By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--June 30, 2019
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"The Speaker of the House of Representatives on Thursday said it shouldn't be a crime to cross into the United States illegally. "It shouldn't be a crime to have a visa -- to have a status violation. If somebody commits a crime or is guilty of a crime, and they're in our country, prosecutorial discretion would warrant that they, or justify that they be sent away," Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told a news conference. (CNSNews, June 28, 2019)
"Based on her statement, can we assume that if National Security is irrelevant then so is individual security? Example: Why shouldn't some enterprising illegal alien (a nice person in their own country) not be able to come onto your property and pitch a tent, set up a little roadside business, access your barn or some out building to establish a place for themselves until they can get on their feet? "Why shouldn't they be able to do that on the Washington Mall or on the Bush Property in Texas, perhaps Pelosi's property? If we are going to give access to the property of the citizens collective ownership of the country, then why not all property? "Americans are so afraid of being viewed as selfish, racist, bigoted or hateful, even if falsely accused, we are slowly allowing the enemy within to take control of our lives. "Are you up for this, do you wish to thrust this onto your family?"
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"AP's toe-in-the-water, written by Barbara Ortutay is datelined San Francisco and titled, "Politicians' tweets could get slapped with warning labels." It begins:"Presidents and other world leaders and political figures who use Twitter to threaten or abuse others could find their tweets slapped with warning labels. "The new policy , announced by the company on Thursday, comes amid complaints from activists and others that President Donald Trump has gotten a free pass from Twitter to post hateful messages and attack his enemies in ways they say could lead to violence. "From now on, a tweet that Twitter deems to involve matters of public interest, but which violates the service's rules, will be obscured by a warning explaining the violation.
"We're already in Orwell territory here, describing outright censorship (something that is "obscured" cannot be seen and is therefore "censored" despite AP's avoidance of that ugly reality) is called a "warning label." "The entire article is biased, quoting the far left smear group SPLC ("It's a step in the right direction"), but this passage takes the cake for pure denial of reality:The world gets crazier by day. We won't die of shock from anything Nancy Pelosi comes up with, but we could die laughing about the president "routinely complaining without evidence that social media sites are biased against him and other conservatives.""The new stance could fuel additional Trumpian ire toward social media. The president routinely complains, without evidence, that social media sites are biased against him and other conservatives."
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