Ogre’s Politics and Views

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Tags: 2008 Elections, Religion of Global Warming by Ogre
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Richard Viguerie has written an article that talks about Juan McCain and his feeble attempts to court the conservative vote. While many of the points in the article are factually correct, I think Richard is wrong — I don’t think McCain is courting conservatives at all. I don’t think he cares about conservatives.

I guess to be fair, I’ve got to define “conservative” — because if you ask Juan McCain, he’ll tell you that HE is a conservative. In fact, anyone who claims an “R” after their name, no matter their positions on any issues, is claiming to be a conservative today. But when I speak of conservative here, and I believe as Mr. Viguerie does, a conservative is someone who wants smaller, less powerful government.

So if that’s a conservative, Juan doesn’t care about them. Juan believes that he will get most Republican votes and he wants the great unwashed middle. Heck, he believes he can get moderate Democrat votes, too — and he’ll do anything to get those votes.

He may claim he would appoint conservative judges, but again, that’s based on his personal definition of conservative. I honestly believe he would offer Supreme Court judge positions to Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Russ Feingold, and Al Gore. Juan would continue the destruction of America’s borders — because he doesn’t care. Juan would crush freedom now that he’s joined the religion of Global Warming. No, Juan McCain has NO interest in the conservative vote. Juan just assumes he’ll get enough moderate Democrats, Independents, and old-line Republican Party hacks that he’ll win. And he just might — because after all, where do conservatives have to go?

Oh, right, Chuck Baldwin. Or, there could still be a Miracle in Minnesota — Republicans could grow a pair and nominate Ron Paul…

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Tags: 2008 Elections, America by Ogre
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Well, the “big” news in North Carolina “Education” today is that the North Carolina Community College system claims it will no longer enroll federal fugitives from justice. They do not, however, mention how they will do that or if, as is more likely, they will simply switch to a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy in admitting these criminals and invaders. Previously, the Community College system encouraged illegal aliens to attend the schools for training at taxpayer expense.

As you can imagine, this sparked a firestorm from the elites who know better. University of North Carolina college system president Erskine Bowles was outraged. He said that HIS system will continue to allow any and all federal fugitives to continue to obtain free cash and benefits from HIS system that is paid for completely with taxpayer cash. Thank you, citizens of Illinois, for sending your cash to Mr. Bowles so he can provide education and services to people who are on the run from the federal government and whom the federal government would like to arrest. Bowles whined on with:

In this instance, there sure seems to be considerable legal disagreement about what the relevant federal law really says.

Really, Mr. Bowles? Only if by “disagreement” you mean, “in your ivory tower-based mind” and by “federal law” you mean the things that you, personally, feel like allowing in your fiefdom. No, there is no “legal disagreement” by anyone other than people like Mr. Bowles who simply want more power, control, and taxpayer money. The only people who seem to “disagree” with laws that clarify a national border are leftists, most of whom are living off the backs of taxpayers who actually have to work for a living. The only way you can see “legal disagreement” with the law is if you interpret the law yourself, instead of following the law:

Any alien who
(1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or
(2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or
(3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

US Code, Title 8, Chapter 12, Subchapter II, Part VIII, Section 1325a

In fact, based on the information that Mr. Bowles has supplied, I believe that he is actually in violation of federal law himself:

(a) Criminal penalties
(1)
(A) Any person who—
(iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;
(iv) encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or
(v)
(I) engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or
(II) aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts,
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).

Do you suppose we could report Mr. Bowles and get him arrested? Oh, right, he’s a member of the elite and not subject to laws like us peons. And there shall be justice for some…

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Tags: Borders, Education, North Carolina Government by Ogre
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