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Open Borders + Welfare State = Disaster

This week the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is considering the so-called "Gang of 8" immigration reform package.

Don't be fooled by the rhetoric you are hearing. The bill will provide amnesty now, with citizenship later and declines to seriously address the border security issue. There are those who wish to distract you from the real issues surrounding the debate. It can't be denied that the Gang of 8 immigration reform package undermines the…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on May 9, 2013 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Thorner: The Monstrosity of Immigration Reform - Part 2

In Part 1, "Immigration Reform a Monstrosity," it was revealed that the business community and labor unions hashed out a new work-visa program to allow up to 200,000 low-skill workers to come to the U.S. Furthermore, that the legislation creates a framework for legalization of an estimated 11 million people unlawfully present in the U.S., as well as to anyone who was present in the U.S. before 2012, with no proof required to prove that applicants have been here for several years. …

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on April 26, 2013 at 6:31pm — No Comments

Obama's national curriculum: Rotten to the Common Core (Part 1)

By Nancy Thorner -

In a speech to the National Governor's…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on April 18, 2013 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Obama's quixotic pursuit of 'green' energy

Our nation's credit has been downgraded, we've gone over the fiscal cliff, the sequester cuts are taking place, the government…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on March 20, 2013 at 6:22pm — No Comments

America's China Problems

President Obama, as in his first term, has made the promotion of green jobs and manufacturing the cornerstone of his economic recovery plan. Yet even before Congress passed an extension of the Wind Production Tax Credit (PTC) on the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 1, in a post-election, lame duck session, American wind turbine manufactures were laying off workers right and left.

As indicated last year by the…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on March 5, 2013 at 1:08pm — No Comments

March 27th signals the next financial crisis

By Nancy Thorner -

Friday, March 1, came and went, despite a steady drumbeat of drastic warnings about the impact of the sequester on jobs and economic growth. Even the financial markets reacted with a yawn…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on March 2, 2013 at 2:48pm — No Comments

The Sequester: Worse than the Mayan disaster or manufactured hype?

As is the standard these days with so many low-information Americans, all they know is that something they are to dread, a sequester, is set to take effect on Friday, March 1, unless a deal is reached. And what makes so many Americans perceive that failure to reach a deal will usher in devastation of a catastrophic nature? Might is be because President Obama has been pounding home the horrendous effects of the sequester upon this…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on February 26, 2013 at 11:16am — No Comments

Children as decoys in Obama's gun control rhetoric

By Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold -

President Obama in his Chicago speech on February 15th -- part of his tour following his State of the Union address on Tuesday,…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on February 18, 2013 at 1:27pm — No Comments

Who's Pointing Fingers

By Nancy Thorner & Ed Ingold -

Chicago police have arrested two gang members on February 12 and charged them with the murder of young Hadiya Pendelton, who marched in a parade at President Obama's inauguration. She was standing under a shelter from the rain when a man opened fire with a handgun, killing her and wounding another.

The mayor, Rahm Emanual, was quick to blame the easy availability of guns,…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on February 17, 2013 at 4:30pm — No Comments

When Purposeful Misstatements Become Lies

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on February 14, 2013 at 3:58pm — No Comments

National Prayer Breakfast Receives Its Due, Despite Same Day Senate Hearings

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It was with great interest and pleasure that I read an…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on February 9, 2013 at 10:02pm — No Comments

Social Justice permeates Loyola and other universities nationwide

By Nancy Thorner -

Although late in coming across an event held on Wednesday, January 23 at Loyola University in Chicago, the nature of the event demanded more that just a cursory check despite an interlude of almost two weeks since its happening.

The…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on February 4, 2013 at 2:35pm — No Comments

More on the Weak Underbelly of Obama's Gun Policies by Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold

More on the Weak Underbelly of Obama's gun policies

By Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold -

Registration in any degree is particularly offensive to those who value their 2nd amendment rights. It is the basis for abuse and harassment of law abiding gun…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on January 29, 2013 at 9:54am — No Comments

Part 1: The Weak Underbelly of Obama's Gun Policies by Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold

President Obama is deliberately ignoring solutions in favor of a long-time "progressive" goal of disarming Americans. Of course, he's doing the same thing with regard to the economy. Rather than promote business, he's doling money out to the states and labor unions. Rather than cut spending, he wants to raise taxes, even though all the wealth of America wouldn't match his out-of-control spending habits.

Blaming…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on January 28, 2013 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Twenty-Three Executive Orders

By Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold -

Without waiting for Congress, President Barack Obama announced on Wednesday,…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on January 21, 2013 at 3:42pm — No Comments

Waving the Bloody Shirt

By Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold -

When reports of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut reached the public on Dec. 14, many Americans broke down and wept at the thought of a monster shooting helpless children like they were rats in a garbage dump. Even after a month it is still seems…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on January 16, 2013 at 4:44pm — No Comments

Asking for Impossible gun Control

By Nancy Thorner and Ed Ingold -

During the past week or so high drama took place during the Lame Duck Session of the Illinois General Assembly, which culminated with its demise in the Illinois House when the Judiciary committee declined to vote on amendments…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on January 13, 2013 at 2:03pm — No Comments

Republican survival depends on creating new life within Conservative Leadership

By Nancy Thorner & Elvira Hastings -

It has already been over a month since the General Election on Tuesday, November 6, yet conservatives still find themselves…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on December 11, 2012 at 4:45pm — No Comments

America Went Over the Fiscal Cliff Long Ago

By Alan Caruba

I doubt that President Obama will compromise with the House Republicans on anything that might be done to avoid the January 2nd “fiscal cliff” that kicks in with higher taxes for everyone.

Obama has made it clear that increasing the tax rates on “millionaires” is his goal and he…

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Added by Alan Caruba on December 2, 2012 at 8:45am — No Comments

Will Republicans commit suicide by reneging on Norquist's anti-tax pledge?

On this day, Monday, November 26, Congress, returned from its week-long Thanksgiving holiday at which time lawmakers and President Obama will attempt to avert a looming fiscal crisis which very will could send the US economy plunging into another recession.

There are just 36 days left in the Lame Duck session as of today, the time between Election Day 2012 and January, 2013, for a solution to be found that stops taxes from going up on…

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Added by Nancy J. Thorner on November 26, 2012 at 1:27pm — No Comments