Precisely what we at pw have been calling for when we speak of the next stage of the TEA Party revolution: a governor (or coalition of governors) willing to assert the authority of the office and represent the interests of the citizens of his or her state, even if doing so means defying the edicts of an imperial executive, and overreaching administrative state, and what has become a rogue, PC-ridden, politicized Court whose current CJ is more concerned with respecting bad precedent and presenting a face of moderation and bipartisanship than he is in following either the Constitution of a coherent interpretive strategy.
Jan Brewer has signed an executive order directing state agencies to deny driver’s licenses and other public benefits to young illegal immigrants who obtain work authorizations under a new Obama administration program.
After the order was issued, supporters of the program and the DREAM Act took to the streets of Phoenix in protest. Video from Air15 showed the protesters carrying signs and walking down Central Avenue toward the State Capitol.
Brewer’s Wednesday order says she’s reaffirming the intent of current Arizona law denying taxpayer-funded public benefits and state identification to illegal immigrants.
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Brewer’s order says the program’s federal paperwork doesn’t confer lawful status on illegal immigrants and won’t entitle them to Arizona public benefits.
She directs state agencies to start emergency rulemaking processes as necessary to implement her order.
The left will no doubt resort to political cartoons of Brewer standing in a school doorway, blocking little brown children from their human right to the tax money of legal US citizens — much as they tried to back down Scott Walker by presenting him as an enemy of education and union labor. But the truth is, once these newly-minted “DREAMers” get driver’s licenses, they can vote. Illegally.
If Brewer and those in her state keep their resolve, they will find that many more people support their efforts than all the shrieking from the media — which will present only the outrage and emotionalism on which progressivism fuels its messaging — would hope to suggest.
That is — as I’ve been saying for some time now — if Brewer and co. trust in reality instead of caving to progressive attempts to manufacture a false reality, they will win, and the left’s power, like the mirage it’s always been, will disappear.
(h/t motionview)
At the very end, I left mulling over the motto painted on the gym wall – presumably for home team cheerleaders: “be loud, be proud, be positive.”
Not all of us can do it, but when we can, that is exactly what we should do. That is how we’ll reclaim our freedom, bit by bit. Let them know we exist, we’re not afraid, we’re not ashamed, and we’re not idiots. And let others who feel isolated know they’re not alone.
It’s time to start taking the country back and clawing our way to becoming a sovereign people once more.
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It is exciting to think that the tide may be turning.
And tomorrow, will Romney and Co. cut her legs out from under by failing to step up? Or will he say, my campaign isn’t about that?
will Romney and Co. cut her legs out from under by failing to step up? Or will he say, my campaign isn’t about that?
you’re assuming brewer doesn’t talk to romney. we shall see.
Didn’t say a word about whether they communicate.
Didn’t say a word about whether they communicate.
at this level they ain’t free lancers
“Deuteronomy 20:1
When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”
These fantastic, extraordinary people shouldn’t need public benefits, right? They’re totally awesome, why would they be on the dole?
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be not afraid of them
All those people marching on the Capitol seem to have some free time on their hands. They can be rounded up and bussed down to the border to pick up all the trash. And then try to find a ride home.
Bravo! Based on her past performance, I doubt she caves.
And if Mitt’s past performance is an indicator, he’s going to stay out of this discussion except for commenting on the impact to the economy and the federal/state budget implications of the DREAM Act by EO. He’s been very disciplined about not getting dragged into Obama & co.’s attempts at distraction – the ‘war on women’, his tax returns, same-sex marriage/Chick-fil-A – and I doubt he gets dragged into it until absolutely necessary.
“In what eventually became an overflowing parking lot of enthusiastic Romney supporters, I saw exactly one car with a Romney bumpersticker. The discussion in line raged over whether to get a bumpersticker or a yard sign, and how bad things could get when you did (from stolen yard signs to vandalized cars and egged houses.) We all agreed this must stop, but on the other hand, the economy is bad and who is going to risk their property?”
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He could be reproached for not having the proper decoration in his window; someone might even accuse him of disloyalty. He does it because these things must be done if one is to get along in life. It is one of the thousands of details that guarantee him a relatively tranquil life “in harmony with society,” as they say.
{6}Obviously the greengrocer . . . does not put the slogan in his window from any personal desire to acquaint the public with the ideal it expresses. This, of course, does not mean that his action has no motive or significance at all, or that the slogan communicates nothing to anyone. The slogan is really a sign, and as such it contains a subliminal but very definite message. Verbally, it might be expressed this way: “I, the greengrocer XY, live here and I know what I must do. I behave in the manner expected of me. I can be depended upon and am beyond reproach. I am obedient and therefore I have the right to be left in peace.” This message, of course, has an addressee: it is directed above, to the greengrocer’s superior, and at the same time it is a shield that protects the greengrocer from potential informers. The slogan’s real meaning, therefore, is rooted firmly in the greengrocer’s existence. It reflects his vital interests. But what are those vital interests?
{7}Let us take note: if the greengrocer had been instructed to display the slogan “I am afraid and therefore unquestioningly obedient;’ he would not be nearly as indifferent to its semantics, even though the statement would reflect the truth. The greengrocer would be embarrassed and ashamed to put such an unequivocal statement of his own degradation in the shop window, and quite naturally so, for he is a human being and thus has a sense of his own dignity. To overcome this complication, his expression of loyalty must take the form of a sign which, at least on its textual surface, indicates a level of disinterested conviction. It must allow the greengrocer to say, “What’s wrong with the workers of the world uniting?” Thus the sign helps the greengrocer to conceal from himself the low foundations of his obedience, at the same time concealing the low foundations of power. It hides them behind the facade of something high. And that something is ideology.
{8}Ideology is a specious way of relating to the world. It offers human beings the illusion of an identity, of dignity, and of morality while making it easier for them to part with them. As the repository of something suprapersonal and objective, it enables people to deceive their conscience and conceal their true position and their inglorious modus vivendi, both from the world and from themselves. It is a very pragmatic but, at the same time, an apparently dignified way of legitimizing what is above, below, and on either side. It is directed toward people and toward God. It is a veil behind which human beings can hide their own fallen existence, their trivialization, and their adaptation to the status quo. It is an excuse that everyone can use, from the greengrocer, who conceals his fear of losing his job behind an alleged interest in the unification of the workers of the world, to the highest functionary, whose interest in staying in power can be cloaked in phrases about service to the working class. The primary excusatory function of ideology, therefore, is to provide people, both as victims and pillars of the post-totalitarian system, with the illusion that the system is in harmony with the human order and the order of the universe. . . .
{9}The post-totalitarian system touches people at every step, but it does so with its ideological gloves on. This is why life in the system is so thoroughly permeated with hypocrisy and lies: government by bureaucracy is called popular government; the working class is enslaved in the name of the working class; the complete degradation of the individual is presented as his ultimate liberation; depriving people of information is called making it available; the use of power to manipulate is called the public control of power, and the arbitrary abuse of power is called observing the legal code; the repression of culture is called its development; the expansion of imperial influence is presented as support for the oppressed; the lack of free expression becomes the highest form of freedom; farcical elections become the highest form of democracy; banning independent thought becomes the most scientific of world views; military occupation becomes fraternal assistance. Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the past. It falsifies the present, and it falsifies the future. It falsifies statistics. It pretends not to possess an omnipotent and unprincipled police apparatus. It pretends to respect human rights. It pretends to persecute no one. It pretends to fear nothing. It pretends to pretend nothing.
{10}Individuals need not believe all these mystifications, but they must behave as though they did, or they must at least tolerate them in silence, or get along well with those who work with them. For this reason, however, they must live within a lie. They need not accept the lie. It is enough for them to have accepted their life with it and in it. For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system.
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– Fuck em, fuck em all, and the Alinsky they rode in on….
It is a brilliant move by Brewer.
– A recurring ‘dream act’: ICE agents stationed at all polling places, taking names, checking ID’s and kicking ass.
do all the clowns lining up today know that the fed gov’t can take those “rights” away on 2/1/13?
– The whole scam would end in a heartbeat if a National voter ID was addapted with laws written making it a felony to vote with fraudulent ID.
– In which case, Bummblefuck wouldn’t even be able to vote for himself.
all the words from the Obama admin is that this is NOT “amnesty” and does NOT make the illegals “legal”…
so if the Left erupts at Brewers clarifications of Fed policy, does that mean they don’t agree with the One? or do they think he lied?
“Rule” by executive fiat. It seems two (or more) can play that game.
– What it means is, the Obama gestoppo tried an end run, providing a means for illegals to get ID so they could vote illegally and Brewer just trumped their ace, so the Left may lose another block of illegal votes, and they’ll piss and howl and say whatever pops into their empty heads.
– All of which proves once again the so-called ‘elites’ are not very smart, but we already knew that.
“……What illegal voters……I don’ see no steeking illegal voters, what ‘chu talkin ’bout Gringo?”
Dumbo thought he had a magic feather, which really wasn’t magic at all; turns out he really could fly. The Left thinks it has magic feathers called “tolerance” and “diversity” and “social justice” and “green energy” and “spread the wealth around,” which aren’t magic at all; turns out all they can do is holler a lot and break things.
It seems to me that Brewer keeps trying, and the Obama administration slaps her back down. Problem is we’ve got a high court that won’t side with her.
I appreciate that this is the most likely way to throw off our overlords, I just wish that there was more than 1 solitary governor willing to step up.
SHUT UP, RAAAAACIST!!
missfixit, someone has to take a stand. Brewer is obviously more interested in AZ and the USA than she is in keeping her job.
Hopefully, a couple of other States will follow Brewer’s lead. (Governor Perry, I’m looking at you)
Or, perhaps the governor of Utah will follow.
The only way to get the fed to back down is through States standing up to the feds.
omg I just read the link — the ACLU: “you know who this hurts? domestic violence victims!!!”
lmao — the Left is in full on lying hysteria over this. It’s like psychological warfare and who can get the most uninformed voters to pay attention.
“Rule” by executive fiat. It seems two (or more) can play that game.
Except this fiat was passed thru the legislature.
As predictable as the summer day is long, liberal political rag The Hill dishes up immigration criticism of Paul Ryan this morning: Ryan’s immigration shift leaves both left, right uncomfortable
Which is sovereign, the State of Arizona, or the federal government?
I think Gov. Brewer and quite a few others agree on who is not.
sdferr,
My eyes started glazing over after the first 20,000 words — did our good friends at the Hill make any reference to exactly how much power the potential Vice President would have to enforce his “concerning” policy preferences?
So were all the laws teh won has been busy
rewriting“clarifying.”In light of the fact the authors could only barely bring themselves to mention the usurpation of powers Obama has used to implement this illegal mess — and even then only through the mouth of a critic in the opposition party, and to dismiss Obama’s usurpation with a wave of the hand — I suppose they’re rather not concerned with any source, legitimate or illegitimate, a potential Vice President might have to seize to make a substantial difference in the way future law might come about.
newrouter, I’m just going to repeat the comment I left on Ms Hoyt’s column:
Bravo, SDN.
I’d go with 7.62×51 / 308, SDN.
But not frangible. Unless you want Ernst to publish a paper on the dubiousness of your choice.
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Zing!
I’m sort of thinking in terms of the 12 gauge: Two rounds of #4 for the hippies egging the house, two slugs for the getaway car, capped off by a Dragon’s Breath for cremating the bodies. We even got rain yesterday, so it won’t be too much of a fire hazard.
OTOH, I could try out the new 20 round mags for the Mini-30. 7.62 x 39 JHP has plenty of punch at the ranges I’ll be working at…..
Choices, choices…..
In all seriousness, that paragraph made me furious. Americans are cowering in their homes afraid that freely expressing their opinions will expose them and their families to thuggery? Seriously? Fuck that noise. It’s time to remind these people that their actions will have consequences, and once they start this crap they are not the ones who get to decide when it’s no fun anymore.
I assure you I ain’t cowering, SDN. I clean my guns and test my scopes on the porch…