After the 2012 election of President Obama, the Republican Party realized that they scored very poorly with Latino voters. This could be why the GOP is pushing as hard as it can for immigration reform. Immigration reform has been a hot topic for many, many years now. It has been broken for … Continue reading →
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Sorg: Immigrants want government to ‘give you stuff’
By Miscellany Blue - New Hampshire Politics on February 7, 2013 in
Tags: Gregory Sorg, immigration, Misc-Blue, the exchange
After Latinos overwhelming voted for Pres. Obama, Republicans are bowing to political reality and embracing immigration reform.
Former state Rep. Gregory Sorg (R-Easton) didn’t get the memo. On NHPR’s The Exchange, he told host Brady Carlson that he is skeptical of achieving immigration reform under “a President who has said that the function of government is to make people’s lives better:”
If they come here with the idea in their head that they’re coming here to join a country and to become eventual voters under a system that is premised on the idea that the function of government is to give you stuff, then we’re headed for very bad trouble in this nation.
SPLC names three New Hampshire reps as members of hate group
You knew it had to happen! The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) recently issued a report called “Attacking the Constitution: State Legislators for Legal Immigration & the Anti-Immigrant Movement.” Legislators are listed by state, and three of them are members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives: Laurence RappaportR – District 1 Jordan UleryR – [...]
My Annual Thanksgiving Post
A brief video clip of my all-time favorite Thanksgiving story…and an absolute MUST for anyone who has adopted children from abroad, anyone who immigrated to America, anyone whose ancestors immigrated to America…and anyone conscious of the current immigration controversies in American politics. This is a short video, but the entire book is readily available in [...]
The World According to Charlie Bass, Part II
A series on the Concord Monitor’s profile of Charlie Bass, in which we learn of his world. The World According to Charlie Bass: Asked about immigration reform, Bass said he sympathizes with residents of Arizona who live with high rates of murder and drug crime because of illegal immigrants. The World In Which You and [...]
Constitution Unnecessary to Deny Children Services
With Bob Giuda in Congress, those anchor baby moochers will no longer live the high life off your tax dollars: Federal law should be changed to prohibit children born in this country to illegal parents from receiving government services, but says “we don’t need a constitutional amendment to do it.” Giuda says the children of [...]
Under attack – from the Constitution!
By Vis Unita Fortior on August 12, 2010 in
Tags: BH Arts and Entertainment Department, Colbert, funny, humor, immigration, lulz, stephen colbert
Possibly one of the best Colbert Report segments ever – “America is under attack and it’s coming from where you least expect it – the Constitution!”: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Citizenship Down – Akhil Amar
Bill Binnie and Flags
By Vis Unita Fortior on August 12, 2010 in
Tags: Bill Binnie, Binnie, english, english language, flags, immigration
I just saw one of Bill Binnie’s latest ads on TV. “English is the language of America” The money quote: ”Americans should have allegiance to one flag and have one official language.”Here are some pictures of Binnie driving his race car in 2007. You may notice that there is a flag emblazoned across the front [...]
Too Late to Deport This One, Kelly
I don’t actually know if my deceased grandfather’s immigrant parents were legal or not, but I’d say there’s a fair chance either way. Grandpa fought with the 101st. If you’ve seen Band of Brothers, you basically know his WWII itinerary, with the exception of going over in a boat on D-Day instead of parachuting in. [...]
Ayotte Can’t Stop Lying About Arizona
Doing her best to drum up the xenophobia vote, Sarah Palin endorsed Kelly Ayotte is again caught spreading falsehoods about Arizona: At a recent ice cream social where she spoke to voters, Ayotte kept her message extremely simple, calling for lower taxes, a crackdown on illegal immigrants (remarking, incorrectly, that Arizona has the second-highest rate [...]