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InfoWars.net

Congressman Ron Paul has warned millions of radio listeners that the US is heading into a deadly confrontation with Iran, revealing his disbelief at members of Congress who have openly voiced support for a pre-emptive nuclear strike on the country.

“If we do (attack) it is going to be a disaster,” the Congressman told the Alex Jones show this Thursday.

“I was astounded to see on one of the networks the other day that the debate was not are we going to attack? but are we going to attack before or after the election?” Paul continued.

The Congressman recently voiced his concern over House Congressional Resolution 362 which he has dubbed a ‘Virtual Iran War Resolution’.

“If that comes up it is demanding that the President put on an absolute blockade of the entire country of Iran, and punish any country or any business group around the world if they trade with Iran.” Paul told listeners.

Experts have predicted gas will rise to $6 per gallon if the resolution passes, Paul believes that may happen anyway just by anticipation.

“The frightening thing is they say they are taking no options off the table, even nuclear first strike.” The Congressman stated.

Paul believes from talking with his contacts in and around Congress that a strike on Iran has already been green lighted.

“That is my sense because the Democratic leadership in the House are proposing no resistance whatsoever, we saw this when a supplemental bill came up and the President asked for $107 billion for the war, the Democrat leadership gave them $162 billion.

It is still totally bewildering to me when I see men and women in the Congress that I know and like doing this just to get along. Most of them will say “I agree with you on all you say but the Iranians are bad people and they might attack us some day… I hear members of Congress saying ‘if we could only nuke them’.”

Ron Paul also spoke in detail about his new Campaign For Liberty Group and his views on the upcoming election.

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WorldNetDaily

WASHINGTON – Latino gang members were hunting for black people in the Harbor Gateway community of Los Angeles.

Age was not a factor. Neither was gender.

Cheryl Green, 14, was on her scooter, talking to friends when a hail of bullets killed the 8th-grader and injured several other black youngsters.

That was December 2006. But the race-motivated carnage has only increased since then, say law-enforcement authorities from coast to coast – with Hispanic gangs targeting blacks and black gang reciprocating as their communities are increasing surrounded by the exploding population of Hispanics, much of it fueled by illegal immigration.

In Harbor Gateway, the dividing line is 206th Street. Blacks understand it is not safe to cross over to the Hispanic side and Hispanics know it is not safe to cross over to the black side.

Federal prosecutors last year charged members of a Latino gang with conducting a violent campaign to drive blacks out of the Florence-Firestone neighborhood in L.A. County, which resulted in some 20 homicides over several years.

L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca wrote in a newspaper editorial that “some of L.A.’s so-called gangs are really no more than loose-knit bands of blacks or Latinos roaming the streets looking for people of the other color to shoot.”

Perhaps the highest profile example of what some believe to be a racial hate crime was the shooting death of Jamiel Shaw II, a promising high school football player killed near his Los Angeles home in March. Pedro Espinoza, 19, a Latino gang member and illegal immigrant, stands accused of the homicide. He sports a large “18″ tattoo on his back, signifying him as a member of the 18th Street gang. He also has a smaller 18 tattooed near his left eye and the letters BK tattooed behind his left ear. Gang experts say BK stands for “Blood Killer.”

Though Espinoza has pleaded not guilty to the charge, a witness quotes him as saying days after the shooting: “BK all day. I’m going to wipe all the Bloods out.”

“We have domestic terrorists right here,” said California Attorney General Jerry Brown at a recent gang summit in L.A. County. “Gangs are like a disease, like a cancer in a community. We have to do more.”

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The Washington Post

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - New European Union rules for immigration are fair and the bloc is more open to foreigners than some Latin American countries that are protesting about the changes, the head of the EU’s executive said on Friday.

“Honestly I don’t believe that the criticism is fair,” European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said.

South American leaders at a summit this week slammed the new EU rules which allow authorities to detain illegal immigrants for up to 18 months.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to stop selling oil to European countries if they apply the new law.

But Barroso said the changes were positive for Latin America and other developing regions of the world because they would create a level playing field for immigrants within the bloc.

“By the way the rules…are more generous than ones Latin American countries have between themselves,” he told reporters.

“This is important not to forget. For instance, between Colombia and Venezuela or between Bolivia and Colombia you don’t find this kind of openness that we have in Europe.”

Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have immigrated to Europe in recent years in search of jobs. The law has angered some South American leaders who say the region welcomed European immigrants throughout the 20th century.

Barroso said immigration into Europe had to be controlled to avoid the risk of large inflows fanning xenophobia in the bloc.

“Look at what’s happening in the United States regarding Mexico, it’s amazing,” he said, referring to U.S. vigilantes who volunteer to help stop illegal immigrants crossing into the country along its border with Mexico.

“At least in Europe so far we have never had militia to make a kind of persecution of migrants and I hope we never (will),” Barroso said.

He also said Brussels was working on plans to impose criminal penalties on European employers hiring illegal immigrants and protect migrants from exploitation.

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The Washington Post

DES MOINES, Iowa — Two supervisors at an Iowa meatpacking plant that was raided by federal immigration agents in May were arrested and charged with encouraging people to live in the United States illegally.

Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza, 35, and Martin De La Rosa-Loera, 43, were also charged Thursday with and aiding and abetting the possession and use of fraudulent identification. Guerrero-Espinoza was charged with aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft.

Federal immigration officials raided Agriprocessors, the nation’s largest kosher meatpacking plant, on May 12. Nearly 400 workers were detained and dozens of fraudulent permanent resident alien cards were seized from the plant’s human resources department, court records said.

Since the raid, critics had asked federal officials why no top executives at the plant had been arrested even though more than a third of the plant’s employees faced immigration charges.

“I’m still waiting to see whether federal officials will pursue an investigation into Agriprocessors itself for apparent workplace safety and immigration law violations,” U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley said. “As I’ve said before, until we enforce our immigration laws equally against both employers and employees who break the law, we’ll continue to have a problem with illegal immigration.”

Agriprocessors spokesman Juda S. Engelmayer said the company and its attorneys were reviewing the paperwork from the federal action on Thursday and couldn’t comment on the matter.

According to the complaints, sources told federal officials that Guerrero-Espinoza and De La Rosa-Loera were plant supervisors.

A person who worked in the human resource department told authorities that Guerrero-Espinoza would bring them resident alien cards for new job applicants who were to be hired in the beef kill department, one of the areas he supervised, the complaint said.

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The New Jersey Jewish Standard

The Star-Spangled Banner,” the quintessential patriotic song, hasn’t always been sung in English.

There are versions of it in Spanish, Samoan, Polish, German, Yiddish, and Latin. More than 400 recorded versions in English are listed on www.allmusic.com, including the one Jimi Hendrix made popular in 1970.

The latest version in Spanish, a CD titled “Nuestro Himno” (”Our Anthem”), was released at the end of April 2006 to coincide with pro-immigration reform rallies that were held across the United States on May 1. Forty performers sing on the CD, among them Gloria Trevi, a Madonna-like Mexican singer, and hip-hop star Pitbull.

It touched a raw nerve with conservatives, one of whom even called it the “Illegal Alien Anthem.”

George Key, the great-great grandson of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the original lyrics to the anthem in 1814, said on National Public Radio upon the release of the controversial version, “It’s a terrible thing. They should go some place else and sing it.”

The performers don’t understand the context in which Scott Key wrote it, he added.

Ironically, the CD was produced by British-born Adam Kidron, CEO of Urban Box Office, who said on NPR that its purpose was to make the anthem “more relevant to more people” and drew a parallel to the Vatican’s allowing Mass to be celebrated in languages other than Latin.

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McCain Trip to Region Makes Clear That Election Outcome Will Affect Relationship

The Washington Post

MEXICO CITY, July 3 — Sen. John McCain’s trip to Colombia and Mexico this week made one thing clear: The shape of the United States’ relationship with Latin America will hinge on the outcome of the 2008 election.

The Republican presidential candidate and his Democratic opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, have outlined sharply contrasting visions of how they would conduct relations in the hemisphere. McCain is committed to putting a new emphasis on the region but would pursue many of the policies followed by President Bush in Latin America, with a heavy emphasis on counternarcotics efforts, free trade and a push to curb illegal immigration. Obama has sketched a broad approach that relies more on diplomatic efforts and expression of soft power, through more foreign assistance, an infusion of Peace Corps volunteers and a willingness to meet with hard-line leftist leaders.

Dan Lund, a longtime Mexico City-based pollster, said that “there is a big difference” between the two candidates.

“It’s easy with McCain — he’s clearly going to pursue, without exceptions, the Bush administration line, including the policy toward Cuba,” Lund said in an interview. “The Democrats are kind of a mystery. They’ll want to loosen things, and they won’t want to fight with everybody like Bush did.”

The two men’s backgrounds have helped shape their divergent perspectives. McCain has visited Latin America dozens of times and took part in the bitter U.S. policy fights over the region in the 1980s, while Obama has yet to visit a single country there. But both senators are arguing that the United States needs to pursue closer ties with Central and South America to address some of America’s most pressing problems, including illegal immigration, drug trafficking and terrorism.

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“Transurban, a U.S. subsidiary of an Australian company”…. Hmmmmm…. gee, I wonder who these guys are?

The Washington Post

RICHMOND, July 2 — A company involved in building the express toll lanes on the Capital Beltway violated federal election law when it contributed $172,000 to 90 campaigns in Virginia over the past three years, company officials said Wednesday.

Officials at Transurban, a U.S. subsidiary of an Australian company, said they should not have made the donations, because federal law forbids contributions from foreign companies and foreign nationals.

“We made an honest mistake,” said Michael Kulper, Transurban executive vice president. “We are genuinely concerned and upset about it.”

The company sent letters Wednesday to every candidate and political action committee it has contributed to in Virginia, asking for the money to be returned. Many did not know about the problem when they were contacted late Wednesday.

Recipients were Democrats and Republicans, including Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D), dozens of state senators and delegates, the three candidates for governor next year and Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (D), who is running for Congress.

“I was not aware of it,” Del. Phillip A. Hamilton (R-Newport News) said. Hamilton said that a member of his staff monitors his campaign contributions and that he does not track them himself. But he added that if the company asks for its $1,500 contribution back, he will send it.

Charlie Kelly, director of Kaine’s political action committee, Moving Virginia Forward, said any out-of-compliance contributions will be returned immediately. Kaine and Moving Virginia Forward received $9,500. “It was our belief that Transurban USA’s contributions were made in compliance with state and federal law at the time they were made. We received contributions from a U.S. company through U.S. representatives. As such, we had no reason to question the contributions,” Kelly said. “We were disappointed to learn of this issue . . . but we appreciate Transurban’s admission that no one receiving these contributions could have been aware of their noncompliance.”

Transurban has invested $500 million in two projects in Virginia: helping build and maintain high-occupancy toll lanes on the Beltway and maintaining the Richmond-area Pocahontas Parkway toll road. It expects to finalize a third project to create toll lanes on interstates 95 and 395 between the 14th Street bridge and Stafford County. Transurban is working with a second company, Fluor Enterprises, on the Beltway, 95 and 395 projects.

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By Frosty Wooldridge
NewsWithViews.com

Of all the countries on this planet, no other nation offers more opportunities to become educated, expand, succeed and thrive for all its citizens of every color. Every child enjoys free education to the 12th grade and, for those who excel, scholarships offer minorities infinite possibilities.

Mexican illegals, across the nation in the past two years, dragged our nation’s flag, “Old Glory,” through the mud and across the concrete in their marches for their ‘rights’ to break our laws.

Ugly disrespect for America!

Last Tuesday night, I attended a speech by Los Angeles radio talk show host Terry Anderson, in Thornton, Colorado. He explained how illegal aliens overwhelm LA with gangs and how they kill blacks as a matter of standard operating procedure.

Illegals’ killing Americans depicts lack of respect for America!

“Do you notice how our politicians go after the Hispanic vote, the African-American vote, but never talk about the American vote,” Anderson said. “We are losing what it means to be an American.”

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Chron

The republican candidate John McCain traveled on Thursday to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico, where he received the blessing of the rector of the precinct, in a visit to the country with the one that will close a three day tour thorugh Latin America.

McCain traveled through the main precinct of the Virgin of Guadalupe, accompanied by his wife Cindy and the former governor of Florida Jeb Bush, who reckoned that the republican will win the American presidency.

McCain placed a crown of flowers in the altar to the Virgin during the visit, where a youth that was identified as a student launched shouts against him.

“You are not welcome!”, “You cannot play with the people’s faith!”, protested the solitary demonstrator.

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El Mexicano

MEXICO, D. F. (EL UNIVERSAL).- The republican candidate to the presidency, John McCain, concluded his visit to the Basilica of Guadalupe in the middle of a protest from a youth that shouted to him: “McCain, imperialist pig, you are not welcome. You cannot play with the people’s faith”. After visiting the temple for almost two hours, time that had elapsed with tranquility, the young José Alfonso Corral Strap, of 20 years, began to shout to the senator that he cannot play with the faith of the people.

At a distance of 15 meters, McCain listened to his name being called by the student of Political Sciences and turned for some seconds, and then continued his travel through by the atrium of the Basilica. José Alfonso Corral Correa became upset with the argument that is unveliebable that politicians make money with the faith of the people to obtain votes and to try to capture the sympathy of Latin Americans.

Michelle Malkin

The San Diego City Council will vote next Tuesday to declare July 8 “National Council of La Raza Day.”

Well, they already gave their blessing to “Happy ACLU Day” despite the litigious group’s long-standing efforts to take down the Mount Soledad cross.

Might as well put their weight behind the ethnic supremacist group fighting against assimilation, funding reconquista schools, advocating speech suppressiong, and promoting lawlessness, too!

The La Raza Twins, Obama and McCain, approve.

DenverPost.com

A coalition of immigrant-rights advocates plans to hold a massive parade and rally during the Democratic National Convention.

Organizers said they hope the Aug. 26 march — which they have dubbed the “We Are America” march — will draw as many as 50,000 people. Nita Gonzales, the president of Escuela Tlatelolco, said at a news conference Wednesday in front of the state Democratic Party’s headquarters that similar announcements took place in Los Angeles and Bakersfield, Calif., by groups that plan to travel to Denver.

“We want humane, comprehensive immigration reform now,” Gonzales said.

The groups — including Escuela Tlatelolco, Padres y Jovenes Unidos and NEWSED — hope the march will raise the profile of immigration-reform issues. Among the coalition’s goals are the passage of the DREAM act, which would make it easier for states to offer in-state tuition to students who are illegal immigrants; elimination of the wall on the Mexico border; and the cessation of immigration raids such as the one at the Swift meatpacking plant in Greeley in 2006.

The groups invited Barack Obama to march with them.

“This is the moment for him to demonstrate his support,” said Leticia Mendoza, a North High School student who spoke at the announcement.

HumanEvents.com

One year ago the American people soundly rejected amnesty for illegal immigrants. Across the nation, there was heavy sentiment against one if its principal supporters, John McCain. Last November Senator McCain shifted positions — dnot abandoning amnesty but putting it instead on the back burner to a secure border. “I got the message,” he explained, “I will secure the border first. That’s what Americans want.”

That was six months ago. Today John McCain, having captured the Republican nomination, seems intent on retreating to his old position, in spite of his promises to listen to the American people. This week, McCain is off touring Mexico and Columbia to push his free trade agenda, not to ask those nations to cooperate in ending illegal immigration. At an earlier appearance before the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials McCain, when asked if he make comprehensive immigration reform [read amnesty], and not just enforcement, one of his priorities in the first 100 days in office, he replied “It will be my priority yesterday, today, and tomorrow.” No mention of a secure border.

Yet today a secure border is more desperately needed than ever. Mexican border towns have deteriorated into complete lawlessness and it’s all coming North unless we get dead serious about protecting our nation’s borders now.

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