en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/758595 Comments by eagle219 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9FBILB80&show_article=1#IDComment70942288 So the answer is an open border because we cannot afford to police our borders? That is absurd logic. Secretary Napolitano has stated that the country is at risk from external terrorist threats. If she believes that then why do we castigate those who are affirmatively taking steps to control illegal immigration? Perhaps this reveals her true belief that the greatest danger is from domestic terrorists--those who have peacefully expressed their 1st amendment rights to gather and petition the government for redress of their grievances. As the President, her boss, has said, we have to be concerned about those reactionaries who cling to their guns and religion. May God help our country. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:34:48 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9FBILB80&show_article=1#IDComment70942288 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9F7JRN82&show_article=1#IDComment69420410 that presumes that the Iranian leadership wants to live. The president of Iran has repeatedly stated that he believes he has been selected to usher in the 12th Imam. Muslim eschatology says that the 12th imam will return after being ushered in with violence and bloodshed. It is also part of Muslim belief that dying in pursuit of Muslim goals is a way to guarantee your place in the afterlife. Thus, old concepts of mutual assured destruction do not have the same impact as they once did. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:21:05 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9F7JRN82&show_article=1#IDComment69420410 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/15/photo-released-of-gop-official-and-boyfriend-beaten-bloody/#IDComment68268909 When a democratic congressman intentionally walks through a crowd of the opposition to provoke a response and gets none, the mainstream media is quick to turn the non-event into a story of right wing violence; yet when a conservative is badly beaten and injured there is no story what soever. Is this what is called media bias? Or, instead is this only reporting all the news that is fit to print? Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:34:15 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/04/15/photo-released-of-gop-official-and-boyfriend-beaten-bloody/#IDComment68268909 http://bigjournalism.com/bthor/2010/04/14/sos-red-alert-new-york-times-about-to-put-american-troops-in-deadly-peril/#IDComment68079637 Assuming the Times publishes the names and violates the Intelligence Identities Protection Act, it will take a federal prosecutor to bring the action. Given the record of the current Attorney General, is it likely he will prosecute the Times? We have direct video evidence of voter intimidation in Philadelphia which the local prosecutors wanted to pursue but were precluded from doing so. When there is direct evidence of criminal civil rights violations which is ignored, it is doubtful that the behavior of the Times will be seen as sufficiently important to take the time of federal prosecutors. Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:40:38 +0000 http://bigjournalism.com/bthor/2010/04/14/sos-red-alert-new-york-times-about-to-put-american-troops-in-deadly-peril/#IDComment68079637 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ETR1380&show_article=1#IDComment66311102 It is always amazing to me that the party which is the first to cry racism is the first to hold a person's race against them. When will Democrats truly adopt the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King and judge a man by the character of his actions rather than the color of his skin? Wed, 7 Apr 2010 01:13:39 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9ETR1380&show_article=1#IDComment66311102 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EP4BT00&show_article=1#IDComment64888869 It is amazing how the President misrepresented and marginalized the Tea Party movement in just a few sentences. How many in the mainstream media will challenge the President on these points? Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:57:37 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EP4BT00&show_article=1#IDComment64888869 http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/03/19/the-heat-is-on-congressmans-office-says-constituent-calls-are-harassment/#IDComment63009442 and this is how the country dies....not with a bang but a whimper. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:56:31 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/03/19/the-heat-is-on-congressmans-office-says-constituent-calls-are-harassment/#IDComment63009442 http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/03/19/the-heat-is-on-congressmans-office-says-constituent-calls-are-harassment/#IDComment63008451 No there is no provision for recall of federal officials. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:48:24 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/03/19/the-heat-is-on-congressmans-office-says-constituent-calls-are-harassment/#IDComment63008451 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9E7B3881&show_article=1#IDComment59634729 you should read the editorial in the wall street journal which does an excellent job of pointing out that in prior reconciliation votes there was broad bipartisan support and not in name only. Unlike Speaker Pelosi's view there cannot be bipartisan ship without support of both parties. Wed, 3 Mar 2010 21:36:33 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9E7B3881&show_article=1#IDComment59634729 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9E7B3881&show_article=1#IDComment59634488 President Obama said it correctly-- elections have consequences. That is why an informed electorate is so crucial. If one were to look at what he has said about government for years it would not have been hard to understand that the President is only doing that which he has said he would do for years. Sadly, America brought the current political climate on itself. We do not get a reset button on elections. Impeachment is only proper for high crimes and misdemeanors. Bad governance is not a crime. It just has long standing and far reaching consequences. The answer is education of the electorate by restoration of appropriate civics education. If educated about the way our government was intended to operate it would not be so easy to seduce an electorate by inchoate promises of change. An informed electorate would ask what change, why and by what authority. November is where our power lays. The American people should not be afraid to use that power in the election booth and then hold those we elect accountable. Wed, 3 Mar 2010 21:34:24 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9E7B3881&show_article=1#IDComment59634488 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DTEVVO2&show_article=1#IDComment57274135 We have to protect ourselves from ourselves. Politicians will never impose term limits upon themselves. This was a huge part of the Contract with America and we can see the success of imposing term limits then. We must become engaged in our educational process. We have to insist upon a balanced presentation and put an end to indoctrination. nobody can achieve this but ourselves. As George Orwell so elequently explained he who controls education controls history. It is itme for us to control education and remove that control from the politicians. Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:30:51 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DTEVVO2&show_article=1#IDComment57274135 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DTEVVO2&show_article=1#IDComment57139567 We already have term limits-- they are called elections. What we need is an engaged and proactive electorate that holds our elected officials responsible and accountable. That does not happen. Sadly our educational system no longer teaches the principles embraced within our Constitution. Until we restore proper civics education we will not have effective control of our elected officials. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:59:05 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DTEVVO2&show_article=1#IDComment57139567 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DTEVVO2&show_article=1#IDComment57139178 When will people realize that elimination of the filibuster rule in the senate only results in the tyranny of the majority. The filibuster rule results in the voice of the minority having power and not being merely lost in the noise of a stampeding majority. Our constitution intentionally creates different consituencies for the House the Senate and the President. It was the goal of Founders to prevent the rush to judgment of a bare majority. Pure democracy results in anarchy and the trampling of minority rights. Our Democratic Republic protects the rights of the minority. The Filibuster does the same in the Senate. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:55:36 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DTEVVO2&show_article=1#IDComment57139178 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DAVF3O2&show_article=1#IDComment52817566 Our country is broken. We no longer respect the voice of the people. Instead candidate like Ms. Coakley assume they have an entitlement to office. When individuals like Mr. Brown work hard to meet the electorate and share their ideas of governance, they are slandered and derided. It is long past time that "We the People" need to make our voices heard, become engaged in the political process and hold our representatives accountable. Remember, we live in a Representative Republic not a pure democracy. Our founders believed in protecting the minority from the tyranny of the majority. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:29:52 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DAVF3O2&show_article=1#IDComment52817566 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DAVF3O2&show_article=1#IDComment52816041 clever is not a complement. The democrats have repeatedly spoken of Mr. Brown's campaign in pejorative terms. I think Mr. Axlerod is merely trying to mask his true feelings since it appears that he will have to be calling Mr. Brown Senator. Sadly, Washington has degenerated into Us and Them. We no longer seem to look at ourselves as American's first. Perhaps, if we truly taught civics and taught our students to think about the founding documents of our country and the brilliance reflected within them we could get back to an informed and knowledgable congress as well. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:24:07 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9DAVF3O2&show_article=1#IDComment52816041 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9D72N2O0&show_article=1#IDComment51943840 The President made it clear in January after his election that elections have consequenses and the loser must accept those consequenses. I guess that rule only applies to those who hold the reigns of power. Sadly, it appears that George Orwell was truly prescient in his observations that one day black would be white and white would be black. Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:49:57 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9D72N2O0&show_article=1#IDComment51943840