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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Illegals Become Repeat Criminals

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION & POLITICAL CORRUPTION / DEMOCRAT & REPUBLICAN IMMIGRATION POLICIES PERPETUATE INCREASED CRIME BY ILLEGALS IN U.S. CITIES

Washington Times

Smiley Flag Waver Of the 100 selected aliens, 73 had an average of six arrests each after being released from custody. They were arrested, collectively, 429 times on 878 charges, ranging from traffic violations and trespassing to drug crimes, burglary, robbery, assault and weapons violations.

Investigators identified an official "sanctuary" policy for two jurisdictions that received at least $1 million in SCAAP funding: Oregon, which received $3.4 million, and the city and county of San Francisco, which received $1.1 million and has designated itself a "city and county of refuge."

The audit defined "sanctuary" as a jurisdiction that may have state laws, local ordinances or departmental policies limiting the role of local authorities in the enforcement of immigration laws.

Nation / Politics

Illegals Become Repeat Criminals

~ By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
January 9, 2007

Criminal aliens set free on the streets of America -- instead of being deported after serving their time -- are being rearrested as many as six more times by U.S. authorities, according to a government audit released yesterday.

But the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General said it did not know how many of 262,105 illegals in the audit, who had been charged with a crime and then released, had been rearrested.

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Monday, January 08, 2007

Agreement Allows Social Security For Non-Citizens

TAXES / 2004 TOTALIZATION AGREEMENT AUTHORIZES THOUSANDS OF NON-U.S. MEXICAN CITIZENS TO RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS

Congressman Ron Paul

Smiley Flag Waver Ultimately, the bill for Mexicans working legally in the U.S. could reach one billion dollars by 2050, when the estimated Mexican beneficiaries could reach 300,000. Worse still, an estimated five million Mexicans working illegally in the United States could be eligible for the program. According to press reports, a provision in the Social Security Act allows illegal immigrants to receive Social Security benefits if the United States and another country have a totalization agreement.

Totalization Is A Bad Idea

January 8, 2007

Through a Freedom of Information Act Request, a private group recently obtained a copy of a 2004 agreement between the United States and Mexico that will allow hundreds of thousands of noncitizens to receive Social Security benefits.

The agreement creates a so-called "totalization" plan between the two nations. Totalization is nothing new. The first such agreements were made in the late 1970s between the United States and several foreign governments simply to make sure American citizens living abroad did not suffer from double taxation with respect to Social Security taxes. From there, however, totalization agreements have become vehicles for noncitizens to become eligible for U.S. Social Security benefits. The new agreement with Mexico would make an estimated 160,000 Mexican citizens eligible in the next five years.

Ultimately, the bill for Mexicans working legally in the U.S. could reach one billion dollars by 2050, when the estimated Mexican beneficiaries could reach 300,000. Worse still, an estimated five million Mexicans working illegally in the United States could be eligible for the program. According to press reports, a provision in the Social Security Act allows illegal immigrants to receive Social Security benefits if the United States and another country have a totalization agreement.

It's important to note that Congress, like the American people, heretofore had not seen this totalization agreement. This decision to expand our single largest entitlement program was made with no input from the legislative branch of government. If the president signs it, Congress will have to affirmatively act to override him and in essence veto the agreement. This is the opposite of how it's supposed to work.

There are obvious reasons to oppose a Social Security totalization agreement with Mexico. First, our Social Security system already faces trillions of dollars in future shortages as the Baby Boomer generation retires and fewer young workers pay into the system. Adding hundreds of thousand of noncitizens to the Social Security rolls can only hasten the day of reckoning.

Second, Social Security never was intended to serve as an individual foreign aid program for noncitizens abroad. Remember, there is no real Social Security trust fund, and the distinction between income taxes and payroll taxes is entirely artificial. The Social Security contributions made by noncitizens are spent immediately as general revenues. So while it's unfortunate that some are forced to pay into a system from which they might never receive a penny, the same can be said of younger American citizens. If noncitizens wish to obtain Social Security benefits, or any other U.S. government entitlements, they should seek to become U.S. citizens.

Also, totalization agreements allow noncitizens to quality for Social Security benefits by working in the U.S. as little as 18 months. A Mexican citizen could work here for only a year and a half, return to Mexico, and retire with full U.S. benefits. This is grossly unfair to Americans who must work more quarters even to qualify for benefits -- especially younger people who face the possibility that there may be nothing left when it is their turn to retire.

Those in favor of sending U.S. Social Security benefits to Mexican citizens argue that crushing poverty in Mexico demands some form of U.S. assistance to that country's aged. While poverty in Mexico truly is deplorable and saddening, the fact remains that Congress has no constitutional authority to enact what is essentially another foreign aid program.

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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Sweetheart Deal Offered In 9/11 Document Scandal

POLITICS / BUSH REPUBLICANS OFFER "SWEETHEART DEAL" IN CASE INVOLVING SANDY BERGER'S DESTRUCTION OF CLINTON-ERA RECORDS PERTAINING TO 9/11 TERRORISM INVESTIGATION

Judicial Watch

Smiley Flag Waver The Bush Justice Department brokered a “sweetheart deal” with Berger’s attorney, wherein Berger’s treachery only earned him a $50,000 fine, 100 hours of community service and a three-year bar from accessing classified material. What a travesty of justice! Shame on the Bush administration for their blatant “Washington Insider” coddling of the repugnant Mr. Berger! Any ordinary citizen would be doing “hard time.”

From the Desk of Chris Farrell - JW Director of Investigations:

Samuel "Sandy" Berger's Crime

We finally have all of the salacious details of Clinton National Security Advisor Samuel “Sandy” Berger’s criminal behavior in absconding with classified documents from the National Archives with the release of an Archives Inspector General report. In 2003, Berger reviewed classified Clinton-era records pertaining to terrorism in preparation for testimony before the 9/11 Commission. Berger lied about taking the classified documents from the Archives, and then later admitted to stealing the documents from the building and sliding them under a construction trailer. He later retrieved the stolen classified documents from the construction area and returned with them to his office, where he destroyed several of the records with scissors.

In my opinion, Berger was going to very great lengths to hide something incredibly damning about the Clinton administration’s actions – or lack thereof – concerning international terrorism. There’s never been an adequate explanation from Berger about what he was so terribly desperate to destroy. To make matters worse, the Bush Justice Department brokered a “sweetheart deal” with Berger’s attorney, wherein Berger’s treachery only earned him a $50,000 fine, 100 hours of community service and a three-year bar from accessing classified material. What a travesty of justice! Shame on the Bush administration for their blatant “Washington Insider” coddling of the repugnant Mr. Berger! Any ordinary citizen would be doing “hard time.”

Chris Farrell
JW Director Of Investigations

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Stop The Merger Of Canada, Mexico & The U.S.

AMERICA / BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S SECURITY & PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP (SPP) AGREEMENT MERGES THE GOVERNMENTS OF CANADA, MEXICO AND THE U.S.

Smiley Flag Waver 1,000 pages on the SPP/North American Union clearly reveal that the Bush administration is running a "shadow government" with Mexico and Canada in which unelected bureaucrats are crafting a broad range of policy changes.

A "Myth vs. Fact" document posted for public relations purposes begins the "whitewash" in which they think they can hoodwink the American public. One of the ways the administration has been able to go around Congress is by not having the three countries sign a treaty or "law" on SPP. I want to know -- and the American public should demand -- where does the Bush administration get the congressional authorization to invite two foreign nations to the table to rewrite U.S. law?

STOP THE MERGING OF THE US, CANADA AND MEXICO INTO A EUROPEAN STYLE UNION!

Karen Johnson

Republican District 18

Senate
1700 W. Washington
Room 303A
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone Number: (602) 926-3160
Fax Number: (602) 417-3151

Email Address: kjohnson@azleg.gov

November 18, 2006

I just returned from a week in Washington, D.C. with a group of concerned women where we learned about the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), also known as "The North American Union." This partnership was agreed upon at a private meeting held in Waco, Texas, March 23, 2005, between then-President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, U.S. President George Bush, and then-Prime Minister Paul Martin of Canada. The SPP is an agreement to merge our United States of America with Mexico and Canada.

I am outraged about what the Bush administration is doing with this partnership behind Congress's back. (See http://www.spp.gov )

With virtually no mention in the mainstream media and no oversight from Congress, Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez is pushing forward, through his department, the "working groups" that are currently implementing this plan. Government bureaucrats and business leaders are "harmonizing and integrating" our laws with Mexico and Canada on a broad range of issues such as E-Commerce, Transportation, Environment, Health, Agriculture, Financial Services, and National Security just to mention a few. Do we want our laws "harmonized" with Socialist Canada and corrupt Mexico ?

If you are concerned about terrorism in our country just remember that enlarging our borders, merging our security functions with one of the most corrupt nations on earth ( Mexico ), and giving up sovereignty and constitutional protections does NOT make us safer.

Dr. Jerome Corsi, a Harvard Professor, who has spent months researching this issue was recently able through a Freedom of Information request to obtain about 1,000 pages on SPP/North American Union, which clearly reveal that the Bush administration is running a "shadow government" with Mexico and Canada in which unelected bureaucrats are crafting a broad range of policy changes.

The SPP is truly rewriting U.S. administrative law, all without Congressional oversight or public disclosure. The government watchdog organization, Judicial Watch, obtained many of the same documents that Dr. Corsi has received, including the organizational chart and a listing of trilateral Mexican, Canadian, and U.S. administrative officers who report on multiple cabinet-level "working groups."

The SPP.gov web site has now put up a "Myth vs. Fact" document posted for public relations purposes to begin the "whitewash" in which they think they can hoodwink the American public. One of the ways the administration has been able to go around Congress is by not having the three countries sign a treaty or "law" on SPP. I want to know -- and the American public should demand -- where does the Bush administration get the congressional authorization to invite two foreign nations to the table to rewrite U.S. law?

The Bush administration is trying to create the infrastructure for a new regional North American government in stealth fashion, under the radar and out of public view. Congress has unequivocally been asleep at the wheel.

It is incredible but, if this template is followed, just four years from now the United States may cease to exist as an independent nation. Its laws, rules and regulations -- including all freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution -- will be subject to review and nullification by the North American Union's governing body (unelected). There will no longer be a Canadian or Mexican border. Transnational transportation corridors will crisscross the United States delivering the cheapest goods possible from China and Vietnam with Mexican truckers who will work for a pittance of what our U.S. truckers earn. Thousands of middle-class jobs will be wiped out, and the U.S. will become nothing more than a province in an emerging North American superstate.

The American people have got to be alerted and we must contact our members of Congress to put a stop to this. Most Representatives and Senators are largely unaware of the SPP/North American Union. I am certain that an aroused and deeply concerned electorate would have little trouble gaining support to block what is planned and retain our nation's hard-won independence. Please help stop this insane move towards a North American Union.

Senator Karen S. Johnson - District 18
602-926-3160 -- Office
480-734-1954 -- Cell

Contact your state senator, state legislator, governor and Congressional representatives and demand they stop the merging of America with Canada and Mexico before it's too late. Join millions of Americans on this issue. Go to: http://stopspp.com/stopspp/

"Today as you surely know, ... Mexico is little more than a narco-state, responsible for 92 percent of the cocaine sold in the U.S. in 2004 and wracked by warring drug cartels. Law enforcement officers on both sides of the border are increasingly attacked by paramilitary units, aka "Zetas", escorting drug shipments into the U.S. and reportedly offering a $50,000 bounty on Border Patrol agents and police officers." -- State Sen. Karen, Johnson AZ, from Letter on CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement)

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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

The Democrat's Ties To The Communist Chinese Party

POLITICS - DEMOCRAT COMMUNISM / THE DEMOCRAT PARTY'S TIES TO THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY

Just Facts

Smiley Flag Waver * James Riady has left the country.

* Sonaya & Arief Wiriadinata have left the country.

* John Huang is pleading the Fifth Ammendment.

* Attorney General Janet Reno (Clinton appointee) heads the Justice Department, which is responsible for investigating campaign finance violations. The head of the FBI, (Louis Freeh, Clinton appointee) and the lead investigator (Charles LaBella) have recommended the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate this matter. As of July 1998, Janet Reno refuses to appoint an independent counsel.

Democrat Paty Ties To The Communist Chinese Party

Lippo Group

* A 12 billion dollar Indonesian financial conglomerate. (1)

* Lippo has a business partnership with China Resources Holding Company, which is owned by China's government and staffed with Chinese military intelligence officers. (2)

James Riady

* Indonesian billionaire. (3)

* He and his family run the Lippo Group. (4)

* An acquaintance of Bill Clinton since the 1980's. (3)

* Former permanent green card holder who worked in Arkansas. (3)

Soraya & Arief Wiriadinata

* Daughter and son-in-law of a Lippo partner. (4)

* As of 1996, Arief worked as a gardener in Virginia. (4)

John Huang

* "Long time" friend of Bill Clinton. (4)

* Former director of Lippo Group USA. (4)

* Former Commerce Department employee. (4)

* Former DNC Vice Chairman of Finance. (4)

Laws:

* 2 U.S.C. 441(e) It is against the law for foreign nationals to directly or indirectly contribute, solicit, or receive campaign contributions. (9)

* 18 U.S.C. 1956 It is against the law to solicit or receive campaign contributions that have been laundered in an effort to conceal the actual source of the money. (9)

* 18 U.S.C. 600 It is against the law for a government official to reward or provide a benefit to someone based on their political activity. (9)

* 18 U.S.C. 595 It is against the law for government employees to use their office in any way to affect federal elections. (9)

* It is legal for foreigners who are permanent residents and for individuals who work for U.S. subsidiaries of foreign corporations to donate to political campaigns, but the money must be generated inside the U.S. (3)

Presidential Radio Address in the Oval Office - September 10, 1994
Bill Clinton, James Riady (right), John Huang (facing in center) and Mark Middleton (back to camera)

What They Gave:

Lippo Group

* The Lippo Group made consulting payments to Webb Hubbell totaling between $100,000 and $250,000 after Hubbell had promised to cooperate with Whitewater investigators. Hubbell did not cooperate and no recommendation for leniency was made at his sentencing. (5)

James Riady

* Riady has donated over $475,000 to the DNC, Clinton Inaugural Fund, and related Democratic candidates. An August 1992 memo to Bill Clinton says Riady "will be giving $100,000 to this event and has the potential to give much more." (3)

* Bank statements, memos, and checks show that one of Riady's 1992 donations was directly covered by foreign funds and the rest came from a personal bank account that appears to have received foreign money before and after donations were made. (3)

Sonaya & Arief Wiriadinata

* Illegally contributed $450,000 to the DNC. (8)

* Arief is heard on videotape (at a White House coffee) telling Bill Clinton, "James Riady sent me." (4)

John Huang

* Has raised over $3.4 million for the DNC, approximately half of which, has been returned. (4)

* At a 1996 Los Angeles fund raiser, Bill Clinton said, "I'd like to thank my long time friend, John Huang, for being so effective. Frankly, he's been so effective, I was amazed that you were all cheering for him tonight after he's been around in his aggressive efforts to help our cause." (4)

Bill Clinton and Arief Wiriadinata White House Coffee - December 15, 1995

What They Got:

Lippo Group

* The Lippo Group has investments in the coal mining industry in Indonesia. The leading export of Indonesia is a new form of clean burning, low sulfur coal. This is the only type of coal that meets the U.S. Clean Air Standards Act. (6)

* The largest known deposit in the world of this coal is located in Southern Utah. (6)

* The coal in Utah was slated to be mined when Bill Clinton declared 1.7 million acres in Southern Utah as the "Grand Escalante National Momument." This declaration made the coal mining project infeasible and locked up over a trillion dollars worth of this coal. (6)

* Bill Clinton never discussed his decision with Congress , Utah officials, or the Democratic Congressman who represented this district until the midnight before the declaration was made. (7)

* The head of the Council of Environmental Quality (Kathleen McGinty) stated in an email that the lands were "not really endangered." The associate director (Linda Lance) stated in an email that the lands were "not threatened." (6)

* The surrounding 29 Utah counties have filed suit to overturn Clinton's declaration. (6)

James Riady

* James Riady was an occasional visitor to the White House and had direct access to Bill Clinton. (3)

* Clinton spokes people told reporters that visits with James Riady were "social visits." A videotape of a July 1996 dinner for James Riady shows Bill Clinton discussing the deployment of U.S. aircraft carriers to the Taiwan Strait. (4)

John Huang

* Huang was hired at the Commerce Dept. in 1994. His supervisor (Jeff Garten) testified, "He was totally unqualified." (1)

* When Huang left the Lippo Group for the Commerce Department, he was paid a $780,000 bonus by Lippo. (1)

* Huang received Top Secret Security Clearance before, during, and after his tenure at Commerce. (1)

* According to a memo dated January 31, 1994, the chief of security at Commerce (Paul Buskirk) granted Huang "a waiver of background investigation." (2)

* While at the Commerce Dept. Huang received intelligence briefings from the CIA, had access to top secret reports, visited the White House at least 67 times, and met with Bill Clinton at least 15 times. (2)

* According to telephone records, Huang made at least 261 phone calls to Lippo Group offices during his tenure at Commerce. (2)

* Huang received 37 classified briefings on China and Vietnam from the CIA. According to the testimony of a CIA officer John Dickerson, Huang had access to "extremely sensitive sources." (1)

Obstruction / Cover Up:

* In March of 1997, the House Resources Committee requested documents detailing President Clinton's decision to designate the 1.7 million acres in southern Utah as the Grand Escalante National Monument. The White House supplied over 100 documents and withheld 27. The House Committee subpoenaed the 27 withheld documents and they were produced on October 22, 1997. (7)

* James Riady has left the country. (4)

* Sonaya & Arief Wiriadinata have left the country. (4)

* John Huang is pleading the Fifth Ammendment. (4)

Sources:

1) "John Huang: In His Own Words." Fox News, October 24, 1997.

2) Judicial Watch Newsletter, 1998.

3) Associated Press. "Memo shows Riady got ride with Clinton." Washington Times National Weekly Edition, June 15-21, 1998.

4) Editorial: "Those many former FOB's." Washington Times National Weekly Edition, October 28-November 2, 1997.

5) Seper, Jerry. "Hubbell, wife indicted on tax evasion." Washington Times National Weekly Edition, May 4-10, 1998.

6) The Citizens Presidential Impeachment Indictment, Citizens for Honest Government, 1998. Source cited: Washington Times

7) Larson, Ruth. "Panel gets papers on Utah land decision." Washington Times National Weekly Edition, October 28-November 2, 1997.

8) Editorial: "Dealing with the Suharto crisis." Washington Times National Weekly Edition, March 31- April 5, 1998.

9) Levin, Mark R. "Commentary: Want reform? Make politicians obey the law." Washington Times National Weekly Edition, November 8-14, 1997.

10) Seper, Jerry. "Reno refuses to turn over memos to Burton committee." Washington Times National Weekly Edition, August 10-16, 1998.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Democrats Continue To Oppose Conservative Judges

POLITICS / DEMOCRAT'S CONTINUE CORRUPTION AGENDA: NOMINATE ONLY THOSE LIBERAL JUDGES WHO WILL UNCONSTITUTIONALLY LEGISLATE FROM THE BENCH

This Is What Liberal Democrats Call "Change."

Smiley Flag Waver

Senate Democrats, of course, are complaining that the president is reneging on his “promise” of bipartisanship made in a post-election speech last Wednesday. But they have not a shred of credibility on this point. Liberals in the Senate have turned the judicial confirmation process on its head, obstructing the president’s judicial nominees for political reasons. They even resorted to launching judicial filibusters, ignoring the constitutional directive to provide up-or-down votes on all judicial nominees. Why? Not because the nominees were unqualified. But rather because they didn’t like the nominees’ philosophy of judicial restraint. (Many liberals only like judges who will legislate from the bench.)

From the Desk of Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton:

Bush Re-Nominates Conservative Judges

This week the president sent a signal to Capitol Hill that he is only willing to go so far in the “spirit of cooperation” with Senate Democrats. This according to the San Jose Mercury News: “On Wednesday the White House indicated that it will renominate six candidates during the lame duck session who have not earlier received a Senate floor vote because of Democratic opposition.”

Republicans in the Senate made matters worse by folding in the face of Democratic resistance. Remember the so-called “Gang of 14” moderates in the Senate? Seven Republicans broke ranks and brokered a deal with seven Democrats to allow a few of the president’s judicial nominees through, while leaving open the possibility of future judicial filibusters. This compromise struck a fatal blow to the president’s attempts to push some key conservative nominees through by undermining any leverage the Republicans held in being the majority party. (Check out an op-ed I wrote last summer on the subject, Senate Abandons Judicial Nominees.)

The president should be congratulated for standing by his conservative judicial nominees. Unfortunately, no one -- not even the president, I’m sure -- expects these nominees to receive an up-or-down vote before the end of this lameduck session. And in January, when Democrats gain control of the Senate, what incentive will they have to fairly treat judicial nominees?

Republicans in the Senate had an opportunity to confirm conservative judges to the bench, and they blinked. Conservative candidates had an opportunity to educate voters on the importance of the “judge issue” in the last election cycle, but they did not. We must look no further than the recent New Jersey Supreme Court decision on gay marriage to see the price we will pay for these failures.

Thomas Fitton

President