Celebrate Memorial Day the Right Way

Immigration Deal at Risk as House GOP Looks to Voters
Sensenbrenner decries path to citizenship for illegal immigrants
Minutemen Installing Ariz. Border Fence
Marine Pantano:  Mr. Murtha’s Rush to Judgment
Babies aborted for not being perfect
Democrats Eye November Landslide
Senate Leader Took Free Boxing Tickets
Another Stumble for Ralph Reed’s Beleaguered Campaign

Memorial Day
Hanson:  Looking Back at Iraq
Robbins:  Remembering Frankie
Blyth:  Not Just a Day Off
Yoest:  Five Days in May
Wade:  Memorial Day, Lest We Forget
Freedom Alliance:  It’s Memorial Day, Let’s Honor Our Troops
Zirkle:  Celebrating those who gave chase to evil
Bennett:  Go and Find a Soldier’s Grave
Hitchens:  Memorial Day
Williams:  Recipe for Celebrating Memorial Day

On this Memorial Day, take the time to thank God for those who have fought and died for our freedom.  Those who have died fighting for our freedom around the world, whether on the battlefields at Yorktown, in the hills of Sharpsburg and Gettysburg, on the beaches of Normandy, in the jungles of Vietnam, in the deserts of Iraq, or elsewhere are all heroes.  Thank God for their sacrifice, because without them we would not be free.

Conservatives Blast Senate Immigration Bill

Bush Orders FBI-Congress Documents Sealed
Top Bush Aide at Justice Dept. Was Set to Quit
Hastert accuses DOJ of intimidation
Hastert lawyer may sue ABC over Abramoff report
Hastert Lashes Out at Justice Dept.
Hastert Says He’ll Work With Justice Dept.
Inside Out:  The Abramoff Investigation and Speaker Hastert
House leaders concede FBI right to search
A season of stealing
Judge:  Man is too short for prison
Sentence for short sex offender sparks debate
Rally for national sales tax draws overflow crowd
U.S. to Repeal Long-Distance Phone Tax
House Votes to Allow Drilling in Alaska Refuge
Senate Passes Comprehensive Immigration Bill, Setting Up Showdown With House
Senate Wants House to Ease on Citizenship
Police search for (illegal) rape suspect
House Republican Pessimistic on Immigration Deal
White House compares illegal immigration to speeding (They REALLY don’t get it, do they?)


Downey:  FBI raid:  Reps wrongly cry foul
NR Editors:  Botched Operation
USAToday:  Lawmakers, quiet on your rights, roar about theirs
Hastert:  There’s a right way
Thernstrom:  Inconvenient Truths for Al Gore
Lowry:  The New Al Gore
Bradley:  Market Forces Only Cure for Oil Prices
Rep. Hayworth:  Call It What It Is.
Rep. Rohrabacher:  The ‘shamnesty’ legislation
Sen. Santorum:  What Not to Legislate
Sen. DeMint:  Top 10 Reasons to Oppose Amnesty Bill
Sen. Sessions:  Immigration Bill Is Worse Than You Think
Sen. Grassley’s Top 10 Flaws With Senate Bill
Rector:  The Wrong Course
Human Events:  No Conservative Could Vote for Senate Immigration Bill
NR Editors:  Temporary Madness
Homnick:  Senators Need to Stop Voting on Stuff About Which They Know Next to Nothing
Will:  On bilingual ballots
Bothwell:  Navy buys into nanny state politics
Spruiell:  Resisting a Porkbusting Raid
McNamara:  The United Nations in your wallet
Miller:  Rockin’ the Right    

Congress Thinks They Are Above The Law

McCain calls for more nukes
Sen. Clinton Pitches Ethanol Energy Plan
‘Hillary for President’ rally draws 20 instead of hoped-for 200
Iran test-fires long-range missile
Iran students protest over increased restrictions
Blacks warn of rift if Mfume sidelined
Council skeptical of Ellis tax hike
Government incompetence:  Hurricane Drill in Louisiana Canceled
Immigration Bill Expected To Pass Senate This Week
Exclusive:  A Compromise Plan On Immigration
Bush border patrol plan to pressure courts:  sources
Workers bug out as officers pop in
Fox, in U.S., Says Walls Won’t Fix Problem
Local governments assert their rights:  Marry or get out, US town tells unwed parents
Freedom of speech?:  A.C.L.U. May Block Criticism by Its Board
My View:  This is just more proof that the American Communist Lawyers’ Union believes in free speech, as long as it agrees with them.  Any dissenting speech will not be tolerated.
F.B.I. Raid Divides G.O.P. Lawmakers and White House
Hastert tells President Bush FBI raid was unconstitutional
Hastert Demands FBI Return Documents
Rep. Jefferson refuses to give up panel seat
My View:  The Republicans, just like the Democrats, are just trying to cover their own tails.  There are no constitutional provisions which protect members of Congress from a subpoena.  Rep. Jefferson is being investigated, and prosecutors have a valid reason to believe that he committed a crime.  The FBI has every right to search his office, just as they have a right to search a civilian’s.
**Update (21:03):  Hastert’s demands and declarations now seem to have a reason; perhaps he will be next?  Officials:  Hastert “In the Mix” of Congressional Bribery Investigation
Hastert:  No. 1 Recipient of Abramoff Money


Balko:  Nanny State Makes Poor Babysitter for Americans
du Pont:  Don’t Be Very Worried
Johnson:  Only Nixon Could Go to China, and Only Pence Could Sell Amnesty to the House
Stossel:  Mississippi has a place for heroes:  jails
Blankley:  A modest proposal
Williams:  Click it or ticket


Note:  I received this video in my e-mail.  Isn’t it amazing what the FREE MARKET, along with creativity and ingenuity, can accomplish?  This really might be the future of energy!    

FTC Proves Me Right Once Again on Gas Prices

Incompetence rewarded:  Nagin Wins Re-Election as Big Easy Mayor
Filing:  Tape Shows Lawmaker Taking Money
Baghdad’s Lionel Richie Obsession (Iraqis love freedom!)
Al Gore issues global warming wake-up call
Clinton says must “get off our butts” to stop warming
Study:  Tax cuts lose money (wrong!)
Despite Pledge, Taxes Increase for Teenagers

USAToday:  Funnyman’s serious message
Murdock:  No Habla Espanol
Fund:  Jimmy Carter Is Right
Gingrich:  Making English Our National Language Is Not Racist

Huge SITYS on gas prices:
FTC sees no illegal gas price manipulation
FTC finds little gouging on gas prices after Katrina
Report Finds Few Examples of Energy Price Gouging
Report on Gas Prices Finds No Collusion
Ethanol:  Myths and Realities

The Battle for our Borders
Tip leads Border Patrol to 91 illegal entrants in truck
1 in 7 Mexican workers migrates -- most send money home
Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs
Surge of volunteers expected to help illegal immigrants cross desert
The problem is not only here:  Arrival of 400 migrants overwhelms Italian island
Blacks fret over immigrant gains
Survey:  Bush’s support from Latinos waning
Former President Clinton agrees with Bush immigration plan (One more reason not to like it!)

Sessions 'Hero of the Week'

Republicans Sought IRS Probe of NAACP
Ellis budget includes tax hike, pay raises, pay scale
Giuliani endorses Reed for lieutenant governor
Iran eyes badges for Jews
Iran pulls curtain on atom sites
Iran using Chinese-made feedstock for enriched uranium:  diplomats
‘Our enemies are mentally ill’
House Votes to Keep Offshore Drilling Ban
Vote in House Seeks to Erase Oil Windfall
Huge bill for public retirees hits soon
Graduation idiocy (including UGa!):  ‘Lavender graduations’ gain ground
Senate Raises Federal Fines for Airing Indecent Material on TV
Gators, Gators Everywhere -- But Why?

Reeside:  Check out their bookshelves
Will:  Who Isn’t A ‘Values Voter’?
Elder:  Bush’s troubles -- not Iraq, Katrina, or illegal aliens, but fuzzy principles
AJC:  Power plays go foul on Capitol Hill
Bluey:  House Republicans Dishonor Reagan


More on Illegal Immigration:
Illegals granted Social Security
Reid calls language proposal racist
Senate Sends Mixed Signals on English
Lack of prosecutions demoralizing Border Patrol
Local authorities take border control into own hands
The problem is not only here:  Madrid seeks to stem tide of African immigrants
Sessions:  ‘The Senate should be ashamed of itself’ (Yes, they should!)
Hanna:  Hero of the Week:  Sen. Jeff Sessions
Chapman:  Will immigration split the GOP?
Ham:  Whaaat???:  Illegal Immigration Edition
de Silva:  How to Deport 10 Million Illegal Aliens
Reagan:  Bush Proved Me Right:  White House Is Stupid and Arrogant
Coulter:  Read My Lips:  No New Amnesty
Noonan:  Out of Touch
Gizzi:  GOP Advisers:  Bush’s Stand Hurts Party
Rector:  Senate Bill Adds 66 Million Immigrants
Murdock:  Bush on English Assimilation:  Hipocrasia
Soldier’s Diary:  Earning U.S. Citizenship in Iraq

Huge immigration update

Termination, suspension possible for Churchill
European Nations May Give Iran a Reactor
The great oil race:  Cheney discovers U.S. is losing out to China
N.J. just says no to pumping gas
Chinese Internet writer sentenced to 12 years
Bipartisan Senate Group Seeks to Lift Late Fee on Medicare Drug Plan
Judge strikes down Ga.’s ban on gay marriages
Purdue vows special session on gay marriage if appeal slowed

Stephens:  How to Stop Iran (Without Firing a Shot)
McQuillan & Abramyan:  ‘Live Free or Move’
Bookman:  Sacrifice liberty for security?  Not without a fight
Lopez:  GOP, Get a Clue!
NR Editors:  A Disgrace
Taylor & Van Doren:  Republicans Out of Gas
Williams:  Restoring Liberty in America
Sowell:  The Biggest Scandal
Cain:  Social Security scam keeps on ticking
Dvorak:  Music, Movie Companies Don’t Deserve Our Dollars

The Battle for Our Borders
Immigration is Mexico’s disgrace:  leftist candidate
Mexico Voters Fear Nation on Edge of Chaos
Mexicans Say Guard Won’t Slow Migrants
San Bernardino To Vote On Tough Immigration Law
Immigration Proposals Pass Test In Senate
Mexico Threatens Suits Over Guard Patrols
Mexico closely watching “militarization” of U.S.-Mexico border
Senate OKs Border Fence, Backs Citizenship
Minutemen Dismiss Bush’s Border Plan
Rove Tries to Court GOP on Immigration
Naïve “humanitarians”:  ‘We are not working with criminals…we are working with people without papers”
NR Editors:  Amnesty Undeniable
Lowry:  Clintonian at the Border
Samuelson:  Bush wrong to back more low-skill immigrants
Malkin:  9/11, the Pentagon, and Our Borders
Johnson:  Bush’s Message:  I Won’t Enforce Laws We Have Until I Get the Laws I Want
Stump:  Press 1 for English
Jeffrey:  Bordering on Disaster    

Another impotent Bush speech

McHenry gunning for Dem ‘hypocrites’
Democratic congressman denies bribery charges
Reform bill to double immigration
Governor says he would offer Georgia’s Guard for border duty
Politics Stalls Plan to Bolster Flood Insurance
Conservative Christians Criticize Republicans
States seek relief from high gas costs
Deadline for Medicare drug plan looms
Porter:  ‘I got something to say to Bush’ (he wants a tax cut!)

Krikorian:  Amnesty S.O.S.
Murdock:  The GOP Congress Declares War on Profits
Schulz:  Pumping Fact & Fiction
Mitchell:  Republicans spending themselves into minority status
Parker:  The NAACP’s fight against private school vouchers
USA Today:  Bonds’ quest for Babe’s mark produces no joy in Fanville

Text of Bush’s Speech on Immigration

Note on Bush’s speech tonight:  To a thinking person (such as your unfortunately off-the-air host), it is perfectly obvious that Bush’s proposal is not only nothing new, it is also ineffective and, as much as he wants to spin it otherwise, it is amnesty.  Bush continues to disappoint conservatives on this issue.

Murdock: GOP More Akin to LBJ than Reagan

80 arrested after probe
Panel rejects end to bilingual ballots
Arizona County Uses New Law to Look for Illegal Immigrants
Bush to Address Nation Monday Night on Immigration
Murtha Predicts U.S. Pullout From Iraq
Congress may clamp down on MySpace
Entering Splitsville, China
Want a 30-cent break on gas?
Texas plans nation’s largest offshore wind farm
Traces of Uranium Said Found in Iran

Sowell:  Republicans and immigration
Coulter:  Conservatives need 12-step program to manhood
Franc:  Immigration and the welfare state
Murdock:  The GOP is Now the Party of LBJ…
Hanson:  In the Eye of the Beholder
Elder:  The Obscene Debate of ‘Obscene’ Profits
Sellers:  Do Conservatives Fear Capitalism?
Reynolds:  The Top One-Hundredth of One Percent
Norman:  Barry at the Bat

Note:  In the columns by Ann Coulter and Ivy Sellers, while the headlines seem to criticize conservatives, they are really about Republicans.  As we all know, they are NOT one in the same.

Democrats still can't figure out what they believe

U.S. tipping Mexico to Minuteman patrols
Easley:  Hike funds for courts and police
Easley’s budget proposes reducing N.C. sales tax
Bush Urges Seniors to Sign Up for Medicare Drug Benefit
Democrats oppose GOP health coverage bill
Optimistic, Democrats Debate the Party’s Vision
Middle East Power Brokers Hammer Out Hamas Strategy
U.S. to give Palestinians $10 million in medical aid
Cuba Plans Offshore Wells Banned in U.S. Waters
Exiles in ‘Tehrangeles’ Are Split on Iran

Macon Telegraph:  Hayden qualified for CIA post
USA Today:  ‘Boutique’ is for clothing—not for gasoline
Sowell:  Is Thinking Obsolete?
Miniter:  Profits of Doom?
Lowry:  Dems’ Abortion Problem
Goldberg:  Pick Up Your Own Crap
York:  Inside the President’s Terrible Poll Numbers
Bartlett:  The Epidemic of Idiocy in Congress

Good News on Gas Prices--Left-Wing Media Ignores it

Conflicting Loyalties as Republicans Confront High Gas Prices
Fuel Bank Offers Gas in Bulk
Hawaii Abandons Gas Price Caps
Analyst:  U.S. gas prices keep rising but at slower pace
Hyping High Gas Prices, Hiding Good News
Rove Is Using Threat of Loss to Stir Republicans
Bush Welcomes Peace Accord in Darfur, Sends More Food Aid
New Augusta chairman says no need for dialogue with Burk
‘Iran can also be wiped off the map’
Cocktail hour seen as remedy for binge drinking

Cordato:  $1 more means fewer jobs
Fund:  The Enemy Within
Moore:  Private Enterprise
Green:  Clouds of Global-Warming Hysteria
Ferrara:  The Supply-Side Cure to the Energy Crisis
Corsi:  If Cuba Can Drill for Oil, Why Can’t We?
Jacob:  Hooray for high oil prices?
Waller:  Mexico’s Immigration Law:  Let’s Try It Here at Home
Johnson:  Immigration Reform Will Fail Without Deportation
Bluey:  Conservatives Say Miers Is Obstacle to Judicial Nominees
Alexander:  What would a conservative Republican Party look like?
Adams:  Pin the tail on the honky
Steinhauser:  SMU Business School Official Labels Young Conservatives of Texas the ‘Junior League of the KKK’

Charlotte Observer Pro/Con:  Can the U.S. end its oil addiction in 20 years?
Woolsey & Luft:  Yes:  It’s possible, but Congress must act swiftly on alternatives
Peters:  No:  Oil and gas aren’t evil addictions; they’re essential to economy