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Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 12, 2010 3 Comments
Predictions sometimes do come true. Just not this time. Someone must be very disappointed. You know who you are. I bet you think this post is about you, don’t you, don’t you? Hispanic Voters’ Preferences Unchanged Post-Arizona Law Hispanic voters nationwide haven’t shifted their congressional...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 23, 2010 14 Comments
Gringomask.com appears to be a real, not spoof, website in protest against the Arizona immigration bill. (h/t) The site proposes that as a protest people wear a mask featuring a blond-haired white person’s face (image right). According to the website: The objective of this action...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 22, 2010 6 Comments
You can run, but it’s too late to hide anymore: President Barack Obama is trying to ride the wave of anti-incumbency by taking on an unpopular politician steeped in the partisan ways of Washington. It doesn’t matter that George W. Bush left office 16 months...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 21, 2010 4 Comments
There is a legal and political drama unfolding in Central Falls, Rhode Island, which has national implications for municipalities suffocating under union contracts and pension obligations, but which has received little attention outside Rhode Island. As I posted two days ago, the City of Central...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 19, 2010 3 Comments
Central Falls, a Rhode Island city which gained fame when it fired its entire High School teaching staff after unions refused concessions (the unions later agreed), now has filed for receivership, the state equivalent of bankruptcy: A Rhode Island city facing a severe financial crisis...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 17, 2010 5 Comments
Apparently, it constitutes race baiting to mention Al Sharpton when criticizing the boycott of Arizona, according to Kevin Johnson, at ImmigrationProf Blog: The Securetheborder.org website mentioned in Palin’s message includes the following “defense” of Arizona: “instead of taking action to help, the state has come...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 28, 2010 14 Comments
Remember when Democrats fell all over themselves trying to prove that Obamacare would not cover illegal aliens? When Joe Wilson shouted “you lie” about coverage for illegal aliens, Obama and Democratic leaders assured the nation that illegal aliens would be excluded. Under the final Senate...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2010 21 Comments
It is over-the-top and out-of-control when it comes to the Arizona immigration bill recently signed. Not the law itself, but the reaction. Linda Greenhouse’s opinion piece in The NY Times epitomizes the absurd rhetoric (emphasis mine): I’m glad I’ve already seen the Grand Canyon. Because...
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