CONSERVATIVE ACTION ALERTS 05/28/2013

Gang of Eight plans makes border insecurity ‘worse’, says Cruz  The Gang of Eight immigration “fix” will soon face a full vote in the Senate. The 844-page monster, which few Senators are likely to have actually read, passed from the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. This bill is not “reform” – it is simply a government-growing scheme pushed in the name of “fixing our broken immigration system.” Read More

Leave Syria to Syrians, Mr. McCain  On Memorial Day, Senator John McCain met with Gen. Salim Idris, chief of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army, and over a dozen rebel commanders. According to an Associated Press report, Jay Carney said that the Administration was aware of McCain’s Memorial Day Excursion, but declined to say whether or not the Armed Services and Foreign Relation committees member was delivering any message on their behalf. Short of sending American soldiers, the Arizona Senator is pushing to provide U.S. weapons to the Syrian rebels in addition to creating a no-fly zone. Read More

R.I.P, Boy Scouts of America  It’s a sad day for both Scouting and for freedom. Indeed, it’s a sad day for America. The century-old Boy Scouts of America (BSA) – created in 1910 to “prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes” – has betrayed its own constituency, mission, oath and law. Read More

Agenda 21 and Thomas Jefferson  Agenda 21 is a United Nations resolution and treaty that remains unratified by the United States Senate, and therefore is not a treaty we are required by the law of the land to conform to. The members of the liberal left ideology will claim, if they are familiar with it, that Agenda 21 is a mandate, or should be. The sinister realities of the program has been oozing out, however, so the name is currently being changed to “Future Earth” because the truth getting out has given the term “Agenda 21″ a negative connotation. What it is, according to its proponents, is a “voluntary” United Nations inspired plan of action to save the planet. The key characteristics, according to its supporters, is to work through organizations and governments around the globe to ensure the environmental sustainability of our planet. Read More

A Vote for Permanent Poverty  Late last month, the elected officials of a small, rural New Mexico county became the first in the nation to vote for permanent poverty. Mora County’s unemployment is double that of most of the country and nearly 500% greater than that of some other parts of the state where oil and gas development is taking place, and 23.8% of Mora County’s residents live in poverty. With that in mind, you’d think that the Mora County Commissioners would welcome the jobs that are boosting the economy in the southeastern part of the state. Instead, they voted, 2-1—in a session that may violate the Open Meetings Act as the notice did not contain the date, time, and place of the meeting—to pass an ordinance that permanently bans oil and gas drilling. Read More

Father of ADHD calls himself a liar  “ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease.” These were the words of Leon Eisenberg, the “scientific father of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder),” in his last interview before his death. Read More