Refusal to enforce immigration law; Obama has 12 social security numbers; Moscow to overthrow Georgia

I'm trying a bigger font size, today, folks. Let me know if you like it or hate it. 1) Top Official Says Feds May Not Process Illegals Referred From Arizona A top Department of Homeland Security official reportedly said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities. John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, made the comment during a meeting on Wednesday with the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune, the newspaper reports. "I don't think the Arizona law, or laws like it, are the solution," Morton told the newspaper. The best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach, he said, and not a patchwork of state laws. THEN WHY DON’T YOU ENFORCE FEDERAL LAW, JOHN MORTON? The law, which criminalizes being in the state illegally and requires authorities to check suspects for immigration status, is not "good government," Morton said. …Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano said ICE is not obligated to process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona authorities. "ICE has the legal discretion to accept or not to accept persons delivered to it by non-federal personnel," Napolitano said. "It also has the discretion to deport or not to deport persons delivered to it by any government agents, even its own." …Border apprehensions in Arizona, where roughly 500,000 illegal immigrants are estimated to be living, are up 6 percent since October, according to federal statistics. Roughly 6.5 million residents live in Arizona. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-AL, said it appeared the Obama administration is "nullifying existing law" and suggested Morton may not be the right person for his post if he fails to enforce federal immigration law (emphasis mine). …Sessions said the U.S. government has "systematically failed" to enforce federal immigration law and claimed Morton's statement is an indication that federal officials do not plan on working with Arizona authorities regarding its controversial law. See: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/21/official-says-feds-process-illegals-referred-arizona/ 1a) 17 more states planning Ariz. 'illegal' crackdown In what is developing into a standoff between states and the federal government that could be bigger than gun control or even health care, 17 states have launched versions of Arizona's immigration law, even as federal officials say they may not bother to process illegal aliens caught by the states. William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, which has been trying to get officials to address the open southern border for years, warned the consequences could be dire. "Over the last couple days, Obama and the chief of ICE have refused to honor their oaths of office," he said. "Their constitutional requirement is to enforce existing laws. "They've told the American public to go eat cake," he said. …"Seventeen states are now filing versions of Arizona's SB 1070, which is designed to help local police enforce America's existing immigration laws," ALIPAC said in a report today. The report said numerous national and local polls indicate 60 to 81 percent of Americans support local police enforcing immigration laws. …Gheen said the states where some form of immigration crackdown is under development include Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Utah. See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=156985 2) At West Point, Obama offers new security strategy …In a commencement speech to the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the president outlined his departure from what Bush had called a "distinctly American internationalism." Instead, Obama pledged to shape a new "international order" (emphasis mine) based on diplomacy and engagement. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/22/AR2010052201586.html 3) Stocks plunge to their lowest level in a year on bad economic news U.S. stocks suffered their worst one-day losses in more than a year on Thursday as unfavorable news about unemployment and the prospects of economic growth in this country piled onto deepening angst about the debt crisis in Europe. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, a broad measure of U.S. markets, fell 3.9 percent to its lowest level since February. All three major U.S. stock indicators are now down more than 10 percent from their recent peaks in April. That puts the market in correction territory, meaning stock values may be adjusting to offset an excessive run-up in prices. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/20/AR2010052005363.html 3a) Stocks plummet as Germany gets tough on financial speculators A German crackdown on financial speculators threw global markets into a tailspin Thursday, sparking the largest losses on Wall Street in a year, infuriating other European powers as they try to stabilize the ailing euro and raising questions about the ability of world leaders to coordinate their efforts at financial reform. The measures announced unilaterally in Berlin earlier this week took U.S. and European officials by surprise, and they run counter to the broad pledges of cooperation that leaders of the world's top economies said would guide their overhaul of financial regulation. Instead of shoring up confidence in Europe's ability to address an array of economic problems, the actions -- including an outright ban on some types of aggressive stock trading -- seemed to backfire and spotlight divisions in the euro zone. The fallout from Germany's actions hit Wall Street hard. Coupled with disappointing U.S. economic news, it forced the Dow Jones industrial average down 376 points, or 3.6 percent. Germany, angry over pressure to bankroll its spendthrift neighbors, intends on Friday to press the 15 other countries that use the euro to follow its lead in setting strict caps on budget deficits to maintain fiscal order in the region. But the proposal faces significant opposition. And the tensions are highlighting the squabbling over the region's handling of the debt crisis, further eroding investors' confidence in the currency. See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/20/AR2010052005413.html 3b) The Message to the U.S. in Germany’s Ascension Germany has taken the clear lead as the European sovereign debt crisis unfolds. This is an obvious outcome because of Germany’s relatively tight rein on government deficits and its policies that have made it Europe’s toughest competitor. Germany’s clear ascension is both good news and bad for Europe, and a clear warning to the United States. The most recent sign of the European shift in power was Germany’s unilateral decision to ban “naked short selling”, which is a form of speculation whereby one bets that an asset price would go down (short selling), without first borrowing the stock (the naked part). This decision dismayed other European leaders because they were given no advance warning, let alone an opportunity to discuss the policy. Put plainly, Germany broke the standing rules of the cozy little club that is Europe. It must further dismay other European leaders because this decision may signal Germany’s intention to exercise its financial muscle and force some painful rewriting of other club rules. Germany has already hinted at this through references that greater central control (read: German control) needs to be exercised over fiscal policies of misbehaving countries. …The message for the United States could not be plainer. First and foremost, the markets will tolerate persistent and extraordinary deficit spending only so long, and when they lose patience the shift can be sudden, surprising, and painful (emphasis mine). The United States appears likely to experience this first hand. Under President Obama’s budget policies, the United States is building a bridge of trillion dollar deficits through the decade on route to our long-standing financial debacle known as entitlements. It is fantasy to believe the markets would tolerate this. See: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/05/20/the-message-to-the-u-s-in-germany’s-ascension 4) House Panel Rejects a Plan to Shift Detainees to Illinois WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee has dealt a blow to President Obama’s hopes to shutter the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, by unanimously approving legislation that would prohibit creating a detention center inside the United States. Finally someone has some sense… The administration had asked Congress to approve about $350 million to buy and renovate a nearly empty prison in Thomson, Ill. The White House plan was to empty Guantánamo and transfer its detainees to Illinois — including 48 who would be held without trial as wartime prisoners. But late Wednesday, the House committee unanimously approved a defense bill for 2011 that bans spending money to build or modify any facility inside the United States to house Guantánamo detainees, according to a summary of the bill. It says the committee wants to see “a thorough and comprehensive plan that outlines the merits, costs, and risks associated with utilizing such a facility. No such plan has been presented to date. The bill prohibits the use of any funds for this purpose.” See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/us/politics/21gitmo.html 5) GOP wins House seat in Obama's home district HONOLULU – Republicans cited Rep.-elect Charles Djou's victory for a seat long out of their reach as evidence of steadily increasing election-year strength… "It is a significant win. It is the birthplace of the president of the United States," Republican Chairman Michael Steele said a few hours after Djou sealed his victory over Democrats Colleen Hanabusa and Ed Case. The two drew 59 percent of the vote between them in the winner-take-all contest. Djou became the first Republican in nearly 20 years to win a congressional seat from his state… …Djou will replace Neil Abercrombie, a 10-term Democrat who resigned to run for governor. See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100523/ap_on_el_ho/us_hawaii_congress 6) The Mystery of Barack Obama Continues: Multiple social security numbers and missing records Researchers have discovered that Obama’s autobiographical books are little more than PR stunts, as they have little to do with the actual events of his life. The fact is we know less about President Obama than perhaps any other president in American history and much of this is due to actual efforts to hide his record. This should concern all Americans. …The president who campaigned for a more “open government” and “full disclosure” will not unseal his medical records, his school records, his birth records or his passport records. He will not release his Harvard records, his Columbia College records, or his Occidental College records—he will not even release his Columbia College thesis. All his legislative records from the Illinois State Senate are missing and he claims his scheduling records during those State Senate years are lost as well. In addition, no one can find his school records for the elite K-12 college prep school, Punahou School, he attended in Hawaii. …What’s more, there are questions about how he paid for his Harvard Law School education since, despite a claim by Michele Obama, no one has produced any evidence that he received student loans. The Obamas will not release any student loan details despite repeated requests from the Chicago Tribune. However, it appears that his Harvard education may have been paid for by a foreign source. Khalid Al-Mansour, an advisor to Saudi prince Al-Walid bin Talah, told Manhattan Borough president, Percy Sutton, that he was raising money for Obama’s Harvard tuition. Incidentally, Prince Tala is the largest donor to CAIR, a Muslim group declared by the U.S. Government in 2007 as an unindicted co-conspirator in a terrorist financing trial. At least three of CAIR’s leaders have been indicted for terrorist activities. Al-Mansour’s admission opens up speculation as to whether Muslim interests have assisted Obama’s career in the hope he would eventually be in a position someday to promote their interests. …Of all these marvels, the latest mystery and probably most perplexing is that of Obama’s social security number. It appears that Obama has multiple identities in terms of possessing numerous social security numbers. … …In Obama’s home state, Illinois, Sankey tracked down 16 different addresses for a Barack Obama or a Barack H. Obama, of which all are addresses he was known to have lived at. Two Social Security numbers appear for these addresses, one beginning with 042 and one starting 364. In California, where Obama attended Occidental College, there are six addresses listed for him, all within easy driving distance of the college. However, there are three Social Security numbers connected to these addresses, 537 and two others, each beginning with 999. …In Massachusetts – where Obama attended Harvard Law School – we find three addresses, all using the 042 Social Security number. After Obama was elected to the United States Senate in 2005, he moved into an apartment at 300 Massachusetts Ave NW; the Social Security number attached to that address is the 042 one. Yet, three years later, Obama used a different Social Security number for an address listed as: 713 Hart Senate Office Building. This was the address of his United States Senate office. This Social Security number began with 282 and was verified by the government in 2008. …Finally, the one Social Security number Obama most frequently used, the one beginning with 042, is a number issued in Connecticut sometime during 1976-1977, yet there is no record of Obama ever living or working in Connecticut. Indeed, during this time period Obama would have been 15-16 years old and living in Hawaii at the time. See: http://www.westernjournalism.com/?page_id=3255 6a) More on this…Investigators: Obama uses Connecticut Soc. Sec. Number 3 experts insist White House answer new questions about documentation NEW YORK – Two private investigators working independently are asking why President Obama is using a Social Security number set aside for applicants in Connecticut while there is no record he ever had a mailing address in the state. In addition, the records indicate the number was issued between 1977 and 1979, yet Obama's earliest employment reportedly was in 1975 at a Baskin-Robbins ice-cream shop in Oahu, Hawaii. WND has copies of affidavits filed separately in a presidential eligibility lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia by Ohio licensed private investigator Susan Daniels and Colorado private investigator John N. Sampson. The investigators believe Obama needs to explain why he is using a Social Security number reserved for Connecticut applicants that was issued at a date later than he is known to have held employment. See: http://www.thefoxnation.com/barack-obama/2010/05/13/investigators-obama-uses-ct-social-security-number 7) Texas board adopts new social studies curriculum AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas State Board of Education adopted a social studies and history curriculum Friday that amends or waters down the teaching of the civil rights movement, slavery, America's relationship with the U.N. and hundreds of other items. No, liberal members of the media; it raises to a new level the teaching of how this country was actually founded and teaches American exceptionalism - something you cannot stand. AND IT’S ABOUT TIME. …In final edits leading up to the vote, conservatives rejected language to modernize the classification of historic periods to B.C.E. and C.E. from the traditional B.C. and A.D. They also required that public school students in Texas evaluate efforts by global organizations such as the United Nations to undermine U.S. sovereignty. McLeroy offered the amendment requiring students to evaluate efforts by global organizations including the U.N. to undermine U.S. sovereignty, saying they threatened individual liberty and freedom. YES, IT’S ABOUT TIME! During the monthslong process of creating the guidelines, conservatives successfully strengthened the requirements on teaching the Judeo-Christian influences of the nation's Founding Fathers and attempted to water down rationale for the separation of church and state. This article is SO SLANTED I don’t know how this passes for journalism. The “separation of church and state” as it’s currently practiced by progressives and liberals would make founders roll over in their graves. They NEVER intended freedom FROM religion, only freedom OF religion. The standards will refer to the U.S. government as a "constitutional republic," rather than "democratic," and students will be required to study the decline in the value of the U.S. dollar, including the abandonment of the gold standard. FOOL! WE ARE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC! See: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100521/ap_on_re_us/us_texas_schools_social_studies 8) Obama Cannot Ignore Chavez Terror Links Washington’s ability to manage multiple challenges continues to be tested in the Western Hemisphere, where Venezuela’s anti-American leader Hugo Chavez is working to destabilize the region and support international terrorist organizations. The Washington Post’s Juan Forero reported on May 20: Now, based on documents and witness testimony, Chávez is facing fresh accusations that his government has gone well beyond assisting the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Documents seized from two subversive groups, along with information provided by former Colombian guerrillas, suggest that Venezuela facilitated training sessions here between the FARC and ETA, a separatist group in Spain that uses assassinations and bombings in its effort to win independence for the northern Basque region. Spanish authorities and victims of the Basque terrorist group ETA view Chavez as a “sponsor of terrorism.” General Douglas Fraser of the U.S. Southern Command observed on April 28 that the relationship between the Chavez government and the FARC has been documented over a period of years. “It’s financial support,” stated Gen. Fraser, “it’s enabling their capacity from a logistics standpoint. My understanding is that that continues.” In a recent letter to Secretary of State Clinton, Republican Senators John Ensign (R-NV) and George LeMieux (R-FL) carefully reviewed the mounting evidence of Chavez’s terror links and called on the Obama Administration to conduct a thorough investigation and full disclosure of information and intelligence regarding Chavez’s terror ties. As the U.S. and Iran enter a new phase of confrontation over Iran’s quest for a nuclear weapon, Chavez vowed to continue the fight “against imperialism” [read the U.S.] alongside the Islamic Republic of Iran. Meanwhile Chavez faces mounting economic difficulties at home and a potential for genuine political opposition in the September 26 legislative elections. Domestic pressures could trigger further radicalization and violence as Chavez seeks to cling to power. It is time for the Obama Administration to follow the evidence and take the necessary step of placing Venezuela on the state sponsors of terrorism list. See: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/05/20/obama-cannot-ignore-chavez-terror-links 9) Moscow on fast track to overthrow Georgia Move comes after Obama administration shelves support for republic Russia rising…NOT GOOD… The Obama administration apparently is shelving its support for the former Soviet republic of Georgia, an action Russia appears to have interpreted as a green light to groom prominent Georgian opposition members to take over the democratically elected government – by force if necessary, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. Informed Georgian and U.S. sources who asked to remain anonymous have voiced concern the United States will not stand in the way of Russia extending control in neighboring Georgia after the Kremlin's recent successes in the election of a pro-Russian president in the Ukraine and the pro-Kremlin takeover in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan. In an effort to recreate the former Soviet Union, Moscow has reasserted its influence in Central Asia and in most of the Caucasus, except for Georgia, whose president, Mikheil Saakashvili, defiantly has looked westward. That effort prompted the Georgian government to repudiate Moscow's influence as Tbilisi seeks to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO. However, NATO – principally Germany and France – have reneged on a commitment made by former President George W. Bush to make Georgia a part of NATO. Now following the lead of the other NATO members, the Obama administration is not pushing for Georgian membership out of concern of upsetting Moscow. And sources believe Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin may be laying the groundwork to overthrow the Saakashvili government, which Moscow has declared a "terrorist regime." See: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=156837