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- Opinion · May 7, 2013Amnesty & the Bankrupting of America
something called a “blue card” loophole in it. Someone who has passed a background check and can prove that he has engaged in 575 hours of agricultural work anywhere before … also gain permanent resident status in five years. The Heritage report fleshes out such realities. As an additional consequence of legalization, after amnesty recipients become citizens, “they would have
- Opinion · Apr 23, 2013A Crumbling Progressive Facade
clingers,” Tax Day protestors, Patriot Day protesters, Tea party members, or any other check-the-box category that would have satisfied progressives’ warped sensibilities. Yet over the weekend, it remained … another warped progressive priority: maintaining a self-imposed blind spot regarding the reality that Boston was victimized by *Islamic* terrorism. It is a reality that this president has managed
- Opinion · Apr 19, 2013Obama’s Futile Tantrum Over Gun Bill
this debate?” Relevancy is a two-sided coin, and the president sidesteps an obvious reality: are people whose lives have been shattered by gun violence the only ones with … Quinnipiac University poll that showed 91 percent of Americans support universal background checks. Yet a Gallup Poll revealed that only 4 percent of Americans think gun control is an important
- Opinion · Apr 18, 2013Forecast: No End in Sight to AGW Excuses
problems and having the freedom to confront them with sound, rational approaches based on reality, not excuses. Again, for the umpteenth time (but it needs to be seen), here … good thing we don’t have the north above normal too! In any case, check out the article, because if you are still wondering where spring is, you can take
- Opinion · Apr 17, 2013Checking the Logic of Background Checks
always steal a gun, buy one from someone who does not run background checks or ask someone with a clean record to buy one for him. Obama is therefore doubly … NICS with preventing “dangerous people” from “getting their hands on a gun.” Given these realities, it is not surprising that a 2000 study by criminologists Philip Cook and Jens Ludwig
- Opinion · Apr 12, 2013High Noon Over Guns
doctor-patient relationship, in which privacy ought to be the foremost concern. If such checks are implemented nationwide, a 2011 survey by Medco reveals that as many … town and it changed our hearts and minds.” What hasn’t changed is the reality that nothing being proposed would have stopped Adam Lanza. Thus, this latest effort is nothing
- Opinion · Apr 3, 2013Connecticut’s Draconian Anti-Second Amendment Bill
ammunition eligibility certificate” will require an applicant to pass a national criminal background check. Moreover, as of October 1, 2013, any sale of ammunition or a magazine to a Connecticut … might object to this legislation will have no opportunity to voice their concerns. This reality was confirmed by the press officer for Connecticut House Republicans, who revealed that the bill
- Opinion · Mar 26, 2013An Offer Cypriots Can’t Refuse
over the weekend as well, as several retailers refused to take credit cards or checks. “It’s been cash-only here for three days,” said Ali Wissom, a restaurant manager … rate of just 10 percent, making it extremely attractive to operate there. That reality may explain what this deal is really all about: to send a message that the socialist
- Opinion · Mar 20, 2013Senate Assault Weapons Ban Dies
Senate Judiciary Committee approved three other measures: expanding the required federal background checks for firearms buyers; increasing federal penalties for illegal weapons trafficking; and boosting funds for school safety programs … died is because it’s not only worthless, it’s counterproductive. That reality was best illuminated in February by Independent Firearm Owners Association (IFOA) president Richard Feldman. “Senator Feinstein makes
- Opinion · Mar 15, 2013Donors to Obama ‘Non-profit’ Pay $50K for Night of Access
attend. Fred Wertheimer, head of Democracy 21, a campaign finance reform group, explains the reality hiding behind OFA’s populist facade. “It is operating as an arm of the presidency … race explains. “I’m just not ready to start writing checks; it’s only 60 days since President Obama got sworn in,” he said. Yet when the time came
- Opinion · Mar 12, 2013Rep. Ryan, Please Follow Rand Paul’s PR Model
ever-growing entitlement explosion. To deny that this is unsustainable is to deny reality. To downplay this looming disaster as a short-term problem or a bump in the road … with the bogus moral equivalency arguments (“both parties are equally guilty”), run your background checks. The Republican Party has been pushing entitlement reform for years now -- but especially the past
- Alexander's Column · Mar 7, 2013Obama’s ‘Republican Sequester’ 2014 Endgame
recession. Thus, from sequester forth, every negative economic GDP or jobs report, which in reality demonstrates the planned failure of Obama’s socialist “recovery stimuli,” will be blamed … Legislative branches, and most of the Judicial branch, effectively rendering the constitutional pretense of checks and balances null and void. That one-party control is a necessary component
- Alexander's Column · Feb 28, 2013Obama’s ‘Republican Sequester’ Setup
recession. Thus, from sequester forth, every negative economic GDP or jobs report, which in reality demonstrates the continued planned failure of Obama’s socialist “recovery stimuli,” will be blamed … Legislative branches, and most of the Judicial branch, effectively rendering the constitutional pretense of checks and balances null and void. That one-party control is a necessary component
- Opinion · Feb 25, 2013Preserve Gun Rights, Save Black Lives
place where people are not allowed to carry their own firearms.” Regarding black reality, blacks are the least armed, least protected and defended, and the most assaulted citizens … anyone whom God has blessed with a brain actually think that universal background checks will keep guns out of the hands of gang thugs? Or that these same checks
- Opinion · Feb 22, 2013Immigration: The Lesser of Two Evils
what matters to them above all. Call the status probationary or prospective but, in reality, it is permanent. There is no conceivable circumstance (short of criminality) under which the instant … three obvious enforcement measures: (a) a universal E-Verify system by which employers must check the legal status of all their hires, (b) an effective system for tracking those
- Opinion · Feb 19, 2013Sequester Hysteria
sake, as well as a good indication that flat federal spending is an elusive reality, it should be noted that Congress recently authorized a total of $60.2 billion in additional … sequestration on behalf of the president. Even the left-leaning Washington Post “fact-checked” Obama’s claim that Congress “proposed” the sequester, and gave it their “whopper” rating of Four
- Alexander's Column · Feb 14, 20132013 SOTU: Obama’s Progressive State of Disunion
serve their country abroad, and we will maintain the best military in the world.” Reality Check: Obama has already cut defense spending to the point that DoD is no longer … first and foremost, abide by his oath to “ Support and Defend “ our Constitution. In reality, his past record and future plans are a grievous affront to that oath. Justice Joseph
- Opinion · Jan 31, 2013Detroit Public Schools: Bankrupting Minority Students’ Futures
city’s school unions, their members knew that reprisals for either that reality or their illegitimate day off would never be challenged. The Michigan Education Association spent more than … there are nascent changes occurring that may finally put those union interests in check. The 2012-2013 school year marks the implementation of the new Educational Achievement Authority
- Opinion · Jan 30, 2013Amnesty Gang Throws Law-Abiders Under the Bus
everyone else. The White House has failed to answer the request. Want a reality check? Not one of the past federal amnesties was associated with a decline in illegal immigration
- Alexander's Column · Jan 17, 2013Sensible Gun Control Policy?
other words, to counter the fact that his gun control agenda will, in reality, do nothing to “protect the children,” he has now lowered expectations to maybe “one life … defensive weapons , that should be enacted. For example, I support background checks for all gun sales, not just those from gun dealers -- with the caveat that legislation for “universal background