According to the Chicago Tribune Alejandrina Cabera,an American born citizen,was denied the right to run for a position on the San Luis,AZ city council. Yuma county superior court judge John Nelson ruled that she did have sufficient proficiency in the English language to conduct the duties of public office. He stated,“It was clear to the court that she was stymied by many questions,did not understand many questions,failed to comprehend what was being asked,and guessed at answers.”
According to Cabera’s lawyer,“Both English and Spanish are spoken during city council meetings in San Luis.” San Luis is located in the SW corner of Arizona and adjacent to San Luis in Sonora County Mexico. It is a part of the Yuma metropolitan area.
Should you have to be proficient in English to run for public office in the United States?
Wow,what an exciting event! Romney wins with the same number of votes he got four years ago. Beats Santorum by ONLY 8 votes! Santorum considered the real winner since he was in single digits of approval only two weeks ago. Bachman decided to hang it up and Perry decides to hang in there for now. The left wing media describes the Republican line up as “weak”in comparison to their champion Barack Obama who has bought us unemployment that has remained in the 8.5 to 10.5 range for the past three years,disrespect internationally,a federal takeover of the US healthcare industry,three times the deficits of his predecessor which he called indefensible,and a steady march to turning this country into another Greece.
The primary season has been a real roller-coaster event for the past five months. In August Bachman won the straw poll in Iowa and then was passed by Perry who then faded to be surpassed by Cain when he failed to impress during the debates. Cain self-imploded under sexual allegations followed by Gingrich who then slid in the polls under a massive negative campaign from Romney,Paul and others who spent millions to slime him regardless of accuracy of their claims. The up and down phenomenon has been the effect of an attempt by the conservative Republicans to find an alternate to Romney whom they view as being a slick,establishment embodiment of the status quo.
Now it is obvious that the object of the next slimming will be Rick Santorum. It is questionable as to how effective that will be considering that Santorum does not have nearly the visibility in past activities as Gingrich to make him a good slime target and it is unlikely that with his background they could make sexual allegations believable. It is a shame that this form of negative adds actually works,but it obviously does. No one knows that more about that than Romney who himself was the victim of a false slime add by McCain just before the S Carolina primary four years ago that effectively ended his run. It is hard to recover from an unsubstantiated smear the night before an election when that gets massive coverage in the media.
Today Romney is the darling of the Republican establishment winning endorsements by Bob Dole,Chris Christy,George HW Bush,and John McCain. All these folk have two things in common:1) they are recognized influence dealers in the party,2) none of them would truly be considered “conservatives”in the party. I think this is very telling. Romney has attempted to convince the voters and caucus goers that he is a conservative,yet the majority of his endorsements and supporters are folks that are more identified as “moderates”. Perhaps Newt has a point about him being a “Massachusetts Moderate”.
What about Santorum? He has had been criticized by Perry and Romney for seeking earmarks for Pennsylvania when he was senator,yet both of these individuals were enthusiastic acceptors of earmark money when serving as governor. I am very much anti-earmark oriented,but the reality is that earmarks are a reality in the last 40 years in Washington. For a representative to refuse them brings on seriously damaging challenges from opponents on reelection. In all of congress there is only a tiny handful of representatives that have failed to seek them because today’s voter demands them to “bring home the bacon”. To stop that single-handedly would in most districts be political suicide. He worked with Gingrich in the 90s when they,with a Democratic president,balanced the budget and reformed the welfare system.
Romney on the other hand instituted “Romneycare”which today is apparently doing a lot to bankrupt the state of Massachusetts. With fairness he also balanced the budget in his state and did some other positive things much to his credit,especially considered he worked with a solidly Democratic legislature. He has done some good things and would definitely be a huge improvement over four more years of Barack Obama,but one thing he ain’t, is a conservative. He is just another Republican moderate being pushed by the hierarchy of the party because they fear a true conservative like Santorum,or Gingrich. These are the same folk that four years ago gave us a very “moderate”John McCain who in their view would bring in independents. Well,we all know how well that turned out.
Results like those in Iowa give us hope that the democratic process is still alive and well regardless of the media and the establishment. Perry spent over $400 for each vote he won in Iowa,Romney spent $74 per vote and Rick Santorum spent 78 cents. This is a true example of grass-roots politics that we should be proud of. Who do you think would be the fiscally most responsible president. One who spends $400 per vote,one who spends $74 per vote or one who spends 78 cents! It is so refreshing to see someone accomplish so much with so little.
Tonight 9/13/11,history was made. Republican Tom Turner has been declared the winner of the race for the ninth district seat vacated by Anthony Weiner’s disgraceful resignation. This is Charles Schumer’s old congressional seat that includes parts of the districts of Brooklyn and Queens in NYC. This seat has not been held by a Republican since 1923!
The ninth district has been considered the most secure Democrat congressional seat in the nation in a district where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by three to one in a strongly Jewish area. Former NY mayors;Democrat Ed Koch,and Republican Rudy Guiliani both supported Mr Turner in a race that was run as a direct referendum against Barack Obama. If the political climate is such that a Republican can win this unbelievably solid “blue”district,then a Republican can win any district in the nation! This is even more remarkable that Scott Brown’s win in Massachusetts in 2009. Ironically this district will disappear in 2013 with redistricting,but this the final lesson from New York’s ninth district is a strong one.
Elsewhere in Nevada’s second district special congressional election the Republican Mark Amodei tonight achieved a comfortable victory. With 70% of precincts reporting Amodei leads his opponent 57% to 37%. This is definitely not a good night for Obama and his policies and certainly does not bode well for his,or the Democratic Party’s prospects in November 2012. If I were a Democrat congressman tonight I would definitely be looking for a “Plan B”employment option for January 2013.
Well it appears with the Libya rebels taking over Tripoli that Barack “O”finally got the success in international affairs he has been so diligently seeking. As the old saying goes,“Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while.”
Rebel Fighters Celebrate in Tripoli - REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Of course it could be said that if he was really of a mind to do this he could have completed it in 30 days by using a bit more intelligent administration of that war effort instead of initiating it and then just turning it over to NATO to carry through. How many lives might that have saved? However,you have to give him credit even if our gut reaction is to want to deny it. After all,it has occurred on his watch. There had been a long stalemate in the five month old civil war when the rebels’breakthrough occurred on Sunday. According to rebel leaders this was the result of a closely coordinated plan by rebels,NATO and anti-Gadhafi residents inside Tripoli.
The only problem that remains is,exactly what has really been won? As of today there is still a big question mark over Lybia. We still don’t really know who these rebels are and now that they have won the fight how will they govern. Will it become a democratic state similar to Iraq,or a theocratic one under sharia law more like Iran? Will the long term effect be the creation of a stable regime that lives in peace with its neighbors,or another nightmare in the region for Israel and yet another haven for terrorism?
Its great to want good things for the people of the Arab lands,but for the most part those folk are being held hostage by a combination of Islamic extremists,despots like Gadhafi,and terrorists that are from their own back yard and it has been like that for hundreds of years. The typical despotic mid-east leadership keeps their people in ignorance and abject poverty with little hope for today or the future while blaming Israel and the West for all their failed schemes.
Gadhafi ruled Libya for over 40 years using a combination of an iron fist and his propaganda machine to suppress the people and keep his personal money tree well fed and watered. I deeply hope that the new rulers that come about here will be a better breed who will finally grant that oppressed people a vision of hope for the future,but only time will tell.
As for Barrack,well done Mr President. That,by my count gives you a current score of +1 for Libya and -2347 for all the other cock-a-Mamie schemes you have come up with in the last 2 1/2 years.
I didn’t know what “mobocratic rule”was till I read this man’s article. It is “rule by mob”which pretty well describes the current administration. Mychal Massie’s column is carried by WorldNetDaily.com and he is a frequent guest on regional and national talk shows.
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An article by Mychal Massie: http://www.wnd.com/speakers/mmassie.asp
At a time when many Americans can barely afford Burger King and a movie,Obama boasts of spending a billion dollars on his re-election campaign. Questioned at a recent appearance about the spiraling fuel costs,Obama said,“Get used to it”– and with an insouciant grin and chortle,he told another person at the event,who complained about the effect high fuel prices were having on his family,to “get a more fuel-efficient car.”
The Obamas behave as if they were sharecroppers living in a trailer and hit the Powerball,but instead of getting new tires for their trailer and a new pickup truck,they moved to Washington. And instead of making possum pie,with goats and chickens in the front yard,they’re spending and living large at taxpayer expense – opulent vacations,gala balls,resplendent dinners and exclusive command performances at the White House,grand date nights,golf,basketball,more golf,exclusive resorts and still more golf.
Expensive,ill-fitting and ill-chosen wigs and fashions hardly befit the first lady of the United States. The Obamas have behaved in every way but presidential – which is why it’s so offensive when we hear Obama say,in order “to restore fiscal responsibility,we all need to share in the sacrifice – but we don’t have to sacrifice the America we believe in.”
The American people have been sacrificing;it is he and his family who are behaving as if they’ve never had two nickels to rub together – and now,having hit the mother lode,they’re going to spend away their feelings of inadequacy at the taxpayers’ expense.
Obama continues to exhibit behavior that,at best,can be described as mobocratic and,at worst,reveals a deeply damaged individual. In a February 2010 column,I asked,“Is Obama unraveling?” I wrote that it was beginning to appear the growing mistrust of him and contempt for his policies was beginning to have a destabilizing effect on him.
At that time,I wrote that not having things go one’s way can be a bitter pill,but reasonable people don’t behave as he was behaving. He had insulted Republicans at their luncheon,where he had been an invited guest. I had speculated that was,in part,what had led him to falsely accuse Supreme Court justices before Congress,the nation and the world,during the 2010 State of the Union address.
It appeared,at that time,as if he were “fraying around the emotional edges.”That behavior has not abated – it has become more pronounced. While addressing the nation,after being forced to explain the validity of his unilateral aggression with Libya,America witnessed a petulant individual scowling and scolding the public for daring to insist he explain his actions.
But during an afternoon speech to address the budget/debt,he took his scornful,unstable despotic behavior to depths that should give the nation cause for concern. Displaying a dark psychopathy more representative of an episode of “The Tudors”television series,he invited Rep. Paul Ryan,R-Wis.,to sit in the front row during his speech and then proceeded to berate both Ryan and Ryan’s budget-cutting plan. Even liberal Democrats were put off by the act. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough questioned the sanity of Obama’s actions.
Today,criticism is coming from all sides. A senior Democrat lawmaker said,“I have been very disappointed in [Obama],to the point where I’m embarrassed that I endorsed him. It’s so bad that some of us are thinking,is there some way we can replace him? How do you get rid of this guy?”(“Democrats’Disgust with Obama,”The Daily Beast,April 15,2011)
Steve McCann wrote:Obama’s speech “was chock full of lies,deceit and crass fear-mongering. It must be said that [he] is the most dishonest,deceitful and mendacious person in a position of power I have ever witnessed”(“The Mendacity of Barack Obama,”AmericanThinker.com,April 15,2011).
McCann continued:“[His] performance was the culmination of four years of outright lies and narcissism that have been largely ignored by the media,including some in the conservative press and political class who are loath to call [him] what he is in the bluntest of terms:a liar and a fraud. That he relies on his skin color to intimidate,either outright or by insinuation [against] those who oppose his radical agenda only add to his audacity. It is apparent that he has gotten away with his character flaws his entire life,aided and abetted by sycophants around him. …”
With these being among the kinder rebukes being directed at Obama,and with people becoming less intimidated by his willingness to use race as a bludgeon,with falling poll numbers in every meaningful category and an increasingly aggressive tea-party opposition – how much longer before he cracks completely?
The coming months of political life are not going to be pleasant for Obama. Possessed by a self-perceived palatine mindset,that in his mind places him above criticism,how long before he cracks in public? Can America risk a man with a documented track record of lying and misrepresenting truth as a basic way of life,who is becoming increasingly more contumelious?
The decision for our participation in a “no fly zone”in protection of Lybian rebels, right or wrong is now history. What we are left with is a reality of our current involvement in Lybia. Although Obama is receiving heat (rightly so) from both sides of the political spectrum. It is coming first because of his indecision and delay while Qaddafi made significant gains,then by his suddenly entering the fray at the last moment without benefit of consent of Congress. It is interesting that the most vehement words of condemnation are actually coming from his left wing base.
Rep Kasinich (D-Ohio) has even used the the “I word,(impeachment). Although Kasinich spews this venom wrapped in “love of the constitution”he expressed no similar concern for the sanctity of that document while he was supporting the blatantly unconstitutional Obamacare. This is mostly political grandstanding and self serving oratory not serious indignation over a real constitutional abuse of power.
Like it or not,we are stuck with the current state of things,at least for a while. Stuck is a great word here because neither the Arab League,France or NATO wants the responsibility for leadership that Obama states he will be relinquishing in a “few days”. Obama is a reluctant wartime president that was dragged to this thing kicking and screaming and lost the opportunity to vote “present”as has been shown to be his usual preference. Being Commander-In-Chief is only fun when you can sit home and make empty rhetoric and “double-speak”that you can use in your current political campaign. When you have to actually make real world decisions that you can not deny tomorrow it becomes a whole nother thing. Welcome to the real world of leadership Barack.
I pray for the safety of our military personnel and I pray that this strange operation will ultimately succeed. However,will someone please just stand up and clearly explain what “success”is? I hope it means Qaddafi’s 41 year reign of terror in Lybia is soon to be over,but that is currently unclear. I also pray that when it ends Qaddafi’s regime is replaced by one that treats their people better than did Qaddafi. All people deserve better than what these poor folks have received for the past 40+ years.
My fervent hope is that those “rebels”we are supporting there really want the kind of democratic reforms they are proclaiming and are not just another Alkada,Hamas,“Brotherhood”,bunch of Islamacist loonies that are so prominent in the Mideast these days. I am convinced that Obama doesn’t know the difference,I certainly hope Sarkozi does since he was the true leader here.
Incidentally:Note how “The Arab League”screamed incessantly for this “no fly zone”only to crawl away hiding under their normally accustomed rocks when the first shot was fired. Of course is that actually surprising to anyone? Their past history would have predicted no less.
For the past week we have been witness to the depths of depravity of liberalism in Wisconsin. Fourteen elected Democratic representatives in the state’s senate have fled to another state to protect their supposed right to prevent the legislative process while thousands of teachers abandoned their classrooms to wave signs accusing the governor of being a Nazi supporter of Qadaffi and Mubarac. Democratic congressman Rep. Michael Capuano from Massachusetts told union workers in Wisconsin,“Every once and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when necessary.” Medical doctors from the University of Wisconsin pass out “sick notes” to union members that left their jobs to protest,some of them,teachers who took students with them closing down the schools while proclaiming they are “protecting the students”. This is not from minimum wage employees,it is from teachers and other public employee union members who are making upwards of $75,000 per year while forcing their state into bankruptcy!
These ridiculous tactics are being encouraged and orchestrated by the DNC with encouragement directly from the White House. Obama was quick to come out with comments about “ratcheting down the rhetoric”just a few weeks ago,but now totally turns a blind eye to the outrageous actions in Wisconson as well as similar events in Indiana, Ohio,and elsewhere as these states try to dig their way out of the looming likelihood of impending bankruptcy.
The national news media is quick to condemn the Tea Party and accuse them of everything from extremism to violence in their protests while they can produce not one single picture or video of such actions. All the while they say not a single word about the hundreds of documented and obvious extremist and fraudulent actions of the activists in Madison. They don’t even condemn Capuano for openly calling for violence in the streets of Madison!
Enough is enough. Everything possible should be done to strip these people of the public feedbag that they have strapped around their neck. The legislators that refuse to legislate should be stripped of their elected positions. Their seats should declared “vacated”by the governor and special elections scheduled to replace them with people that will actually show up to represent their constituents. Rep Capauno should be charged for attempting to incite a riot,a crime under federal law as well as in all fifty states! Teachers that were away from their jobs claiming “sick days”should be identified from the thousands of photos and videos available and fired for the fraud they perpetuated on the taxpayers of Wisconsin. Likewise for other public employees that participated illegally in this debacle should be terminated.
Physicians that falsified “sick notes” should have their licenses pulled and prohibited from practicing medicine in the future. That idiot that kept screaming “Fox lies,Fox lies” attempting to prevent Fox news reporters from accurately reporting the events should be deported just for extreme stupidity or perhaps referred to a local vet for neutering just to prevent the potential of spreading the insanity by breeding. Media representatives that turned a blind eye to the Nazi signs and rhetoric should,well since they are not public employees,they should be just ignored and their outlets boycotted by reasonable people.
We have a federal government that is $14 trillion (that’s a 14 followed by twelve zeros folks) and instead of making a serious effort to work on correcting that problem Obama submits a budget that perpetuates federal deficits for the foreseeable future. Obama and his Democratic cohorts ran up almost as much of that debt in two years as Bush did in eight yet continue to blame Bush for the current financial plight accepting none of the blame for themselves. Now when states attempt to correct for their looming bankruptcies he supports the status quo and advocates for the glutenous public service unions that are raping the taxpayers of the states of Wisconsin,Indiana,Ohio,and elsewhere with bloated contracts.
Enough is enough folks. We have teachers who can’t even spell,showing up with protest signs such as one I saw that proudly proclaimed “Sav are teachers”. They are illegally demonstrating with falsified claims for being out sick while protesting for the indefensibly bloated contracts that are bankrupting our states. Our schools are failing and children are graduating that are functionally illiterate while teachers in WI are protesting for contracts far in excess of what is found in the private sector. Nationally we are broke and quickly approaching the point of default and the situation is becoming more critical day by day. This insanity must stop or we will simply cease to exist as a nation.
Attention,all returning and newly elected honorable members of the 2011 legislative session. In this session,you have the opportunity to correct an injustice imposed upon the citizens of Arkansas by amending the Advertising and Promotion Act to (1) eliminate the provision that allows the establishment of the “hamburger tax” by a municipal government without submitting it to the voters,and (2) substitute the provision that the people serving on an A&P commission be appointed with a condition for an open election for membership.
Five decades ago,the Legislature took away the inherent right of voters to determine local sales taxes. It also removed from the citizens’ control their right to vote for or against the people who would be spending the tax dollars collected.
There is no option for the public to vote unless a petition requesting a referendum is submitted within 30 days. The hamburger tax is the only sales tax that can be passed by a municipal government that does not mandate submission to the voters.
Another problem concerns the responsibility for determining how the tax is used. The commission of non-elected individuals has independent authority to use the funds,with a few specified restrictions,where it wishes. When a vacancy occurs,the remaining commissioners appoint the replacement. Never are the voters allowed a voice.
Have we forgotten our motto,“Regnat populus,” the people rule?
Glenn Gallas,local businessman and conservative spokesman will begin a new radio talk show on KZNG 1340 in Hot Springs,AR. The show will air Saturday Jan 8th right after Rush Limbaugh at 2:00 p.m.
Glenn’s show will discuss the various issues of the day and invite conservative guests to share on how we can get “On the Right Road”.
Don’t miss this exciting hour program. Tune in Saturday and then give Glenn a call to help make this first show a really memorable event.
Put me in charge of food stamps. I’d get rid of Lone Star cards;no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho’s,just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans,blocks of cheese,and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza ….. get a job.
Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I’d do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal ligations. Then we’ll test recipients for drugs,alcohol,and nicotine and document all tattoos and piercings. If you want to reproduce or use drugs,alcohol,smoke or get tats and piercings …get a job.
Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your “home” will be subject to inspections anytime,and possessions will be inventoried. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360 ….. get a job and your own place.
In addition,you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a “government” job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash,painting and repairing public housing,whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the “common good.”
Before you write that I’ve violated someone’s rights,realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money,accept our rules.. Before you say this would be “demeaning” and ruin their “self esteem,” consider that it wasn’t that long ago when taking someone else’s money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.
If we are expected to pay for other people’s mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.
This was in the Waco Tribune Herald,Waco,TX Nov 18 2010 –
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Iowa Caucus
Wow,what an exciting event! Romney wins with the same number of votes he got four years ago. Beats Santorum by ONLY 8 votes! Santorum considered the real winner since he was in single digits of approval only two weeks ago. Bachman decided to hang it up and Perry decides to hang in there for now. The left wing media describes the Republican line up as “weak”in comparison to their champion Barack Obama who has bought us unemployment that has remained in the 8.5 to 10.5 range for the past three years,disrespect internationally,a federal takeover of the US healthcare industry,three times the deficits of his predecessor which he called indefensible,and a steady march to turning this country into another Greece.
The primary season has been a real roller-coaster event for the past five months. In August Bachman won the straw poll in Iowa and then was passed by Perry who then faded to be surpassed by Cain when he failed to impress during the debates. Cain self-imploded under sexual allegations followed by Gingrich who then slid in the polls under a massive negative campaign from Romney,Paul and others who spent millions to slime him regardless of accuracy of their claims. The up and down phenomenon has been the effect of an attempt by the conservative Republicans to find an alternate to Romney whom they view as being a slick,establishment embodiment of the status quo.
Now it is obvious that the object of the next slimming will be Rick Santorum. It is questionable as to how effective that will be considering that Santorum does not have nearly the visibility in past activities as Gingrich to make him a good slime target and it is unlikely that with his background they could make sexual allegations believable. It is a shame that this form of negative adds actually works,but it obviously does. No one knows that more about that than Romney who himself was the victim of a false slime add by McCain just before the S Carolina primary four years ago that effectively ended his run. It is hard to recover from an unsubstantiated smear the night before an election when that gets massive coverage in the media.
Today Romney is the darling of the Republican establishment winning endorsements by Bob Dole,Chris Christy,George HW Bush,and John McCain. All these folk have two things in common:1) they are recognized influence dealers in the party,2) none of them would truly be considered “conservatives”in the party. I think this is very telling. Romney has attempted to convince the voters and caucus goers that he is a conservative,yet the majority of his endorsements and supporters are folks that are more identified as “moderates”. Perhaps Newt has a point about him being a “Massachusetts Moderate”.
What about Santorum? He has had been criticized by Perry and Romney for seeking earmarks for Pennsylvania when he was senator,yet both of these individuals were enthusiastic acceptors of earmark money when serving as governor. I am very much anti-earmark oriented,but the reality is that earmarks are a reality in the last 40 years in Washington. For a representative to refuse them brings on seriously damaging challenges from opponents on reelection. In all of congress there is only a tiny handful of representatives that have failed to seek them because today’s voter demands them to “bring home the bacon”. To stop that single-handedly would in most districts be political suicide. He worked with Gingrich in the 90s when they,with a Democratic president,balanced the budget and reformed the welfare system.
Romney on the other hand instituted “Romneycare”which today is apparently doing a lot to bankrupt the state of Massachusetts. With fairness he also balanced the budget in his state and did some other positive things much to his credit,especially considered he worked with a solidly Democratic legislature. He has done some good things and would definitely be a huge improvement over four more years of Barack Obama,but one thing he ain’t, is a conservative. He is just another Republican moderate being pushed by the hierarchy of the party because they fear a true conservative like Santorum,or Gingrich. These are the same folk that four years ago gave us a very “moderate”John McCain who in their view would bring in independents. Well,we all know how well that turned out.
Results like those in Iowa give us hope that the democratic process is still alive and well regardless of the media and the establishment. Perry spent over $400 for each vote he won in Iowa,Romney spent $74 per vote and Rick Santorum spent 78 cents. This is a true example of grass-roots politics that we should be proud of. Who do you think would be the fiscally most responsible president. One who spends $400 per vote,one who spends $74 per vote or one who spends 78 cents! It is so refreshing to see someone accomplish so much with so little.
Go Rick!