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Monday, May 31, 2010
Canderous Colon and Washington
Remember the sacrifices that went into the building and keeping of America, today and every day.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE WAR DOGS ON MEMORIAL DAY?
Iraq 2008 - photo courtesy of War Dogs Website
Furry Angel
by Christopher Dion
She is my guardian angel
Clad in 2 tone fur
Ever there beside me
In the darkness as in the light
Her nose ever seeks out
That which would destroy
She walks head long into danger
All to see me safely home
No gold or glory does she seek
Merely my love and a little praise
No truer angel has man ever known
Than this dog that walks beside me
In this far off foreign land
Gulf spill workers hospitalized - Natural News
North Carolina - LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A GOOD MAN IN ILARIO PANTANO!
Meet Ilario Pantano, running for elected office; someone falsely accused of murder in Iraq.
Take a good look. I think he's a good guy.
FAILED: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION NOW EVEN FAILING AT CHICAGO STYLE POLITICS
Read this and have a good snigger.
Sniggers are wonderful for the soul.
They aren't seen often - this is good snigger fodder.
HILLARY - WHAT DID YOU SAY? THE RICH AREN'T PAYING THEIR FARE SHARE OF TAXES?
Bet the Hollywood crowd will love this, as they run to make sure their safes are locked.
And the New York gazillionaires, too.
Or will they get special dispensation?
Sleep well, folks....
The Death of BP's TOP KILL - what to do next?
Why are the environmentalists, THE GREENIES, AL GORE, SO QUIET? THE QUIET IS BREAKING MY EARDRUMS!!!
60 USES FOR BAKING SODA SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS
do the same jobs, baking soda can work for you just as well, if not better.
Use it in the following ways:
1. To make your own baking powder, stir and sift together 2
parts of Cream of Tartar to 1 part baking soda and 1 part
cornstarch.
2. Be sure to keep an extra box of baking soda by your stove in
case of grease or electrical fire. Scatter the powder by the
handful to safely put it out.
3. Keep a container of baking soda in your garage as well as in
your car to put out a fire. It won't damage anything it touches.
4. Baking soda will also put out fires in clothing, fuel, wood,
upholstery and rugs.
5. Clean vegetables and fruit with baking soda. Sprinkle in
water, soak and rise the produce.
6. Wash garbage cans with baking soda.
7. Soak and wash diapers with baking soda.
8. Oil and grease - stained clothing washes out better with
soda added to the washing water.
9. Clean your fridge and freezer with dry soda sprinkled on a
damp cloth. rinse with clear water.
10. Deodorize your fridge and freezer by putting in an open
container of baking soda to absorb odors. Stir and turn
over the soda from time to time. Replace every 2 months.
11. Soda absorbs kitty litter odors. Cover the bottom of the kitty box
with 1 part soda; then add a layer of 3 parts kitty litter on top.
12. Always add 1/2 cup soda to your washing machine load.
13. Clean combs and brushes in a soda solution.
14. Wash food and drink containers with soda and water.
15. Wash marble-topped furniture with a solution of 3 tablespoons
of soda in 1 quart of warm water. Let stand awhile, then rinse.
16. Clean Formica counter tops with baking soda on a damp sponge.
17. Wash out thermos bottles and cooling containers with soda
and water to get rid of stale smells.
18. To remove stubborn stains from marble, Formica or plastic
surfaces, scour with a paste of soda and water.
19. Wash glass or stainless steel coffee pots (but not aluminum)
in a soda solution ( 3 tbsp. soda to 1 quart water).
20. Run you coffee maker through its cycle with a soda solution.
Rinse.
21. Give baby bottles a good cleaning with soda and hot water.
22. Sprinkle soda on barbecue grills, let soak, then rinse off.
23. Sprinkle soda on greasy garage floor. Let stand, scrub and rinse.
24. Polish silverware with dry soda on a damp cloth. Rub, rinse and
dry.
25. For silver pieces without raised patterns or cemented-on
handles: place the silver on aluminum foil in an enamel pot.
Add boiling water and 4 tbsp. baking soda. Let stand, rinse and
dry.
26. Reduce odor build-up in your dishwasher by sprinkling some
soda on the bottom.
27. Run your dishwasher through its cycle with soda in it
instead of soap to give it a good cleaning.
28. To remove burned-on food from a pan: let the pan soak in
soda and water for 10 minutes before washing. Or scrub the
pot with dry soda and a moist scouring pad.
29. For a badly-burned pan with a thick layer of burned-on food:
pour a thick layer of soda directly onto the bottom of the
pan, then sprinkle on just enough water so as to moisten the
soda. Leave the pot overnight, then scrub it clean next day.
30. Rub stainless steel and chrome with a moist cloth and dry
baking soda to shine it up. Rinse and dry. On stainless steel,
scrub in the direction of the grain.
31. Clean plastic, porcelain and glass with dry soda on a damp
cloth. Rinse and dry.
32. Remove that bad smell from ashtrays with soda and water.
33. Sprinkle a bit of dry soda in your ashtrays to prevent
smoldering and reduce odor.
34. Clean your bathroom with dry soda on a moist sponge - sink,
tub, tiles, shower stall, etc.
35. Keep your drains clean and free-flowing by putting 4
tablespoons of soda in them each week. Flush the soda
down with hot water.
36. Soak your shower curtains in water and soda to clean them.
37. To remove strong odors from your hands, wet your hands and
rub them hard with soda, then rinse.
38. Sprinkle baking soda on your wet toothbrush and brush your
teeth and dentures with it.
39. Sprinkle soda in tennis shoes, socks, boots and slippers to
eliminate odor.
40. Add 1/2 cups or more of baking soda to your bath water to
soften your skin.
41. Putting 2 tbsp. of baking soda in your baby's bath water
will help relieve diaper rash irritations.
42. Apply soda directly to insect bites, rashes and poison ivy
to relieve discomfort. Make a paste with water.
43. Take a soda bath to relieve general skin irritations such
as measles and chicken pox.
44. Take 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water to
relieve acid indigestion or heartburn.
45. Gargle with 1/2 tsp. baking soda in 1/2 glass of water.
Freshens and cleans your mouth.
46. Used as a mouthwash, baking soda will also relieve canker sore
pain.
47. To relieve sunburn: use a paste of baking soda and water.
48. Bug bites: use a poultice of baking soda and vinegar.
49. Bee sting: use a poultice of baking soda and water.
50. Windburns: moisten some baking soda and apply directly.
51. Making Play Clay with baking soda: combine 1 1/4 cups
water, 2 cups soda, 1 cup cornstarch.
52. Use soda as an underarm deodorant.
53. If your baby spits up on his shirt after feeding, moisten a
cloth, dip it in baking soda and dab at the dribbled shirt.
Tho odor will go away.
54. When scalding a chicken, add 1 tsp. of soda to the boiling
water. The feathers will come off easier and flesh will be
clean and white.
55. Repel rain from windshield. Put gobs of baking soda on a
dampened cloth and wipe windows inside and out.
56. Add to water to soak dried beans to make them more digestible.
57. Add to water to remove the "gamey" taste from wild game.
58. Use to sweeten sour dishcloths.
59. Use dry with a small brush to rub canvas handbags clean.
60. Use to remove melted plastic bread wrapper from toaster.
Dampen cloth and make a mild abrasive with baking soda.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
THE SLIMEY SESTAK SCENARIO - BRIBERY? OH, YEAH!
....To the song "Unforgettable" ...
"Unimpeachable, that's what you think,
Try to hide away, from newsprint's ink...
You knew you did something very wrong,
And you thought your words were oh, so strong,
That no one would ever know that you bribed someone..."
OK, send me the next stanza...or take it from here to Youtube, but don't forget to send me the url!
BP'S CONTRIBUTIONS, OBAMA'S OIL DISASTER AND WALTER BRASCH'S and DOUG CASEY'S ASSESSMENTS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050404118.html
http://www.caseyresearch.com/displayCdd.php?id=443
http://themoderatevoice.com/74404/oily-politics-led-to-environmental-disaster/
And it troubles me deeply - let's use the word "angers" instead - that BP would give the state of Florida with Charlie Crist's upturned palm, $15 million dollars for ad campaigns to lure tourists to Florida which isn't oiled up yet. But it will be. This is a terrible affront to Louisiana and Gov. Jindal who needs the money more than we do.
I am livid at Obama's handling of this matter. His 8-day inaction. Like it didn't matter. That he didn't care. More like he was stuck in the bathroom with diarrhea and fear because he doesn't know how to handle this. Maybe he will have to get his scallops for state dinners from another source. He is totally inept, and if deals were made, the whole cabinet and the czars and each Senator and Representative with oil interests in their portfolios, must be taken OUT of office. OUT NOW, WITH NOT A SECOND TO SPARE. And Biden the Buffoon, and Pelosi - OUT.
Instead of going to Chicago, he should be wading through the brownie mix of oil and salt water and getting himself dirty, at the behest of Gov. Jindal. Obama has done NOTHING. And yes, it is his responsibility.
And another thing. I signed up to volunteer to clean oiled wildlife should the leak (when the leak) reaches here. But if these animals are released, there will be nothing to eat and they will die, too.
I have no doubt that it will arrive here, because of hurricane season, which will begin in a few days. The eggbeater winds will push the leakage here, and it will push past the Florida Keys, destroying our coral reefs and right up the Atlantic, maybe wander into the Caribbean. In time, if the plumes are not stopped, all our oceans will be dead. The Dead Zone. Brownie batter. And this is how we will die...standing on an oil covered beach, devoid of life, the stink of oil and salt water in our nose, the deafening silence where once the gulls and terns and sandpipers called, the empty skies and the thick oozy, brown water with the peacock sheen.
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TOMATOES AND CHEAP LABOR - FORWARDED BY A FRIEND...
In light of the Arizona decision - Illegal Aliens - Something to consider here..................
This English teacher has phrased it the best I've seen yet..
Tomatoes and Cheap Labor
CHEAP TOMATOES?
This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or Independent
>From a California school teacher - - -
"As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of:
I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic
and income levels
Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens , Huntington Park , etc., where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.
Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten.
I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight.. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also provides day care centers for the unwed teenage mothers (some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids.
I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing
funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America ..
I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students, here in the country less than 3 months, who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them "Putas"(whores) and throwing things, that the teachers were in tears.
Free medical, free education, free food, day care
etc., etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled to not only be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.
Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.
Americans, We need to wake up.
It does, however, have everything to do with culture: It involves an American third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and an American culture that has become so weak and worried about"political correctness" that we don't have the will to do anything about it.
If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to everyone you know.
CHEAP LABOR? Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?
Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.
Consumers don't want expensive produce.
Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs.
But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth, a farce, and a lie. There is no such thing as "cheap labor."
Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He takes a job for
$5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income Tax Return, he gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200 free.
He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.
He qualifies for food stamps.
He qualifies for free (no deductible, no co-pay) health care.
His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.
He requires bilingual teachers and books.
He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.
If they are, or become, aged, blind or disabled, they qualify for SSI. If qualified for SSI they can qualify forMedicare . All of this is at (our) taxpayer's expense.
He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance.
Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material.
He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in benefits.
Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6..00/hour left after paying their bills and his.
Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT!
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS OF EITHER PARTY. 'AND WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT ONCE!'
THIS HAS GOT TO BE PASSED ALONG TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OR WE WILL ALL GO DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE A FEW DON'T CARE
Friday, May 28, 2010
SENATE REFUSES 6000 BORDER TROOPS - OF COURSE - THEY WANT THE MEXICAN VOTE
Pandering again to foreign interest and selfish gain, despite endangering our own people from the waves of illegal aliens into Mexico then into our country, they refuse to do their duty and to carry out the instructions of the Constitution and the rule of law.
They are committing treason.
KAGAN, AS DEAN OF LAW SCHOOL DID NOT REQUIRE COURSES IN US CONSTITUTION! PUSHED INTERNATIONAL LAW INSTEAD.
AND ON THIS ALONE, SHE MUST NOT BE APPROVED.
CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TOLL-FRE E AT 877-851-6437
ALLEN WEST, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, FLORIDA GETTING TO THE DEMS...SMEARS STARRING
The Demonrats can't stand integrity or the Constitution. West has it all. I hope sincerely, he gets elected. We need men like him.
THE SESTAK CESSPOOL - OBAMA SEND BILL CLINTON TO BE HIT MAN
http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2010/05/white-house-spin-on-sestak-job-offer-to.html
And if this was caught anyplace else but Washington, DC, the parties would be arrested for RICO offenses.
So...just let's impeach Obama.
DETENTION CAMPS BEING BUILT ACROSS AMERICA
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h645/show
The perfect storm for martial law and cancellation of elections -
The oil leak - so far, unstoppable
The chemical fallout (benzene) from said leak
Forced evacuation of millions
And strange movement of National Guard and UN troops within the USA recently.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS? NOT UNDER OBAMA...
Send this to your local newspaper, tv and radio stations. Do you value truth in media? Forget that, too. Soros, as you remember, probably one of the top three wealthiest people in the world is an unrepentant Nazi. And Obama's bosom buddy.
MORE 9/11 INFORMATION - MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS BETRAYED US - IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB
http://www.infowars.com/top-construction-firm-wtc-destroyed-by-controlled-demolition/
If you are reading this today, Friday, May 28, you need to go to www.infowars.com and listen to the rebroadcast. You MUST.
Our country will do anything to hurt us. We have given them unbridled power, and it's time to stop it in its track.
IMPEACH OBAMA, GET RID OF HIS CRONIES AND THE SOCIALIST/MARXIST COMMUNISTS IN CONGRESS AND LET'S START OVER WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND A BRAND NEW REBIRTH OF OUR REPUBLIC.
OUR GOVERNMENT IS RIDDLED WITH THE CANCER OF CORRUPTION.
WE WILL NOT SURVIVE IT UNLESS WE ACT DECISIVELY, CALL, VOTE, RANT, RAVE, TALK TO YOUR MILITARY. WE MUST NOT BE SILENT ANYMORE.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS MOBILIZED ACROSS AMERICA - UN TROOPS SPOTTED ON OUR SOIL
Time to network, prepare, have serious public talks with your sheriff to see how he stands - with you or against you as far as the 10th Amendment, and if you see white buses and white railroad cars, prepare for martial law, and to be separated from your family and be forced into internment camps. Those railroad cars have chains and restraints. What about the coffins stacked up outside Atlanta? Do some internet searching. Read about Operation Garden Plot.
Agenda 21 and other DoD operations.
We are going to see it in our lifetime.
Remember - 10s of millions rumor to be evacuated from the Gulf coast area because of the leak?
At West Point, the fraud in chief said to the cadets, he is all powerful?
Start listening and watching Alex Jones. Watch his videos.
Watch your neighborhoods - be aware. Prepare for the worst. Guard your belongings. The idea is self preservation at all costs.
UNFREAKINBELIEVABLE! THE FOURTH AMENDMENT HAS FINALLY BEEN GROUND INTO THE DIRT - YOU HAVE NO PRIVACY FROM CENSUS WORKERS IF YOU RENT
EVERY DAMN DAY I SAY TO YOU - "DON'T YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING?"
NOW DO YOU FEEL VIOLATED? ENOUGH TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD?
Arizona and the Mexican alien backlash! Read to the end.
Mexicans here and in Mexico are rather upset by the recent enactment of stricter anti-illegal alien laws by Arizona's governor.
In light of the following, that position demonstrates the typical double standard used by race-hustlers and assorted something-for-nothings. Read on, and read it to the end.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 9.. Foreigners may have no protests; no demonstrations, no waving of a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. These will lead to deportation. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 10. If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted &, when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged. All assets will be taken from you. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Too strict?...... The above laws are the current immigration laws of MEXICO !!! |
TERROR WATCH FOR THE TX/MX BORDER
And from Ameripac comes this -
Obama Breaks AZ Law Refuses to Deport Illegals
ALERT:Obama's has not stopped assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement John Morton from saying his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities and "I don't think the Arizona law, or laws like it, are the solution."So the asshole prez isn't recognizing the federal or the Arizona constitutions and laws.
Speak the words "IMPEACH OBAMA" TO FIVE PEOPLE TODAY. PLANT THE SEEDS.
Eye Candy
Boiling after the news on this last post about our people in Afghanistan, and after calling John Boehner's office, and talking to the dead head aide who was just SO ready to hang up on me, and then Allen Boyd's aide, who was a bit more interested, I thought it might be nice to visit a photography site for some visual enjoyment.
The vision of our troops patrolling without loaded weapons is just too much for me to take so early in the morning...a walking meat market. And YOU SHOULD BE OUTRAGED and screaming for impeachment.
So take a minute to deflate and relax on this photographer's site.
Whew!
US SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN ORDERED TO PATROL WITH UNLOADED WEAPONS
IMPEACH THE BASTARD. NOT ONLY IS HE GOING ON VACATION IN CHICAGO AND IGNORING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HIS PRESENCE IN WASHINGTON ON MEMORIAL DAY, HE'S GOING TO BAIL OUT ANOTHER FAILING BANK THERE.
AND -
HE IS SACRIFICING OUR LOVED ONES BY PATROLLING IN A WAR ZONE, UNARMED AND DEFENSELESS.
THIS IS MURDER, IN MY BOOK AND THEIR BLOOD IS ON HIS HANDS.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR GENERALS?
MAYBE WE SHOULD SEND OUR SOLDIERS, THESE:
http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2008/10/anti-jihadi-ammunition.html
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
ADOPTING A DOG? DON'T FORGET THE BLACK DOGS (AND CATS)
http://blogs.dogtime.com/-dog-spired/2010/05/black-dog-rescue-project
The dog in the photo is Shadow, my neighbor's adopted boy. She is in her 80s now and for the past 21 years, she has adopted all her pets and taken in strays. Her furry companions keep her going. She is a dynamo.
OBAMA MIA FOR MEMORIAL DAY AND IN LOUISIANA AS OIL LEAK WORSENS - POOR BABY - HE'S ALSO GOING TO BAIL OUT A CHICAGO BANK
The idiot doesn't have a clue.
IMPEACH OBAMA NOW.
CALL CONGRESS - SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES, TOLL FREE - FROM WORK, FROM HOME, FROM YOUR CELL PHONE. PUT THE NUMBER ON YOUR SPEED DIAL.
877-851-6437
RED ALERT FLORIDA - BENZENE HEALTH WARNING/OIL LEAK AND BENZENE POLLUTANTS IN AIR/RAIN
http://gazbom.blogspot.com/2010/05/benzene-killer-plans-in-place-to.html
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/benzene-contamination-in-gulf-states/
Thanks to Eowyn of Gellowship of the Minds
I wrote about this a week or two ago - use the search bar to find it.
I recall that the warnings were Gulf waters to the Tampa area. Better ask your EOCs
what the plan is if you are living on or near the coast.
If you have any additional information, please send it here so I can post it.
Evacuations, if they are necessary, are going to be dreadful, and as long as that oil is giving off fumes, I will take money in bets that you will not be allowed to go home. Make provisions for your animals, please.
Chinese concerned about electronic company suicides.
What will they do, ultimately, for those workers...besides stress management and psychiatric counseling? Kill them?
THIS IS WHY YOU LOAD THE DECK WITH COMMUNISTS: DOJ TO DRAFT CHALLENGE TO AZ LAW
Read these laws.
They mirror each other - the federal and Arizona's.
This is how the regime in the White House will destroy us.
IMPEACH THE BASTARD.
MONKEY ON A CHAIN JOE BIDEN SAYS BRUSSELS COULD BE THE CAPITAL OF THE FREE WORLD
Doesn't he know what side his bread is buttered on?
MEET YOUR OBAMACARE RATIONING CZAR
If you have some liberal non-believers, show them this.
And I swear - you MUST subscribe to this newsletter. Go to www.cnsnews.com and do it now.
There is so much information here, it'll make you crazy. Just like me. :c)
THE SESTAK ISSUE - AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE
and:
http://thehill.com/
Obama - start packing up your boxes.
United Arab Emirates and Russia offer help for Louisiana oil tragedy - US hasn't accepted it. WHY?
Why aren't the United States' finest minds in the field doing something?
Obama's going to make a showing today. Big f*****g deal. You get help from anywhere or anyone who offers, you dolt.
This will be a world crisis. Obama's done nothing. God forbid he interrupts his vacation in Chicago for something to trivial as a eco-crisis.
Quote of the Day
BARRY'S (SOETORO) BORDER BAND-AIDS
Troops to the Mexican border: Obama to send 1,200
By ERICA WERNER and JACQUES BILLEAUD (AP) – 37 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — Under pressure to take action, President Barack Obama on
Tuesday ordered 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S
-Mexico border, pre-empting Republican efforts to force a congressional vote
to send the troops.
Obama will also request $500 million for border protection and law
enforcement activities, according to lawmakers and administration officials.
The president's action comes as chances for comprehensive immigration reform
Obama's long-stated goal, look increasingly dim in this election year.
Obama has been all but compelled to do something since Arizona's passage of
a tough illegal-immigration law thrust the border problem into the public
spotlight.
Indeed, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer credited her signing of the controversial
new law for compelling Obama to act. Signing the law, Brewer said in a
statement, "clearly ignited the talk of action in Washington for the people
of Arizona and other border states."
The National Guard troops will work on intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance support, analysis and training, and support efforts to block
drug trafficking. They will temporarily supplement Border Patrol agents
until Customs and Border Protection can recruit and train additional
officers and agents to serve on the border, according to a letter Tuesday
from top administration security officials to Senate Armed Services
Committee Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich.
In 2006, President George W. Bush sent thousands of troops to the border to
perform support duties that tie up immigration agents. But that program has
since ended, and politicians in border states have called for troops to be
sent to curb human and drug smuggling and to deal with Mexico's drug
violence that has been spilling over into the United States.
The White House released the letter signed by national security adviser
James Jones and White House counterterror chief John Brennan not long after
Obama met at the Capitol with Republican senators who pressed him on
immigration issues, including the question of sending troops to the border.
Arizona Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl have been urging such a move, and
Republicans planned to try to require it as an amendment to a pending war
spending bill.
In a speech Tuesday on the Senate floor, McCain said the situation on the U
S.-Mexico border has "greatly deteriorated.
Guard troops to be sent, and he asked for $250 million more to pay for them.
"I appreciate the additional 1,200 being sent ... as well as an additional
$500 million, but it's simply not enough," McCain said.
Democrats were considering countering McCain's amendment with a proposal of
their own after disclosure of the administration plans. The White House wasn
t expected to formally send its spending request to Capitol Hill until after
the Memorial Day recess, said Kenneth Baer, spokesman for the White House
Office of Management and Budget.
A military official said Tuesday that details were still being worked out on
the troops' orders and destinations, adding that the timing of their
deployment was not yet clear. Also undetermined was which units from which
states would deploy.
The Defense Department, which has been jousting with the Homeland Security
Department for the better part of a year over the possible deployment, had
previously expressed concerns that the troops not be used for law
enforcement duties. Pentagon officials are worried about perceptions that
the U.S. was militarizing the border.
The administration'
role, according to the military official, who spoke on condition of
anonymity because the details were still being worked out. Some of the
troops will be armed, but others will not.
Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords said the situation on the ground
now is different from when Bush deployed the Guard. Arrests have fallen in
the Arizona sector and there've been record drug seizures.
She said the border is more violent and law enforcement is outgunned. She
and other lawmakers want the troops to be armed — they were not in the
previous deployment.
She said the U.S. needs to "spend what it takes" to secure its border with
Mexico.
The Mexican Embassy said Tuesday it hoped the National Guard troops would be
used to fight drug cartels and not enforce immigration laws. Mexico has
traditionally objected to the use of military forces to control undocumented
migration, saying such measures would criminalize migrants and open the way
for potential abuse.
Cecilia Munoz, White House director of intergovernmental affairs, told a
group of Spanish-language reporters Tuesday that the National Guard troops
would not deal directly with migrants.
More than 20,000 Border Patrol agents are deployed now, mostly along the
nation's southern border.
Billeaud reported from Phoenix. Associated Press writers Andrew Taylor,
Suzanne Gamboa, Lolita C. Baldor and Luis Alonso in Washington and Paul
Davenport in Phoenix contributed to this report.
http://www.google
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ANOTHER RADICAL OBAMA PICK FOR THE FED, THIS TIME. SARAH BLOOM RASKIN
EVERY DAY, IN EVERY WAY, OBAMA IS SEEING TO IT THAT WE WILL BECOME A COMMUNIST NATION BY THE TIME THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COMES AROUND.
BY THAT TIME, HE WILL HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HIS GOAL.
AMERICA, A THIRD WORLD, SOCIALIST/COMMUNIST NATION.
IT'S TIME WE RID OURSELVES OF THIS VERMIN.
IMPEACH HIM NOW.
A Warning from MT Rep. Mike Miller for Teapartiers and Republican/Conservatives about Infiltrators and Agent Provacateurs
From: Rep. Mike Miller, HD84 [mailto:Mike4HD84@blackfoot.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:18 AM
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Wow, where to even start. The last few days have been very enlightening.
Background: Jan 5th, a group of Republicans tried to form the Montana Main Street Republican Partnership PAC - they filed a C-2. Senator Bruggerman was a key player. When the group learned that they could not accept funds from the Main Street Advocacy Fund (a Wa DC org) as they got corporate funding (think Soros, NEA and Goldman Sachs), they pulled the C-2 and requested it be destroyed. Opps - public record - didn't happen.
There have been radio ads and slick mailers put out in at least 6 Montana races. The ads are very well done and try hard to not advocate voting for any candidate. They say things like "Montana needs more gov't accountability and lower taxes" Contact candidate XXX at "ph number" for more information. They have a partial disclaimer of Note to Voters This advertisement is not paid for or authorized by any candidate. It is paid for my Main Street Advocacy Fund Po Box 1630 Helena, MT 59624" It is lacking Treasurer and party affliation, in my opinion.
The slick mailer was designed by Ted Dick - poltical director of SEIU Montana. He visited Political Practices with a "draft flier" on 4/29 and said they were trying to avoid "express advocacy". The draft mailer was advocating Sandy Welch in HD3. He was advised to contact an attorney. Mr. Dick returned on 5/4 with a revised draft - he was informed by Political Practices that it looked better, but to still get with an attorney.
So now we have a documented connection between SEIU and Main Street Advocacy - a supposed Republican organization. And they are targeting Republicans. I have heard that this same org was active in Colorado in 2008. I do not know how effective they were.
It appears that revision of the flier was customised for several races and mailed out early last week. On 5/20 the Commissioner of Political Practices again met with Mr. Dick and informed him that OPP had recived several complaints regarding the fliers - the flier is an exact word for word copy of a radio ad that ran 5/11 thru 5/14 in the Helena area and who knows where else. The cost of the radio ad targeting my race was over $2000. He was informed of the disclaimer requirements and it was verified that an incorporated national organization (Main ST. Advocacy Fund) was paying for the ads. Mr/ Dick was informed that there may be the potential for penalties. (Mike says - why would that org care about $25k in penalties when they get 6 or more people elected that are sympathetic to thier cause?) There was a conference call at 3pm on the 21st with the MSA lawyer and OPP - I do not know the outcome - yet.
This is ALL 100% documented. I have copies of everything. Main Street Advocacy is a spin off of Main Street Republican Partnership - Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe and other "less conservative" prominent Republicans are members. Some might find this link educational:
In my district, the radio ads ran 5/11 to 5/14 - just when the absentee ballots dropped - I did not learn of it for a few days afterwards as I get no radio here in the boonies. I have copies of the radio station broadcast logs as to when the ads played and the cost, They are scheduled to start back up on June 1 and run thru 10am on June 8. The radio station has agreed to not run the ads until they get the OK from OPP. That helps me but not the other races this is happening in.
That's about all I know at present.
H/T to KM in MT and to Mike Miller!