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Cap-and-Tax

Apparently, President Obama and liberals in Congress are about to make Cap and Trade proposals a reality by ramming the economy-crushing, job-killing Bill HR 2454 through the Senate. And, to make matters worse, it is already apparent that Pelosi (in the House) and Reid (in the Senate) are about to employ the same under-handed, behind-the-scenes deal-making and legislative sleight-of-hand (reconciliation) that they used to shove ObamaCare down the throats of the American people.

This is absolute madness! Since the house passed their version of "Cap and Trade" it has been revealed that much of the scientific data regarding "Manmade" Global warming is faulty and was purposefully manipulated by UN scientists who are more interested in their One World Agenda than saving us from a phony impending disaster. I can't believe that anyone in congress would even consider enacting such over reaching and draconian legislation, when what we really need is a full fledged investigation of the people involved in this charade.

Well over 31,000 scientists, (many of whom participated in the original UN studies and have since recanted their original endorsement of the erroneous data and have) declared that there is "No Such Thing as Manmade Global Warming". Cyclical warming and cooling have been going on since time immemorial. Have all of our elected representatives lost their minds?

The pending Cap and Trade bill is also purported to be designed to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Once again this is utter madness. It has been proven by recent USGS surveys that there are sufficient oil and natural gas deposits right here in America and off our shores that will provide for our needs for more than 4,000 years. What we really need is a long overdue reform of the out dated EPA rules and regulations that make it nearly impossible to extract and process our own God given natural resources. It is long past time to Drill Baby Drill.

“Let me be perfectly clear”. The so-called Cap-and-Tax legislation has little to do with helping the environment or our dependence on foreign oil. Instead it is a means to deprive hard-working Americans of income, control people's behavior, repress our liberties and grant pay-offs for votes, and favors to special interests.

Most Americans see the Cap-and-Tax scheme for what it really is. Americans do not want higher utility bills, higher prices at the pump, higher prices in the grocery store, diminished freedoms and a lower standard of living to help petty politicians achieve greater political power. Such schemes will destroy our economy and send much-needed jobs overseas, while doing nothing to reduce global carbon emissions!

Americans have worked far too hard for generations and have earned the right to our continued way of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”, to see it destroyed by a hand full of arrogant elite elected officials and bureaucrats in Washington DC. Enough is Enough!

Let yourselves be heard. Write and call your elected representatives and demand a NO VOTE on Cap and Trade.

Donna L. Hollenstain
Salinas, CA

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Arizona
Real Immigration
"Reform"

I want to explain SB 1070

I'm Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070 which I voted for and was just signed by Governor Jan Brewer. Rancher Rob Krantz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago. I participated in a senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence, here is just some of the highlights from those who testified.

The people who live within 60 to 80 miles of the Arizona/Mexico Border have for years been terrorized and have pleaded for help to stop the daily invasion of humans who cross their property. One Rancher testified that 300 to 1200 people a DAY come across his ranch vandalizing his property, stealing his vehicles and property, cutting down his fences, and leaving trash. In the last two years he has found 17 dead bodies and two Koran bibles.

Another rancher testified that daily drugs are brought across his ranch in a military operation. A point man with a machine gun goes in front, 1/2 mile behind are the guards fully armed, 1/2 mile behind them are the drugs, behind the drugs 1/2 mile are more guards. These people are violent and they will kill anyone who gets in the way. This was not the only rancher we heard that day that talked about the drug trains.

One man told of two illegals who came upon his property one shot in the back and the other in the arm by the drug runners who had forced them to carry the drugs and then shot them. Daily they listen to gun fire during the night it is not safe to leave his family alone on the ranch and they can't leave the ranch for fear of nothing being left when they come back.

The border patrol is not on the border. They have set up 60 miles away with check points that do nothing to stop the invasion. They are not allowed to use force in stopping anyone who is entering. They run around chasing them, if they get their hands on them then they can take them back across the border.

Federal prisons have over 35% illegals and 20% of Arizona prisons are filled with illegals. In the last few years 80% of our law enforcement that have been killed or wounded have been by an illegal.

The majority of people coming now are people we need to be worried about. The ranchers told us that they have seen a change in the people coming they are not just those who are looking for work and a better life.

The Federal Government has refused for years to do anything to help the border states. We have been over run and once they are here we have the burden of funding state services that they use. Education costs have been over a billion dollars. The health care cost billions of dollars. Our state is broke, with a $3.5 billion deficit and we have many serious decisions to make. One is that we do not have the money to care for any who are not here legally. It has to stop. The border can be secured. We have the technology we have the ability to stop this invasion. We must know who is coming and they must come in an organized manner legally so that we can assimilate them into our population and protect the sovereignty of our country. We are a nation of laws. We have a responsibility to protect our citizens and to protect the integrity of our country and the government which we live under.

I would give amnesty today to many, but here is the problem, we dare not do this until the Border is secure. It will do no good to forgive them because thousands will come behind them and we will be over run to the point that there will no longer be the United States of America but a North American Union of open borders. I ask you what form of government will we live under? How long will it be before we will be just like Mexico, Canada or any of the other Central American or South American countries? We have already lost our language, everything must be printed in Spanish also. We have already lost our history, it is no longer taught in our schools. And we have lost our borders.

The leftist media has distorted what SB 1070 will do. It is not going to set up a Nazi Germany. Are you kidding? The ACLU and the leftist courts will do everything to protect those who are here illegally, but it was an effort to try and stop illegal's from setting up businesses, and employment, and receiving state services and give the ability to local law enforcement when there is probable cause like a traffic stop to determine if they are here legally. Federal law is very clear if you are here on a visa you must have your papers on you at all times. That is the law. In Arizona all you need to show you are a legal citizen is a driver license, MVD identification card, Native American Card, or a Military ID. This is what you need to vote, get a hunting license, etc. So nothing new has been added to this law. No one is going to be stopped walking down the street etc... The Socialist who are in power in DC are angry because we dare try and do something and that something the Socialist wants us to do is just let them come. They want the "Transformation" to continue.

Maybe it is too late to save America. Maybe we are not worthy of freedom anymore. But as an elected official I must try to do what I can to protect our Constitutional Republic. Living in America is not a right just because you can walk across the border. Being an American is a responsibility and it comes by respecting and upholding the Constitution the law of our land which says what you must do to be a citizen of this country. Freedom is not free.

Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen

Edward Snook’s Note: Go Arizona! Senator Allen, While I commend your stance and totally agree with it, our readership should know that the Constitution only states that Congress is given the authority to come up with rules regarding “naturalization” (Article 1, Section 8 Clause 4) – it does not tell one what they must do to be a citizen of this country. Brush up on the Constitution Senator and keep up the good work.

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Assassination of the Nation

Dear editor,

Great nations don't just die. They are assassinated by the unthinking actions and the uncontrolled excesses of their own governments.

It is not nations that die. Great nations cease to exist because their governments, through their own actions, self-destruct.

Has the time come for The United States Congress, all members, both houses, to take a short field trip over to Arlington and begin the process of selecting the most appropriate burial site for Uncle Sam?

I have my opinion. I am curious to know yours.

Sincerely and with regards,

Tom Kiser
Marietta, GA

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Dear Editor:

So many letter writers have based their arguments on how this land is made up of immigrants. Ernie Lujan for one, suggests we should tear down the Statue of Liberty because the people now in question aren't being treated the same as those who passed through Ellis Island and other ports of entry.

Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like Mr. Lujan why today's American is not willing to accept this new kind of immigrant any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented. Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.

They had waved good bye to their birth place to give their children a new life and did everything in their power to help their children assimilate into one culture. Nothing was handed to them. No free lunches, no welfare, no labor laws to protect them. All they had were the skills and craftsmanship they had brought with them to trade for a future of prosperity.

Most of their children came of age when World War II broke out. My father fought along side men whose parents had come straight over from Germany, Italy, France and Japan . None of these 1st generation Americans ever gave any thought about what country their parents had come from. They were Americans fighting Hitler, Mussolini and the Emperor of Japan. They were defending the United States of America as one people.

When we liberated France , no one in those villages were looking for the French-American or the German American or the Irish American. The people of France saw only Americans. And we carried one flag that represented one country. Not one of those immigrant sons would have thought about picking up another country's flag and waving it to represent who they were. It would have been a disgrace to their parents who had sacrificed so much to be here. These immigrants truly knew what it meant to be an American. They stirred the melting pot into one red, white and blue bowl.

And here we are with a new kind of immigrant who wants the same rights and privileges. Only they want to achieve it by playing with a different set of rules, one that includes the entitlement card and a guarantee of being faithful to their mother country. I'm sorry, that's not what being an American is all about. I believe that the immigrants who landed on Ellis Island in the early 1900's deserve better than that for all the toil, hard work and sacrifice in raising future generations to create a land that has become a beacon for those legally searching for a better life. I think they would be appalled that they are being used as an example by those waving foreign country flags.

And for that suggestion about taking down the Statue of Liberty, it happens to mean a lot to the citizens who are voting on the immigration bill. I wouldn't start talking about dismantling the United States just yet.

Rosemary LaBonte

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Disillusioned

Editor;

I hope and pray, I send positive thoughts to all beings. I wish no one ill. Yet everything is falling apart. I can have trust in no one, nor anything. Even those who say they are on your side. Everyone lies; there is only deception and dishonesty. There is no justice in the “justice” system, it's all about how many notches you can get on your belt; job security.

Josephine County District Attorney Stephen Campbell and his minions don't care if the defendant is guilty or innocent, all they care about is getting another conviction, so deputies don't get fired and he can run for another term and win by showing how many “bad guys” he has put away. It doesn't matter that half of them are innocent. Even the judges ride along on the DA's skirts so they to can be re-elected.

I thought the Statue of Justice stands blind-folded in order to not be prejudiced against anyone, but it would seem that the only equality is in what works well for those in office. It needs to have its ears covered as well for it seems not to hear the truth.

I have been so naïve to think that just because this is America, things are done with integrity. But unless we have experienced it personally we have no idea how corrupt it is.

Now that I am more aware of what is going on, I will remain silent no more. I will speak my truth, some will listen, others will not, but that is how it is. I can change no one. I can only change myself and if by doing that it influences anyone else then I will feel fortunate.

Marilyn K.S. Wilbur

Editor's Note: Marilyn Wilbur is one of many Americans waking up to the fact that our “justice” system is nothing more or less than a sham, an actual mockery of true justice.

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