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Illegal immigration on our southern border is a terrible situation. There are individuals, families, lone children all of who have less than nothing and have walked thousands of miles with just the hope of finding food, shelter, and maybe work. There are no doubt that some of them are harden criminals. In fact, some statistics show that there is a high probability of the women on these treks being raped. They are pouring into this country by the thousand, bad habits, terrible culture, and all the problems, pain, and all the baggage that creates. The first step they take in...

Feeling a bit optimistic today . . The Left Wins Big with Covington and Smollett

First the confession and a heart-felt apology. I got carried away in the run-up to the last election and lurked and trolled at Free Republic for a while. I am sorry I did this. I realize it was pathetic and deceitful. It was also not very productive. Please be lenient. I'm sure many of you have done the same on leftists sites. In fact, I think deep down you Freepers and I aren't that different: passionate about our beliefs to the point of getting carried away by (and even obsessing with) politics. I promise I will Troll no longer. Instead,...

I just got done reading the entire Stafford Act, as well as other laws. Here's the skinny: Bush never needed Governor Blanco's nor Mayor Nagin's consent to do [b]ANYTHING[/b] in New Orleans. Posse Comitatus Act of 1878: Basically says that the Army, Navy, Air Force, etc. cannot be used to police a city "except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress" As it's been explained to me, the NG operates under the Governor's control if they're used domestically, unless they're federalized (however...

Before I begin explaining my theory, can we all agree that illegal immigration is a problem that most Americans (even liberals are against it, most of the time) disagree with? I voted for G.W. Bush for his second term because I was most certain that such a "conservative" President would do us all a favor and stop the 15 million illegal immigrants in our country, sneaking into our country at the rate of 3 million per year. After all, if homeland security is so important during this unprecedented magnitude of war, surely securing the borders should be at the top...

A change seems underway in the ideological structure of American politics. It used to be if you were a conservative, fiscal and/or social, you had a home in the Republican Party; conversely if you believed in liberal interpretations of the constitution combined with a tax and spend mentality, you were more than welcome under the big tent of the Democratic Party. Nowadays things are not that cut and dry, in fact some ideas have completely switch parties. It seems that there has been a polar shift in the ideological control of both parties. The Republican Party has completely abandoned its...