Left and right....everyone sold out, time to face reality.

Conservatives have proven they care more about the money coming from the Koch Bros. and the lies coming from Grover Norquist than they care about the truth or freedom.  Not a dimes worth of difference between them and liberal democrats.

You sold out!  You refused to shine the light of truth on  your sacred cows like the Bush's, Rubio, Sara Palin, etc.  YOU have determined our future and it won't be pretty.  You were warned.

There are STILL republicans who want to run jack asses like Newt Gingrich for President. If you have no better memory than that, you shouldn't be voting!
 Now...the TEN most dangerous people in the GOP:
1. GROVER NORQUIST
2. Newt Gingrich
3. The Koch Brothers
4. Al Cardenas
5. Cesar Conda - WHO??
6. John McCain
7. Karl Rove
8. John Boehner
9. Mitch McConnell
10. Anyone named BUSH or Cheney
AND if you don't know WHY they are dangerous, YOU should NOT be voting!

Now run along you phony Christians and even more phony Turd Blossom conservatives, your NEW AMERICA is waiting for you....and you're not going to like it any better than the few of us who had to fight the left and YOU to try to stop it!   Damn you for not opening your eyes, for sinking to be followers of the cult of personality.   None of you are worth any more years of my precious time.
You have blood on your hands.  You destroyed the greatest nation ever know to man.  


Ann Coulter came close to getting this right in her recent column:

Beware of Liberals who come in Evangelicals’ clothing

"Principles do not vary depending on personal circumstances. But these so-called Evangelicals wouldn’t know a principle unless it sat next to them in the pew.....

Adopting a classic liberal trait, these Christians incapable of abstract thinking seem to believe that true compassion consists of giving away something that isn’t theirs. They repeatedly cite the biblical passage about treating the stranger as you would yourself. But I note that they don’t invite strangers to move into their houses, sleep in their beds, eat their food and have sex with their wives.

No, they demand that we transform our country into a bankrupt, Third World hellhole so that they can feel good about themselves. But every American has an interest in what kind of country this is. America isn’t theirs to give away out of phony “Christian” compassion."
"

http://www.humanevents.com/2013/05/08/coulter-beware-of-liberals-who-come-in-evangelicals-clothing/

Thanks to our few, faithful readers who actually GOT IT!    Our time has passed.  Good bye all.

The pro AMNESTY, cheap labor KOCH Bros. - Another Conservative Fantasy!

I can't tell you how many times in the last month good republicans have gone after me because I dared to disclose the truth about the KOCH Bros. Misguided conservatives are all taken in at the idea the Kochs might buy some big newspapers and they're singing the praises of their rich 'saviors'...they simply won't hear that the Kochs have ALWAYS been pro amnesty....contributed hugely to Marco Rubio and hire GRover Norquist to do their bidding. 

The Norquist fraud group ATR got millions from the Kochs last year & millions from Karl Roves' pac who gets money from the KOCHS. They're for every 'free trade' , cheap labor agreement and same sex marriage.
What is it going to take to get the conservative base to look at FACTS!??

Conservatives!  YOU are your own worst enemy! CLEAN OUT YOUR OWN MESS FIRST!  Your conservative institutions/idols have been take over!   They do not serve you!  They have blood on their hands for facilitating this uncontrolled migration for decades!
WAKE THE HELL UP!

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/05/10/Koch-Sponsors-Pro-Amnesty-BuzzFeed-Event

Koch Sponsors Pro-Amnesty BuzzFeed Event

An event touting itself as an evening of immigration reform discussion with a "diversity of opinion" turns out to be slanted heavily towards "comprehensive immigration reform." The BuzzFeed Brews Special Edition: Immigration Summit, sponsored by the Charles Koch Institute, will take place Tuesday, May 14th from 6 PM - 8 PM Eastern Time. The Charles Koch Institute is an educational offshoot of the Charles Koch Foundation. 

It's an unusual pairing: BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith has a reputation for liberal bias (he recently blamed "the right" for conditions of Kermit Gosnell's abortion clinic) will be the moderator; Charles Koch, founder of the libertarian CATO Institute, is one of the people most reviled by the left.
The goal of the event is described as follows:

[W]e believe one of the best ways to turn conversations into solutions is through the challenge of assumptions and exchange of ideas. Our event on immigration aims to do just that by bringing together a diversity of opinions for a thoughtful dialogue.

At first glance, the panel appears diverse: the six invitees include a Democrat politician, a Republican politician, two members of conservative organizations, one from a liberal Hispanic/Latino organization, and one from a libertarian think tank.
Looking closer, however, five of the invitees are strongly in favor of the comprehensive immigration reform/amnesty package being put forward by the "Gang of Eight" in Congress. Only one guest--from The Heritage Foundation--has been critical of the proposed immigration reform package. Additionally, an illegal immigrant who is an award-winning journalist will be assisting in broadcasting the event.
Here's the lineup:
Clarissa Martinez, Director of Immigration & National Campaigns at National Council of La Raza: NCLR has been funded by George Soros's Open Society Foundation, describes itself as "the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States," and has been a major supporter of the current immigration reform bill. La Raza and Ms. Martinez were directly involved in a controversial memo that granted de facto amnesty by changing ICE policy in 2012. Ironically, La Raza joined with the NAACP and other institutional left to protest in front of the Koch Industries offices months ago, accusing the Kochs of savaging democracy.
Mario Lopez, President at Hispanic Leadership Fund: The group describes itself as center-right and says its mission is "strengthening working families by promoting common-sense public policy solutions rooted in free enterprise, limited government, and individual freedom." The group is strongly supportive of "comprehensive immigration reform."
The advisory board of the Hispanic Leadership Fund includes Grover Norquist, who has been strongly critical of the recent Heritage Foundation report that claims that the proposed 800+ page immigration reform bill will have a long-term cost of over $6 trillion. Lopez was involved in what some are calling a "smear of immigration hawks" when he launched a guilt-by-association attack on Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies for supposedly not sharing conservative policy goals.
Joaquin Castro: A freshman Democrat congressman from Texas and the twin brother of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, the keynote speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Their mother, Maria "Rosie" Castro, was a community organizer and helped found the socialist, anti-Anglo political group La Raza Unidas (The Race United), whose goal is the "the Liberation of Aztlan, and that Aztlan is composed of five southwestern states; California, Arizona, Nuevo Mexico, Tejas and Colorado." Joaquin has done a number of talk show appearances and has been described as "the unofficial ambassador on immigration for the Obama Administration."
Luis G. Fortuño, former Governor of Puerto Rico: A Republican, he is on the Advisory Board of the Hispanic Leadership Fund. In 2007, he supported Gang of Eight member Jeff Flake's STRIVE act (co-sponsored with Democrat Luis Gutierrez) that included amnesty, saying, "Only a comprehensive immigration reform plan like the STRIVE Act will help us achieve an effective, lasting, and viable solution to the immigration issues facing our nation."
Jose Antonio Vargas will be live-tweeting the event. Although he's not a panelist, Mr. Vargas is a participant and is mentioned promimently on the website advertising the event. He's a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, as well as an undocumented alien who revealed his illegal status over a year ago. He discusses his status as an unrepentant illegal alien in an essay on his blog entitled Not Legal, Not Leaving.
Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst at The Cato Institute: CATO has been helping to push the immigration reform bill and has been a harsh critic of The Heritage Foundation's report. CATO touts the fact that Nowrasteh's criticism of the Heritage report was cited on MSNBC. Nowrasteh was also cited by Jennifer Rubin's roundup of Heritage critiques: "[He] accused Heritage of not following years of their own work, which has striven to look at the impact on behavior of changes resulting from reforming the tax code and other innovations." Breitbart News revealed Nowrasteh's involvement in coordinated emails with Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform attacking the Heritage report.
Derrick Morgan, VP of Domestic & Economic Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
The mix of Buzzfeed and Charles Koch would be unusual on almost any other issue but the not-so-subtle goal of the event as demonstrated by its lineup has not gone unnoticed even beyond conservative circles.  Dave Weigel notes in Slate:

[A]s a veteran of the Koch-funded Reason magazine, I can report that the libertarian brothers have always put their money behind immigration reform. Maybe that complicates their newfound (well, 3-year-old) role as all-purpose rich guy demons; they're sponsoring a night of debates intended to nudge along immigration reform.

Expect plenty of nudging at the Koch-sponsored BuzzFeed Brews event; a night of exhibition insider baseball where BuzzFeed Ben Smith underhands softballs to his pro-immigration reform panelists, who will do their best to drill them right at The Heritage Foundation.
See the Ted Cruz/Shumer video at the same link

snips via TTC

2010 donors to Marco Rubio: Club for Growth, Koch brothers, finance, Goldman Sachs...

For a possible clue to why Marco Rubio does what he does, these were the top 10 donors to his 2010 senatorial campaign (link):

Club for Growth	$363,826
Elliott Management	$118,648
Senate Conservatives Fund	$105,494
MCM Corp	$54,400
Flo-Sun Inc	$48,500
Bank of America	$35,400
State Farm Insurance	$34,582
Crow Holdings	$34,500
Goldman Sachs	$32,442
Koch Industries	$32,200 [BIG funder of Norquist!]

[snip] “And he’s [Norquist] personally doing fine:....he gets two-thirds of his funding from two big corporate billionaire-backed nonprofits: the Center to Protect Patients Rights (KOCH BROS), which donated $4,189,000 to Americans for Tax Reform in 2010, and Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS, which gave him $4 million.”  http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=Karl+Rove
TRACK BACK!   http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=Koch

AND ANOTHER THING!!

This poll was posted on the National Review Online's homepage on 5/11/13, similar to the poll it had last month (note, opposition has increased since April):
Is Rubio right on immigration?

Yes 15%

No 85%

2437 votes

http://www.nationalreview.com/#
 
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If you only hear one voice on immigration...it should be DEMOCRAT Congresswoman BARBARA JORDAN

FINALLY! Someone besides TheTownCrier wrote an article about the wonderful Barbara Jordan!
"“Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave.”

 The Ghost of Barbara Jordan

Texas's first black congresswoman provided a voice missing from today's immigration debate.

By W. James Antle III • May 8, 2013  The American Conservative

 

How different would the immigration debate look today had Barbara Jordan lived? It’s a question frequently pondered by those of us who believe the answer to every problem concerning immigration isn’t necessarily more immigration.
Jordan was the first woman elected to Congress from Texas and the first Southern black female ever elected to the House. She compiled a similar record of firsts in Texas state politics and was active in the civil rights movement. But Jordan capped her career chairing the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.
The commission’s vision of immigration reform was very different than the “comprehensive” variety pushed by a bipartisan gaggle of senators. To understand how different, consider Jordan’s contention in early 1995 congressional testimony that “deportation is crucial.”
“Credibility in immigration policy can be summed up in one sentence: those who should get in, get in; those who should be kept out, are kept out; and those who should not be here will be required to leave,” Jordan said. “The top priorities for detention and removal, of course, are criminal aliens. But for the system to be credible, people actually have to be deported at the end of the process.”
Today’s comprehensive immigration reformers think it is an abomination to deport anyone but criminal aliens. The Obama administration has celebrated such deportations while announcing that most of the remaining illegal immigrant population isn’t an enforcement priority.
In all, the Jordan Commission favored reducing legal immigration by one-third, moving towards more skill-based immigration and away from chain migration, and enhanced enforcement. One need not support all its recommendations—I oppose national ID cards, for instance—to see that serious alternatives to the Gang of Eight approach were once seriously contemplated by such mainstream Democrats as former President Bill Clinton.
Not long after Jordan’s untimely death in January 1996, the effects of her absence were felt. Liberals could not say no to immigration, whatever its impact on the working poor. Economic conservatives decided her commission’s worksite enforcement mechanisms were insufficiently pro-business; Beltway social conservatives regarded its changes to family reunification as insufficiently pro-family.
Since then, the country has been plagued by the notion that racism is the only possible motivation for reducing immigration or enforcing immigration laws. There were once courageous liberals like Jordan and to a lesser extent Theodore Hesburgh to whom it was impossible to ascribe such motives who were willing to argue otherwise.
Jordan observed that “it is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest,” which includes the interests of citizens of every race, and naturalized citizens as well as natives and the “nativists” supposedly advocating on their behalf. [snip]

BACKTRACK:  http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/search?q=Barbara+Jordan

Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Demographic Pandering or Sound Policy?- Niger Innis

Recently, Teaparty.net (one of many 'tea party' organizations) decided to form a political strategy group and appointed Niger Innis to head it.  He has also,  this week, been in meetings with the Gang of 8.  Up until the following article by Innis today, we've simply not heard from teaparty.net about this amnesty.   This article by Innis sounds good, but he has also said that he'd like the gang of 8 to improve the bill...it can't be improved, it needs tossed!  Anyone has to realize it's full of pork and loosens all immigration, including illegal.....even inviting back people who have been deported!  

Time will tell if Innis and his teaparty.net is grass roots or sell outs on amnesty. 

Another article states:  
Innis' group TheTeaParty.Net is walking a fine line of supporting Rubio's efforts to make it more conservative without endorsing the Gang of Eight's bill while still maintaining its tea party cred.
"We're going to stay engaged in that process to make sure that this bill stays true to conservative principles," Innis said. Other Tea Party activists are opposing the Gang of Eight bill all together.
Jenny Beth Martin of Tea Party Patriots said her group has significant reservations over the process, size and focus of the bill.
"People are frustrated," Martin said of how long the bill is and that the final costs aren't known. "We want to see the border secure first."
http://www.syracuse.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2013/05/immigration_battle_rubio_vs_de.html


Oddly enough, J.D. Hayworth is  a part of Teapary.net's new group....I can't find a word from him about all this.  He was speaking against Rubio & the gang's plan up to a couple months ago.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Demographic Pandering or Sound Policy?

May 10, 2013

• 
• Niger Innis
• TheTeaParty.Net

Last week there were 85 May Day demonstrations led by Latinos in cities like New York, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles. Latinos rallied for “immigration reform”, as if it was a civil rights entitlement, not generosity extended. The naïve and innocent protesters’ cause was not helped by the infiltration by the Occupy Wall Street anarchists.

The fact is “Immigration Reform” was moving quite fast through this congress well before these far from constructive demonstrations. The bipartisan “Gang of Eight” has been the catalyst for this endeavor. But the unasked obvious question for this massive legislative lift is this, why are we doing it? Are we attempting to truly fix a broken immigration system or engaging in a massive bipartisan pander fest for the fastest growing demographic group, Latinos. I fear it’s more of the latter, not the former.

The politics of the exercise is crystal clear. Democrats want more raw votes, as Jay Leno brilliantly revealed with his joking jab at AP for ceasing to use the term, “Illegal Alien” with the new term, “Undocumented Democrats”.

Republican Presidential Candidate Romney speaking to Latino voters in Florida.   (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo) --[Note: Cesar Conda was also Mitt's 'advisor'...we'd have gotten AMNESTY either way the election went!]

Senator John McCain far more serious and as revealing said on ABC’s This Week, “Well, I’ll give you a little straight talk. Look at the last election…We are losing, dramatically, the Hispanic vote, which we think should be ours, for a variety of reasons.”

So the brazen political motivations are clear.

What is far less clear are the policy benefits of this exercise in its current form.

According to a recent report by the Heritage Foundation, we could be looking at a permanent problem rather than a permanent solution. According to the report the new citizens would cost taxpayers $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years in federal services and benefits (far beyond what they would pay in taxes or generate in GDP growth).

This is the critical debate to have before any votes are cast. Sadly it is a debate that is occurring almost entirely within the conservative movement. On one end you have groups like the aforementioned Heritage Foundation on the other pro-business US Chamber of Commerce and stalwart libertarians, the Cato institute.

Democrats are almost universally embracing this 844 page, Obamacare-like, bill for politics, not policy.

Worse, some are starting to engage in Sharptonesque racial intimidation tactics to ram this policy through, like Obamacare.

Earlier this week former Gov. Bill Richardson charged Sen. Ted Cruz with “he should not be defined as a Hispanic” because he is anti-immigration.

There are compelling reasons to implement a true America First immigration plan, starting with border security. We are a land of immigrants. Immigration, with assimilation, has generally been good for America. We need to be certain that this is the focus as we analyze this bill. Our politicians must not lose these ideals in the rush do good politics

______________

Not bad, Mr. Innis, if you can influence Teaparty.net to be more proactive to stop this nightmare, good!  Maybe you'll push Tea PartyExpress to think of immigration and this illegal alien CRISIS as something other than a 'social issue'....what a PHONY excuse!

=================Things that make you go....HMMMM???

FreeRepublic.com's heroine, Saint Sarah Palin likes the TeaPartyExpress....and she's always liked McCain...and she's always been for a pathway to 'citizenship'....but remains silent on these current events...and THAT is the ONLY thing she's been silent about!

 Title:   Vietnam Wall Visiting Buckeye (Sarah Palin Speaks )  FreeRepublic.com
Thu May 9 17:19:03 2013 · 39 of 39
Jim Robinson to KC_Lion
Sal Russo, head of the Tea Party Express walked her over to me and introduced me as Jim Robinson of Free Republic. She definitely knows us.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3017519/posts?page=39#39

"I think the immigration issue is an important issue and Republicans have looked like they have their head in the sand and are not being serious about addressing a problem," Russo said.
"People are in this country a long time and they are not legal. We have to get them legal in some way in a process that gets people legal that are here…We should do it because it's the right thing. We need to reform immigration because we need a system that works," Russo said.

=================Things that make you go....HMMMM???

THIS is going to help the economy???? And Rubio/Norquist say Heritage figures are wrong??

[snip]  Only four Republicans voted against the substitute amendment, which expands the legislation to 867 pages and increases funding for implementation of reform by $900 billion. It passed by a margin of 14-4.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/298769-panel-vote-signals-gop-support-for-immigration-bill#ixzz2SqGhZYcY  

=================Things that make you go....HMMMM???

A foreign grown pot farm in our national forest was raided..by accident the other day!

Do you understand that these armed foreign national aliens will be AMNESTIED with their OREGON driver licenses!

 YEP! They'll make FINE citizens! YOU betcha...where are you enviromentalists while this destruction of public lands goes on??  

"near the community of Applegate was being cultivated by growers for Mexican drug gangs, and it's been used before." 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/05/09/smokejumpers-parachute-into-illegal-pot-garden-in-southern-oregon-national/

=================Things that make you go....HMMMM???

"Twenty-nine percent of registered voters think that an armed revolution might be necessary in the next few years in order to protect liberties, according to a Public Mind poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University. "

I hear too much of this kind of talk.  "We're heading for civil War!"

STOP IT! STOP IT NOW! 

 People who talk like this have no idea what our ancestors had to sacrifice, what horrors they endured in the wars of this nation.  None of us have ever had to live in a nation with war.  You have no idea what your words mean.

I agree, there will be unrest.  People are being forced to live with large uncontrolled migrations and State Dept. sanctioned terrorism.  Mexico, on our border is at WAR!

  We are being balkanized, and some of us tried to stop it BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT VIOLENCE!!!   We're tired of the crime, the cost, the INSULTS!

But the powers that be, for whatever selfish reasons, are not going to be happy until there is more civil unrest.    They have blood on their hands for not stopping the socialization and push into criminality and poverty of this nation.  

Don't let them push you into violence.  NO ONE WINS!   Most of you won't even speak up much less STAND up and fight!    You're too lazy to even know who your enemies are.

 

Christian Right...WAKE UP! Ralph Reed is an AMNESTY/Norquist disciple!

We've been wondering when the three headed Amnesty lobbyist monster would rear its head.  It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.  When Muslim biased Grover Norquist needs to garner the support of good American Christians, he and his buddy Karl Rove usually call on Ralph Reed, chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition.  He was there to aid Norquist and Jack Abramoff in their lobbying rip offs and stands ready to declare to the nation, that Christians support 'immigration reform' by the gang of 8.   

Sound familiar...YEP! It's the same Norquist/Conda propaganda they've been using by insisting the 'tea party' supports this fiasco!    Truth is, as tangled as all the 'non-profits' are between Rove, Norquist, Ralph Reed and a few others, the entire thing resembles more of a money laundering scheme than not.  One thing you can be sure of, these GOP operatives support amnesty because it will profit THEM!

TheTownCrier has been preaching for decades that the GOP uses the faithful just like the Democrats use blacks, Latinos and gays to do their bidding.  Are you going to fall for it again?? 

Headline: 

Group of conservatives backs action on immigration

ERICA WERNER,Associated PressAssociated Press     Posted:   05/09/2013

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than two dozen conservative leaders have signed on to a statement supporting action to overhaul the nation's immigration laws and calling legislation pending in the Senate an "important starting point." In a statement being released Thursday, the officials say: "Simply opposing immigration reform should not be the conservative response to this problem. We believe conservatives should be leading the way on this issue by supporting legislation that upholds conservative principles."
Signers include Fred Malek, chairman of the American Action Forum; Ralph Reed, chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition; Paul Wolfowitz, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute; Mat Staver, president and founder of Liberty Counsel; and Lawson Bader, president of the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
The statement was organized by Al Cardenas, chairman of the American Conservative Union.  Many of those signing the declaration took part in a meeting Tuesday with Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., an author of the immigration bill who's trying to sell it to conservatives. Rubio solicited their support in part by assuring them that the bill could change as it moved forward......Not all of those who attended the meeting with Rubio signed on to the statement of support. Several tea party-affiliated officials were in the meeting but not on the statement.  

Teaparty.net  heard from you and backed out of this one! SO FAR!  ALL the others mentioned above have always been amnesty pushers AND FRIENDS OF GROVER.

This con job of a 'statement by conservatives' in support of Amnesty is nothing new.  Many of the same people did the same thing when Bush was pushing his amnesty with a letter to the Wall St. Journal.   Along with other amnesty proponents, that one was signed by Grover Norquist, Newt Gingrich and Cesar Conda, now Rubio's chief of staff.

Background:
(Must Read!)

The Fast Rise and Steep Fall of Jack Abramoff
How a Well-Connected Lobbyist Became the Center of a Far-Reaching Corruption Scandal
Thursday, December 29, 2005; Page A01

[snip] A quarter of a century ago, Abramoff and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist were fellow Young Turks of the Reagan revolution. They organized Massachusetts college campuses in the 1980 election -- They moved to Washington, maneuvered to take over the College Republicans -- at the time a sleepy establishment organization -- and transformed it into a right-wing activist group. They were joined by Ralph Reed, an ambitious Georgian whose later Christian conversion would fuel his rise to national political prominence.....Famous graduates of the Youth Leadership School include Karl Rove..... Senator Mitch McConnell, (R-KY); and Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist.

[snip]   [Jack]Abramoff quietly arranged for eLottery to pay conservative, anti-gambling activists to help in the firm's $2 million pro-gambling campaign, including Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition, and the Rev. Louis P. Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition. Both kept in close contact with Abramoff about the arrangement, e-mails show. Abramoff also turned to prominent anti-tax conservative Grover Norquist, arranging to route some of eLottery's money for Reed through Norquist's group, Americans for Tax Reform. [snip] http://heartlandvalues.blogspot.com/2005/11/traditional-values-coalitions-rev-lou.html

Let me be clear! Ralph Reed is not a good Christian, he is a CON MAN!

[snip ABC April, 2013]
Ralph Reed has emerged as one of the leading religious advocates for immigration reform, and he's taking sides on thorny policy questions, such as whether undocumented immigrants can become citizens.
Reed, the founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, has joined other figures on the religious right in endorsing immigration reform. On Tuesday, he officially joined with the Partnership for a New American Economy, a group co-founded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, to push Congress to pass reform at a press conference in Miami.

The efforts of the religious right have helped get social conservatives on board with the immigration effort, which may encourage Republicans on the fence to ultimately vote yes. 
Reed's advocacy may give conservative members of Congress political cover to back immigration reform and his recommendations could provide policy guidelines for some conservatives to latch onto.

Reed said that he has sent copies of his full plan to every congressional office and has met with leaders in both chambers, including Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a member of the Senate "Gang of Eight" crafting a bill.

 

AND another THING!!

Judiciary Committee defeats security-first amendment Graham and Flake bad votes.

Judiciary Committee defeats security-first amendment, 12-6. All Dems plus Graham and Flake vote against security first.

https://twitter.com/MarkSKrikorian

Marco Rubio and the Club for Growth

So, I go out and get the mail...and what do I see...a letter from MARCO RUBIO.  This time he is  fund raising for the Club for Growth!

 Question..WHY?? I'm not registered as a republican and sure never signed on to anything with the amnesty loving Club for Growth! They included a 'survey' for the hook, to make you think they actually give a damn about what you think! THEY DO NOT! They are behind the scenes of this amnesty! They always are! 

Yesterday in our article, "SILENCE IS CONSENT", we noted some amnesty facts about the Club for Growth, who never met a lopsided, government regulated, cheap labor agreement like Nafta they didn't love!

So, Kiddies! THE fix is IN! The Club for Growth, Freedom Works, the ACU, CPAC, ATR, SOME Tea Parties, Chamber of Commerce are NOT the Conservative groups they claim to be and are compromised. The one thing they have in common is GROVER NORQUIST and his open border friends Steve Moore, Cesar Conda, Karl Rove, et. al.  These men represent everything wrong with the GOP.   They all have every intention of facilitating this amnesty by the gang of eight!

AND yes, some of you have told me "But, but, I can't find anything from the Club or Freedom Works that SAYS they support THIS Amnesty!"....SILENCE IS CONSENT! 

YOU MUST check more into these groups you support! Who started them?  What are the positions of their board members?    MOST are run by lobbyists and do not deserve your support and actually  work for our enemies while they fund raise from the conservative base!  WHY do they do it?  Because it works...you and I have made them rich!

PS...on the  4 page Club/Rubio survey...NOT ONE WORD ABOUT IMMIGRATION! 

SILENCE IS CONSENT! WAKE UP AMERICA!  C'mon people!  If the Club is using Rubio as their fundraising spokesman, do you think they OPPOSE his immigration reform scam????? HELLO!

[snip]  Philosophically, it’s not surprising that libertarian, free-market oriented organizations such as the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks confirmed to me late Monday that they have no position on the immigration policies currently being debated in the House and Senate, nor do they intend to be active either supporting or opposing the legislation that is expected to emerge. But given how much influence these groups have had over congressional Republicans in recent months, their inaction could prove significant.http://blogs.rollcall.com/goppers/club-for-growth-and-freedomworks-to-sit-out-immigration-fight/ 

Now, while we're at it, I have a question for all of you.  Grover Norquist is on the board of most of the above groups, as well as the Hispanic Leadership Fund and the National Rifle Association.  And yes, I worry about that.  The NRA seems to be on the right side, so far.   But they have a 'pledge' for their chosen candidates, not unlike the oath Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform requires for their endorsement.   (BTW..Norquist lobbies for Microsoft, GE, foreign interest to keep THEIR taxes low, not you or me!...what has that group EVER done to reduce a tax for us?)


TheTownCrier is all about protecting the 2nd amendment and our rights, but this part of the 'pledge' bothers me...Does it bother you?

Candidates who were endorsed by the NRA, pledged to:

6) oppose legislation which bans people on the Terrorist Watch List from purchasing weapons;
  
Do you think this is a BAD idea?? Smells like Islam loving Grover Norquist to us!
http://www.policymic.com/articles/21837/grover-norquist-the-nra-and-the-problem-with-political-pledges/331037


 
PAY ATTENTION!  Rubio was handpicked for 2016, either to run for prez or VP under a BUSH!

Sun, 02/24/2013 - 21:57 · Importance: 4

2010 donors to Marco Rubio: Club for Growth, Koch brothers, finance, Goldman Sachs...

For a possible clue to why Marco Rubio does what he does, these were the top 10 donors to his 2010 senatorial campaign (link):

Club for Growth	$363,826
Elliott Management	$118,648
Senate Conservatives Fund	$105,494
MCM Corp	$54,400
Flo-Sun Inc	$48,500
Bank of America	$35,400
State Farm Insurance	$34,582
Crow Holdings	$34,500
Goldman Sachs	$32,442
Koch Industries	$32,200 [BIG funder of Norquist!]

In 2010, no other candidate got more money (directly) from the Koch family than Rubio. As discussed at that link, they support organizations that advocate for loose borders. And as discussed in depth on the Marco Rubio page, he supports a massive legalization program for illegal aliens. While a direct link between him receiving their money and him promoting amnesty isn't known, t's extremely unlikely that he would have received any money from the Koch brothers if his immigration position were that of, say, Pat Buchanan.
The first organization in the list (known around here as the "Club for Profits at Any Price") doesn't appear to have taken a position on immigration, but they can be assumed to be part of the high immigration right. Their goal is to help businesses increase their profits, no matter the costs borne by everyone else. [snip...READ IT ALL!]

And ANOTHER THING:

Here's one Tea Party who figured out Norquist long ago!
 Tea Party Nation  Grover Norquist: A Republican who acts like a Democrat? 

Posted by Dr. Rich Swier on October 10, 2011http://www.teapartynation.com/profiles/blog/show?id=3355873%3ABlogPost%3A1550121  MUST READ ARTICLE...all about Norquist!

AND

[snip]  Grover Norquist’s name surfaced recently in a publicized discussion about Islamic Jihadists that have taken root in America. No, he isn’t a Tea Party activist but apparently he’s identifying his 1985-founded ATR group with them and some Tea Parties are falling for it. The quote refers to the pair as a “Trojan Horse.” [Excerpted from The Washington Times, September 29, 2012]

I suggest Grover Norquist is the only Trojan Horse and if anyone’s been ‘Trojan Horsed’ it’s been the Tea Party. 

http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/10/a-friend-of-the-tea-party-really/  GOOD ARTICLE!

AND

TEA PARTY Patriots has been sending out good amnesty information and is fighting for US! 

This is what you see when you click on their homepage!

The Rubio Deception - MUST SEE!

We are posting this great article in its entirety.  If you read anything about this 'immigration reform' scam, read this!  It hits ALL the bases!

The Rubio Deception

http://klsouth.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/the-rubio-deception/#comment-7513

May 5, 2013

The Rubio Deception: Truth v Lies

The Immigration bill is constructed to deceive the public. And, does a good job of creating the false illusion of greater security. But Rubio’s claim of enforcement ‘triggers’ is a dishonest argument. His amnesty scheme is chalk full of deception with many behind the scene maneuvers all designed to obfuscate truth. The bill makes America less safe, not more.

Rubio’s scheme allows illegal aliens to be legalized immediately. All at a huge cost to the US taxpayer [Note] and sovereignty of our nation. Like Obamacare, the legislation was crafted behind closed doors with pro-amnesty lobbyists, unions, immigration lawyers, and Progressive groups representing illegal aliens. Groups that stand to make millions from this legislation.

The Gang of Eight prohibited anyone with a significantly different opinion on immigration reform from providing input. Law enforcement: border sheriffs, interior sheriffs, deputies and immigration agents, and the ICE Union President were all locked out of discussions.

The ‘de facto’ leader of the Gang of Eight and public face of immigration reform in the Senate leading the charge in convincing conservatives and TV and radio talking heads that Obama’s second-to-be signature achievement is both bipartisan and good for America; Marco Rubio. Every gang needs a leader.

Introduction

Rubio’s Amnesty scheme is Obamacare Part Deux. Seemingly sexy slogans. Rubio is a smooth talker. Watch this video as he shims and shams. Like Obamacare, it’s all or nothing; several bills tied into one. The Bill is huge, complex and progressive. It is designed to serve politicians. Rubio makes many false claims, illusionary promises, cons and lies. This speech exemplifies Rubio’s deception.

Rubio’s “media offensive” Con tour starts by trying to sell the idea his bill won’t give amnesty when, in fact, it is instant Amnesty.  The term “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” (“CIR”) is a euphemism for an illegal alien amnesty and S.744, the 844-page bill he helped write rips up the Constitution for a falsely-framed EARNESTY RAINBOW. And, anyone who supports amnesty is NOT a conservative.

To understand Rubio, you have to understand his Chief of Staff; a man by the name of Cesar Conda. Who is Cesar Conda?  He’s a pro-amnesty immigration lawyer, who once worked as a DC lobbyist for the Association of Immigration Lawyers [video], mutual friend and close associate of fellow amnesty pusher Grover Norquist, who together have carried out their three-decade long Amnesty Jihad. Like Norquist, the amnesty pushers on the left like Cesar Conda.

Norquist, a corporate lobbyist and co-founder of the Islamic Institute, has had ties to CAIR, radical Islam and cozy relationships with Muslim activist for years. This video warrants particular scrutiny of Norquist, who actively promotes and advances the Islamic agenda. Norquist also actively petitioned support for the “Ground Zero Mosque.”

Norquist is on the Advisory Board of The Hispanic Leadership Fund, member of the Council on Foreign Relations [CFR], Founder of Americans for Tax Reform [ATR] and good pal of felon Jack Abramoff and GOP stooge Karl Rove whose Crossroads GPS group has been a major donor to Norquist’s fund. Secret emails exclusively obtained by Breitbart News show the libertarian Cato Institute, Norquist’s ATR, and Rubio colluding on immigration reform “messaging” after the Boston Marathon bombing.

Norquist, for his part, is hitting the media trail attempting to combat what he calls the “bitter enders” who oppose the bill by trying to counteract the effect of “a handful of radio talk-show hosts who talk loudly.” Both Conda and Norquist worked together to destroy prop 187 in California in the 1990′s.

Cesar Conda worked for George Soros* on the editorial advisory board of the Soros publication, The International Economy Magazine.  He was also a lobbyist for private prisons who supported open borders and government money for incarcerated and detained illegal aliens and had a part in the expensive bank bailouts, something Rubio claims he was against. Also assisting Rubio, Conda and Norquist in their Amnesty push is the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Conda actively worked behind-the-scenes to promote and advance Judge Sotomayor’s nomination. As a policy wonk, his government experience runs deep. Conda has weaved and bobbed between so many roles in Washington he was eventually included in Roll Call’s “Fabulous Fifty” list of top congressional aides. He undertook policy roles spanning the 1996 Dole-Kemp to Romney’s 2008 Presidential Campaigns. He was also a lobbyist and analyst for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

But, what also sets Rubio’s office apart is Conda’s supposed continued financial relationship with his lobbying firm, Navigators Global. Navigators clients included GlaxoSmithKline, At&T, Visa and Citigroup, which got $45 billion under the bank bailout.  Rubio’s ties to K-Street are extensive. His deputy chief of staff, Sally Canfield, is a former lobbyist for Sanofi-Aventis, a French drug company.

And, from 1997 to 2005 Rubio himself, was a lobbyist. Consider what one of his most vocal critics said about him here, which likely put a halt to Romney selecting Rubio as VP candidate. Consider: City commissioner, lawyer, lobbyist, one-time GOP Party of Florida American Express card holder, top-echelon House leader and, ultimately, House Speaker, oh and Jeb Bush water boy.

Rubio has amnesty as a core belief. He is John McCain with an ‘accent’ and without a record of crashing planes in the military. All you have to do is look at history. This page provides history of the efforts of Floridians to enact immigration enforcement legislation in the 2008 Florida Legislative Session. The result was that legislation was thwarted, at the time, by House Speaker Marco Rubio.

Rubio stalled and “blocked” all immigration enforcement bills in Florida stating: “There is nothing the state of Florida can do unilaterally to solve global warming. And there is nothing we can do unilaterally to solve immigration.” Rep. Juan Zapata, R-Miami and Miami Rep. David Rivera, the son of Cuban exiles, usually ran anti-enforcement interference for Speaker Rubio in the Florida House.

Fast forward.

Rubio’s Amnesty Scheme

Rubio’s shenanigans starts with the ‘deceptive messaging’ of ‘de facto’ amnesty.  As Front Page Mag points out, there’s a big difference between not fully enforcing the law & legalizing a crime. Just as there is a difference between not arresting a drug dealer and legalizing heroin. A lack of proper enforcement is not ‘de facto’ amnesty. Amnesty is legalization.

Sadly, Rubio is PIMPING his ‘de facto Amnesty’ scheme on any TV and radio show he can including Univision and Telemundo. He will be featured in this TV ad  running on Fox News now through May 9th as part of a $300,000 ad buy bought by The American Action Network, a group founded by former Sen. Norm Coleman and GOP donor and activist Fred Malek. Enough said.

And, this ad is from Mark Zuckerberg’s new “FWD.us” group. Zuckerberg has a similar group making similar ads for a liberal audience. The advisory board of the shell “conservative” group includes Haley Barbour, former lobbyist for the government of Mexico, and several people linked to the Bush family; Sally Bradshaw, former chief of staff to Jeb Bush, and Dan Senor and Joel Kaplan, former George W. Bush advisers. Team Bush all have an open-border bent.

When it comes to illegal alien amnesty, Rubio spins like a North Eastern Liberal.  This isn’t just an amnesty. It’s an INSTANT AMNESTY. The implications are scary if millions of Hispanics are pumped into the electorate. Rubio is complicit in actively assisting the Democrats in their biggest voter registration drive in history; 30 million illegal aliens is enough to create some 50 new congressional districts – primarily Democrat.

Rubio’s “messaging” is advertised as a comprehensive reform to secure the border and strengthen the immigration laws before allowing legalization. This is blatant lie. Corrupted. Rubio is gift wrapping amnesty for Obama with the deliberate intent to deceive conservatives and Tea Partiers. After all, who else would throw a rally for Rubio in support of the bill at Rubio Headquaters? Yes, Barack Obama.

No Republican should use Obama’s malevolence as a baseline from which to craft public policy. Rubio is forcing Republicans to spend the next two decades arguing why poor Hispanic children shouldn’t have access to government benefits. Amnesty makes as much sense as rewarding a burglar with the stolen jewels. If you REWARD a criminal with his ill-gotten goods, expect more crime.

The much-ballyhooed “triggers” that Rubio is pushing don’t come into play until after illegal immigrants are given the ability to obtain legal status to live and work in the US. The bill is a lethal mix of legalistic trickery with on-off-switches that bureaucrats can flip at executive discretion. The bi-partisnan Center for Immigration Studies, goes as far as to say the penalties and enforcement provisions are ‘fake’.

In this video, Rubio pretends the states will enforce immigration laws. Rubio’s con game has no end. He says illegals will have to ‘get in line’. Guess what?  The line is 19 years long. To clear it in ten years requires doubling the number of legal immigrants. And in Rubio’s scheme, the number of H1-B visas expand more than two-fold. Today, the US brings in 1.2 million ‘legal immigrants’ per year; more than rest of the world combined.

The language of the bill doesn’t come close to what Rubio says. Practically every Rubio claim is empty. The bill establishes a New Americans Task Force charged with ensuring that federal programs “adequately address” the healthcare, education, and job training needs of new immigrants (Sec. 2524).

Once illegals gain provisional legal status, which is immediately, they’ll qualify for in-state tuition rates at public colleges, a subsidy funded by taxpayers (Sec. 2245D(d)). And even worse for fiscal conservatives, virtually all funding is classified “emergency” under the Statutory ‘Pay As You Go Act’ of 2010. Spending on food stamps, Head Start, housing subsidies, other benefits will expand, unlimited.

Rubio’s scheme would add an additional 33 million permanent workers via amnesty and future immigration in the first decade alone. Thirty three million is the equivalent of the top 20 most populated cities in the US. And, Sen. Sessions has uncovered a slick loophole  that provides illegal aliens with guaranteed access to all welfare and entitlement programs. All this is what the media is not telling you.

But, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. And Rubio has shown none. Meanwhile, fake conservative Tea Party Groups in Tampa and West Orlando, Florida are sprouting up in support of the Rubio-Schumer plan. Rubio’s amnesty bill is an abomination to anyone who loves liberty and the rule of law.

Highlights

Rubio’s Amnesty scheme: [S. 744]

• illegal Aliens won’t have to pay back taxes to the US (page 68).
• will COST Taxpayers $6.3 Trillion, just for amnesty; via Heritage. [Note]
• contrary to Rubio’s rhetoric, his no-welfare claim doesn’t hold up to scrutiny.
• allows illegal aliens to access state & local welfare benefits immediately. 
• grants amnesty to illegal’s simply after few security “triggers”; submit a ‘PLAN’ only.
• same chain migration provisions extended to family visa members, extended family.
• makes legal immigrants eligible for subsidized Obamacare upon arrival. Costly.
• has over 400 waivers, exceptions, and exclusions. Enormous power given to DHS.
• grants amnesty to criminals and gang members. Easier for criminal ‘catch & release’.
• guts state laws that prohibit employment of illegal aliens. Anti-Arizona crowd; Rubio.
• contains $150 million SLUSH FUND for kickbacks to groups who wrote; promoted bill.
• does not require Amnestied illegal aliens to learn English; Or even ‘de facto’ English.
• on page 496, the bill explicitly ‘preempts’ states from enforcing immigration laws.
• opens door for class action lawsuits; judges appoint taxpayer-funded council (p. 567).
• H1-B visas prioritized, expanded. Emphasis importing non-skilled, cheaper labor.
• requires taxpayers to foot the bill for illegals to fight deportation.
• provides protection for illegal identity thieves, but no restitution for victims.
• amnestied aliens who stole American identities given new SS # and clean slate.
• allows aliens, lobbies to sue US government for amnesty (page 75). Lawyer prize.
• employers who aided fraud by accepting bogus ID’s, SS #’s won’t face penalty.
• Rubio’s proclaimed Border Commission is only glorified DHS advisory committee.
• E-verify & watered-down visa tracking system are not implemented for TEN years.
• replaces E-verify with unspecified verification system not available for years (p. 503)
• allows aliens who have been deported to return and get legalization (pages 61-66).
• deportations are suspended for everyone here; bill invites deported to come back.
• provisions in bill show that 66% of Southern border will be unprotected.
• requires only 3 of 9 southern border sectors to have 90% apprehension rate.
• no fence. The plan only calls for DHS or Napolitano to “establish fence strategy”.
• no biometric exit-entry system as currently required by law. Electronic at land ports.
• ostensibly halts all deportations for 2.5 yrs. Subject to sole discretion of DHS.
• easy pathway to get asylum. Eliminates 1-year window for asylum (page 551).
• grants tremendous political power to the Mexican gov’t, La Razza, Left Groups.
• “community organizers” educate immigrants on citizenship & American principles.
• gives secretary of DHS the sole power to certify whether the borders are secure.
• puts drastic limitations on “profiling” on employer side and law enforcement side.
• no DHS requirement to interview applicants for legalization (pg 105). Rubber-stamp.
• no gov’t documents or background checks required to identify new immigrants.
• every form of enforcement promised was promised in 1986, 1990, 1996 immigration acts.
• prohibits border officers apprehending alien who “appear eligible” for legalization (69-70).
• prohibits alien deportation until after appeals are exhausted years into future (page 73).
• discourages DHS from deporting aliens even if denied legalization. (Sec. 245B-3-A)
• requires immigration officers help aliens apply; advertise the legalization program  (page 93).
• makes application’s secret and states it can never be used by DHS for deportation (page 118).
• border agents put under thumb of DOJ; Office of Civil Rights (Sec. 1111,1112, 1113).
• adds addt’l 33M permanent workers via amnesty, future immigration in 10 yrs. Graph.
• special-interest provisions, favors connected agribiz special interests, not small farms.
• Families of illegals (elderly parents) now living outside US, eligible for fed benefits in 10 yrs.
• eligible for legalization even if found by court a phony asylum application filed (page 66).
• Future or Flashback: Democrats Force U.S. TaxPayers to Fund Illegal Alien Welfare.
• video will enlighten anyone regarding the unethical conduct of immigration attorneys.
• detailed summary of flawed provisions in the Rubio-Schemer bill.
• seven [7] reasons not to swallow Marco Rubio’s immigration snake oil.

As PJ Media points out, the bill is a cocktail of lawlessness, executive discretion, and legalistic trickery crafted by the organized, open-borders left. The bill and Rubio provides tough talking points – border security, background checks, and more. But hidden next to those talking points are off-switches that bureaucrats can flip to satisfy the leftist open-borders constituencies who wrote the bill.

The bill has no guarantee of enforcement​. Why do we need a new immigration bill when we don’t enforce existing one? The Rubio scheme is a national security risk. The bill makes America less safe, not more. Just listen to this ICE agent in Senate testimony. Imagine, if you will, a bill that legalizes 30 million illegal aliens, and only 0.01% were terrorists, that would be 3,000 terrorists. Rubio’s amnesty scheme serves as a magnet for more illegal aliens because enforcement provisions are ‘fake’.

Americans are generous and welcoming, as we should be. Citizens favor legal immigration. Yet, those hardest hit by Rubio’s amnesty scheme will continue to be those who want to be admitted legally – as well as the US taxpayers. Proponents of Amnesty want to create the false choice between a blanket amnesty and mass deportation. Don’t buy it. Attrition through enforcement works. We have empirical data from Georgia, Oklahoma, Alabama, and Arizona proving as such.

Finally, to learn more on why Rubio and his amnesty scheme are wrong, go here. Or, here. Or, here. An infographic from Heritage  that explains major problems with a “comprehensive” approach to immigration reform is here. Read the entire bill here. The S.744 Immigration Reform framework is here. More lies here. Now that you have read this, it will be hard to watch Rubio’s con-tour during his media campaign circus.

In the end, Obama is banking on the Gang of Eight Amnesty bill passing the Senate, going to the House, and failing in its existing form. From there, he will be in 100% campaign mode against the GOP House up to the 2014 mid-tem election. The whole bill simply smells Obamacare. They need to burn this 844-page of monstrosity. Get mad, folks. Rubio is a liar. And a poor one at that.

The Rubio Deception.

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 One of the new left funded 'non profits' that has been set up to push pro gang of 8 ads all over the place is FWD.US

It's pretty interesting WHO this is....and remember YOU pay for this when you use their product.

STOP IT!  You are funding our demise!
http://www.fwd.us/our_supporters
Our Supporters
A diverse group of leading innovators, job creators, business owners and founders from the tech community.

Includes:
Netflix, microsoft, Cisco, google, yahoo, groupon, 

LinkedIn, facebook

Grover Norquist, Cesar Conda, The Bushes, must be thrilled to have the left do their bidding!!

*UPDATE/Possible correction:  Although it has been noted  for years in many references, we have been trying to verify the reports of Cesar Conda actually 'working' for George Soros and cannot find  proof that Conda was actually hired by Soros for his work on a magazine that leans to  the Soros agenda.  But then working for Soros is the least of the sleezy associations Conda has to worry about....all the way to the bank.