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Immigration Reform? Waiting for Speaker Hastert (CALL NOW 202-225-2976)
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Posted on 09/05/2006 10:11:51 AM PDT by davidosborne

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To: davidosborne
Congressman Bill Young was for the House version but missed the vote because when his mother passed away and he was in Florida at the time.

Toll Free Number for Congress is below the jpeg of the Capital Bldg. at my tag line.

After Hastert, other calls can be placed too.

21 posted on 09/05/2006 11:37:36 AM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org GALLAGHER & CRIST IMPORTANT STUFF)
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To: davidosborne

Sentence structure not too good in my last post but I'm tired. Good luck tonight.


22 posted on 09/05/2006 11:41:03 AM PDT by floriduh voter (www.conservative-spirit.org GALLAGHER & CRIST IMPORTANT STUFF)
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To: floriduh voter

1-877-762-8762

Thanks


23 posted on 09/05/2006 11:43:28 AM PDT by davidosborne (DavidOsborne.net)
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To: floriduh voter

lol.. looking forward to moving ahead towards the general election after the Primaries are behind us.. and all FReepers can be FRiends again... :)

David


24 posted on 09/05/2006 11:46:05 AM PDT by davidosborne (DavidOsborne.net)
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To: davidosborne

Under present circumstances, too much of what is good in the House bill will be watered down in a conference committee trying to mesh it with the Senate bill, while too many corrections of what is wrong with the Senate bill will be papered over with diplomatic language that reads one way to the public and another to the lawyers.

The ONLY way to go forward is with completely separate bills, with security and enforcement demands passed in their own bill, and passed before any consideration of the specifics of what to do next.

Only after that can revised immigration levels and anything else be considered - without the majority having to compromise on security, just to pass a bill. Only when we do not have to make compromises over security do we maintain the strength, in Congress to not make too many compromises over the rest.


25 posted on 09/05/2006 11:54:44 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: Wuli

There are no "RULES" that a conference report must contain a "compromise"... if we the people inform our elected officials that the HOUSE bill is what we want, then the conference will be a success.. but to avoid a conference is a punt, and that is unacceptable..


26 posted on 09/05/2006 12:02:09 PM PDT by davidosborne (DavidOsborne.net)
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To: davidosborne

I appreciate your idealism, but please tell me when in the last six years that a majority of GOP Senators cared more about what the GOP base thinks than what the LameStreamMedia thinks. It has been far too infrequently and John McPain has more RINOs who will side with him than the moderates and conservatives who are willing to stick their neck out against McPain and his primary constituency - the media.

There is no hope for the security and enforcement mandates we seek unless the Senate is forced by the House to vote on them separately - making the Senators say they either want enforcement or not, and not getting away with diluting the enforcement provisions in conference.

The Senate's ear is not tuned to the people. They behave as did the imperial Roman Senate and look to, live by and seek support from the media more than people. They believe that as long as they have the media behind them, they can sell their positions in the next campaign. Only a revolt in the GOP primaries will dilute the RINO ranks enough to achieve the ideal GOP majority you expect to act for you now.


27 posted on 09/05/2006 12:37:02 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: davidosborne

TONIGHT IN FARMERS BRANCH TX AT 5pm

http://www.farmers-branch.net/web/fb/home.nsf

If at all possible, TAKE A STAND FOR THIS NATION and the Farmers Branch, TX
community. Show up (early at 5:30 pm for outside activities) to participate in
a visible show of support for the Ordinance, THE RULE OF LAW, and SECURING OUR
BORDERS -- NOW! City Council meeting starts at 6:30 p.m.

LULAC and the illegals will be there so they need hundreds of Americans to show
up to counter their presence in a safe location and show support for the
Ordinance and these brave Farmers Branch, TX Councilmembers.

Location of Council Meeting on 9/5/06:
Farmers Branch City Hall
13000 William Dodson Parkway
(Between Josey and I-35, South of Valley View)


28 posted on 09/05/2006 12:46:06 PM PDT by stopem (God Bless the U.S.A the Troops who protect her, and their Commander In Chief !)
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To: Wuli

You seem to think that this is a "republican" issue.. you need only go to some of the liberal blogs to see that moderate democrats support the HOUSE bill as well... we need to stop making immigration a Liberal v Conservative debate.. this can't be further from the truth.. the FACT is that the MAJORITY of AMERICANS Republican and Democrat think that the HOUSE version is correct.... we lose a lot of power when we spin it as a Republican vs Democrat debate, which it is not.. here is a test.. CALL every congressman in your state and ask their staff if the congressman supports this bill going to conference.. you will find that they do.. but yet no conference...


29 posted on 09/05/2006 12:46:59 PM PDT by davidosborne (DavidOsborne.net)
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To: davidosborne
... FReepers must not let congress get away with the "punt" approach to the immigration debate.

Absolutely correct. 2 months are left of legislative time in the House. Git 'er done!

30 posted on 09/05/2006 1:06:56 PM PDT by afnamvet (It is what it is.)
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To: davidosborne

The fact is that the Demorats in the Senate are even more turned off to the people at home than the RINOs in the Senate, with regard to immigration. They, and their friends in the media are not going to lift up the extent to which people back home in their own party are in favor of enforcement first. They are not going to support any local Dim organization on that point or give it internal or external discussion time. They know that as long as the media stays on their side (the Senate bill) they can tune out EVERYONE with a contrary view. They are not even allowing their House candidates to widely debate the issue in their own primaries.

Sorry, only the GOP in the House can obtain an enforcement first policy and only if adopting that policy first, on its own is the only option to getting anything else considered.

Unless grass roots Dims join Republicans, on the home front, and make a large enough joint movement and public push, does your idealism have any hope. I don't see that happening. They will continue to be diverted by the anti-war, hate Bush, bad-big-oil, type of political diversions that have kept them from looking deep enough to understand that the McPain-Kennedy "comprehensive" Senate bill is a fraud.


31 posted on 09/05/2006 1:08:41 PM PDT by Wuli
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The War on Terror . . . with a little more firepower - Violence and tensions along the U.S.-Mexican border have never been higher, sparked by battles between rival drug lords and an increased flow of illegal migrants. To combat the threat, the United States has executed Operation Rampart: a controversial test base in Southern California run by Major Richter and TALON, his high-tech special operations unit.

The author covers all we've been covering here, he must be a Freeper!

34 posted on 09/05/2006 1:19:55 PM PDT by JustPiper (It is not, "Who is she?" but rather "Who does she think she is?")
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To: davidosborne; WestCoastGal; MamaDearest; FairOpinion; Pro-Bush; exhaustedmomma; HiJinx; ...
I was incensed following this march locally

WHAT is the connection to the WOT? You tell me?!

The march, which begins Friday, will be peppered with rallies in Chicago's Chinatown and Little Villageneighborhoods as well as Cicero, Melrose Park, Villa Park, West Chicago and Batavia. Supporters can join marchers along the route or go the entire distance.
St. Frances of Rome Catholic Church in Cicero, the Islamic Foundation in Villa Park and St. Mary Catholic Church in West Chicago are providing overnight accommodations and meals. Local businesses have donated food."

40-Mile Immigration March Ends At Police Barricade Most Pariticpants Were Latino, But Marchers Came From Around The Globe-But the marchers did not go unchallenged in their journey. Opponents with the Illinois Minutemen were at several stops along the route.
“We're outraged at them. We've been outraged for years!” said Carl Segvich of the Chicago Minutemen Project.
Segvich said all illegal immigrants should be arrested and kicked out of the country.

Marchers demand Hastert act • Immigration reform: Two arrests mar boisterous rally - Counterdemonstration held
Critics of the pro-immigration groups began gathering early Monday. The anticipation grew, along with the crowd, when announcements were made that the marchers were just blocks away from their destination. Signs and flags were abundant.

4-day protest reaches end-Immigrant activists met by critics, not Hastert, in Batavia-Also on hand Monday were about 150 counter-protesters, including members of the Chicago Minuteman Project.
Emotion and name-calling were plentiful.Counter-protesters repeatedly yelled "Go home" and "March to Mexico" as the immigration march made its way down Wilson Street.
"Do you need a translation?" truck driver Paul Klein, 51, of Des Plaines screamed out. "Illegal is a crime."

Immigrant group taking a long walk- 4-day march to end at Hastert's office- On Wednesday, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights released a report that showed a 38 percent jump over the last five years in the number of naturalized citizens--eligible voters--who have moved to Chicago's suburbs. DuPage County had the most dramatic surge, with an increase close to 50 percent.

36 posted on 09/05/2006 1:33:13 PM PDT by JustPiper (It is not, "Who is she?" but rather "Who does she think she is?")
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To: TWOJAKES; All

Is Immigration reform off the table? We’ll tell you whether the
Republican leadership is abandoning the attempt to fix our
illegal immigration and border security crisis ahead of the
fall elections.

Mass immigration rallies are taking place in major cities
across the country. But as pro-immigration advocates march in
cities such as Chicago, Washington, Phoenix and Los Angeles,
they are facing a less friendly political climate in the
nation's capital. We'll have that report.

And we’ll be joined by former presidential candidate Patrick
Buchanan, who says illegal immigration is the greatest invasion
in history and charges the Mexican government of a deliberate
campaign to relieve its social pressures by dumping its poor
and unemployed into the United States. He will discuss his new
book, "State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and
Conquest of America."

The president and Congress are focusing on national security as
the November elections looms. Yet the sleeper issue in this
midterm elections may well be the War on the Middle Class.
Wages for college-educated men and women are down over the past
five years, while college tuition, gas prices and housing costs
are up sharply. We'll have the latest update on the upcoming
elections.

Brad Meltzer, author of "The Book of Fate," joins us to talk
about how he's helping the Department of Homeland Security beat
terrorists at their own game.

Visit http://cnn.com/loudobbstonight for more on
tonight’s show.


38 posted on 09/05/2006 1:40:25 PM PDT by JustPiper (It is not, "Who is she?" but rather "Who does she think she is?")
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MEXICO CITY (AP) Mexico's top electoral court has declared ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon president-elect of Mexico.


40 posted on 09/05/2006 1:45:11 PM PDT by JustPiper (It is not, "Who is she?" but rather "Who does she think she is?")
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