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Dr. Kevorkian Alive and Well in Sacramento

January 10th, 2011 · No Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger By now, almost every living American, other than public employees and their union officials, is aware that state governments across the nation are on the verge of fiscal collapse. According to a February 2010 Washington Post report, “Even before financial markets crashed in fall 2008, state governments nationwide had [...]

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Congresswoman’s Shooting Raises Questions: Correction!

January 8th, 2011 · 5 Comments

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords (D) of Arizona’s 8th Congressional District died is in critical condition, according to a Fox News Channel broadcast update at 1:47 p.m. Central numerous news reports, after being shot in the head at point blank range during a “Congress on the Corner” event she was holding in Tucson this morning. [...]

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St Louis TV Station Airs Illegal Immigrant Tearjerker

May 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment

KMOV Channel 4, the CBS television news affiliate in St. Louis, broadcast an illegal immigrant tearjerker story Tuesday, making me wonder what point, if any, investigative reporter Craig Cheatham was trying to make.  Watch… The cold, hard reality of the situation is that when “Miguel”, the illegal immigrant who entered this country illegally from Mexico [...]

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Blogger Renews Call for End to Cinco de Mayo (Update)

April 29th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Illegal immigration reform is, once again, at the forefront of public attention thanks in part to the appropriate stance taken by Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) and members of the Arizona legislature took on the issue recently.  Therefore, I reissue my call for Americans to stop celebrating Cinco de Mayo until our nation’s borders are secure [...]

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Immigrant Unemployment Highest Since 1994

April 26th, 2009 · No Comments

I guess you know things are bad when illegal immigrant unemployment numbers are rising.  And they are. According to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, unemployment among both legal and illegal immigrants was higher in the first quarter of 2009 than at any time since 1994, when immigrants were first separated out [...]

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Cole Calls on Bush to Pardon Border Partrol Agents

December 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) sent a letter to President George W. Bush late yesterday asking him to commute the sentences and issue pardons for Border Patrol agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos. In October 2006, Ramos and Compean were each sentenced to more than a decade in prison after shooting an illegal immigrant who was [...]

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Rudy Walks in Shoes of an Illegal Immigrant

December 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Rudy Giuliani checked himself into a St. Louis hospital last night after complaining of flu-like symptoms, according to an AP report. I, for one, suspect the Republican presidential candidate will attempt to take advantage of his opportune illness — genuine or concocted — to convey the image of a presidential candidate who knows what it’s [...]

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