The American Pundit

The Power of the Reagans

No, I don’t mean political power - I mean emotional. I don’t usually watch CNN, but Larry King’s interview with First Lady Nancy Reagan brought to me the channel. My God. She’s such a brilliant, modest, wonderful woman - to this very day. Something about her gives me hope for this country.

I continue to get chills when I hear the statements President Reagan spoke, and knowing he was a Republican. To hear that so popular quote, “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.”, and realize that it continues to apply to this day.

Of course, it’s sad as well. Knowing that Ronald Reagan, is the man we need in today’s time. Or, perhaps he’s just the man we need all of the time. Believing in the power of the people, the responsibilities of the government to that people, the belief that a free people can manage their own lives better than some foreign capital, and that people are entitled to keep their own hard-earned money. My God. But, he served his country more than any of us could’ve ever asked. He did more for this country, than any of us could’ve imagined.

I’ll most likely never get to do this personally, so I’m going to post it here: Mrs. Reagan, thank you. Thank you for sharing your husband with us. Thank you.

Violence Due to Illegal Immigration Moving North

Yeah, their presence has been great for this country, Mr. President.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating several assaults and a shooting in connection with 59 illegal immigrants found Thursday in two Litchfield Park-area houses.

Acting on a tip, deputies found 49 people in a house in the 6000 block of North Florence Avenue, with 10 more in the 12500 block of West Orange Drive, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Both houses are in an unincorporated area northeast of Litchfield Park.

One man had been shot while three others had been beaten, according to the sheriff’s office.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio described the two busts as “typical” drop houses. The injuries are evidence that violence along the border in Mexico is moving north, he added.

“Now that we have our deputies trained (in federal immigration enforcement) we’re going to concentrate more on these drop houses,” Arpaio said.

Arpaio said suspects in the assaults and shooting were included in the arrests. No details were available on the shooting or the assaults.

The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement-trained deputies arrested all 59 people on suspicion of violating federal immigration laws.

BTW, we’ve learned a few new words to use in the coming weeks, courtesy of the National Spelling Bee.

Kallikak - A stupid person.

Kakistocracy - Rule by the least-able or least-principled of citizens…a form of government in which the people least qualified to control the government are the people who control the government.

Needless to say, I’ve found a few words for our current leadership - in both parties.

The “Heh” of the Day

I prefer to call it the “heh” of the day, but Allah’s going with the “Misspelling of the Day”. As usual, caught by the Freepers.

See it yet? If you haven’t, here’s a hint: The New Jobs aren’t for today, they’re for… Yeah. Apparently that got through everyone at the event. Notice it’s plastered all across the banner behind her.

A Culture of Coddling

Wow. Can you say coddling? I mean, how does this prepare children for the real world? Do they think that some boss isn’t going to yell at you for screwing up, because the employee is “shy”? I’d say this works to disadvantage the child.

Asking pupils to put their hands up when they think they know the answer to a question in class could make quiet children fall behind, according to government advice.

Researchers have identified a group of youngsters aged between seven and 11 who struggle to keep up with classmates despite doing well in previous years.

Ministers published a report advising schools how to help these so-called “invisible children”, who often try to avoid drawing attention to themselves during lessons.

Their work is neat and they are generally well behaved but children “in the comfort zone” need a different approach from teachers to help them make progress, the report found.

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The Government recommended a range of strategies that teachers could use in class to help these children.

These included choosing which child to question in class instead of inviting all the pupils who know the answer to put up their hands.

Children could also be given 30 seconds “thinking time” before being asked to answer or told to discuss questions in pairs before answering, the Department for Education said.

I somewhat agree with the teacher specifically calling part. However, 30 second “thinking time”? How about a coffee, er, tea break, as well?

News from Londonistan: Britain May Ask Iran for Help in Finding Soldiers

Interesting, considering that the soldiers were most likely abducted by a faction under the influence of Iran.

Britain is considering a direct approach to Iran for help in discovering the whereabouts of four British security guards and a financial consultant abducted in Iraq and who was responsible for seizing them. The issue was raised yesterday at a meeting of Cobra, Whitehall’s emergency committee, the Guardian has learned.

Senior Iraqi officials said they were working on the theory that the gang behind the kidnapping was a rogue faction of the Mahdi army of the radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, possibly operating under the influence of Iranian intelligence. “We do not think that Sadr ordered this operation, but we are almost certain that some militia members who profess loyalty to him were involved,” said a senior foreign ministry official.

He said that “the lack of organisation and discipline” within the Mahdi army’s ranks had allowed the Iranians to move in and bring some of Sadr’s fighters under their control. “They [the Iranians] want to show the US that they have influence over the Mahdi army, and that the US must come to them for help,” he said.

Should be interesting to see how this turns out.

Liberals Love Illegals! Well, as Long as It Doesn’t Affect Them

Another great piece, from the wonderful La Shawn Barber.

While President Bush and pro-amnesty members of Congress are pushing an unpopular immigration “reform” bill that would bestow American citizenship on millions of people who have no regard for America’s laws, liberal Democrats across the Washington region are increasingly complaining about overcrowded houses, noise, loitering and general public nuisance — all caused by illegal aliens.

These local liberals are in no mood for “celebrate diversity” chants.

Listening recently to frustrated folks call a local radio talk show to vent about illegal aliens loitering in front of stores and cramming into $400,000 houses in their neighborhoods, I wondered if those same liberals accused pro-enforcement Americans of being “nativists,” “xenophobes” and “racists” for complaining about the same problems.

Now that illegal aliens have migrated to their neighborhoods, such liberals have become pro-enforcement all of a sudden.

Great article. Please, be sure to read the whole thing. H/T Michelle Malkin.