Thursday, February 2, 2012

PETITION TO MAKE 'ENGLISH' OUR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

Grassfire Nation Update
    
Conservatives,
It’s time the United States make English their official language.
That is the sentiment of more than one hundred lawmakers who have added their names as co-sponsors to the “English Language Unity Act of 2011” (H.R. 997), introduced by Rep. Steve King (R-IA). In addition to becoming the official language of the U.S., the legislation would also “establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization.”
“I don’t know what the Republican leaders have on the board that is more popular than official English,” said King to the Hill. 

Silver State Confidential 02/02/2012

FIRST FRIDAY HAPPY HOUR – TOMORROW NITE!!

This month’s First Friday Happy Hour will be held the night before the Nevada GOP presidential caucus – tomorrow night! - so stop by, unwind, and hoist a couple of cold ones in preparation for the Silver State’s day in the national political spotlight (while saying a silent prayer that Republicans don’t screw it up and become a national embarrassment).

Oh, and we’ll also be celebrating what would have been President Reagan’s 101st birthday! 

The Swinger’s Club in the Plaza Hotel downtown.  5-7 pm.  50-cent PBR’s from 5-6 pm.  $2 John Daley’s.  Be there or be talked about!

THE NEW PHONE BOOK IS HERE!  THE NEW PHONE BOOK IS HERE!

Woo-to-the-hoo!  We made it on The Fix’s list of “favorite tweeps in Nevada.”  The illustrious group includes:

@GuyClifton — Guy Clifton, Reno Gazette-Journal reporter
@elizcrum — Elizabeth Crum, NevadaNewsBureau.com publisher
@AnjeanetteDamon — AnjeanetteDamon, Las Vegas Sun reporter
@rgjrayhagar — Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal reporter
@chuckmuth — Chuck Muth, consultant, working for pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC
@lmyerslvrj — Laura Myers, Las Vegas Review-Journal
@ralstonflash — Jon Ralston, Las Vegas Sun columnist
@stevesebelius — Steve Sebelius, Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist
@ruithoven — Robert Uithoven, Republican consultant

Next?  Maybe we’ll make the list of best political blogs.  They need a good conservative on that list for balance.

THEY KNOW SO MUCH THAT ISN’T SO

I have a rule, seldom broken, about NOT quoting know-nothing political “science” professors because, frankly, that don’t know doodley-squat.  Latest example: The Review-Journal today quoted PSP David Damore of UNLV as saying, “If Romney gets 50 percent (in the Nevada caucus), it means conservatives are finally coalescing around him.”

Oh, puh-lease. 

If Romney gets 50 percent in Nevada it will be because this is a caucus state, not a primary state…and Romney (a) has been organizing and campaigning here for five years, (b) has a strong LDS base of support, (c) has dramatically outspent his opponents, and (d) has perhaps the best GOP campaign pro in Nevada, Ryan Erwin, calling the shots.  It’ll have absolutely NOTHING to do with “conservatives coalescing around him.”

Why does the media insist on quoting these guys who have no real-life experience in politics, especially within the conservative movement, as “experts”?

DUMB MOVE FOR SMART METERS

I really haven’t been following very closely this whole controversy over NV Energy’s “smart meters.”  However, a mailer I just received compares it to the speedometer on a car.  Talk about apples and oranges.  And anytime I see a campaign that has to mislead and misdirect to back up their position…that usually means they’re on the wrong side of the issue.

The letter advised me that my “dumb” meter was scheduled to be removed and be replaced with a “smart” one in the next 30 days.  Well, that didn’t sit too well with me, so I rang up the energy monopoly from my smart phone and asked if I could “opt out.”  And the answer, frankly, stunned me.

I was told that, yes, I could opt out – subject to an upcoming ruling by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC, which I think might be short for “pucker up, baby!”).  However…

If I “refused” – and that’s the word the nice lady used, not “opt out” – to change over to the smart meter, I was warned that NV Energy could come take out my “dumb” meter and…get this…leave me with no electricity at all!

I thought surely I must have misunderstood.  But sure enough, I was informed, in no uncertain terms, that the meter belongs to NV Energy and that they are perfectly within their rights to come take it back and leave me, literally, in the dark.  Which is not exactly the sort of threat you take lightly.  In fact, them’s fightin’ words.

Something tells me I’m about to become very, very much engaged in this fight.

REGULATING POLITICS

Sheldon Adelson’s $10 million donation to a super-PAC supporting Newt Gingrich has the do-gooder campaign regulators in a froth.  Some are suggesting new legislation to ban super-PACs that would withstand court scrutiny.  But that’s a fool’s errand.

If you ban super-PACs you’re NOT going to stop wealthy individuals and large employers – who have a lot to protect from the government – from getting involved monetarily in political campaigns. 

Indeed, if Mr. Adelson wasn’t allowed to donate $10 million dollars to the Winning Our Future PAC, for less than $500 bucks he could create Winning Our Future, Inc. and still buy $10 million worth of advertising supporting his favorite candidate(s).  It’s called free speech…though in this case it’d be $10 million speech.

So who are we kidding here?

In the movie Jurassic Park, actor Jeff Goldblum had this to say about the theme park’s plan to only clone female dinosaurs so they couldn’t breed:  “If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us it's that life will not be contained. Life breaks free… Life finds a way.”  The same could be said for money in politics. 

Therefore, the best solution is to remove all caps on political donations, allow individuals and corporations and unions to give unlimited amounts of money directly to the candidate’s campaign – thus allowing candidates to not only be in control of their campaign and messaging again, but be 100% responsible for it, as well -  and simply require full disclosure of the all donations online within 48 hours.  Then let the voters decide if the money means anything.

Granted, there are exceptions to any rule…but voters, generally, aren’t stupid. 

DEFICIT HAWKS WHO TALK LIKE DOVES

The Dullard Mush blog has weighed in on the “seemingly, universally panned performance” of Nevada Republican congressional candidate and State Sen. Barbara Cegavske’s performance last week on Jon Ralston’s Face to Face program – bringing rare unanimity from the left, the right and the center.

“Considering Cegavske's been a Carson City fixture for over 15 years,” The Anon Guy writes, “her zero-content responses” to direct questions were particularly “egregious,” especially when it came to questions about Nevada’s budget:

“It is getting increasingly tiresome to hear deficit-hawks suddenly lose their zeal for fiscal responsibility when asked the obvious question "What would you cut?" (with the added implication of "and please, for the love of god, give me a specific item that actually cuts something besides a few damn pennies!!!") But, like virtually all conservatives before her, she mumbles something about looking at a variety of unnamed solutions before being pressed into a laughably small (and, therefore, politically safe) target.”

What he said.  For suggestions for real cuts and real money-saving government reforms, check out the Freedom Budget proposed by the Nevada Policy Research Institute.  Conservatives in Nevada won’t find a better place to start.

RALSTON WATCH

Nugget #1: On Wednesday night, Jon Ralston did an excellent interview with Ron Paul about his presidential campaign and chances in Nevada.  You can catch it here: http://cts.vresp.com/c/?CitizenOutreach/30e84aa02f/3add5de2bd/690d800b83

Alas, even though the interview was conducted professionally, I understand Ralston was slammed with hate-emails from Paul supporters.  So much for “How to Win Friends” - and yet another example of how some of Paul’s supporters are the candidate’s own worst enemy.

Aren’t there any adults in that campaign who can make these people stop?

POLITICAL POTPOURRI

* The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports today that “A Las Vegas police officer was arrested Wednesday on several charges stemming from accusations that while on duty in 2011 he stopped two women in separate cases and coerced them into exposing their breasts.”  Hey, at least he didn’t shoot them!

* Newt Gingrich is correct.  Florida cemented that fact that this really is now a two-person race between him and Mitt Romney.  I wish Ron Paul was doing better…but it is what it is.  Anyway, polling released today in the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows that among GOP voters in Nevada, Romney leads Gingrich 45-25 percent.  But among those who strongly support the tea party movement, Gingrich leads Romney 37-27 percent.  So this really is a race pitting moderate vs. conservative and the establishment vs. the grassroots.

* From the Don’t-Call-Us-We’ll-Call-You Department comes this quote from Tim Miller: “The reality is Newt hasn't learned from his past mistakes, and he's completely unwilling to run the type of disciplined campaign necessary to win.”  Mr. Miller is a former aide to Jon Huntsman – the guy who has already dropped out of the race because he ran such a crappy campaign.  So consider the source.

* Rick Santorum is delusional.  He doesn’t have the funding, the national following, the record of achievement or the gravitas to be the conservative alternative to Romney.  Period.  It’s still an uphill climb for Gingrich, too, but Gingrich clearly has the better shot.  The longer Santorum stays in the race, the more likely it is the GOP will nominate its next Ford-Dole-McCain.  Thanks, Rick.

* The best endorsement news for Newt Gingrich in Nevada this week was in NOT getting Sharron Angle’s. After blowing a slam-dunk opportunity to take out Sen. Harry Reid in the 2010 election, Angle is pretty close to political kryptonite in Nevada now.  And to the surprise of nobody, she endorsed Rick Santorum on Wednesday.  Newt really dodged a bullet on that one.

ALL THE “RIGHT” MOVES

* Newt Gingrich will attend a rally tomorrow (Friday) morning in Las Vegas.  Open to the public.  Event activities begin at 10:00 a.m. at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country, 9151 Las Vegas Blvd., South.

* “Republicans registered 3,200 more voters than Democrats in Nevada in January,” RalstonFlash tweeted earlier today. “Democrats now down to 47.5K statewide edge.”  If only they’d started, you know, like two years ago.

* Rich Oppel in today's New York Times: "A quarter of the Republican Party membership in Clark County - which includes Las Vegas - are now (Ron) Paul backers, estimates Tim Williams, the county party's political director. Four of Nevada's 17 county Republican chairmen are also supporters, according to Mr. Bunce. And Robert List, the state's Republican national committeeman and a former governor, says four or five members of the state party's 12-member executive board are backing Mr. Paul." (H/T: Morning Score)

* Steve Commander is a (fill-in-the-blank).  Try to keep the four-letter-words to a minimum…although the one beginning with a “j” and ending in “rk” is acceptable.

FAMOUS LAST WORDS

“I'm not concerned about the very poor.” – Mitt Romney, 2/1/12

“(Mitt Romney) comes across as the prototypical rich Republican. And it's gonna make it harder and harder and harder and harder to go after Obama because this turns around on him.” – Rush Limbaugh

“It's obvious that Romney's statement that he's 'not concerned about the very poor' is incredibly tone-deaf.  But Romney's remark isn't merely tone-deaf, it's also un-conservative.” - John McCormack of the Weekly Standard

“(Romney’s comment about the poor) strengthens the stereotype of Romney as the patrician who is only aware of the poor as people who clean the streets and wash his car. . . . The idea that somehow we can sign the poor to the safety net and we patch it and dependency is a liberal idea...Romney is a guy who came late to his new ideology and still can't speak it very well." – Columnist Charles Krauthammer

“As strong as Romney's performance was in Florida, he has yet to hit the right note with movement conservatives.” – Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard

“Mr. Romney still has work to do among the GOP's populist wing, which includes its social conservatives, the tea party and the folks who used to be called Reagan Democrats. . . . He needs to find a way to overcome their doubts. If Mr. Romney does win the nomination, look for him to select a conservative favorite as vice president.” - Paul A. Gigot of Political Diary

“The fat lady is warming up. But it is not a done deal yet. (Mitt Romney) still has a fractured base and lost the heart of the base (in Florida). He has trouble with tea party activists and evangelicals though he roughly tied with Gingrich in capturing their support, and he has trouble with strong conservatives." – Red State’s Erick Erickson

“Gingrich is certainly in a position to make Romney's life unpleasant, and he seems determined to do that. But for now, a party that has been defined since 2009 by its most energetic and ardent conservatives is moving toward nominating the very candidate such Republicans reject." – Washington Post’s E.J. Dionne

“After just four primaries, the field has narrowed to just two viable candidates, and the Republican Party has to make a critical decision that will impact its credibility for a generation. Are we the party of Bob Dole, Goldman Sachs, John McCain, and Mitt Romney? Or are we the party of Sarah Palin, Rick Perry, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich?” – Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond, 2/1/12

THIS IS A PART OF THE STIMULUS OBAMA HAS SPENT

Nanny State Giving Out Free Cell Phones, Minutes To Welfare RecipientsDid you know that the federal government is giving out free cell phones and free cell phone minutes to welfare recipients? It may be hard to believe, but it is true. Right now, there are companies that are running advertisements specifically targeted at low income Americans informing them of the fact that all they have to do is sign up and they can get a free cell phone and hundreds of free cell phone minutes every single month and it will all be paid for by the federal government. Some have referred to this as “The Obama Phone”, but that is not exactly accurate. The outrageous federal programs that are paying for this were initiated before Barack Obama entered the White House. But the fact that welfare recipients have been receiving free cell phones and free cell phone minutes under both the Bush and Obama administrations has been confirmed as being true by Snopes. All of this is paid for by “the federal Universal Service Fund”. That is one of those annoying little taxes that you may have noticed on your phone bill ...Read More

OBAMA IS TRYING TO CON EVERYBODY...NOW MISINTERPRETING THE BIBLE

Obama pushed Dodd-Frank because of GodPresident Barack Obama has been taking lumps from Republicans for years over his support for Wall Street and health care reform, but today at the National Prayer Breakfast he claimed support from on high to defend two of his most controversial legislative achievements. “And so when I talk about our financial institutions playing by the same rules as folks on Main Street, when I talk about making sure insurance companies aren’t discriminating against those who are already sick, or making sure that unscrupulous lenders aren’t taking advantage of the most vulnerable among us, I do so because I genuinely believe it will make the economy stronger for everybody. But I also do it because I know that far too many neighbors in our country have been hurt ...Read More

WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT CONSISTENTLY COVERS TRUTH

Holder: No cover-up in ‘Fast and Furious,’ no effort to hide details of the operationAttorney General Eric Holder vigorously denied a “cover-up” by the Justice Department over “Operation Fast and Furious,” telling a House panel investigating the botched gun-running program that he has nothing to hide and suggesting the probe is a “political” effort to embarrass the administration. “There’s no attempt at any kind of cover-up,” Holder told lawmakers well into a hearing about whether he had been forthright in responding to requests of the House Oversight and Government Relations Committee led by Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif. “We’re not going to be hiding behind any kind of privileges or anything,” he said.Read More

OBAMA ASKS FOR BIPARTISANSHIP - HARRY REID SAYS "NO WAY,I KNOW BETTER!"

Reid Threatens to Push a Democrats-Only Payroll Tax Cut Extension


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid threatened to move his own payroll tax cut extension bill Thursday, as Democrats across the Capitol decried what they said was GOP obstruction, this as the deadline fast approaches for the tax break to expire.
A House-Senate conference met for the third time Thursday morning to try to hammer out a compromise on not only the payroll tax holiday, but also unemployment insurance benefits and a fix to keep Medicare doctors from seeing a cut to their federal reimbursement.

DOG FOOD RECALL FOR MISSOURI, ARKAKSAS AND LOUISIANA

According to the Associated Press, Advanced Animal Nutrition of Thayer, Missouri has today announced a voluntary dog food recall involving three of its products due to contamination with aflatoxin.
The event was initially announced by the FDA on December 8, 2011 and later updated by a second news bulletin dated December 13, 2011 (republished February 2, 2012).
The recall includes the 50-pound bags of the following products:
  • Dog Power Hunters Formula 27-14
  • Dog Power Adult Maintenance Formula 21-12
  • Dog Power Hi-Pro Performance Formula 26-18
The contaminated products were apparently distributed in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana.

GALLUP REPORTS - UNEMPLOYMENT ON THE RISE...AGAIN

U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, increased slightly to 8.6% in January from 8.5% in December. Underemployment increased more sharply as a higher number of part-time workers sought full-time work.
Read more at GALLUP.com.

KILLED NEWS STORY: U.S. Border Crashers Triggering Surge in Disease

Submitted by: Nancy Battle
 
DISEASES COMING ACROSS THE BORDER!!!! A MUST READ
 
Breaking health news of immediate concern to my readers...
 
WHILE CROWDED EMERGENCY ROOMS cater to illegal aliens... and political correctness forces paying customers to wait "their turn" for treatment,
Generally overlooked alerts from the Centers for Disease Control, National Institutes of Health, CNN, and other sources all confirm the worst
Tens of thousands of otherwise healthy Americans are dying from Antibiotic-Resistant Super-Bugs and other killer infections and parasites. Even bedbugs, tuberculosis, and leprosy have hitched a ride back into the U.S.A.
Dear CONSERVATIVES:
Fair warning – reading this letter might make you sick. But NOT reading it could kill you.
This is a serious matter, and here's what it's about –
Nearly 20,000 Americans per year are now dying from antibiotic-resistant "super-bugs" fanning across the U.S.A. That shocking toll includes many healthy young adults and now surpasses the annual body count for AIDS.

IRAN - WILL ATTACK U.S.

Iran, Perceiving Threat From West, Willing To Attack On U.S. Soil, U.S. Intelligence Report FindsBy Greg Miller
Breitbart -
BigPeace.com/WashingtonPost.com
An assessment by U.S. spy agencies concludes that Iran is prepared to launch terrorist attacks inside the United States, highlighting new risks as the Obama administration escalates pressure on Tehran to halt its alleged pursuit of an atomic bomb.

MORE OF HOLDER'S LIES

Holder: No talks With Napolitano Or Clinton on Fast & Furious, Passing Conversation With Obama

Feb 02, 2012 01:53 pm
I love how Congressman Jason Chaffetz goes to work to show how Holder and Obama Administration is trying to claim igonorance.Read More and Comment: Holder: No talks With Napolitano Or Clinton on Fast & Furious, Passing Conversation With Obama

REP WEST SPEAKS FOR CONSERVATIVES EVERYWHERE

Rep. West Declares ‘Days Of Conservatives Being Punching Bags – That’s Over’

Feb 02, 2012 01:37 pm
Tweet On the Sean Hannity radio show today, Rep. Allen West said that “the days of conservatives being punching bags-that’s over.” “As I shared with you last night and I will continue to say, the days of conservatives being punching bags-that’s over, Rep. West (R-) said. “And we have to stand up-we have to stand [...]Read More and Comment: Rep. West Declares ‘Days Of Conservatives Being Punching Bags – That’s Over’

A 'CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER' - THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

The Danger That The Obama Administration Poses To America

Feb 02, 2012 02:12 pm
Tweet During World War II, posters displaying the slogan “Loose lips might sink ships” reminded service members and civilians alike to avoid indiscreet discussions about secure information that could be exploited by the enemy and used against America during wartime. People understood that freedom of speech did not give them license to spill their guts [...]Read More and Comment: The Danger That The Obama Administration Poses To America

OWS PROVES TO BE A BAD INFLUENCE

Occupy Oakland Lunatics Incite 15 Year Old To Murder Adoptive Parents

Feb 02, 2012 02:16 pm
Tweet The liberal media could not connect this murder to the TEA party movement, so we didn’t hear much about this story. A middle aged couple, she a physician’s assistant and he a prison psychologist, who had repeatedly argued with their 15 year old adopted son over his refusal to stay away from the violent [...]Read More and Comment: Occupy Oakland Lunatics Incite 15 Year Old To Murder Adoptive Parents

NEVADA - DEAN HELLER FOR U.S. SENATE ASKS: "IS THIS WORKING"

Conservatives,
Three years ago today...
Watch The Video
President Obama told the Today Show that if the economy didn't turn around he would be a one-term President.
At the time of the interview, Nevada's unemployment rate was 10.4%.
Today, it is 12.6%—I ask again, "Is This Working?"
Watch the video of President Obama on the Today Show.
Help us show Barack Obama that you agree with him, and join the fight to stop the Obama-Berkley agenda by contributing $5 to our campaign today.
Let's change Washington—it isn't working.
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POLITICAL DIGEST 02/03/2012 CONSERVATIVE

Best older posts for new blog readers

Even at 14%, Romney Pays a Higher Rate than 97% of His Fellow Americans by Scott A. Hodge
Excerpt: The release of Mitt Romney's tax returns, which indicate that he paid an average tax rate of 14 percent after deductions, has once again prompted a great deal of confusion over marginal and average tax rates. For a moment, let's set aside the issue that most of Mr. Romney's income is in the form of capital gains and dividends, which are taxed at 15 percent rather than at the highest marginal rate of 35 percent, and look at the difference between marginal and average (or effective) tax rates.

AMERICA HAS 1.8 MILLION ENGINEERS AND OBAMA LIES ABOUT THAT

Obama continues his efforts to justify further Immigration of engineers from abroad. His stated excuse is, "There are not enough within our citizens that qualify."

That is a BLANTANT LIE!  Pastor Lee
DR. CAMAROTA CATCHES THE PRESIDENT
WITH HIS ENGINEER STATS DOWN


This morning, I sent you an email with the amazing video of an engineer's wife asking Pres. Obama why he is bringing in foreign engineers when American engineers like her husband can't find a job.

The President found the question "interesting" because "industry tells me that they don't have enough highly skilled engineers."  
U.S.-BORN INDIVIDUALS WITH ENGINEERING DEGREES (under age 66)
(based on most recent American Community Survey by the Obama Administration itself) 101,000 -- U.S. engineers looking for a job who can't find any work at all
244,000 -- U.S. engineers who have dropped completely out of the labor market
1,470,000 -- U.S. engineers who are working but no longer as engineers
========================================================
1.8 million -- Total U.S.-born individuals under the age of 66 who have engineering degrees but don't have an engineering job

There is a lot to say about all those numbers. But one thing that can't be said is that the United States doesn't "have enough highly skilled engineers" among its own citizens.

These numbers were compiled by Pres. Obama's own staff. But he apparently never thought to check on the facts. He was perfectly willing -- just like most Republican leaders -- to simply take the word of the business elites with whom he hobnobs when they claim they have to have more foreign engineers.

If this outrages you, go to your NumbersUSA Action Board and find the free actions you can take:
http://www.NumbersUSA.com/actionbuffet

OBAMA BEHIND 'OCCUPY WALL STREET' B.S.

Dear Conservatives,

Like a recurring bad dream, the Occupy movement returned this past weekend. This time there were no appeals about the downtrodden and left behind--only an outburst of violence and vile rhetoric that showed its true face. This is a movement that only pretends to be sympathetic to the victims of America's current economic problems. Actually, the Occupy gang is thankful for the opportunity these problems offer--an opportunity to bash America once again and everything it stands for.

The violence and chaos we saw over the weekend--highlighted by ritualized burning of the American flag and expressions of naked anti-Semitism--is what the Occupy movement is all about. Never mind the 1% and the 99%: that's all window dressing for a movement that is and always has been 100% anti-American. I say "always has been" because the occupiers are umbilically connected to the Communist Party of the 1930s and the radical New Left of the 1960s. We have seen these people before. They come not to make America better, but to destroy it and to substitute their deformed totalitarian ideas for a system of government and an engine of economic power that have been the envy of the world.
make a generous, tax-deductible donation today to help us distribute this important pamphlet and use it to awaken Americans to the dangers this neo communist movement poses. With your immediate contribution I will, of course, send you a free copy of "Occupy Wall Street: The Communist Movement Reborn." But I will also use your donation to help me get 250,00 copies of this pamphlet on the presses and into the hands of students, members of the media, government officials and others who need to know that these occupiers intend their occupation to become permanent.

Sincerely,

David Horowitz
President & Founder

P.S. I need your help to get 250,000 copies of our new pamphlet, "Occupy Wall Street: The Communist Movement Reborn" into the hands of students, the media and goverment officials across the country. Please follow this link to make the most generous contribution you can afford and I'll send you a free copy. Thanks--David

DOJ BRIBE TAKING ACCEPTABLE TO ERIC HOLDER?

Submitted by: Donald Hank

Bribery, compromised officials leave indicted financial-crime suspects free from prosecution under Holder’s DOJ

By Matthew Boyle Published: 10:16 PM 02/01/2012
 
A U.S. Justice Department source has told The Daily Caller that at least two DOJ prosecutors accepted cash bribes from allegedly corrupt finance executives who were indicted under court seal within the past 13 months, but never arrested or prosecuted.
The sitting governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, his attorney general and an unspecified number of Virgin Islands legislators also accepted bribes, the source said, adding that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is aware prosecutors and elected officials were bribed and otherwise compromised, but has not held anyone accountable.

WHAT HAS THE FED AND CONGRESS DONE TO AMERICA?

Submitted by: Donald Hank


The U.S. economy is in effect a counterfeit economy, living on money created from thin air that is unbacked by an equivalent productive expansion of surplus value.
Yesterday we looked at counterfeiting and money printing and discovered they are one in the same: (Counterfeit Money, Counterfeit Policy.) If we apply the same analysis to the U.S. economy, we have to conclude the entire U.S. economy is also counterfeit.

WITHOUT FEDERAL HELP! IMAGINE THEM HELPING!

NEW REPORT FINDS AZ HAS REVERSED THE FLOW OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS 
A new study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform finds that Arizona has reversed the flow of illegal immigration by adopting state policies designed to discourage illegal immigrants from settling or remaining in the state. The report, “Recent Demographic Change in Arizona: Anatomy of Effective Immigration Reform Legislation,” finds that the number of illegal immigrants in the state has dramatically decline since 2004 when the state first adopted additional enforcement measures.

In addition to the decline in the illegal immigrant population, Arizona “realized significant savings in state costs, a drop in the number of families living in poverty, and a decline in the violent crime rate.”

As far as numbers are concerned, between 2008 and 2009, Arizona’s illegal immigrant population declines by about 100,000 or about 18 percent compared to the national average decline of 8 percent.  Arizona also saved $97 million because of a 24.4 percent decline in Limited English Proficient students enrolled in the public school system.

NEW HAMPSHIRE WAKING UP TO ILLEGAL ALIEN PROBLEM

NH HOUSE APPROVES HIGHER TUITION FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTSThe New Hampshire House voted 250-88 in favor of legislation requiring in-state students to prove they are legal residents of the United States in order to receive in-state tuition. The bill now moves to the Senate for approval. Supporters of the bill say the burden is upon the applicant to prove his or her citizenship by requiring the same signed affidavit and documentation process applicants already use to prove state residency.

Opponents are saying no one testified during the committee’s hearing on the bill to indicate this was a “problem” in the University System of New Hampshire and are arguing that any child who grew up in the state and graduated from its schools should be afforded in-state tuition. They also argue that it is not the state’s responsibility to enforce immigration laws but that of the federal government.

SADLY GOVERNMENT DEPENDENCE CONTINUES TO GROW

16 Statistics Which Show That The Number Of Americans Dependent On The Government Is At An All-Time High

http://www.fedupusa.org/2012/01/16-statistics-which-show-that-the-number-of-americans-dependent-on-the-government-is-at-an-all-time-high/ 
 


A higher percentage of the American population is receiving government benefits than ever before.  Yes, there have always been poor people that have needed our assistance, but what does it say about our economy that the number of Americans dependent on the government is at an all-time high?  Every night on the evening news we are told that the economy is improving, and Barack Obama is endlesslygiving speeches about the “economic recovery” that is supposedly underway.  But that is not the reality on the ground for those on the bottom rungs of the income ladder in America. 

A QUESTION A BLACK AMERICAN BRINGS TO LIGHT

Black Conservative At Newt Party: Where Are the Black People?I attended Newt Gingrich's party at the Rosen Centre in Orlando last night. Over a hundred media outlets were there. Despite not winning Florida, the mood of Gingrich supporters was extremely upbeat; waving signs, “46 States To Go!” Gingrich's speech was awesome! He talked about overturning Obama's policies to which the crowd was elated. He did not mention Romney at all......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Marcus/lloyd221.htm
by Lloyd Marcus

ALL OUR GOVERNMENT KNOWS IS, SPEND, SPEND, SPEND

America’s Three-Headed MonsterThere you have Obamaism—a living, breathing monster with an insatiable appetite for money. It’s a new model for government, the love-child of Mussolini and Peron. Its genius lies in uniting unions and crony capitalists, awakening them to their common interest. There’s always so much more to be gained from collusion than from conflict.......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Duigon/lee133.htm
by Lee Duigon

CHURCHES IN AMERICA MUST START 'STANDING UP' FOR AMERICA

The Impotent American ChurchInstead of a stallion, the sissified-pulpit has produced a gelding. They are hiding under a bushel. Oh, they are not ashamed of it inside the safety of their stained-glassed monarchies, but they are ashamed of it out where the Devil roams. They love preaching to the choir about the “power of God” but they are unable to ejaculate (eject from a living body) any power on their own......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave267.htm
by Coach Dave Daubenmire

RedState Briefing 02/02/2012

RedState Morning Briefing
For February 2, 2012



I’ll be filling in for Neal Boortz today. You can listen live from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Neal’s (and my) flagship radio station, News Talk WSB out of Atlanta by going to http://wsbradio.com. You can call in during that time by dialing 1-877-310-2100.

By the way, today is a very, very important anniversary.  Three years ago today, Barack Obama said he'd be a one termer if he hadn't fixed the economy.