Illegal Immigration, Legal Immigration and Our lying president

Neal Boortz   "This may be a small thing for you … but when a president lies --- and when he lies knowingly and intentionally --- it should be a big thing, no matter how insignificant the lie.

Here’s what has my boxers in a bunch. Yesterday on the Spanish-language TV network Univision Obama zeroed in on the subject of immigration. He was telling the Hispanic Univision audience that the Republicans were anti-immigrant and anti-immigration.

"Now it take about 10 seconds of conversation to show that this is simply not true, and Obama knows it’s not true." 

....

"But ---- when you are a ruler rather than a leader; when you wish to transform America rather than restore it; lying is an acceptable process. And so it has ever been with Marxist revolutionaries."

Joe Wilson, we need you!

Zazzle

Victor Davis Hanson:   Please, A Little Honesty about Illegal Immigration  "We can argue about the history or the future of illegal immigration. But please spare us the psychodramatic appeals to a higher morality.
"In most respects, illegal immigration has proven as immoral as it is unlawful."

Obama Gives Illegal Aliens Phones For Votes  "Illegal aliens now quite possibly can call a toll free government number, 1-800-259-0957, to get a free “Obama Phone.” The program, conventionally known as Safe Link Wireless, is available to those are on food stamps or Medicaid. Applying for work permits that give them drivers’ licenses provides illegals proof of identity. With that, they enter America’s entitlement class and even become enabled to vote in our elections — for Democrats, of course."

Maybe US allies should riot and threaten Americans with beheading to have Obama respect them

Andrew C. McCarthy:  Why Apologize to Afghanistan?

Just say we're sorry and they will be fine with that.

"Defiling the Koran becomes an issue for Muslims only when it has been done by non-Muslims. Observe that the unintentional burning would not have occurred if these “fiercely protective of their Islamic faith” Afghans had not defiled the Korans in the first place. They were Muslim prisoners who annotated the “holy” pages with what a U.S. military official described as “extremist inscriptions” in covert messages sent back and forth, just as the jihadists held at Gitmo have been known to do (notwithstanding that Muslim prisoners get their Korans courtesy of the American taxpayers they construe the book to justify killing)."

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/02/23/96712

Rick Moran: Afghans taking potshots at Americans: two more US officers killed  "Pretty soon, all Afghan security personnel will have to be disarmed if they are going to interact with Americans. You can be sure that for the present, meetings between Americans and Afghans are going to be tense affairs.
"Still waiting for President Karzai to apologize for the murderous behavior of his troops."

Atlas Shrugs: IRAN MILITARY OFFICIAL: ONLY BURNING WHITE HOUSE CAN MAKE UP FOR BURNING KORAN
"Coalition officials in Kabul dismissed claims by some Afghan officials that the two Americans were killed by a Western colleague."

WSJ: American colonel and major were both found shot in the head at the busy Interior Ministry  

http://conservativedailynews.com/2012/02/another-apology/

Koran-Burning In Afghanistan Connected To Cemetery Desecrations  "Headstones commemorating British and Allied servicemen, killed during World War II campaigns in the Western Desert, lay smashed and strewn across Benghazi Military Cemetery."
And under Obama, we will continue to buy our oil from these people.

"Barack Obama humbly apologized to the Pope  and said it was never his administration's intention to dishonor the holy book of Catholics and that he would be implenting(sp) harsh punishments for anyone in his chain of command found responsible."

.... And while there's nothing wrong with an initial apology, Hope n' Change is pretty unhappy about the fact that Obama is continuing to make apologies even after multiple people, including two US service members, have been killed in brutal anti-American violence.
"Analysts fear that Obama's continuing apologies are actually serving to make the violence worse by reaffirming that the incident was a big deal, while simultaneously showing weakness instead of resolve when our troops are attacked and murdered."

How 'bout them Republican Candidates?

Beltway Confidential: Campaign Roundup: links and commentary on all the candidates
Romney speech falls flat in Detroit.  Obama has got to be rolling on the floor, laughing.

I told Romney, you gotta go with the Greek columns!

Rick Santorum said Friday he regretted endorsing Mitt Romney for president in 2008.
Aw, geez, Rick.


Canada Free Press:  Republicans: still searching for a fight they can win   "This is because bills that pass Congress with bipartisan support and media approval in the days of Obama, are bills that increase spending and hasten our descent into drachma–based budgeting. And voting to extend the payroll tax cut is a perfect example."


NRO:   The Devil and Rick Santorum   Santorum " has been described, falsely, as an advocate of banning contraception. A dated joke about birth control made by one of his major supporters has been treated as a campaign scandal. A remark about Obama’s misguided environmental “theology” has been turned into an insinuation that the president is not a Christian.
"But the press has not had to invent controversial remarks by Santorum, who has supplied them himself."  Mona Charen says Don’t Pick Rick  He’d be too busy explaining his past statements to run for president. Michael Barone sees things pretty much the same way

Jonathan S. Tobin: Appeasing Ron Paul Won’t Work (01.13.2012)  Republicans are rightly concerned about Ron Paul playing a destructive role in the presidential campaign this fall. Efforts to keep him on the reservation are already beginning, and there is little doubt the significant number of delegates he may win for the party’s national convention in Tampa will have to be dealt with carefully lest they cause trouble and sabotage what will in all likelihood be Mitt Romney’s coronation.

UK Daily Mail: Newt Gingrich, R.I.P - and for the Last Time  "To forestall the usual responses from American "conservatives," let me make the obligatory denials: I regard Obama as the least competent president in American history and loathe the very sight of Mitt Romney.  Nonetheless, there is a candidate out there who is less competent than Obama and more duplicitous than Romney, and that is Newt Gingrich. He ruined the Republican Party once. Now, all he asks is a chance to destroy what is left of the United States." THOMAS FLEMING

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/02/24/96736

Scott Walker Needs Our Help Now in Wisconsin Recall

American Thinker  "Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker successfully passed legislation last year that put a few restraints on out-of-control public sector unions, despite their disgraceful Astroturf occupation of the State capital building, the death threats and everything else they tried. So the unions launched a recall petition against Walker, the Lt. Governor and four Republican Senators who voted with him.

The people recalling Walker were here.

The unions mobilized and garnered 1 million signatures for the recall, much more than enough. But now it appears that they used the ACORN vote registration fraud method of swamping state authorities with bogus documents. Some of these petitions are plainly fraudulent (Donald Duck for example) but Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board, the state agency charged with counting petitions, has said they can do no more than spot check and will assume all petitions are valid unless challenged.

Recognizing the importance of this recall and the potential threat to reform everywhere, True the Vote stepped in to do the job the State will not. TTV has created a simple system to check the validity of these petitions but they need to enter them into the system first. They only have until February 27th to get this done!

Union boss Trumka speaks

Anyone, anywhere with access to a computer can help. This is a real opportunity to have a visible impact on the outcome of one of the most important issues we face today. If Scott Walker loses they will start doing this all over the country anytime they don't get what they want!

You can sign up to help enter names right here:  http://www.ttvverify.com/volunteer/

This is the kind of grassroots activism we all can participate in. Please pass this to everyone on your distribution list and ask them to forward. We need to do this.

The CNN Debate and the State of Journalism in General

And The Loser Is … The Media  "When the President is challenged about social issues he shows contempt to the media and begs, “Come on, guys!” And the media is happy to appease. The base that these candidates must engage is sick of seeing the intentional malpractice of reporters concerning legitimate comparisons between coverage of President Obama and the Republican candidates. Newt certainly had a big win during the debate with this tactic and the media and, by extension, President Obama suffered a loss. The more frustrated the American people become with the mainstream media, the less they will trust their coverage. When this election is narrowed down to the President and the eventual GOP contender, it will be the mainstream media fighting for survival."

Was CNN Influencing Debate On Obama’s Behalf?    "As the GOP prepares for political battle with Obama in 2012, it’s important to remember, it isn’t only his campaign they’ll have to defeat, they will have to best a liberal, Obama-supporting mainstream media, as well."

Former CIA Agent Scolds CNN Anchor: 'You're Just Carrying Water For Obama'  "Michael Scheuer, a former counter-terrorism analyst for the CIA, scolded CNN's Christine Romans Thursday for letting her support for the current President show."

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Arizona Debate Score: The Candidates Were Fine, but CNN is a Joke  "Today, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced that Iran denied access to a military base suspected of being used to develop nuclear weapons. Our ally Israel views Iran’s potential [possession] of a nuclear weapon as an existential threat. Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons opens up the possibility of terrorists obtaining nuclear weapons. But in CNN’s Republican debate, nothing was asked or said about Iran until deep into the night, and after a ridiculous question about contraception gained higher priority.

...."CNN badly mishandled this important debate, which may be the final one before the GOP convention, and did a disservice to the American people."

Cops: Dad hit son for not watching Obama Speech

conservativeblogscentral.com   "A North Stamford father trying to make his pre-teenaged son listen to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech last month was arrested on a warrant Wednesday and accused of striking his son with a coffee mug when the youth would not pay attention.
"Mohamed Shohan, 49, of 55 Mather Road, Stamford, was charged with third-degree assault, disorderly conduct and risk of injury to a child."
.... "When the boy kept acting out, the father lost his temper and grabbed a coffee mug his son was holding and hit him in the face with it, causing a bruise to the bridge of his nose, it is alleged.
When interviewed, Shohan could not explain how his son was injured, police said. Police then obtained an arrest warrant for Shohan."

On Our Response to that Koran Burning Incident

John Bernard, 1st Sgt.USMC (ret) American Response to Afghan Quran Incident a Show of Weakness  "...the Korans in question had already been desecrated by the Islamic EPWs, who were the original owners and who were using them as, essentially, a combat notebook. Do you suppose the “noble” protestors would have been as incensed by that knowledge? Do you think they would have demanded those Islamic prisoners be handed over for a “proper chastisement”? "
...."The country I heard about, read about, and was taught about as a child seems to have vaporized. The dream that was the vision of our founding fathers, which was kept alive even through the generation of my parents and a sizeable portion of my generation, has been circumvented by a subculture of prostrating, anti-American self-mutilators who seem to think they represent all of us."


President is wrong to pander to Islamic radicals who killed U.S. troops  "Authoritative 19th-century Muslim scholar Muhammad Amin ibn Abidin wrote that burning a Koran is not usually permitted, except as a last resort, and that burial or sinking in water is preferable. Rather than framing this issue as one of respectful disposal, Mr. Obama caved to the extremist view and admitted America was completely in the wrong. The Taliban can chalk it up as another victory in the war of ideas. "Meanwhile, two U.S. servicemen lie dead..."


Gateway Pundit: NATO Promises to Put Koran Burners on Public Trial As Soon As Possible  “NATO officials, in response to a request for the trial and punishment of the perpetrators … promised this crime will brought to court as soon as possible,”Karzai’s office said in a statement."  Don't worry; Obama has your back, warriors

This ain't Hell:  General: now is not the time for revenge  "I don’t know what Karimi is saying to the protesters, though. It seems like they need to be lectured more than the US troops need a lecture on keeping their calm."

Michael Rubin: Obama Needs to Take the Offensive on Koran Burning  "Still, Obama’s apology fumbles the opportunity to go on the offense. Incidents in which Americans desecrate the Koran–or any holy book–are few and far between and are punished. But, not so the Taliban. Every time the Taliban bomb a mosque–something they do with frequency when they disagree with those mosque’s traditional, moderate mullahs–they desecrate the Koran."


Blackfive: BURNING THE KORAN - RIOTING OVER AMERICAN SUPPLIES  "And we'll have one helluva time succeeding in a country that riots over burning books instead of over the disfigurement of little girls for going to school or people for having satellite phones - as This Ain't Hell's Jonn Lilyea points out ..."


Weasel Zippers: Top Iranian Cleric Blasts Obama’s Koran Burning Apology As “Superficial,” Says Muslims “Devastated By Heinous Crime”…
"Obama never fails to play right into their hands."

"The Iranian cleric described the desecration of the Holy Qur’an as a “heinous crime,” which has devastated “each and every Muslim.”  "

The Taliban’s Mob Rules; The Taliban is a Mafia-like crime syndicate, not a religious movement.

Palin: When does Karzai apologize for one of his troops killing two of our soldiers over the Koran-burning?

Hot Air  "Good question. I wonder which tack the inevitable sneering reply from her critics will take. Will it be that Afghans are perfectly entitled to value a copy of the Koran over the lives of two allied soldiers because that’s their culture, QED? Or will it be that, as occupiers, we deserve every bad thing that’s coming to us without apology, even by the guy whom we’ve been propping up for 10 years?"
...."Another good question: At what point do the endless groveling apologies become counterproductive?"

The Wednesday's Republican debate

Legal Insurrection: Romney’s “hollow and dispiriting” win last night  "I posted last night and again this morning that Rick Santorum had a terrible debate.

"But it’s fair also to point out that many of the shots Romney scored on Santorum were cheap shots, as pointed out by George  Neumayr at The American Spectator"...

Rick Moran: More of the same at AZ GOP debate   "Even GOP voters are tired of the nastiness, the exaggeration, the low blow, and the unwarranted attacks. At some point, the people simply tune out what they don't like about politics and either sit out the election or vote for the other guy. Whoever wins is going to have a hard time pivoting in a believable way to a more positive message and an all out assault on Obama."

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/02/22/96605

Romney hits Santorum on 'take one for team'


CNN Caught Influencing Debate on Obama’s Behalf  "Faced with a weak economy and an unpopular health care program he’ll be fored to defend, Barack Obama and David Axelrod would like nothing better than to change the subject in 2012 to social issues. Sadly, CNN proved themselves more than willing to step up and do some early framing for them in that regard."


We will have more on this as the day unfolds.

There you go again; Obama places blame on others once more

Rick Moran: Obama blames Republicans for pipeline decision  "The price of a gallon of gas could be well over $4 by late April. And depending on events in the Middle East, they could go much higher than that. That's when the real questions by voters will begin. And the GOP better have some good answers to take advantage of it.

"With his moratorium on drilling in the Arctic, the Gulf, off the East Coast, and just about anywhere else, the president is reaping what his policies have sown since 2009. Domestic oil production has increased in spite of his policies, largely due to new technologies - including fracking - that his base is agitating for him to eliminate.

"He doesn't have a political leg to stand on. But he will seek to shift blame to the GOP anyway."

Watch for Senate Democrats to call oil company people in to rake them over the coals again.

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/02/23/96690

Neal Boortz: Gas hypocrisy "Jay Carney went on to brag that domestic oil production is at a record high right now.  That’s complete horsesqueeze, and here’s why.  The fact is that oil production is at a record despite Obama, not because of Obama.  Let me remind you of a few things."

• Oil and natural gas production on federal lands is down by more than 40 percent compared to 10 years ago.

• Under the Obama administration, 2010 had the lowest number of onshore leases issued since 1984.

• The Obama administration held only one offshore lease sale in 2011.

Investors.com, 8/2011: As Failures Grow, Obama Blames Others  "It seems all this president knows how to do is talk eloquently about problems or demagogue opponents. When he's not giving speeches, he's demagoguing. When he's not demagoguing, he's giving speeches. He doesn't know how to get much of anything done for the good of the country."


Gateway Pundit: Good Grief. Now Obama Blames the Founding Fathers For His Failures  "Barack Obama tried a new tactic this morning. Instead of blaming George W. Bush he blamed the Founding Fathers for his failures.  It’s their fault."

How's Obama's lowering of the oceans going?

Rick Moran:  Competitor of LightSquared run out of business by Obama administration  "Unfortunately for GlobalStar, circumstances beyond their control forced them to miss the deadline and that's when the FCC, the Department of Agriculture, and the White House all began to maneuver GlobalStar into bankruptcy.

"It is a complicated story so read the entire article at the [Daily Caller]. Crony capitalism at its most blatant."

http://terrellaftermath.com/

World Magazine: Gone With the Wind   "The 3,200-watts of solar photovoltaic panels provide one-third of the electricity that Bryce's family consumes, slightly reducing his monthly power bill. But the panels aren't without problems: The start-up costs were high, the inverter has already broken once, and the panels require regular cleaning.

"Bryce quickly wondered if the panels were worth the investment, and he soon realized that the limits of solar power for his Texas home extended to the rest of the country: Solar power won't run America anytime soon. Neither will wind power."

Michelle Malkin: The high priests of eco-destruction   "People of faith aren’t what’s bedeviling America. Blame the high voodoo priests of eco-destruction in Washington who have imposed a green theocracy on us all. Science be damned."  She comments:

 –Water wars and the Delta smelt. The infamous, endangered three-inch fish and its environmental protectors continue to jeopardize the water supply of more than 25 million Californians. Federal restrictions have cut off some 81 billion gallons of water to farmers and consumers in Central and Southern California.....
While Salazar manufactures a new biological opinion on the matter to get the courts off his back, unemployment and drought plague the Central Valley. And the White House stands by its “scientists.”

Meanwhile a drive up Interstate 5 in California shows a chain of signs in barren fields proclaiming "Government-Created Dust Bowl" 


–Water wars and the Delta smelt. The infamous, endangered three-inch fish and its environmental protectors continue to jeopardize the water supply of more than 25 million Californians. Federal restrictions have cut off some 81 billion gallons of water to farmers and consumers in Central and Southern California. 

indybay

..."While Salazar manufactures a new biological opinion on the matter to get the courts off his back, unemployment and drought plague the Central Valley. And the White House stands by its “scientists.”

Mother Jones blames it on global, er, climate change  and CBS blames the drought.


Judge Wanger Issues Injunction Against Federal Delta Smelt Plan in 2009. We can see how that battle came out.

BBC: A storm brews over food, water and power  "Environmentalists say the smelt is essential to the food chain, and that a decline in smelt populations has led to falling numbers of bigger predator fish like salmon and bass.
"Late last year, the US government's Fish and Wildlife Service argued that pumping water out of the delta harmed the smelt.

"A federal judge ruled water supplies to Central Valley farms should be reduced, in order to protect the fish."

As the Tunnel Dweller has previously noted, this is not your father's Democrat Party.

Ann Coulter: What's Their Problem With Romney?

Ann Coulter  "Just four years ago, one Republican candidate for president was avowedly pro-abortion (Rudy Giuliani). One had opposed Clinton's impeachment and tort reform (Fred Thompson). One supported amnesty for illegals, restrictions on core First Amendment speech, federal laws to combat nonexistent global warming, and opposed Guantanamo and the Bush tax cuts ("tax cuts for the rich!") and called waterboarding "torture."

"That last one was our nominee: John McCain.

"This year, every Republican candidate for president opposes abortion, promises to repeal Obamacare, opposes raising taxes, and on and on. Only one candidate is strong on illegal immigration, which is second only to repealing Obamacare as the most important issue facing the nation.

"That's the alleged liberal, Mitt Romney."

....

"We're being asked to hand Obama another four years in the White House in order to "send a message." To whom? And what message? That we're morons? Message received!"  (Emphasis added)