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The DHS's Janet Napolitano will be speaking and taking questions in Washington DC this Friday 11/13. I need others to organize efforts to go ask her this question: "A company in Minneapolis recently fired hundreds of illegal alien janitors, and Americans rushed in to take those jobs [illustrate with hand gesture]. However, DHS didn't try to deport the illegal aliens who'd been fired, and hundreds of them are probably now working at different companies in Minneapolis. My question to you is this: if you had sought to deport those illegal aliens rather than simply letting them back into the labor...

Hoffman's immigration stance - all three sentences of it - is here: Where do you stand on illegal immigration? There is no question that our immigration policies are flawed. The answer, though, is not to put up a wall and stop all immigration. The answer is to create an easier path for immigrants to enter the United States - and to work here - while at the same time getting tough on illegal immigrants who commit crimes. For those who don't follow this issue that closely, the above is Bush-like boilerplate. For instance, compare what Hoffman says to what Bush...

I need your help to smack down a lie about Joe Wilson, and it's the type of lie that could catch on and influence many people. The lie is the Digg post "Joe Wilson cast deciding vote giving Rx coverage to illegals" (at the link). What I need you to do is take a few minutes to sign up for Digg and then - after doing due diligence - mark the Digg post as inaccurate. That should take at most a few minutes, and you can use a throwaway email address. In actual fact, Wilson voted only to reimburse states...

In yesterday's decision about the latest Orly Taitz case, the judge applied a different standard to evidence offered by Taitz than he did to that from the other side. This post is only about that aspect of this issue, and it's an aspect that most people should agree with. Here's what the judge says about the picture of a COLB on Obama's site (PDF here), a picture that's never been authenticated by any government agency: Counsel makes these allegations although a “short-form” birth certificate has been made publicly available which indicates that the President was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on...

In light of Lou Dobbs' reported plans to help lead the upcoming lobbying campaign of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) -- an organization designated a "hate group" by the Southern Poverty Law Center -- Media Matters for America reviews some of the most egregious conspiracy theories, hate speech, and undisclosed conflicts of interest in Dobbs' immigration reporting. [Keep reading at mediamatters.org/reports/200909140005]

By the very rules established by the Democrats, the mainstream media, and their Republican allies, Jonah Goldberg of the National Review might now qualify as a "Birther" or at least a BirthSymp ("Birther" sympathizer). In order not to be a "Birther" - as defined by the aforementioned groups - one must believe to the core of one's being that not only was Obama born in HI, but that he's told the complete truth about his past and he's not trying to cover anything up. Expressing any doubts will not be tolerated; one must confess that any deviation from the narrative...

Why are Jon Henke and I firing into our own ranks on the birther nonsense? Wouldn't it be better to take on Democrats? Well, two answers to this. First, the WND folks are not, in any sense of the word, my people. I supported Obama, remember? Second of all, it's not, like, true. It's not even reasonable to believe that it might be true. It is crazy nonsense. Even if everything that the truthers say were factually correct, Barack Obama was the son of an American mother, which means he is a natural born American citizen. This is a waste...

The linked video - from the Obama admin-linked ThinkProgress.org - shows Rep. Jean Schmidt in conversation with a constituent about whether Obama is eligible to be president apparently in regards to the natural born citizen issue. Schmidt then says "I agree with you, but the courts don't". Does this mean that Schmidt is now a "Birther" and won't be invited to any GOP cocktail parties, or is there another explanation? The video also illustrates that the Dems are going to jump on anything remotely "Birther"-ish, and the plan by the GOP leadership and lower-level hacks to push away "Birthers" only...

On the linked video, Al Franken engages in a debate about healthcare with a group of tea partiers. Based on the title and the reaction from his supporters (link, link), I'm going to guess Franken won the debate handily. 1. While the people in the video might have valid concerns, perhaps it would be smarter if they had put their egos aside and let someone else express those concerns to Franken. Franken is a politician and he's familiar with the legislation; a trial lawyer who's familiar with the legislation might have been able to show how Franken is wrong about...

On the video at the link, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) apparently says of immigration raids: "This is just wrong". It would be helpful if someone could provide a complete (or even just a partial) transcript of the rest of her remarks. If anyone would like to do something about this, find a trial lawyer or someone else who's familiar with "cross-examining" people and have that person "cross-examine" her over what she supports on video for Youtube. Simply ranting at her isn't effective; you need to find someone who can show how she's wrong in order to have an impact on...

Right before the media light dimmed on birthers, however, birther attorney Orly Taitz made a bit of a splash - at least in the birther community - when she posted a birth certificate purported to be for Obama from the Republic of Kenya and filed a motion in federal court to determine its authenticity... ...We e-mailed the purported Kenyan birth certificate to Salim Lone, spokesman for Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, to see what he thought. Here was his three-sentence reply: "It's a forgery. Kenya only became a Republic in December, 1964. Other arguments could also be marshaled, but they...

[...loon makes stupid, counter-productive statements at townhall...] As the heat gets turned up on the health care reform debate, anti-immigrant activists are using the issue to whip up fear and anger toward immigrants, portraying them as a costly and burdensome drain on any taxpayer-supported U.S. health care system. Angry questions about illegal immigrants getting health care at town hall meetings across the country have put many lawmakers on the defensive. At his town hall meeting in Pennsylvania, for example, Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter had to assure protesters that illegal immigrants would not be covered. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has...

It’s looking more and more like the forged “Kenyan birth certificate” released by Orly Taitz on Sunday was a prank by a supporter of President Obama. Politijab points to an anonymous blogger at FearlessBlogging, who has uploaded four photos of the original forgery and a mocking declaration: Fine cotton business paper: $11 Inkjet printer: $35 1940 Royal Model KMM manual typewriter: $10 2 Shilling coin: $1 Pilot Varsity fountain pen: $3 Punkin’ the Birthers: Priceless

There are, sadly, a lot of Birthers out there. A recent poll showed that 11 percent of Americans -- including 28 percent of Republicans -- don't believe President Obama was born in the U.S. Another 12 percent aren't sure. So, at some point, you're likely to find out that a friend or relative is a Birther. Your Uncle Floyd will forward you a chain e-mail that says Obama was actually born in Kenya and there's a Kenyan birth certificate that proves it and hundreds of government officials and reporters are in on a conspiracy to hide the truth of his...

If you understand the importance of discrediting the MSM and you're willing to help me show that CNN lied by making a phone call, please read on. Note that, while this issue involves birthcertificate, you don't have to believe any "birther theories", all you have to do is want to show that CNN lied. On the 17th of last month, Kitty Pilgrim of CNN said (transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0907/17/ldt.01.html): The Republican governor of Hawaii, Linda Lingle, on record, she says Obama was indeed born in her state... I've searched and searched and searched and I haven't been able to find any sort of...

As discussed here, the recent National Review editorial "Born in the U.S.A." (read it here) contains at least three false statements. I've twice contacted NRO asking them to correct those false statements, and I haven't received a reply. So, please use the email addresses given at the end of this post to send them brief and polite emails focused only on the false statements discussed below. The errors I found (there might be others) occur in this part of the editorial: The Hawaiian birth certificate President Obama has produced - the document is formally known as a "certificate of live...

I've been covering the Obama certificate issue for over a year; see my extensive coverage at that link. Since June of last year my focus has been on the lies and misleading statements surrounding this issue; my goal was to show that many of those discussing this issue weren't credible. My wider goal with that was to get the MSM to tell something closely approximating the truth. If the MSM tried the tell the truth instead of frequently lying as they do now, many of our problems would be lessened. For instance, forcing the MSM to tell the truth would...

The MSM and much of the Beltway establishment - GOP and Dem - has declared war on the "Birthers", but most of the latter group isn't fighting back in an effective way. That's unfortunate, since this is a golden opportunity to discredit the MSM due to all their lies and misleading statements about this issue. (If you don't understand the impact the MSM has on millions of Americans or you don't want to discredit them or you aren't willing to do a little work to discredit them, feel free to move on to the next thread.) The way to discredit...

If you think Howard Kurtz is a reliable source, please read the following. On the linked video, Kurtz says: Is it responsible for Dobbs and others to go on the air, talk about these claims, demand proof, when we have seen a copy of the birth certificate? When Hawaii officials say that Barack Obama was born there in 1961? Howard Kurtz is, at best, being very misleading. First, all we've seen is a picture of a "Certification of Live Birth", not a "birth certificate" as Kurtz claims. No government agency has ever confirmed that what's shown on that picture matches...

Dear Mr. Klein [president of CNN], As an important and respected news organization, CNN has a special responsibility to ensure the accuracy of its reporting. We have written to you before about our concern that Lou Dobbs repeatedly fails to live up to this standard in his reporting on immigration. Now, Mr. Dobbs is again trading in falsehoods and racist conspiracy theories, questioning President Obama's American citizenship. On the July 15 edition of "Lou Dobbs Tonight," Mr. Dobbs questioned the official certificate provided by the president and the State of Hawaii and complained that President Obama has not made public...