Now that the terrible immigration bill is down 46-53, we can start doing what everybody wants, finishing 
the border fence that was approved last year just prior to the election, ahem, and get it finished within a year. After the border is secure, and not a minute sooner, we can chip away at the rest of the problem, piece by piece, so that when we’re done, we will have made a comprehensive solution that most Americans want. What a novel idea?
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Great Moment In Talk Radio, Voinovich Runs From Questions
Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) was invited to speak about the immigration bill with Sean Hannity
today. Voinovich could not answer one question, out of two. That’s all the time there was because Voinovich took a shot at Sean, almost hanging up on him twice, until he finally did hang up. On his way out the door Voinovich raises his nose and tells Sean that there’s no use talking to you because your mind is made up. ROFL
Sean Hannity was courteous, respectful, and persistent. Voinovich was more prepared for Larry King than Sean Hannity. He came with his talking points about the immigration bill and did not stray. Just like Larry King would allow. Sean asked him if he had read the entire bill. He actually finally, under heart-pounding stress, admitted that he had only read summaries of parts of the bill.
Voinovich melted down when Sean asked his second question. Did the senate do an economic impact study of the effects of this bill on Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid? The senator with 40 years of experience in “this business” would not answer. That’s when he decided to end the conversation. The answer is, of course, NO. That has not been done. But they sure want it passed now though don’t they?
Voinovich had no clue what The Fairness Doctrine was that Sean asked him about. He said, yea, I’m all for fairness. It was stunning to witness. He also said that the Hutchinson amendment was approved when it wasn’t. It would have required the illegals to return to their home country to begin their application process. His ignorance was only outdone by his arrogance.
That fat homeless-looking guy couldn’t write a more effective script showing a politician exhibiting cowardice, a pompous, I’m better than you attitude, and running from a question at full speed, like what George Voinovich did on Sean Hannity’s show today. It was a gem.
FrontPagemag boils Voinovich’s comments and attitude right down to this. . .
And thus Voinovich revealed the insolent face of those who oppose sealing the borders, winning the war against al-Qaeda, and keeping our economy strong.
You can hear it at WorldNetDaily
Mrs. Edwards Pleads, Ann Please Stop
Chris Matthews had arranged for Elizabeth Edwards to call his Hardball program while Ann Coulter was on the show. Elizabeth Edwards is the wife of the man who wants to be President and leader of the free world. Despite the Matthews sandbag, Ann did just fine.
I liked Ann’s question. Why isn’t your husband calling me? What we need here is a new category, whiner.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6BBDcZqSF0[/youtube]
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County Votes No New Taxes
Taxpayers in Escambia County, FL voted nearly 2 to 1 to not increase the local sales tax by 1/2 percent. That makes twice in 3 years that voters rejected raising taxes. Maybe now the politicos will learn to live within their means? You know, like you and I have to?
From the supervisor of elections website as of 23:00, the table below shows those precincts that voted for the referendum. It represents 16 out of 113 precincts. The layout is Pct. nbr, Name of Pct., Yes vote, No vote.
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Health Care Surtax Referendum |
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14 |
Escambia County Health Dept |
210 |
137 |
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22 |
Century City Hall |
54 |
50 |
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25 |
Azalea Trace |
191 |
190 |
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29 |
Mt Olive Missionary Baptist Church |
93 |
69 |
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31 |
Christ Church, Pensacola |
136 |
110 |
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34 |
Montclair Elementary School |
85 |
55 |
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39 |
Sacred Heart School |
126 |
108 |
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41 |
Bayview Park Recreation Center |
148 |
103 |
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47 |
West Pensacola Volunteer Fire Department |
69 |
53 |
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48 |
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church |
66 |
23 |
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60 |
Zion Hope Primitive Baptist Church |
99 |
46 |
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63 |
Wedgewood Middle School |
78 |
47 |
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82 |
Richards Memorial United Methodist Church |
55 |
45 |
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84 |
Marie Ella Davis Community Center |
47 |
27 |
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90 |
St John Divine Baptist Church |
101 |
23 |
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98 |
Macedonia Baptist Church |
322 |
213 |
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Immigration Bill Advances In Senate
Lost that battle, but not the war. That’s one way to look at what happened in the Senate today. Today they managed to get the 60 votes needed for cloture (64 yes, 35 no, 1 did not vote) of the bill to end the accepting of amendments. On Thursday, after the proposed amendments are ‘debated,’ there will have to be another cloture vote to end debate and put it to the Senate floor for a vote with or without the amendments submitted. If it goes that far, then the bill will go to the House of Representatives where, I hope it will never be seen again. Not in its present form anyway.
The point is, it ain’t over yet. Let your Senators know once again, or a few more times, before Thursday afternoon that you want the border SHUT first. Forget about a comprehensive anything unless they’re talking about a comprehensive border lock-down. Tell them that no manner or level of a comprehensive solution will serve our country or will even have a chance of serving our country if the flow if illegals and terrorists is not stopped first. In other words, the comprehensive solution must not include the continuing flow of millions more coming across the border. PERIOD. Make sure they hear from you.
I live in Florida, you can bet that Mel Martinez already got the last vote he’s going to get from me. Makes me proud to live close to Alabama, whose senators Sessions and Shelby actually serve their legal constituents and put America first. Martinez and Nelson are both wrong in supporting this bill. They are bi-partisan fools out to pimp the Latino voting block at the expense of our nations safety and security. But not all Latinos, just Mexicans. That’s where the numbers are.
Mel, Bill, I’ll remember you both come election day. For the rest of you, I strongly suggest you check this roll call vote, and the one that will take place on Thursday if it passes, to see if any of your senators voted to pass this bill, then act accordingly.
United Nations, Useless In Darfur
Or is it useless nations, united in Darfur? You can lead a horse to water. . . Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice again chides the United Nations (Useless Nations?) saying that they and their members are ignoring solutions in Darfur.
“I will be very frank. I do not think that the international community has really lived up to its responsibilities here.”
Another Victory For Humankind
In another victory for the little guy, the Supreme Court today effectively validated Faith-Based and Community Initiative programs. It’s good to see some sanity here in the Court, putting people needing help ahead of the faith of the ones doing the helping.
Freedom Of Speech Prevails
The SCOTUS today ruled in favor of freedom of political speech, shooting down the ridiculous provisions of the sinister McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance ‘Reform’ bill.
Speaking of freedom of speech, and what would happen if the Fairness Doctrine would be revived, here is what you would get, all you would get, regarding today’s decision under the Fairness Doctrine. Which would be represented by ABC news radio reporting it like this today. . .
The Supreme Court today put some restrictions to the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform bill.
That was it. And that’s all you need to know (as far as the MSM is concerned). That’s those far-right justices (Kennedy?) on the Supreme Court. To be fair, the sentence didn’t mention the ‘far-right’ part, but I’m sure they would have been able to work it in if they could have lengthened the blurb up to maybe 7 seconds, instead of the 3 seconds they actually gave it. The perception is that that bill, as blatantly unconstitutional as it is, by definition, was a good thing, and the courts were coming down against reform.
You see, without the alternative media, internet, and talk radio, you wouldn’t be told the truth about the ruling. The bill was more than restricted, it was neutered. Right there is the difference from what you can know about what’s going on and what you would know about whats going on if that Stalinist Fairness Doctrine ever sees the light of day again.
Prophet Held To Account
It’s a good thing this hasn’t spread to the global warming crowd. About 16 years ago it was predicted that the earth would be toast by now. Algore gave it 10 years in his book. The Nepalese are an even more curious lot, compared to people in The West. There, Bishweshwor Chaudhari, a self-proclaimed holy-man had predicted that a massive earthquake would kill 300,000 people and it was to have begun last week. When it didn’t occur, people went to his house and beat him up. Talk about tough fans. He may get the last laugh though because the period of activity was to continue until July 10th.
When Friday came and went without the slightest tremor, angry residents of the city rushed to Mr Chaudhari’s house and beat him up, declaring him a charlatan and demanding that he be punished. Police intervened and detained him for disturbing the peace.
And this food-for-thought, quite topical but in a different context, illegal immigration.
The incident illustrates how deeply superstitious much of Nepal remains and how easy it is for the unscrupulous to exploit the millions of Nepalis who have little access to basic education and healthcare.