tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87426334064753106862024-03-04T23:52:22.941-07:00Desert FreedomPolitical Commentary on Issues for Southern Arizona Congressional District 7 votersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-83881954959028850852010-12-07T05:59:00.000-07:002010-12-07T05:59:39.622-07:00Lying Chart Of The Day, Classic Edition | The New RepublicRaul Grijalva is at it again. Less than a month after nearly losing his seat to a conservative, Raul is back to using made up statistics to argue for the redistribution of wealth. This time he quotes an article that claims Bush tax cuts resulted in massive loss of revenue for liberals to spend on their programs. What he and the liberal article fail to mention is the little caveat at the bottom of the graph, "as a percentage of GDP!<br /><a href="http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/79495/lying-chart-the-day-classic-edition">Lying Chart Of The Day, Classic Edition | The New Republic</a><br />GDP figures below show that with each reduction in taxes in 1980 and 2004 there was a corresponding increase in GDP. Oh, and the Grijalva and his lib sources also fail to mention that "real" tax income increased during those periods. Quite a big error on their part!<br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/BRADBR%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/BRADBR%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" /><img id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_ChartUC1_Chart1" src="http://www.tradingeconomics.com/Temp/United-States-GDP-Growth-Rate-Chart-000002.png?5f7914ec-d7ee-44b0-8d60-ea415adb6772" alt="United States GDP Growth Rate" usemap="#ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_ChartUC1_Chart1ImageMap" style="height: 300px; width: 700px; border-width: 0px;" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-42688148432179431182010-09-29T00:01:00.001-07:002010-09-29T00:01:00.369-07:00Grijalva Explains Democrats Failure: We Didn't Spend Enough!According to Arizona District 7 Rep Raul Grijalva, the reason for the failure of Obamacare, deeper Recession, higher unemployment and and spiraling housing prices? Well, three of four would all be Bush's fault, but, according to Grijalva, Dem's simply didn't burden our children with <b>enough</b> debt:<br />
<blockquote><a href="http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_4c75c8f1-24ef-5348-be45-51daf0db76da.html">The party should have added a public option to the health-care reform bill and focused more on job creation in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, plus other "bold initiatives that were compromised out by people in more vulnerable districts," he said.</a></blockquote>See, in Grijalvanomics, The way to solve economic problems is to spend <b>more</b>. if your pay goes down at work, ignore reality and spend more. Can't afford car payments? buy a <b>bigger</b> car! Like your doctor? keep him/her but spend <b>more</b>. Want to earn enough money to take care of yourself? Screw You!<br />
See in Obamaland, the only thing that matters is fixing wrongs. wrongs from 200 years ago, wrongs that have already been fixed or can't be fixed, wrongs that might occur in the future, imaginary wrongs; none of that matters. Democrats WILL fix all the wrongs. or they will DO something to fix all the wrongs even if what they do is stupid and creates more wrong than it fixes. You see Dems don't care about actually fixing anything, they care about people associating DEMOCRAT with FIX.<br />
The problem is that some things can't be fixed. some things must be lived with, handled head on, or ignored. Democrats like Grijalva can't deal with that.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-87720810549198449792010-09-28T19:09:00.002-07:002010-09-28T19:16:00.039-07:00Nogales Mayor Arrest: Did He do anything Really Wrong?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKMVKfxe_qfRoGE8ruPEiJDFfN7KgLcZ2JG77MJD2F0le96XsRUtmNrSo2id0u94WHGVjr5rgwog9krnungwrwC_eWp_srDzGs8N-MGrSDYzcljY3lCRxazMOZBrStmg1_QiR59CV8vY/s1600/doc4ca224b2c9681870448678.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKMVKfxe_qfRoGE8ruPEiJDFfN7KgLcZ2JG77MJD2F0le96XsRUtmNrSo2id0u94WHGVjr5rgwog9krnungwrwC_eWp_srDzGs8N-MGrSDYzcljY3lCRxazMOZBrStmg1_QiR59CV8vY/s320/doc4ca224b2c9681870448678.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <w:DoNotOptimizeForBrowser/> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nogales mayor Octavio Garcia-Von Borstel's recent arrest on fraud charges sounds like a problem for Dems in Southern Arizona, or is it just Democrats throwing Garcia-Von Borstel and his father under the bus for something that stretches far beyond the mayor's office? <a href="http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2010/09/28/news/breaking_news/doc4ca224b2c9681870448678.txt"><span style="color: blue;">The story broke today</span></a> with an announcement by Terry Goddard, attorney general and Dem nominee for Governor. Why a Dem breaking a story about another Dem doing what Democratic border mayors have always done? Two possible reasons: A) the FBI and DEA are running the show and, fearful of Von Borstel and his father breaking for Mexico, decided on the time and place for the arrests, giving Goddard a chance to make the announcement at the last minute. or 2) Goddard, aware that this corruption could break much deeper and worse if it broke closer to November for reelection of Democrats in Southern Arizona. Either way, the arrest of a 21 year-old mayor and his father with 3 million in laundered money is just the tip of the iceberg. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 24pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But are the actions of Garcia-von Borstal (asking businesses for "protection money" for contracts and funds) any different than those of District 7's own Raul Grijalva. Both were born in Mexico and came to Southern Arizona on free rides. While Grijalva has never "worked" for himself, Von Borstal is a successful businessman. Von Borstal could claim he was helping both businesses and the city. Grijalva claims he is helping Arizona. Von Borstal allegedly took money from businesses and deposited the money in his father's cash loan business. Grijalva takes money from unions and liberal interests and "launders" them in his campaign accounts. Von Borstal shaves daily and wears a tie, Grijalva . . . wears a bolo. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 24pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My point is that Democratic politicians, no matter what the level, are basically all master's of extortion. Some just get caught, and that really isn't fair.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 24pt;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-51881721605816955192010-08-31T06:16:00.001-07:002010-08-31T06:16:51.114-07:00Grijalva: Wrong Again on Spending<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJLiVar7DHBTAPAdOlY4z9p-d2hslspi0EeZsRHMzCJ1Mcr8y8YPpVMYAoOHnnMg6bvg7kQfL65AgjlG1iacr0rXN9aYO9wE4uV6caJafx16e7-EomgdaBeZlMQYT84Jfi2pYbKTmAgo/s1600/fs_chart_fed_deficits_397x224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJLiVar7DHBTAPAdOlY4z9p-d2hslspi0EeZsRHMzCJ1Mcr8y8YPpVMYAoOHnnMg6bvg7kQfL65AgjlG1iacr0rXN9aYO9wE4uV6caJafx16e7-EomgdaBeZlMQYT84Jfi2pYbKTmAgo/s400/fs_chart_fed_deficits_397x224.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>For months, Raul Grijalva has poo-pooed criticism of his party for massive partisan spending on the stimulus, saying: <br />
<blockquote><i><span class="body">"Bringing the troops home is necessary not just for the future of Iraq, but also for the people of the United States. We must stop the hemorrhaging of tax dollars that could go to meet our Nation's vital domestic needs.</span>"<span class="bodybold"></span></i></blockquote>Now statistics from the Congressional Budget Office tell the real story. While Dems have complained about the cost of the Iraq War and Bush administration spending, real figures show that military spending is but a trickle compared to Obama's "War on Americans." Furthermore, contrary to Grijalva's claim that spending under Bush increased, CBO figures show budget decreased up to the bank bailouts of '08 (including the "summer stimulus of '08 where every taxpayer received a check from the IRS). All that domestic spending in '08 (supported, and approved by the Democratic controlled Congress) amounts to a quarter of Democratic spending in '09 (and guess what, most of the banking bailouts were spent last year also). So with all this spending, shouldn't the economy be recovering? No, because spending by itself doesn't bring long-term impact on the economy; confidence does. The American business has no confidence in this Congress or this president. Bring Grijalva home:<br />
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<blockquote><i><span class="body">How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?</span><br />
<span class="bodybold" style="color: black;"> <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/raulgrijal370863.html">Raul Grijalva</a></span></i></blockquote><span class="bodybold"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-40778200314818252582010-08-28T12:50:00.000-07:002010-08-28T12:50:12.297-07:00If the Shoe Fits?Don't Know about the rest of you, but I'm not a size 8: <br />
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<blockquote><i>We should continue to avoid the phrase "ground zero mosque" or "mosque at ground zero" on all platforms. (We’ve very rarely used this wording, except in slugs, though we sometimes see other news sources using the term.) The site of the proposed Islamic center and mosque is not at ground zero, but two blocks away in a busy commercial area. We should continue to say it’s “near” ground zero, or two blocks away.<br />
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WE WILL CHANGE OUR SLUG ON THIS STORY LATER TODAY from “BC-Ground Zero Mosque” to “BC-NYC Mosque.”</i></blockquote>Like changing the "Stimulus Package," to "the Jobs Bill," changing the words, doesn't change the intent. A Mosque at Ground Zero, by any other name is still a Mosque at ground zero.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-68442257775883659592010-08-08T06:46:00.000-07:002010-08-08T06:46:04.291-07:00Media Critical of Obama Recovery...FinallyWhile you won't hear about it on the Today show or NBC Nightly News, business media is going after the Obama administration for its poor handling of the economy. Check it out:<br />
<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748703309704575413553060512246.html">The Wall Street Journal</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/543025/201008061900/The-Propaganda-Of-Incompetents.aspx">Investors Business Daily</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/03/pelosi-reid-jobs-economy-opinions-columnists-jim-demint.html?boxes=Homepagetoprated">Forbes</a><br />
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Now if people who don't know how to balance a checkbook would just listen.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-49981652637777356502010-08-06T22:56:00.000-07:002010-08-06T22:56:06.902-07:00If You Like Your Doctor....Remember this one, repeated over and over and over again by Barak Obama? If <br />
you like Your Doctor you can keep him, If you like your insurance....blah blah blah blah.<br />
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If You like your Insurance...you can keep it. <br />
I received a letter this summer, actually a packet explaining my employer's new insurance. "We're making it better!" They exclaimed, "and it will be cheaper, too." Immediately after that line was one that explained how my copay for doctor's visits would go up and how prices for generic drugs would more than double. Okay, I thought, we'll just have to put more aside for copays and deductibles. but at least they have made every doctor a preferred provider....<br />
<br />
If you like your doctor...you can keep them.<br />
Yesterday the phone rang. It was my child's pediatrician asking for my new insurance information. After giving her the name and policy numbers, there was a long pause on the other end. "We don't accept that insurance," the snooty receptionist responded, "Do you still want to bring your child in?"<br />
So now, after 12 years with the same pediatrician, who has treated my children since they were newborns, including circumcisions, stitches, ADHD treatments, and acne; who knows their names and problems and what stickers they lick to pick out, I have to start over.<br />
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And everyone will have the security and stability that's missing today.<br />
I assume that by "everyone" the president includes me and my children. How stable and healthy is changing a child's pediatrician when they are eight because of changes that force employers and providers to limit care?<br />
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Today I am pissed.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-85589938801381358392010-07-30T06:22:00.000-07:002010-07-30T06:22:51.539-07:00The Reality of Immigration and the United StatesWhen Grijalva and Progressives talk about amnesty and open borders, they are not thinking about the future. Here are the facts about the future if immigration stays where it is at: <br />
<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7WJeqxuOfQ&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7WJeqxuOfQ&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-80165814548494250532010-07-28T10:39:00.002-07:002010-07-30T06:23:38.351-07:00Georgia Student Sues Over "Remediation" for Gay and Lesbian Issues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSErlMSFdR2-GzZkLkNY-SaWrjYlXGUauq7nUWFatpYdme47DBKvIjBuyucmCULOAEPiHNCJ464BuSpgcnnb3yucCUbvWD-sIlRnf8ggNxafI7Kn3XhLUSnqVCqX8Pl6KYNdwd3Qgv68/s1600/Keeton640_397x224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggSErlMSFdR2-GzZkLkNY-SaWrjYlXGUauq7nUWFatpYdme47DBKvIjBuyucmCULOAEPiHNCJ464BuSpgcnnb3yucCUbvWD-sIlRnf8ggNxafI7Kn3XhLUSnqVCqX8Pl6KYNdwd3Qgv68/s320/Keeton640_397x224.jpg" /></a></div>Jennifer Keeton just wants to be a school counselor. She also wants to hold on to her Christian beliefs. Those two things should not be inconsistent, at least not unless your on the board of <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/27/georgia-university-tells-student-lose-religion-lawsuit-claims/">Augustana University's School Counseling Master's Program</a>.<br />
Keeton is suing the college for requiring her to refute her religious beliefs before being allowed to graduate from its school counseling program. In an unprecedented move, school officials have informed her that she'll be dismissed from the program unless she alters her "central religious beliefs on human nature and conduct."<br />
The controversy revolves around a statement in American School Counseling Association ethics code, referring to <a href="http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?contentid=173">diversity</a>:<br />
<blockquote>The professional school counselor:<br />
a. Affirms the diversity of students, staff and families.<br />
b. Expands and develops awareness of his/her own attitudes and beliefs affecting cultural values and biases and strives to attain cultural competence.<br />
c. Possesses knowledge and understanding about how oppression, racism, discrimination and stereotyping affects her/him personally and professionally.<br />
d. Acquires educational, consultation and training experiences to improve awareness, knowledge, skills and effectiveness in working with diverse populations: ethnic/racial status, age, economic status, special needs, ESL or ELL, immigration status, <i>sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression</i>, family type, religious/spiritual identity and appearance.</blockquote> Unfortunately, in the Intellectual circles of many counselor education programs, "improving awareness, knowledge, skills and effectiveness" is interpreted as wholesale acceptance of client values and orientation, a ridiculous leap of logic at best. What counseling education program would require its students to accept a clients' religious beliefs, no matter how different from their own? The code expects a counselor will be aware of their own attitudes and how these might impact a client, not completely throw them out the window in exchange for a "professional view" of diversity.<br />
But that is exactly what goes on in counseling programs around the country. Progressive intellectuals at Universities interpret Christian students beliefs "as indicative of... improper <a class="kLink" href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/27/georgia-university-tells-student-lose-religion-lawsuit-claims/#" id="KonaLink2" style="position: static; text-decoration: underline ! important;" target="undefined"><span style="color: blue; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: 1px solid blue; color: blue; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 400; position: relative;">professional</span></span></a> disposition to persons of such populations (gays and lesbians)," despite the <a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/sep/07091809.html">growing research </a>that supports the (according to the University) "view that homosexuality is a 'lifestyle,' not a 'state of being.'"<br />
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<br />
Two points on this case:<br />
1. The college is way out of line in their view of the codes of ethics here. According to the codes, counselors are not required to give up their personal beliefs in order to help others, just to be aware of the possible affects of those views on clients.<br />
2. The arrogance illustrated here by the college professors is profound. To claim that they are able to determine a potential bias based on, "disagreement in several class discussions and in written assignments with the gay and lesbian 'lifestyle,'" as well as Keeton's belief that those "lifestyles" are cases of identity confusion." Furthermore, to create a "remediation" plan that will change a student's "fixed binary male-female gender, with one or the other being fixed in each person at their creation, and not a social construct or individual choice subject to alteration by the person so created," is hypocritical for "professionals" in counseling to propose.<br />
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This is what Progressives do: Assert that their view is the only acceptable one, Inform that "education" will make everyone agree with them, and label you ignorant and racist if you refuse to agree.<br />
Take immigration. Despite logic that says our borders need to be secure, Progressives assert that illegals should be allowed to enter and mingle freely. They hold summits to "educate" and cite University "studies" that support this view (and run counter tho law enforcement statistics). then when laws are passed that make sense and are likely to help in solving the problem, they label it's authors racist and call the majority who support it "ignorant."<br />
And the next step for these "enlightened intellectuals" when they don't get their way? Do they further educate? Do they debate the facts? do they try to enlighten the population? No. They take to the streets and fight the police. They boycott innocent business people. They bus in outsiders who share their views to make themselves appear "overwhelming," a "grass roots movement." And people will watch and say, "look how passionate they are. They must be right." They are not. They are merely arrogant and stubborn.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-3323146946800459422010-07-27T03:14:00.001-07:002010-07-27T03:14:00.619-07:00Eric Hoffer on the Intellectuals In the 1950s and 1960s a self-educated longshoreman from California began his commentary on American society and change. He had a lot to say about the intellectuals (Progressives as they call themselves today) that were rapidly becoming influential in his time. Here are a few quotes and predictions from Hoffer:<br />
<blockquote> <i style="color: blue;">The fact is that up to now the free society has not been good for the intellectual. It has neither accorded him a superior status to sustain his confidence nor made it easy for him to acquire an unquestioned sense of social usefulness. For he derives his sense of usefulness mainly from directing, instructing, and planning-from minding other people's business-and is bound to feel superfluous and neglected where people believe themselves competent to manage individual and communal affairs, and are impatient of supervision and regulation. A free society is as much a threat to the intellectual's sense of worth as an automated economy is to the workingman's sense of worth. Any social order that can function with a minimum of leadership will be anathema to the intellectual. </i></blockquote><blockquote><div style="color: blue;"><i>The intellectual craves a social order in which uncommon people perform uncommon tasks every day. He wants a society throbbing with dedication, reverence, and worship. He sees it as scandalous that the discoveries of science and the feats of heroes should have as their denouement the comfort and affluence of common folk. A social order run by and for the people is to him a mindless organism motivated by sheer physiologism. </i></div><br />
<i>The Ordeal of Change</i>, Chapter 12 'Concerning Individual Freedom'</blockquote><br />
<blockquote><div style="color: blue;"><i>The ratio between supervisory and producing personnel is always highest where the intellectuals are in power. In a Communist country it takes half the population to supervise the other half.</i></div><br />
<i>The Temper of Our Time</i> (1967) p. 70</blockquote><br />
<blockquote><div style="color: blue;"><i>The attitude of the intellectual community toward America is shaped not by the creative few but by the many who for one reason or another cannot transmute their dissatisfaction into a creative impulse, and cannot acquire a sense of uniqueness and of growth by developing and expressing their capacities and talents. There is nothing in contemporary America that can cure or alleviate their chronic frustration. They want power, lordship, and opportunities for imposing action. Even if we should banish poverty from the land, lift up the Negro to true equality, withdraw from Vietnam (</i>Afghanistan or Iraq)<i>, and give half of the national income as foreign aid, they will still see America as an air-conditioned nightmare unfit for them to live in.</i></div><br />
<i>The Temper of Our Time</i>, Chapter VI “Some Thoughts on the Present” (1966)</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-2367225040182572232010-07-26T00:10:00.000-07:002010-07-26T00:10:00.326-07:00Republican Candidates Debate IssuesThe four Republican candidates for district 7 debated the issues Friday. If you didn't catch it, here's the video. The number of candidates shows the vulnerability of Grijalva this year:<br />
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<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; color: grey; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 512px;">Watch the <a href="http://watch.wliw.org/video/1550662306" style="color: rgb(78, 178, 254) ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none ! important;" target="_blank">full episode</a>. See more <a href="http://tv.azpm.org/" style="color: rgb(78, 178, 254) ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none ! important;" target="_blank">Arizona Illustrated.</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-37841170894914965072010-07-25T08:02:00.000-07:002010-07-25T08:02:14.752-07:00What If Our Elected Representatives Were as Smart as Dogs?What would happen if we elected our dogs to replace politicians? Here's some ideas:<br />
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<b>They MIGHT Listen to instructions:</b><br />
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<b>They Might WANT to spend time with us:</b><br />
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<b>They Might REMEMBER who pays their salary:</b><br />
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Just a thought.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-64279783762040266952010-07-24T15:54:00.001-07:002010-07-24T15:58:21.517-07:00Arizona's progressives: A Who's Who of the Opposition to SB1070<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGet4HvlkFMiiKwvp1x80ZtZB2er3Z4S0o5kmXLru2fekpwwkcwMK_n8YP1W_aqSyHieSntpcjHgwuoKwkpyAWKd4AWg3zhYpoP8x3rpEIQl4q2yS99-dP6sZkoeL-Lu3o3dy-QV0vukE/s1600/alfredogutierrez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGet4HvlkFMiiKwvp1x80ZtZB2er3Z4S0o5kmXLru2fekpwwkcwMK_n8YP1W_aqSyHieSntpcjHgwuoKwkpyAWKd4AWg3zhYpoP8x3rpEIQl4q2yS99-dP6sZkoeL-Lu3o3dy-QV0vukE/s320/alfredogutierrez.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Who are the Progressives in Arizona who are fighting against SB1070? Let's start with three of the most influential:</b></span><br />
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<b>Alfredo Gutierrez</b> is probably the smartest political mind in the Arizona Progressive cadre. Gutierrez, a paid political consultant and former Arizona congressman, organizes for <a href="http://somosamerica.org/">Somos America</a> a radical immigration rights group. Guiterrez is a close associate of Grijalva and claims that groups have plans for civil disobedience and disruption of law enforcement when SB 1070 is implemented. <br />
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<b>Sandra Castro</b>, an transplanted college student from LA and regional leader of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span> (MEChA), has an ongoing vendetta against <a href="http://statepressmagazine.com/2010/02/25/sandra-castro-v-sheriff-joe-hasta-la-victoria-siempre/">Sheriff Joe Arpiao</a> and his efforts to enforce Arizona laws in Maricopa County. Having lived in Arizona less than two years, she has organized some of the largest hate rallies in opposition to border and immigration enforcement and forced baseless lawsuits against Arpiao. Castro is organizing to bring <a href="http://www.puenteaz.org/Home.php">thousands of protesters</a> from across the country to boycott SB 1070 and she promises to lead larger and larger protests until SB1070 is repealed and Arpiao resigns.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9A0wDekJCVWNREPIKnDLuhTZPzIX3eP5u2M_g49MPvq23J4BjWqDdnuBy4YzAE1yV5NttiPAJQbKG7VrxeavtwQqCp4olfofYjVqSDQHcMtv1-w_YHR6Xfq4D3T2MipVQqTpEApN7sko/s1600/phil_reller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9A0wDekJCVWNREPIKnDLuhTZPzIX3eP5u2M_g49MPvq23J4BjWqDdnuBy4YzAE1yV5NttiPAJQbKG7VrxeavtwQqCp4olfofYjVqSDQHcMtv1-w_YHR6Xfq4D3T2MipVQqTpEApN7sko/s320/phil_reller.jpg" /></a></div><b>Phil Reller</b>, of the <a href="http://s216300718.onlinehome.us/fellows/azdetail.php?rsid=22">Center for Progressive Leaders, Arizona</a>, characterizes the ignorance and folly of Liberation Theology and the Progressive movement. Another newcomer to Arizona, Reller, former pastor of Rincon United Church of Christ in Tucson, seeks to involve liberal and mainline churches in the fight against SB1070. It is no coincident that Reller is a big supporter and organizer in Grijalva's "grassroots" organization among liberals in Tucson and Phoenix. <br />
<blockquote style="color: red;">"I believe that Arizona is currently moving into a unique opportunity to move from regressive and inhumane systems (where people earn profits) - from health care for the mentally ill to immigration needs, from corporate vs. workers' rights to water usage - and progressive organizing and action (protests and extortionist boycotts) can make ours a healthier state."</blockquote><i>- Philip Reller, 2007 Arizona Political Leaders Fellow</i><br />
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<i><i>These are the movers and shakers against SB1070. all are directly a part of Arizona's Progressive Movement. They are full time workers, highly trained, with almost limitless funding. But they do not represent a majority of Americans. That is their weakness. They want you to believe that their education and training is better than your common sense. They will try and make their numbers seem larger than they actually are and they will not stop until you stop their funding from federal grants and social programs and vote their patrons in Congress out of office. Start with Grijalva.</i> </i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-87504741596488163782010-07-23T06:16:00.003-07:002010-07-24T14:27:40.031-07:00Bill Ayers: Weatherman and the Progressive ManifestoAccording to Ayers and the 60s radicals that now control our government, the primary question is one of ending the role of the US as an "oppressor nation" and redistributing it's wealth to those we have "exploited" over the years:<br />
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<blockquote style="color: red;"><i>So the very first question people in this country must ask in</i><br />
<i>considering the question of revolution is where they stand in</i><br />
<i>relation to the United States as an oppressor nation, and </i><br />
<i>where they stand in relation to the masses of people throughout </i><br />
<i>the world whom US imperialism is oppressing.<br />
The primary task of revolutionary struggle is to solve this principal<br />
contradiction on the side of the people of the world . It is the<br />
oppressed peoples of the world who have created the wealth of this<br />
empire and it is to them that it belongs ; the goal of the revolutionary<br />
struggle must be the control and use of this wealth in the interests of<br />
the oppressed peoples of the world.</i></blockquote>Thus, when Mrs. Obama claims that for the first time she is "proud of being an American," it has little to do with race, but with the view of the United States as an "oppressor nation." When Raul Grijalva calls Border Patrol agents and police officers "Racist" it has less to do with honoring the Constitution than with identifying the "strawman" or in the words of Ayers, the "pigs" who represent the Oppressors of people worldwide, the unenlightened capitalists who must be overcome for the socialist revolution to continue:<br />
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<blockquote style="color: red;"><i>A major focus in our neighborhood and citywide work is the pigs,<br />
they tie together the various struggles around the State as the enemy,<br />
and thus point to the need for a Movement oriented toward power to<br />
defeat it.<br />
The pigs are the capitalist state, and as such define the limits of all<br />
political struggles; to the extent that a revolutionary struggle shows<br />
signs of success, they come in and mark the point it can't go beyond.<br />
In the early stages of struggle, the ruling class lets parents come down<br />
high school kids, or jocks attack college chapters. When the struggle<br />
escalates the pigs come in; at Columbia, the left was afraid its<br />
struggle would be co-opted to anti-police brutality, cops off campus,<br />
and said pigs weren ' t the issue. But pigs really are the issue and<br />
people will understand this, one way or another. They can have a<br />
liberal understanding that pigs are sweaty working-class barbarians who<br />
over-react and commit "police brutality" ...Or they can understand pigs as </i></blockquote><blockquote style="color: red;"><i>the repressive imperialist State doing its job. Our job is not to avoid the issue of the pigs as "diverting" from anti- imperialist struggle, but to emphasize that they are our real<br />
enemy if we fight that struggle to win.</i></blockquote>To the radical elite, America IS the enemy, they have fashioned it in their minds since their radical youth years, whether at Woodstock or La Raza protest rallies. This is why they will NEVER admit that the Bush administration accomplished anything: Bush was THE MAN, his administration, border policies, and militaristic "expansion" similar enough to Vietnam to label them "Pigs." In the minds of the elitists in the administration, everyone will rally to their cause because they fight for the oppressed (even if they themselves are now the oppressors):<br />
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<blockquote style="color: red;"><i>The masses will fight for socialism when they understand that reform<br />
fights, fights for improvement of material conditions, cannot be won<br />
under imperialism. With this understanding, revolutionaries should<br />
put forth a line which fosters the illusion that imperialism will grant<br />
significant reforms. We must engage in struggles forthrightly as<br />
revolutionaries, so that it will be clear to anyone we help to win<br />
gains that the revolution rather than imperialism is responsible for them.<br />
This is one of the strengths of the Black Panther Party Breakfast for<br />
Children Program. It is "socialism in practice" by revolutionaries with<br />
the "practice" of armed self-defense and a "line" which stresses the<br />
necessity of overthrowing imperialism and seizing state power. Probably<br />
the American Friends Service Committee serves more children breakfast,<br />
but it is the symbolic value of the program in demonstrating what<br />
socialism will do for people which makes the Black Panther Program<br />
worthwhile.</i></blockquote> So, it doesn't matter that capitalism (imperialism) feeds more, houses more, helps more people, or that the Black Panthers intimidate and oppress. It only matters that "symbols show" how socialism works. Again symbolism over substance, power over freedom. They will force socialism on us for our own good. Viva La Raza! <br />
Bill Ayers titles his manifesto: <i>You Don't Need A Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows</i>, quoting a Bob Dillon song from the same year. Well the winds have changed. Dems who put in their lot with these "Change Agents" are now swimming against a current of anger and resentment. Twenty three years later Bob Dillon wrote another song which probably applies to this bunch:<br />
<i>Gotta Serve Somebody</i>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-83476254821249215222010-07-21T12:59:00.029-07:002010-07-21T12:59:00.185-07:00Thomas Sowell on Why Washington Intellectuals Don't Get ItWhen listening to Obama administration officials, their intellectuals, and the elected officials who listen to them, I sometimes feel like I am listening to people who reside on another planet. Part of the reason for that, I have come to believe, is that these people are enamored by the "experts," college professors and think tank mouthpieces that feed policy initiatives to them. Unable to think for themselves, they listen to and depend upon policy experts to make their decisions. Thomas Sowell, in his book, Intellectuals and Society, explains the role these intellectuals have played in creating disastrous policy in American history:<br />
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Sowell explains why Raul Grijalva and Barak Obama are convinced that extending unemployment benefits and increasing taxes will somehow help "stimulate" the economy. It also explains why Grijalva's largest donor is the University of Arizona faculty organization. They are applauding the Failed stimulus, the failed bank reform, Obamacare, and Cap and Trade, despite the fact that these initiatives, together will bankrupt our nation. I have something to say to our elected and soon to be elected representatives in Washington: Stop listening to these morons!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-17677449654018850142010-07-20T13:00:00.001-07:002010-07-20T13:00:00.291-07:00the Washington Elite and You: They Don't Get ItHave you ever wondered why Washington insiders continue their spending spree, despite poll numbers that are completely against them?<span class="person-name"> Angelo M. Codevilla</span> of the American Spectator has published an amazing analysis of Washington's "elite," The upper crust of East coast liberals and the politicians who want to be like them. Here are some excerpts from the article. You'll want to read it in it's entirety <a href="http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the">here</a>.<br />
In the article, he describes how the "elite" was formed:<br />
<blockquote> <i>Today's ruling class, from Boston to San Diego, was formed by an educational system that exposed them to the same ideas and gave them remarkably uniform guidance, as well as tastes and habits. These amount to a social canon of judgments about good and evil, complete with secular sacred history, sins (against minorities and the environment), and saints. Using the right words and avoiding the wrong ones when referring to such matters -- speaking the "in" language -- serves as a badge of identity. Regardless of what business or profession they are in, their road up included government channels and government money because, as government has grown, its boundary with the rest of American life has become indistinct. Many began their careers in government and leveraged their way into the private sector. Some, e.g., Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, never held a non-government job. Hence whether formally in government, out of it, or halfway, America's ruling class speaks the language and has the tastes, habits, and tools of bureaucrats. It rules uneasily over the majority of Americans not oriented to government. </i></blockquote><br />
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Who are the elite?: <br />
<blockquote><i>Professional prominence or position will not secure a place in the class any more than mere money. In fact, it is possible to be an official of a major corporation or a member of the U.S. Supreme Court (just ask Justice Clarence Thomas), or even president (Ronald Reagan), and not be taken seriously by the ruling class. Like a fraternity, this class requires above all comity -- being in with the right people, giving the required signs that one is on the right side, and joining in despising the Outs. Once an official or professional shows that he shares the manners, the tastes, the interests of the class, gives lip service to its ideals and shibboleths, and is willing to accommodate the interests of its senior members, he can move profitably among our establishment's parts. </i></blockquote><br />
Agenda?:<br />
<blockquote><i>Our ruling class's agenda is power for itself. While it stakes its claim through intellectual-moral pretense, it holds power by one of the oldest and most prosaic of means: patronage and promises thereof. Like left-wing parties always and everywhere, it is a "machine," that is, based on providing tangible rewards to its members. Such parties often provide rank-and-file activists with modest livelihoods and enhance mightily the upper levels' wealth. Because this is so, whatever else such parties might accomplish, they must feed the machine by transferring money or jobs or privileges -- civic as well as economic -- to the party's clients, directly or indirectly. This, incidentally, is close to Aristotle's view of democracy. Hence our ruling class's standard approach to any and all matters, its solution to any and all problems, <b>is to increase the power of the government -- </b>meaning of those who run it, meaning themselves, to profit those who pay with political support for privileged jobs, contracts, etc. Hence more power for the ruling class has been our ruling class's solution not just for economic downturns and social ills but also for hurricanes and tornadoes, global cooling and global warming.</i><br />
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<i>By taxing and parceling out more than a third of what Americans produce, through regulations that reach deep into American life, our ruling class is making itself the arbiter of wealth and poverty. While the economic value of anything depends on sellers and buyers agreeing on that value as civil equals in the absence of force, modern government is about nothing if not tampering with civil equality. <b>By endowing some in society with power to force others to sell cheaper than they would, and forcing others yet to buy at higher prices -- even to buy in the first place -- modern government makes valuable some things that are not, and devalues others that are.</b> Thus if you are not among the favored guests at the table where officials make detailed lists of who is to receive what at whose expense, you are on the menu. Eventually, pretending forcibly that valueless things have value dilutes the currency's value for all.</i></blockquote><br />
Superiority over the rest of society:<br />
<blockquote> <i>While the unenlightened ones believe that man is created in the image and likeness of God and that we are subject to His and to His nature's laws, the enlightened ones <em>know</em> that we are products of evolution, driven by chance, the environment, and the will to primacy. While the un-enlightened are stuck with the antiquated notion that ordinary human minds can reach objective judgments about good and evil, better and worse through reason, the enlightened ones <em>know</em> that all such judgments are subjective and that <em>ordinary people can no more be trusted with reason than they can with guns</em>. Because ordinary people will pervert reason with ideology, religion, or interest, science is "science" only in the "right" hands. Consensus among the right people is the only standard of truth. Facts and logic matter only insofar as proper authority acknowledges them. </i></blockquote><br />
Why they don't care about the facts: <br />
<blockquote> <i>That is why the ruling class is united and adamant about nothing so much as its right to pronounce definitive, "scientific" judgment on whatever it chooses. When the government declares, and its associated press echoes that "scientists say" this or that, ordinary people -- or for that matter scientists who "don't say," or are not part of the ruling class -- lose any right to see the information that went into what "scientists say."</i></blockquote><br />
<span class="person-name">Angelo M. Codevilla</span>, a professor of international relations at Boston University, a fellow of the Claremont Institute, and a senior editor of <em>The American Spectator</em>, was a Foreign Service officer and served on the staff of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee between 1977 and 1985. He was the principal author of the 1980 presidential transition report on intelligence. He is the author of <a href="http://www.conservativebookservice.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=c4822&sour_cd=AKE000102" target="_blank"><em>The Character of Nations: How Politics Makes and Breaks Prosperity, Family, and Civility</em>.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-76309800959161569772010-07-19T00:56:00.002-07:002010-07-19T20:26:59.316-07:00Calls to End Boycott Ignored by GrijalvaSince his call for a boycott of Arizona tourism in April over SB 1070, Grijalva's call has been bolstered by radical liberals with travel voucher power around the country. However, in the state of Arizona, Democrats are running from Grijalva like anathema, asking him to withdraw his boycott and the subsequent supporting lawsuits, calling it a mistake that further threatens the state's weakened economy:<br />
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<b>Attorney General Terry Goddard</b> sent a personal letter to Grijalva: <i style="color: blue;">"I ask you to join with me in calling on businesses across America to give Arizona a chance, and help us to rebuild our economy instead of engaging in hurtful boycotts," Goddard wrote. “In the absence of a new and comprehensive federal immigration law,” Goddard wrote, “it is just wrong for this administration to fight state efforts to address the effects of our broken border.”</i><br />
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Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D)</b> pointedly disagrees with Grijalva's position, including speaking out for Arizona tourism at the National Governor's Conference recently. She has written Grijalva several times:<br />
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<div style="color: blue;"><i>“I believe that a boycott would hurt Arizona’s families and businesses at a time when our state’s economy is taking the first steps toward recovery after a devastating recession,” Giffords said in support of Arizona tourism.</i></div><br />
<b>U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick and U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell, both Arizona Democrats,</b> joined the criticism. Their response to the Obama administration lawsuit, sought and supported by Grijalva:<br />
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<div style="color: blue;"><i>“This lawsuit is a sideshow, distracting us from the real task at hand. A court battle between the federal government and Arizona will not move us closer to securing the border or fixing America’s broken immigration system. The legal fights and boycotts are drawing focus and attention away from what has to be a policy-driven, substantive debate,” Kirkpatrick said.</i></div><div style="color: blue;"><i>“Washington failed us on this issue again today, and Arizonans have had enough. The White House and Congress need to start developing a better approach to border security and immigration reform, working with us instead of against us. Our law enforcement and communities are at risk right now – this is a time for solutions, not new obstacles.”</i></div><br />
Mitchell added, <i><span style="color: blue;">“The only thing this lawsuit will do is demonstrate to Arizonans that Washington still doesn’t get it.”</span></i><br />
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And from Arizona's neighbors:<br />
<b>Diane Feinstein of California</b>:<br />
<div style="color: blue;"><i>“I don’t think that boycotts or things of that nature really help. They just polarize people,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said on Thursday. She was responding to a question asking if she supported a resolution in San Francisco calling for the city to boycott companies that do business in Arizona. “I do not think that is a smart thing to do,” said Feinstein, a former mayor of San Francisco.</i></div><br />
A spokesman for <b>Sen. Jeff Bingaman of neighboring New Mexico</b> said the senator believed a boycott decision was up to others, but “welcomes” the tourists and businesses that <i style="color: blue;">“no longer feel comfortable going to Arizona.” </i><br />
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In all, Grijalva, in his call for a boycott, has revealed his true colors. Brian Johnson, spokesperson for Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson said the industry has twice sent Grijalva letters about his calls for a boycott, asking him in one case for an apology. There has been no response.<br />
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<div style="color: blue;"><i>"To me it appears that he's turned his back on our industry," Brian Johnson said. "That has been very, very disappointing."</i></div><br />
Grijalva's response to these criticism is that his boycott is <i><span style="color: red;">"about sending a message.”</span> </i>He calls the law <i><span style="color: red;">"racist"</span></i> even though it asks state law enforcement to do LESS than what federal authorities are required to do by law. Send Grijalva the message. Vote on November 4.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-17586804146762610362010-07-16T02:28:00.001-07:002010-07-16T02:28:00.505-07:00Immigration: Ray Stevens Invite<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WgOHOHKBEqE&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WgOHOHKBEqE&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-36990290732114602092010-07-15T13:35:00.002-07:002010-07-19T20:24:11.948-07:00How Democrats Twist Their Facts and Blame Opponents for Their FaultsA recent "discussion on Fox News between Megyn Kelly and an administration mouthpiece highlights the way Democrats choose to enter the debate going into midterm elections. As you watch this observe the threefold strategy to refute all arguments posed by voters to their elected officials that seem to criticize Democratic policies since gaining complete control of our government in the 2008 elections. Here are the "talking points" responses:<br />
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1. Deny. When constituents ask about Democrat policies and "what is in the bill," belittle them by saying they get their information from Rush Limbaugh or the internet even when they have their facts straight and you know it.<br />
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2. Ask a question that deflects away from the issue. When a reporter asks about Justice Department policy, Ask them why they didn't question the whistleblower about their sources.<br />
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3. Blame Bush. Apparently all the problems that the Obama administration has faced are the fault of Bush and Conservative policies despite the economic, legal, and budgetary facts in the hope that people are too lazy to do their research. It's getting old for most people, but the liberal base still buys it and hey, it worked in 2008, why not now?<br />
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4. Call them racist. This is also getting old for most people, but again, it gets the hair on the necks of the liberal base up and, since no one likes being called a racist, thoughtful people will pause and self evaluate, "Was I being racist?" Liberals assume they are not, because, well, they are liberals and liberals are NEVER racist.<br />
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Unfortunately for liberals, people are becoming tired of their excuses. Megynn Kelly's catfight with Liberal Kirsten Powers is an example of the sort of thing we are likely to see more of in the coming months:<br />
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Is Raul Grijalva different? Hardly. He has denied responsibility for deficit spending he voted for and a boycott that has hurt Arizona's economy. He deflects questions about oversight of White House complicity in the BP disaster. He blames Bush for everything from the trillions in deficit spending Grijalva himself voted for to gray hair on coyotes in his district. He has called everyone racist who is not Grijalva or a Grijalva supporter. And he refuses to represent anyone who does not share his point of view. It's time to stop listening to liberals and start confronting them with the facts until THEY listen.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-45148745667567969432010-07-14T01:36:00.012-07:002010-07-14T01:36:00.460-07:00Ruth McClung; Winning Alternative to GrijalvaArizonans in District 7 are finding a respectable alternative to Raul Grijalva in Ruth McClung. largely written off by both Tea Party and Republican fundraisers alike, Ruth has built an impressive grass roots campaign by . . . get this, talking to people. Young, inexperienced, under financed, McClung has turned her upstart campaign into a viable threat to dethroning the Community Organizer Grijalva.<br />
<a href="http://tucsoncitizen.com/the-cholla-jumps/2010/06/17/ruth-mcclung-and-terri-proud-are-winning-women-in-the-gop/">Jim Kelly</a> of the Tucson Citizen, had this to say about her in his endorsement:<br />
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<blockquote><i>My knowledge of Ruth McClung began a week after Mother’s Day in 2009. I had met her at an LD 29 District and precinct committee meeting when she announced she was running for the US Congress in CD-7. For the next three months, I bullied her, berated her lack of political polish and derided her fundraising efforts. I was an absolute jerk to her and she remained unflappable. I am surprised that her Mother and Father, Gini and Tom Crawford, didn’t hit me. (Well Gini did once but I deserved it). Her husband Michael gritted his teeth when I would walk in the room but they all stayed the course. I never thought her supporters would stand by her and yet they did. Bruce Webber is her most loyal volunteer and has walked more neighborhoods and put up more signs for her than any other precinct committeeman in her district. Her campaign has taken a much decentralized approach, letting the independent volunteer campaign managers in the counties of her district run their own organizations. Ruth has held car washes and bake sales to finance her campaign. When she first started doing radio interviews she was downright shy and I kept thinking, “Raul Grijalva has nothing to worry about.” But she kept campaigning. And she got better and better. She has stayed on message; she has articulated her core issues of Defense, Border Security, Free Market Economies, Science and Technology, and Healthcare. She truly is an elephant with momentum.</i><br />
<i> She is also a rocket scientist and knows what she is talking about when she says climate change is a result of natural occurrences based on sun activity, orbits, spin and axis wobbles, ocean currents, polar activity and topographical reflection. It is not human caused. She said “Poverty and corruption has more detrimental effect on the environment than the use of fossil fuels. I want independence from foreign oil and I believe we can safely develop nuclear power within Arizona. I will vote against any scheme designed to tax carbon emissions just to subsidize an unmarketable an uneconomical alternative energy. No Cap and Trade.I am disgusted by my opponent’s lack of concern for the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. Instead of watering holes for smugglers, he should have been empowering our Border Patrol and law enforcement to stop the drug cartels and terrorists from taking over the park and denying access to American citizens. What is he thinking? Is this his way of letting Aztlan get a foothold on sovereign American soil?”</i></blockquote><div class="wp-caption alignleft" id="attachment_341" style="width: 310px;"><img alt="Ruth McClung June 16, 2010" class="size-medium wp-image-341" height="225" src="http://tucsoncitizen.com/the-cholla-jumps/files/2010/06/Ruth-McClung-June-16-2010-004-300x225.jpg" width="300" /><br />
<div class="wp-caption-text">Ruth McClung June 16, 2010</div><div class="wp-caption-text">But does McClung know what she is talking about in regards to the economy? </div></div><blockquote><blockquote><i>Her economic views are free market based and follow a Milton Friedman model of spending based on a percentage of GDP. ”We have a budget at home; We have everything prioritized from the mortgage down to whether or not I buy new shoes. We pay the priorities first, when we run out of money, we stop spending till we have new revenue. The only time we should go over budget in this country is for catastrophes, civil emergencies and self defense. I see the Border as a National Security and self defense issue and should be paid for in the Defense Authorization and Appropriations.”</i><br />
<i>“We have got to let the market rule with regards to the economy. No one is too big to fail and the bailouts shouldn’t have happened. But we are stuck with it for the moment and now it’s all about us holding the spenders of the bailouts accountable for results. Yuma has 20% unemployment, Pima County over 10%. We can do better in removing the roadblocks that stifle entrepreneurship. Whether it is environmental regulations or various departmental policies, I will work to remove those roadblocks.”</i></blockquote></blockquote>McClung still does not have the attention of the national Republican party. She is ignored by pollsters and Republican fundraisers. She is an inexperienced candidate in what is considered a Democratic stronghold. But remember, Grijalva's first win in District 7 was by less than 5% over a Yuma conservative who was unknown in Tucson. McClung has campaigned heavily in both Tucson and the more conservative Yuma and has the yard signs and billboards to show it. And this is not 2000. It is also my belief that there are no Democratic strongholds in this election. It is in these "strongholds" that viable, conservative candidates, ignored by the media and party, might just turn the tide of Obamanation. Jim Kelly thinks McClung is one of those candidates. Grijalva just might also. A final word from Kelly:<br />
<blockquote><blockquote><i>Ruth McClung is the frontrunner in this GOP primary. Faith and family are very important to Ruth. She is a Christian and believes that faith and reason go together. Every time Raul Grijalva opens his mouth on national television, her fundraising increases. Keep talking MEChA boy. His boycott of Arizona will destroy his candidacy and he knows it. His hubris has finally caught up with him. A woman of unshakeable faith in the values of church, family, and country, the core moral compass of the people of Southern Arizona, will prevail in November. I asked her what kind of cactus she would be. She said she would be a prickly pear, the purple one with the yellow flowers. Perfect.</i></blockquote></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-28408847712332975742010-07-12T00:03:00.006-07:002010-07-12T00:03:00.314-07:00Life BreakA hilarious video sent by a friend. Thanks James:<br />
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<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fZa7hU6tP_s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fZa7hU6tP_s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-38655713792524813512010-07-11T00:51:00.001-07:002010-07-11T07:56:23.409-07:00Grijalva Press Releases Miss the Point: Government IS The ProblemRaul Grijalva is spending most of his time heralding the Progressive New World Order while criticizing Americans who wish to put the breaks on the Obama spending spree. Take a few examples from his recent posts;<br />
<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}"><span class="UIIntentionalStory_Names" data-ft="{"type":"name"}"> </span><span class="UIStory_Message" style="color: red;">Congratulations to Abengoa, which is going to build the world's largest solar plant about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix. This is exactly the kind of investment in green energy and jobs we need to be making.</span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> <span style="color: black;">Wrong. We don't need partial solutions to energy problems and solar is a partial solution. Granted, solar can provide surge power for Arizonans, but You can't put solar power in your gas tank and it is unavailable for 12 hours of the day. We need investment in nuclear power and our vast gas and oil resources. This will produce far more jobs and lower prices sooner than panels and windmills in the desert. But Dems are beholden to environmentalists, so nuclear and gas are off the table for Grijalva.</span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIStory_Message">A new look at state budgets shows how hard our economy is hitting people at the local level. As the article says, "Over 40 states have cut back on services like education, health care, and help for the elderly to help balance their budgets."</span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> <span style="color: black;">State problems are a direct result of lack of revenue from lower home values, small business bankruptcies, and corporate cuts, particularly in Arizona. The solution is not, as Grijalva's simplistic Progressive Caucus proposes, more deficit spending by the Federal government. The solution is stimulating business growth. Grijalva, Obama and liberals in Congress have done nothing to incentivize business since taking control. On the contrary, they have done everything in their power to spark fear among business owners, causing entrepreneurs and investors to hold on more tightly to their money, reducing profits and tax revenue.</span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIStory_Message">More than 300,000 rebate checks went out this week to Medicare recipients who fall in the "donut hole" where prescription drug costs are not covered. These checks will help retirees afford medicines they need to manage chronic pain and other conditions. We shouldn't make them choose between their needed medication and other living expenses.</span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span style="color: black;">The "hole" is a direct result of Obamacare, left out of the original bill to keep costs under $1 trillion dollars. It is because of the flawed healthcare fiasco Grijalva supported that has Medicare patients spending more on Depends undergarments. The bill allows insurers to pass on their costs for the "donut" to you and me in the form of increased copays and drug prices. Seen your copay go up on drugs? Doctor not taking patients? Blame Obamacare.</span> </span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIStory_Message">Congratulations to Arizona for a new $1.6 million job training grant from the Department of Commerce. This kind of Recovery Act grant is helping people get back to work, especially in economically hard-hit areas.<br />
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<span style="color: black;">Millions for job "Training" is useless when there are no jobs. <a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Testimony/Avoiding-a-Lost-Generation-How-to-Minimize-the-Impact-of-the-Great-Recession-on-Young-Workers">Studies</a> throughout the last 50 years show the ineffectiveness of this approach. Remember, despite what Dems will tell you, this is now Obama's economy, and it is NOT recovering. It is stagnating, and government spending for overpriced "jobs" programs are just making hard-working Americans more nervous with each new Billion in unaccounted spending.</span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIIntentionalStory_Names" data-ft="{"type":"name"}"> </span><span class="UIStory_Message">The search for an AIDS vaccine has made good progress, although more remains to be done. An antibody has been identified that neutralizes 91 percent of HIV strains.</span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> <span style="color: black;">Work has been going on for twenty years, mostly in the private sector and mostly funded during Bush I and Bush II administrations, not by the vocal but less appropriating Clinton years. The fact that a breakthrough comes now in a government lab is testimony to years of International and private groundwork which deserves most of the credit.</span></span></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIStory_Message"> <span style="color: black;">Ever the politician, Grijalva continues to shade everything in partisan rhetoric, influenced by his years of reliance on the federal government for his salary and a conduit to his power. He needs some experience in the private sector. Give it to him in November.</span></span></h3><dl style="color: black;"><dt class="quote"><b><a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/34577.html" title="Click for further information about this
quotation">Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.</a></b> </dt>
<dd class="author"><div class="icons"><b>Ronald Reagan</b></div></dd></dl><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="color: red;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></h3>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742633406475310686.post-77836383499393544262010-07-10T09:48:00.000-07:002010-07-10T09:48:43.118-07:00Nugent on Border SecurityLike him or hate him, Ted Nugent has a plain and simple answer to border security:<br />
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