So the answer is an open border because we cannot afford to police our borders? That is absurd logic. Secretary Napolitano has stated that the country is at risk from external terrorist threats. If she believes that then why do we castigate those who are affirmatively taking steps to control illegal immigration? Perhaps this reveals her true belief that the greatest danger is from domestic terrorists--those who have peacefully expressed their 1st amendment rights to gather and petition the government for redress of their grievances. As the President, her boss, has said, we have to be concerned about those reactionaries who cling to their guns and religion. May God help our country.
that presumes that the Iranian leadership wants to live. The president of Iran has repeatedly stated that he believes he has been selected to usher in the 12th Imam. Muslim eschatology says that the 12th imam will return after being ushered in with violence and bloodshed. It is also part of Muslim belief that dying in pursuit of Muslim goals is a way to guarantee your place in the afterlife. Thus, old concepts of mutual assured destruction do not have the same impact as they once did.
When a democratic congressman intentionally walks through a crowd of the opposition to provoke a response and gets none, the mainstream media is quick to turn the non-event into a story of right wing violence; yet when a conservative is badly beaten and injured there is no story what soever. Is this what is called media bias? Or, instead is this only reporting all the news that is fit to print?
Assuming the Times publishes the names and violates the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, it will take a federal prosecutor to bring the action. Given the record of the current Attorney General, is it likely he will prosecute the Times? We have direct video evidence of voter intimidation in Philadelphia which the local prosecutors wanted to pursue but were precluded from doing so. When there is direct evidence of criminal civil rights violations which is ignored, it is doubtful that the behavior of the Times will be seen as sufficiently important to take the time of federal prosecutors.
It is always amazing to me that the party which is the first to cry racism is the first to hold a person's race against them. When will Democrats truly adopt the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King and judge a man by the character of his actions rather than the color of his skin?
It is amazing how the President misrepresented and marginalized the Tea Party movement in just a few sentences. How many in the mainstream media will challenge the President on these points?
and this is how the country dies....not with a bang but a whimper.
No there is no provision for recall of federal officials.
you should read the editorial in the wall street journal which does an excellent job of pointing out that in prior reconciliation votes there was broad bipartisan support and not in name only. Unlike Speaker Pelosi's view there cannot be bipartisan ship without support of both parties.
President Obama said it correctly-- elections have consequences. That is why an informed electorate is so crucial. If one were to look at what he has said about government for years it would not have been hard to understand that the President is only doing that which he has said he would do for years. Sadly, America brought the current political climate on itself. We do not get a reset button on elections. Impeachment is only proper for high crimes and misdemeanors. Bad governance is not a crime. It just has long standing and far reaching consequences. The answer is education of the electorate by restoration of appropriate civics education. If educated about the way our government was intended to operate it would not be so easy to seduce an electorate by inchoate promises of change. An informed electorate would ask what change, why and by what authority. November is where our power lays. The American people should not be afraid to use that power in the election booth and then hold those we elect accountable.
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