How many refugees have arrived this fiscal year?

FY2009 is rapidly coming to a close.  Fy2010 begins on October 1st and we are on watch to see how many refugees the Obama administration will propose to bring into the US this coming year.  Obama will shortly be releasing his Determination Letter to Congress that sets the ceiling for FY2010.   I want to emphasize setting a ceiling … Continue reading How many refugees have arrived this fiscal year?

Reader helps put the pieces together on Islamic expansionism

Thanks to reader John for sending me a couple of links last night that help broaden our understanding of the advance of Islam.  First he cites a post yesterday by our friend Baron Bodissey at the Gates of Vienna blog.   Mr. Bodissey discusses at length what he calls “probes.”    Probes could take many forms but … Continue reading Reader helps put the pieces together on Islamic expansionism

Comment worth noting: How the Sierra Club became an advocate for open borders

It’s only in the last couple of weeks, thanks to Glenn Beck’s research, that I have come to understand what happened to the environmental movement that I left in the late 1970’s.  I knew then that many of the leaders of the movement were changing and that concern for the environment and a love of … Continue reading Comment worth noting: How the Sierra Club became an advocate for open borders

Nebraska Somali ECBO appears purely political

My previous post about Nebraska welcoming refugees, reminded me of Mohamed Rage and the Omaha Somali American Community Organization (OSACO) I brought to your attention here in January 2009*.    Please go read that post and then see how Rage and CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) linked up last year to pressure Swift & Co. during … Continue reading Nebraska Somali ECBO appears purely political

IRC: Importing poverty and not letting a good crisis go to waste

Here we go, yet another Iraqi refugee suffering-in-America story.  You know!  They had a good life, good job, servants, a BMW, nice house and all until the US invaded Iraq and religious extremism was unleashed.  Now, they are refugees in America living on welfare with no job and it’s all our fault.  That is pretty much … Continue reading IRC: Importing poverty and not letting a good crisis go to waste