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STATES' RIGHTS (click here for more)
A Rising Anti-Government Tide
Washington Post - United States
Five taxing and spending measures were rejected by 62.6 to 66.4 percent of the
voters. That is a consistent majority of enormous potential. ...
Yakama Nation man leads anti-immigrant efforts
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
It's an issue of sovereignty, fragmentation and cultural identity, said Tom
Colonnese, a professor in the University of Washington's American Indian Studies
...
Is Obama A Secessionist Now Too? | KXNet.com North Dakota News
KXMC -
Minot,ND,USA
Nor do they want secession. They simply want the sovereignty of the various
states restored and respected by the federal government. And so does Obama now,
...
Obama opens the door to more state regulation of business
Daily
Finance - New York,NY,USA
The Supreme Court made it clear the court did not agree with Bush's position on
state's rights in Wyeth v. Levine. In a six to three vote, the court ruled ...
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The Southern National Congress
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Today the Southern National Congress (SNC) released seven resolutions called Remonstrances and Petitions for a Redress of Grievances, passed by the Congress during its historic first session December 5-7, 2008 in Hendersonville, NC. 100 Delegates from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia met to take up matters of great concern to the Southern People. After a spirited and well-informed debate, the SNC passed the remonstrances dealing with these vital issues...
NEW CONTINENTAL CONGRESS TO MEET IN PHILADELPHIA
Early this year, selected delegates representing the People of each of the fifty states will convene in Philadelphia to debate our constitutional crisis and establish practicable strategies the People can take, en masse, to peacefully reclaim Liberty and restore Constitutional Order. These historical proceedings will be known as the “Continental Congress 2009.”
UPDATE #19: Continental Congress 2009
This update regards the upcoming historic Continental Congress 2009 event to be held later this year. As part of CC 2009, delegates selected by the People from each of the fifty states will convene to discuss the Government’s ongoing violations of the Constitution and strategies the People can employ to peaceably curtail the abuse.
States' Rights and the Growing Rebellion - A Status Report
After decades of uninterrupted drift toward a socialist state and a bloated federal bureaucracy, the legislatures of a number of states are beginning to take matters into their own hands.
WORLD FINANCIAL DILEMMA
Bogus "Solutions" to the Financial Crisis: The Latest in Junk Economics
It looks like bookstores are about to be swamped this summer and fall by a forest of advice for which publishers gave respectable advances a year ago as the economy was going off the rails. Seeking to minimize the risk of cognitive dissonance, the marketing strategy seems to be to offer advice by well-placed or celebrity insiders on how to recover the kind of free lunch that American pension plans – and popular hopes for easy wealth – have long assumed to be part of the natural law of economic growth, if only it can be better managed. The fantasy people want to buy is that the happy 1981-2007 era of debt-leveraged price gains for real estate, stocks and bonds can be brought back. But the Bubble Economy was so debt-leveraged that it cannot reasonably be restored. This means that publishers have achieved the marketer's dream of planned obsolescence: Readers a year or so from now will have to buy a new slew of books as they feel hungry again from the lack of intellectual protein.
Palin Vetoes Stimulus Energy Funds
Gov. Sarah Palin is at war with state lawmakers after vetoing their acceptance of $28.6 million in federal stimulus money for weatherization and renewable energy projects. Legislators said no other state has rejected the energy-cost money. Palin, who accepted the rest of the $930 million in stimulus money Alaska is eligible for, said the energy funds would have forced communities to adopt new building codes.
Geithner Skeptical of Calif. Bailout
(By Brady Dennis)
Tracking Stimulus Spending May Not Be as Easy as Promised
(By Alec MacGillis)
Chrysler Dealers Make Case Against Closings
By
NICK BUNKLEY
Chrysler dealers
targeted for closings say they were duped into decisions they thought would help
the company.
G.M. Draws Another $4 Billion From Treasury
By
BILL VLASIC and IAN AUSTEN
The amount is
$1.4 billion more than G.M. had initially estimated that it would need to
operate until the end of May.
As Dollars Pile Up, Uneasy Traders Lower the Currency’s Value
By
JACK HEALY
The dollar fell
to its lowest point in five months on concerns that stimulus efforts may set off
inflation.
China says stimulus spending won't endanger environment
Xinhua
- China
Instead, of the 230 billion yuan central government spending that had already
been distributed, 10 percent had been directly invested in energy saving, ...
Dollar Decline Begins In Earnest as U.S. Deficits Climb
The dollar has likely begun its long term decline, say investment experts, who add that the risk to America’s investment grade rating could start a stampede away from greenback, devaluing the currency even faster. The dollar’s recent bottom was on March 4, right around the time of the stock market low, when it hit $1.23 to the euro. It now trades at $1.38 to the euro. It recently peaked at $1.44 on Dec. 17 of last year.
Wilbur Ross Starts Bank Buy Ups
The federal seizure of struggling Florida thrift BankUnited FSB is expected to cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. $4.9 billion, representing the second-largest hit to the FDIC's insurance fund since the financial crisis began felling banks last year. The costliest was last year's seizure of California lender IndyMac Bank, on which the bank insurance fund is estimated to have lost $10.7 billion.
U.S. Dollar In for Some Tough Months Ahead
Here are some of the recent factors that are starting to sour things for the dollar. GM is dumping 42 percent of its car dealers and Chrysler is dumping 25 percent of its dealers. Now, I’m sure Japan carmakers like Toyota, Honda, and Mazda love this. Since our biggest American icons are having such difficulties, it encourages money to look elsewhere for investment. As each passing day goes by, investors are reminded about how bad things are. This really hurts the sentiment out there and encourages “dollar investors” to take their money elsewhere.
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Fact Sheet: E-Verify (Read This And Send It To Your Elected Officials – Don’t Let Them Get Away With Lies About This Program) US Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify (formerly known as the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program) is an Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) administers the program. E-Verify is free and voluntary and is the best means available for determining employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security Numbers. Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) ProgramUS Citizenship and Immigration Services The SAVE Program enables Federal, state, and local government agencies and licensing bureaus to obtain immigration status information they need in order to determine a non-citizen applicant's eligibility for many public benefits. The Program also administers employment verification pilot programs that enable employers to quickly and easily verify the work authorization of their newly hired employees.
Facts About the Social Security “No-Match” Letter Each year, employers file a Wage and Tax Statement (Form W-2) with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to report how much they paid their employees and how much they deducted in taxes from employees’ wages throughout the year. SSA sends a “no-match” letter when the names or Social Security numbers (SSNs) listed on an employer’s Form W-2 do not match SSA’s records.
US-VISIT is a continuum of security measures that begins overseas and continues through arrival and departure from the United States to ensure the person crossing our border is the same person who received the visa.
A Law Enforcement Partnership 287 (g) Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)
ICE ACCESS (Agreements of Cooperation
in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security)
provides local law enforcement agencies an opportunity to team with
ICE to combat specific challenges in their communities. The
287(g) program is only one component under the ICE ACCESS umbrella
of services and programs offered for assistance to local law
enforcement officers. ICE Mutual Agreement Between Government and Employers (IMAGE) To combat unlawful employment and reduce vulnerabilities that help illegal aliens gain such employment, the ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers (IMAGE) program was initiated in 2007. The goal is to assist employers in targeted sectors to develop a more secure and stable workforce and to enhance fraudulent document awareness through education and training.
The Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) A Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-wide system for the storage and processing of biometric and limited biographic information for DHS national security, law enforcement, immigration, intelligence, and other DHS mission-related functions, and to provide associated testing, training, management reporting, planning and analysis, or other administrative uses.
Secure Communities: A Comprehensive Plan to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is improving community safety by transforming the way the federal government cooperates with state and local law enforcement agencies to identify, detain, and remove all criminal aliens held in custody. Secure Communities: A Comprehensive Plan to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens, will change immigration enforcement by using technology to share information between law enforcement agencies and by applying risk-based methodologies to focus resources on assisting all local communities remove high-risk criminal aliens.
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IMMIGRATION (click on this line for more)
US offers to renew talks with Cuba on immigration
Faulty and Superficial Study From Immigration Lawyers Lobby As an undergraduate economics major with one year to go, I am amazed at the amateurish analysis contained in a new study by an immigration lawyers group that contends that immigration rates in an area have no connection to unemployment, crime, drugs, robberies, and a total destruction of the overall moral in the area. Like in Mexico!
Former Rep. Hayworth rips immigration-reform efforts Former Arizona Rep. J.D. Hayworth returned to Congress on Wednesday to blast immigration- reform efforts by lawmakers and the Obama administration. -- The real goal of reform, Hayworth told a Senate Judiciary panel on immigration, is to make it easier for illegal immigrants to remain in the US "because some Republicans want cheap labor, and some Democrats want cheap votes."
SK Foods' Salyer faces class-action lawsuit A federal judge has certified a class-action suit alleging that Monterey agribusiness executive Scott Salyer intentionally hired undocumented workers to depress wages at his tomato processing plant in Lemoore. -- The ruling last week by U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Ishii in the 2006 suit by a former machinist...
We promise to keep enforcing the law, honest! Chuck Schumer is making a big show of (the Bush administration's!) immigration enforcement successes, arguing, in the words of the Washington Times story, that "lawmakers have proved to the nation that they are serious about security. Now, he said, voters should be ready to accept a law that legalizes illegal [aliens] and rewrites immigration rules."
US immigration reform looms on horizon
Government Expects to Deport 'Tens of Thousands' More Immigrants ...
Judge refuses to reconsider immigration law
Parents characterize immigration officials' actions as raid
Immigration plans new SoCal detention facility
Former IA restaurant owner charged again
AMERICA GALLOPING TOWARD ITS GREATEST CRISIS IN THE 21ST CENTURY The United States gallops headlong into its greatest crisis early in the 21st century. At current growth rates, America expects to add 100 million people by 2035—a mere 26 years from now.
Oklahoma lawmakers vote to deport illegal aliens from state prisons
Officials Interviewed by FBI about Sheriff The FBI has interviewed a handful of Maricopa County and Phoenix public officials and public employees during the past few months about whether Sheriff Joe Arpaio has abused his authority, according to sources who say they have been interviewed by federal agents. Arpaio said he was not aware of an FBI inquiry.
Dozens arrested in crackdown on Latino gang accused of targeting blacks By Scott Glover and Richard Winton Authorities charge 147 members and associates in a massive racketeering case with racially motivated attacks designed to drive African Americans out of Hawaiian Gardens.
Coalition for the Future American Worker
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Security and Prosperity Partnership and the North American Union (click on above title in red to learn about the SPP and their planned strategy)
It's
Not a Conspiracy...
It's Just a Cover-Up!
"The True Story of the Bilderberg Group" Going to the Big Screen
Bill Targets Gun Smuggling to Mexico A bill on its way to Gov. Rick Perry’s desk will help authorities crack down on gun smuggling from Texas to Mexico, the state’s chief law enforcement official said. Attorney General Greg Abbott said the legislation is intended to prevent drug cartels from obtaining weapons that have fueled recent violence and instability in Mexico.
EDUCATION (click on this line for more)
Two Plus Two Can't Ever Equal Five …
A Radical Proposal For Real Stimulus
Superintendent outlines plans for stimulus funds
The Heartland’s Institute – School Reform News
2009 June School Reform News: Rallying for Choice in DC
Bill Aims to Shake Up Nevada Education Structures
Costly Michigan Early Retirement Bill Stopped in Legislature
Denver Lightens Regulations on Two Schools
Experts Divided on Best Approach for Voucher School Accountability
Kansas Teachers Leave State and National Unions
Nationally Renowned Virtual School Saved at 11th Hour
Nevada Bill Aims for Big Per-Pupil Spending Hike
Nevada Special-Needs Students May Get School Choice
North Dakota Loosens Homeschooling Law
Online Company Helps Educate People Worldwide
Oregon Choice Bill Expires
Parents, Children Rally for School Choice in DC
RAND Study: Charter Schools Don’t Hurt Traditional Schools
Report: Milwaukee Voucher Program Serving Students, Taxpayers Well
South Carolina Considers School Choice Bill
Stimulus Funding for States Could Bolster Status Quo
Texas Considers Special-Needs Voucher Programs
Texas Poised to Expand Charter Schools
City schools' permanent-expulsion plan seems beneficial only for ...
Duncan outlines school reform agenda Rewarding effective teaching, expanding the learning time, collecting meaningful data, and transforming underperforming high schools are the four key areas the U.S. Department of Education (ED) plans to target in the next year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told school stakeholders at the Center for American Progress's "Resource, Allocation, Reinvestment, and Education Reform" conference May 18
17 ways college campuses are changing New online opportunities, increased use of "e-resources," and new teaching tools are among the 17 biggest differences between college today and college just 10 years ago, says U.S. News & World Report.
YouTube increasingly less of an option in schools Although there are an extraordinary number of good educational videos on YouTube, it appears the junk is on its way to overwhelming the good but ZDNet blogger Christopher Dawson has a solution.
Microsoft's DigiGirlz Day helps girls tackle tech During DigiGirlz Day at Microsoft's New England Research and Development (NERD) site in Cambridge, Mass., 177 high school girls recently programmed miniature robots, made musical Play-Doh, learned about internet safety, and discovered how architects used math to gut two floors of the research center without compromising the building's structural integrity. The day's activities were part of 25 free one-day events happening around the world, designed to keep girls interested in science and math, reports Mass High Tech.
UI center provides software to help those with reading difficulties Thanks to a free new software program, University of Iowa students, faculty, and staff who have difficulty reading online will now have help with BrowseAloud, reports Media-Newswire.com.
White House launches open government initiative The White House has invited ordinary Americans to contribute ideas on making government more open and has unveiled a new web site where raw federal data will be put online for public use, AFP reports.
EMINENT DOMAIN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS (click on this line for more)
Muddled messages: Just what can police do when it comes to GPS?
GUEST VIEW: Protect property rights in siting of turbines
Pennichuck warms up to Nashua sale
County Takes Mineral Rights Along with Your Property
St. Louis neighborhood could see $5.4B development
PROPERTY TAXES
Bedford residents to see 1% hike in summer property taxes
Delinquent taxes rise in Rutland
Haunted by property taxes
Taxes fund $25M in lobbyists salaries
Wake up, Albany, and cut away layers of government
Commentary -- Paying more, getting less
Delinquent property taxes rise amid economic woes
Commercial property taxes to shrink
Income tax gets a boost at forum
Camco budget holds line on taxes
Taking Liberty – How Private Property Is Being Abolished In America OBESE GOVERNMENT – Waste, Fraud and Abuse (click on this line for more) Obama Moves to Undo State Preemptions President Obama continued to reverse his predecessor's policies by undoing a controversial Bush administration rule known as "preemption" that used federal regulations to override state laws on the environment, health, public safety and other issues. The president ordered department heads to review all regulations issued in the past 10 years that are designed to preempt state law.
California's tax revolt
IRS lax in destroying sensitive tax papers - report Sensitive documents about U.S. taxpayers were found in trash outside all Internal Revenue Service sites visited in a investigation, putting the people at risk of identity theft, an inspector's report says.
White House Rolls Out Web Site, Initiatives to Boost Transparency (By Kim Hart)
Senators disclose earmarks
March trips total $27000 for officials
State policies work against good fiscal management
Is there anything wrong with 'earmarks'?
If Hodes is a reformer, here's an earmark idea he should support ...
Ohio Senate likely to preserve statewide earmarks
Californians reject budget measures and tax increases
John Campbell's Attempt at 'Negative Earmarking' Voted Down
Government consolidation legislation unveiled
VOTER FRAUD (A Bi-Partisan Phenomenon)
Lesniak-Sweeney 'Vote By Mail Law' Receives Senate Approval
Vote controversy, conspiracy buzzes from Lambert backers over ...
Call for ballot reform renewed
Get ready for the fireworks. Texas House will take the voter ID on ...
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