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Friday, December 23, 2005

IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY!!!!

The National Archives dumped a pile of documents on its front steps this morning on Sam Alito. Among the 744 pages of documents is the SAME OLD 1985 memo on abortion that was covered 23 DAYS AGO!

Unfortunately, though, this is being tossed around the media like this is a new story in an attempt to smack Alito before his Supreme Court hearing in January.

This ain't news, folks. Same old, same old. The AP newswire, though, is treating this as though they have found an original copy of the Magna Carta. What is the DEAL with the old news coverage????

Monday, December 12, 2005

Rolling Propaganda hits the Road!

Alliance for Justice is Taking the Alito Record on the Road;
'Rolling Justice' Travels Through Communities in 11 States
12/12/2005 2:13:00 PM

To: National Desk
Contact: Kelly Landis of Alliance for Justice
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Rolling Justice,
a project of Alliance for Justice, is bringing people together
to travel through small cities and towns in 11 states to
discuss the Alito nomination with their neighbors.

Already, Rolling Justice caravans have begun traveling
through Colorado -- from Trinidad to Craig -- with many
more stops in between. This week, there will also be Justice
Travelers in Maine, Louisiana and Florida, and over the
next few weeks, Rolling Justice will travel through Arkansas,
Connecticut, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
and South Dakota.

"Rolling Justice is a community effort to educate Americans
about how the Supreme Court impacts them personally,"
said Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice. "When people
get the facts about the Alito record, they are deeply troubled."

The Justice Travelers are people from communities in each
state who are opposed to the Alito nomination. They have
joined Rolling Justice to educate their neighbors about how
the Supreme Court's decisions can profoundly affect the lives
of ordinary Americans.

Alonso Payne of San Luis, Colo., asked to join Rolling Justice
because he wants to protect the right to privacy: "I asked to
join Rolling Justice when it came through Alamosa so I could
bring a voice that reflected the conservative rural Coloradoan.
I thought it was important to take the message to other rural
conservative communities that the confirmation of Alito to the
Supreme Court would jeopardize the privacy we currently
enjoy, thereby diluting our independent lifestyle in the West."

Holly Anagos of Miami, Fla., is traveling with Rolling Justice
because she is concerned about how the Alito nomination would
affect women's rights: "I'm a single woman and don't have a
lot of family, so I need to support myself. I'm very concerned
about the Alito nomination because of women's rights."

Rolling Justice cars and vans, and even boats, are covering
thousands of miles and visiting hundreds of towns in across
America. More information -- including a travel diary blog,
profiles of people met on the road, and resources to learn more
about Alito -- is available at http://www.rollingjustice.org

---EDITOR'S NOTE: If media are interested in traveling
with one of the Rolling Justice tours, or in speaking with
Nan Aron or any of the Justice Travelers, they should contact
Kelly Landis at XXXXXXXXXXXXXX. For more
information, please visit http://www.RollingJustice.org.

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Trafficking also at an all time high.

According to our friends at Concerned Women for
America:


CWA: Human Trafficking Now Tied for World’s #2 Crime
Second to Drug Dealing as Largest and Fastest-Growing

Washington, D.C.—Concerned Women for America (CWA)
is saddened by a United Nations report that says human
trafficking has tied illegal arms dealing as the world’s
second largest and fastest-growing criminal enterprise,
behind only illicit drug trading.

Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse, Senior Fellow of Concerned
Women for America’s Beverly LaHaye Institute, said,
“Combating trafficking is like running on a treadmill;
we are moving as fast as we can, but it is almost
impossible for our programs to keep up with the
destructive path of the criminal networks involved
in human trafficking.”

The U.N. report declares that nearly 30 million
people are caught in modern-day slavery and that
the industry now brings its criminals about $10
billion a year. With victims bought and sold over
the Internet on such popular sites as eBay and
Craig’s List, trafficking victims in the United States
number over 50,000 –– one-third of these are
assumed to be children. Human trafficking includes
sex trafficking, forced marriage, and labor trafficking,
such as sweatshops, migrant workers and
domestic service.

Dr. Crouse, who has worked for nearly a decade
to combat sex trafficking at the national and
international levels, commented, “While the U.N.
blames social and economic disparities for
fostering trafficking, the demand for prostitutes
is the driving force behind sex trafficking where
the victims overwhelmingly are women and girls.”

Crouse adds, “In the United States Congress,
legislators are working to end the demand for
‘sex slaves,’ and more and more states are
passing legislation that will target pimps and
johns rather than further punish the victims.
They are used as a lucrative commodity in sex
transactions, often being sold repeatedly until
they are completely used up.”

Crouse concludes that, in the United States,
public policy addresses both the prosecution
of criminals engaged in human trafficking and
the protection of vulnerable women and girls
who are potential victims of sex trafficking.

Concerned Women for America (CWA) is the
nation’s largest public policy women’s organization.

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The past five years have been record breaking....for illegal immigration.

From our friends at CIS:

Report: Last Five Years Highest Immigration in
History Illegal Aliens Are Almost Half of New
Arrivals WASHINGTON (December 2005) --

As the nation considers immigration proposals from
Congress and the President, a Center for
Immigration Studies analysis of new Census Bureau
data shows that the immigrant population (legal
and illegal) reached a new high in 2005.

The data, which the Bureau has not yet analyzed,
also show that 2000-2005 is the highest five-year
period of new immigration (legal and illegal) in
American history. Almost half of new arrivals are
estimated to be illegal aliens.

The new report provides a detailed picture of the
socio-economic status of immigrants, including
estimates for illegal aliens. States with the largest
increase in immigrants are California, Texas Georgia,
New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,
Washington, Virginia, Arizona, Tennessee, Minnesota,
and Nevada.

Embargoed copies of the report, ''Immigrants at
Mid-Decade: A Snapshot of American's Foreign-
Born Population in 2005,'' are available to the media.

The study will be posted to the Center's site at
http://www.cis.org/ on December 12. Steven Camarota,
author of the report and the Center's Director of
Research, will release the report at a press conference
on Monday, December 12, at 10 a.m. in the Murrow
Room of the National Press Club, 14th and F streets,
N.W.

For more information, contact Steven Camarota at
(202) 466-8185 or sac@cis.org.

Ahhhhh, a new organization. For the grinches: C.R.A.C.K.P.O.T.S.

From: info@crackpots.org
Date: Dec. 12, 2025
Re: Happy HolidaysThe Committee to Rename Anything
Christian, Knowing it'sPotentially Offensive or Threatening
to Someone (C.R.A.C.K.P.O.T.S.) has completed its mandate.

As you know, we had humble beginnings back in 2005, when
we successfully removed the highly offensive and threatening
word "Christmas" from TV ads, catalogs, publicschools and
government property. Thank the non-specificdeity that we
now have had two decades worth of Winter Holidays that
offend no one.

We thought this would be a good time to review the other
totally non-offensive holidays we have managed to place on
the calendar. You'll see that we've expanded our efforts over
the years to cover all sorts of unpleasantness.

January -- Celebrate the First Day of Whatever Calendar
Your Personal Tradition May Choose Day

February -- Significant Other Person or Object Day

March -- Wear Green But Don't Mention a Specific Nationality
Day

May -- Don't Look Back on the Past Day

July -- Independence, Dependence or Codependence Day

September -- People Who Like to Work or Just Hang Out Day

October -- Celebrate With a Knowing Smile All the Europeans
Who Claim to Have Discovered an Already Occupied Continent
Day

November -- Turkey Day -- but we're discussing whether to
rename it Turkey or Soy Protein Meat Substitute Day

And of course, December -- Winter Holiday Day

We think you'll agree, now that all the pesky deity-specific
and politically incorrect holidays have been properly
renamed, everyone is getting along like never before.

What's ahead? Well, our next project is to get churches to
stop displaying those offensive religious symbols on their
steeples where everyone can see.

Thanks for supporting our efforts,
Your friends at C.R.A.C.K.P.O.T.S.

HAT TIP -- Focus on the Family

From the Cut and Run Democrat Department

Here's the strategy from the "cut and run" Democrats:
Cut and Run. Newsflash for Dean: This battle is not a
game of "Ding Dong Doorbell Ditch."

Howard Dean Said U.S. Won't Win In Iraq And Should
Bring Troops Home "Immediately":

"Democratic Chairman Howard Dean On Monday Likened
The War In Iraq To Vietnam And Said, 'The Idea That
The United States Is Going To Win The War In Iraq Is
Just Plain Wrong,' Comments That Drew Immediate Fire
From Republicans." ("Dean Questions Commitment To
Iraq Strategy,"The Associated Press, 12/5/05)

Dean: "I Think We Need A Strategic Redeployment Over
A Period Of Two Years ... Bring The 80,000 National
Guard And Reserve Troops Home Immediately. They
Don't Belong In A Conflict Like This Anyway. ... [W]e
Need A Force In The Middle East, Not In Iraq But In
A Friendly Neighboring Country ..." (San Antonio's
WOAI's Website, www.woai.com, Accessed 12/5/05)

Dean: "I've Seen This Before In My Life. This Is The Same
Situation We Had In Vietnam." (San Antonio's WOAI's
Website, www.woai.com, Accessed 12/5/05)

Dean: "The White House Wants Us To Have A Permanent
Commitment To Iraq. This Is An Iraqi Problem. President
Bush Got Rid Of Saddam Hussein And That Was A Great
Thing ..." (San Antonio's WOAI's Website, www.woai.com,
Accessed 12/5/05)

But, Earlier This Year, Dean Said "We Can't Get Out" Of
Iraq And Withdrawal Could "Endanger" The United States:

Dean: "Now That We're There, We're There And We Can't
Get Out." (Conrad Defiebre, "Howard Dean Warns Of Danger
In Iraq Pullout," [Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN] Star Tribune,
4/21/05)

Dean Laid Out Three Ways That A Withdrawal From Iraq
Could Endanger The United States. "An American pullout
could endanger the United States in any of three ways,

Dean said: by leaving a Shiite theocracy worse than that in
Iran, which he called a more serious threat than Iraq ever
was; by creating an independent Kurdistan in the north, with
destabilizing effects on neighboring Kurdish regions of Turkey,
Iran and Syria, and by making the Sunni Triangle a magnet
for Islamic terrorists similar to the former Taliban-ruled
Afghanistan. 'That's where Al Qaida will set up,' he said."
(Conrad Defiebre, "Howard Dean Warns Of Danger In Iraq
Pullout," [Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN] Star Tribune, 4/21/05)

Dean: "If We Pull Out Precipitously, Or If We Give Over
The Iraqi Government To The Iraqis Precipitously, And
Al-Qaida Establishes A Foothold In Iraq, We Have A Much
More Serious Problem In Terms Of Our Defense Than We
Did Before." ("The Democratic Presidential Candidates On
The Issues At Tuesday's Debate," The Associated Press,
1/6/04)

Before The War, Dean Called Saddam A "Threat" And
Believed Saddam Had WMD:

Dean: "Everything The President Says About Saddam
Hussein Is True. He's Evil. He's A Liar. He Gases His Own
People." (ABC's "This Week," 12/22/02)

Dean: "I Believe That Iraq Does Have Chemical And
Biological Weapons, And They Are A Threat To Many
Nations In The Region, But Not To The United States."
(PBS' "Newshour," 2/25/03)

Dean: "'I Would Be Surprised If [Hussein] Didn't Have'
Chemical And Biological Weapons." (Mort Kondracke,
"Is Howard Dean For Real? Well, Not Entirely," Roll
Call, 1/27/03)

Now, Dean Thinks President Bush "Did Not Tell The
Truth":

Dean: "It Turns Out There Is A Lot Of Good Evidence
That President Bush Did Not Tell The Truth When
He Was Asking Congress For The Power To Go To War."
(San Antonio's WOAI's Website, www.woai.com,
Accessed 12/5/05)