Well that certainly didn't sound biased. I have a great deal of respect for agenda-free journalism. Great work.
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=24718773587 > > On Fox News this morning, State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley > became the third Obama administration official in short succession to > admit that he hadnt actually bothered to read Arizonas 10-page long > secure the border bill before condemning it and criticizing > Americans who support Arizonas necessary efforts to do the job the > Obama Administration should be doing. Crowleys statement follows > similar admissions from Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of > Homeland Security Janet Napolitano. > > At first blush this revelation seemed unbelievable, but maybe I > shouldnt be surprised. This now seems the Washington way of doing > things. If the party in power tells us they have to pass bills in > order to find out whats actually in them, they can also criticize > bills (and divide the country with ensuing rhetoric) without actually > reading them. > > Still I cant help but feel outraged on behalf of Arizonas citizens > for the incompetence shown by these Administration officials. > Arizonans have the courage to do what the Obama administration has > failed to do in its first year and a half in office namely secure > our border and enforce our federal laws. And as a result, Arizonans > have been subjected to a campaign of baseless accusations by the same > people who freely admit they havent a clue about what theyre > actually campaigning against. > > The absolute low point of this campaign came last Friday, when a U.S. > State Department delegation met with Chinese negotiators to discuss > human rights. Apparently, our State Department felt it necessary to > make their Chinese guests feel less bad about their own record of > human rights abuses by repeatedly atoning for American sins > including, it seems, the Arizona immigration/pro-border security law. > Asked if Arizona came up at all during the meeting, Assistant > Secretary of State Michael Posner answered: > > We brought it up early and often. It was mentioned in the first > session, and as a troubling trend in our society and an indication > that we have to deal with issues of discrimination or potential > discrimination, and that these are issues very much being debated in > our own society. > > Note that he said We brought it up not the Chinese, but the U.S. > State Departments own delegation. Instead of grilling the Chinese > about their appalling record on human rights, the State Department > continued the unbelievable apology tour by raising early and often > Arizonas decision to secure our border. > > Arizonas law, which just mirrors the federal law, simply allows the > police to ask those whom they have already stopped for some form of > identification like a drivers license. By what absurd stretch of the > imagination is that the moral equivalent of Chinas lack of freedoms, > population controls (including forced abortions), censorship, and > arbitrary detentions? > > Surely our U.S. Ambassador to China, John Huntsman, must disagree with > the Obama Administrations continued apology tour? We have nothing to > apologize for. If Administration officials want to apologize to > anyone, apologize to the American people for the fact that after a > year and a half in office, they still havent done anything to secure > our borders, and they join our President in making false suggestions > about A > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:318860 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
