Vacation Insights

This summer I've been taking time off from this blog...see my reasons why here.

But I'm on vacation, my kiddos are in bed early, it's quiet, and I just canNOT let some of these things go...

FIRST:  Yesterday marked the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.  A worthy organization that teaches moral values, duty to God and country, and builds character. I grew up with young men involved in BSA; I have seen firsthand what the BSA can do. 

My angst? President Obama was unable to speak at this momentous occasion due to some "pressing" issues. Know what they were? A fundraiser in NYC and an appearance on the daytime talk show The View.  

That's right. Our President again chooses to pander to the Hollywood crowd and rub shoulders with Joy Behar (bleh) rather than motivate and encourage thousands of young men around the country.  He's a community organizer, after all...this should be right up his alley.

And, it's The View, for goodness sakes! Can he appear on a more fluffy program? Can it really be considered a serious news program? Not even close. Even Rosie O'Donnell (YES, HER!) said he shouldn't do the show...wow.

SECOND:  Details I received via email which explain EVERYTHING that frustrates me about the Obama Administration. This is from Bill Bonner at The Daily Reckoning:

Here is a "chart that showed past presidents and the percentage of each president's cabinet appointees who had previously worked in the private sector - you know, a real life business, not a government job. Remember what that is? A private business?

Roosevelt - 38%
Taft - 40%
Wilson - 52%
Harding - 29%
Coolidge - 48%
Hoover - 42%
FDR - 50%
Truman - 50%
Eisenhower - 57%
Kennedy - 30%
LBJ - 47%
Nixon - 53%
Ford - 42%
Carter - 32%
Reagan - 56%
GHWB - 51%
Clinton - 39%
GWB - 55%
Obama - 8%


"And these are the guys holding a 'job summit'; going to tell us how to run our businesses, make our decisions for us? Do you want to trust them with every aspect of your life?"

Doesn't that explain a lot?! It sure clarifies why Obama is attacking the private sector and small businesses. This president and his cabinet are so far removed from what actually CREATES wealth, jobs and prosperity and the exact reason why they have made no improvement in our economic recovery. Can you say, "Over Your Head"?


THIRD:  I've talked about the Arizona Immigration Law previously and my support for the State of Arizona acting to enforce and protect the people of that state where the federal government neglected to do so. Today, U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton blocked some of the provisions of this immigration law. From Fox News:

"The partial injunction on SB 1070 means Arizona, for the time being, will not be able to require police officers to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest....Bolton also struck down the section of the law that makes it a crime not to carry immigration registration papers and the provision that makes it a crime for an illegal immigrant to seek or perform work."

From Rush, he has summarized the 36-page ruling into a few short words: "It is no longer illegal to be illegal."


Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has promised this is not the end. She doesn't strike me as someone to lay down and take the hit. I'm anxious to see how she steps to the plate. She's serious.

Stay tuned...

Sources:
Fox News, BSA Anniversary Celebration Without Obama
Rosie O'Donnell - Obama on The View
Bill Bonner for The Daily Reckoning 07.25.2010
Rush on Arizona Immigration 07.28.2010
Fox News, Judge Blocks Portions of AZ Immigration Law 07.28.2010

Light Reading

"Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano admitted Monday that she has not read the controversial Arizona immigration law even though she's gone on television to critcize it, and continued to assert that it was 'bad law enforcement law.'"

 - Fox News 05.18.10

Do you know how many pages it is?

10

Ten pages. 

First, I want to give kudos to Arizona for creating a succinct bill...unlike that 2500+ page Obamacare monstrosity. And even then, when critics were ridiculing the length, supporters were saying, it's only 2500 pages...just read it! 

Second, WHAT?! Are you kidding me. Napolitano is all over the press criticizing this bill and she hasn't read the ten measly pages!

What's worse?  Check this:

"The admission comes after Attorney General Eric Holder, who earlier warned the law could create a 'slippery slope' toward racial profiling, told a House committee last week that he had not read the bill either. On Tuesday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said he too had not read the bill, even as he defended diplomatic official Michael Posner for comparing the law to Chinese human rights violations."

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/18/napolitano-admits-read-arizona-immigration-law/

Arizona Guts

"Since the president's joke was so inappropriate [she's referring to a joke about the AZ immigration law], I suppose if he wanted to join the comedian game, I could suggest that he not give up his day job. Unfortunately, though, he isn't doing very well at that one, either."

Governor of Arizona, Jan Brewer

Do you remember when Bush was president? That guy could not catch a break. He was constantly criticized, ridiculed and blasted by the media. Now, I do believe the president of this great nation should know full-well what level of criticism he/she will be subject to upon making a run for the presidency, but what I'm baffled about is why no one has the guts to be critical of President Obama. And not just fluffy criticism about his social blunders...I mean, serious questioning about his policy and his agenda.

Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona is apparently one of the few. As Rush said, this Governor has GUTS:

"While the president is making wisecracks and playing racial politics, some groups have suggested that Arizona be punished for enforcing laws that our federal government has failed to enforce. That is misguided at best. Our purpose today is to help the rest of the nation understand the crisis which confronts our state. Our nation's government is broken. Our border is being erased, and the president apparently considers it a wonderful opportunity to divide people along racial lines for his personal political convenience."

Wherever you stand on the political spectrum, you can't deny that Obama has divided this country more than any of his predecessors. From where I sit, there appears more hatred, more divide and more focus on racial differences, rather than a focus on our commonality as American citizens. 

On a different note....

I'm back and working into this blogging thing again...vacation was heavenly. I avoided politics for almost ALL of the 10 days I was gone. If there's anything you want to share...help a girl out and send it to me and I will post!  Happy Wednesday All!

Source: http://www.necn.com/pages/landing_business?Gov-Brewer-Obama-Comic-in-Chief=1&blockID=235463&feedID=

Don't Let Political Correctness Get in the Way

"The regime [Obama Administration] versus the state of Arizona; the regime taking the side of the lawless; the regime taking the side of drug coyotes; the regime taking the side of smugglers."

 - Rush Limbaugh, 04.27.2010

I just love some of the quotes from Rush today:

"San Francisco says that they are going to boycott Arizona, and I'm sure the people of Arizona are happy as hell about that."

"Now, notice how the Democrats, the regime, the media, the left are calling Arizona's new immigration bill an outrageous usurpation of power.  Meanwhile, that same regime is moving to take away our salt, our lightbulbs, reaching down into every nook and cranny of our lives, and they don't bat an eye." 

"What is so hard to understand that the problem here with illegal immigration is ILLEGAL and do they not know that 'illegal' means 'against the law'? Do they not know there's already a law? You can't be illegal unless there's a law proscribing the activity." 

"But all of you people who want to boycott Arizona, you're not going to have to boycott.  People aren't going to go there if it isn't safe -- it's just that simple -- and that's the primary job of the US government: The protection and safety of the citizens, and they have failed, big time."

Quoting Leo Banks, "The farther you get from the line, the more people want to make this problem about race. It's the ground the left wants to fight on because it's so effective. Political correctness shuts people up and keeps the border open."  

Do any of my Arizona readers wish to comment?

Do I have any Arizona readers?

Hello? (tap, tap)  Is this thing on?

Aunt A.? You there?  (I think you're my only AZ reader)

Well, if anyone knows anyone...like the best friend of your uncle's brother-in-law, ask 'em what they think. Email me. I'll post it. I'm curious for a first-hand account if anyone wants to share.

Source:
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_042710/content/01125108.guest.html