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KANSAS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING & SHOOTING FESTIVAL

THIS IS ONE YEAR YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS!

June 4 & 5, 2011

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Arizona regained its footing in court Friday

Arizona Regains Footing in Legal Battle Over Immigration Law

Published December 11, 2010

FoxNews.com

After suffering a major legal setback in the summer, Arizona regained its footing in court Friday when a federal judge dismissed parts of the U.S. Justice Department's challenge to the state's new immigration law and rejected several claims made by Hispanic activists and Phoenix police officers.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's ruling on Friday struck down the federal government's challenge to the portion of the law that prohibits the transport of illegal immigrants.
It also rejected a challenge from Phoenix police officers and an advocacy group called Chicanos Por La Causa who argued that the cops could be sued for racial profiling if they enforced the law or lose their jobs if they didn't.
Bolton agreed with Arizona that they had no valid claim of immediate harm.

The Nightmare Act

The United States Senate In Their Superior Wisdom Said:

No más!

House vote for DREAM Act thrills local supporters

By MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS

The Kansas City Star

Myrna Orozco found it hard to exhale Wednesday. She could focus on nothing but how Congress was voting on life-changing legislation for foreign-born young people like herself.

For years, all their dreams of a path to U.S. citizenship have been wrapped up in the House decision Wednesday and the Senate vote today.  Read More

  (The Above Photo)

Kansas-Missouri DREAM Alliance members Ricardo Quinones of Belton (from left), Myrna Orozco of Kansas City, Diana Martinez of Kansas City Jacqueline Saavedra of Kansas City, Kan., celebrate at Jacqueline's house Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2010, after watching the DREAM Act, which allows undocumented students a path to U.S. citizenship, pass on C-SPAN. Quinones, Orozco and Martinez are undocumented. JILL TOYOSHIBA/The Kansas City Star 12082010

The Cost Which Does Not Include Previous Public Expenditures For Translators, Non-Tax Paying Parents Etc.



A Star Is Born in Kansas

>Snip< One Kansas race that deserves more attention than it might seem to deserve was that for secretary of state. Incumbent Democrat Chris Biggs ran against much reviled Republican aspirant Kris Kobach.

For those who are paying attention, it is not Moran, not Brownback, not Yoder who will emerge as the star of the party, but Kobach.

Kobach ran on the simple message, “Stop Voter Fraud.” The Kansas City Star mocked his message as trivial and the candidate as extreme. The Star had been merely parroting the line advanced by the local moderate Republican establishment since Kobach emerged a few years ago: he is too “scary” to win.

>snip< The wreck has arrived. No Republican beat an incumbent more soundly than Kobach beat Biggs: 59 to 37 to be precise. The liberal experiment is over in Kansas. The RINOs are on the run.

(Thanks Jack)

                                             

 

ICE Raids Kansas City Club

Last night at the Club Oasis on Southwest Blvd in Kansas City, ICE along with local police raided the night club which on Sundays advertises Latin music.  According to reports, some 200 people were detained and issued summons for not having ID another 20 arrested for warrents and felony records.  BB assumes that those arrested for having a record were illegal aliens. 

Photos from Oasis site on "My Space"

Kansas Initiative a 2nd Second Amendment?

Hello!  I'm not back but I did want to throw this Kansas issue out to you.  I'll be back in November.  BB

Kansas ballot proposal would reaffirm right to bear arms

Link to:  Kansas and it's 2nd amendment  The Kansas State Rifle Association & Patricia Stoneking are working to insure our 2nd amendment rights, when in November, you the Kansas (legal) voter will have your say.  In case you hadn't noticed the federal government of late is taking the Constitution, it's amendments and warping them to suit themselves.

(Thanks Mary Ann)

Returning in November

November 2nd 2010 in my opinion is one of the top three most important elections in our history.

The 1854 passage of “The Kansas-Nebraska” act began a debate (with violence) that lead to the election of Abraham Lincoln with less then 40% of the popular vote. You know the rest, a ‘war for states rights’.
Another election that ranks in the top three is the one held in November of 2008 which caused the ascension in January 2009 of Barack Hussein Obama. At this point the issues of his birth or religious preference matter little. We cannot allow ourselves to split like the 1860 Democrats which in part, got the other Illinois one term politician elected.
You may not have supported all the Republican candidates elected earlier this month but supporting ‘your’ party’s choice is essential. Stopping Obama’s maniacal race to Socialism is crucial to the future of the United States.
Having said that, it is my intention to take a break from this blog until after the election to devote as much time as I can getting the people elected that will help stop the spending, of this Liberal House, Senate and President. Remember these three names, Obama, Sotomayor & Elena Kagan. If you voted for him please think about what your vote help cause.

Billy Blogger

Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin at the National Mall.

Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed today to a vast, crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King's message.

Link to:  Bill Colley's Page Bill's page is well worth the read. BB

(Thanks Christian)

President George W Bush Greeting Troops at DFW

(Thanks Ray)

Obama bows to Saudi king

OLD NEWS, RIGHT? 

Maybe? Below are just reminders of who this man is, (maybe).  'Wanna' build a mosque in you neighborhood?  Contact - http://mosquesforus.gov/obama

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PHOTONETDAILY

Obama bows to Saudi king

Greeting called 'most unbecoming for president of the United States'

April 02, 2009

By Bob Unruh © 2010

WorldNetDaily

President Obama greeted the king of Saudi Arabia with a full bow from the waist yesterday, a move one commentator described as a violation of protocol and not worthy of the office he holds.

There's only a few things this bowing man could be doing beside bowing.  #1, Picking up his Muslim prayer

beads #2, Kissing the kings ring  #3, Never mind!

These photos were taken from a video (below) but don't bother opening it for viewing, it's been taken down.

Thank you 9th Circuit; there's one thing you folks have no worry about and that's someone claiming to be one of you.   

President of the Minuteman Foundation, Carmen Mercer

As the Founder and President of the Minuteman Foundation, Carmen Mercer is able to extend her advocacy into the arenas of public education by fostering the knowledge to both Latin Americans and United States citizens on the critical importance and prevention of human and sex trafficking of minors/adults that occur along our border and the resulting environmental destruction.  Read More

If you happen to be in Tombstone, Arizona, you can find Carmen Mercer at the “O.K. Café” where she will offer you the best Wyoming Buffalo Burger and cool beverage, point you in the direction of the O.K. Corral, and if you are willing to sit awhile, Carmen will engage you in thoughtful conversation on why she loves this country.

84 Year Old Judge issues Injunction halting Kansas petitions law residency rule

Tucked away on page A-16 of the Kansas City Star Saturday morning was a story by The Associated Press describing how a Kansas District Judge with the advice of the (appointed) Secretary of State Chris Biggs to issue an injunction which allows out of state paid petitioners to gather signatures in Kansas. 

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The Associated Press

WICHITA

A federal judge struck down as unconstitutional on Friday a part of a Kansas law that prohibits nonresidents from circulating petitions within the state.

U.S. District Judge Sam Crow ruled that the law violates the First Amendment and issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Secretary of State Chris Biggs from enforcing it.

The order comes after a lawsuit filed in April by the Constitution Party of Kansas. Also named as plaintiffs are Curt Engelbrecht, a Wichita party member, and Mark Pickens, an Arizona man who works as a paid political petition circulator.
The Kansas attorney general's office had joined with the plaintiffs in asking that the statute be ruled unconstitutional - something Daniel Treuden, a Milwaukee attorney who represents the Constitution Party, called "the responsible thing to do.

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Who is the Constition Party?

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Why I support the CP. If Not the Constitution Party – Then Who?

By Harold Thompson

The Constitution Party believes in God, the sovereignty of our states, the principles of liberty and freedom and small Federal government. We believe in personal responsibility, low taxes, local control of our schools and local control of our governments. We do not need or want the folks in Washington, D.C. telling us how to live, what to eat, how to spend our money and what to buy with our money. Government is by, for and of the people. We, the people, need to start living up to our responsibilities.

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This whole thing may be above my pay grade but it does not seem right.

Bill Blogger

By a voice vote the Senate approved $600 milliion for alleged border security

Below is information about the southern border fence. Before your collective eyes roll up (too far) the Senate on a voice vote yesterday authorized 600 million more, not for ‘The Fence’ but agents and hardware. GIVE ME A BREAK! With that 600 mil, 460 more miles of double layer fence can be built. ‘If you voted for Obama, you voted for this stupidity.

Billy Blogger

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Senate approves $600 million for border security

By JIM ABRAMS

Associated Press Writer

The Senate agreed Thursday to add $600 million to the effort to stop the flow of illegal immigrants across the U.S. Mexican border.

Alex Brandon

The money would be used for such purposes as adding 1,500 new enforcement agents and deploying unmanned aerial drones to improve border surveillance.

The voice vote to pass the emergency spending came in the final hours before the Senate leaves for its monthlong summer break. Its sponsor, Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, said it would boost border spending 10 percent above 2010 levels.  Read More

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According to staff at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), only 34.3 miles double-layer fencing has been completed along the Southern border. Most of that fencing, 13.5 miles, is in Texas, while 11.8 miles are in California and 9.1 miles of double-layer fencing are up in Arizona.  Read more from Jim Demint

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Congressional Research Service

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While the San Diego fence, combined with an increase in agents and other resources in the USBP’s San Diego sector, has proven effective in reducing the number of apprehensions made in that sector, there is considerable evidence that the flow of illegal immigration has adapted to this enforcement posture and has shifted to the more remote areas of the Arizona desert.

the Army Corp of Engineers estimates that the double layer Sandia type fence like what was installed in San Diego would cost about $1.3 million per mile.  (Read More)

If you voted for Obama, you voted for Stranch too!

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

_______________________________________________________________________

For Immediate Release August 7, 2009

President Obama Nominates

Jane Stranch for United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,

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Monday in the Senate the confirmation process bigins for Stranch. BB

(From Law Firms Web Site)

Jane Branstetter Stranch is proud to work with a firm that provides the highest quality legal assistance and values community leadership and service. She concentrates her practice in the broad arena of Labor and Employment, having represented Labor organizations and individuals for over 25 years. She specializes in ERISA work, representing a number of Plans, and has a nationwide complex litigation ERISA practice representing classes of Plan Participants in 401(k)/ESOP litigation seeking to recover pension losses resulting from corporate and/or fiduciary improprieties. Ms. Stranch has also engaged in personal injury and wrongful death litigation and has a specialty in utility law. She often speaks or teaches at conventions and educational seminars. Ms. Stranch has been nominated by President Obama to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and awaits confirmation.

Treasury Department Statement Marking the Beginning of Ramadan

On January 26, 2009, Timothy F. Geithner was sworn in as the 75th Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury and on August 26, 2009 - Treasury Department Statement Marking the Beginning of Ramadan.

August 11, 2010

TG-824

Treasury Department Statement Marking the Beginning of Ramadan

WASHINGTON – As Muslims in the United States and around the world begin their observance of Ramadan, the U.S. Department of the Treasury recognizes the importance of this period of intense devotion, reflection and charitable giving. Charitable giving and philanthropy are core American values, reflected in many faiths and traditions, and are of particular significance within the Muslim faith during the holy month of Ramadan.

(Thanks Ken D)

Amnesty

Amnesty - Lou Dobbs sums up what President Obama and his Liberal Congress is intending for the illegal alien.  Representative  Cleaver of Missouri's 5th District appears to be the property of Barack Obama and needs to be sent home. 

Link to: A two minute summation by Lou Dobbs

(Thanks Ed)

Link to: National Doctor's Tea Party

DOCTORS’ TEA PARTY! J.C. NICHOLS FOUNTAIN IN THE PLAZA

Kansas City, Missouri - “No more government intrusion into the patient-doctor relationship.” The radical takeover of medicine is unprecedented. We CAN still overturn this Obamanation.

KC Star Columnist Admits The Fence Works!

Our dear MARY SANCHEZ of The Kansas City Star wrote "Arizona’s immigration issues developed largely after crackdowns near San Diego pushed border crossings further east"

San Diego has the fence extending into the Pacific Ocean.  Thank you MARY for confirming the wisdom of our fence.

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We need a better system to reform immigration

By MARY SANCHEZ

The Kansas City Star

Fierce partisans on both sides of the immigration debate would do well to take a breather.

>snip< Here’s another reason we need to think carefully and come up with a comprehensive solution: Immigration policies and enforcement measures have a way of solving one problem while causing another. Arizona’s immigration issues developed largely after crackdowns near San Diego pushed border crossings further east. One result: The morgue in Tucson is full of dead migrants as the summer’s heat peaks.

A letter from Todd Tiahrt's daughter.

Dear Kansans,

The race for US Senate has led to many misconceptions and a lot of confusing TV ads and glossy fliers about my family, my father, and his campaign for Senate. I want to address a few of these.
(BillyBlogger picked the below paragraph out of Jessica Tiahrt's open letter because you've heard of this craziness from our Liberal out-patients in the US Congress but I'll bet you don't know how it was stopped.)
6. My dad will fight for Kansas farmers. He learned Ag issues on the seat of a tractor, not from serving on an Agriculture Committee. When the EPA wanted to tax livestock emissions (you know, cow gas!), the Agriculture Committee and Jerry Moran didn't stop it. When my dad saw what this tax would do to Kansas farmers, he sponsored legislation to withdraw the EPA's funding to write the regulations and he stopped the tax dead in its tracks. This bill only extends for one year. If Kansas doesn't send Todd Tiahrt to the Senate, I don't know who will lead this charge next year.

Videos From Arizona Protests, Yesterday

Governor Brewer called the judge’s decision halting the immigration law, “a bump in the road”. Illegals and their allies took to the streets in Phoenix, well aware that the fight is not over:

David Harvey candidate for the Kansas Senate District 7 seat

Mr. David Harvey is a business man and conservative Republican. He owns a commercial real estate development company in Johnson County Kansas. Mr. Harvey is running against the appointed incumbent Terri Huntington for the north east Johnson county senate seat, district 7.

Kansas State Rifle Association Endorses Todd Tiahrt

July 26th 2010 at the Kansas State Capital Building

Tiahrt is the leading conservative running to replace Sam Brownback in the United States Senate. He is known nationally for protecting the privacy rights of firearm owners as the author of a federal law known as the Tiahrt Amendment. The Tiahrt Amendment is supported by the NRA and the Faternal Order of Police, the world's largest organization of sworn law enforcement officers. 

According to Patricia Stoneking president of KSRA; she and KSRA were threatened by elements of the Jerry Moran for Senate campaign.

ILLEGAL ALIENS ARE WORKING!

"The Missouri Health Care Freedom, Proposition C will appear on the August 3, 2010 statewide ballot in Missouri as an legislatively-referred state statute. The proposed measure aims to block the federal government from requiring people to buy health insurance and bans punishment for those without health insurance."

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One of the nice things about being an independent 'civic improvement group,' we can declare our choices.  No C-3, C-4 or other tax designation that has hindered us in the past. 
Missouri's "Proposition 3" for example; when you vote YES and it passes, your vote tells the Obama administration that we reject your forced health care nonsense. BillyBlogger

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Is the illegal alien working?  Are they taking our jobs?  HELL YES!

(Thanks Billy)

Professor Kris Kobach on: "Illegal Means Illegal" (in 3 parts)

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County Arizona
July 13th 2010 Ritz-Charles Convention Center,
Overland Park, Kansas
(Part I of 3 - Kris Kobach's speech below)

Part II

Part III


Kris Kobach, candidate for Kansas Secretary of State, spoke at the “Illegal Means Illegal” rally on July 13th 2010 where 2,500 attended.
Part I

Part II

Part III

Angelo H. Mino, American Citizen

At the Ritz-Charles Convention Center, Overland Park Kansas July 13th 2010

“Born in Ecuador, Made in America”! Angelo H. Mino (Political Chips) spoke at the Kris Kobach/Sheriff Joe Arpaio rally at the Ritz-Charles Center, Overland Park, Kansas on July 13th 2010. Mino’s love of his America was infectious. Some 2,500 responded to Mr. Mino with round after round of applause.

(Part I)

Angelo Mino (Part II)

"Illegal Mean Illegal" Rally Overland Park Kansas

Kris Kobach, candidate for Kansas Secretary of State, welcomed Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona to Kansas City!
Professor Kobach, a nationally recognized litigator and secretary of state candidate in Kansas, has worked successfully for several years defending cities and states against the ACLU on the matter of illegal immigration. He is most noted for his recent co-authorship of Arizona's SB1070, which has gained much national attention for its strict adherents to the rule of law. He also served in the U.S. Department of Justice as personal counsel to Attorney General John Ashcroft form 2001-03.

(Videos of each speaker will be uploaded soon) ((This is a very short version))

(New York Post) Behind US v. Arizona: pure politics (by) Kris Kobach

Please don't forget the "Illegal Means Illegal" rally with Kris Kobach & Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County Arizona at the Ritz-Charles, 9000 W. 137th Street, Overland Park Kansas.  7:00PM. 
Link to: Kris Kobach for Kansas Secretary of State
Link to: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Joe Arpaio, Sheriff  News Brief
Link to: Sheriff of Maricopa County.

                        By: Sloane Heller KSHB NBC TV (Kansas City)

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas - He might be running for Kansas Secretary of State, but when Kris Kobach takes the stage Tuesday night, he won't be talking about voter fraud.

                           (Thanks Roger)

"WE CAN DO BETTER" Says the David Harvey for the Kansas Senate's 7th district banner.

"ILLEGAL MEANS ILLEGAL"

Below is a modified 'blip' from the July 7th 2010 Kansas City Star. 

Modification supplied by Billy Blogger

Olathe man ILLEGAL ALIEN charged with murder in death of woman
Johnson County prosecutors on Monday filed a first-degree murder charge against an Olathe man  ILLEGAL ALIEN who lived with a woman found dead Sunday.
Jorge Rodriguez-Hernandez ILLEGAL ALIEN has been charged with the murder of Asuncion Delgado-Lopez on or about June 25, prosecutors said.
Police said previously they were called Sunday to a residence in the 1600 block of East Cedar and contacted a man ILLEGAL ALIEN who said his 50-year-old woman roommate was dead.
Bond for ILLEGAL ALIEN Rodriguez-Hernandez has been set at $500,000, prosecutors said.

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NAME: JORGE RODRIGUEZ-HERNANDEZ - CRIMINAL FILE NUMBER: 161606
DOB: 10-09-1980 RACE: W SEX: M
DETENTION CENTER LOCATION - 27745 W. 159TH ST - NEW CENTURY
VISITATION TIMES - WED: 08:00 AM - 08:55 AM - FRI: 03:30 PM - 04:25 PM

CHARGE - MURDER 1ST DEGREE

AMOUNT BOND - $500,000.00 - SURETY

TYPE DISPO - PRELIMINARY

COURT DATES 07/15/10 10:30 AM - DISTRICT COURT: 6

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TOPIC: "ILLEGAL MEANS ILLEGAL" IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT RALLY

WITH SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO & KRIS KOBACH

TUESDAY, JULY 13th - 7 - 9 PM

THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE RITZ CHARLES

9000 W. 137th STREET

OVERLAND PARK, KS 66221

(WEST OFF OF ANTIOCH)

07-03-2010 Proud to be an American Missouri-Kansas

July 3rd 2010; Proud to be an American rally on State Line Road at 135th Street. Jackson County Missouri on the east, Johnson County Kansas on the west.

Flags, banners, signs and images along with many speakers both political and just plain middle of the road Americans. And then there was the wind!

This is the second annual rally celebrating the United States Independence Day.

Link to: PlayBoy.com

Playboy.Com journalist Mike Guy underwentwater boarding by a trained member of the U.S. military in thesite's new Lab Rat feature.
Mike Guy bet that he could endure 15 seconds of the interrogationtechnique

used by the Bush administration on al Qaeda chief Khalid SheikhMohammed and

Abu Zubaydah. (Thanks Ray)

(6.63 seconds)

Link to: General Gun Quiz

This is a 15 question quiz about guns... not SUPER gerneric, but super specific...you'll have to do some searching on the internet to get a few of the answers!

Test your mind here! What do you know about guns, more than your average joe? Or slightly more than a sponge...We'll find out shortly in this short 15 question quiz...

Proud To Be An American Rally - 135th & State Line Kansas City

Time: July 3, 2010 from 9am to 11am
Location: State Line
Street: State Line and 133rd Street
City/Town: Leawood, KS
Event Type: celebration
Organized By: Political Chips

Let's continue where we left off last year by lining both sides of State Line on July 3rd beginning at 9:00 a.m. Bring your patriotic signs, banners, and flags. Join us for a great time while honoring our Vets, Troops, and the greatest Country in the world. Please line up between 133rd St and Blue Ridge Blvd to start. There is tons of parking on the MO side.

Mr. John Rysavy, Candidate for Congress, in the Kansas 3rd District

Parts 1 & 2 of John Rysavy's town hall meeting On June 28th 2010 are below.

Mr. John Rysavy Candidate for the Kansas 3rd Congressional District

Part II (Part I is below)

Immigration Law Enforcement Rally with Kris Kobach and Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm 

Location: MidAmerica Nazarine University at the Bell Center Street: 2030 E. College Way, Olathe Kansas

Kris Kobach, candidate for Kansas Secretary of State, welcomes Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona to Kansas City!

Come join us for an evening of learning from two experts in illegal immigration. Professor Kobach, a nationally recognized litigator and secretary of state candidate in Kansas, has worked successfully for several years defending cities and states against the ACLU on the matter of illegal immigration. He is most noted for his recent co-authorship of Arizona's SB1070, which has gained much national attention for its strict adherents to the rule of law. He also served in the U.S. Department of Justice as personal counsel to Attorney General John Ashcroft form 2001-03.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has served 4 terms as Sheriff of Maricopa county and has gained national acclaim for employing unique programs within the county's jail system. Sheriff Joe has reduced costs and increased effectiveness by using such simple measures as denying prisoners daily delivery of salt and pepper with their meals ,and by ordering all "whites", such as socks and underwear, to be dyed pink.
To become one of “Sheriff Joe’s Deputies,” meet Sheriff Joe and get a photo with him, the cost is $250. Please contact Ben Davis at 316-210-2450 or btdavis1@gmail.com
Preserving American Liberty is proud to be your host for this fun and highly informative event!

http://www.cashill.com/

Congressional candidate for the Kansas 3rd District, Mr. John Rysavy, June 28th, 2010 Gardner, Kansas (Part I)

Here's the video from Congressman Pete Stark's Town Hall meeting last Saturday (June 26, 2010).

I used the border segment only (YouTube has a ten minute limit), the rest of the meeting was pretty tame anyway.
He made some pretty dumb comments as he mocked me including "the borders are quite secure", but it backfired on him.
Stark seemed medicated to me, had swollen ankles and could only sit on the edge of his chair for over an hour and a half. He's well past doing an effective job, but in my opinion, that's probably a good thing for America anyway.

And he will most likely be reelected

Link to: 2nd Amendment via the 14th Amendment

Link to: MCDONALD ET AL. v. CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ET AL.

Alito announces McDonald v. Chicago: reversed and remanded

Gun rights prevail.
The opinion concludes that the 14th Amendment does incorporate the Second Amendment right recognized in Heller to keep and bear arms in self defense

Stevens dissents for himself. Breyer dissents, joined by Ginsburg and Sotomayor.
The majority seems divided, presumably on the precise standard
The majority Justices do not support all parts of the Alito opinion, but all five agree that the 2d Amendment applies to state and local government.
Alito, in the part of the opinion joined by three Justices, concludes that the 2d Amendment is incorporated through the Due Process Clause.
Thomas thinks the Amendment is incorporated, but not under Due Process. He appears to base incorporation on Privileges or Immunities.
The difference between the majority and Justice Thomas doesn’t affect the fact that the Second Amendment now applies to state and local regulation

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McDonald v. City of Chicago:  Supreme Court a few minutes ago came down by a 5/4 decision allowing hand guns in any home in the country.  In the majority report it states the 14th amendment confirms the right to bear arms (my words).
BB

U.S. Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment

Section. 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Link to: Muslim-only section in the city cemetery for religious reasons.

Garden City’s racial diversity is a look at America’s future

By DAVID KLEPPER ★ The Star’s Topeka correspondent

"For a growing number of immigrants, home is far west Kansas in a city of 28,000, a world away from Mogadishu, Mexico City and Myanmar.

It's where women in burqas stroll down a Norman Rockwell Main Street festooned with early Fourth of July banners. And where a Buddhist temple sits alongside grocery stores selling Mexican soft drinks and 50-pound bags of jasmine rice."

The plant

The plant was once the largest beef processing plant in the world, butchering up to 5,700 cattle a day. Tyson employs 3,100 workers, more than the next six largest employers in Finney County combined. The plant buys $1 billion worth of cattle each year, many from nearby ranches.

Wages start at $12.30 an hour, and it’s tough, bloody work.

>snip< By 2050, the Census Bureau predicts, the United States will have a new minority: whites. Already, non-Hispanic whites are the minority in California, Texas, New Mexico and Hawaii, and about one in 10 U.S. counties
>snip< The county is the latest in Kansas where whites are the new minority.
According to projections, the 2010 U.S. Census will show that whites will be the minority in as many as four Kansas counties: Finney, Seward, Grant, and Ford. All are southwestern Kansas counties that supply labor to meat packing plants.
>snip< Missouri has no county like that — but that’s likely to change in the next decade. Already, minorities make up more than 40 percent of those under 20 years of age in Jackson ounty, a sign that minority populations are gaining demographic ground and not just in rural areas.

>snip< Like their predecessors, the new immigrants bring their own cultures and controversies. Last month, Somali residents ruffled some feathers in Garden City after they requested a Muslim-only section in the city cemetery for religious reasons.
“This is our home now,” said Abdulkadir Mohamed, a Somali Muslim and translator at the Tyson plant who moved here in 2006. “But we need a place for us in the cemetery.”
“We’ve been too politically correct for too long,” said Leonard Hitz, a former Marine, retired banker and self-described cowboy poet. “If you want to come to this country and be an American, you’re welcome. But learn the language and assimilate.”
>snip< Debbie Jordan is a longtime resident, business owner and a leader in the local “tea party” movement.

“The people I talk to here are in the complete support of the Arizona law,” Jordan said. “The government needs to secure our borders.”

>snip< The immigration tsunami hit Garden City’s schools hardest.

Imagine the challenge of teaching 3,000 schoolchildren who speak a language other than English. The district, which has 7,400 pupils, had to hire more English language teachers. Even the cafeteria menu was changed to offer familiar foods.
But thanks to the community’s number of low-income immigrant households, the school district receives more money than other districts. Indeed, Garden City schools get $60 million in state and federal funding, compared with the $40 million received by the similarly sized De Soto district.

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Republicans gathered in Olathe Kansas to meet the candidates

In 90º heat Republicans gathered in Olathe Kansas to meet the candidates, eat, participate in a straw poll and sweat.

Here are the straw poll results. Remember, this isn't in any way an accurate vote prediction - some people just had more family and friends there today than others. But - here it is:
2010 Olathe Republican Party Straw Poll Results from Kathy Kist, Olathe Republican Party Chair.
(Thanks Roger)

Official Poll: One vote per person - (non-ACORN voting) - Remember, this isn't in any way an accurate vote prediction - some people just had more family and friends there today than others. But - here it is: 430 ballots cast.  (Below Video)

US Senate: Todd Tiahrt 315 - Jerry Moran 112 - Tom Little 2 - Bob Londerholm 2
US Representative, 3rd District; Kevin Yoder 156 - Patricia Lightner 117 -John Rysavy 55 - Dan Gilyeat 52 - Jean Ann Uvodich 23 - Craig McPherson 7 - Garry Klotz 5 - Dave King 0 - Jerry Malone 0
Governor/Lieutenant Governor: Sam Brownback/Jeff Colyer: 397 -- Joan Heffington/Mark Holick 23
Secretary of State: Kris Kobach 298 - Elizabeth Ensley 98 - JR Claeys 25
Attorney General: Derek Schmidt 298 - Ralph DeZago 43
Insurance Commissioner: David Powell 246 - Sandy Praeger 101
State Board of Education: John Bacon 190 - Dennis George 84
2012 Presidential Nominee: Sarah Palin 98 - Mitt Romney 62 - Mike Huckabee 57 - Newt Gingrich 43 - Bobby Jindal 42 - Ron Paul 21 - Jim DeMint 21 - John Boehner 16 - Tim Pawlenty 13 - Michele Bachman 9 - Other 16

Supreme Court, 8-1, upholds petition disclosure

HEY!  You lawyers out there, JUMP IN!

Politico's Josh Gerstein "Under the Radar" today published the Supreme Court's opinion regarding petitions; in this case it is Washington State's statute allowing public disclosure of signers.  In the written opinion there may be a clue as to how the highest court in the land may lean when the new Arizona statute requiring state peace officers to enforce federal immigraition laws. 
Billy Blogger may be seeing more in this then there really is but you lawyers out there,,, have at it.

"The Supreme Court, by a vote of 8 to 1 and with nearly as many opinions as there are justices, has upheld a Washington state law that requires the public disclosure of the names and addresses of referendum petition signers"

>snip< "This is not a hard case," Stevens wrote in a concurring opinion. "Any burden on speech that petitioners posit is speculative as well as indirect. ...Debates about tax policy and regulation of private property can become just as heated as debates about domestic partnerships....I would demand strong evidence before concluding that an indirect and speculative chain of events poses a substantial burden on speech. A statute 'is not to be upset upon hypothetical and unreal possibilities."

General Stanley McChrystal will make a fine conserative candidate in 2012 to run against Barack Obama.

Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis

Another slug leaving a trail of slim across our lives!

We have just seen the most disturbing video

of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis suggesting that "every worker in America has a right to be paid fairly whether they are documented or not."
This is a clear violation of our labor laws which she is charged with upholding!


This video is a disrespectful slap in the face to EVERY American taxpayer in the nation and demands an immediate response.

Here is the number: 1-866-487-9243

“Where are the feminists?”

The Vetting of Kevin Yoder: Conservative or Stealth Progressive?

The Vetting of Kevin Yoder: Conservative or Stealth Progressive?

By: David Losey

"Please read and realize what we are getting if we choose Kevin Yoder as our candidate for US House in the 3rd Dist. of Kansas!"

The above sentence was written by Sally Swindler about the author of a long piece on Kevin Yoder Congressional candidate for the 3rd District of Kansas. We are not going to post the entire article but it can be found at the above link and here.

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In his first campaign in 2002 it was reported on his web site that he received the following endorsements.

Endorsed by:
Johnson County Sun
Johnson County Republicans for Education
Kansas Agri-Business Council
Former Senate President Dick Bond
Former Senator Audrey Langworthy
Senator Barbara Allen
Senator John Vratil
Representative Dean Newton
Current 20th District State Representative Gerry Ray
Mainstream Coalition
The Squire
Friends of Kansas Education
Educating All Children in Kansas (EPAC)

(Sources for campaign contribution data:)

• opensecrets.org
• fec.gov
• campaignmoney.com

(Thanks Roger)