ACTIVIST NEWS OF THE DAY , JUNE 27, 2009

Milepost #1: "A repudiation of the Federal Reserve would be highly destructive to the stability of the financial system."


"Helicopter Ben" Bernanke prays as he awaits extraction from his final mission. "Please don't let them find out what we're doing to them before I'm outta here."

First we have this, posted by "tmartin" on Ron Paul.com:

Ben Bernanke: Federal Reserve audit would constitute “takeover” by Congress, threaten the “financial system, dollar and economy”

When asked by Rep. John Duncan on Thursday about the fact that a majority of Congress is co-sponsoring Ron Paul’s HR 1207 bill to audit the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke responded:

Ben Bernanke: “My concern about the legislation is that if the GAO is auditing not only the operational aspects of the programs and the details of the programs but making judgments about our policy decisions would effectively be a takeover of policy by the Congress and a repudiation of the Federal Reserve would be highly destructive to the stability of the financial system, the dollar and our national economic situation.”

"tmartin" commented:

While many viewers interpreted Bernanke’s statements as a “threat”, we would not rule out the possibility that he was merely stating an opinion that is indeed shared by many economists who grew up under the notion that the autonomy of the Federal Reserve and its mission to centrally manage the economy is sacrosanct and not open to debate.

Threat? Blindness? Does it matter? The Fed stands there, unchallenged, unrestrained, and absolutely opaque to even inquiry let alone oversight. And when they are swept away, finally, by events, no one will be more astonished than the central bankers themselves.

John Conyers.

Milepost #2: "The Powers That Be."

You have no doubt heard of the Obamnanoid purge of Gerald Walpin, AmeriCorp's inspector general, who was dismissed over his handling of an investigation of the mayor of Sacramento, Calif., Kevin Johnson, an Obama supporter during the presidential campaign.

This is dangerous principally because it sends the message to the regulatory agencies, especially the three-letter boys, that the executive branch will protect its own. Milepost #2 is even worse than the Walpin case.

Washington Times

June 25, 2009

Conyers abandons plan to probe ACORN

'Powers that be decided against it,' he says

By S.A. Miller

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. has backed off his plan to investigate wrongdoing by the liberal activist group ACORN, saying "powers that be" put the kibosh on the idea.

Mr. Conyers, Michigan Democrat, earlier bucked his party leaders by calling for hearings on accusations the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) has committed crimes ranging from voter fraud to a mob-style "protection" racket.

"The powers that be decided against it," Mr. Conyers told The Washington Times.

The chairman declined to elaborate, shrugging off questions about who told him how to run his committee and give the Democrat-allied group a pass.

Pittsburgh lawyer Heather Heidelbaugh, whose testimony about ACORN at a March 19 hearing on voting issues prompted Mr. Conyers to call for a probe, said she was perplexed by Mr. Conyers' explanation for his change of heart.

"If the chair of the Judiciary Committee cannot hold a hearing if he want to [then] who are the powers that he is beholden to?" she said. "Is it the leadership, is it the White House, is it contributors? Who is 'the power?'"

Capitol Hill Democrats had bristled at proposed hearings because it threatened to rekindle criticism of the financial ties and close cooperation between President Obama's campaign and ACORN and its sister organizations Citizens Services Inc. and Project Vote.

The groups came under fire during the campaign after probes into possible voter fraud in a series of presidential battleground states, including Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Mexico and Nevada.

ACORN and its affiliates are currently the target of at least 14 lawsuits related to voter fraud in the 2008 election and a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act complaint filed by former ACORN members.

The group's leaders have consistently denied any wrongdoing and previously said they welcomed a congressional probe. The group did not immediately respond Thursday to questions about Mr. Conyers being convinced to drop those plans.

The "Powers That Be." And who might that be? Here's a hint:

The booking photo of Mrs. John Conyers.

SYNAGRO BRIBERY PROBE

Conyers pleads guilty to conspiracy

She faces up to 5 years in prison

Detroit Free Press, June 26, 2009

Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers pleaded guilty this morning to conspiring to commit bribery and is free on personal bond.

U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn said, "The defendant now stands convicted."

The one count of conspiring to commit bribery is punishable by up to five years in prison.

No sentencing date has been set.

In court, Conyers’ combative demeanor was gone, replaced by soft-spoken resignation as the judge and his staff several times asked her to speak up.

Conyers, the wife of powerful Democratic congressman U.S. Rep. John Conyers, appeared before Cohn to answer charges in connection with the wide-ranging probe of wrongdoing at Detroit city hall.

She has long been under suspicion in the Synagro Technologies bribery probe, not least because she had been a vocal opponent of the contract before suddenly switching her sentiments. She became the deciding voice in the city council’s 5-4 vote to approve the sludge-hauling deal in November 2007.

“This is not the beginning and it is certainly not the end, folks,” FBI Special Agent in Charge Andy Arena said at a news conference this morning.

Arena said the message to corrupt public officials is, “We’re coming after you.”

U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg, a Detroit resident, said the city corruption probe continues, but this is the end of his office’s investigation “of Synagro-related conduct.”

It remains unclear if federal investigators are still considering Synagro charges against Sam Riddle, the ex-Conyers aide, who court documents suggest was with Conyers when she received at least one of the bribes.

Go to the link if you want more. This is why this is worse:

It is plain that if the Obamanoids want no Congressional oversight, they will get no Congtessional oversight. THEY are "The Powers That Be."

This is not only bad for the prospects of reining in Acorn and thereby preventing them from executing their part of the obvious Rahm Emanuel plan to steal the 2010 federal elections, but now the three-letters don't have to worry if a Waco happens. Oversight will be swept under the rug. This is dangerous stuff, people. And they don't understand that if the rule of law no longer protects us, it no longer protects them either. Dangerous, dangerous stuff.

Nancy "The Finger" Pelosi

Milepost #3: Nancy Pelosi fingers America -- Biggest tax increase in the history of the country passed in the middle of the night without anybody reading it.

Drudge reports 300 of the 1200 pages of Cap and Tax were dumped into the bill at 3:00AM that morning. The truth is nobody knows exactly what's in this bill. Once again our wallets will foot the bill for their ignorance.

The story below is here.

House passes climate-change bill

By LISA LERER & PATRICK O'CONNOR | 6/25/09

Democrats narrowly passed historic climate and energy legislation Friday evening that would transform the country’s economy and industrial landscape.

But the all-hands-on-deck effort to protect politically vulnerable Democrats by corralling the minimum number of votes to pass the bill, 219-212, proves that there are limits to President Barack Obama's ability to use his popularity to push through his legislative agenda. Forty-four Democrats voted against the bill, while just eight Republicans crossed the aisle to back it.

The Finger again.

Despite the tough path to passage, the legislation is a significant win for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) and the bill’s two main sponsors ?? House Energy and Commerce committee chairman Henry Waxman (D-Ca.) and Massachusetts Rep. Edward Markey (D) ? who modified the bill again and again to get skeptiical members from the Rust Belt, the oil-producing southeast and rural Midwest to back the legislation.

“We passed transformational legislation which takes us into the future,” Pelosi said at a press conference following the vote, after she and other leaders took congratulatory phone calls from Obama, former Vice President Al Gore and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

“It has been an incredible six months, to go from a point where no one believed we could pass this legislation to a point now where we can begin to say that we are going to send president Obama to Copenhagen in December as the leader of the of the world on climate change,” said Markey, referring to world climate talks scheduled this winter.

After months of negotiations, 211 Democrats and eight Republicans voted for the bill of more than 1,200 pages, setting the legislation on a path towards the Senate. There, it faces a far more uncertain future given the opposition of key moderates and the already-heated battle over health care.

Newt Gingrich said this:

“The reality is that the bill before the House today imposes what could be the largest tax increase in history on the American people. And every single one of us who heats a home, drives a car, and manufactures or consumes products made in America will pay the price. Estimates are that the Waxman-Markey bill will raise electricity prices by an astounding 90 percent. It will raise gasoline prices by 74 percent. It will raise the average American family's energy bill by $1,500 each year. And, far from creating jobs, experts predict that the global warming bill will destroy 1,105,000 jobs on average each year, with peak years seeing unemployment rise by over 2,479,000 jobs. All in all, the bill is expected to reduce our gross domestic production (GDP) by $9.6 trillion. And for what?"

The Finger is more powerful than Newt.

Of course if Newt had been able to keep his johnson in his pants in the 90s, and not given the Clintons an issue to blackmail him over and put himself on the political defensive, he might have been in a position (Speaker of the House) to guide policy in the 2000-2008 time frame and could have acted as a restraint on Bush, thereby short-circuiting Obama's presidential aspirations.

The dangerous thing here is not that they are sacrificing any chance of prosperity in the middle of a recession with a bill that attempts to suspend the laws of economics. The dangerous thing IS THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN DO IT AND GET AWAY WITH IT. Why? See Milepost #4.

They're laughing because the amnesty joke is on you.

Milepost #4: They're starting the engine on the amnesty bus again.

Here's why:

As Obama sets course for immigration reform, roadblock appears

The president tells lawmakers at a White House meeting he wants to overhaul the system by early next year. But how to regulate the future influx of foreign workers emerges as a sticking point.

By Peter Wallsten

June 26, 2009

Reporting from Washington -- President Obama told congressional lawmakers Thursday that he would push for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration system by early next year. But during the White House meeting, a new political obstacle came into view: how to regulate the future influx of foreign workers.

The issue was raised by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a principal architect of past attempts to rewrite immigration laws. McCain challenged Obama and other Democrats to stand up to labor unions that are pushing a plan business groups fear could be overly restrictive in admitting future immigrant workers.

"I would expect the president of the United States to put his influence on the unions in order to change their position," McCain said after the hourlong session, which included Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, senior White House officials and about 30 lawmakers from both parties.

The White House had been taking pains to foster the impression that the senator would be a partner in striking a deal. Obama sat directly beside McCain, his former campaign rival, during the meeting. And the president praised the senator in his public remarks, saying McCain had "already paid a significant political cost for doing the right thing."

Still, Obama offered no commitments on how to handle future immigrant workers, and White House officials said the meeting was not meant to be a forum for policy details.

Obama did offer his firmest pledge yet as president to push aggressively for legislation by the end of this year or early 2010, according to meeting participants. The president had been reluctant to offer a timeline. As his administration in recent weeks focused its attention on healthcare and energy, some Latino leaders and immigrant advocates cautioned that delaying on immigration could anger Latino voters who turned out strongly for Obama in last year's election.

"What I'm encouraged by," Obama said, "is that after all the overheated rhetoric and the occasional demagoguery on all sides around this issue, we've got a responsible set of leaders sitting around the table who want to actively get something done and not put it off until a year, two years, three years, five years from now, but to start working on this thing right now."

Obama said that his administration was "fully behind" an immigration overhaul, and that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano would spearhead the effort.

One major sticking point is whether the House would pass one of the key provisions demanded by advocates for immigrants -- a pathway to citizenship for many of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants currently living in the country. About 40 House Democrats represent conservative swing districts where there is little support for the idea.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told reporters Thursday that "the votes aren't there" to pass such a plan.

But it was clear Thursday that regulating the future flow of foreign workers was emerging as a partisan point of contention.

Past plans included a temporary guest worker program that was supported both by business groups and immigrant advocates. But many labor unions were wary of that plan. Some union members have argued that guest workers drive down wages and displace American workers.

This year, immigrant advocates and unions pulled together to propose that an independent commission study labor market needs and decide how many immigrant workers should be allowed into the country.

The commission plan has drawn opposition from business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and McCain on Thursday left no room for compromise in opposing it.

Ana Avendano, the AFL-CIO's point person on the issue, said the unions did not intend to give up.

"Just because McCain said no [on Thursday] doesn't mean we're not going to continue pushing policies that are good for working people in the United States," she said.

Democrats indicated that they are open to compromise in order to bring McCain and other Republicans aboard. Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), chairman of a Senate committee on immigration, said that "both parties, left and right, are going to have to give in some to get immigration reform." If it is not passed by next year, he added, "we might not be able to do it for a generation."

Now note, the dispute here is not over amnesty and citizenship, it's over whether the AFL-CIO is made happy or not. Horse crap. The AFL-CIO will get screwed in the end and here's why. Here's the deal, the real politik, of this.

The Dems need miliions of new loyal voters to sustain them in the 2010 election. Amnesty is the only place they can get them. And I can hear all you open borders liberatarians tuning up your tiny violins now. When are you going to get this through your thick heads?

This isn't about economics, or free markets, or whatever.



It is exclusively about power.

Invite 10 to 15 million new voters into the American welfare state and you've got a permanent majority. What chance do you think you have of getting libertarian ideas across to THAT crowd? By the time they wise up, it will be too late.

Face it. With these milestones we have passed just this week alone, the chances we have of getting out of this with our liberty and property intact without violence is somewhere between slim and none.

So, that's what they've done to you this week. What are you doing to stop them?

There's a fight coming.

*** Califstareart ***

California is the true heart of
the nation! *** Califstarheart *

BLOCKBUSTER INFOMATION TO THE EPA REPORT, SUPRESSED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, IN PURSUIT OF THE CAP & TRADE LEGISLATION THAT PASSED YESTERDAY

MOTHER NATURE UNRAVELS AL GORE.....YOU CANNOT FOOL MOTHER NATURE!
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AMAZING! THIS IS A MUST READ! TAKE YOUR TIME. COME BACK TO THIS WEBSITE AND STUDY THE CONTENTS AS YOUR TIME PERMITS.

YOU WILL FIND IT IN THIS WEBSITE INDEX UNDER THE TITLE:

CAP AND TRADE ISSUES / 2009 / EPA REPORT, SUPRESSED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF IT -

NOW, PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK:

http://cei.org/cei_files/fm/active/0/DOC062509-004.pdf

This report needs to be put in the hands of as many United States Senators as possible.

We must stop Cap and Trade in the Senate. Many people, in the northern states, could not pay their heating bills last winter.

While the usurper to the Oval Office, the occupier of the White House and his minions live in the lap of luxury, at the expense of the American people, they will not only be cold but also hungry if this bill passes.

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...AND.....HERE IS ANOTHER VERY INFORMATIVE WEBSITE:

http://www.akdart.com/warming71.html

*** Califstareart ***

California is the true heart of
the nation! *** Califstarheart *

ACTIVIST NEWS / FROM THE 'TEA PARTY PATRIOTS' / JUNE 26, 2009

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tea Party Patriots Action Alert HELP...WE NEED YOUR INPUT IMMEDIATELY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear Tea Party Patriots,

Today you were scammed by the House of Representatives, and despite the fact that you shut down the phones of virtually every Representative in the nation, they ignored you and voted for another bill which they haven't even read.

HR 2454 The American Clean Energy & Security Act (Previously named CAP & TRADE)

passed, with the assistance of eight Republican votes. The House added 300 pages today, none of them have read it, and they still voted for it. How much abuse will will we take from politicians that don't care about us any longer?

So, the question is, what are you willing to do about it? We have watched in awe as Iranians have taken to the streets of their nation to protest a corrupt and abusive government. Do we have what it takes to stand up to our own government and tell them that we won't take it anymore? Do we have the genes passed to us by our forefathers, who risked their lives to preserve their freedom?

What do you want to do? Many are suggesting that we take to the streets now...immediately, around the country...at every Federal courthouse, in every city. Are you willing? Are you ready? Is it time to say NO MORE????!!!!!

Please let us know ASAP what you want to do. Do you want to take to the streets right now? It's Friday night across the country, and a good time to hit the streets if you want to express yourselves. Do we want to do it tomorrow? Many Patriots are angry and demanding immediate action.

This is a true grass roots movement and we aren't going without you. Is it time to light a grass fire and hit the streets tonight or tomorrow?

Thanks,

Mark Meckler, Amy Kremer and Jenny Beth Martin

Tea Party Patriots National Coordinator Team
Amy Kremer (amykremer@gmail.com; amykremer on gchat, 678.495.8271)
Jenny Beth Martin (jennybethm@gmail.com; jennybethm on gchat, 404.326.0936)
Mark Meckler (mark@teapartypatriots.org, mark.grassroots on gchat)
Rob Neppell (rob@teapartypatriots.org)


LIST OF THE 8 GOP RINOS

HOUSE PASSES CAP AND TAX BILL!

FRIENDS, THE HOUSE JUST PASSED THE CAP AND TAX BILL HR 2454 WITH THE HELP OF 8 REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED FOR IT AND TWO WHO CHOSE NOT TO VOTE WHOSE VOTES WOULD HAVE TIED THE VOTE! HERE IS THE LIST: Bono-Mack Castle Kirk Lance LoBiondo Reichert Smith (NJ) McHugh Flake and Sullivan NO VOTE NOW WE HIT THE SENATE HARDER AND WE LET THESE RINOS KNOW THAT THEIR DAYS ARE LITERALLY NUMBERED! THEY WILL NOT BE IN POLITICS AT THE END OF THIS TERM!! WE ARE WATCHING! THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK , IT WAS STILL A WIN AS WE CHANEGD MANY OF THE VOTES AND GOT EVERYONE EDUCATED! YOU ARE ALL AMAZING AND I'M GRATEFUL TO KNOW YOU AND BE IN THIS BATTLE WITH YOU . I AM AT YOUR SIDE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. WHEN YOU CAN NOT BATTLE I WILL BATTLE FOR YOU AND WHEN YOU ARE TIRED I WILL CHEEER LEAD AND GET YOU BACK IN THE GAME. AND ON DAYS LIKE THIS WHEN YOU ARE DISCOURAGED I WILL SAY, "I KNOW AND I'M SORRY, WE DID OUR BEST!" AND THEN- I WLL BRUSH YOU OFF AND GET YOU BACK AT MY SIDE! AS THIS BATTLE IS NOT OVER YET!! Sincerely, Dawn Wildman NONE OF THIS MATETRS WITHOUT YORU HELP AND GUIDANCE! *** Califstareart *** California is the true heart of the nation! *** Califstarheart *

ACTIVIST NEWS OF THE DAY / 'SCHWARZENEGGAR AND NAVARRETTE COMPARE IMMIGRATIONI REFORM PATRIOTS TO NAZIS; JOE ANSWERS THEM'

ILLEGAL ALIEN MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST GUERILLA ORGANIZATION F.M.L.N. MARCHING IN THE 'DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS PARADE, 2007 IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. / THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY GANGS AND SOCIALIST/COMUNIST TYPES THAT PERMEATE THE SCENES TO CAUSE TROUBLE WITH POLICE AND DISSENTERS. THE MEDIA DOES NOT MENTION THEM FOR FEAR OF RETRIBUTION.

TO READ ABOUT THE F.M.L.N., PLEASE CLICK ON THIS LINK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMLN

NEWS OF THE DAY AND COMMENTARY

By Joe Guzzardi

A single opinion column written by Ruben Navarrette and published by the San Diego Union-Tribune explains why:

• California is in a irreversible financial crisis
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• Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will leave office with a popularity rating of about 20 percent.
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• The state’s major newspapers are on the verge of bankruptcy. (Good!)

To understand fully the impact of what follows in my column, first read Navarrette’s. [ Schwarzenegger Defends Immigrants, by Ruben Navarrette, San Diego Union-Tribune, June 17, 2009]

But if you are pressed for time or simply cannot stomach the idea of reading more Navarrette tripe, here’s a brief summary:

• In a meeting with the Union-Tribune editorial board, Schwarzenegger repeated his often-stated position that illegal immigrants are not to blame for the state’s economic crisis.
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• Illegal immigrants, continued Schwarzenegger, contribute to California’s economy by paying taxes and doing jobs in “hard-to-staff industries”. Ignored by Schwarzenegger: many aliens work off the books and don’t contribute anything to the tax base.
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• Californians who suggest that illegal immigration is an economic drain remind Schwarzenegger of “how Jews were blamed by the Nazis for Germany’s economic difficulties after World War I.” Schwarzenegger warns that linking “hard-working people” to economic strife could lead to “atrocities,” “crime,” and “executions” just as it did when Nazis governed Germany.

Where should I start?

• First, no problem as grave as California’s $25 billion budget deficit can be corrected if those responsible for resolving it refuse to recognize what is, at the least, a major contributor to that problem. For a complete breakdown of those costs, read Nicholas Stix’s blog here.
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• Second, no California resident believes that illegal immigration does not play a role in the state’s collapse. And the further south anyone lives (e.g., San Diego), the more crystal clear the relationship is between illegal immigration and California’s financial catastrophe.
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• Third, a newspaper’s role is to challenge its sources by asking the hard questions. For the editorial board (of which Navarrette is a member) to allow the governor to come into San Diego, make absurd statements and then print them as gospel­even in an opinion piece­ is one of the major reasons no one reads newspapers anymore. Why should patriots who live in San Diego, of whom there are plenty, subscribe to or even read the Union-Tribune only to learn that it associates them with Nazis?
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• Any comparison to patriotic immigration reform proponents and Nazis is outrageous. Navarette’s hedge­he wrote: “Obviously, Schwarzenegger’s comments should not be taken literally” only adds to his insult. Obviously, to make the Nazi association and then try to water it down doesn’t fool anyone.

Unless the Union-Tribune editors live in a bubble they, like every other Californian with eyes in his head, see the impact of illegal immigration all day every day.

In most if not all California cities, no one can walk down any street, shop at any supermarket, get medical treatment at any clinic, take his kid to any school, drive on any road or walk through any park without witnessing ample evidence of how pervasive illegal immigration is.

Here’s a quick formula for calculating at least a part of California’s illegal immigration costs. According to the Department of Education website, California schools had more than 1.5 million non-English speakers enrolled during 2007-2008. The same source indicates that more than 85 percent of them speak Spanish as their primary language.

Conservatively assume that one-third is made up of legal immigrants, one-third anchor babies and one-third illegal aliens. The estimated cost (again conservative) of educating each California student is $8,000 per year­not including special language classes that of course English learners would take.

One-third of 1.5 million is 500,000. Multiply 500,000 by $8,000 to arrive at a cost of educating illegal aliens at $4 billion per year.

If you want a more accurate total, remember that anchor babies are directly related to California’s immigrant population then do your math again.

Two-thirds of 1.5 million is one million. Multiply one million by $8,000 and your revised total expenditure for educating immigrants is $8 billion­about two-thirds of the current total California deficit.

Yet according to Schwarzenegger (via Navarrette) I have “limited information” about “immigrants”

I can understand why Navarrette wants to keep beating his drum on behalf of illegal immigration. Navarrette no doubt anticipates that sooner or later an amnesty debate might occur in Congress. The more sympathetically he portrays illegal immigrants, the better their case may appear to his Capitol Hill audience.

But I don’t get where Schwarzenegger or the Union-Tribune are coming from.

Politically, Schwarzenegger is toast. And unlike in some cases where, years later, California politicians are remembered with at least a modicum of kindness (think Richard Nixon) that will not be Schwarzenegger’s case. Too many people, most prominently homeowners, have been scalded under his watch.

If you ask me, Schwarzenegger would be better off at least acknowledging the obvious: that illegal immigration adds significantly to the state’s deficit and that he wishes he had used the substantial influence of his governor’s office to do more to minimize it.

Schwarzenegger must be motivated instead by the thought that when he returns in 2010 to his Hollywood left wing friends, he’ll be embraced for his staunch defense of illegal immigrants and Jews.

And since Schwarzenegger is married to Maria Shriver, a member of the Kennedy clan, he’s no doubt better off domestically when he toes the family line.

As for the Union-Tribune, after going on the market in July 2008 it was sold in March to Beverly Hills-based Platinum Equity, a private firm that specializes in troubled buy-outs. [ Union-Tribune Sold to Platinum Equity, by Thomas Kuper, San Diego Union-Tribune, March 18, 2009]

Rumors are that Platinum Equity has no interest in continuing to publish the Union-Tribune but purchased it to acquire its substantial real estate holdings that include, according to San Diego County tax records, thirteen acres in Mission Valley as well as another half-acre in La Jolla. [ The Copley Sale: Real Estate (and a Newspaper), by Bob Davis, Voice of San Diego, June 23, 2009]

At best, it appears that the Union-Tribune print edition will soon end and it will be available online-only, like the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Maybe­given all of the gloomy news surrounding the Union-Tribune’s fate and with new bosses on the scene who will likely cut jobs­ the editors were too distracted to listen closely to what Schwarzenegger said or Navarrette wrote. (Commiserate with them here.)

What I know is this: to pretend that illegal immigration has no bearing on California’s economic plight is so intellectually barren that if Schwarzenegger exits in disgrace or if the entire Union-Tribune editorial staff is fired, then “frankly, I don’t give a damn.”

Joe Guzzardi [email him] is a California native who recently fled the state because of over-immigration, over-population and a rapidly deteriorating quality of life. He has moved to Pittsburgh, PA where the air is clean and the growth rate stable. A long-time instructor in English at the Lodi Adult School, Guzzardi has been writing a weekly column since 1988. It currently appears in the Lodi News-Sentinel.

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*** Califstareart ***

California is the true heart of
the nation! *** Califstarheart *

THANKS TO PERI FOR SENDING! / BOYCOTT OF STATE FARM INSURANCE - SPONSORING THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF 'LA RAZA' ('THE RACE'

The Boycott of State Farm Insurance, a sponsor of The National Council of La Raza, has now surpassed $41,394. State Farm Insurance supports the racist National Council of La Raza which aggressively supports illegal immigration. These cancellations represent money that now will never go to either organization. In this tough economy, start punishing companies that ruin our country by supporting illegal immigration while Americans suffer.

If you haven't cancelled your policies with State Farm now is the time!! State Farm has Spanish ads running on billboards in Los Angeles where unemployment has hit 20% in some areas. California is bankrupt and spending $14 BILLION dollars on illegal immigration while Americans lose their homes, medical insurance and jobs. Want a jobs stimulus program? 8- 20 million illegal aliens have American jobs!! Why isn't this part of the stimulus package? Your tax dollars support the education of children who aren't even supposed to be here while our children's schools close and teachers are fired. Both parties have sold us out. It's beyond time for a change. You will save money by dumping State Farm Insurance. Take that saved money and work to get a local anti-amnesty candidate elected. We've all been hurt by this economy and the politicians that have worked with the banks and lawless businesses to produce open borders and rampant illegal immigration. Your wages were driven down while illegal aliens took your American jobs.

Cancel your policies, then call State Farm and tell them what you think. Ed Rust, State Farm CEO, can be reached at 309-7662121. Get involved! You're seeing what happens when you don't!! Can it get worse? You bet! You will make the difference however! Please forward this email to everyone you know. I don't want your money. I want our country back and Americans working. Do it for the unemployed neighbors down the street. Open up a job for them! Save our tax dollars for our citizens who now go without. There are other companies listed which also support La Raza such as Bank of America and Allstate. Do not support them either. There is a link to the NCLR on the website listing all companies supporting La Raza. Do NO business with any of them and tell them so. Your dollars spent with them means everything in this economy. Deny them the money.

Go here for more details: www.boycottstatefarminsurance.com

*** Califstareart ***

California is the true heart of
the nation! *** Califstarheart *

THAKS TO PERI FOR SENDING! / A.C.O.R.N. PROTECTED BY CROOKED DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN

THE CORRUPT CONGRESSMAN, JOHN CONYERS WITH HIS WIFE, THE CRIMINAL, MONICA CONYERS.....KIND OF A COZY ARRANGEMENT WITH A.C.O.R.N.

ACORN Protected by Crooked Democrat Congressman

http://capoliticalnews.com/blog_post/show/2488

June 27, 2009, 11:51 AM

The President of the Detroit City Council, Monica Conyers, just plead innocent to several counts of bribe taking--money she and her husband got to use. - Continued below photo -

Paul Sancya, AP Detroit City Council member Monica Conyers, here in September, was accused of accepting two envelopes of cash in a bribery case involving a $47 million annual sludge removal contract. She left court Friday without comment.

- Continued -
Her husband? Democrat Congressman John Conyers, who has since his first day in Congress pleaded that the United States look toward the leadership of Fidel Castro for inspiration.

Congressman Conyers is the chair of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. Before his wife was caught, he was going to hold hearing on the corruption of ACORN, a corrupt organization protected by Barack Obama (he used to work for them). Corruption included massive vote fraud, massive voter registration fraud (their people have been found guilty of these in more than a dozen states, mortgage fraud--taking money from the Feds to be used for affordable housing for the poor--except audits can not show where the money went.

I will say what the mainstream media won't--looks like Congressman Conyers cut a deal with the White House. The deal: if you don't go against my wife, I will not hold hearings on the corruption of ACORN.

Yes, she was indicted--but the Feds have known for a long time about her corruption. Only when her husband was to take on ACORN, did the Feds indict the wife.

What was the reason given for not holding the hearings? "House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. has backed off his plan to investigate purported wrongdoing by the liberal activist group ACORN, saying "powers that be" put the kibosh on the idea.

Mr. Conyers, Michigan Democrat, earlier bucked his party leaders by calling for hearings on accusations the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) has committed crimes ranging from voter fraud to a mob-style "protection" racket. - Continued below graphic -



"The powers that be decided against it," Mr. Conyers told The Washington Times as he left the House chambers Wednesday."

He was told by San Fran Nan, no harm to our allies ACORN--did she get the word directly from Barack or did Rahm give it?

Corruption is being protected by the White House--did you expect anything less from a guy who succeeded in politics under the Chicago Daley machine?

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LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE CORRUPT ORGANIZATION CALLED 'ACORN' AND IT'S FOUNDER.....AMAZING VIDEO! WATCH IT NOW:

http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/23351395/who-is-wade-rathke.htm

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