No 857 “En mi
opinión”
Enero 24, 2015
“IN GOD WE TRUST” Lázaro R
González Miño EDITOR
Western Center for Journalism. House GOP Votes To Deny
Obama's Executive Amnesty... But Senate Planning A Betrayal.
John Boehner and House Republicans are finally starting to get the message.
Last week, they passed a bill that will fund the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) andDENY DHS the funds to execute Barack Obama's
unconstitutional Executive Amnesty Decree.
But the future of this bill in the Senate is uncertain. We are already hearing whispers from Capitol Hill that Senate Republicans may capitulate to Barack Obama and the Democrat minority and, in the spirit of so-called compromise, scuttle the language that denies Barack Obama the funds to implement his unlawful decree.
And we're not about to let that happen. Senate Republicans need to hear from patriotic Americans like you right now and they must be told, in no uncertain terms, that the American people will not tolerate any so-called compromise that allows Barack Obama's unconstitutional and imperial amnesty decree to stand.
Don't Be Fooled By The Media Narrative.
But the future of this bill in the Senate is uncertain. We are already hearing whispers from Capitol Hill that Senate Republicans may capitulate to Barack Obama and the Democrat minority and, in the spirit of so-called compromise, scuttle the language that denies Barack Obama the funds to implement his unlawful decree.
And we're not about to let that happen. Senate Republicans need to hear from patriotic Americans like you right now and they must be told, in no uncertain terms, that the American people will not tolerate any so-called compromise that allows Barack Obama's unconstitutional and imperial amnesty decree to stand.
Don't Be Fooled By The Media Narrative.
In the coming days you'll hear the professional pundits, the politicians and
the media advance a disgusting and deceptive narrative.
They'll tell you that blocking the funding that will allow Barack Obama to issue work permits, Social Security and Medicare to 5 million illegal aliens will also jeopardize DHS's ability to combat terrorism at home and abroad.
They'll tell you that Republican inflexibility puts Americans in imminent danger, and it is probably not a coincidence that the lame-stream media has been pumping up the coverage of terrorist activities in recent days.
But what no one in the media is telling you is that John Boehner, when he initially betrayed the American people by funding Obama's illegal decree, funded DHS through February 27, 2015.
And that means that there is no rush to capitulate to Barack Obama and Senate Democrats because DHS is fully funded for at least six weeks.
If Senate Democrats filibuster this bill in the Senate, let them explain to the American people why they are willing to cut-off DHS funding to preserve an unconstitutional amnesty decree; and if Barack Obama pulls out his veto pen, then let him explain to the American people why he is willing to jeopardize our national security over his unconstitutional and imperial amnesty decree.
And while they're busy explaining themselves, our elected officials will have 6 weeks to go back to the drawing board and pass a bill that reflects the will of the American people... but in order for that to happen, Senate Republicans must stand strong today.
They'll tell you that blocking the funding that will allow Barack Obama to issue work permits, Social Security and Medicare to 5 million illegal aliens will also jeopardize DHS's ability to combat terrorism at home and abroad.
They'll tell you that Republican inflexibility puts Americans in imminent danger, and it is probably not a coincidence that the lame-stream media has been pumping up the coverage of terrorist activities in recent days.
But what no one in the media is telling you is that John Boehner, when he initially betrayed the American people by funding Obama's illegal decree, funded DHS through February 27, 2015.
And that means that there is no rush to capitulate to Barack Obama and Senate Democrats because DHS is fully funded for at least six weeks.
If Senate Democrats filibuster this bill in the Senate, let them explain to the American people why they are willing to cut-off DHS funding to preserve an unconstitutional amnesty decree; and if Barack Obama pulls out his veto pen, then let him explain to the American people why he is willing to jeopardize our national security over his unconstitutional and imperial amnesty decree.
And while they're busy explaining themselves, our elected officials will have 6 weeks to go back to the drawing board and pass a bill that reflects the will of the American people... but in order for that to happen, Senate Republicans must stand strong today.
"Why Would Any Member Of Congress Who Opposes Executive Amnesty
Provide President Obama The Funds To Carry It Out?" -Senator Jeff Sessions
Senator Sessions went on to say: "President Obama’s executive amnesty voids the laws Congress has
passed in order to foist on the nation measures Congress has refused to pass.
In violation of U.S. law, it grants illegal immigrants work permits, Social
Security, and Medicare — taking jobs and benefits directly from struggling
Americans. The President has arrogated to himself the sole and absolute power
to decide who can enter, live, work, and claim benefits in the United
States."
Sessions was right when he made that statement and he is still right today.
Make no mistake, any Senator who feels the need to capitulate to Barack Obama right out of the gate is simply trying to find an excuse to support amnesty for millions of illegal aliens and is willing to allow Barack Obama to shred the Constitution to do it.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Case in point... consider the following statement from Mr. Amnesty, Senator Lindsey Graham: "We can’t go too far here because look what happened in Paris. The Department of Homeland Security needs to be up and running."
Nice try Lindsey, but we're not buying it and if we can offer some advice, wait another month before you try to peddle you amnesty capitulation narrative.
Instead of running in fear over the prospect of a DHS shutdown that is six weeks away, Republicans need to fight and force Democrats to explain to the American people why they're willing to play politics with our national security today.
Floyd Brown
Sessions was right when he made that statement and he is still right today.
Make no mistake, any Senator who feels the need to capitulate to Barack Obama right out of the gate is simply trying to find an excuse to support amnesty for millions of illegal aliens and is willing to allow Barack Obama to shred the Constitution to do it.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Case in point... consider the following statement from Mr. Amnesty, Senator Lindsey Graham: "We can’t go too far here because look what happened in Paris. The Department of Homeland Security needs to be up and running."
Nice try Lindsey, but we're not buying it and if we can offer some advice, wait another month before you try to peddle you amnesty capitulation narrative.
Instead of running in fear over the prospect of a DHS shutdown that is six weeks away, Republicans need to fight and force Democrats to explain to the American people why they're willing to play politics with our national security today.
Floyd Brown
TV
executives relationships with Obama Administration. With Photos
luis carril… Surprised?
You still wonder who made Obama into a
real political figure after only serving half a term as a senator?
TV executives relationship with the Obama Administration:
TV executives relationship with the Obama Administration:
IF YOU HAD A HUNCH THE NEWS SYSTEM WAS
RIGGED AND YOU COULDN'T PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT, THIS MIGHT SOLVE THE PUZZLE.
ABC
News executive producer Ian Cameron is married to Susan Rice, National Security Adviser.
CBS
President David Rhodes is the brother of Ben Rhodes, Obama’s Deputy National
Security Adviser for Strategic Communications.
ABC
News and Univision reporter Matthew Jaffe is married to Katie Hogan, Obama’s Deputy Press Secretary
ABC
President Ben Sherwood is the brother of Obama’s Special Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood
CNN
President Virginia Moseley is married to former Hillary Clinton’s Deputy Secretary Tom Nodes.
And
now you know why it is no surprise the national media is in Obama's pocket.
You think there might be a little bias in the news ?
You think there might be a little bias in the news ?
It
also explains the cover up of Benghazi. [among
many other things]
“EMO” SI ESTO NO ES
NEPOTISMO, ALGUIEN ME PUEDE DECIR QUE ES? LRGM
Gustavo Rojas. Importan information: "There are none so
blind as those who will not see."
When you read this you will understand why Obama refuses to say the words "radical Islam."..
When you read this you will understand why Obama refuses to say the words "radical Islam."..
I didn't originate
this, but it checked out with Google and Snopes…
Did you know that we
now have a Muslim government?
John Brennan, current head of the CIA converted to Islam while stationed in Saudi Arabia.
Obama's top advisor, Valerie Jarrett, is a Muslim who was born in Iran where her parents still live.
Hillary Clinton's top advisor, Huma Abedin is a Muslim, whose mother and brother are involved in the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
John Brennan, current head of the CIA converted to Islam while stationed in Saudi Arabia.
Obama's top advisor, Valerie Jarrett, is a Muslim who was born in Iran where her parents still live.
Hillary Clinton's top advisor, Huma Abedin is a Muslim, whose mother and brother are involved in the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
Assistant Secretary for
Policy Development for Homeland Security, Arif Aikhan, is a Muslim.
Homeland Security Advisor, Mohammed Elibiary, is a Muslim.
Obama advisor and founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Salam al-Marayati, is a Muslim.
Obama's Sharia Czar, Imam Mohamed Magid, of the Islamic Society of North America is a Muslim.
Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, Eboo Patel, is a Muslim.
And last but not least, our closet Muslim himself, Barack Hussein Obama.
Homeland Security Advisor, Mohammed Elibiary, is a Muslim.
Obama advisor and founder of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, Salam al-Marayati, is a Muslim.
Obama's Sharia Czar, Imam Mohamed Magid, of the Islamic Society of North America is a Muslim.
Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships, Eboo Patel, is a Muslim.
And last but not least, our closet Muslim himself, Barack Hussein Obama.
It's questionable if
Obama ever officially took the oath of office when he was sworn in. He didn't
repeat the oath properly to defend our nation and our Constitution. Later the
Democrats claimed he was given the oath again in private?
CIA director John Brennan took his oath on a copy of the Constitution, not a Bible.
Congressman, Keith Ellison took his oath on a copy of the Qur'an.
CIA director John Brennan took his oath on a copy of the Constitution, not a Bible.
Congressman, Keith Ellison took his oath on a copy of the Qur'an.
Congresswoman Michele
Bachman was vilified and almost tarred and feathered by Democrats when she
voiced her concern about Muslims taking over our government.
Considering all these appointments, it would explain why Obama and his minions are systematically destroying our nation, supporting radical Muslim groups worldwide, opening our southern border, and turning a blind eye to the genocide being perpetrated on Christians all over Africa and the Middle East.
The more damage Obama does, the more arrogant he's become!
Our nation and our government has been infiltrated by people who want to destroy us. It can only get worse!
Considering all these appointments, it would explain why Obama and his minions are systematically destroying our nation, supporting radical Muslim groups worldwide, opening our southern border, and turning a blind eye to the genocide being perpetrated on Christians all over Africa and the Middle East.
The more damage Obama does, the more arrogant he's become!
Our nation and our government has been infiltrated by people who want to destroy us. It can only get worse!
Rasmussen Poll: Mitt Romney Leads GOP Pack
A new poll from Rasmussen Reports has found Mitt Romney atop a growing field of GOP
contenders.
The telephone survey of likely Republican voters found Romney, with his high name recognition, leading a slate of nine possible candidates with 24 percent support, Rasmussen said.
The poll asked respondents who they would pick if the GOP presidential primary were held right now — far in advance of its actual date.
The telephone survey of likely Republican voters found Romney, with his high name recognition, leading a slate of nine possible candidates with 24 percent support, Rasmussen said.
The poll asked respondents who they would pick if the GOP presidential primary were held right now — far in advance of its actual date.
Coming in behind the 2012 GOP presidential nominee were former Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush at 13 percent, conservative columnist and retired neurosurgeon
Ben Carson at 12 percent and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at 11 percent.
Both Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie earned 7 percent support while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio gained 5 percent along with former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Four percent chose other candidates and 12 percent said they were undecided, Rasmussen said.
Republicans are working to coalesce behind a strong candidate who might take on Hillary Clinton, the likely 2016 Democratic nominee.
Both Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie earned 7 percent support while Florida Sen. Marco Rubio gained 5 percent along with former Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Four percent chose other candidates and 12 percent said they were undecided, Rasmussen said.
Republicans are working to coalesce behind a strong candidate who might take on Hillary Clinton, the likely 2016 Democratic nominee.
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll, however, found Clinton beating all
top GOP contenders in a head-to-head contest, creating concern for Republicans
as more candidates ponder a White House bid, CNN reported.
Little emerged publicly from a meeting between Romney and Bush, who had a cordial talk over lunch Thursday in Salt Lake City, to discuss their competing ambitions,The New York Times reported.
A previous Rasmussen poll noted that voters want a fresh face, and not the usual suspects, as they choose a GOP presidential hopeful. Just 10 percent said they should choose a candidate who has run in the past.
Little emerged publicly from a meeting between Romney and Bush, who had a cordial talk over lunch Thursday in Salt Lake City, to discuss their competing ambitions,The New York Times reported.
A previous Rasmussen poll noted that voters want a fresh face, and not the usual suspects, as they choose a GOP presidential hopeful. Just 10 percent said they should choose a candidate who has run in the past.
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M
Aleman: LA DELEGACION CUBANA
No estamos todos los que somos, ni somos
todos los que estamos…..
The Obama
administration sends career State Dept. officials to "negotiate" with
and go up against KGB-trained master spies from Cuba's nefarious and deathly
efficient intelligence apparatus.
Who do you
think will come out ahead?
EXCLUSIVE: Senior Cuban Spies Leading
“Normalization” Talks With US (que
lindo, ingeniosidad Americana)
By Chris Simmons
Gustavo
Machin
Two career
Cuban spies, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro and Gustavo Machin Gomez, will lead this
week’s migration and normalization discussions with the United States. The pair
are members of Cuba’s primary foreign intelligence service – the Directorate of
Intelligence (DI), and serve as Director and Deputy Director,
respectively, of the North American Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MINREX). This is Machin’s second time in the Division, having served as
Deputy Chief in 2003 and Division Chief from 2004-2005.
As Havana’s
lead “diplomats” on U.S.-Cuban relations, they handled the Alan Gross
negations, the return of three of Havana’s jailed spies, and the artificial
insemination of DI officer Adriana Perez O’Connor (wife of freed spy Gerardo
Hernandez). Perez herself was a member of the Wasp Network – the largest Cuban spy
ring ever known to operate in the US. Incidentally, when details are eventually
released regarding the Obama administration’s secret talks to restore US-Cuba
relations, Vidal and Machin will undoubtedly be at the center of events.
From the
DI’s perspective, MINREX’s North America Division is now seen as a de facto
wing of the spy service. This assignment is so important that three former
members were appointed to ambassadorships. Now we are witnessing the
unprecedented return of Ambassador Gustavo Machin to serve as Josefina Vidal’s
deputy. Given this pattern of events, I think it’s fairly safe to say Vidal is
Raul Castro’s choice to be the first Cuban Ambassador to the United States.
Espionage
Backgrounds
Josefina
Vidal
Little is
publicly known about Vidal’s espionage career. In May 2003, the US
expelled 14 Cuban diplomats for espionage. Seven diplomats were based at the
Cuban Mission to the United Nations and seven at the Interests Section. Among
the seven Washington-based spies declared Persona Non Grata was First Secretary Jose Anselmo Lopez Perera.
His wife, First Secretary Josefina Vidal, also known to the US as a Cuban Intelligence
Officer, voluntarily accompanied her expelled spouse back to Cuba.
Previously,
Vidal’s lone known success was her support to the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); in particular, Julia E. Sweig, a CFR
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Latin America Program. In her book, Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro
and the Urban Underground, Sweig profusely thanked six Cuban spies for assisting her with her
research. The six intelligence officers were Jose Antonio Arbesu, Ramon Sanchez
Parodi, Fernando Garcia Bielsa, Hugo Yedra, Jose Gomez Abad and Josefina Vidal.
The son of
a revolutionary hero, Gustavo Machin Gomez, was expelled in November 2002 in retaliation for the Ana
Belen Montes case. In 2003, he was Deputy Director of MINREX’s North America Division and Chief the following year. In 2006, he was appointed
Cuba’s first ambassador to Pakistan, where
he is believed to have targeted US counterterrorism operations in the region.
He then returned home to head the International Press Center before his current assignment.
DI officer Johanna Tablada preceded Machin in his second tour as Deputy
Division Chief before her appointment as ambassador to Portugal.
She was suspected of being assigned to Department M-I, the elite element
focused on targeting the US intelligence community, universities, and Congress.
Eduardo
Martinez Borbonet previously assisted Vidal as a Counselor in the North America Division. In
November 2011, two weeks after a landslide victory propelled longtime
Havana-ally Daniel Ortega into a controversial third term, he became Havana’s ambassador to Nicaragua.
In late
December 1998, First Secretary Martinez Borbonet was expelled for his involvement in the South Florida based Wasp Network. The diplomat-spy served at the Cuban
Mission to the United Nations (CMUN), the traditional hub for Havana’s US-based
espionage operations. He had arrived approximately eight years earlier as a
lowly Third Secretary.
Article
taken from Babalú Blog - http://babalublog.com
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SOTU
Speech: Obama’s Finest Trickery
Do not fall for it.
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On
Tuesday, Barack Obama gave the most disgraceful State of the Union speech in
history.
You
could cut the air in the chamber as he attempted to call for civility in
politics… which was quickly followed by him heckling the Republican Congress to
their faces.
Obama’s
“greatest” proposal is what some Republicans have called his “Robin Hood”
package.
With
tax revenue and spending at all-time highs, he still wants the government to
get a bigger share of the nation’s revenue.
But
remember, Robin Hood was a hero. And Obama isn’t fooling anyone…
The Tales of Robin the
Hoodwinker…
Obama’s
tax reform proposals wouldn’t be revenue neutral. Instead, he looks to increase
taxes by $320 billion, aiming to fund a raft of new social programs. “Free”
community college tuition is high on Obama’s “do-good” list.
But
also taking precedence on the list are tax increases targeted at stock traders
and investors. Obama wants to raise the capital gains tax rate from $0.20 to
$0.28. He even had the audacity to say President Ronald Reagan accepted this
high rate in the 1980s – forgetting to let his audience know Reagan wanted them lower.
On
top of the new levy of capital gains, he wants to increase fees on America’s
largest banks. These fees, like most corporate taxes, would flow on and be paid
by the customers. (Read: average Americans struggling to make ends meet.)
Putting
the nail in our economy’s coffin, Obama wants to raise estate taxes. This would
hit small business and farmers hard.
Essentially,
Obama’s hit list has been dubbed the “Robin Hood” tax package by Republicans.
But this is the wrong rhetoric. You see, Robin Hood helped the poor against an
overtaxing tyrannical state. Robin Hood fought the officials of the government.
Instead,
Obama’s plan is more reminiscent of the Sheriff of Nottingham who abused the
poor to fill the coffers of the greedy king.
More Tricks and Mind Games
Apparently,
the idiots running the GOP communications operation don’t really understand how
big government is strangling America.
Small
businesses, the engine of a growing economy, are at an all-time low… and by the
look of things, not many new ones are being created, either. After all,
innovation and small business are what create jobs.
Plain
and simple, the small guy gets hosed as Obama tells him everything that he’s
doing is for him.
And
while the Obama economy has favored the wealthy Obama donors who fill his
campaign coffers, the number of billionaires is rapidly growing under his
regime. You see, Obama’s stifling regulation kills competition against the big
guys already in business. Therefore, the rich keep getting richer.
Sure,
the president uses “class warfare” rhetoric; but it’s all a part of government
doublespeak. It’s nothing but more Obama schemes and mind games…
Regardless
of party lines, money talks. So when you hear that Obama’s
plans are being called “dead on arrival,” don’t believe it. John Boehner and the
Republicans could adopt many of Obama’s proposals in advance of the 2016
elections.
After
all, they want to be liked, too… and keep in mind, Robin Hood was the protagonist of the story.
Read more at http://www.westernjournalism.com/sotu-speech-obamas-finest-trickery/#ot41xqFBwX5dwBr9.99
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Has the president exceeded his authority on immigration?
Obama to Announce Immigration Plans
Thursday
In the State of the Union address, President Obama declared:
“We can’t put the security of families at risk by taking away their health
insurance, or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street, or refighting past
battles on immigration when we’ve got a system to fix. And if a bill comes to
my desk that tries to do any of these things, it will earn my veto.”
Unfortunately
it’s not that simple. There’s a lawsuit heading President Obama’s way.
On November 20, 2014, the president issued an executive order to suspend
immigration laws for approximately four million illegal immigrants. Was this
constitutional? Twenty-four states in a single lawsuit—and one Federal
District Court in Western Pennsylvania—have responded with an emphatic “No.”
The lawsuit was instituted in early
December by Texas and its Attorney General Gregg Abbott and has not yet been
heard by the U.S. Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
To date, 23 states have joined Texas in the litigation. The Pennsylvania
memorandum opinion was issued by Federal District Judge Arthur J. Schwab in the
case of U.S.
v. Juarez-Escobar in December 2014. Thecase involved an undocumented
immigrant who was charged with reentering the United States
after having been deported.
How
do President Obama’s executive actions violate the Constitution according to
the multi-state lawsuit and Judge Schwab’s memo opinion?
In
both the lawsuit and opinion, the key U.S. Constitutional provision which
President Obama’s action is said to violate is found in Article II, section 3,
the Presidential Article. Section 3 is composed of a list of duties which the
president is required to carry out, such as the duty to give information to
Congress on the State of the Union, receive ambassadors and other public
ministers, and commission all officers of the United States. But tucked away in
Section 3, Clause 5 is one of the lesser-known but extremely important
Constitutional imperatives called the “Take Care Clause.” It simply says that
the president “shall take care that the Laws be faithfully executed.”
Why is this clause so important to the
challenges being made to the president’s executive action? As the multi-state
lawsuit clearly puts it, “the President of the United States announced that he
would unilaterally suspend the immigration laws as applied to 4 million of the
11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States … that unilateral
suspension of the Nation’s immigration laws is unlawful.”
It is unlawful because it is a failure to see that “the Laws be faithfully
executed,” in this case, the president refusing to enforce existing immigration
statutes. Moreover, as Judge Schwab points out, this action actually
“constitutes ‘legislation’ and effectively changes the United States’
immigration policy.” He adds: “[Obama] may not take Executive Action that
creates law.”
The Obama administration has offered
two defenses for the executive actions. The first is necessity. It is the claim
that the president was forced to act by the inaction of Congress on the subject
of immigration. Judge Schwab easily disposes of this claim.
“Perceived or actual Congressional inaction does not endow legislative power
with the executive.” To assert that inaction by Congress is a basis for an
executive power grab displays a monumental misunderstanding of the fundamentals
of American government. When Congress does not act on an issue, such as
immigration, its refusal can be considered a choice in favor of the status quo.
In other words, the legislative branch speaks through both its actions and
inactions. A president can only act within the powers given him by Article II
of the Constitution, no matter what another branch does or fails to do.
The
second defense offered by the administration for Obama’s executive action is
“prosecutorial discretion.” This claims that the president is not really
suspending immigration laws but merely instructing authorities to exercise
discretion in deporting undocumented immigrants. (This despite President
Obama’s public statement that “I just took action to change the law.”)
Both Judge Schwab and the multi-state lawsuit say that there is no similarity
between ordinary prosecutorial discretion and Obama’s executive action.
Ordinary
prosecutorial discretion is exercised on an individual case-by-case basis. For
example, a prosecutor, by discretion, may decide to settle a case without
trial, may decide to appeal a decision, or may decide to dismiss a case. As the
Office of Legal Counsel, an organ of the Department of Justice, itself
admitted, Obama’s action does “not merely enable individual immigration
officials to select deserving beneficiaries.” Instead, Obama’s executive
action, according to Judge Schwab, “goes beyond prosecutorial discretion.” It
is not a case-by-case process, but instead it allows large groups of
individuals—in all probability, millions—to qualify for deportation deferrals
by meeting preset eligibility requirements and, in addition, to gain certain
rights such as work permits and other benefits. Both the process and the
extension of certain benefits are uncharacteristic of ordinary prosecutorial
discretion.
It will be up to the courts and
Congress to rein in President Obama’s exercise of raw executive power. They
should remind him of his statement a few years ago: “I know some here wish I
could just bypass Congress and change the law [on immigration] myself. But
that’s not how democracy works. See, democracy is hard. But it’s right.
Changing our laws means doing the hard work of changing minds and changing
votes, one by one.”
Precisely
so, Mr. President.
Editor’s Note: The
Honorable Arthur J. Schwab is a trustee of Grove City College.
Dr. John A. Sparks is the
retired dean of the Calderwood School of Arts & Letters, Grove City
College, Grove City, Pa., and teaches constitutional history and business Law
on a part-time basis.
“En mi opinión”
No 857 Enero 24, 2015
“IN GOD WE TRUST” Lázaro R González Miño EDITOR
