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The Prize Rooster Posted in Obama by Z - Jan 23, 2012

John was in the egg business. He had several hundred hens, called
‘pullets’, and ten roosters to fertilize them. He kept records, and any
rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced. This
monitoring took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached
them to the roosters. Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell
from a distance which rooster was performing. Now, he could sit on the
porch and fill out an efficiency report just by listening to the
bells.

John’s favorite rooster, Obama, was a very fine specimen, but this
morning he noticed Obama’s bell hadn’t rung at all. When he went to
investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets,
bells a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the bells, would run for
cover. To John’s amazement, Obama had thought of a way around the
problem. He had his bell in his beak so it couldn’t ring. He’d sneak
up on a pullet, do his job and move on to the next one. John was so
proud of Obama that he entered him in the State Fair and he became an
overnight sensation among the judges. The result was the judges not
only awarded Obama the No-Bell Piece Prize, but also the highly-coveted
Pullet Surprise. Clearly Obama was a natural. Who else but Obama could
figure out how to win two of the most prestigious awards on the planet
by being the best at sneaking up on the populace and screwing them
without being noticed?

Going to Be President Posted in Uncategorized by Z - Jan 22, 2012

Recently, while I was working in the flower beds in the front yard, my neighbors stopped to chat as they returned home from walking their dog. During our friendly conversation, I asked their little girl what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wanted to be President some day.

Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, “If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?”

“She replied… “I’d give food and houses to all the homeless people.” Her parents beamed with pride!

“Wow… what a worthy goal!” I said. “But you don’t have to wait until you’re President to do that!” I told her.

“What do you mean?” she replied.

So I told her, “You can come over to my house and mow the lawn, pull weeds, and trim my hedge, and I’ll pay you $50. Then you can go over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food and a new house.”

She thought that over for a few seconds, then she looked me straight in the eye and asked, “Why doesn’t the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?”

I said, “Welcome to the Republican Party.”

Her parents aren’t speaking to me.

Border Patrol’s Letter to Senator Frist Posted in Borders by Z - Jul 05, 2010

This letter sent to Tennessee Senator Bill Frist from a retired border patrol agent, and it has more common sense than all the bull being spewed from the Senate, with the exception of a few sensible representatives.

Dear Senator Frist:

There is a huge amount of propaganda and myths circulating about illegal aliens,
particularly illegal Mexican, Salvadorian, Guatemalan and Honduran aliens.

#1. Illegal aliens generally do NOT want US citizenship. Americans are very vain
thinking that everybody in the world wants to be a US citizen. Mexicans, and
other nationalities want to remain citizens of their home countries while obtaining
the benefits offered by the United States such as employment, medical care,
instate tuition, government subsidized housing and free education for their
offspring. Their main attraction is employment and their loyalty usually remains
at home. They want benefits earned and subsidized by middle class Americans.
What illegal aliens want are benefits of American residence without paying
the price.

#2. There are no jobs that Americans won’t do. Illegal aliens are doing jobs
that Americans can’t take and still support their families. Illegal aliens take
low wage jobs, live dozens in a single residence home, share expenses and
send money to their home country. There are no jobs that Americans won’t
do for a decent wage.

#3. Every person who illegally entered this nation left a home. They are NOT
homeless and they are NOT Americans. Some left jobs in their home countries.
They come to send money to their real home as evidenced by the more than 20
billion dollars sent out of the country each year by illegal aliens. These illegal
aliens knowingly and willfully entered this nation in violation of the law and
therefore assumed the risk of detection and deportation. Those who brought their
alien children assumed the responsibility and risk on behalf of their children.

#4. Illegal aliens are NOT critical to the economy. Illegal aliens constitute less
than 5% of the workforce. However, they reduce wages and benefits for lawful
US residents.

#5. This is NOT an immigrant nation. There are 280 million native born
Americans. While it is true that this nation was settled and founded by
immigrants (legal immigrants), it is also true that there is not a nation on
this planet that was not settled by immigrants at one time or another.

#6. The United States is welcoming to legal immigrants. Illegal aliens are not
immigrants by definition. The US accepts more lawful immigrants every year
than the rest of the world combined.

#7. There is no such thing as the “Hispanic vote.” Hispanics are white, brown,
black and every shade in between. Hispanics are Republicans, Democrats,
Anarchists, Communists, Marxists and Independents. The so-called “Hispanic
vote” is a myth. Pandering to illegal aliens to get the Hispanic vote is a dead end.

#8. Mexico is NOT a friend of the United States. Since 1848 Mexicans have
resented the United States. During World War I Mexico allowed German Spies
to operate freely in Mexico to spy on the US. During World War II Mexico
allowed the Axis powers to spy on the US from Mexico. During the Cold War
Mexico allowed spies hostile to the US to operate freely. The attack on the Twin
Towers in 2001 was cheered and applauded all across Mexico. Today Mexican
school children are taught that the US stole California, Arizona, New Mexico
and Texas. If you don’t believe it, check out some Mexican textbooks written
for their school children.

#9. Although some illegal aliens enter this country for a better life, there are 6
billion people on this planet. At least 1 billion of those live on less than one
dollar a day. If wanting a better life is a valid excuse to break the law and sneak
into America, then let’s allow those one billion to come to America and we’ll turn
the USA into a Third World nation overnight. Besides, there are 280 million native
born Americans who want a better life. I’ll bet Bill Gates and Donald Trump want
a better life. When will the USA lifeboat be full? Since when is wanting a better
life a good reason to trash another nation?

#10. There is a labor shortage in this country. This is a lie. There are hundreds
of thousands, if not millions, of American housewives, senior citizens, students,
unemployed and underemployed who would gladly take jobs at a decent wage.

#11. It is racist to want secure borders. What is racist about wanting secure
borders and a secure America? What is racist about not wanting people to sneak
into America and steal benefits we have set aside for legal aliens, senior citizens,
children and other legal residents? What is it about race that entitles people to
violate our laws, steal identities, and take the American Dream without paying
the price? For about four decades American politicians have refused to secure
our borders and look after the welfare of middle class Americans. These
politicians have been of both parties. A huge debt to American society has
resulted. This debt will be satisfied and the interest will be high. There has
already been riots in the streets by illegal aliens and their supporters. There will
be more. You, as a politician, have a choice to offend the illegal aliens who have
stolen into this country and demanded the rights afforded to US citizens or to
offend those of us who are stakeholders in this country. The interest will be steep
either way. There will be civil unrest. There will be a reckoning. Do you have the
courage to do what is right for America? Or, will you bow to the wants and needs
of those who don’t even have the right to remain here? There will be a reckoning.

It will come in November of this year. We will not allow America to be stolen by third world agitators and thieves.

David J. Stoddard
US Border Patrol (RET)
Hereford, Arizona

Please pass this letter on to everyone you know, including your senators and
Congressmen. We must do something about this serious problem NOW!

The Act of Boycotting Arizona Unconstitutional Posted in Borders by Z - Jun 05, 2010

Several state and regional governments have enacted selective paying for laws that discriminate against firms that do company from the southwestern state of Arizona.

State and nearby sanctions conflict with three major constitutional principles. The very first and most obvious issue is that they violate federal supremacy in making foreign policy. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled consistently that our constitutional system of government “requires that federal energy within the field affecting foreign relations be left entirely free from regional interference.” By explicitly attempting to make foreign policy, state and nearby sanctions infringe on this exclusive federal energy.

Second, state and nearby selective paying for laws are inconsistent with the Commerce Clause, which grants Congress the energy to regulate commerce with foreign nations. The clause has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to forbid states and localities from, among other things, creating “discriminations favorable or adverse to commerce with specific foreign nations.” States and localities that enact sanctions aren’t merely “market participants”; they seek to influence commerce with foreign nations.

Finally, state and regional sanctions against Arizona collide with federal law, in violation of the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. Article VI, Clause 2, forbids state and regional laws that contradict federal laws in matters where the federal government has authority to act. Congress has rejected proposals to ban trade with Burma or force divestiture of existing investments there. Yet selective buying laws seek to impose just such a policy on U.S. companies.

Several state and regional governments have enacted selective paying for laws that discriminate against firms that do company from the southwestern state of Arizona.
State and nearby sanctions conflict with three major constitutional principles. The very first and most obvious issue is that they violate federal supremacy in making foreign policy. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled consistently that our constitutional system of government “requires that federal energy within the field affecting foreign relations be left entirely free from regional interference.” By explicitly attempting to make foreign policy, state and nearby sanctions infringe on this exclusive federal energy.
Second, state and nearby selective paying for laws are inconsistent with the Commerce Clause, which grants Congress the energy to regulate commerce with foreign nations. The clause has been interpreted by the Supreme Court to forbid states and localities from, among other things, creating “discriminations favorable or adverse to commerce with specific foreign nations.” States and localities that enact sanctions aren’t merely “market participants”; they seek to influence commerce with foreign nations.
Finally, state and regional sanctions against Arizona collide with federal law, in violation of the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause. Article VI, Clause 2, forbids state and regional laws that contradict federal laws in matters where the federal government has authority to act. Congress has rejected proposals to ban trade with Burma or force divestiture of existing investments there. Yet selective buying laws seek to impose just such a policy on U.S. companies.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

CROSBY, SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OF MASSACHUSETTS, et al. v. NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL

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I’m Tired – by Robert A. Hall Posted in Economy by Z - Apr 12, 2010

I’m 63. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I’ve worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven’t called in sick in seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn’t inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, there’s no retirement in sight, and I’m tired. Very tired.

I’m tired of being told that I have to “spread the wealth” to people who don’t have my work ethic. I’m tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.

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CROSBY, SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OF MASSACHUSETTS, et al. v. NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL