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"Here I close my opinion. I could not say less in view of questions of such gravity that go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by an Act of Congress, where is the course of usurpation to end? The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political contests will become a war of the poor against the rich; a war growing in intensity and bitterness."
-- Justice Stephen J. Field, (1816-1899) US Supreme Court Justice
Source: United States Supreme Court opinion, Pollock v. Farmers Loan &
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COLUMBIA — Taxpayers are writing a blank check to cover spillover costs in the battle over $700 million in stimulus cash that is being waged in court. But Gov. Mark Sanford and opposing litigants argue that what is at risk is more significant than the legal fees being rung up.
Voting out the Union but not Secession
Daily
Kos - Berkeley,CA,USA
He had a rerun of his show after Governor Perry of Texas made his remark about
Texas Secession. Unlike Gov Perry, I did pay attention in American History ...
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The Southern National Congress
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Today the Southern National Congress (SNC) released seven resolutions called Remonstrances and Petitions for a Redress of Grievances, passed by the Congress during its historic first session December 5-7, 2008 in Hendersonville, NC. 100 Delegates from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia met to take up matters of great concern to the Southern People. After a spirited and well-informed debate, the SNC passed the remonstrances dealing with these vital issues...
NEW CONTINENTAL CONGRESS TO MEET IN PHILADELPHIA
Early this year, selected delegates representing the People of each of the fifty states will convene in Philadelphia to debate our constitutional crisis and establish practicable strategies the People can take, en masse, to peacefully reclaim Liberty and restore Constitutional Order. These historical proceedings will be known as the “Continental Congress 2009.”
UPDATE #19: Continental Congress 2009
This update regards the upcoming historic Continental Congress 2009 event to be held later this year. As part of CC 2009, delegates selected by the People from each of the fifty states will convene to discuss the Government’s ongoing violations of the Constitution and strategies the People can employ to peaceably curtail the abuse.
States' Rights and the Growing Rebellion - A Status Report
After decades of uninterrupted drift toward a socialist state and a bloated federal bureaucracy, the legislatures of a number of states are beginning to take matters into their own hands.
WORLD FINANCIAL DILEMMA
Ron Paul on CNN: The financial system has collapsed
Liberty Maven - Reston,VA,USA
Ron Paul appeared on CNN American Morning this morning and talked about the
contradictory actions the Obama administration is taking to help curb our ...
U.S. Discussing Creation of New Agency to Regulate All Banks
Senior administration officials are considering the creation of a single agency to regulate the banking industry, replacing a regulatory patchwork that failed to prevent banks from falling into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, according to three people familiar with the matter.
U.S. ‘Problem’ Banks Rise to 15-Year High, FDIC Says
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. “problem” banks climbed 21 percent to the highest total in 15 years in the first quarter as provisions set aside for loan losses weighed on earnings, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said. The FDIC classified 305 banks as “problem” and their total assets rose 38 percent to $220 billion, the highest since 1993, the agency said without identifying any lender. The FDIC said its insurance fund slumped 25 percent to the lowest level in 15 years.
Tilson: Banks Face $1 Trillion of Losses Ahead
Whitney Tilson, managing partner of money manager T2 Partners, says banks aren't nearly out of the woods yet, as the credit crisis continues to evolve. Banks already have taken their hits on structured financial products, Tilson says. "The next wave is plain vanilla loans sitting on banks' books that are defaulting at unprecedented rates."
Stimulus to dead people 'won't go to waste'
NEWS.com.au - Australia
THE $40 million in stimulus payments made to dead people and expats was not
being wasted, Federal Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said. ...
New Zealand hikes borrowing, shelves tax cuts as global recession ...
Los
Angeles Times - CA,USA
But the government will ensure "debt does not skyrocket out of control" by
capping growth in new government spending at 2 percent a year, ...
The California Bailout is Next on Obama's Spending Agenda
Battle
over Proposition 13 returns 30 years later and journalists still don't like it.
Philippines May Cut Interest Rate a Fifth Time as Growth Slumps
Bloomberg - USA
Slowing growth is crimping tax collection, threatening President Gloria Arroyo's
ability to implement 330 billion pesos ($7 billion) of government spending ...
Best tools for local governments to track stimulus spending
ZDNet
- USA
Sound like technology spending? Joaquin Gonzalez, director of research at
government consulting firm CivicUS, says a third of that money will ultimately
be ...
Bonds mixed as investors digest auctions
CNNMoney.com - USA
In an effort to spur the economy into recovery, the government has initiated
scores of stimulus programs. The spending initiatives have left Uncle Sam with
...
Turkish Bonds Fall on Concern Government Won't Sign IMF Accord
Bloomberg - USA
Government borrowing is increasing after spending widened the budget deficit to
20.1 billion liras ($13 billion) in the first four months, ...
How is China Spending their Stimulus.. and How Many of Their Loans ...
Forex
Hound - New York,NY,USA
... in the Chinese economy as the export markets remain moribund and the sugar
high from government spending that are stoking factories begins to wear off. ...
Chrysler Cures a Bankruptcy, but Tests Loom
Chrysler will have some benefits with its new partner, Fiat, but it will be competing in a brutal marketplace that may make bankruptcy court seem like a refuge.
Talks Fail to Secure Deal on Loan for G.M.’s European Unit
By CARTER DOUGHERTY and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
German officials narrowed the field of potential buyers of Opel and the rest of G.M.’s European operations to two companies, but failed to agree on a crucial bridge loan to keep Opel afloat.
U.S. Expected to Own 70% of Restructured G.M.
DealBook: What G.M.’s Bondholders Are Hoping For
Visteon Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. said it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as the company struggles with reduced demand from automakers.
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LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT IMMIGRATION IN THE USA US IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM ENFORCEMENT (ICE) AGENCY WEBSITE REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO ICE - TOLL FREE: 1-866-347-2423
Fact Sheet: E-Verify (Read This And Send It To Your Elected Officials – Don’t Let Them Get Away With Lies About This Program) US Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify (formerly known as the Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program) is an Internet-based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) administers the program. E-Verify is free and voluntary and is the best means available for determining employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security Numbers. Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) ProgramUS Citizenship and Immigration Services The SAVE Program enables Federal, state, and local government agencies and licensing bureaus to obtain immigration status information they need in order to determine a non-citizen applicant's eligibility for many public benefits. The Program also administers employment verification pilot programs that enable employers to quickly and easily verify the work authorization of their newly hired employees.
Facts About the Social Security “No-Match” Letter Each year, employers file a Wage and Tax Statement (Form W-2) with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to report how much they paid their employees and how much they deducted in taxes from employees’ wages throughout the year. SSA sends a “no-match” letter when the names or Social Security numbers (SSNs) listed on an employer’s Form W-2 do not match SSA’s records.
US-VISIT is a continuum of security measures that begins overseas and continues through arrival and departure from the United States to ensure the person crossing our border is the same person who received the visa.
A Law Enforcement Partnership 287 (g) Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE)
ICE ACCESS (Agreements of Cooperation
in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security)
provides local law enforcement agencies an opportunity to team with
ICE to combat specific challenges in their communities. The
287(g) program is only one component under the ICE ACCESS umbrella
of services and programs offered for assistance to local law
enforcement officers. ICE Mutual Agreement Between Government and Employers (IMAGE) To combat unlawful employment and reduce vulnerabilities that help illegal aliens gain such employment, the ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers (IMAGE) program was initiated in 2007. The goal is to assist employers in targeted sectors to develop a more secure and stable workforce and to enhance fraudulent document awareness through education and training.
The Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) A Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-wide system for the storage and processing of biometric and limited biographic information for DHS national security, law enforcement, immigration, intelligence, and other DHS mission-related functions, and to provide associated testing, training, management reporting, planning and analysis, or other administrative uses.
Secure Communities: A Comprehensive Plan to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is improving community safety by transforming the way the federal government cooperates with state and local law enforcement agencies to identify, detain, and remove all criminal aliens held in custody. Secure Communities: A Comprehensive Plan to Identify and Remove Criminal Aliens, will change immigration enforcement by using technology to share information between law enforcement agencies and by applying risk-based methodologies to focus resources on assisting all local communities remove high-risk criminal aliens.
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IMMIGRATION (click on this line for more)
Cartels use children to breach U.S. border Drug cartel members are using a variety of fronts and subterfuges - from fake tamale stands to child decoys - to gather intelligence about enhanced U.S. border security and exploit weaknesses to send in people and drugs, according to a new report obtained by The Washington Times. The findings, by the U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group, underline the growing threat to U.S. security from a porous border. Mexican drug cartels continue to probe for gaps in border defenses while fighting one another and Mexican authorities in a violent conflict that has killed more than 7,000 people in Mexico since the beginning of 2008. U.S. authorities also worry that terrorist groups could exploit vulnerabilities in border security.
Court pick seen as tied to immigration issue
Nomination of Judge Sotomayor is no substitute for immigration reform
White House amnesty summit to be held outside of public view ...During a meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus this past May, President Obama promised to hold a forum on immigration reform. As FAIR previously reported, "according to senior administration officials, Obama will speak publicly about the immigration issue in May."
12 charged in alleged human trafficking scheme KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say 12 people and three companies were involved in a scheme to lure illegal immigrants to the U.S. to work as "modern-day slaves" in 14 states. Federal officials announced Wednesday that a federal grand jury in Kansas City issued a 45-count indictment against the 12 defendants that included labor racketeering, forced labor trafficking and immigration violations.
3 people arrested in immigration stakeout
Indictment alleges trafficking in foreign workers
Brown: American Jobs for American Citizens
If You're a Transgendered Illegal Alien, Oakland's for You! [Mark ...
Immigration Checks on Criminals Could Increase Deportations
The New Jersey Gubernatorial Race: Why You Should Care
MINUTEMAN PROJECT FOUNDER GILCHRIST SAYS LONEGAN WILL STOP NJ'S ...
Bill Boyne: Obama takes a step toward immigration reform
CSC wins $27M order from US Citizenship and Immigration Services
24 Arrested in Early Morning Maritime Smuggling Attempt
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Security and Prosperity Partnership and the North American Union (click on above title in red to learn about the SPP and their planned strategy)
It's
Not a Conspiracy...
It's Just a Cover-Up!
The Bilderberg Plan for 2009: Remaking the Global Political Economy From May 14-17, the global elite met in secret in Greece for the yearly Bilderberg conference, amid scattered and limited global media attention. Roughly 130 of the world's most powerful individuals came together to discuss the pressing issues of today, and to chart a course for the next year. The main topic of discussion at this years meeting was the global financial crisis, which is no surprise, considering the list of conference attendees includes many of the primary architects of the crisis, as well as those poised to “solve” it.
Bilderberg Plans For Economic "Recovery"
EU Banks on More Control
U.S., Canada OK Cross-Border Enforcement Detroit Free Press The United States and Canada adopted an agreement to allow law enforcement authorities of both nations to share personnel and cross the border more easily to fight human, drug and weapon smuggling on waterways that separate them. The agreement allows officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and U.S. Coast Guard to ride each others' vessels for joint patrols and specific enforcement operations.
Global swine flu deaths top 100 The global swine flu death toll marched past 100 on Wednesday with one new fatality reported in the United States and four more in Mexico, the two countries where the first outbreaks were reported. Prior to the latest North American deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had reported the global toll at 95, with 13,398 people in 48 countries infected with the A(H1N1) virus since it was first uncovered last month.
US offers resolution on Cuba's re-entry into OAS
US and Jamaica team up to disrupt lottery scams
U.N. Red and U.S. "Progressives" Plan Socialist World Government While meaningless United Nations hand-wringing over the North Korean nuclear weapons program garners the headlines, the world body is moving ahead with a global conference to lay the groundwork for world government financed by global taxes. The communist head of the U.N. General Assembly is leading the effort, but he is getting crucial support from “progressive” economists who advise the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party. The United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, previously scheduled for June 1-3, will now take place on June 24-26.
EDUCATION (click on this line for more) Obama Set to Create A Cybersecurity Czar With Broad Mandate President Obama is expected to announce late this week that he will create a "cyber czar," a senior White House official who will have broad authority to develop strategy to protect the nation's government-run and private computer networks, according to people who have been briefed on the plan. The adviser will have the most comprehensive mandate granted to such an official to date and will probably be a member of the National Security Council but will report to the national security adviser as well as the senior White House economic adviser, said the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the deliberations are not final.
Should Obama Control the Internet? The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any "critical" information network "in the interest of national security." The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president.
By: Evelyn B. Stacey SACRAMENTO – The Los Angeles Unified School District, the largest in California, spends $10 million a year to “house,” with full pay and benefits, about 160 teachers deemed unsuitable for the classroom, according to “Failure Gets a Pass,” a recent series in the Los Angeles Times.
Texting may be taking a toll on teens Spurred by unlimited texting plans, American teenagers sent and received an average of 2,272 text messages per month in the fourth quarter of 2008--nearly 80 messages a day, more than double the average of a year earlier. And the phenomenon is beginning to worry physicians and psychologists, who say it is leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury, and sleep deprivation, reports the New York Times.
Turning Around Troubled Schools
Extra school officers worth the investment
Education overhaul facing big hurdles
Education is not alone in cutbacks
Bubbles and advice from an insider
RI sees 81% of schools' scores improve
Study: Virtual schools can help cut costs New research suggests that more K-12 public school students will take classes online and will have longer school days in the next decade--and academic improvement and cost savings are two big benefits.
Recession imperils loan forgiveness programs In states across the nation, college loan forgiveness programs are on the chopping block as the state agencies and nonprofit organizations that sponsor these programs are getting less money from the federal government and are having difficulty raising money elsewhere as a result of the financial crisis, reports the New York Times.
States consider basing college funding on graduation rates States fund public colleges primarily based on how many students are enrolled. But a number of legislatures are considering policies that instead would link funding to whether students graduate, USA Today reports.
Tennessee passes cyber-bullying legislation Tennessee legislation aimed at preventing cyber bullying is headed to Gov. Phil Bredesen, who is expected to allow it to become law, reports the Commercial Appeal.
UC Berkeley students to take laptops to children in Africa A team of UC Berkeley undergraduates has won a grant from the One Laptop Per Child foundation to distribute 100 laptops to children in a small village in Uganda this summer, reports the San Jose Mercury News.
Bill would fund internet safety education A federal lawmaker has introduced internet safety legislation that, if passed, would authorize roughly $175 million--$35 million a year for five years--for internet safety education and training to help make children, parents, and educators aware of proper online behavior and the dangers the internet poses. Key words: internet safety, internet education, sexting, internet safety funding
New iPod rules touch off heated debate A new policy by the University of Missouri School of Journalism requiring incoming students to have an iPhone, iPod Touch, or similar device has touched off a heated debate about the limits and possibilities of technology -- as well as corporate influence -- in academia. Key words: University of Missouri School of Journalism, iPod, iPhone, Apple, iPod Touch, education, technology
Duncan outlines school reform agenda Rewarding effective teaching, expanding the learning time, collecting meaningful data, and transforming underperforming high schools are the four key areas the U.S. Department of Education (ED) plans to target in the next year, Education Secretary Arne Duncan told school stakeholders at the Center for American Progress's "Resource, Allocation, Reinvestment, and Education Reform" conference May 18. Key words: Center for American Progress, Arne Duncan, effective teaching
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Capella University Enters New Public Service Leadership Market ...
EMINENT DOMAIN AND PROPERTY RIGHTS (click on this line for more)
FEDERAL JUDGE DELAYS CONSTRUCTION OF BORDER WALL IN BROWNSVILLE ...
Sonia Sotomayor: Where She Stands On Business
Sotomayor's Appellate Opinions Are Unpredictable, Lawyers and ...
Sotomayor: The Emerging Picture of Judicial Activism
Hayden delays charter plans
Appeals Court: Renters lack right to compensation in eminent domain
"Rights of the Unborn and Property Owners"
Eminent domain back before the courts in Missouri
Kavanaugh: Eminent domain could help blighted Fiesta Village
Government Board Rejects Pipeline Plan, For Now
A Whiter Shade of Pale and 50 Ways to Lose Your Freedom | KXNet ...
Development without eminent domain is fairer
PROPERTY TAXES
Highland fears losing reserve fund if state borrows against ...
Texas House approves bill to exempt injured veterans from property ...
Props defeat might mean $700K less for city coffers
Lower taxes: Silver lining of falling home prices
House gives disabled vets tax relief
New Jersey's Gubernatorial Race, Part I: Governor Corzine Proposes ...
Questioning the property tax "circuit breaker"
Bill would exempt green home improvements from property tax increase
Residents blast Vt. budget options
Taking Liberty – How Private Property Is Being Abolished In America OBESE GOVERNMENT – Waste, Fraud and Abuse (click on this line for more) Networks Ignore Trillion-Dollar Price Tag of Climate Cap Bill The media regularly hype the threat of global warming as well as proposed fixes for it, but when a cap-and-trade bill left committee last week the networks were strangely silent about a policy that would raise energy prices for all.
Governments' Drug-Abuse Costs Hit $468 Billion, Study Says
Sotomayor Ruled Fish Must Be Protected from Power Plants Regardless of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CNSNews.com) - Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, ruled in a 2007 case that power companies must protect “fish and other aquatic organisms” from being sucked into cooling vents regardless of the costs, saying the EPA was not allowed to use a cost-benefit analysis in measuring power companies’ compliance with the federal Clean Water Act. The Supreme Court disagreed.
Latest budget proposal eliminates CalWORKs, lets out inmates early In California's latest doom-and-gloom announcement, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Department of Finance on Tuesday proposed closing the state's main welfare program, releasing nonviolent prisoners one year early and shuttering up to 80 percent of state parks to shrink the state's $24.3 billion budget deficit.
Reject the Value-Added Tax, Rein in Spending Instead
Cardin announces earmark requests
'2009 Tennessee Pork Report' shows $580M in waste
New CASA* Report Finds Federal, State and Local Governments Spend ...
Congressional privilege derailed bribery charges
Landrieu, Vitter request earmarks for Louisiana projects
Paterson threatens to impose NY spending cap
Democrats to launch fight on $450B highway bill
NC House Democrats say proposed cuts are for real
Despite budget shortfall, town gets $46000 bins
Presidential Fundraising Trips Leave Taxpayers With Hefty Tab
Crapo and Risch's $2 billion wish list for Idaho -- out of ...
Tennessee Pork Report Focuses On $500 Million In "Waste, Fraud And ...
Earmarks for Campaign Cash?
Funding plan needs better road map
Here's a two-minute drill in soak-the-rich economics: Maryland couldn't balance its budget last year, so the state tried to close the shortfall by fleecing the wealthy. Politicians in Annapolis created a millionaire tax bracket, raising the top marginal income-tax rate to 6.25%. And because cities such as Baltimore and Bethesda also impose income taxes, the state-local tax rate can go as high as 9.45%. Governor Martin O'Malley, a dedicated class warrior, declared that these richest 0.3% of filers were "willing and able to pay their fair share." The Baltimore Sun predicted the rich would "grin and bear it."
Murtha Wove A Web Of Companies And Contracts
VOTER FRAUD (A Bi-Partisan Phenomenon)
Dems compound voter ID error
Beware of claims of voter fraud
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