GOP senators’ letter to DHS a small part of backdoor immigration

Politicians harp on America’s ‘broken immigration system,’ but the fact is the system isn’t broken, it’s overwhelmed. Couple the numbers who want to come to the US with the mindset that aliens have the right to come here without obeying federal law, even while claiming their country of ancestry as their actual residence. Agencies connected to immigration view themselves as providers of customer service to all—documented or not.

Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) and John Cornyn (R-Tex.) sent a letter to Dept. of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano. That letter addressed a small part of a complicated system.

The Washington Times said the senators were asking about memos that appeared to “curtail deportations.”

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Big media and AP deserve a ‘POOlitzer’ for covering terrorism, Iraq

By Kay B. Day

Jacksonville's daily paper carries many wire service stories.I’ve begun to track Associated Press stories with interest, since learning of the wire service’s disclosure about outsourcing newsgathering to nonprofit organizations I consider part of the Leftosphere. We should create a committee to hand out ‘POOlitzers’ for some of these stories carried in thousands of daily newspapers whose editors’ dictionaries apparently omit the word ‘bias.’

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‘Immigration’ lacks reasoned debate as leadership fails again

Updated on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 12:04PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

By Kay B. Day

Protesters on an Arizona street argued with a man filming the crowd, and when police tried to escort the man away for his safety, the protesters began to throw water bottles and other things at both the police and the man. Obviously tempers were not in check. Obviously, judging from the video, this confrontation began with a woman who appears to be a high strung type inciting the crowd.

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Democrat health bill signed, sealed and delivering surprises, Part 2

Pt. 2 of 3

Aside from gouging the middle class, will the government’s plan divert dollars from and decrease quality of care for  immigrants and families on federal programs?

Spend a little time reading HR 4872 or HR 3590, the healthcare bills that constitute the blueprint for Democrats’ takeover of the healthcare sector (the bastardized offspring of HR 3200), and you’ll realize you really don’t have to be very smart to run for Congress. The bill raises serious questions about who actually wrote this legislation. Big Labor has publicly declared they worked on the bill; media has said Big Pharma did the same. We’ve already looked at claims by the president and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that don’t reflect what’s really in these bills. There are more surprises in these bills.

Within the legislation there is a provision for communities “with high percentages of children and adolescents who are uninsured, underinsured or eligible for medical assistance under Federal or State health benefits programs…” or where access to care is a problem. These communities can qualify for school based health clinic programs and those programs will be integrated into the school environment.

What’s wrong with that?

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Obama TV: Healthcare address should tackle AARP contradictions and the uninsured

by Kay B. Day

Tonight at 8 p.m. we’ll have another episode of Obama TV, with President Barack Obama addressing a joint session of Congress about healthcare. Hopefully the president will be honest with Americans about legislation that will affect a significant part of our economy and a very private aspect of our lives. AARP tried to clear confusion about various proposals in the organization’s Bulletin (Sept., ’09), print edition.Unfortunately even AARP managed to muddy some waters.

There’s a feature about the proposals Congress is considering. The feature aims at clearing up “myths.” Within that feature there’s the question, ‘Will Medicare be eliminated or gutted to pay for reform?” The answer: “No. It’s inconceivable...” Then the “facts” are presented. After stating “It’s true” the proposals “seek to save billions from Medicare costs,” the writer assures us the government aims to pay doctors “more fairly” and to “reward providers for quality of care instead of (as now) paying them a fee for each separate service; reducing waste and fraud; and reducing preventable hospital readmissions.”

There’s truth submerged in what follows: “All the proposals would cut the amount of subsidies now paid to Medicare Advantage private plans, which cost an average of 14 percent more per person than traditional Medicare does.” So we ditch the subsidies and that could make those private plans more efficient. But said AARP, cutting subsidies could also cause private plans to “raise premiums, reduce benefits or withdraw from Medicare.” AARP said the proposals will add more preventive services and might narrow the Part D “doughnut hole.” [pg.16]

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