Free Republic

It is time to face up to the elephant in the living room, which for some reason conservative Americans are desperately determined to ignore. "Free trade" is destroying America. A generation ago, America was the world's preeminent power. We led the world in manufacturing. Technology. Space. Innovation. In every way, America was the best. In a single generation, we have squandered that heritage, and now are deeply in debt to a communist nation which just one generation ago - rode only bicycles. WTF will it take, to wake Americans (particularly conservative Americans, who should know better) up to the very...

“. . . [Y]ou take a look at what did and didn’t work, and frankly, when it came to enforcement, again, when you say that there’s no punishment, it’s one of those things that doesn’t create disincentive for somebody to cross the border.” That was the post-mortem on the last major immigration legislation from one of the most visible salesman for what the Bush Administration hopes will be the next major immigration package. In response to a question from me at the early morning briefing for White House reporters May 31, Press Secretary Tony Snow pronounced the Simpson-Mazzoli Bill of...

<p>That's a scenario the FBI has seen unfold in financial institutions across the country. Bank robberies rose 64 percent last year in New York City. Massachusetts saw a 30 percent rise - to 303 robberies. Heists were also up statewide in Utah, Oregon, and Oklahoma.</p>