It doesn’t matter how bright you are, what your IQ may be, what prestigious Ivy League school you attended, how ambitious, well-intentioned or sincere you may be: You cannot take a bad idea and make it work just because it is someone else trying it–again. It shouldn’t take an “Einstein” to appreciate what Einstein said: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” We don’t need our “leaders” experimenting with America!
(Editor’s Note: But for an environment saturated with the pompous notions of political correctness, the following article excerpt by Armstrong Williams would not be necessary. But, at the risk of trumpeting the obvious, we must never discount the critical import of a mother’s place in her own child’s life. A heartfelt “thank-you” to all the mothers of the world.)
Today’s society seems to scoff at the notion of a mother, of a woman who takes care of her own children. It almost seems that women are now expected to hire a nanny or a babysitter. Why? Why would you want your children raised by someone who’s not related to you, and who you don’t even know? What if this caretaker has different religious views or views on discipline? What if she disapproves of your relationship? What if he turns out to be a child molester? Are these things to which you’d like to have your children exposed? These are all possibilities when you don’t take the raising of your children into your own hands. Your children are unique; why would you want someone else to program them? Why would you entrust something that came from a unique bond between you and your husband to someone else?
A friend of mine is married to a woman who has nannied for a young Washington couple for nearly three years. It started with the couple’s first child, which the woman took on when the boy was six months old. That boy, almost three now, has a little sister who is about 15 months old. The boy called the nanny “mama” until he realized one was mama, the other nanny, and the young girl is now in that “mama” phase, calling the nanny “mama.” The nanny watched both children crawl for the first time, walk for the first time – and kept each milestone to herself, pretending to the children’s parents that they never happened on her watch, so that the parents could own those “firsts.”
But they don’t own those firsts. A nanny – who soon will leave their employment to build her photography business – owns them. Those are her stories – not the parents’. She’ll always remember when these two children, not her own, crawled and walked for the first time. And when she leaves the family, the youngest will still be calling her “mama.”
The National Ummah – – a Muslim movement that seeks to transform American cities into sovereign Islamic states – – has gained a foothold in metropolitan areas throughout the country.
Few groups are more radical, subversive, and dangerous.
The movement is led by Jamil al-Amin, (H. Rap Brown) from his cell in a maximum security prison on the outskirts of Florence, Colorado, where he is serving a life sentence for killing two police officers.
Some of the Ummah mosques maintain armed militias. Others provide training in marital arts and guerilla warfare. Almost all operate beneath the radar of local, state, and federal law enforcement officials.
Last October, after conducting a raid on Ummah congregations in Detroit and Dearborn, Michigan, federal investigators said that the movement was small and regional with only a few hundred active members.
But thousands of African American Muslims pledge their allegiance to the Ummah (Arabic for “community”) and a short list of mosques affiliated with the movement is as follows:
The Universal Islamic Brotherhood in Cleveland
West End Community in Atlantic
Ta’if Tul Ministry in Los Angeles
First Cleveland Mosque
Masjid al-Islam – Washington, DC
Dar al-Hijrah – Falls Church, Virginia
Masjid Mohammad – Washington, DC
Peace in the Hood – Cleveland
Masjid Bilal – Lexington, Kentucky
Masjid Waritheen – Oakland, California
Masjid Ibrahim – Sacramento
Sankore Institute – Green Haven Penitentiary
Community Mosque – Winston-Salem
Adams Center – Washington, DC
Masjid Mujahidin – New York City
Masjid al-Mumin – New York City
Masjid al-Taqwa – New York City
The movement is an outgrowth of Dar ul-Islam, an Islamic street gang in Brooklyn. Many members of the gang ended up in Green Haven, a maximum security prison in upper New York where they established Masjid Santore, a mosque within the prison.
(Editor’s Note: Islamo-fascism is real. While we do believe, along with Islamic experts such as Brigitte Gabriel, that the jihadists are a small fraction of Islam, a tiny percentage of 1.2 billion (!) is still tens of millions. And the vast majority of Muslims, peace-loving though they be, are themselves fearful of those who are part of the extremist’ efforts throughout the globe. And the problem has come to roost here in America, if we open our eyes to see it. For the rest of the article, see the link below.)
http://1159pmgmt.blogspot.com/2010/05/ummah-on-march.html
“The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats, but they yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make the government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office. Every man but a subordinate clerk in a bureau. What an alluring utopia! What a noble cause to fight!
Against all this frenzy of agitation there is but one weapon available: reason. Just common sense is needed to prevent man from falling prey to illusory fantasies and empty catchwords.” (Mark Perry)
The frustration had been building for years in Arizona with every drug-related kidnapping, every home invasion, every “safe house” discovered crammed with illegal immigrants from Mexico. The tensions finally spilled over this month with passage of the nation’s toughest law against illegal immigration, a measure that has put Arizona at the center of the heated debate over how to deal with the millions of people who sneak into the United States every year, says the Associated Press (AP).
“The public wants something done. They’re tired of it,” said state Sen. Russell Pearce, who sponsored the legislation. “They’ve seen the ineptness and the malfeasance on the part of the government, and they’re frustrated.”
The law reflects frustration with what many lawmakers see as inaction by the federal government, says the A.P.:
The volume of drugs coming through the Arizona border is also eye-popping, says the A.P.:
Source: Jonathan J. Cooper and Amanda Lee Myers, “How Arizona became center of immigration debate,” Associated Press, April 28, 2010.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hSQsFGWm5S9wHor0EpRyHxLk8YFgD9FBN88O0
“A mandate requiring all individuals to purchase health insurance would be an unprecedented form of federal action. The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States. An individual mandate would have two features that, in combination, would make it unique. First, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Second, it would require people to purchase a specific service that would be heavily regulated by the federal government.”
(Editor’s Note: What right-wing conservative talk show host, candidate or political figure said this? None of the above. It is a quote from the Congressional Budget Office from 1994 (under the Clinton administration)! This statement is no less dead-on right today than it was then.)
(Editor’s Note: Isn’t it amazing that appeals to return to Constitutional authority to justify legislation or spending is met with such foaming-at-the-mouth reactions? Exactly WHO is so angry here…and why?)
(Editor’s Note: The notion that any state or nation can simply tax its way out of debt and into prosperity demonstrates a profound ignorance of the most elementary principles of economics. It only further cripples economies on every level. Emphases added.)
Most Americans are bluntly aware that taxes matter. Unfortunately, too many politicians and bureaucrats have forgotten that taxes change the incentives for people to work hard, save, invest and be entrepreneurial. As the nation struggles with a sluggish recovery and deficits, it’s worth noting the tax differences across the states, says Forbes magazine.
In “Taxifornia,” the new study by the Pacific Research Institute, the authors look at two distinct aspects of tax policy: burden and structure. In other words, the study examines how many resources a government consumes from the economy and how, exactly, the state extracts those resources. The premise is that both the tax burden and manner of imposition influence behavior and economic performance.
For example, the total burden of government was calculated by comparing total state and local spending as a share of the state economy (gross state product):
The second component of the study looked at the structure or design of five major taxes: personal income taxes, corporate income taxes, capital-based taxes, sales taxes and property taxes:
When burden and structure are combined to calculate an overall score, South Dakota achieves the highest rank with a score of 8.8 (out of possible 10). Delaware, Texas and Louisiana also rank high. California (score of 3.1) along with South Carolina and New York are the lowest ranked states, combining a relatively large burden of government with a poorly structured tax system, says Forbes.
It should not be surprising, then, to learn that both California and South Carolina are facing historically high unemployment with shockingly high underemployment. Both are signs of a struggling economy, in many ways explained by the economic incentives embedded in the tax system, says Forbes.
Source: Jason Clemens and Robert Murphy, “The Most Tax-Burdened States,” Forbes, April 26, 2010.
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Phoenix (AP) — The conflict over a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigration in Arizona intensified Monday as vandals smeared refried beans in the shape of swastikas on the windows of the state Capitol.
More protests were planned Monday after thousands gathered this weekend to demonstrate against a bill that will make it a state crime [for illegal aliens to invade] Arizona…supporters of the law, set to take effect in late July or August, say it is necessary to protect Arizonans from a litany of crimes committed by illegal immigrants. Arizona [has been invaded by] an estimated 460,000 illegal [aliens].
Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the bill on Friday, argues that Arizona must act because the federal government has failed to stop the steady stream of illegal immigrants and drugs that move through the state from Mexico. She is scheduled to speak about the issue Monday at a Tucson hotel.
The law has revved up the national debate, drawing the attention of the Obama administration and Congress. President Obama has called the new law “misguided” and instructed the Justice Department to examine it to see whether it’s legal.
The new law makes it a crime under state law to be in the country illegally. [Aliens] unable to produce documents showing they are allowed to be in the country could be arrested, jailed for up to six months and fined $2,500.
Arizona officers would arrest people found to be [illegal alien invaders] and turn them over to federal immigration officers. Opponents said the federal government can block the law by refusing to accept them.
U.S. Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, Arizona Democrat, asked the federal government not to cooperate when illegal immigrants are picked up by local police.
State Sen. Russell Pearce, the Republican who sponsored the legislation, said it’s “pretty disappointing” that opponents would call on the federal government to refuse to cooperate with Arizona authorities.
“It’s outrageous that these people continue to support lawbreakers over law keepers,” Mr. Pearce said Sunday.
Mr. Grijalva and [anti-American Sovereignty] activists promised to march in the streets and invite arrest by refusing to comply with the law…“We’re going to overturn this unjust and racist law, and then we’re going to overturn the power structure that created this unjust, racist law,” Mr. Grijalva said.
U.S. Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez, Illinois Democrat, called on Mr. Obama to live up to a campaign promise to pass immigration reform. Mr. Gutierrez is one of the nation’s loudest voices calling for comprehensive immigration reform that would create a pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal [aliens] now in the United States.
“Our message today is: ‘Mr. President we listened, and we came out in record massive numbers to support you,’” he said. “We need you to support us today.”
The law has drawn support from many in Arizona who are fed up with the many problems brought on by illegal immigration.
“If I go to another foreign country, if I go to Mexico, I have to have papers,” said Bill Baker, 60, who took time off work at a downtown Phoenix restaurant to sell umbrellas and Mexican and American flags to the largely Hispanic crowd of protesters. “So I don’t feel there’s anything particularly harsh about the law.”
Supporters have dismissed concerns about profiling, saying the law prohibits the use of race or nationality as the sole basis for an immigration check. Mrs. Brewer has ordered state officials to develop a training course for officers to learn what constitutes reasonable suspicion that someone is in the United States illegally.
Current law in Arizona and most states doesn’t require police to ask about the immigration status of those they encounter, and many police departments prohibit officers from inquiring out of fear immigrants won’t cooperate in other investigations.
The March 27 shooting death of rancher Rob Krentz on his property in southeastern Arizona brought illegal [alien invasion] and border security into greater focus in the state. Authorities believe Krentz was [murdered] by an illegal [alien invader].
(Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press via the Washington Times, 4.26.10, emphases added)
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