The Front Page Cover
2016 The turth is the gold of today
Featuring:
Merkel's Bold Move and
a Needed Correction
Debra J. Saunders.
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Open Borders Comrades? Ryan/Rubio’s Boy Gowd
Grabs Personal Moment With “The Roach”
Rick Wells
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UN Scheme To Conquer America,
The World – It’s Official, They Think
They’ve Got Us
Rick Wells
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Iranians storm, set ablaze Saudi Embassy
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190 Muslims Fired by Colorado Plant
Joe A. Gilbertson
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Five emails Hilly wishes weren't
released in latest State Dept dump
Jeff Dunetz
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#1: In March 2011 Sid Blumenthal Cited An Aide Who Described Then Defense Secretary Bob Gates As A “Mean, Vicious Little Prick” In An Email To Clinton.
#2: In A September 15, 2011 Email, Nora Toiv Provided Cheryl Mills With A List Of State Department Officials That Would Be Participating In A Clinton Global Initiative Meeting.
#3: In A 2011 Email From Clinton Aide Philippe Reines, Urges Clinton To Do All Five Sunday Shows To Reinforce Her Role As nObama’s “Chief Foreign Policy Adviser” And “America’s Chief Diplomat.”
#4: In March 2012, Clinton’s Former Campaign Strategist Mark Penn Said nObama’s Open-Mic Comment On Laying Low On Nuclear Defense Because Of The Election “Could Be About The Stupidest Thing Ever Said By A President In Foreign Policy.”
#5: At Meeting Of Democratic Donors, Billionaire George Soros Said He Could “Always Call/Meet With” Hilly Clinton.
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Bill Clinton: A History of Sexual
Harassment, Assault, and Rape
Alice Greene
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Justice Scalia dismisses
notion of neutrality
Michael Dorstewitz
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{bizpacreview.com} ~ U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday that God has been good to the United States and that the notion of religious neutrality is not grounded in our constitutional traditions... He made his remarks at a Catholic high school in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, according to The Associated Press, which reported. He told the audience at Archbishop Rummel High School that there is “no place” in the country’s constitutional traditions for the idea that the state must be neutral between religion and its absence..
The Looming Environmental Disaster In
Missouri That Nobody Is Talking About
Claire Bernish
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Armed occupation protests
Federal 'Tyranny'
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Jailed for preaching against Islam
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ISIS orders ‘volcanoes of terror’
on the West
Michael Burleigh
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DHS And Congress – Bringing Us Open Borders,
Invasion, Insecurity, Terrorism And Lawlessness
Rick Wells
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Merkel's Bold Move and
a Needed Correction
Debra J. Saunders.
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It was an audacious act -- and no one knows better than Merkel how unmanageable it is. In July, the chancellor endured a painful televised confrontation with a Palestinian teen, who, in fluent German, told Merkel that the threat of deportation kept her from enjoying the life she sees others living. "As long as I don't know that I can stay here, I don't know what my future will be," the girl said. Visibly upset, Merkel told the 14-year-old that Germany "just can't manage" to help every refugee and asylum seeker.
It was an audacious act -- and no one knows better than Merkel how unmanageable it is. In July, the chancellor endured a painful televised confrontation with a Palestinian teen, who, in fluent German, told Merkel that the threat of deportation kept her from enjoying the life she sees others living. "As long as I don't know that I can stay here, I don't know what my future will be," the girl said. Visibly upset, Merkel told the 14-year-old that Germany "just can't manage" to help every refugee and asylum seeker.
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In September, Merkel threw caution to the wind and dispensed with standard European Union asylum procedures. The gesture was seen as a green light not only by desperate Syrians fleeing violence but also by economic refugees from Africa and Afghanistan who saw the moment as perhaps a final opportunity to squeeze into Europe before the door slams shut. A disapproving Hungarian official told The Wall Street Journal, "The Germans think they're the Americans of Europe."
In September, Merkel threw caution to the wind and dispensed with standard European Union asylum procedures. The gesture was seen as a green light not only by desperate Syrians fleeing violence but also by economic refugees from Africa and Afghanistan who saw the moment as perhaps a final opportunity to squeeze into Europe before the door slams shut. A disapproving Hungarian official told The Wall Street Journal, "The Germans think they're the Americans of Europe."
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Here's another parallel between Germany and the United States: The day comes when governments have to enforce immigration laws, even if they don't want to. In the coming weeks, The Washington Post reported, the nObama administration is expected to deport Central Americans who surged across the border in 2014 but did not qualify for asylum. In December, Germany stepped up deportations of refugees not qualified for asylum status. At a news conference, Merkel made clear that many Afghans seeking asylum will be sent home.
Here's another parallel between Germany and the United States: The day comes when governments have to enforce immigration laws, even if they don't want to. In the coming weeks, The Washington Post reported, the nObama administration is expected to deport Central Americans who surged across the border in 2014 but did not qualify for asylum. In December, Germany stepped up deportations of refugees not qualified for asylum status. At a news conference, Merkel made clear that many Afghans seeking asylum will be sent home.
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"Germany is saying, 'We're going to deport everyone (who doesn't qualify),'" observed Jessica Vaughan of the pro-enforcement Center for Immigration Studies. "They're actually starting to remove people, and it's going relatively smoothly. That should be a lesson to the U.S."
"Germany is saying, 'We're going to deport everyone (who doesn't qualify),'" observed Jessica Vaughan of the pro-enforcement Center for Immigration Studies. "They're actually starting to remove people, and it's going relatively smoothly. That should be a lesson to the U.S."
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Germany's articulation should be a lesson to Washington. German Parliament member Mark Hauptmann gave two reasons Afghans are unlikely to qualify for asylum. First, he told NPR, "if we look at the people who are leaving the country, they are the young ones, the better-educated ones, and those ones are needed to build up Afghanistan." Also: "We send our troops; we send our citizens there to protect Afghans and to basically create safe environments in Afghanistan. And then people from Afghanistan are coming as so-called war refugees here to Europe."
Germany's articulation should be a lesson to Washington. German Parliament member Mark Hauptmann gave two reasons Afghans are unlikely to qualify for asylum. First, he told NPR, "if we look at the people who are leaving the country, they are the young ones, the better-educated ones, and those ones are needed to build up Afghanistan." Also: "We send our troops; we send our citizens there to protect Afghans and to basically create safe environments in Afghanistan. And then people from Afghanistan are coming as so-called war refugees here to Europe."
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Vaughan told me that she admires Merkel for wanting to help Syrian refugees, but unfortunately, the chancellor's rhetoric "came across as an open invitation to anyone who can get there." To set things right, Merkel had to set clear boundaries and enforce the rules. "I think the big difference is that Merkel seems to mean what she says," Vaughan added, unlike the nObama administration, which enforces immigration law spottily, and then reluctantly.
Vaughan told me that she admires Merkel for wanting to help Syrian refugees, but unfortunately, the chancellor's rhetoric "came across as an open invitation to anyone who can get there." To set things right, Merkel had to set clear boundaries and enforce the rules. "I think the big difference is that Merkel seems to mean what she says," Vaughan added, unlike the nObama administration, which enforces immigration law spottily, and then reluctantly.
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Now Merkel finds herself back where she was in July. She knows that there are good people who want nothing more than to be good Germans -- but she also knows that Germany cannot be the country that it is if it accommodates everyone who wants in. With too much traffic, any welcome mat wears thin. Thus, Merkel must "manage" who gets to stay in Germany -- if she wants to maintain the support of German voters who, with reason, fear that their safety net cannot handle the strain of a million-plus refugees.
Now Merkel finds herself back where she was in July. She knows that there are good people who want nothing more than to be good Germans -- but she also knows that Germany cannot be the country that it is if it accommodates everyone who wants in. With too much traffic, any welcome mat wears thin. Thus, Merkel must "manage" who gets to stay in Germany -- if she wants to maintain the support of German voters who, with reason, fear that their safety net cannot handle the strain of a million-plus refugees.
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Credit Merkel with articulating a policy and then refining it when she had to confront its unintended consequences. She knew the political cost and is likely to pay it someday.
Credit Merkel with articulating a policy and then refining it when she had to confront its unintended consequences. She knew the political cost and is likely to pay it someday.
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For his part, President nObama throws out bromides -- for example, "That's not who we are." Everyone can agree with that statement because no one is sure exactly what it means. Meanwhile, the administration signs executive orders rewarding undocumented immigrants for flouting the law and then, the next day, threatens to actually enforce the law. And always about politics.
For his part, President nObama throws out bromides -- for example, "That's not who we are." Everyone can agree with that statement because no one is sure exactly what it means. Meanwhile, the administration signs executive orders rewarding undocumented immigrants for flouting the law and then, the next day, threatens to actually enforce the law. And always about politics.
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