Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Arab Village Moves To Israel

This gives you a pretty good idea of who we're dealing with in Palestine. When your own people are afraid to remain, because they fear for their lives and get no guarantee of protection from the authorities, it's pretty sad.

Israel has done the right thing in taking these people in and ultimately will be better off for doing so. What a difference in cultures.



Most residents of a Gaza Strip Arab village were transplanted to Israel yesterday because they feared Palestinian retaliation for alleged collaboration with Israeli security.

The 250 residents of Dahaniya feared they would be killed once the Israeli army completes its pullout from Gaza in about two weeks.

They sued in Israeli courts to avoid being left behind in Gaza, as had been planned by pullout authorities.

"It is accepted on the Palestinian street that everyone who comes from Dahaniya is a collaborator," said their lawyer, Chaim Mandelbaum. "They are seen as enemies of the Palestinian people."

Yesterday, most residents were escorted by a cordon of Israeli soldiers to their new home outside the southern Israeli town of Arad.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he would evacuate more West Bank settlements but only "at the end phase of the road map [the American-backed peace plan]."

In a TV interview, Sharon said that when the final Israeli-Palestinian borders are negotiated according to the road map, "some settlements will be removed."

But, he added, "There will not be any more unilateral disengagement."

Also yesterday, a 14- year-old West Bank Palestinian boy was arrested carrying three pipe bombs near the town of Nablus.

NY Post

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Eleanor Clift, News Mercenary

ELeanor Clift has called our military mercenaries. Has the woman no decency at all? How can any American make a statement like this ? Why should the greatest military in the world have to put up with her asinine comments? Any alleged news group that gives this woman a forum in the future needs to be put out of business.


A group that supports the U.S. military is demanding an apology from Newsweek magazine's Eleanor Clift, who recently characterized America's armed forces as a "mercenary Army."Her comments -- made this past weekend on the syndicated TV program "The McLaughlin Group" -- were "unfounded and grossly inappropriate," said the Freedom Alliance.In an Aug. 30 letter to Clift, Freedom Alliance President Tom Kilgannon asked her to retract her comment and apologize to the armed forces and their families. Clift made the comment during a discussion about military recruiting efforts:"But I think what we're coming to grips with is the fact that we actually have a mercenary Army," Clift said, according to a transcript of "The McLaughlin Group" program. "And it doesn't have a nice ring to it. We call it 'volunteers,' but we're basically paying people to serve their country. And if you're going to pay people and have a mercenary Army, you're going to have to pay the market rate. And so the bounties are going up -- more money for tuition, higher enlistment bonuses -- and I think it's appropriate."The Freedom Alliance said it is "wholly inappropriate" to describe America's military men and women as mercenaries."It is a vile and thankless description of those who are responsible for defending your life and right to free expression," Kilgannon wrote in the letter."A professional wordsmith such as yourself should understand that mercenary troops have no loyalties, no ties and no bonds to any nation. They fight not for duty, flag or country but for selfish gain. They have no regard for political ideology and no respect for national interests. Often, at the first sign of resistance, mercenary troops turn and run."Those qualities do not describe U.S. troops, Kilgannon said, adding that Clift should "be ashamed of yourself for suggesting otherwise."Kilgannon suggests that during her next appearance on "The McLaughlin Group," Clift should apologize - and retract her description of U.S. troops as "mercenaries." "You may also want to search your heart for a little more consideration for those who keep this nation strong and free," Kilgannon writes.The Freedom Alliance, founded in 1990 by Lt. Col. Oliver North, describes its mission as advancing the American heritage of freedom by honoring and encouraging military service, defending the sovereignty of the United States and promoting a strong national defense.It also exposes anti-military bias in the media.

CNSNews.com

The American Legion Speaks Out

The following is from the American Legion Website:

"On May 26, Representative John Hostettler (IN) introduced H. R. 2679, the Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005 or abbreviated as “PERA”. The bill, currently with 19 co-sponsors, seeks to amend the federal law which threatens constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from the threat of potential litigants seeking monetary damages and attorney fees. In lieu of attorney fees under Title 42, United States Code, Chapter 1988, a civil action brought under 42 USC 1979 alleging a violation of the Constitution’s establishment of religion clause would be limited to the sole remedy of injunctive relief and not reimbursement of attorneys' fees.

The American Legion supports the intent of H.R. 2679. This country was founded by men of profound religious belief. In fact, the first sentence of the First Amendment to the Constitution states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." This is another example of a vocal minority trying to impinge on the rights of the majority. All members of The American Legion family should contact their congressional members and urge them to become co-sponsors of H.R. 2679."

This is great news in the fight against the ACLU. Read more at Stop the ACLU.

Monday, August 29, 2005

An Important Day In History

August, 29th.

Hey Chirac, remember this day in history?


1944
American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

Hey Democrats, remember this filibuster, today in history. Do you really want to keep up the tradition?

1957
Sen. Strom Thurmond, D-S.C., ended a filibuster - the longest in Senate history - against a civil rights bill after talking for 24 hours, 18 minutes.

Bush and Congress Preparing A BOHICA

BOHICA = Bend Over Here It Comes Again!

Get ready to be sold out. The plan is in the works to keep 10 million or more illegals in our country with a symbolic slap on the wrist and the wink of an eye.
Any politician that votes to support this abomination should be tarred and feathered and ridden out of town.

Pay close attention during the coming weeks and watch the Washington marketing machine in motion, as it attempts to set us up to swallow the rotten fruit of its own misadventures and failure of the last several decades.

Remember the previous amnesty? That was to be the final one and so we were lied to again and again and again. It needs to stop here and now. We must make sure Washington understands we will not accept this travesty of justice.


PHOENIX - Struggling to pacify his party's warring wings, President Bush is moving toward allowing illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. before February 2004 to qualify for guest-worker visas. People smuggled in after then would be deported.

Bush and his advisers are caught between their supporters in the business sector, who believe the economy needs those workers, and conservatives whose priority is to clamp down on illegal immigration. The White House hopes to have a detailed proposal to Congress in late September or early October.

According to administration and congressional officials who took part in a series of White House meetings this summer, Bush does not favor requiring illegal immigrants to be sent home to apply for the visas.

From the Sierra Vista Herald.

Another Attack On Our Border Patrol

This is just another example of the violence illegals bring to our borders. This also confirms their disdain for our laws and their disrespect for our country.
In their effort to avoid apprehension they deliberately endangered the lives of our Border Patrol Agents.

Illegal immigrants threw rocks at a Border Patrol helicopter, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing when one of the rocks damaged the rotor, the agency said.

Neither the pilot nor the Border Patrol observer was injured.

The A-Star helicopter was two miles west of the U.S. Port of Entry in Andrade, Calif., on Tuesday when a group of immigrants began throwing rocks at the aircraft.

One baseball-sized rock gashed the rotor, forcing the pilot to land nearby, said Michael Gramley, spokesman for the Border Patrol sector based in Yuma, Ariz.

Gramley said he did not know how high the helicopter was hovering when it was struck, but he said it was being repaired and is expected back in service soon.

After the incident, 17 people were apprehended for illegally crossing the border, and two of them were being investigated for smuggling. Ten immigrants evaded capture.

The investigation into the rock-throwing was continuing.

Breitbart.com

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Al Sharpton And David Duke, Together At Last

When you are continually bumbling about the edges of the extreme, you are bound to begin espousing some of the equivalent opinions and dogma of your enemy. This would be a good warning sign, were you sane and intelligent enough to recognize it, that perhaps you have strayed too far and should reconsider some of your decisions. Unfortunately, by the time you have arrived at that point you are usually beyond being able to make the needed adjustments.

Thus, the reverend Al finds himself on the same side as David Duke, each of them trying to pitch their own unbalanced tent next to Cindy Sheehan's and create the greatest three ring circus of all time. Cue the calliope music, the clowns have arrived.



The Rev. Al Sharpton will go to Texas on Sunday to support anti-Bush protester Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq and who is demanding a troop pullout from that country.

"She's shown real moral courage. She's put a face on the war," said Sharpton, an anti-war advocate who will participate in an ecumenical breakfast on Sheehan's behalf in President Bush's home town of Crawford at 11 a.m.

Sharpton noted that the event with Sheehan will mark the 42nd anniversary of the historic civil rights march on Washington and Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

"I want to do whatever I can to support her," Sharpton said.

NY Post

Cindy Sheehan, a mother who lost a son in the Iraq War, is determined to prevent other mothers and fathers from experiencing the same loss.

Courageously she has gone to Texas near the ranch of President Bush and braved the elements and a hostile Jewish supremacist media to demand a meeting with him and a good explanation why her son and other’s sons and daughters must die and be disfigured in a war for Israel rather than for America.

Recently, she had the courage to state the obvious that her son signed up in the military to protect America not to die for Israel.

From the beginning, this war was orchestrated from top to bottom by Jewish Neocons that saw the war as one for Israel’s strategic objectives. They ramped up the war through Jews such as Perle and Wolfowitz, the false intelligence through CIA analyst Stuart Cohen and by Israel’s Mossad, and had a compliant Jewish-dominated media to cheer on the war.

David Duke.

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Clueless in New York

Just a Saturday laugh, hope you're all having a great weekend.

Dear Abby:
My husband is a liar and a cheat. He has cheated on me from the beginning, and when I confront him, he denies everything.What's worse, everyone knows he cheats on me. It is so humiliating.
Also, since he lost his job four years ago, he hasn't even looked for a new one. All he does is buy cigars and cruise around and shoot the bull with his pals, while I have to work to pay the bills. Since our daughter went away to college, he doesn't even pretend to like me and hints that I am a lesbian.

What should I do?Signed,Clueless-------------------------------------



----------------------------------Dear Clueless:
Grow up and dump him. For Pete's sake, you don't need him anymore. You're a United States senator from New York. Act like it!

Friday, August 26, 2005

Utah Battles ACLU Over Porn Access For Kids

Excerpt from the desertnews.com follows.

Eleven of the 15 plaintiffs challenging a law passed this year to protect children from Internet pornography may no longer have a case if the Utah attorney general wins a dismissal that was filed Tuesday.
Mark Shurtleff is asking a judge to dismiss the parties because they can't prove significant damages based on the law that was passed during the 2005 Legislature.
Several bookstores, local artists, the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, various Internet service providers and others filed the original lawsuit against the state in June, attempting to prevent anti-pornography enforcement by the new law.

The law is intended to offer consumers viable protection in the form of an optional filtering system, not one that would be forced upon every user. The requirements would have no effect on Internet users who choose not to block any sites.

"Why would the ACLU want to stop parents from protecting their children from Internet pornography," said Jerrold Jensen, assistant attorney general representing the state in the lawsuit. "We have 'adult only' sections in magazine stores. Why should the Internet be different?"

A fair question Mr. Jensen and one that strikes to the heart of the matter. The ACLU continues its unrelenting war against the traditions, values and freedoms of this country. That is why there is such a ground swell of public opinion against them.

Thursday, August 25, 2005

It Hurts When I Do That...Then Don't Do That

Just when you think things couldn't get more ridiculous...

As doctors warn more patients that they should lose weight, the advice has backfired on one doctor with a woman filing a complaint with the state saying he was hurtful, not helpful.

Her complaint, filed about a year ago, was investigated by a panel of the New Hampshire Board of Medicine, which recommended that Dr. Bennett be sent a confidential letter of concern. The board rejected the suggestion and asked the attorney general's office to investigate.

Bennett rejected that office's proposal that he attend a medical education course and acknowledge that he made a mistake.

Envision it.

Doctor: You need to lose weight, you're too fat.

Fat Woman: Well, I want another opinion.

Doctor: OK, you're stupid too.

People who don't want honest answers shouldn't solicit opinions and advice. They should join the lunatic left and frivol away their existence humming Kumbaya in politically correct fantasy towers, while the rest of us deal with the grim realities of life.

The Ignoble Origin Of The ACLU

Today's rant about the ACLU is short and to the point. The following is a quote from WorldNetDaily . Please follow the link and read the entire article.

"One of the great myths of the 20th – and now 21st – century is the belief that the American Civil Liberties Union was an organization that had a noble beginning, but somehow strayed off course.

That myth is untrue. The ACLU set a course to destroy America – her freedom and her values – right from the start."

Read the truth about Roger Baldwin and Crystal Eastman, the founders. Learn more about the relationship to Earl Browder, Emma Goldman and Margaret Sanger.

What is the conclusion?

"Instead of being an organization that simply took a 'wrong turn,' the ACLU has devoted itself from the very beginning to the devastation of America's most cherished traditions, values, and laws."


And, when you are done with that, visit Stop the ACLU and find out what you can do to help fight subversion in America. Remember, our traditions, values and freedoms are at stake.

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Modern Day Aviation Decisions

What century are we in?


Lufthansa has decided to delete rows 13 and 17 from aircraft seating. "All over the world it is customary to take into account the widespread superstitious beliefs," the airline's website explains.

"On board Lufthansa aircraft correspondingly the 12th row is followed by the 14th. The attentive passenger, however, will also notice the absence of row 17. The reason is that in Italy and Brazil, 17 is regarded as unlucky."

But this "consideration for differing sensibilities" goes only so far. Flight LH 013 departs Hamburg daily for Frankfurt, even on Friday the 13th.

Thanks to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Able Danger Confirmed

So, more evidence that we were once again betrayed by the Clinton cabal. Yet, his wife has the temerity to offer herself as a potential presidential candidate. Bill and Hillary have no morals and therefore have no shame.

Pay a visit to Blogs Against Hillary and keep an eye on the continuing Clinton conspiracy.


A respected Naval intelligence officer stepped forward last night to confirm that a secret Pentagon program raised alarm bells about the 9/11 ringleader more than a year before the attacks.

Capt. Scott Phillpott, a former manager of the controversial unit code named Able Danger, issued a brief statement saying the data-mining program identified hijacker Mohamed Atta as a possible threat.

"My story is consistent. Atta was identified in January/February 2000. I have nothing else to say," Phillpott said in the statement issued through the office of Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.).

Phillpott, a 22-year Navy veteran who is still on active duty, is the second military officer to surface in the last week with reports that potentially valuable clues surfaced in advance of the terror attacks.

Veteran Army intelligence officer Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer said last week that Clinton-era lawyers blocked Able Danger managers from alerting the FBI that Atta and three other 9/11 hijackers were in the United States.

From the NY Post.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Richardson's Border Debacle

What's really going on at the border ? Doesn't our government also have a duty and an obligation to protect American citizens at home and abroad? And, if so, why don't the governors call out the National Guard ?

It would seem Richardson and Napolitano are interested only in the political benefits they might derive from posturing over this travesty.
Richardson won't call out the New Mexico Guard and he's against a wall. Why? Because, "that sends a message that America is not valuing immigrants," he told ABC.

What a crock! First of all, the only people interpreting it that way are those who want the invasion to continue and secondly, what kind of message is Richardson sending to American citizens? The same devisive one he has always sent since he was in the House, talking about illegal immigration being "unfairly attacked". American Patrol has one of his infamous quotes posted.


The Mexican staging area for illegal aliens that New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson demanded this week be bulldozed is among hundreds of similar sites along the border sponsored and maintained by the Mexican government.
Many of the sites are marked with blue flags and pennants to signal that water is available. Others, such as the Las Chepas site that Mr. Richardson denounced, are a collection of old, mostly abandoned buildings or ranch houses where illegals gather for water and other supplies -- sometimes bartering with smugglers, or "coyotes," for passage north.
Las Chepas, law-enforcement authorities said, also is a center for drug smugglers looking to move marijuana and cocaine into the United States.
Rafael Laveaga, spokesman for the Mexican Embassy in Washington, yesterday said his government "has a duty and obligation by law to protect Mexican citizens at home and abroad."

From The Washington Times.

Monday, August 22, 2005

Iranian Government And Women's Rights

Here is a cause for the Hollywood looney crowd. What stars will be flying off to Tehran to protest? How many who stay home will gather outside the Iranian embassy? Will Ahmadinejad be the butt of jokes at all the Glitter Town gatherings? Will George Soros dip into his fanny pack and produce millions to start organizations aimed at bringing down this government?
The question is, how much rage and venom will this evoke from the outspoken left? Zip!


Tehran, Iran, Aug. 20 – The man designated by Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as his Minister of Justice vowed on Saturday that “improperly-veiled women” will be treated as if they had no Islamic veil at all.

Jamal Karimi-Rad told the local press, “Being improperly veiled and not wearing a veil are no different. When it is clear from the appearance of a woman that she has violated the law, then the crime is obvious and law enforcement agents can take legal measures against her”.

“Crimes such as mal-veiling or other prohibited acts, which happen before the eyes of a law enforcement agent, are evident crimes and must be dealt with in accordance with the law”, Karimi-Rad said.

Karimi-Rad also made it clear that members of the para-military Bassij and the notorious Ansar-e Hizbollah, government-organised gangs of hooligans, are regarded as law enforcement agents in clergy-ruled Iran.

Women have been facing a harsher crackdown since the June elections that led to Ahmadinejad’s presidency.

In July, Iran deployed squads of women-only vice police to clamp down on “un-Islamic” dress. The semi-official Jomhouri Islami recently reported that women have been arrested in Iran for “disrespecting Islamic virtues and for having repulsive and immoral attire”.

With the arrival of a top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as the country’s new police chief, a new summer-long crackdown on “social vice” in Tehran was launched targeting young women.

State-run news agencies reported that “mal-veiled or unveiled individuals inside and outside of cars” would be the target of arrests by Iran’s State Security Forces, the paramilitary police force. The police would also embark on a systematic clampdown on “shops and public places where public chastity and Islamic values are ignored”.

From Iran-Focus News.

Sunday, August 21, 2005

Pernicious Prattle

"America needs to drop its obsession with being number one. It is time for the United States to become a member of the world community rather than a murderous bully."

That is a quote by Jason Miller whose affiliations include Amnesty International, the ACLU and the Americans United for Separation of Church and State.

Where can you find the entire liberal rant? Why in your friendly neighborhood copy of Al-Jazeera.

The article is filled with the self-righteous pontifications of the looney tune left. Under it all, you can hear the unbridled glee that the war may not be going well and the joy that America might fail. A disgusting diatribe from the poisoned pen of the left, etched into the parchment of our enemy. God save the Republic, from scoundrels such as these.

Yesterday, I was too exhausted to blog. But, when I see twisted, subversive garbage like this Al-Jazeera opinion piece, I am energized to come to America's defense .

A Culture Of Corruption

One of Mexico's biggest problems is that so many of its people in authority can be bought. The system is corrupt, often from the top down.

The mass exodus of people from Mexico will never be halted until the internal problems of the country are addressed and fixed.


The Mexican government admitted that corruption is an extended practice in the country, long rooted and therefore “part of the national culture”, and will take many years to eradicate.
A report on fraud and corruption among small and medium companies done by public relations company Consulting and Research, CEI, showed Mexicans begin paying bribes at the age of twelve, that on any average day 507 crimes of that nature are committed by such companies and that the overall annual cost exceeds 29,7 billion US dollars.

Government House spokesperson Ruben Aguilar said that the report “must be addressed by government at all levels”, adding that the eradication of such practices requires a joint effort from government and bills that promote transparency, as well as from common citizens and companies willing to pay in exchange for some kind of favour or privilege.

“Corruption in Mexico is a cultural practice deeply ingrained for decades and has become a cultural referent adopted in daily life by the vast majority of Mexicans at all social levels”, added Mr. Aguilar.

However he said that since conservative president Vicente Fox took office five years ago the country has advanced in building a legal framework to help prevent and detect corruption acts as well as given greater transparency to government procurement.

From MercoPress.

Friday, August 19, 2005

If You Build It They Won't Come

From the Arizona Daily Sun.

A state lawmaker believes Arizonans are so frustrated with illegal immigration that they're willing to raise fees -- and possibly tax themselves -- to build a fence along the state's southern border.

The idea has some support from those who live with the problem of border crossers, like Jack Ladd whose Cochise County ranch includes about 10 1/2 miles along the border. Bud Strom, whose ranch comes within a quarter mile of the border, also likes the idea.

Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, is crafting a measure to ask voters next year to spend the money to erect a climb-proof fence wherever possible from Yuma to east of Douglas.

The idea got a chilly reception from Cochise County Supervisor Paul Newman whose district includes a large stretch of border land -- including Ladd's property. He said it would be a waste of state money, as federal officials have plans to build their own fence.
Newman said a fence will "resolve nothing," saying the real solution is a good guest worker program
.

Here's some info on Newman that I wrote back in February:

Newman, What Are You Smoking Now?

Paul Newman, a supervisor of Cochise County, Arizona is more concerned about the activities of US citizens than he is about illegals. Sierra Vista Herald article has the details.

What's the matter Paul, afraid your marijuana shipment might be delayed? Folks, this is one reason why we have such major border problems. Too many of our "representatives" have no respect for the law and think they do not have to abide by or enforce that with which they do not agree.

Newman is an out of touch, loose cannon and a disgrace to Cochise County. Hopefully that will be fixed next election.

Also, I happen to know the rancher, Bud Strom, who spent three decades in the US Army before retiring as a brigadier general. I suspect his opinion has a lot more value than Newman's. You have only to meet Bud once and you respect him forever.

If the Federal government will not protect our property, liberty and lives then we must look to other means.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

The Bigoted View Of The ACLU

The ACLU consistently advocates, not what is in the best interest of our nation, but what will further their atheistic, socialist agenda. It is an attempt to destroy the American way of life from within. By cloaking itself in altruism, it seduces and manipulates young idealists and adds to them a sprinkling of anarchists, a healthy dose of socialists and a rich assortment of anti -social psychotics and dropouts. Whether it's spiritual, psychological or physical the ACLU is sure to defend, espouse and promote the societal aberrations most abhorrent to the majority of Americans and those that will leave our country decadent and most vulnerable.

All the while, the ACLU would have you believe it has no agenda, that it is completely nonpartisan and free from bias. It claims it exists to protect all our freedoms when in truth our liberties need protection from the ACLU.

And now, from the mouth of one of their own directors spews the prejudice and bigotry of the ACLU. Unable to contain or disguise his hatred of those who worship God, he compares them to terrorists who murder and destroy.

When you are finished reading, go to
Stop the ACLU and join the fight. Do not allow the ACLU to continue its suppression of the free expression of religion in America.

The director of the Louisiana ACLU compared the mindset of school prayer supporters in Tangipahoa Parish to that of the 9-11 terrorists in comments to Eyewitness News Monday.

Joe Cook, the ACLU director, made his comments when asked about classes being held in Tangipahoa Parish Monday as school system officials tried to explain to teachers and administrators what can and can’t be done as far as prayers in the school room.

The ACLU director, who has made legal moves against the Tangipahoa Parish school board following some incidents of prayers being said over loudspeakers and in classrooms, said the system has done little to enforce a judge’s rulings.

“They don’t want to abide by the agreement,” said Cook. “They have always crossed the line of separation of church and government… They believe they answer to a higher power, in my opinion… which is the kind of thinking you had with the people who flew airplanes in the buildings in this country and people who did that kind of thing in London.”

Cook defended his statement, saying that it’s dangerous to have people who believe they, “answer to some higher religious power than the Constitution of the United States of America.”

Read the rest at WWLTV.com.

As much as it must pain your wizened, evil soul, Joe Cook , the Constitution is there to protect those very people from bigots like you. May God bless, America.

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Hypocrites Head For The Border

PHOENIX - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano declared an emergency Monday in four border counties because of problems related to illegal immigration and moved to provide local governments in those counties with up to $1.5 million in state funding. Napolitano's order said failure by the federal government to secure the border allowed a flood of illegal immigration that threatened public health and safety, "thereby necessitating immediate action by the state ... to aid its border counties."

Napolitano's order directly released $200,000 from the state's emergency fund for disasters while her emergency council released an additional $1.3 million, spokeswoman Jeanine L'Ecuyer said. The money is intended for use by counties and municipalities for a variety of purposes, including overtime pay for law enforcement officers, repairs of border fences, costs related to illegal immigrants' deaths, L'Ecuyer said.

Napolitano's action followed by three days a similar declaration by New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.

Once again I will ask where is the National Guard. Two democrat governors have now declared a state of emergency but will not supply troops to protect us. Why?
Because they are using this as a political issue and couldn't give a tinker's damn about the citizens.
This is a new tactic started by none other than the queen of deceit, Hillary, who is calling for high tech border enforcement but pandering to illegals by offering their children tuition breaks and possible amnesty. Richardson and Napolitano have tried to block every attempt by the voters and the state legislators to stem the tide of illegal immigration. This is an attempt by the democrats to show on one hand that they are concerned about the tragedy on our borders while with the other beckoning for more illegals to come here. Democrats are the masters of duplicity.

See the Sierra Vista Herald and WSJ.com Opinion Journal.