How dare they? How dare the President pin Latino against Latino by using the Arizona law for his political purposes. Is it fair that Latino immigrants, like my family and immigrants from other countries, who came in the front door legally stand by and watch while illegal aliens are rewarded by letting them jump to the head of the line? Should their illegal behavior be rewarded by giving them all the same benefits as American citizens? Is it fair that illegal aliens who do not have any respect or love for our country…starting with their illegal entry… add to our debt, raise our crime rates, commit terrorist acts on our soil, and even kill Americans? Also, how dare the Mexican President Calderon come here to our country and criticize our laws and our citizens? Mexico is the first country who treats their illegal aliens with cruelty; just ask anyone from Central America. I am tired of watching the local news and seeing Cuban rafters who reach Mexican soil -to escape a communist regime- be put into Mexican prisons and receive abuse. President Calderon can’t even control gangs, drug traffic, and corruption on his soil while he mistreats illegal aliens yet, he sees fit to come here and criticize us! What hypocrisy. First he needs to take care of his own back yard before daring to come to our great sovereign nation and tell us what to do! Even then, he has no right to come here and berate and dictate to us.

Guards search inmates for weapons following a riot at Reclusio Sur jail in Mexico City. Violence erupted after visits were restricted because of the swine flu outbreak, some 18 inmates were injured. Photo: Alberto Gomez

While you lament the inhumane treatment illegal aliens receive in American prisons- food, medical care, dental care, libraries, cable tv to name a few of the atrocities; all at taxpayer expense-  Americans in Mexican prisons must pay for their own meals, toilet paper, water, bed, clothing and any other normal health hygiene or safety items.

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…the Hondurans, Cubans, and Venezuelans:

As you most know, my family escaped from Cuba in 1967 to escape a communist regime and start a new life in freedom in the United States. Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans were among the first Latinos to thrive in the United States. Today we see Latinos of all walks of life from all different countries from all over Latin America. Why should we as Americans care? Simple….Latinos number in the millions here in the United States and invest billions of dollars in our economy. Also, and most importantly; we have Latinos participating in policies in the U.S. government that shape our nation. That translates into millions of votes and citizens involved in shaping our society.

We must watch our neighbors. For example, Venezuela and Hugo Chavez who constantly try to provoke the United States. Honduras with Zelaya who wanted to change the Honduran Constitution so he could rule indefinitely so, Micheletti took power. What is our government doing? Turning a blind eye and not supporting Micheletti and continuing to allow Chavez to disrespect, berrate and bully the United States.

Another case in point…look what happened in Cuba 1961. The Bay of Pigs was a total disaster and fiasco of the Kennedy administration turning his back on Cuba. The result? Thousands of Cubans murdered by a weak Cuban airforce thanks to John F. Kennedy leaving them out alone to dry after promising to back up those valiant freedom fighters and then going back on that promise…thereby missing our window of opportunity to remove Castro from power without threat from the Russians. Cuba is only 90 miles away! We must worry because many people are coming from these places and that means they are also bringing their political ideas. The White House now has a site in Spanish to indoctrinate and bring in Latinos. We must get these important voters on our side…the side of freedom. Why? Because they come to this country,then become American citizens who vote and shape our agendas and have American children who are the future of this country and it won’t be long before we have the first Latino president. And God help us that his or her policy isn’t the same as Barrack Hussein Obama. We must attract these minority groups who, just like us, share in family values and have high morals but, bought the promise of immigration reform which will never be delivered. How does the White House respond? They shut up the Latino minority group by buying us off with Sonya Sotomayor no less! Wake up America! Sotomayor is the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants with a leftist agenda who sees the Constitution as something to be changed and amended. So me must care about the Latino group and care about what is going on in our backyard to avoid anymore “change” from what our Founding Fathers intended.

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Chuckie Schumer (D-NY) says the Immigration (Amnesty) bill will be ready by Labor Day.  This bill would ensure that amnesty would be granted to nearly 12 million illegal aliens, who never thought twice about doing the right thing; America will reward bad behavior.  I have a serious issue when it comes to morals and standards – any immigrant who wants to come to the USA should show they care enough about the country.  This means they follow the rules and show respect to the millions of citizens already residing here legally, paying taxes, and working, by doing the same.

And what about the immigrants who came here legally and have been living in this country for years?  I am friends with many from Asia, especially Vietnam – they came here to be free and enjoy democracy after the Vietnam War.  One of the ladies I know wrote a wonderful short story about her escape from Vietnam.  She fled to Europe, where she became a Dutch citizen, until she made enough money to come to America.  She took her citizenship test and took all the steps required to be a productive, tax-paying member of society.  She now owns her own business and does quite well for herself.  She is a conservative because she remembers the horrors of where she came from and has never let one day pass where she took this country for granted… Maybe more, besides illegal aliens, should do the same.

“I think we’ll have a good bill by Labor Day,” said Schumer, D-N.Y. “I think the fundamental building blocks are in place to do comprehensive immigration reform.”

Schumer said the way to get the bill done is to be very tough on future waves of illegal immigration. He declared himself pro-immigration and said the U.S. should encourage legal immigration and find some kind of path for people now here to find a way to legal citizenship.

“We have a shortage maybe of engineers here or Ph.D’s in physics, but we probably don’t have a shortage of people who can do construction work,” Schumer said.

If you read between the lines, Schumer wants to pass amnesty and give a free pass to the millions of illegals already in the country.  He then says he will be harder on future generations coming into the country.  Chock this up to more empty words from the Dems – fooling the masses but making it appear as though things will be ok; if we pass this bill now, we can resolve the other issues later.  However, they never resolve the  other issues!  They try to pass legislation that only cures the symptoms, but never fix the underlying disease!  Congress-critters are too concerned about their own pockets and power, to ever go back and fix policies, although they promised they would.  Most are just lying, corrupt thieves. 

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Does anybody recall when George Bush created the Patriot Act and began wire-tapping practices?  Do you remember Democrats screaming about the right to privacy and how that wasn’t constitutional?  Well, it wasn’t constitutional and it did give the government a lot of control into our lives.  The Liberal rantings of “Big Brother is out to get me,” could be heard far and wide and the media certainly wouldn’t let us forget it.  So where is the media now?  They would be investigating… but they haven’t found time to clean their noses after being so close to Obama’s rear.

I didn’t mind the Patriot Act that much only because I was still in shock and appalled by the actions of radical Islamic terrorists on 9/11.  I knew I had nothing to hide and had no problem if they in fact wanted to tap my phone.  However, I now understand that this is not constitutional, and see why there was such a big deal made about this piece of legislation.  So why aren’t the liberals out in full force now that Obama has expanded upon the Patriot Act and is also considering to let the United Nations become the new global IRS?  We may be paying global taxes this time next year.  Why are the liberals, given that several Democratic Senators were against extending the E-Verify program for illegals, all of the sudden supporting eye scans and biometrics to check for citizenship?

Eye scans and United Nations control seems more Big Brother-like to me than the Patriot Act.  If you are going to be upset about the actions of one then be upset about the actions of another, if they are the same.  Ann Coulter completely nailed her evaluation of liberals when she said: “If liberals didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all.”  You would think that there would be no surprise to any of this, but I guess I am just hoping that Democrats and Progressives alike, wake up and actually stand on principle for once – and call a spade a spade.

The Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development that begins on Wednesday will consider adoption of a document calling for “new voluntary and innovative sources of financing initiatives to provide additional stable sources of development finance…” This is U.N.-speak for global taxes. They are anything but “voluntary” for the people forced to pay them.

The most “popular” proposals, which could generate tens of billions of dollars in revenue for global purposes, involve taxes on greenhouse gas emissions and financial transactions such as stock trades.

The document was agreed to at an informal meeting of expert “facilitators” and was made available on Monday afternoon at 3 p.m. It is doubtful that any changes will be made to it.

The conference was postponed from June 1-3 and will now take place June 24-26 at the U.N. in New York. While the “outcome document” has been watered downsomewhat from the previous version, it still reaffirms attainment of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals, which would require the payment of $845 billion from U.S. taxpayers. A commitment to the MDGs was a stated objective of the Global Poverty Act, which Barack Obama had introduced as a U.S. senator. It requires the U.S. to devote 0.7 percent of Gross National Income to foreign aid.

And what about those lovely little eye scans proposed by Schumer?

Senate Democrats outlined plans yesterday to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, including a requirement that all U.S. workers verify their identity through fingerprints or an eye scan.

Speaking on the eve of a White House summit with congressional leaders on immigration,  Sen. Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) said a national system to verify work documents is necessary because Congress has failed to crack down on unscrupulous employers and illegal immigrants with fake documents.

“I’m sure the civil libertarians will object to some kind of biometric card — although . . . there’ll be all kinds of protections — but we’re going to have to do it. It’s the only way,” Schumer said. “The American people will never accept immigration reform unless they truly believe their government is committed to ending future illegal immigration.”

By announcing his plans, Schumer, who chairs the Senate’s main immigration subcommittee, ushered in what President Obama has signaled will be his next major legislative campaign, after the economic stimulus plan, health care and energy.

I am utterly speechless - Is it just me or are we living in an Orwell novel?

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Just when you think things couldn’t get worse.  We have an impending Cap and Tax vote sitting in the House for tomorrow.  Obamacare is coming down the pike and the administration is using every means possible, such as state-run media, to hock this idea to the public.  The next item for the administration is Immigration Reform, otherwise known as Amnesty.

Amnesty would potentially destroy the economy as would the other pieces of legislation mentioned above.  America’s unemployment rate continues to increase and it doesn’t show signs of stopping.  Given the fact that the United States and it’s LEGAL citizens are experiencing massive amounts of unemployment, the likes of which have not been seen for over 20 years, Amnesty would allow more citizens to enter the United States taking away more jobs from the American public and only increasing the unemployment rate.  If we already don’t have enough jobs for our own, how can we possibly support more 12 million more?  Jobs are only one aspect of this precarious bill. Many of us would also be paying for more entitlement programs, health-care benefits, unemployment benefits etc., for the millions who would be allowed to enter our country.  We will be told that it is our duty to help these new citizens assimilate into society so we will prop them up until they can get their feet on the ground, if that ever happens… Unfortunately, this is not the American thing to do.  When my ancestors arrived from overseas they worked hard, made their way and built themselves up from nothing.  They entered Ellis Island legally and through immigration lines as was the proper way of doing things.  My friend who is Vietnamese escaped communism and the war to come to the United States.  She entered legally, took her citizenship test, saved her money, and started a business.  She has a serious problem with those who think they are entitled, owed, and come here illegally.  I don’t blame her.

What’s worse though, is the fact that this isn’t just a one-sided issue.  Many Republicans are also on the side of Amnesty and due to the minority status in both the House and the Senate, Republicans who oppose Amnesty may find a very tough go of it.

President Obama is meeting today with a bipartisan committee to discuss this other priority of his, and La Raza’s.  He hopes to create a new bill with lawmakers that would include new language/clauses to reform immigration.  Ultimately, this is again, fancy rhetoric and wording, coded to mask the true intention to allow amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.

The White House meeting will bring together lawmakers who were involved in the failed immigration fights of the George W. Bush years, but who weren’t the central stars. Gone will be Sen. Edward Kennedy (D., Mass.), suffering from a brain tumor. His Republican partner, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, will be at the White House Thursday. But bearing scars from his presidential battle with Mr. Obama and from his own party over his pro-immigration stand, Mr. McCain says he won’t lead the fight this time.

Instead, it would be up to a new cast, including Sen. Charles Schumer (D., N.Y.) and opponents of the last immigration-overhaul efforts, such as Sens. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) and John Cornyn (R., Texas), to forge any bipartisan compromise, lawmakers say.

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E-Verify is an employment eligibility verification system which helps companies certify that their employees are able to work in the United States legally.  There was a lot of concern that, when passed, the Stimulus Bill which should create jobs and opportunities for Americans, would do the exact opposite.  Not only will the Stimulus Bill increase our deficit but it’s focus is on paying off donors, creating jobs for specific Democrat constituents, and giving employment opportunities to illegal aliens.  The Republicans saw all of this coming and the one thing they could curtail was the illegal alien loop-hole by amending the bill so that it would contain a stipulation requiring that the jobs created by the stimulus must go through the E-Verify certification system.  Representatives Kingston and Calvert were on the forefront of this matter:

One of Rep. Kingston’s amendments would have required all federal contractors to verify all employees and new hires through the E-Verify system. The amendment would have countered a new executive order that the Administration is expected to announce today that weakens the 2008 executive order requiring all government contractors to use E-Verify. The amendment failed by a 23-to-35 vote.

Rep. Kingston’s second amendment would have required all employees, contractors, and subcontractors of the Legislative Branch to use E-Verify. That amendment failed by a voice vote.

Rep. Calvart’s amendment would have permanently reauthorized E-Verify, but it received resistance from, most notably, Rep. David Price who argued that E-Verify will be addressed during a larger immigration reform debate. The amendment failed 21-to-36.

American jobs are already being lost to illegal immigrants and health care costs are rising due to taxpaying Americans footing the bill for those who don’t contribute.  America’s unemployment rate is creeping close to 10%.  American citizens are out of work, but without E-verify some of these jobs will be given to people who aren’t even on the books in the United States.  How does that help our economy and how does that lower our unemployment rate?  I’m sure at this point many Americans would gladly take a job if they are out of work, no matter what that job is.

The jobs created by the stimulus will effectively be canceled out by the jobs given away to illegal aliens or a possible amnesty bill, if it passes this Fall.

Larry Summers, Obama’s economic advisor, exclaims that the only reason the government is taking control of private industry is due out of necessity.  This is the same crisis creating, fear-mongering that liberals railed against when Bush used it during the War on Terror -  why are they so complacent now?

Lawrence Summers defended Obama’s economic actions, saying they have been “particularly consistent and firm since the crisis began while he was campaigning for president.”

Even as Capitol Hill Republicans are railing against the administration’s interventions into the auto industry, Wall Street and healthcare, Summers said “the actions we take are those of necessity, not choice.”

Mark Sanford was right when he called out Obama, stating he was creating a “Savior-based economy.”  Anything “savior-based” will fail, especially when their messiah has never taken an economics course.

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The stimulus package was one of the biggest crises driven, pay-to-play politics schemes in the history of this nation.  Our country already has an example of what works and what does not during a recession.  We can look back at the Great Depression and see that FDR’s actions of more government control/intervention and spending didn’t even begin to work until we began WWII, ramping up production of military equipment for other countries who were overspent.  Nothing that FDR did directly stimulated the economy and it took 8-9 years to get there.  Reagan, on the other hand, who was elected during another time of tremendous economic turmoil cut taxes, cut the size of government, and curtailed spending until we were out of the inflationary recession.  His actions even took time, but not as long as 9 years – more like 1-2.  This is what I do not understand?  Why do liberals think you can resolve your debt problems by spending more money that you don’t have – where is the common sense?

The same thing is bound to happen in this scenario once deflation runs its course.  There will be inflation and there is still the very real possibility that it could be hyperinflation – maybe not as high of a chance but still feasible given the volatility.  There are several estimates that the bond market is on the brink of imploding; if that happens it will take everything else down with it!  Sorry to be a negative Nancy but take a look at the below video clip – this guy is very intelligent:

Of course the administration wants to sell their little (and by little I mean massive) piece of legislation to the public to make it appear as though it’s working and that they didn’t just pay off their cronies for last year’s campaign contributions, ensuring more votes the next election cycle.  So the administration puts out a booklet marking the 100th day anniversary of the dreaded (to us fiscal conservatives) stimulus.  He of course touts it as the best thing since sliced bread, so whatever is stated as fact in that booklet should be checked and double checked.  Propaganda abounds in the Democrat party, that’s not to say that it doesn’t in the Republican party either, but I have not seen the likes of the indoctrination or the Pravda media campaign for the Dems since I was eligible to vote!

Without question the book lists many projects that are having an impact of one way or another on the economy.

But the first one of the projects featured in “100 Days, 100 Projects”  doesn’t seem to withstand the scrutiny of its description.

The project is described by the Obama administration this way:

“Using $27 million of Recovery Act funding, a public housing development in Washington, D.C., the Regency House, has undergone a green retrofit. As part of this upgrade, the building installed solar panels, a ‘green’ roof, a rainwater collection system, energy-efficient lighting as well as water conserving toilets, showerheads, and faucets. The greening of this building will allow the Regency House to save money in energy costs, while lessening their impact on the environment.”

In reality, the work done on the Regency House that was funded by the stimulus package amounted to $59,000 in parts and labor, according to Dena Michaelson, director of public affairs for the Washington DC Housing Authority.

The $27 million is the total amount given by the stimulus act to the Washington DC Housing Authority, the vast majority of which hasn’t been spent.

In addition, though the White House’s “100 Days, 100 Projects” entry for the Regency House work lists “solar panels, a ‘green’ roof, a rainwater collection system, energy-efficient lighting as well as water conserving toilets, showerheads, and faucets” as what was done as “part of the upgrade,” the only parts funded by the stimulus were the solar panels, at a cost of $45,000, and the rainwater collection system, at a cost of $14,000.

The response of the White House to questions about the claim in the book evoked a critique of journalists.

Liz Oxhorn, Recovery Act Press Secretary, said in a statement that the Regency House work is “one of thousands of targeted investments we’re making nationwide to jumpstart new and ongoing energy efficiency renovations to public housing units and we only wish the same amount of time and energy that has gone into dissecting the structure of three sentences had gone into exploring the billions of dollars in new job-creating projects like this one now underway thanks to the Recovery Act.”

Michaelson said that installation of the solar panels necessitated 330 total man hours: 202 man hours for plumbers and helpers, 40 man hours for electricians, 50 man hours for welders, 30 man hours for superintendents, and eight man hours for a crane operator.

The booklet also mentions the “police academy graduates in Ohio” whose graduation ceremony President Obama attended in March, heralding how the stimulus enabled the city of Columbus to hire 25 cadets.

But this week Police Chief Walter Distelzweig told the Columbus Dispatch that unless residents approve a tax increase, those 25 cadets face the real possibility of layoffs.

And what good does the stimulus have on jobs if they are willing to, in the future, tear down other sectors of the economy like energy/coal production, the auto industry, the financials, health care, etc.  Or what if they pass amnesty for 12 million illegal aliens in the fall – how much stimulus will we really have if we already have double digit unemployment, but we allow more in?  There is something inherentlywrong with the logic of all of this.

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President Obama voted in the Senate to provide additional funding for a program targeted for elimination by his budget that provides states a federal subsidy to offset the costs of jailing illegal immigrants.

Killing the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAPP) would save $400 million, according to Obama’s budget for fiscal 2010 released Thursday. It’s one of the largest non-defense discretionary cuts proposed in the president’s budget.

Think along with me here folks… Each illegal immigrants, studies show, cost Americans roughly $1 million dollars.  Democrats are trying to push through a new Amnesty bill for nearly 12 million illegal immigrants.  $1M x $12M = More than $400M! The logic of Democrats make absolutely no sense at all.  They never plan ahead or measure the possible long-term repercussions of their actions.  Obama sees money that can be cut now – so he doesn’t, or can’t, look beyond that.  This action will actually cost us more money in the end.

Obama cuts abstinence-only programsout of the budget as well.  Many argue that abstinence is not realistic in today’s society, but that has become more the norm due to Hollyweird and others advocating sex on a regular basis. Sex sells and sex is becoming the norm.  My personal belief is to teach both and emphasize that the only sure fire way to avoid getting pregnant and contracting an STD is abstinence.  What doesn’t make sense to me is the budget cut for this.

The White House wants to get out of the business of telling youngsters “Just Say No to Sex.”

President Obama is putting his own ideological stamp on federal spending in his proposed 2010 budget by cutting cash for abstinence-only sex ed programs.

He’s taken a scalpel to a pair of $100 million George W. Bush-era programs that exclusively preached abstinence. Obama is replacing them with $110 million for comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention.

“It’s about time that evidence-based management – and sanity – return to family planning programs,” said Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan).

Think along with me again.  The more young unwed mothers you create, the more welfare recipients you create. The more welfare recipients you create, the more loyal Democrat voters you create.

Thus, Democrat sex-education must always focus on getting teenagers to have more sex, not less.

Another important point to note – see what I bolded above?  How is this a tax cut?  If he is replacing the PAIR of programs that each equaled $100 million with only one program worth $110 million then it is, but the writing is very vague and misleading here… the question is if he is going to replace both programs with two other programs worth more money than the previous ones…

A picture of what his budget cuts really look like in the scheme of things:

Dumping the say-no-to-sex programs were a tiny fraction of the $17 billion Team Obama trimmed from its $3.4 trillion funding budget request.Overall, New Yorkers say Obama’s budget helps the city – but raised several red flags.

One is Obama’s plan to cut $600 million from the federal terrorism insurance program.

Maybe that’s what New Yorkers should be focusing on – not sex! Wake up!

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The same Homeland Security Department office that categorized veterans as potential terrorists issued an earlier report that defined dozens of “extremists” ranging from black power activists to abortion foes. The report was nixed within hours and recalled from state and local law enforcement officials.

Whites and blacks, Christians and Jews, Cubans and Mexicans, along with tax-hating Americans were among several political leanings listed in the “Domestic Extremism Lexicon” that came out of the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) in late March.

The lexicon lists definitions for key terms and phrases used by Homeland Security analysts “that addresses the nature and scope of the threat that domestic, non-Islamic extremism poses to the United States,” the report said.

For the Lexicon Report click here (PDF file).

“Although we have evidence that some of the groups described in this and other DHS intelligence products are an active terror threat to our nation, I would be interested in knowing why this lexicon mentioning left-wing extremist groups was deemed inappropriate by DHS and recalled, yet a similar report focusing on veterans, antiabortion activists and anti-illegal immigration activists was fit for distribution and sent out by DHS to law enforcement agencies across the country,” Mr. King said.

Oh goody – so we come to find out that people who oppose abortion and illegal immigration (on the right) and those who oppose war or are dedicated to environmental/animal causes (on the left) are lumped into the extremist category just like the Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis etc.

The right-wing definition remains the same as the report that was just released from DHS last month, where Veterans of war were gravely offended.

The latest report to become public, the lexicon on domestic extremism, stated that people involved with anti-immigration extremism “may have been known to advocate or engage in criminal activity and plot acts of violence and terrorism to advance their extremist goals.”

“They are highly critical of the U.S. government’s response to illegal immigration and oppose government programs that are designed to extend ‘rights’ to illegal aliens, such as issuing driver’s licenses or national identification cards and providing in-state tuition, medical benefits, or public education.”

“Cuban independence extremism” is defined as those who “do not recognize the legitimacy of the Communist Cuban Government and who attempt to subvert it through acts of violence, mainly within the U.S.”

And, the “tax-resistance movement” is described as “groups or individuals who vehemently believe taxes violate their constitutional rights.”

So if I am opposed to something my government is doing which I know deep down will be detrimental to our economy and society, then I am an extremist?  Did I get that right?  Well consider me part of the Right Wing Extremist Faction!

Cubans who do not agree with communism are also extremists?  I guess Gloria Estefan would be one too!

Let’s also not forget about taxes – do people who oppose taxes by finding loop holes in the tax code also fall under this definition?  They try extremely hard to fight taxes when April creeps up!

When does somebody see through the fog and realize that maybe it’s not the individual citizens of the United States who are extremists, but perhaps it’s the government itself that threatens this country’s future and its foundation.

Instead of making up these ridiculous reports, maybe DHS should spend its time on the impending attacks now that our national security has been compromised and we are much more vulnerable to “Man-Caused Disasters,” as Janet Napolitano would say.

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Ok – I just felt like being sarcastic and reporting on some “non” news… Looks like the Supreme Court and the rest of the government is really busy working on things that really make a difference!

The Supreme Court is ordering a federal appeals court to re-examine its ruling in favor of CBS Corp. over Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction.

The court Monday directed the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia to consider reinstating the $550,000 fine that the Federal Communications Commission imposed on CBS over Ms. Jackson’s breast-baring performance at the 2004 Super Bowl.

Last year, the appeals court threw out the fine against CBS, saying the FCC strayed from its long-held approach of applying identical standards to words and images when reviewing complaints of indecency.

The appellate court said the incident lasted nine-sixteenths of one second and should have been regarded as “fleeting.”

But last week, the Supreme Court narrowly upheld the FCC’s policy threatening fines on so-called fleeting expletives on live television.

(FCC v. CBS Corp.)

However, this next ruling that recently took place at the Supreme Court is not so positive and is important.  The court’s ruling in identity theft for illegal or undocumented workers gives them more protection.  They are not held accountable for identity theft if there is no proof that they knew they were using somebody’s social security number… I’m not sure how there wouldn’t be proof – if you are an illegal immigrant you should know that you do not have a social security number and therefore, you are aware that you are stealing someone else’s identity.

Also on Monday, the Supreme Court limited federal prosecutors’ use of an identity-theft law against undocumented workers with phony identification numbers, including many who had been picked up in immigration raids.

A unanimous court said the law that Congress adopted in 2004 to crack down on identity thieves requires that prosecutors be able to prove that defendants knew they were using ID numbers that belonged to real people.

Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the court, said intent is often easy to prove in what he called classic identity theft: “Where a defendant has used another person’s information to get access to that person’s bank account, the government can prove knowledge with little difficulty,” Justice Breyer said.

But, as in the case decided Monday, prosecutors have been using the law against workers who needed false documents to obtain employment. The government argued that prosecutors do not have to offer any proof that a defendant knew the identification belonged to someone else and wasn’t simply made up. The high court rejected that argument.

There was no evidence that Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa, an undocumented worker from Mexico, knew that he was using Social Security and alien registration numbers that belonged to others when he was arrested in 2006. Mr. Flores-Figueroa, while acknowledging he used false documents, appealed his conviction on the identity-theft charge.

(Flores-Figueroa v. U.S.)

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