Sunday, July 4, 2010

tea party demographics

The Not-So-White Tea Party

USA Today is out with a new poll on Tea Party supporters. Near the top of both the article and the accompanying graphic is this point, also singled out by Howard Kurtz in his Washington Post report on the study:

They are overwhelmingly white and Anglo,

Not too surprising, perhaps. Economic conservatives, we hear, are more white than the national average. But wait — here's the rest of Kurtz's sentence:

although a scattering of Hispanics, Asian Americans and African Americans combine to make up almost one-fourth of their ranks.

"Almost one-fourth of their ranks" is "a scattering"? Sounds like a pretty good chunk to me, especially in a country that is after still mostly white. Let's go to the tape. The data-filled graphic says that 77 percent of Tea Party supporters are "non-Hispanic whites." And this 2008 Census report says that the United States as a whole is 65 percent non-Hispanic white. So the Tea Party is indeed somewhat more "white" than the country at large, but not by that much. Twelve points above the national average is not "overwhelmingly white," and 23 percent Hispanics, Asian Americans and African Americans is not "a scattering." At a rough estimate, it represents about 14 million non-Anglo Americans who support the Tea Party movement.

How does this compare to the demographics of other movements? Strangely enough, I can't find any real data on the demographics of the enviromental movement. Maybe pollsters and mainstream journalists don't want to know. But here's a report that 84 percent of the visitors to the Sierra Club website are Caucasian. Similar implication here. And here's a story on the environmentalist movement's desperate attempt to seem not so "overwhelmingly white." Yet somehow journalists don't focus on that obvious fact about the environmentalist movement.

Instead, they keep describing the Tea Party movement as "overwhelmingly white," even when the data suggest a different conclusion.

David Boaz • July 2, 2010 @ 1:05 pm

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JP Aptani Women

APTANI WOMEN

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Women of the Apatani Tribe, in India's Apatani plateau, are famous for the bizarre nose plugs they've been wearing since times long passed.

The Apatani, or Tani, are a tribal group of about 60,000 members, often praised for their extremely efficient agriculture, performed without animals or machinery. They have no written record of their history, and traditions are passed down orally, from generation to generation.

One tradition that is quickly fading into the mist of time is the traditional Apatani nose plugs, worn by most of the elder women in the tribe. There was once a time when every woman had to wear these bizarre accessories, but since the middle of the 20th century, the custom began to die. According to the Apatani, the nose plug was born as a way of protecting the women of the tribe. Apparently, Apatani women have always been considered the most beautiful among the Arunachal tribes, their villages were constantly raided by neighboring tribes, and the women kidnapped.

To make themselves unattractive to the other tribes, Apatani women began wearing these hideous nose plugs and tattooing their faces with a horizontal line from the forehead to the tip of the nose, and five lines on their chins. Let's face it, that turns off any raider in search of beautiful women to have his way with.

But the tradition of the Apatani nose plug hasn't been practiced by any woman born after 1970, and as time passes, this custom will probably soon be forgotten. Well, at least we still have the Ethiopian lip plug.

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Re: BREWER WARNS OF IMMIGRANTS AND 'BEHEADINGS'

Republicans are willing to believe in anything that stokes their
hatred of the poor.

On Jul 3, 10:59 pm, Mustang <mustangsp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Just because we have not heard of "beheadings" on the news doesn't mean it
> hasn't happened. We have heard of murders of documented Americans - men, women
> and children - by illegal aliens.
>
> If you google "mexican beheading," you will find many incidents of police,
> politicians, and citizens in the way being decapitated by drug cartels down
> there. I wouldn't be surprised to learn it has happened within our borders
> too. Either way, there's not much difference between decapitated, dismembered,
> and just plain murdered with a bullet or stabbing. The result is exactly the
> same with fewer body parts. Ask the family of "Documented American" Robert
> Krentz, a crippled man murdered on his legally owned and documented property
> which has been taken over by drug and human, gun toting, murderous illegal
> alien, smugglers!
>
> We know that documented American jails and prisons have tens of thousands
> illegal alien criminals being housed, fed, clothed, and medically cared for.
> The same illegals who have been legally deported and illegally returned to
> deliberately commit additional violent crimes. Those illegal aliens were tried
> in documented American courts, legally sentenced by documented American judges,
> after legal convictions by documented American juries, prosecuted by documented
> American attorneys, and defended by documented American attorneys provided to
> the illegal aliens at no charge. Illegal aliens show their respect for America
> and our laws by illegally entering again and again, committing more murder and
> mayhem against our documented Americans and documented legal residents.
>
> How many documented Americans have to be beheaded, shot, stabbed, maimed, raped,
> robbed, etc. by illegal alien violent repeat criminals before the borders are
> sealed and America is protected?
>
> It's a drug war. It's a human smuggling war. It's a protect America war. It's
> a protect Americans war. What part of W A R don't some people understand? What
> part of I L L E G A L don't people understand?
>
> Press "1" for English, my ass.
>
> ________________________________
> From: VT Sean Lewis <thevirtualtr...@gmail.com>
> To: PoliticalForum@googlegroups.com
> Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 7:39:51 PM
> Subject: BREWER WARNS OF IMMIGRANTS AND 'BEHEADINGS'
>
> BREWER WARNS OF IMMIGRANTS AND 'BEHEADINGS'....
> Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) continues to try to defend her anti-
> immigrant
> policies, and isn't above _using shameless demagoguery_
> (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/
> brewer_claims_illeg...
> _the.php) to scare people into agreeing with her.
> In an interview on Fox News last week, for example, she claimed: "We
> cannot
> afford all this illegal immigration and everything that comes with
> it,
> everything from the crime and to the drugs and the kidnappings and the
>
> extortion and the beheadings ..."
> There's no better way, it seems, to make the case for strict
> anti-immigration laws than to claim that undocumented immigrants are
> pouring into the
> country to decapitate innocent Americans. But just because she says
> it on
> television doesn't make it true.
> Brewer didn't just slip up; she seems to seriously believe immigrants
>
> who've entered the U.S. illegally are engaged in "beheadings." Offered
> a chance
> to walk it back on a local public affairs show this week, Brewer
> insisted
> that there have been "bodies in the desert ... that have been
> beheaded."
> When told that media research could find no such incidents, the
> governor
> didn't care.
> Eventually, a spokesperson for Brewer said that the Arizona governor
> _may
> not have been referring to incidents in Arizona_
> (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/
> brewer_claims_illeg...
> ) , but could have meant illegal immigrants beheading people in other
> states.
> First, Brewer was clearly talking about Arizona. Second, there aren't
>
> reports of beheading in other border states, either. Third, this is
> probably the
> most unpersuasive spin I've heard since the RNC spokesperson _tried
> to
> explain_
> (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/
> 2010_07/024551.php) Michael Steele rejecting the RNC's line on
> Afghanistan.
> There's no great mystery here. For Republicans like Jan Brewer, the
> goal
> is to literally terrify the American public. In this case, that means
> connecting illegal immigration to images Americans have seen of
> terrorists
> beheading the innocent, and hoping people are confused enough to miss
> the
> distinction between a Mexican worker, hoping to provide for his/her
> family, and
> members of al Qaeda.
> But trying to connect crime to immigration problems is _a losing
> proposition_ (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/
> 2010_05/023621.php)
> .—_Steve Benen_ (mailto:sbe...@washingtonmonthly.com) 1:25 PM
> _Permalink_
> (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/
> 2010_07/024552.php)
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JP The moral imperative to end an IMMORAL WAR!!!

The invasion is finally seeing the ground relaties, a defeat!!!! They have butchered afghans, and their own soldiers are seeing an ever increasing number of graves, and the frustration in the world is growing against this immoral world, as the article says...its time to pack back home and give indians the reality check (as they have been riding the invading soldier's necks and playing their dirty games in Afghanistan against Pakistan)... Following are some of very interesting articles on the topic...

1. The moral imperative to end an immoral war!! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/02/wapo-on-faith-the-moral-i_n_634284.html

2. Surge follows Petraeus to Afpak! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pepe-escobar/surge-smoke-follows-petra_b_633976.html

3. Money won't solve problems in Afghanistan! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/graham-lee/money-wont-solve-problems_b_633703.html

4. Its time to end this war!! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-wallis/its-time-to-end-this-war_b_632720.html

5. Afghanistan again! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/afghanistan-again_b_633443.html

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Qualification: Graduate Engineering

Skills: Analytical Skills, Presentation Skills, Managerial Skills, IT Skills, Team Dynamics

3) Position: Deputy Manager

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Skills: Analytical Skills, Presentation Skills, Managerial Skills, Pro-E, Auto CAD, Team Dynamics

4) Position: Officer

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Qualification: Minimum Graduation

Skills: Microsoft GP ( Financial, Fixed Asset, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business Portal, etc.) Modules, Team Dynamics, Presentation Skills

5) Position: Tax Officer

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Experience: 2 – 3 years especially tax matters

Qualification: Minimum B.Com

Skills: IT Skills, Presentation Skills, Team Dynamics

Kindly send or share CV at consult@coniferandpinespk.com & cc to practitioner.hr@gmail.com . mention job title and GCC reference in subject line

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JP Touching Moments of Father with their kids..

Touching Moments of Father with their kids..

Very cute pictures of fathers with their children. It is something usual to see a mother with her child on a picture, but when you see a father so loving and caring, it is someway even cuter. And sometimes, when they play with their children, they also remind big kids themselves :

HOW A SON THINKS ABOUT HIS FATHER AT DIFFERENT AGES:
At 4 Years
My daddy is great.

At 6 Years
My daddy knows everybody.

At 10 Years
My daddy is good but is short tempered

At 12 Years
My daddy was very nice to me when I was young.

At 14 Years
My daddy is getting fastidious.

At 16 Years
My daddy is not in line with the current times.

At 18 Years
My daddy is becoming increasingly cranky.

At 20 Years
Oh! Its becoming difficult to tolerate daddy. Wonder how Mother puts up
With him.

At 25 Years
Daddy is objecting to everything.

At 30 Years
It's becoming difficult to manage my son. I was so scared of my father
When I was young.

At 40 Years
Daddy brought me up with so much discipline. Even I should do the same.

At 45 Years
I am baffled as to how my daddy brought us up.

At 50 Years
My daddy faced so many hardships to bring us up. I am unable to manage
A Single son.

At 55 Years
My daddy was so far sighted and planned so many things for us. He is
One Of his kind and unique.

At 60 Years
My daddy is great.

Thus, it took 56 years to complete the cycle and come back to the 1st. Stage. Realize the true value of your parents before it's too late.

How nice of them to tell us now

http://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/07/lokerbie-bomber-is-not-dead-yet.html

Our closest ally - someone we can depend on totally - I don't really
think that holds water now!

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JP Jobs of the week.

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B.Sc Civil along with 10 years experience in the field of contracts management of Civil Construction projects

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السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ،،،

1- جب تم نماز نہ پڑهو تو مت سوچو كہ وقت نہيں ملا. بلكہ يہ سوچو كہ تم سے كونسى غلطى ہوئى ہے كہ الله تبارک وتعالى نے تم كو اپنے سامنے كهڑا كرنا پسند نہ كيا ... اس پر غور كرو!!!

2- اگر توكل سيكهنا ہے تو پرندوں سے سيكهو كہ جب وه شام كو گهر واپس جاتے ہيں توان كى چونچ ميں كل كے لئيے كوئى دانہ نہيں ہوتا.

3- جو ايمان اتنا كمزور ہو كہ چل كر مسجد تک نہ جائے وه بهلا قيامت كے دن جنت ميں كيسے لے كر جائيگا....... غور كريں!!!!!

4- ہركوئى چاہتا ہے كہ مجہے كاميابى مل جائے ليكن جب مسجد سے دن ميں 5 مرتبہ آواز آتى ہے "حي على الفلاح" آؤ كاميابى كى طرف – تو اس طرف جانے كى ہم زحمت نہيں كرتے. افسوس كہ جس چيز كو وه سارى زندگى ہر جگہ تلاش كركہ بهى حاصل نہيں كرسكا وه تو خود اسے اپنے پاس بلارہى ہے .... ذرا سوچيں!!!

5- الله رب العزت نے فرمايا اگر ميں نے تمام باتيں قسمت ميں لكہنى ہوتيں تو ميں اپنے بندے كو دعا مانگنا نہ سيكهاتا.

6- جب حضور eكے وصال كا وقت قريب آيا تو آپ eنے حضرت عزرائيلu سے پوچها كہ "كيا ميرى امت كو بهى موت كى اتنى تكليف برداشت كرنى پڑے گى" تو فرشتے نے فرمايا "جى". تو آپe كى آنكهـ مبارك سے آنسو جارى ہوگئے تو الله نے فرمايا "اے محمدe آپ كى امت اگر ہر نماز كے فوراً بعد آئية الكرسى پڑہے گى تو موت كے وقت اس كا ايک پاؤں دنيا ميں ہوگا اور ايک جنت ميں... سبحان الله!!!

7- كوشش كرو كہ تم دنيا ميں رہو دنيا تم ميں نہ رہے كيونكہ كشتى جب تک پانى ميں رہتى ہے خوب تيرتى ہے ليكن جب پانى كشتى ميں جاتا ہے تو وه ڈوب جاتى ہے (حضرت علىy).

جزاك الله

JP Fw: Khamoushi Kab Tak?????

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Re: BREWER WARNS OF IMMIGRANTS AND 'BEHEADINGS'

Just because we have not heard of "beheadings" on the news doesn't mean it hasn't happened. We have heard of murders of documented Americans - men, women and children - by illegal aliens.

If you google "mexican beheading," you will find many incidents of police, politicians, and citizens in the way being decapitated by drug cartels down there. I wouldn't be surprised to learn it has happened within our borders too. Either way, there's not much difference between decapitated, dismembered, and just plain murdered with a bullet or stabbing. The result is exactly the same with fewer body parts. Ask the family of "Documented American" Robert Krentz, a crippled man murdered on his legally owned and documented property which has been taken over by drug and human, gun toting, murderous illegal alien, smugglers!

We know that documented American jails and prisons have tens of thousands illegal alien criminals being housed, fed, clothed, and medically cared for. The same illegals who have been legally deported and illegally returned to deliberately commit additional violent crimes. Those illegal aliens were tried in documented American courts, legally sentenced by documented American judges, after legal convictions by documented American juries, prosecuted by documented American attorneys, and defended by documented American attorneys provided to the illegal aliens at no charge. Illegal aliens show their respect for America and our laws by illegally entering again and again, committing more murder and mayhem against our documented Americans and documented legal residents.

How many documented Americans have to be beheaded, shot, stabbed, maimed, raped, robbed, etc. by illegal alien violent repeat criminals before the borders are sealed and America is protected?

It's a drug war. It's a human smuggling war. It's a protect America war. It's a protect Americans war. What part of W A R don't some people understand? What part of I L L E G A L don't people understand?

Press "1" for English, my ass.

From: VT Sean Lewis <thevirtualtruth@gmail.com>
To: PoliticalForum@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 7:39:51 PM
Subject: BREWER WARNS OF IMMIGRANTS AND 'BEHEADINGS'

BREWER WARNS OF IMMIGRANTS AND 'BEHEADINGS'....
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) continues to try to defend her anti-
immigrant
policies, and isn't above _using shameless demagoguery_
(http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/
brewer_claims_illeg...
_the.php) to scare people into agreeing with her.
In an interview on Fox News last week, for example, she claimed: "We
cannot
afford all this illegal immigration and everything that comes with
it,
everything from the crime and to the drugs and the kidnappings and the

extortion and the beheadings ..."
There's no better way, it seems, to make the case for strict
anti-immigration laws than to claim that undocumented immigrants are
pouring into the
country to decapitate innocent Americans. But just because she says
it on
television doesn't make it true.
Brewer didn't just slip up; she seems to seriously believe immigrants

who've entered the U.S. illegally are engaged in "beheadings." Offered
a chance
to walk it back on a local public affairs show this week, Brewer
insisted
that there have been "bodies in the desert ... that have been
beheaded."
When told that media research could find no such incidents, the
governor
didn't care.
Eventually, a spokesperson for Brewer said that the Arizona governor
_may
not have been referring to incidents in Arizona_
(http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/
brewer_claims_illeg...
) , but could have meant illegal immigrants beheading people in other
states.
First, Brewer was clearly talking about Arizona. Second, there aren't

reports of beheading in other border states, either. Third, this is
probably the
most unpersuasive spin I've heard since the RNC spokesperson _tried
to
explain_
(http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/
2010_07/024551.php) Michael Steele rejecting the RNC's line on
Afghanistan.
There's no great mystery here. For Republicans like Jan Brewer, the
goal
is to literally terrify the American public. In this case, that means
connecting illegal immigration to images Americans have seen of
terrorists
beheading the innocent, and hoping people are confused enough to miss
the
distinction between a Mexican worker, hoping to provide for his/her
family, and
members of al Qaeda.
But trying to connect crime to immigration problems is _a losing
proposition_ (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/
2010_05/023621.php)
.—_Steve Benen_ (mailto:sbe...@washingtonmonthly.com) 1:25 PM
_Permalink_
(http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/
2010_07/024552.php)

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Yet Again with the National ID

Yet Again with the National ID
by Becky Akers
July/August 2010 • Volume: 60 • Issue: 6 •

Fresh from their defeat in forcing national identity papers on us with REAL ID, the feds are trying once more. Their plea this time isn't terrorism but immigrationthough they're pretty much the same, according to the State.

Introduced in 2005 to combat the waves of terrorists thronging our shores, REAL ID was supposed to thwart the bad guys by transforming our drivers' licenses into a national ID card. We'd have submitted this card on demand to government's agentsas do the victims in totalitarian regimes. Never mind that "almost no empirical research has been undertaken to clearly establish how identity tokens can be used as a means of preventing terrorism," according to Privacy International, or that "terrorists have traditionally moved across borders using tourist visas," unless they "are equipped with legitimate identification cards." The 9/11 hijackers and the Madrid bombers, respectively, provide two recent examples.

Any Pretext Whatsoever

Governments itch to tag their subjects like so many cattle, on any pretext whatsoever. Ours thought it had a dandy excuse in the attacks of 9/11, and who can blame it? Many Americans would eagerly sell their few remaining liberties so long as a politician assured them that said sale secured the homeland. Ergo, the feds invented a bogus link between terrorism and America's freedom from a national ID. They swore they'd prevent another 9/11 so long as we followed orders to carry "enhanced" drivers' licenses.

Surprisingly, rebellion bloomedand this among states that have supinely obeyed any number of anti-constitutional decrees since 1865. Fifteen passed legislation prohibiting their DMVs from turning licenses into a de facto national ID; another ten officially denounced REAL ID.

No matter: The feds slapped an alias on their failed legislationPASS IDand reintroduced it. But in case such cosmetics can't con us, a couple of senators are aiming at the same goal via another American bugaboo: immigration.

Increased Workplace Patrols

Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) propose to "reform" yet again the feds' cruel and unconstitutional policies on immigration. Their national ID card piggybacks on Social Security cards rather than drivers' licenses.

"The plan calls for a big increase in immigration agents patrolling workplaces," the New York Times reported. The Bush administration already tried such raids; their inhumanity devastated whole towns, not just immigrants, and Obama's government supposedly discontinued them. But senators seldom boast an enviable learning curve. Graham and Schumer would also "require all workers, including legal immigrants and American citizens, to present a tamper-proof"that is, biometric"Social Security card when they apply for jobs."

In propaganda the Washington Post obligingly published, the senators wrote, "A tamper-proof ID system would dramatically decrease illegal immigration, experts have said, and would reduce the government revenue lost when employers and workers here illegally fail to pay taxes." But, "there's no such thing as a foolproof ID system," as experts have also said. And "reducing lost government revenue" as a reason for national ID adds insult to injury. We should pack papers so the government can keep more of what it loots from us?

The senators also promise that though "we would require all U.S. citizens and legal immigrants who want jobs to obtain a high-tech, fraud-proof Social Security card," we're safe from bureaucratic prying because "no government database would house everyone's information." If you believe that, you no doubt believe as well that these politicians have only our best interests at heart, have studied rather than exploited this topic, and are competent to decide for us who our future neighbors, friends, and relatives will be.

Certainly, Graham and Schumer don't have immigrants' best interests at heart. Indeed, whether immigrants can live here is determined solely by whether we can use them to "ensur[e] America's future economic prosperity." Ergo, the senators' "legislation would award green cards to immigrants who receive a Ph.D. or master's degree in science, technology, engineering or math from a U.S. university. It makes no sense to educate the world's future inventors and entrepreneurs and then force them to leave when they are able to contribute to our economy."

Nationalist Agenda

Forget about those hungry, tired, and poor yearning to breathe free; the persecuted; and the tortured. If you can't advance politicians' nationalistic agendas, you won't find a toe-hold here.

The senators aren't content to menace only immigrants; they also threaten and penalize Americans who, unlike themselves, are productive: "Prospective employers would be responsible for swiping the [national ID] cards through a machine"and who pays for the gizmo? -- "to confirm a person's identity and immigration status. Employers who refused to swipe the card or who otherwise knowingly hired unauthorized workers would face stiff fines and, for repeat offenses, prison sentences."

Our rulers have spent the last 150 years ginning up fear of immigrants, pitting established Americans against newcomers, contriving a hobgoblin from which they squawk about rescuing us. They've succeeded so well that modern Americans happily don chains so long as it means immigrants wear them, too. National ID, raids on offices and factories, a wall on our southern border: Nothing is too dictatorial when it comes to controlling migration.

Schumer and Graham are betting Americans' fear of immigrants outweighs their love of liberty. Tragically, that looks like a winning wager.

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/yet-again-with-the-national-id/

Re: BREWER WARNS OF IMMIGRANTS AND 'BEHEADINGS'

Republicans like Jan Brewer, the
goal
is to literally terrify the American public.
---
as if the 12 Americans they kill every day in the USA won't?

In this case, that means connecting illegal immigration to images
Americans have seen of
terrorists beheading the innocent, and hoping people are confused
enough to miss
the distinction between a Mexican worker, hoping to provide for his/
her
family, and members of al Qaeda.
----
wrong association, dumbass

The decapitated bodies of 12 men were discovered early Sunday
scattered in and around a state capital in southern Mexico. Nine of
the corpses were strewn along a busy street, where the Guerrero state
governor later appeared for a religious procession.
The gruesome display comes as drug traffickers and their death squads
fight law enforcement authorities as well as one another for control
of prized routes into the United States.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/21/AR2008122101995.html

On Jul 3, 9:39 pm, VT Sean Lewis <thevirtualtr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> BREWER WARNS OF IMMIGRANTS AND 'BEHEADINGS'....
> Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) continues to try to defend her anti-
> immigrant
> policies, and isn't above _using shameless demagoguery_
> (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/
> brewer_claims_illeg...
> _the.php) to scare people into agreeing with her.
> In an interview on Fox News last week, for example, she claimed: "We
> cannot
> afford all this illegal immigration and everything that comes with
> it,
> everything from the crime and to the drugs and the kidnappings and the
>
> extortion and the beheadings ..."
> There's no better way, it seems, to make the case for strict
> anti-immigration laws than to claim that undocumented immigrants are
> pouring into the
> country to decapitate innocent Americans. But just because she says
> it on
> television doesn't make it true.
> Brewer didn't just slip up; she seems to seriously believe immigrants
>
> who've entered the U.S. illegally are engaged in "beheadings." Offered
> a chance
> to walk it back on a local public affairs show this week, Brewer
> insisted
> that there have been "bodies in the desert ... that have been
> beheaded."
> When told that media research could find no such incidents, the
> governor
> didn't care.
> Eventually, a spokesperson for Brewer said that the Arizona governor
> _may
> not have been referring to incidents in Arizona_
> (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/
> brewer_claims_illeg...
> ) , but could have meant illegal immigrants beheading people in other
> states.
> First, Brewer was clearly talking about Arizona. Second, there aren't
>
> reports of beheading in other border states, either. Third, this is
> probably the
> most unpersuasive spin I've heard since the RNC spokesperson _tried
> to
> explain_
> (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/
> 2010_07/024551.php) Michael Steele rejecting the RNC's line on
> Afghanistan.
> There's no great mystery here. For Republicans like Jan Brewer, the
> goal
> is to literally terrify the American public. In this case, that means
> connecting illegal immigration to images Americans have seen of
> terrorists
> beheading the innocent, and hoping people are confused enough to miss
> the
> distinction between a Mexican worker, hoping to provide for his/her
> family, and
> members of al Qaeda.
> But trying to connect crime to immigration problems is _a losing
> proposition_ (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/
> 2010_05/023621.php)
> .—_Steve Benen_ (mailto:sbe...@washingtonmonthly.com) 1:25 PM
> _Permalink_
> (http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/
> 2010_07/024552.php)

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Extend jobless benefits, and not by trimming stimulus

(http://www.boston.com/news/globe/)
GLOBE EDITORIAL
Extend jobless benefits, and not by trimming stimulus
July 3, 2010
THE MEAGER gain in private-sector jobs reported yesterday is further
evidence that the economic recovery is weak, casting a harsh light on
Congress'
failure to extend unemployment benefits before starting its Fourth of
July
recess. Actions by Republicans, including Senator Scott Brown of
Massachusetts, to block the jobless benefits bill have already cost
1.3 million
long-term unemployed Americans this lifeline. If Congress fails to
act by the
end of July, an additional 2 million will lose their unemployment
checks.
Jobless benefits play two critical roles in a struggling economy: They

keep working families fed and in their homes until breadwinners can
get back
to work, and they generate job-creating economic activity to help
keep the
economy from spiraling further downward.
When Congress returns, Democrats should demonstrate the priority they
give
to aiding the jobless by peeling the benefits extension off from a
package
that also included an infusion of money to state governments. As much
as
states need the funds to avoid more layoffs and service cuts
(Massachusetts
has been counting on about $700 million), this provision particularly
raised the hackles of deficit hawks. The money for the states is a
fight worth
waging — at another time. Now it is more important to get the benefit
checks
out.
Senator Brown has said he would vote for extended unemployment
assistance
if money for it came from unused stimulus funds. But yesterday's jobs
report proved that the economy needs both aid for the unemployed and
the ongoing
boost that stimulus projects provide as they come on line. Just this
week,
Massachusetts received $45.4 million in stimulus money to expand
broadband
access in the western part of the state where some towns have
virtually no
high-speed Internet service. Overall, the 2009 stimulus package
includes
$7.2 billion to upgrade the nation's data networks — and, at the same
time,
create 5,000 construction jobs.
Clearly, not all stimulus projects were shovel-ready when Congress
passed
the bill last year, but that is just as well, since the economy still
needs
the turbo-injection of an initiative like broadband expansion. Brown
is
justified in his concern that extending jobless benefits will
increase the
deficit. In the long term, that red ink must be addressed. But job
one for
Congress when it returns will be to make sure the unemployed keep
their
benefits — and not at the cost of needed stimulus spending.

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Unemployment: Congress Has Never Before Dropped Extended Benefits With Jobless..

_Unemployment: Congress Has Never Before Dropped Extended Benefits
With
Jobless Rate So High_
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/30/unemployment-congress-
has_n_...)

First Posted: 06-30-10 09:54 AM | Updated: 06-30-10 10:37 AM

Though the jobs crisis shows few signs of abating and the unemployment
rate
continues to hover near 10 percent, Congress allowed extended
unemployment
benefits to expire at the beginning of June, causing so far more than
1.2
million long-term unemployed to miss checks.
During normal times, state provide 26 weeks of unemployment benefits
for
workers laid off through no fault of their own. Federally-funded
extended
benefits have given the unemployed additional weeks during eight
recessions
since the 1950s. If Congress fails to reauthorize the current round of
extra
jobless aid, it will be the first time since then that extended
benefits
have been allowed to expire when the national unemployment rate is
above 7.2
percent.
"This is both unfair to the unemployed, who face a historically
difficult
situation through no fault of their own, and economically unwise as it
threatens the prospect of a strong and sustainable recovery," says a
new report
from the National Employment Law Project and the Center for American
Progress. "The consequences are obviously dire for those Americans
out of work,
and could be equally devastating for employed Americans who are
counting on
a sustained economic recovery to keep their jobs and boost their
earnings."
The report shows that in previous recessions -- in 1973, for example
--
extended benefits have been left in place until unemployment dropped
to as low
as 5 percent.
The stimulus bill and subsequent extensions gave the unemployed up to
99
weeks of benefits in some states -- an unprecedented amount of help.
When it
came time to reauthorize the extended benefits in May, conservative
Democrats in the House and Senate had lost their appetites for
stimulating the
economy with deficit spending. Despite _authoritative reports_
(http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/letter/2010/
el2010-12.html) to the contrary,
many members of Congress suspect the extended benefits _discourage
people
from looking for work_
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/10/john-linder-
unemployment_n_6...) .
Both chambers of Congress are currently _scrambling_
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/29/unemployment-benefits-
bil_n_...) to pass
standalone unemployment bills after a broader domestic bill that
included a
reauthorization of extended benefits stalled in the Senate. If
Congress manages
to reauthorize the benefits, people who prematurely exhausted will be
paid
retroactively.

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