It’s all smoke and mirrors.

But they have us too well trained, don’t they? In fact, they have us so well trained, we might as well not bother expressing ourselves on message boards, because we’re just too well trained to win, aren’t we?

By the way, Bryan is using your laptop!

Senator Dodd,

Did you ever apologize to the waitresses at La Brassiere for sitting by as Senator Kennedy sexually assaulted one of them right in front of you and throwing her on your lap?

Senator Dodd should take his fake pious outrage and go home to his family, the only people at this point voting for him.

Respectfully,

eric aka http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com

Rudy gave a speech to small business owners a few weeks ago that got almost no play in the media. He told them he would not punish businesses that hire illegals because it was the responsibility of the federal government to stop illegal immigration.

Yes, the federal government is responsible, but why can’t it require cooperation from businesses and local government to help enforce the law? Would Giuliani punish businesses that refuse to withhold federal taxes from employee paychecks? Afterall, taxes are the fed’s responsibility, not business’s. How much bigger would the federal government have to grow to collect taxes directly from individuals? By requiring cooperation from business, they streamline the process and save a lot of money.

The same thing is true with illegal immigration. If jobs are easily available, which they will be if there is no penalty for providing them, then illegal immigration will continue unabated no matter what the Feds do. Either Rudy is too stupid to see this or he really does not want to end illegal immigration.

1. End Sanctuary Cities by cutting off discretionary federal grant funds as appropriate to any community that, by law, ordinance, executive order, or other formal policy directs its public officials not to comply with the provisions of 8 USC 1373 and 8 USC 1644, which prohibit any state or local government from restricting in any way communications with the Department of Homeland Security “regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an alien in the United States.”

2. Deny discretionary Federal education grants as appropriate to public universities that violate federal law by offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens without also offering identical benefits to United States citizens, regardless of whether or not they live in the state, as required by 8 USC 1623.

3. Deny discretionary Federal grants as appropriate to states and local governments that violate federal law by offering public benefits to illegal aliens, as prohibited by 8 USC 1621(a).

On June 16, 2007 the United States House of Representatives passed an amendment to a Department of Homeland Security spending bill that would withhold federal emergency services funds from sanctuary cities. Congressman Tom Tancredo (Republican-Colorado) was the sponsor of this amendment.

September 18, 2007, Republican Congresspersons introduced legislation targeting sanctuary cities. Reps. Brian Bilbray, R-Cal., Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Fla., Thelma Drake, R-Va., Jeff Miller, R-Fla., and Tom Tancredo, R-Colo introduced the bill. The legislation would make illegal immigrant status a felony, instead of a civil offence. Also, the bill targets sanctuary cities by withholding up to 50 percent of Department of Homeland Security funds from the cities.

The first reference is an amendment, not stand alone, Tancredo sponsored and as such, a ‘yes’or a ‘no’ answer would encompass all the 194 amendments to the bill (less those withdrawn).
The second reference has multiple co-sponsors and may not fit the terminology ‘Tancredo legislation’.

In any case, I see no banning of all federal funding in either reference, just emergency services funds and half of the DHS funding.

The question as stated implies a ban of all Federal funding which is not an option expressed in the legislation. But, it’s a great ‘got ya’ question when a ‘yes’ answer indicates support for everything in the bill and included in the amendments.
That is the only way the ‘Tancredo legislation’ can be signed into law.
A ‘no’ answer is a ‘got ya’ too.

Anyone giving a one word answer should be in the White House, checking for bugs. (not the electronic listening device kind)

Halving the DHS funding is easily overcome by doubling the funds available and then awarding half of that amount, plus, there is the question of the definition of ’santurary city’ which has not been stated as of yet.

But then, perhaps I don’t know what I am talking about..

This is a republican showing on liberal cable, real, important, and unanswerable questions WILL be asked.

Yes, I think Bryans question could be picked. I do not think they will use Bryan to ask it because that will give Hot Air credibility.

RE: NBF #11 For crying out loud… Can you give us a transcript for those who can’t view the video?

Yes, we of the disadvantaged band width can play the vids but the downloadtime required to do so is prohibitive. A vid synopsis would be a great aid, but then beggars can’t be choosers.

Having said that, what are the men of this brave new world pandering to. There are 197 million voter aged in America and 142 million registered voters. So while the men who would be President because a small number of Mexicans and perhaps a large number of illegals voted for them there is a hammer of 55 million angry Americans that could determine their success. They take there base for stupid and fight for the fringe to win. It is time for the Silent Majority to speak.

In my state the dems have a fail safe win method call the Greogoire-Gore. The Federal Court has agreed with the dems to allow them to find votes until they have found enough votes to win (this includes electronic voting machines that were previously not counted). Though my state is an amnesty state, including issuing driver licenses, it has outgrown the need for illegal votes by registering more dems than residents in the largest county (the largest vote fraud in state history that has not been corrected). A state government rotten from the top down and sanctioned by a rotten court system. Sure your vote counts.