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GOP Chairman: César Chávez Monument
Designation an Election-Year Ploy
PJ Media, by Bridget Johnson
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Posted By:earlybird, 10/9/2012 1:00:25 PM
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| The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee accused President Obama of using a 1906 act of Congress as an election-year ploy in the establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument. Obama traveled to Keene, Calif., today to deliver remarks on the property designated for the monument, Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz (Our Lady Queen of Peace), or La Paz, southeast of Bakersfield.(Snip) “Additions to the National Park System should result from careful public review and a vote by Congress, not secret election-year deals cut behind closed doors at the White House,” said Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) today.
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Hey, this little deal got him to three fundraisers in San Francisco totally on the taxpayer nickel. And a lot of pandering to the Hispanic vote. But do all Hispanics relate to Cesar Chavez?
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/9/2012 1:09:54 PM (No. 8920760)
Most of Chavez' minions were illegal alians, the chair mans favorite voters.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
tren9, 10/9/2012 1:11:54 PM (No. 8920767)
Chavez was very much anti-illegal-alien. He wanted the borders sealed against illegals.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Nimby, 10/9/2012 1:16:38 PM (No. 8920786)
How much of my tax dollars will be used for this?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
wlit22z, 10/9/2012 1:52:44 PM (No. 8920889)
Rep. Hastings is correct. It is probably an illegal act by the Mulatto Kid and should be rescinded by Congress.
Besides, how many Mexicans really care about Chavez at this point? He really wasn't much of a leader at the time, so why even set up a monument to him? It's just another election year power play by Obammie.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/9/2012 3:10:46 PM (No. 8921072)
#2 is correct regarding Chavez. #1 is also correct. Like it or not, most of Chavez's farm workers were illegals.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ocjim, 10/9/2012 3:42:03 PM (No. 8921144)
Dear Rep. Hastings,
You are correct, sir, but everything he does is an election-year ploy.
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Michelle Obama to Hold Closed-Press
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WASHINGTON — One of three college students arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings case was allowed to return to the United States from Kazakhstan in January despite not having a valid student visa, a federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press.(Snip)Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested three college friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a bombing suspect, including Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend and classmate of Tsarnaev´s at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Tazhayakov left the U.S. in December and returned Jan. 20. But in early January, his student-visa status was terminated because he was academically dismissed from the university,
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White House spokesman Jay Carney denied Benghazi whistleblowers have been denied access to testifying. On Monday, Fox News reported at least four officials within the State Department, and CIA have retained lawyers to provide sensitive information about the Benghazi attacks to Congress. Several of the whistleblowers claim they have been threatened by unnamed Obama admin officials to not testify.
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Official: Arrested student
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Last week I wrote specifically about the pitiful coverage of the Boston marathon terror attacks and the continual denial by the mainstream media of possible Islamic involvement. In a perverse way this dereliction of journalistic duty while reprehensible is understandable because the press lapdogs of this administration do not want to admit that Obama´s PC national security policies involving Muslims might have contributed to the Boston attack. We know the media is spineless. However its neglect to report on the Gosnell abortion trial shows that they have lost any moral compass they ever had just to cover up Obama's strong support of the abortion industry.
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Victoria Toensing, Republican Counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee, says her client, a State Department official now considered a whistle-blower in the investigation of the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, has been "threatened" by Obama administration officials. According to Toensing, these threats weren´t related to ambiguous matters. Rather, they were "specifically about Benghazi." She says the threats went beyond the four State Department officials who´ve currently retained counsel. "People have been threatened at the CIA" as well, she claimed. (Snip) Toensing claimed the threats relate to ending the careers of those with information about the attacks who
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says he shares colleagues’ concerns that the Affordable Care Act could become a “train wreck” if it’s not implemented properly. Reid warned that people will not be able to choose health insurance plans on government health exchanges if federal authorities lack the resources to set them up and educate the public. “Max said unless we implement this properly it’s going to be a train wreck and I agree with him,” Reid said, echoing a warning delivered last month by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.). Reid warned the federal government is not
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President Obama called NBA player Jason Collins Monday to offer his support after Collins announced he´s gay, becoming the first openly gay major league professional athlete, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett has learned. The president offered congratulations and support on Collins´ courage and willingness to be the first in the four dominant pro sports to make this announcement. First lady Michelle Obama also showed her support for Collins on Twitter Monday. "So proud of you, Jason Collins! This is a huge step forward for our country. We´ve got your back!" she tweeted, signing it "-mo,"
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Get your feet off the table
Mr President! Obama´s laid-back
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Daily Mail (UK), by Staff
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Posted By: pineledger- 5/1/2013 6:46:14 AM
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A series of official White House photographs brought together by Vanity Fair show the ´lean-back´ nature of Barack Obama´s presidency. The pictures reveal that Mr Obama often exhibits relaxed body language in stressful situations, with legs crossed and a knee raised. Most noticeable of all, the president often has his feet up on his desk. But this is not just any desk - the Resolute desk was given to President Rutherford B. Hayes by Queen Victoria in 1880. (Snip) Yet whether they are debating tragic events or vital economic policy, the president is often more reclined than those around him.
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