"Stay Red Kansas"

Good Bye Kitty,

Have fun in Washington, we'll miss you here in Kansas.

God help the nation Sebelius is coming!

Link To - Roundup Mexican Drug Dealers Along Border

The Associated Press
Federal agents have rounded up more than 750 suspects in a wide-ranging crackdown on Mexican drug cartels operating inside the United States.
More than 50 of the suspects were arrested overnight in a series of raids coordinated by the Drug Enforcement Administration aimed at capturing members of the Sinaloa cartel, blamed for a rising tide of violence in Mexico and the United States.
Another 700 suspects were arrested previously over the course of the DEA's 21-month Operation Xcellerator, officials said.

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Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Identity-Theft Law in Immigration Cases Link To - The New York Times

PPK Hammer Block Recall - Smith & Wesson

Court rules for state in American Indian land case

By RAY HENRY

Associated Press WriterThe U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the federal government's authority to hold land in trust for Indian tribes, a victory for Rhode Island and other states seeking to impose local laws and control over development on Indian lands.

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Will this Supreme Court ruling have any effect on the 7th Street Indian Casino in Kansas City Kansas? - Billy Blogger

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The photo below has nothing to do with the above story from the Kansas City Star but I coulnd't resist when I saw it this morining. The symbolism needs no comment from me. BB

Pablo Martinez Monsivais AP Photo

ACORN Is A Bad Seed

ACORN members rally to stop foreclosures and recover the economy at ACORN's Legislative and Political Conference in Washington, D.C. Feb.

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Kansas HB 2077

Voter ID This bill requires voters to show a valid photo ID that contains their name, photograph and signature before voting. A voter who does not have an ID could sign an affidavit, subject to perjury and felony, and still vote. It would be implemented in 2012 allowing for one voting cycle for voter education. Advance voting is not addressed. An amendment offered on the floor (changing the affidavit to requiring the person to cast a provisional vote) resulted in the bill being returned to the committee. A more restrictive bill was passed last year but vetoed by the (Liberal) Governor.

The League of Women Voters opposed the bill. They contend that there is no evidence of voter fraud and that putting additional requirements on voters for such a “problem,” discourages voting when we need to be encouraging voter participation.

NO EVIDENCE! HOW DO YOU SPELL A-C-O-R-N?

ACORN

The Kansas City Star's Take On The Moore Rally

Moore’s vote for stimulus package prompts protest outside his office

Angered by Congress’ approval of the $787 billion economic recovery plan, a crowd protested Saturday outside the Overland Park office of U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore.
Protesters held placards and chanted their disapproval of the vote by Moore, a Kansas Democrat, in favor of the relief package.
President Barack Obama signed the measure into law on Tuesday.
Overland Park police estimated the crowd on a cold and windy Saturday morning at 200 to 300 people.
The demonstration lasted about an hour, Sgt. Todd George said.

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Don't bother going to the Star's link above for the rest of the story there's nothing more, just 84 words and a stock photo.

Another thing; Billy Blogger was there for an hour and a half & left to cover another event. As I was leaving more protestors were showing up so the business of the event lasting an hour, another attempt to kiss the congressman's,,, ring by the Kansas City Star.

This morning in Overland Park Kansas just out side both Kansas Cities, three or four hundred people gathered in mid to upper 20 temperatures in order to protest Congressman Dennis Moore’s ‘yes’ vote for the stimulus package.
Notables on hand were; Darla Jaye KMBZ 980 radio, Ed Hayes Heart of America Chapter Director of the Minutemen, Frances Semler and a host of just plain tax payers plus one fluffy puppy with his own message. (Click on Image to Enlarge) See Video Of The Rally (YouTube)

Make That: February 21, 2009

MCDCKC volunteers will be at Kansas Congressman Dennis Moore’s Overland Park office tomorrow February 21, 2009 at 10:00 AM to express our first amendment right to protest his support of the ‘Great Giveaway of the Twenty First Century’.
Not included in the ‘Package of Regret’ were E-Verify which will now whither on the Liberal vine March 6th, 2009.

8417 Santa Fe Drive #101

Overland Park, KS 66212

Obama Tells Spanish Radio: Immigration Reform Coming

By Jerome R. Corsi© 2009 WorldNetDaily

NEW YORK – President Obama affirmed in an interview with a Spanish-language radio show that his administration is preparing to push for a new round of "comprehensive immigration reform."
The White House confirmed to WND Obama was a guest on the Univision show "Piolin por la Manana," or "Piolin in the Morning," hosted by Eddie "Piolin" Sotelo. A transcript of the interview, however, was not posted on the White House website.
"And then we've got to have comprehensive immigration reform," Obama told the radio audience, according to a transcript. "It's going to take some time to move that forward, but I'm very committed to making it happen."

Also See - President Obama

Rancher Cleared in Rights Case

Arizona jury still awards damages to illegal immigrants.

Jerry Seper

The Washington Times Wednesday,

February 18, 2009

A federal jury in Tucson ruled Tuesday that an Arizona rancher did not violate the civil rights of 16 Mexican nationals he stopped after they sneaked illegally into the United States, but awarded $78,000 in actual and punitive damages on claims of assault and the infliction of emotional distress.
One of the 16 illegal immigrants allowed to bring the lawsuit is a convicted felon deported from the U.S. after a 1993 arrest on federal drug charges, court records show. Gerardo Gonzalez, 38, was convicted in September 1993 of possession of a controlled substance for sale and ordered deported to his home country.

Body scanners replace metal detectors in tryout at Tulsa airport

(Thomas Frank, USA TODAY) WASHINGTON — For the first time, some airline passengers will skip metal detectors and instead be screened by body scanning machines that look through clothing for hidden weapons, the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.
An experimental program that begins today at Tulsa International Airport will test whether the $170,000 body (Body scanners like the one being demonstrated here by Duran Turner at Baltimore-Washington International Airport use millimeter wave technology to find foreign objects on passengers.)
scanners could replace $10,000 metal detectors that have screened airline passengers since 1973. Airports in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Miami, Albuquerque and Salt Lake City will join the test in the next two months, TSA spokesman Christopher White said.

Rulings favor workers suing Tyson Foods

By DAN MARGOLIES

The Kansas City Star

A lawsuit claiming thousands of Kansas meatpacking workers were denied overtime and other compensation by Tyson Foods Inc. can proceed as a class action, a federal judge has ruled.

The workers, many of them immigrants from Latin America, sued under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and under the Kansas Wage Payment Act as well as other legal theories. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the workers alleged overtime violations. Under the Kansas Wage Payment Act, they sought relief for “straight” time for which they allegedly were not compensated.

Kris Kobach for Secretary of State

As my Counsel at the Justice Department, Kris Kobach had a tremendous impact. He saw what needed to be done, and succeeded in making dramatic reforms quickly. His service to his country in the wake of 9/11 was extraordinary. He is exactly the kind of person that Kansas needs in the Secretary of State's office. He is a resourceful man of principle who will protect the integrity of the election process. And he knows how to cut red tape to bring new jobs to Kansas."

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft

1. Stopping Voter Fraud

2. Guaranteeing Voter Access

3. Improving Civics Education

Finally, I believe strongly in leading with a servant’s heart. I can think of no greater privilege than serving the people of Kansas as their next Secretary of State. I ask you for your support. For more information, please visit www.kriskobach.org.

Income Re-Distribution Features of the 2009 Stimulus Plan

By Mr. ToughMoneyLove January 28, 2009

The AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT TAX ACT OF 2009 (a/k/a Obama stimulus plan) includes some new features by which income earned by some taxpayers will be re-distributed in the form of tax credits. The income being re-distributed will go to other taxpayers and, in many cases, to individuals who are not taxpayers at all but merely tax return filers.

1. A brand new $500 annual tax credit per tax filer, for 2009 and 2010.

2. The earned income credit is being increased to a maximum of $5656 for taxpayers having three children.

3. The refundable portion of the child tax credit is increased

4. The Hope education tax credit is being increased from $1800 to $2500 per student.

5. Repayment of the first time homebuyer credit of up to $7500 (this was put in place last summer) is being waived for home purchases made between 12/31/2008 and 9/1/2009.

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'The link at the top will direct you to the entire story'

(This was written in late January 2009; in the past couple of weeks many changes, additions & deletions have occured.)

10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto

Haven't seen this since college have you? You might want to take another look.

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1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equal distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c., &c.[6]

Jesse Jackson's Newest Staff Member

Jesse Jackson has added former Chicago Democrat Congressman Mel Reynolds to Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's payroll. Reynolds was among the 176 criminalsexcused in President Clinton's last-minute forgiveness spree. Reynoldsreceived a commutation of his six-and-a-half-year federal sentence for 15convictions of wire fraud, bank fraud, and lies to the Federal ElectionCommission. He is more notorious, however, for concurrently serving fiveyears for sleeping with an underage campaign volunteer.
This is a first in American politics: An ex-congressman who had sex with asubordinate...won clemency from a president who had sex with asubordinate...then was hired by a clergyman who had sex with a subordinate.His new job?
Ready for this??

*********YOUTH COUNSELOR********
IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY OR WHAT?

(Tribune photo by Jose More / June 19, 1995)

Mel Reynolds
A teenager, prison and a commuted sentence
U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds (D-Ill.) (center) enters court in Chicago with his wife, Marisol, and a Cook County sheriff's deputy.
In 1995, the representative from the 2nd District went to prison after being convicted of sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old campaign worker, solicitation of child pornography and obstruction of justice.
In 2001, President Bill Clinton commuted Reynolds' sentence.
In 2005, Chicago police ordered Reynolds to leave his home on Chicago's South Side because of its nearness to a school.
They cited a law that prohibits sex offenders from living within 500 feet of a dense concentration of children.

"Moore accepted $52,500"

Campaign donations call into question Rep. Moore’s scrutiny of banks taking bailouts

U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, the Kansas Democrat, was in his seat Wednesday when the House Financial Services Committee grilled the chief executives of eight banks taking government bailout money.
But during the last election, Moore accepted $52,500 in campaign contributions from people and political action groups associated with those same banks — good enough for 10th place among all committee members.
“What these donations call into question is, how close is (Moore’s) scrutiny going to be,” said Massie Ritsch of the Center for Responsive Politics, which found the contributions in campaign reports.
The Financial Services Committee is one of the biggest in Congress. Its members accepted $1.8 million from the eight banks, the center found.

Prisident Bush's Off Shore Drilling OK, Neutered

Linda Martinez Confirmed In Missouri

By JASON NOBLE
The Star’s Jefferson City correspondent

JEFFERSON CITY After weeks of debate and delay, the Missouri Senate on Tuesday approved Gov. Jay Nixon’s appointee for director of the Department of Economic Development — but not without strong accusations from a Republican senator.
Republican senators have raised several concerns regarding Martinez’s nomination, including her relationships with businesses that receive tax credits and her stance on illegal immigration policy.
Her most vocal critic: Sen. Scott Rupp, a Wentzville Republican, who questioned her dedication to enforcing state immigration law.
The appointee, St. Louis attorney Linda Martinez, has been the acting director since Nixon, a Democrat, took office nearly a month ago. The department is responsible for the state’s job-growth and economic-development efforts and awards hundreds of millions of dollars each year in tax credits and other incentives.

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“While working pro bono for the Bryan Cave Law Firm, Ms Martinez led the fight to repeal duly passed city ordinances in Valley Park…put in place in 2006 to stem the tide of illegal immigrants in the small town,” the Constitution Party said in a statement".

Missouri Constitution Party opposes appointment

Border-Fence Project Hits a Snag

By STEPHANIE SIMON

Wall Street Journal

Construction of the final stretch of a 670-mile security fence along the southern U.S. border has hit a series of legal, political and engineering obstacles that are slowing completion of the yearlong project.
More than 600 miles of fencing are already up -- a hodge-podge of metal panels, wire mesh and steel posts. The California, Arizona and New Mexico portions were finished largely without incident. But the last 70 miles, mostly along the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, are proving a challenge.

Nathan Lambrecht/The McAllen Monitor
Crewswork on the security fence along the southern U.S. borderwest of Progresso, Texas, in December. Completing the fence is proving to be a challenge.
Opponents of the fence have petitioned the Obama administration to halt construction. Environmentalists are demanding a top-level review of the route, which they say would block such rare species as the ocelot from critical habitat. Property owners are contesting federal seizure of their land. Engineers are struggling to address flooding concerns.
And all the while, drug smugglers and illegal immigrants continue to breach the fencing that is up, forcing Border Patrol agents and contractors to return again and again for repairs. The smugglers build ramps to drive over fencing, dig tunnels under it, or use blow torches to slice through. They cut down metal posts used as vehicle barriers and replace them with dummy posts, made from cardboard.
Citing the problems, opponents of the fence are pleading with the new administration to call a time-out.
As a senator, Barack Obama voted for the border fence. But during the presidential campaign he expressed doubts about its effectiveness. "There may be areas where it makes sense to have some fencing. But for the most part, having [the] border patrolled, surveillance, deploying effective technology, that's going to be the better approach," Mr. Obama said in a primary debate.

¡Si usted está en este país ilegal salga! Salga antes de que le capturen y se encarguen de lo que han confiado nunca los crímenes usted.

¡No deje la avenida pasada del escape ser el que usted AHORA acaba de pasar, LICENCIA!

Minuteman Wins Congressional Candidacy Challenge

Tribune staff report
February 8, 2009
Rosanna Pulido, founder of the Illinois Minutemen Project and a vocal opponent of illegal Immigration, has survived a petition challenge and will be on the Republican ballot in the 5th Congressional District primary March 3.

Pulido is a frequent and often feisty guest on the local talk-radio circuit and should prove to be an interesting candidate. The challenge to her candidacy was mounted Joshua Hoyt, executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. According to Pulido's campaign, Hoyt even questioned the validity of the signature of Pulido's father.

YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK

By Chelsea Schilling© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Stimulus could supply illegals with 300,000 jobsPositions for Americans may go to aliens if current Senate bill passes

The Senate's stimulus bill could supply 300,000 construction jobs to illegal aliens, effectively sending those taxpayer funds to Mexico and other countries, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.
The bill currently under consideration, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, provides $104 billion in government funding for new construction projects including highways, schools and restoration of public housing – to generate jobs for some of the 11.1 million unemployed Americans.
However, unlike the version introduced by Rep. Jack Kingston, R-GA, and approved by the House, HR 1, the Senate bill would not prohibit several hundred thousand illegal aliens from acquiring those jobs and sending the money back to their home countries.
The House of Representatives version strictly prohibits contractors from hiring employees without first checking the E-Verify system, which allows employers to verify whether potential employees are authorized to work in the U.S. The program compares employee information with more than 444 million records in the Social Security Administration database and more than 60 million records in the Department of Homeland Security immigration database.

Missouri House of Representatives

If you are a Missouri resident, employed or just traveling in the Show Me State you might want to take a look a (some) of the bills going through the House of Representatives.

USCIS Delays What Documents Accepted to Verify Employment Eligibility

Sheriff Arpaio setting up separate Tent City for illegals

Phoenix Business Journal

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Tuesday he is creating a new Tent City jail for illegal immigrants and would segregate those detainees behind an electrified fence.Arpaio said his office will put 200 illegal immigrants in chains Wednesday and march them from existing jail facilities into the segregated tent area at the county jail near 35th Avenue and Durango Road.Arpaio has been aggressive in his enforcement of immigration violations and said the new Tent City would free up space in existing jails and help the county save

money on the cost of housing illegals until they are deported or sentenced for other crimes.

(Click on Photo to Enlarge)

Useless Signs

By MATT CAMPBELL
The Kansas City Star

Shooting in community center might lead to metal detectors

Kansas City parks officials are reviewing security practices in the wake of a shooting incident during a basketball game Friday at the Tony Aguirre Community Center.
But gunfire broke out Friday apparently after an argument that did not involve the players. One witness told police he heard an automatic weapon “being shot all over.”
The incident was reported at 7:34 p.m. during a basketball game for two 18-and-under boys teams in league play. The gym had been rented by the Guadalupe Center, which has used the Aguirre Center without incident for more than five years, according to the department. The teams are not affiliated with any school district, park officials said.

John Sleezer

Deep sea explorers find wreckage of HMS Victory

By MITCH STACY
The Associated Press - Kansas City Star TAMPA, Fla. Deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunken treasure two years ago say they have discovered another prized shipwreck: A British man-of-war that sank in the English Channel 264 years ago.
The wreckage of the HMS Victory, found below about 330 feet of water, may carry an even bigger jackpot. Research indicates the ship was carrying 4 tons of gold coins when it sank in a storm, said Greg Stemm, co-founder of Odyssey Marine Exploration.
So far, two brass cannons have been recovered from the wreck, Stemm said. The Florida-based company said it is negotiating with the British government on collaborating on the project.
“This is a big one, just because of the history,” Stemm said.

Link to HMS Victory - by Professor William Balchin

H.R.45

Normally this sort of second amendment nonsense would be laughable but these times are not normal so please if you are at all interested in keeping your home legally safe make sure you know what H.R. 45 represents. So far it is just proposed by the person pictured.

Congressman Blair Holt

IN GENERAL- It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to possess a qualifying firearm on or after the applicable date, unless that person has been issued a firearm license.