Archive for May 12th, 2007
The Year is 1907; The Speaker Is Theodore Roosevelt
May 12th, 2007
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907.
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language … and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
Theodore Roosevelt 1907
A Peaceful Community or The Enemy Within?
May 12th, 2007
This is frightening.
Situated within a dense forest at the foothills of the Catskill Mountains on the outskirts of Hancock, New York, Islamberg is not an ideal place for a summer vacation unless, of course, you are an exponent of the Jihad or a fan of Osama bin Laden.
It is home to hundreds – - all in Islamic attire, and all African-Americans. Most drive late model SUVs with license plates from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The locals say that some work as tollbooth operators for the New York State Thruway, while others are employed at a credit card processing center that maintains confidential financial records.
Venturing into the complex last summer, Douglas Hagmann, an intrepid investigator and director of the Northeast Intelligence Service, came upon a military training area at the eastern perimeter of the property. The area was equipped with ropes hanging from tall trees, wooden fences for scaling, a make-shift obstacle course, and a firing range. Hagmann said that the range appeared to have been in regular use.
Islamberg is a branch of Muslims of the Americas Inc., a tax-exempt organization formed in 1980 by Pakistani cleric Sheikh Mubarak Ali Gilani, who refers to himself as “the sixth Sultan Ul Faqr,” Gilani, has been directly linked by court documents to Jamaat ul-Fuqra or “community of the impoverished,” an organization that seeks to “purify” Islam through violence.
I certainly hope that local and federal law enforcement are keeping close tabs on this situation.
Why do we allow communities such as this to exist within the boundaries of the United States? As I said earlier…frightening.
Is There Anyone Qualified To Be President of the United States?
May 12th, 2007
Of all the declared candidates in the two major parties’ races for nomination for the office of President of the United States is there just one who is actually qualified to be president if we start picking apart their stands on issues important to us?
It appears to me we are being forced to choose between bad and worse.
Does our country still have any Washingtons, Lincolns, Roosevelts, Trumans or Eisenhowers left? And if we do where are they hiding?
Are we to again go to the polls and hold our noses while we vote for the lesser of two evils?
I don’t know about you but I want to vote for someone instead of against someone else.
I can’t pretend to speak for the Democratic side of the political spectrum, but the only candidate I can half-way support at this time is Rudy Giuliani, and he seems to be making it tougher and tougher to do that every day.
I knew I didn’t agree with him on social issues a whole lot, but felt he had what it takes to defend us against terrorism. I still feel that way but I’m not pleased with his undying support of abortion that seems to be his big news this week.
Fred Thompson, are you going to run or just play around with us as a kitten plays with a ball of string? And if you do get in are you going to be what we hope and think you are or are you going to be just another member of the pack?
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The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
May 12th, 2007
Democrats gained control of Congress in part by using the slogan of “Culture of Corruption” to talk about the last Congress, and promised changes that would make the government more transparent.
Now it seems the very people who screamed about changing the way things are done with lobbyists are going weak-kneed on actually following up on their campaign promises.
House Democrats are suddenly balking at the tough lobbying reforms they touted to voters last fall as a reason for putting them in charge of Congress.
Now that they are running things, many Democrats want to keep the big campaign donations and lavish parties that lobbyists put together for them. They’re also having second thoughts about having to wait an extra year before they can become high-paid lobbyists themselves should they retire or be defeated at the polls.
The growing resistance to several proposed reforms now threatens passage of a bill that once seemed on track to fulfill Democrats’ campaign promise of cleaner fundraising and lobbying practices.
“The longer we wait, the weaker the bill seems to get,” said Craig Holman of Public Citizen, which has pushed for the changes. “The sense of urgency is fading,” he said, in part because scandals such as those involving disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and former Rep. Duke Cunningham, R-Calif., have given way to other news.
The situation concerns some Democrats, who note their party campaigned against a “culture of corruption” in 2006, when voters ended a long run of Republican control of Congress. Several high-profile issues remained in doubt Friday, five days before the House Judiciary Committee is to take up the legislation.
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AP-Ipsos Poll Shows Congress’ Approval Same As Bush’s
May 12th, 2007
According to the latest AP-Ipsos poll things don’t look any brighter for Congress than for the President.
WASHINGTON (AP) – People think the Democratic-led Congress is doing just as dreary a job as President Bush, following four months of bitter political standoffs that have seen little progress on Iraq and a host of domestic issues.
An AP-Ipsos poll also found that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a more popular figure than the president and her colleagues on Capitol Hill, though she faces a gender gap in which significantly more women than men support her.
The survey found only 35 percent approve of how Congress is handling its job, down 5 percentage points in a month. That gives lawmakers the same bleak approval rating as Bush, who has been mired at about that level since last fall, including his dip to a record low for the AP-Ipsos poll of 32 percent last January.
“It’s mostly Iraq” plus a lack of progress in other areas, said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., who heads the House GOP’s campaign committee. “These are not good numbers for an incumbent, and it doesn’t matter if you have an R or a D next to your name.”
[...] “People are unhappy, there hasn’t been a lot of change in direction, for example in Iraq,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., chairman of House Democrats’ campaign effort.
Maybe if we throw them all out and get a new batch in there something can get done as far as running our government. People are tired of the bickering and gridlock and want to see some bang for their tax buck.
