amnesty, Political wind

The pro-amnesty, pro-sanctuary Senate Republicans

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Fellow Republicans booed several Senators last week back in their home states when they spoke about the immigration legislation moving through Congress. They will continue the debate back in Washington this week and the Washington Times points out those Republicans are a little hard of hearing:

Judging by what took place in the first hours of the Senate immigration debate last week, critics are deluding themselves if they expect lawmakers to improve the bill when debate resumes after the Memorial Day recess.
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Sen. Norm Coleman a moderate Minnesota Republican who cannot possibly be termed “anti-immigrant” or a “bomb thrower” introduced an amendment aimed at closing the notorious “sanctuary city” loophole that cities and states are using to avoid compliance with federal immigration law… With all the talk we’ve heard for close to six years from politicians on the right and left about the importance of being able to “connect the dots” in order to thwart terrorist attacks, Mr. Coleman’s amendment should have passed with overwhelming bipartisan support. Instead… Mr. Menendez and Sen. Edward Kennedy defeated Mr. Coleman’s amendment by a 49-48 vote, with eight Republicans Sens. Pete Domenici (New Mexico), Chuck Hagel (Nebraska), Dick Lugar (Indiana), Mel Martinez (Florida), Olympia Snowe (Maine); Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania), George Voinovich (Ohio) and Lindsey Graham (South Carolina) joining 41 Democrats in opposition [emphasis added mine].
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Sens. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican, and Jim DeMint, South Carolina Republican, offered an amendment striking amnesty from the bill. Messrs. DeMint and Vitter sensibly warned that the Senate bill repeats the mistake of the 1986 amnesty. But their amendment was defeated 66-29: Forty-three Democrats voted for legalization, compared to nine voting against it. Disappointingly, twenty-five Republicans, among them prominent lawmakers like Sens. Jon Kyl, John Cornyn and Mitch McConnell, were on the pro-legalization side compared to 20 Republicans who voted no.

Contact your representatives and boo louder.

Keeping the faith, Support our troops

No Substitute Yet Found for U.S. Troop Blood

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The tagline at ScrappleFace is “News Fairly Unbalanced. We report. You Decipher.” While they are brilliant at political parody, I found nothing funny about their subject and words today and I suspect they were not going for a laugh:

As the United States marks Memorial Day, recognizing those who sacrificed their lives in service to the country, scientists worldwide admit they are likely years away from discovering a “fertilizer for freedom” as effective as the blood of American troops.

“Where liberty has sprouted around the world,” said one unnamed scientist, “we usually find American blood at its roots.”

Studies show that the rich soil of… READ THE REST