THE FOUNDATION
"We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our won Country's
Honor, all call upon us for vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now
shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us
therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the
supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to
great and noble Actions." --George Washington, General Orders, 1776
TOP 5 RIGHT HOOKS
Russia Likely Isn't Done
This just in: Russia may not stop with annexing Crimea. A new U.S.
intelligence report indicates that Russia may seek to takeover a
corridor in Ukraine connecting Russia with Crimea. As one official put
it, the assessment is "that the likelihood of a further Russian
incursion is more probable than it was previously thought to be." There
are tens of thousands of Russian troops amassing at the border with
Ukraine, and, while Moscow insists that's for "training exercises," it's
clearly meant at the very least to rattle Ukraine and the West. The
whole thing even provoked Barack Obama to say something very
un-Obama-like. He chastised fellow NATO members for cutting defense
spending, saying, "The situation in Ukraine reminds us that our freedom
isn't free, and we've got to be willing to pay for the assets, the
personnel, the training to make sure we have a credible NATO force and
an effective deterrent force." Surely he was reading from the wrong
teleprompter.
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The Latest Delay Explained
The White House is in full spin mode over its latest delay of the March 31
deadline for enrollment in ObamaCare. "This is not an extension of open
enrollment," insisted HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. "It's actually a
very logical way to make sure people get through the system." Logical
because it benefits Democrats to have as many people enrolled as they
can squeeze through the turnstiles. Meanwhile, Harry Reid says the
problem of low enrollment is because "people are not educated on how to
use the Internet." Saying the extension -- or whatever it's called -- is
needed, he recounted how a 63-year-old woman came close but lamented,
"Every time I just about got there, it would cut me off." But ObamaCare
isn't suffering from a lack of 63-year-old women signing up; it's the
young and healthy who aren't answering the call. And in the age of quick
social media sites, the broken and plodding Healthcare.gov is a
problem.
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CBO: Minimum Wage Hike Costly
Once again, the CBO is warning about the detrimental effects of the minimum wage. On Wednesday,
it released a report warning that raising the minimum wage to $10.10,
as Democrats want to do, will cost the economy $15 billion and increase
the deficit by $5 billion over the next decade. Governments at all
levels will spend another $1 billion over those 10 years on wages and
higher prices. The math is simple: Higher-priced labor means
higher-priced products and/or less profit margin and room for growth.
This report also comes on the heels of February's warning that the
minimum wage hike would cost 500,000 jobs. Democrats are bound and
determined, however, so we doubt this latest report will dissuade them.
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The Gun-Running Democrats
The ATF's gun-running operation isn't the only one in town. Anti-gun California Democrat State Senator Leland Lee was arrested Wednesday
and charged with arms trafficking in exchange for campaign
contributions. As if that weren't bad enough, Lee worked with a San
Francisco gangster known as "Shrimp Boy" and he offered a $2 million
arms deal -- including automatic rifles and shoulder-fire missiles -- to
Islamic rebels in the Philippines. The hypocrisy is astounding, as Lee
was also a repeat offender when it came to introducing anti-gun
legislation in California, including a ban on all types of
semiautomatic guns. Evidently, he merely wanted to eliminate anything
remotely close to competition. We suppose this also means Nancy Pelosi
will retract her endorsement.
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Reid's 'Gifts' to Granddaughter
While Harry Reid is busy blasting the Koch brothers for supposedly ruining our campaign finance system -- hitting them just Wednesday
for their "outrageous spending" -- he's under scrutiny himself for
making campaign gifts to his granddaughter. Specifically, the Federal
Election Commission would like to know why Reid spent more than $16,000
on "gifts" purchased from "Ryan Elisabeth," who turned out to be Ryan
Elisabeth Reid. She is a jewelry vendor in Berkeley,
California, and the items bought from her were later given to campaign
donors. Reid says he'll repay the campaign, but clearly her identity was
deliberately obscured. Additionally, two Nevada-based foundations made
uncharacteristic donations to her New York theater company. In any
event, don't look behind the curtain ... look at the Koch brothers!
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RIGHT ANALYSIS
There's Always the Lawless Approach to Immigration
With approximately 12 million illegal aliens living, working and
receiving taxpayer-paid benefits within U.S. borders, immigration reform
has long been the perpetually unfulfilled promise. In 2008, Barack
Obama pledged to make it a "top priority" in the first year of his first
term. Four years later, he promised to tackle it in the first year of
his second term. Perhaps third time's the charm, but no thanks. As Obama
morphed from a candidate who feigns belief in Rule of Law to a
president who openly believes in rule of one man -- himself -- his
approach to immigration has changed.
In November of last year, for example, he pretended to be constrained
by law in acting on immigration reform. Responding to a request that he
issue an executive order on immigration, Obama said,
"If, in fact, I could solve all these problems without passing this
through Congress, then I would do so. But we're also a nation of laws.
That's part of our tradition." The irony here is that he had already
begun disregarding the law long before. Indeed, in 2012, he issued an executive dictum ordering Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to halt certain deportations.
Then there was his statement earlier this year, when he basically
announced that Congress could take a long walk off a short pier,
threatening, "Where Congress isn't acting, I'll act on my own." And of
course his now infamous "I've got a pen" remark. Spoken like a true
tyrant.
Turns out, however, that when it comes to immigration, Obama hasn't
used a pen at all, just an eraser. And through an extra-legal policy of
selective law enforcement, Obama granted de facto amnesty to virtually
every illegal immigrant. According to an analysis
issued by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the Obama administration has given
a free pass to millions of illegal aliens -- not only those in the
United States today but also those who may be in the United States in the future.
The reports notes that "a review of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement's (ICE) published enforcement statistics for 2013 reveals a
shocking truth: DHS [Department of Homeland Security] has blocked the
enforcement of immigration law for the overwhelming majority of
violations -- and is planning to widen that amnesty even further."
Specifically, ICE has stopped deportations for virtually all illegal
aliens except those who are caught crossing the border, are convicted
criminals, or are fugitives or habitual breakers of immigration law.
What does this mean in real numbers? According to the analysis, in
2013, ICE recorded 368,000 removals. Of these, 235,000 were border
apprehensions (which are not typically counted as deportations), and
110,000 were removals of convicted criminals. Of the remaining 23,000,
which are termed "interior removals" (as opposed to border removals),
13,000 were "either fugitives or habitual offenders/previous deportees."
This leaves just 10,000 -- or 2% of the 368,000 removals -- deported
for breaking immigration law without additional demerits against them.
Placed in context, those deported simply for breaking immigration law --
without having criminal convictions or being habitual immigration law
offenders or previous deportees -- comprised a total of 0.08% of the 12
million individuals who are currently in the United States illegally.
By refusing to enforce immigration law, Obama has granted amnesty to
nearly all of the illegal aliens living in the United States today and
granted near carte blanche immunity (and don't forget government
benefits) to the vast majority of those considering entering the U.S.
illegally tomorrow.
Perhaps this is why Republicans have reined in their efforts at immigration reform. After all, even were it to pass, what good is a law in the hands of the chief lawbreaker?
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Explaining the Causes of Poverty Is Racist
Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan has long been the go-to guy for GOP
budget strategy. As such, he earns opposition from all sides --
including many conservatives for not going far enough. Recently, Ryan
waded into a discussion on the endemic nature of poverty and how it
relates to government spending, and leftists accused him of racism.
Read the rest of the story here.
Without Sanctity of Life, There's Only the Incinerator
The report of aborted babies being incinerated in UK hospitals, in
some cases to provide heat for those facilities, is sickening. But the
question "pro-choice" folks must answer is this: Why is it unacceptable if there's no life in the womb?
Read the rest of the story here.
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TOP 5 RIGHT OPINION COLUMNS
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OPINION IN BRIEF
Columnist Ann Coulter: "It used to be shameful to be a public charge.
Now it's shameful to pay for yourself. And it's shameful to work for
yourself. The self-employed are currently the only Americans subjected
to Obamacare. ... But we're the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. You may
have an employer-provided plan now, but the waivers can't go on forever.
If you live in America, your health insurance is going to disappear,
too. The government simply cannot force all insurance companies to give
subsidized health care to a third of the country, to ignore the
pre-existing health conditions of its customers, to pay for every little
thing tangentially related to health -- like smoking cessation
programs, marital counseling and pediatric dental care -- and also
expect them to cover your cancer treatment. It doesn't matter if you've
been paying for insurance your whole adult life. That policy is now
'illegal.'"
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House Speaker Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902): "One of the greatest
delusions in the world is the hope that the evils in this world are to
be cured by legislation."
Columnist R. Emmett Tyrrell: "[Vladimir Putin's] recent tirades to
the press about how he has suffered at the hands of the West sound
heartfelt. He did not have to invade Crimea. He could have worked out a
very agreeable lease on his warm water naval base of Sebastopol. Yet he
chose to invade out of genuine indignation, and no one knows where his
invasions will end. With the klutz we now have in the White House, all
we can count on is Russia's projected growth of zero this year, and if
we are lucky even slower growth next year."
Comedian Argus Hamilton: "The Group of Seven voted to suspend Russia
and cancel the group's next meeting in Sochi to punish Vladimir Putin
for seizing the Crimea, It doesn't sound thought-out. How does it teach
Vladimir Putin a lesson if every time he invades another country he gets
to skip a meeting?"
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Nate Jackson for The Patriot Post Editorial Team
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