
Here’s how it may play out: “Obama plays race card: rallies blacks, latinos for ’10 upset”
Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Congress not to mess with the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy -- the ban on gays serving openly in the military. In a strongly worded letter Gates told the House Armed Services Committee that forcing policy changes on the military before it's ready would "send a very damaging message to our men and women in uniform."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/30/pentagon-chief-warns-congress-changing-militarys-gay-ban/
Sarah Palin resumed her role as the anti-Obama at a gathering of conservative activists in
Fox News Channel which evokes the ire of liberals across the country has just finished first among cable news channels for the 100th consecutive month.
http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/fox-rolls-along-1-for-100th-consecutive-month/
The Supreme Court has said a federal court went too far in ordering the removal of a congressionally endorsed war memorial cross from its longtime home in
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=992152
President Obama has given a “massive payback” to unions by implementing an executive order that would help them secure billions of dollars in construction contracts on public projects. The executive order encourages federal agencies to use “project labor agreements” or PLAs on their construction projects, which could require any non-union workers to pay into ailing union pension funds and follow work guidelines set out by a union.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/65009
In America’s most liberal city, more than 1 in 3 of San Francisco's nearly 27,000 city workers earned $100,000 or more last year.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/26/MNC51CLUBN.DTL
The recovery is picking up steam, but economists say the government's stimulus package and jobs bill had little to do with the rebound.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/26/news/economy/NABE_survey/
SurveyUSA has a new poll on the Washington Senate race. Dino Rossi has a ten-point lead over Democrat Sen. Patty Murray, 52%-42%. Rossi so far hasn’t decided if he will run.
Great moments in socialized medicine: “Thousands of UK doctors and nurses face the sack after the election under devastating cuts being planned by NHS bureaucrats….Last night nursing leaders warned the cuts could see the return of Third World wards and long waits for treatment - and could even threaten the lives of patients.
No wait, it’s already happened: “A devastated daughter has accused Gordon Brown of betraying the elderly after her mother died 'wallowing in filth' in an NHS hospital . Clara Stokes, 84, who was honored last year by the Prime Minister for her work as a Land Girl during WWII, was left partially paralyzed by a massive stroke in December 2009. Her daughter claims her mother's subsequent care at Luton and
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THIS WEEK’S FEATURED COLUMN
Alicia Colon 4/30/10
Whenever I’d watch old WWII movies and saw the occupying Nazi soldiers demand papers from French citizens I’d think how lucky we are that here in
As a Hispanic I recognize this ploy for what it is- a desperate attempt to incite militant Hispanic groups into protesting
Ironically even some Republicans like Karl Rove and Lindsey Graham are worried that the law allowing police to ask potential illegal immigrants for papers will lead to abuses. Michael Gerson explained the potential civil rights violation in his Townhall column: “The law creates a suspect class, based in part on ethnicity, considered guilty until they prove themselves innocent. It makes it harder for illegal immigrants to live without scrutiny — but it also makes it harder for some American citizens to live without suspicion and humiliation. Americans are not accustomed to the command “Your papers, please,” however politely delivered. The distinctly American response to such a request would be “Go to hell,” and then “See you in court.”
I am an American of Hispanic heritage and I look the part. I can’t count how many times I’ve been asked, “Do you speak English?” According to the rhetoric being showered in the media I’m supposed to be upset at being asked for my “papers.” Oh really?
Ask any American of every ethnicity how often they are asked for picture ID. The answer is it happens on a daily basis- checking into hotels, using credit cards, at job interviews. We should be used to this by now. The only place we don’t have to be documented is at the voting booth. If voters had to prove their eligibility the Democrats would lose their base and their power.
Every attempt to have voters prove their citizenship has been thwarted by the Democrats and with good reason, from their point of view. They rely on minority and suspect voters whom they can truck to the polls en masse with instructions on how they should vote. Would they be able to do this if these voters had to show their eligibility to vote?
They use thuggery to intimidate legitimate citizens and now have a justice department that refuses to address this tactic. At these proposed rallies to protest the
If the media wants to know who’s to blame for the
Hispanics are once again being used as political pawns to sustain the Democrat Party’s power in the inner cities. I hope the rest of the country realizes that we Hispanics who are citizens are not in its pocket and will support efforts to insure that only
http://bigjournalism.com/author/aliciacolon/
MORE GOOD READS:
In my last column, I noted that no society can survive a prolonged infatuation with moral ambiguity. Perhaps no other political issue in
http://jewishworldreview.com/0410/ahlert.php3
Listening to the national uproar, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Arizona has marched into the civil rights apocalypse with its new state law cracking down on illegal immigrants…..it'd be nice if the national media provided some context, rather than simply slamming Arizona as a redneck haven filled with nativists and bubbas with a hankering for racial profiling. An estimated 500,000 illegal aliens live in
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/the_arizona_uproar.html
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FROM OTHER COLUMNS
"President Obama called the
-Jack Cafferty
"It is passing strange for federal officials, including the president, to accuse
-George Will
"If a state, or nation, has laws it will not enforce for political reasons, it mocks both the law and politics, to say nothing of the cultural order."
-Cal Thomas
"Being deeply concerned about what your government might do to you or that your representatives in
-Mark Hemingway
"Whenever I see Pelosi's super-sized luxury jet, I'm reminded of those bumper-stickers one occasionally sees around town that announce My Other Car is a Motorcycle or, on a '94 Saturn, My Other Car is a Limousine. Her plane should have a large sticker on its tail that reads: My Other Plane is a Broomstick, and so, come to think of it, should she."
-Burt Prelutsky
"To give you an idea how popular President Obama is around the world -- he's probably the most popular leader in the world -- this is amazing. They opened a nightclub in
-Jay Leno
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BOOKS
The Founding Fathers are made over into racist slaveholders, the settlers of the West into genocidal land-stealers, and the welfare state
https://members.humaneventsonline.com/order.php?offer=1869
“Spoken from the Heart” by Laura Bush. “In this brave, beautiful, and deeply personal memoir, Laura Bush, one of our most beloved and private first ladies, tells her own extraordinary story.”
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LEFTIST WATCH
In January Cesar Chavez said that using Twitter, the internet and text messaging to criticize his leftist regime was "terrorism." He has now decided to use the social networking tool for his own purposes. "Comandante Chavez is going to open his Twitter account soon to wage the battle online,"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/7637168/Hugo-Chavez-to-join-Twitter.html
“The folks at Brandeis assure me it’s all just a big misunderstanding. When they compare the Tea Party movement to neo-Nazis, they mean it in a nice way. And so, if all goes as scheduled, Brandeis will host a symposium tomorrow on “The New Right-Wing Radicalism.” It starts with a discussion of rising neo-Nazism in Europe (“Mein Kampf: A Book Of The Past In The Present”) and ends with an analysis of the Tea Parties in
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1250333&srvc=rss
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NEWS FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD
No joke.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/30/stayed-mum-iran-vote-womens-commission/
A British Muslim has shown 'no remorse' after desecrating a town's war memorial with extremist Islamic slogans. He will be punished with a hand slap because the graffiti proclaiming future world domination for Islam, glorifying Osama Bin Laden and calling for the assassination of the British Prime Minister, 'was not religiously or racially motivated'. (That’s a relief…)
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GLOBALONEY
What kind of U.N. environmental ambassador builds a 20,000 square-foot home with a six-car garage, an elevator and a lagoon?
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1249847
The author of a new book says Al Gore's mission to "go green" has nothing to do with global warming but everything to do with another green -- the greenback. Former California TV meteorologist Brian Sussman exposes Al Gore's global warming hoax in his newly-released book Climategate. "Al Gore doesn't believe in global warming. He believes in money, and he stands -- along with a number of others -- ...to make billions; [or] as one friend of mine in the Silicon Valley who's a financier told me, maybe a trillion dollars is what these guys can make altogether off of this," the author reports.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=989718
Eco-billionaire Al Gore just purchased an $8,875,000 ocean-view villa on 1.5 acres with a swimming pool, spa and fountains. The Italian-style house has six fireplaces, five bedrooms and nine bathrooms.
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-hotprop-gore-20100428,0,4103538.story
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ARTICLES
The last few days have seen an extraordinary outburst of criticism of
http://www.creators.com/conservative/brent-bozell.html
“It is not politically correct, but it has to be said. The impetus to furious objections to the new
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/26/the-great-arizona-shootout
The idea of specifically recruiting military veterans to run for marginal House seats was part of Rahm Emanuel's master plan when he ran the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2006. The strategy helped Democrats win back the House. Now Republicans are mounting their own effort to run veterans of the
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471204575210283530139678.html?KEYWORDS=John+Fund
Nowhere has liberalism gone further than in
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=532030
It is a truly tragic development that in
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/it_is_a_truly_tragic_developme.html
Why does it seem that the public is being told that the only demand the Tea Party activists have is that their taxes be lowered? Though the activists would doubtless welcome such an outcome, it is by no means the sole impetus of their objections. In fact, the demand is explicitly absent from their "Contract from
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/04/obamas_tea_party_straw_man.html
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NOTEWORTHY WEBSITES
Remember November so that we can return
Must see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3APuNTmqbDY
7 lies in under two minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErR7i2onW0&feature=channel
The clear and present danger of homegrown Islamist terrorism grows weekly. Plots are coming at
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/05/01/2010-05-01_the_threat_keeps_growing.html
A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrd3HYU80Dk
Facts, not fiction on climate change:
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WISE WORDS
"The greater the power the more dangerous the abuse."
-Edmund Burke
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."
-Albert Einstein
“You can't put a price tag on the American Dream. That dream is the heart and soul of
-Ronald Reagan
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