Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Ignoring the Obvious Conference on U.S.-Mexico Drug War "Delusional" American Patrol Report -- October 6   See Larger Chart     In another demonstration of the Alice-in-Wonderland nature of the U.S.-Mexico border problem, a recent conference held to analyze and debate the 40-year war on drugs asked why violence "has reached such an extreme."     "In one session, presenters cited government crackdowns, generational shifts within the narco hierarchy, growing Mexican domestic drug consumption, US-based arms trafficking, institutional corruption on both sides of the border, and the failure of political, social and economic structures." (Mexidata.info – Oct. 5, 2009)     Critics say the people at the conference missed the 800-lb guerilla in the room. "The Mexican drug war was triggered by the construction of the new fencing and vehicle barriers," said Glenn Spencer of American Border Patrol, "But the people at this conference, including academics, are so delusional that they refuse to face the facts."     Spencer said the same sort of delusion has taken over many in Washington, D.C., including DHS Secretary Napolitano.     "The American people understand that if we finish the fence we will finish the cartels," Spencer said. "Next fall they will let politicians know of their displeasure if they don't wake up and stop drugs at the border by completing the fence project," he added. Spencer says putting an end to cartels will go a long way toward solving Mexico's problems. Past Features

WorldNetDaily.com      sc      Under Obama, Chicago-style bullying and intimidation go nationwide    Millions of Americans were shocked at the specter of two menacing thugs, one brandishing a nightstick, blocking the doorway to a Pennsylvania polling place on Election Day last November. They were even more shocked when the Obama Justice Department decided not to prosecute the most blatant, egregious case of voter intimidation in modern history...

Newsday -- New York      Orwellian Antics: Federal "hate crime" probe eyes Suffolk Police    The U.S. Department of Justice has stepped up its inquiry into the Suffolk County Police Department, announcing Monday it has launched an official investigation into allegations of discriminatory policing. -- The Justice Department's civil rights division and the U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District will conduct the joint investigation...

Russ Douthat -- New York Times      Inequality as usual    Not long ago, liberals were insisting that income inequality was America's most serious economic problem. -- Now there are more immediate crises: A 9.8 percent unemployment rate, a yawning budget deficit. But the inequality issue hasn't gone away...

ACLU      [Anti-American] Civil Liberties Union wants Arpaio stripped of all 287g powers    News reports indicate that a proposed new agreement under the controversial 287(g) program would strip the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office of authority to enforce federal immigration law on the street but would continue the program for deputies working in county jails... [See ACLU watch]

William Campenni     Financial bust connected to illegal alien mortgages    In the Medieval era -- when the periodic table of the elements was comprised of only Fire, Earth, Air, and Water -- alchemists posited the existence of a fifth magical substance, Quintessence, which when mixed in combinations of the other four would create every other form of matter...

Michelle Malkin      First, the unions came for home-care providers. Next, they came for babysitters...    In Illinois, in-home providers who care for the developmentally disabled are battling an aggressive power grab by the SEIU Purple Army and its Democrat enablers. -- In Michigan, the unions are going after... home-based child care workers. -- That's right....

WFAA-TV -- Dallas      State pulls the plug on Trans-Texas Corridor (allegedly)    Austin, Texas -- The Texas Department of Transportation is pulling the last plug on the Trans-Texas Corridor, Gov. Rick Perry's embattled plan to build a toll-road network across the state. -- The agency said earlier this year it was scaling down the project and dropping the name "Trans-Texas Corridor." Now, transportation officials say it's fully dead...

James Jay Carafano -- The Examiner      Immigration "reform" kept behind closed doors, under wraps    Call it an after-action review. The Bush administration's attempt to craft a "comprehensive" immigration reform bill [read: amnesty] had crashed and burned. As the legislative rubble still smoked, a high government official met with conservative groups that had balked at the White House proposal to grant amnesty to illegals...

Cliff Kincaid -- Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.      Progressives back Obama push for global tax    While policymakers debate a few million dollars for ACORN and a few hundred billion dollars more for health care reform, those committed to one-world government are moving ahead with plans for a global tax that could extract trillions of dollars out of Americans' already depleted IRAs and stock holdings.... [See Obama Watch]

Washington Post      Senate confirms DoJ Civil Rights nominee, 'Tan Klan' lawyer elated   The Senate voted Tuesday afternoon to confirm President Obama's nominee to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. -- Thomas Perez, a former Maryland politician and civil rights lawyer, was named Assistant Attorney General and head of the Civil Rights Division... [This guy was on the board of the pro-invader 'CASA de Maryland'] [Related info]

Caroline Espinosa -- Numbers USA      Truth in labeling for American Apparel    The California clothing manufacturer, American Apparel, is firing about 1,800 employees whose identity documents contain irregularities. In other words, they are illegal aliens. The wording in the articles, columns, and editorials written about this would have you believe that the people being fired have done nothing wrong. But they have....

Cato Institute         Carper: We trust our staff so you can trust us    A deep fissure between federal lawmaking practices and the Internet-fueled expectations of the people is just starting to open. -- Here's a fascinating interview with Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), in which he justifies not reading the legislation that he votes on...

Glenn Beck Program -- Fox News         If it walks like a Marxist and quacks like a Marxist....    Glenn Beck Program segment from Monday, October 5: The Ingredients Of Change - A Stealthy Agenda (stealthy means hidden)... [See Obama Watch]

Media Resource Center      'Notable Quotes' posted    'Notable Quotables' is up - take a look at the most outrageous liberal media quotes of the past two weeks...

Prison Planet -- Austin, Texas      APF plan to boss Hardin detention facility put on hold     The end looks to be drawing near for American Police Force and their plans to boss a $27 million dollar detention facility in Hardin Montana after officials in the town said they were backing away from the deal following revelations that the organization’s front man, Michael Hilton, was a career criminal...

Josh Geldrich -- The Examiner     ACORN, the organization, its roots supporters and its crimes    On Saturday Fox News' Megan Kelly hosted an in-depth investigation of the community organizing group ACORN. Ms. Kelly interviewed the former Director of ACORN Wade Rathke and other former employees of the organization. She cuts through the political haze to expose the groups methods of intimidation and the lawmakers who support it...

London Independent      The demise of the dollar    In the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the Euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations... [See Obama Watch]

Bay Buchanan -- Human Events      Beware of the Republican establishment    Between the town hall meetings and the tea party rallies, millions of Americans are taking to the streets to protest a government gone berserk. They are angry and determined to take their country back. But there are snakes in the grass intent on using this movement to return to power, not the people, but the Republican establishment. If this happens we lose everything, including our country...

San Francisco Chronicle      San Francisco sanctuary rule change moves ahead    San Francisco officials on Monday moved closer to amending the city's controversial sanctuary ordinance and restricting when local authorities can report juveniles for possible deportation. -- The public safety committee of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors approved the legislation on a 2-1 vote, with Michaela Alioto-Pier dissenting... [Related item] [See Sanctuary Watch and Frisco Watch]

Fox News      AG: ACORN embezzlement totaled $5M, not $1M    Baton Rouge, La. -- An internal review by ACORN's board of directors found that $5 million was embezzled from the community organization, far more than the previously reported amount of $1 million, according to documents released Monday...

New York Post      White House's botched 'op'    President Obama yesterday rolled out the red carpet -- and handed out doctors' white coats as well, just so nobody missed his hard-sell health-care message. -- In a heavy-handed attempt at reviving support for health-care reform, the White House orchestrated a massive photo op to buttress its claim that front-line physicians support Obama...

Associated Press      Detained illegals could be categorized by risk    Illegal [aliens.... criminals] awaiting deportation would be confined according to the risk they may pose under a new plan being proposed by the homeland security secretary. -- Former hotels, nursing homes and other sites would be used to hold nonviolent, non-criminal [illegal aliens] as part of a larger plan to reform immigration detention... Napolitano

National Immigration Forum (Open-Borders Fanatics)      Cheap-labor hustlers demand amnesty for scofflaws... again    The good news is that Sheriff Arpaio is in the crosshairs of investigations by the Department of Justice, FBI and others regarding his dubious law enforcement methods. By severely curtailing Arpaio's immigration enforcement authorities, DHS Secretary Napolitano is also questioning Arpaio's effectiveness as a law enforcement officer...

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald / Review      BP agents round up 46 illegals near Douglas    Nearly 50 illegal [aliens] were taken into custody late Thursday and early Friday about two miles north of the Douglas Port of Entry, according to the Border Patrol...

Paul Craig Roberts -- Infowars -- Austin, Texas      Marx and Lenin revisited    If Karl Marx and V. I. Lenin were alive today, they would be leading contenders for the Nobel Prize in economics. -- Marx predicted the growing misery of working people, and Lenin foresaw the subordination of the production of goods to financial capital's accumulation of profits..

ABC News      High-stakes Census for Latinos complicated by fears    With the 2010 census just six months away, Latino leaders say the stakes have never been higher for getting an accurate count of their fast-growing community, which is projected to top 59.7 million in the U.S. by 2020. -- Latino advocacy groups have launched an aggressive campaign to boost participation in the census...

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald / Review      Pickup flips near Benson, killing 1 illegal alien and injuring 4     A pickup carrying more than a dozen illegal [aliens] rolled east of Benson on Sunday night, injuring four and killing one. -- About 8 p.m., the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office began receiving 911 calls about the accident from Hispanic males who did not speak English, said Carol Capas, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office...

American Border Patrol     Mexican flu hits American Border Patrol     The Mexican flu has hit American Border Patrol. Staff members are home with children who cannot go to school as they have been closed, one for as long as two weeks. If you call, expect an answering machine...

Jo Ciavaglia -- Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times      Footing the bill for illegal aliens    Taxpayers footed a $25.3 million bill in 2007-08 to pay for emergency health care for non-citizens in Pennsylvania. Tax-funded subsidies of $2 million went to seven area hospitals. -- While U.S. lawmakers seek to exclude illegal [aliens] from proposed national health care reform plans....

Kimberly Dvorak -- The Examiner      Migrant camps in San Diego are teeming with prostitution    Over the weekend the San Diego Minutemen stumbled upon some extra curricular activities in McGonigle Canyon in the city of San Diego -illegal prostitution. -- A couple of Minutemen activists, who often scout the local canyons for illegal migrant and squatter camps and their associated crimes and fire hazards, observed... [Related item from KGTV]

James R. Edwards, Jr. -- Human Events      Health reform loopholes for illegals    Well, does it or doesn't it? -- Advocates continue to insist that health reform legislation doesn’t cover illegal aliens. Lawmakers, special interests, journalists, even the president assert this with seeming confidence. -- Some of them imply that anyone saying illegals would get "free" health care under proposed legislation is uninformed or a kook...