I liked the attribution, personally On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <sammyc...@gmail.com> 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 >> >> > >
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