6 lessons and a warning from Arizona ~ By Tom Tancredo

In his column, Tom Tancredo discusses the six lessons that we have learned because of Arizona's S.B. 1070 immigration enforcement law. It is a warning for all politicians running for office this year, both Democrat and Republican, what could happen if they don't heed these lessons. And believe me, Tom is right when he says, "Arizona's action in demanding the federal government fulfill its constitutional responsibility for border security has ended that charade. It's a new ballgame." Amnesty is dead in the water. Just sayin'...

What is even more important than numbers to Gov. Brewer, however, is the belief that protecting our Constitution is the sworn duty of all elected officials. It's something Jeb Bush and other open-borders Republicans need to think about more soberly.

By Tom Tancredo

Posted: June 05, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

There are many lessons to be drawn from the epic battle over Arizona's new immigration-enforcement law. The first lesson is that this is no longer simply a legal battle or a political debate. It is at bottom a constitutional crisis.

Article IV, Section 4 of the United States Constitution says that the United States "shall guarantee to every State a Republican Form of Government and shall protect each of them against invasion." The state of Arizona is being invaded, has so declared in the passage of S.B.1070 and in letters from the governor to the president, and the state has asked for federal help to repel that invasion.

Obama's failure to respond to Arizona's call for help is an outrage. His sending a token 1,200 National Guard troops is more than an insult to the citizens of Arizona, it is an insult to the plain words of the Constitution. Obama cares more about being popular in Mexico than in Phoenix or Houston, and that portends a constitutional crisis.

Anyone who doubts that the Mexican government has declared war on the United States need only read the speeches of Mexican officials and Mexican legislators. Mexico declares openly and unabashedly that it has the right to send as many Mexican citizens – newly baptized as "migrants" – across our borders as they choose, for the benefit of Mexico's economy, with no regard for the sovereignty of the United States.

A second lesson is that the condemnation of the new Arizona law by Mexico and its allies in Congress is in truth a condemnation of immigration law enforcement itself. The Arizona law merely authorizes local police agencies to enforce federal immigration law. The actual enforcement of federal immigration law is anathema to the open borders lobby, and this advocacy of lawlessness has now been laid bare for all America to see.

A third lesson to be drawn from the Arizona controversy is that the "racism" slander against the new law and against Arizona citizens has backfired. It is not working except in those cocoons of leftism where reality never penetrates the protective shield of political correctness – college campuses, Hollywood cocktail parties and the editorial offices of the New York Times.

Over 70 percent of Arizonans support S.B.1070, not because they are racists but because they want the invasion stopped – and America gets it, even if Katie Couric doesn't. Polls show that 88 percent of Americans want more border security. What this means for the November 2010 election is that 88 percent of politicians who continue to ignore the border invasion will be removed from office.

Last week, the open-borders purveyors of slander and bombast brought over 50,000 people to parade through the streets of Phoenix. They were a colorful spectacle, yet their message of slander and distortion did not resonate. National polls say that 88 percent of Americans want more federal investment in fences and other border controls.

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Obama: Visions of Caesar? ~ By Erik Rush

Erik writes about something that I've felt for quite some time. I honestly have to wonder if Obama is intentionally destroying the economy to create a "crisis." And maybe I need to be wearing my tin-foil hat, but I think the ultimate purpose is to go to a New World Order. I know that there are many on the left that want global governance. And I know many of them are in Congress or working in the White House.

I've expressed my belief in the possibility that, given President Obama's political background and the number of power-mad freaks in Washington in general, his intention is to coordinate a societal breakdown (probably precipitated by an economic implosion) so horrendous that unprecedented government intervention on a civil level will be "unavoidable."

By Erik Rush

Posted: March 11, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

If your friend jumped off of a bridge, would you jump too?

~ Parental admonition

Many of us remember an older relative – usually one's mother – asking that question at least once during our childhoods when we did – or wanted to do – something stupid or dangerous and attempted to deflect the blame onto a cohort. Since I grew up in New York, of course it was always the Empire State Building rather than a bridge.

Urged on by those who thought it would be amusing, some years back, America's friend Europe jumped into the sociopolitical equivalent of a toilet. At first, it looked like Europe might be having fun splashing around in there. Now, as she drowns in the thickening, fetid soup, amidst the noxious reek and floaties, Europe's plight is beginning to look decidedly frightening.

Despite this, Europe herself doesn't seem to know yet how bad it might get – like, real "Road Warrior" stuff – as she struggles harder and with increasing ineffectiveness. And right now, those who urged Europe to jump have America on the fence as to whether she ought to do likewise.

America is clearly confused.

What gives pause is something that would give millions of Americans chills, if it were being covered at all by the establishment press, this being that Europe is in serious trouble – even worse than that of the United States, if that is to be believed. In Greece, the yawning chasm of its deficit and titanic debt have caused ugly strikes among public-sector workers, and Greeks are angry.

In Holland, fear and loathing over where multiculturalists have taken that nation (stemming largely from their population of radicalized, militant Muslims asserting themselves) are giving rise to social turmoil. Backlash from the right (or what Europeans call "the right") and the ongoing efforts of socialist concerns are threatening to pull the country apart.

In America, during the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the administration of President Barack Obama elected to spend over $3 trillion in nine months – and they are looking at laying out much, much more. They're also poised to raise taxes, when the conventional wisdom indicates that cutting taxes generates more tax revenue than raising them. Obama is doggedly attempting to "lower health-care costs" by insinuating massive government control into our health-care system, when government mandates concerning a segment of our population caused health-care costs to skyrocket for the remaining segment in the first place.

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National Guard scraps plans to invade rural town

'This operation could be pretty intrusive to the people' By Drew Zahn © 2009 WorldNetDaily DES MOINES, Iowa – Following publicized reports that the Army National Guard was planning a military training exercise on the streets of a rural Iowa town, the commanding officers have called off the mock "invasion." The Guard had planned a four-day urban military operation in tiny Arcadia, Iowa, population 443, sending troops to take over the town and search door-to-door for a suspected weapons dealer. The exercise was designed as a mock scenario to give soldiers the skills needed for deployment in an urban environment, and military officials stressed that only households that consented to be part of the drill would be searched. "It will be important for us to gain the trust and confidence of the residents of Arcadia," Sgt. Mike Kots, readiness NCO for Alpha Company, told Carroll's Daily Times Herald. "We will need to identify individuals that are willing to assist us in training by allowing us to search their homes and vehicles and to participate in role-playing. [Continue reading]

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