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Everyone recalls Biden’s remark that the U.S. might soft-pedal its response if Russia engaged in only a “minor incursion” in Ukraine. Well, surprise, surprise! Given the green light from Biden, Russia is unilaterally annexing only a portion of Ukraine. There’s its “minor incursion.” Biden is trying to talk and act tough but, of course, it’s too late. And here’s something to ponder: Don’t think that can’t happen here. Having given Putin the go-ahead, Biden is now imposing a few sanctions on Putin’s cronies, as well as putting a sanction on sovereign debt, limiting Putin’s ability to raise money in the...

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Sam, the wealthiest man in his neighborhood, lives in a big beautiful house with a massive backyard punctuated by a large, deep swimming pool. While Sam is personally not very fond of children -- he supports abortion on demand and believes the government should force all employers to offer female workers free sterilizations -- he nonetheless lives in a neighborhood that teems with little ones. The children are particularly attracted to Sam's beautiful pool -- and, on those rare occasions when Sam is actually in his backyard, he frequently finds himself shooing these children away. Worried relatives have repeatedly...

Massachusetts Sheriff Tom Hodgson is speaking out against the flow of illegal immigrants to his state, saying, “We’re all becoming border states now.” “We want to know, what are the trends? What’s happening? What can we expect? We know there are going to be more coming here from Texas. We’ve already had two groups coming off the planes here,” Hodgson told his local news station. According to Hodgson, one immigration attorney in state has seen one hundred unaccompanied children come to his practice just over the past two months. Hodgson is traveling to Texas with several other sheriffs to evaluate...

WASHINGTON -- In an effort to stem the illicit flow of weapons into Mexico, the Justice Department announced Monday that all gun shops in four Southwest border states will be required to alert the federal government to frequent buyers of high-powered rifles. The new policy comes amid criticism of a failed federal probe aimed at dismantling large-scale arms trafficking networks along the Arizona border with Mexico. In the probe, called Operation Fast and Furious, several agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives say they were inexplicably ordered by superiors to stop tracking some small-time "straw" buyers who...

MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 7 /Standard Newswire/ -- Senator Fred Thompson announced his extensive Tennessee political leadership team today. Senator Howard Baker will serve as the honorary chairman of the Tennessee delegation, joined by 13 honorary co-chairs and 61 honorary state chairs, reflecting the depth of support for Senator Thompson in Tennessee. This leadership team includes two former United States Senate majority leaders, current and former members of Congress, former governors, and every Republican member of the Tennessee state legislature. "I am grateful for the wide support I'm receiving from my home state of Tennessee," said Senator Fred Thompson. "This group...

U.S.-Mexico leaders vow to expand trade while securing the border In two languages, leaders of U.S. and Mexico border states embraced one vision Thursday, pledging at the 24th Border Governors Conference at the Texas Capitol to develop mutually beneficial policies to enhance border security and economic development. "We are bound together not only by a common border but a common future," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said at the conference's opening ceremonies in the Senate chamber. Perry, flanked by the leaders of eight other U.S.-Mexico border states, said the governors face new challenges in a new era. "We can't return to...

-Focus is on states' growing role in federal issues- When U.S. and Mexico border governors meet at the Texas Capitol today for talks on border security and trade, protesters outside will demonstrate against proposals to build border fences and make felons of people in the country illegally. The planned protests would seem misplaced, since those are federal issues, but the tempest that usually surrounds the nation's illegal immigration debate more and more is moving to the states. With Congress deadlocked on how to deal with an estimated 12 million immigrants living in the United States, Texas and other states are...

Clear Thinking on Immigration by Andrew M. Yuengert Amid the heated rhetoric and dubious claims made on both sides of the immigration debate – that any concerns about immigration are evidence of racism, that immigrants are ruining the economy – we should all take a deep breath and call to mind the following points: There is a right to immigrate, but it is not absolute. Immigrants are people of great dignity, most of them are very poor, and we should not exclude their interests from our discussions about immigration policy. They have a claim on the generosity of a generous...

TORREON, Mexico (AP) -- The governors of states along the US-Mexico border are pledging to work together to fight a wave of drug-fueled violence in border communities. The pledge comes in a conference in Mexico being attended by the governors of most of the states. Mexican President Vicente Fox addressed the gathering in a video message, and spoke against U-S civilian border patrols. He said Mexico will demand that the human rights of migrants be respected.

I apologize for the Vanity, but I would like to solicit help from FReepers to do a little digging and help us to flex our Red Muscles. I believe it is time for us to realize that the current governments of our respective neighbors in Mexico and Canada are no longer interested in the good of this country, so I believe that it is time for us to take action. Not by boycotting...they don't really care. But by helping to fund and organize conservative movements in these countries. Libs have been doing this for decades and have accomplished the transformation...

Terrorist Base South of U.S. Border December 1, 2003 © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com International law-enforcement authorities combating terrorism have growing concerns about a major influx into the Latin American nation of Paraguay of Arabic-speaking visitors carrying European passports. Some of these "Europeans" could not even speak the language of their so-called mother land, according to a report in the latest issue of Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, an online premium intelligence newsletter published by WND. Many of the visitors and emigres travel to the triple border region where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet. This region, often described as a lawless area, is...

WASHINGTON — In a last-minute flurry of activity, the Senate passed a bill that would help U.S. border states and cities shoulder the burden of jailing undocumented workers arrested for crimes in the United States. The bill would provide up to $6.4 billion over seven years to reimburse states, with Texas and California receiving the lion's share of funding, a spokesman for Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Wednesday. "For too long, the federal government has neglected the enormous financial burdens our failed immigration policies have placed on local law enforcement. That must end," Cornyn said in a statement. The Senate...