And even if there were, it wouldn't be a big deal. Voter identification is a racist concept - thorgh requiring identification in order to purchase a gun or sell a used guitar isn't. True story: I sold a vintage Yamaha a couple of weeks ago, and had to provide photo identification AND a thumb-print for the sale to clear.
Sell a guitar? Jump through the hoops. Vote? No problemo!
James O'Keefe's Project Veritas strikes again.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Law enforcement officials in Oregon are preparing to accept identification cards issued by the Mexican government to prove people's identities during traffic stops and other police contacts, Gov. John Kitzhaber announced in a letter to May Day demonstrators Tuesday.
Score another win for the "no borders" crowd. The fact that 84% of his supposed constituents - the folks he's supposed to be representing - are against it doesn't faze the good doctor, who after all, knows better than everyone else.
What do you think about Oregon law enforcement using ID cards issued by the Mexican government?
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| Good idea - Oregon needs a better way to track people 12% |
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| Bad idea - Driver's license applicants should prove they are legally in the country 84% |
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| I'm not sure 5% |
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As noted previously here, the parts of Arizona anti-illegal alien law, SB 1070, have already had a pronounced and desirable effect: mass self-deportation, a reduction in crime and in inmate populations, and other taxpayer savings. As Politico notes, SCOTUS appears likely to side with the state; handing Team Barry yet another stinging rebuke, while NPR predictably forecasts dark and dire consequences. They imagine a totalitarian state in which brown-skinned people are obliged to show papers whenever they venture outside their barricaded doors - making the case, yet again, for de-funding the organization.
Great lines from SCOTUS:
When Verrilli argued that international concerns factor into the federal government’s supremacy over immigration policy, Scalia angrily interrupted, “So we have to enforce our laws in a manner that will please Mexico. Is that what you’re saying?”
Enter Justice Sonia Sotomayor:
"Putting aside your argument that this -- that a systematic cooperation is wrong -- you can see it's not selling very well -- why don't you try to come up with something else?" she said to Verrilli.
"Because I, frankly -- as the chief has said to you, it's not that it's forcing you to change your enforcement priorities. You don't have to take the person into custody. So what's left of your argument?"
For even more fun, read the comments from the loony Left following the TMPDC article. That's unsurprising, as Talking Points Memo pushes toward the Left and does what they can to portray Justice Scalia as out-of-touch and over the top, but even in the face of his comments and those of Justices Roberts and Sotomayor, and despite the demonstrable success of even partial implementation of SB 1070, the commenters on the Left just can't help themselves. Just as the folks in the Monty Python skits perfected the Silly Walk, American Leftists are working hard to perfect the Silly Argument.
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As you may know, South American fire ants have gained a foothold in the southern USA, having apparently arrived by ship between 1933 and 1945. They're deadly little beasts, and in order to combat them, the feds have been importing Brazillian brain-eating flies. The flies lay eggs on the ants, and the resulting larvae bore into the critters' heads, where they feast upon the brains. Sounds like a plan - but what happens when the ant numbers dwindle, as is now occurring?
Unsurprisingly, it appears that they adapt by selecting alternative hosts.
Moreover, they seem to have made it to the Pacific Northwest; specifically, to Oregon.
Portlanders, cover your Democrats! Hide them from the flies!
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The U.S. Border Patrol's still doing things old-school: they got into a cross-border gunfight with the druggies down in Roma, Texas. Nobody was captured; nobody was hurt, though the agents did take possession of some two tons of marijuana. That's the fed's approach.
Texas, itself, under governor Rick Perry, has adopted a radically different approach: they're taking 34-foot interceptor gunboats live. Each armored boat sports three whisper-quiet 300 horsepower outboard engines, night vision equipment, and the first two to be deployed, at least, carry fully-automatic machine guns. These bad boys are being deployed primarily on the Rio Grande, though they will make forays on occasion into other waters as well. The navy, manned by Texas Rangers, will eventually consist of six such craft, and will target any and all illegal crossings.
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Hey, they can go home and pick their noses.
This whole "they're only here to do the jobs Americans won't do" thing just doesn't fly. Dubya was wrong, and that philosophy still is about as attractive as a Porta-Potty on a hot day in Juarez.
So is this: SEATTLE -- In Olympia, it's not all that often that immigrant advocacy groups and farmers are on the same side of a proposed bill.
But the unlikely allies have teamed up this session to push a measure aimed at stopping more cities and counties from adopting a federal program that checks an individual's eligibility to work in the country.
Known as E-Verify, the internet-based program has to date been adopted by 11 cities and counties in Washington state.
Let's get something straight: they aren't "immigrant advocacy groups". They're "no borders, no health screening, no nothing" advocates for illegal aliens.
And the farmers that hire illegal aliens are criminals.
Is it really that hard to say?
It may not make much of an impact, but we're not buying anything from the Washington Growers League. Washington farmers who are members of that organization have just lost another family of customers.
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Portland, Ore. - A no-frills model of the Ford Expedition starts at around $36,500. Maria Gonzalez-Torres and Jose Lizarraras-Chacon were driving an Expedition in northeast Portland - with their four children (ranging in age from 2 months to 11 years) inside - when they were pulled over by Portland police last Friday. Police took 5 ounces of heroin from Maria's bra, $350 in cash in suspected drug profit money from a diaper bag, seven bags of heroin from a Diaper Genie disposal in a bedroom of their Southeast Portland apartment and four more bags of heroin stuffed in a child's "Cars" slipper. They also confiscated $84,249 in cash from the apartment, along with two pounds of heroin and a loaded .45 caliber handgun.
Jose was convicted last year for heroin dealing, was sentenced to probation, and deported.
Jose and Maria have been collecting $1100 a month in food stamps.
ICE has placed immigration holds on both.
Not that it matters; Jose was deported in 2010, and busted here again in 2011, pushing heroin each time. Unquestionably, he's a hard-working guy. And apparently, he's a firm believer in passing that work ethic along to the kids.
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According to an impeccable source who studied environmental law at Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and holds five degrees, a guy named Barack Obama, who was then using the name “Barry Soetoro,” visited Mars during the years 1981-1983. No, really....
See, here's the deal: the CIA tapped ten teenagers and trained them to be chrononauts, and ol' Barry was one of the lucky ten! This was a super-secret program run by the CIA and DARPA that employed Tesla-based teleportation to transport the chrononauts to and from Mars. It's nice to know that he was up to something productive during his lengthy absences.
You'd think the feds would've used Area 51 for this stuff, but that place was probably full up with alien corpses (desert air helps preserve 'em, and all), so instead the whole Tesla portal operation was run inconspicuously in Pasadena, CA, according to the "whistle-blowers".
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We can't build a fence; wouldn't be prudent. It'd endanger wildlife, according to a group of U.S. government scientists that claim fencing along the Mexican border threatens the black bear population.
Of course, our taxpayer-funded "scientists" have no interest in reporting facts that run counter to their bias:
Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Sasabe, Pima County, Arizona -
Trash — During 2009, an estimated 51-82 tons of litter were left on the Refuge by approximately 20,700 illegal immigrants. Based on Refuge monitoring efforts, each border crosser deposits an average of about 5 to 8 pounds of trash on the Refuge. Trash has significant impacts to wildlife, habitat and public safety, not to mention the loss of aesthetic values.
Wildfire — Several fires are started each year by illegal immigrants resulting in significant environmental damage and cost to the government. Two fires in the vicinity of the Refuge in 2009 burned over 23,000 acres and cost federal and state governments $1.2 million to suppress. Wildfires put both other illegal immigrants and the visiting public at risk as well as potentially impacting critical habitat and listed species.
Livestock Trespass — Illegal immigrants often damage or cut fences or leave gates open, allowing cattle to enter the Refuge. This directly impacts Refuge wildlife habitats and exposes neighboring ranches to disease transmission from untreated Mexican livestock.
These taxpayer-funded "scientists" don't want to talk about things like that, as it conflicts with their agenda. These folks aren't scientists, and taxpayers shouldn't be funding them; they seek to further their ideological agenda under the pretense of science, while feeding heartily from the taxpayer-filled trough.
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It took more than a little doing, but after holding a sit-in in the Massachusetts House chambers and generally tying things up, a Republican Representative finally got an answer to a question he first posed back in May: How much did taxpayers cough up last year for free health care to illegal aliens?
A simple enough question, but given the answer, it's not surprising that the administration was so reluctant to give up the answer.
The answer to that question? $93 million.
That's in Massachusetts alone, and by Obama's count, there are 57 or 58 states. Anybody who thinks that we don't have a serious problem when it comes to illegals in this country simply hasn't been paying attention.
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