Category Archives: Immigration

Just Come Out and Say it, Already!

Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2013 by Mike Persley

This week’s amendments to the Senate’s Immigration-reform bill came flying out like fireworks on the Fourth of July. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) offered up 49 amendments alone, including one that would require immigrants to prove they have held an average … Continue reading →

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A Glaring Omission In the Plan For Immigration Reform

Posted on Monday, April 1, 2013 by Cindy Rose

First, let’s get the jargon out of the way; immigrants who are living and working here illegally are referred to as “illegals”, undocumented workers”, “out of status”, and “undocumented migrants” to name a few. When immigration hearings began earlier this … Continue reading →

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Tech Firms Lobbying for Insourcing Hurts American Workers

Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

Talk of immigration reform is bringing back an issue that I witnessed as a computer programmer in the late nineties during the dot-com bubble and shortly after – the false claim that high tech companies cannot fill available positions with … Continue reading →

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Cornyn – Making Sh*t Up to Pander to His White Trash Base

Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2013 by Doug Marquardt

When Republican John Cornyn isn’t voting against protecting women from taking a beating by his white-trash buddies, he’s busy making shit up to instill fear in the white folks and keep his name in the news. From DSCC: John Cornyn’s … Continue reading →

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Mr. Obama, Tear Down the Private Profit Prisons

Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 by Marc Belisle

“…men who so uneasily tolerate superiors patiently suffer a master, and show themselves proud and servile at the same time.” –Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America In 2007, a teenager in a depressed county of Northeastern Pennsylvania, recently bereft of … Continue reading →

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Republicans And Immigration, A Comment On Barro

Posted on Saturday, February 2, 2013 by Ken

Josh Barro has an article on Forbes titled Why Republicans Should Fear Immigration. I believe he’s missed one very important aspect regarding the liberal voting patterns of  immigrants and why Republicans tend to be on the short end of the ballots … Continue reading →

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Boehner Weighs the Pros and Cons(ervatives): a Fiscal Cliffhanger

Posted on Sunday, December 30, 2012 by Marc Belisle

As Congressional Republicans trickle back into Washington after a nice, long, relaxing, luxurious holiday vacation, House Speaker John Boehner sits alone in his office, waiting to hold a strategy session on the looming fiscal cliff. Making a piggy bank gallop … Continue reading →

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After Six Years of Campaigning, Romney Suddenly Pretends To Care About the Latino Vote

Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 by Cindy Rose

CNN reports: In a Gallup poll “conducted in August, “partially before and partially after the Republican National Convention”, Obama leads Romney among Latino registered voters 64%-27%. Needless to say, Romney is now looking to make inroads with this voting block … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Republican Party: Video

Posted on Sunday, August 26, 2012 by Lucas Kawa

Have you ever wondered why there’s never been an attack ad composed of the most asinine, absurd statements to come out of Republicans’ mouths, set to classical music? Well, so did I. Harnessing the power of the late great Steve … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney Brings Us History’s First Campaign About Nothing

Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2012 by Cindy Rose

Mitt Romney thinks Americans should vote for him merely because he’s running; as though he’s entitled to be President simply because he’s decided he wants it. His is possibly the first campaign in history that, less than three months from … Continue reading →

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