Archive for July, 2010

Gregory D. Lee

U.S. District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton has rendered her preliminary ruling, setting aside Arizona’s pending new immigration law the day before it was to take effect as the single most effective law written to stem illegal immigration in the nation. That is precisely why Judge Bolton, a Clinton appointee, ruled against the people of Arizona and came up with her irrational reasons for striking down major portions of the bill.

Sanctuary.

Judge Bolton went beyond precedents judges usually follow when they rule on the legality of legislation before it goes into effect. Precedence dictates that a judge should look at a pending law more favorably than one already in effect. Instead, she gutted the law and left Arizona defenseless against illegal aliens. In trying to justify her action, she ruled that the law was “likely to burden legally present aliens.” What evidence is there of that when the law, SB1070, specifically prohibits racial profiling? How much of a burden is it to show a green card and say “si” when a police officer asks if you are in the country legally?

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Bob Maistros

See President Barack.  See President Barack go on a Daytime Talk Show with a bunch of ladies.  See the ladies ask President Barack silly questions about Snooki on Jersey Shore and Mel Gibson.  See President Barack pretend he does not know about Snooki and Mel Gibson.

Dignity. Always dignity.

See the Pundits.  The Pundits are very, very upset at President Barack.  The Pundits say that President Barack should not go on a Daytime Talk Show.  The Pundits say that for a President to go on a Daytime Talk Show is undignified.

Undignified is when adult people do something silly and embarrassing.  Like when Daddy dresses in Hawaiian shirts and drinks too much beer and gets too friendly with Mrs. Smith from next door and Mommy slaps him.  But back to President Barack.

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Dacia Nichol Taylor

I hate to comment on something when everyone else in newsworld, blogosphere, and talking-head-land has already created a chorus to follow, but this is a topic that 89 percent of this country feels is important and, being that I’m with that 89 percent of citizens who actually feel that words like “illegal” mean something, it would be a shame to keep my big mouth closed.

Just the beginning.

Well, for the record my mouth is actually quite small but I can use some big words.  I had my share of Mary Poppins growing up, so watch out now…

First of all, the Arizona fight has just begun.  A case like this will be heard by the Supreme Court, which means we have a long way to go yet.  I recommend we don’t even pay any mind to the 9th Circuit, to which it’s going to be appealed today, lest we remember the 9th Circuit’s liberal roots.

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Brett Noel

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Dan Calabrese

When the Congressional Budget Office speaks . . . well, OK, it depends what it says.

When the CBO “scored” the budget impact of ObamaCare, Democrats shouted from the rooftops that their health care boondoggle was going to reduce the deficit by more than $80 billion. Never mind that the CBO is required to accept whatever phony baloney numbers Democrats give them, and “score” their bills accordingly.

Solutions.

The CBO said it! That makes it true!

So will official Washington jump at the latest report from the CBO – one that isn’t filled with phony baloney Democratic numbers?

The CBO has issued a report that spells out, in detail, the danger facing the country as a result of the massive explosion in public debt that has occurred over the past several years. The report, prepared by Jonathan Huntley of the CBO’s macroeconomic analysis division, really doesn’t say anything a lot of people aren’t already saying.

We all know that we can’t sustain annual deficits in excess of $1 trillion. (Well, apparently President Obama doesn’t, because he’s proposing just that for the next decade.) But the CBO goes into some useful detail about the likely consequences of our current fiscal course, and perhaps just as importantly, applies the imprimatur of a highly respected federal institution.

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Bob Maistros

August 1, 2007 – Ima Loozer, receptionist at Dewey Cheatham & Howe, sues the firm in federal court, claiming she would suffer “irreparable harm” if she is required to answer all incoming calls instead of selecting calls based on her own preferences.  “I might miss a call from my boyfriend if I have to talk to all those clients,” she tells the court.

Justice is blind ... deaf ... and sometimes, really dumb.

September 30, 2008 – Hugo Wrest files for a preliminary injunction against his parents, saying that he would suffer “irreparable injury” if forced to do his chores and homework rather than spend his accustomed five hours a day playing X-Box.  “My folks want me to divert my time and effort from my vital relationships with my crew, thereby stunting my all important social and playing skills development,” Hugo writes in his complaint.

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David Karki

In an entirely unsurprising move, a Clinton-appointee judge today issued an order blocking parts of the new Arizona immigration law that was to have gone into effect midnight Saturday. In reality, the ruling guts the law entirely while employing some completely inconsistent and hypocritical reasoning and essentially tells Arizona – all the other 49 states – that the federal government is perfectly free to disregard their Article IV constitutional obligation to defend the border, and there’s nothing they can do about it.  Arizona is supposed to simply bend over, grab its ankles, and take it. (Kevin Bacon’s “Thank you, sir, may I have another?” line from Animal House optional.)

The new Arizona state motto.

The least this legislating liberal hack hiding behind the veneer of respectability provided by her black robe and gavel could have done was honestly and openly wiped it out. (Which is what the Obama Administration really wants – de facto national amnesty, which one state couldn’t be allowed to successfully defy, lest other states follow its lead. And, in turn, official legal amnesty to instantly create 20 million new Democrat voters and cement their power in perpetuity.)

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Dacia Nichol Taylor

Senator Brown, I blame you.

I remember the goose bumps I felt upon hearing of your election.  I mean, who would have thought that a Kennedy seat would fall to the most evil, poor-and-sick-people hating, warmongering, slavery-promoting party of big fat elephants?  And that Cosmo pose?  Well, um, I can’t say you didn’t do a service for future Generation Y leaders who are more than likely going to have a few YouTube videos and Facebook photos to explain…

Ugh.

But I digress.

Senator, you gave the Democrats the replacement KKK leader vote they needed to pass the sham masquerading as a financial reform bill.   Yes, you.  Snowe and Collins have been established RINOs and it was up to you as the last man standing.  What did you win for us?  The new Hulk of government.  The ever-powerful, can-shut-you-down-for-eating-too-many-veggies (grow big and strong…get it?  …oh, never mind) Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Dan Calabrese

It hasn’t been that long since states began passing laws legalizing “medical marijuana,” even though pot remains illegal on the federal level. The new state laws were cause for celebration for stoners, who just have to find unethical doctors willing to give them a note in exchange for a C-note or two, and they can get stoned legally.

Gee, who’d have thought there would be problems?

The best and the brightest.

Communities across the country, like California’s Fresno County and the Michigan municipalities of Pontiac and Waterford Township, are now moving to place moratoriums on “medical marijuana”-related businesses.

Part of the concern is zoning, since no community has a zoning ordinance that expressly allows for business who sell pot. But the larger concern, as expressed by Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims, is crime.

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Herman Cain

(Editor’s note: The North Star National’s Herman Cain spoke this past weekend at the Right Online conference in Las Vegas. The following video is a short excerpt from that presentation.)