Wal-Mart fires security guard for protecting customers against armed suspect

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Earlier this month, Josh Rutner was performing his duties as an asset protection officer in an Ocala, FL Wal-Mart, when he observed a man stuffing merchandise into his pants. Rutner followed the suspect, Marc Ash, outside where he and another employee tackled the alleged shoplifter.

Just as had happened many times before, the shoplifter went down, and the merchandise in this case, a $42 box of golf balls, was recovered. However, unlike before, this suspect came back up wielding a knife.

Ash tried to slash Rutner in the face, and took off running across the parking lot. Rutner gave chase.

Rutner told the Star Banner: "I felt now that he was a danger to the public and the city. If he'd pull a knife on two security guards, he'd pull a knife on anyone."

A customer witnessed the scene as it unfolded and assisted Rutner in the chase. Ash dropped the knife and was arrested and charged with robbery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault. He is in the Marion County Jail, his bail has been set at $57,000.

The next day, Wal-Mart fired Rutner for his actions.

Rutner reported: "They said this is a non-rehirable offense. At the age of 65, I can't even come back and become a greeter."

Rutner admits he understood Wal-Mart’s policy against chasing after armed suspects, but says the risk to customers and the public compelled him to act.

Wal-Mart has refused to comment on the possibility of ever rehiring Rutner.

This is not the first time a large, national chain has fired an employee who foiled a robbery attempt, or defended himself.

In May 2004, Pizza Hut deliveryman Ronald Honeycutt was set upon by an assailant who pointed a 9mm handgun at him, the deliveryman shot and killed the robber. The next day, Pizza Hut fired Honeycutt.

Honeycutt had just made a delivery in a very rough part of Indianapolis. He walked back to his van, where he was approached by Jerome Brown-Dancler. The would-be robber aimed his gun at Honeycutt, at which time he drew his own 9mm and squeezed off the entire magazine. After Brown-Dancler fell, Honeycutt picked up the assailant's weapon and drove back to the Pizza Hut. Upon his arrival, he instructed a manager to phone police.

Honeycutt had a concealed weapons permit, and claimed to have carried a handgun for every one of the twenty years that he delivered pizzas. Indianapolis prosecutors quickly cleared him of any charges.

Deputy Prosecutor Barb Crawford said: "He did what the law allows him to do to protect himself." Crawford went on to say: "This was late at night. This was a high-crime area. He (Honeycutt) left because he wasn't sure whether or not Brown-Dancler had any friends with. As it turns out, he did indeed have friends with him. They left when they heard shots fired."

It was obvious that Ronald Honeycutt acted in self-defense and was clearly within his rights to do so. It is also obvious that had he not been carrying a weapon, he could have easily been killed. He is with his family today, as a result of his constitutional right to keep and bear arms. However, Pizza Hut apparently would rather have their employees gunned down, than allow them to defend themselves.

Of course, chains such as Wal-Mart and Pizza Hut do not allow their employees to truly defend themselves or others for one reason…Money!

These companies have these policies in place for insurance reasons, or better put, to keep insurance costs down.

*Reporter’s note: Mr. Rutner acted heroically, he placed the safety of others before that of himself. He did not take the time to think about how he may be affected by chasing after a dangerous criminal. For that he should be commended.

As for Wal-Mart, they did not become the world’s largest retailer by caring about their employees, but rather by always putting the bottom line ahead of all other considerations.

We can decide whether or not to shop at a business with such values.

 

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DHS admits 90 percent of U.S. borders wide open, Americans remain at risk

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The Department of Homeland Security has just reported that only 894 miles of this country’s 8,607 miles of America’s land borders, are actually being protected. The announcement came in the agency’s 2009 Performance Report.

While that admission is maddening, given the federal government’s recent history on border issues, it should come as a surprise to no one.

We have seen the Obama administration water-down the highly effective 287g program, covertly offer government funded healthcare to illegal aliens, and promise amnesty to illegal aliens.

Of course, the Bush administration was every bit as weak on the issue of controlling the border as are their successors.

In 2006, President Bush went on national television to announce his plan to send National Guard troops to the U.S/Mexican border. However, before he spoke to the American people, he called his Mexican counterpart, President Vicente Fox to reassure him that the border would not be “militarized.”

The fact that President Bush consulted with Mexican President Vicente Fox before he tried to sell more window dressing to the American people spoke volumes. Bush was overwhelmingly more concerned with allaying the fears of our invaders, than he was with protecting the lives and livelihoods of American citizens.

Bush's plan to send 6,000 National Guard troops to the Mexican border was woefully inadequate and laughable at best. Considering the fact that the U.S.-Mexican border is 1,951 miles long, we need at least 30,000 troops to actually have a chance at securing the border.

Of course, there were never more than a few hundred National Guardsmen deployed at the border at one time, and all of them operated under laughable rules of engagement, unable to actually apprehend anyone coming across the border.

On January 3, 2007, a Tennessee National Guard unit abandoned their post near Sasabe, AZ and retreated from a Mexican raiding party.

An armed paramilitary group of six to eight men, crossed the border into the United States and over-ran the post. The Guardsmen from quickly packed up their equipment, jumped into their truck, and fled the scene. That sorry action clearly demonstrated what their commander in chief instructed them to do...NOTHING!

Tennessee National Guard spokesman Randy Harris told the Associated Press: "The soldiers did exactly what their mission was. to pull back if they're approached by armed personnel coming across the border."

The office of then Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) released a report to the Associated Press which praised the Tennessee National Guard unit for fleeing the scene in the face of an armed incursion into the Unite States. The report said: "We see this as a triumph of the training, discipline, and professionalism of the Guardsmen performing their mission."

In a closed ceremony, the retreating guard unit was presented with an Army commendation and achievement medal for their actions.

American presidents used to award medals to young soldiers for acts of bravery, today they award them to our soldiers for their complicity.

The Mexican government is amongst the most corrupt on the planet. Based on reports from U.S. Border Patrol Agents, we know that Mexican troops and police officers often assist drug smugglers as well as the so-called 'coyotes' to cross into this country illegally.

In 2006, it was learned that the Mexican government was printing and distributing to its citizenry, how-to manuals which contained tips on entering the U.S. illegally. Despite the evidence that the Mexican government is in large measure to blame for millions of invaders entering this country, both Bush and Obama want us to believe that Mexico is a close ally!

During a 2006 address, Bush said: "We will continue to work cooperatively to improve security on both sides of the border, to confront common problems like drug trafficking and crime, and to reduce illegal immigration."

Nonsense!

The Mexican government has never made any effort to police our shared border, nor do they have any intention to ever do so. The Mexican nationals living illegally in this country send most of their wages back to Mexico in the form of wire transfers. In fact, remittances to Mexico are a $20 billion a year industry. It has become a tremendous part of Mexico's economy and is second only to their oil exports.

Mexico sends their poor, their drugs, and their criminals to the United States. The Mexican ruling class rids itself of millions of undesirables annually and in exchange, billions of U.S. dollars pour into their economy. In turn, our cities become full of poverty and crime; our schools become overcrowded with Spanish-only speaking children; and our hospitals are forced into bankruptcy due to unpaid medical bills, left by illegal aliens. Any U.S./Mexican alliance is truly a one-sided relationship.

U.S. troops are currently patrolling the borders of South Korea, Bosnia, Croatia, Iraq, and Pakistan. For some reason, our troops are still defending Germany! However, the Obama administration refuses to our troops to protect our own border. Apparently, the lives of the aforementioned nations are more precious to our president than are those of American citizens.

The federal government does not keep comprehensive statistics on the number of crimes committed in this country by illegal aliens. Taking a look at the results of a few independent studies, it is not surprising that they don’t.

In 2006, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) released the results of a study which found that 4,380 Americans are murdered every year by illegal aliens. The study also concluded that 4,745 Americans are killed every year by illegal aliens driving drunk.

In 2005, the Government Accountability Office announced the results of a study which examined the criminal history of 55,322 illegal aliens who were incarcerated in federal, state, and local institutions during the year 2003. The results of that study follow:

The 55,322 illegal aliens in the study accounted for a total of 459,614 arrests (or eight arrests per illegal alien).

Their arrests represented a total of nearly 700,000 criminal offenses (or 13 offenses per illegal alien).

36 percent of those studied had been arrested at least five times previously.

Peter Wagner, the author of “The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration,” summed up the situation when he told WorldNetDaily: “It is a fact that a disproportionately high percentage of illegal aliens are criminals and sexual predators. That is part of the dark side of illegal immigration and when we allow the ‘good’ in we get the ‘bad’ along with them. The question is, how much ‘bad’ is acceptable and at what price?“

For many years, the Republicans wanted to keep the border open to fill the country with cheap labor, which benefits business owners by undercutting wages for everyone. The Democrats have sought to keep the border unprotected to bring in millions of potential new voters, which is why that party pays so much lip service to the plight of illegal aliens.

Whether they seek workers willing to work for sub-standard wages, or voters who will keep them in power…It is the American people who have been sold-out by both parties.
Every time I learn that a family has been attacked, or a child has been killed by an illegal alien, I think this must be the tipping point. There are certain dates in this ongoing tragedy which stand out more than others.

Such as on June 22, 2008, when three members of the Bologna family were gunned down by Salvadoran national and MS-13 gang member Edwin Ramos. Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16 were shot to death by Ramos with an AK-47 as they sat in their car on a crowded street, in the city’s Excelsior District.

Or on September 10, 2008, the day the parents of 3-year-old Marten Kudlis buried their precious son.

However, these tragedies continue to occur and our border remains open.

This nation is in the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression, and jobs continue to be given to foreign nationals, while our cities are becoming hunting grounds for predatory criminals, both foreign and domestic. We have enough problems in this country without importing them from foreign lands.

Because we live with it everyday, most Americans understand and fear this growing threat, though our elected representatives continue to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the mounting human toll.

A weary nation must ask the question…How many Americans have to lose their job or be killed before the border is secured?

 

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Al Sharpton at the center of another fake crime

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Megan Williams, who in 2007 told police in West Virginia that she had been tortured and sexually assaulted for several days by a group of white people, has now admitted that the entire story was a lie.

Williams, then 20 years-old, told Logan County Sheriff’s Deputies that a total of seven white assailants held her for days in a trailer where she was stabbed, beaten, sexually assaulted, scalded and psychologically tortured with racial taunts.

Williams, who dated one the attackers, says now that she made up the story in retaliation after her boyfriend beat her.

Her attorney Brian Potts told reporters: "She told me the only thing not self-inflicted were the bruises on her face.”

Six of her supposed attackers are now serving long prison sentences.

Shortly after reporting the ordeal, Al Sharpton rushed to West Virginia and demanded that hate crimes charges be brought against the alleged attackers. He did so, even over the objections of the local NAACP.

Williams and her mother collected $70,000 in donations after her story made national news. Sharpton himself gave her $1,000.

On Wednesday, Sharpton issued a statement saying: "Our involvement surrounded a call for hate-crime investigations and we did not know the truths or non-truths of the investigation.”

Of course, this is not the first time Sharpton has engaged in race-baiting, calling for charges to be brought against white assailants before knowing the facts of the case.

In 2006, Sharpton rallied to the side of the infamous stripper, Chrystal Gail Mangum, who falsely accused several white players on the Duke Lacrosse Team of raping her.

In 1987, Sharpton rose to national fame, after becoming the spokesman for New York teenager Tawana Brawley, who accused white police officers of kidnapping and raping her. Sharpton went on to publicly accuse a prosecutor of raping her as well, and told tales of Ku Klux Klansmen patrolling the streets of Brooklyn.

Brawley eventually confessed to fabricating the story, to avoid punishment form her mother after staying out all night with her boyfriend.

 

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Feds announce nationwide raid on Mexican drug cartel

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On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder, as well officials from the DEA and other federal agencies announced the results of a multi-state raid on the powerful La Familia Cartel.

Federal, state, and local law enforcement made 303 arrests, seized 729 pounds of methamphetamine, 967 pounds of marijuana, 62 kilograms of cocaine, 144 weapons, and 109 vehicles. Two methamphetamine labs were also discovered during the operation.

DEA Acting Administrator Michele M. Leonhart told reporters: Project Coronado, our massive assault on the La Familia Cartel is part of our continued fight against all of the powerful Mexico-based drug cartels. This organization, the newest of Mexican cartels, is directly responsible for a vast majority of the methamphetamine pouring into our country across our Southwest border, and has had a hand in fueling the cycle of violence that is wracking Mexico today.”

Raids on La Familia operations took place in the following U.S. cities:

-Atlanta, GA
-Austin, TX
-Bakersfield, CA
-Boston, MA
-Carlsbad, CA
-Charleston, SC
-Chicago, IL
-Dallas, TX
-Detroit, MI
-Fort Worth, TX
-Fresno, CA
-Grand Junction, CO
-Grand Prairie, TX
-Greensboro, NC
-Houston, TX
-Jackson, MS
-Kansas City, KS
-Las Vegas, NV
-Laredo, TX
-Lilburn, GA
-Los Angeles, CA
-McAllen, TX
-Mesquite, TX
-Minneapolis, MN
-Orange County, CA
-Phoenix, AZ
-Raleigh, NC
-Reno, NV
-Riverside, CA
-St. Paul, MN
-San Diego, CA
-San Jose, CA
-Seattle, WA
-Syracuse, NY
-Tampa, FL
-Tucson, AZ
-Tulsa, OK

The La Familia Cartel began in 2004, and has emerged as the top U.S. methamphetamine distributor. The cartel oddly mixes religion with drug sales, while stating a moral obligation to never sell the very destructive methamphetamine in Mexico.

La Familia, through incredible violence and bribery is becoming the most influential cartel in Mexico.

In May 2009, Mexican authorities arrested 10 mayors and 20 local officials after they were implicated through an investigation into the powerful organized crime ring known as La Familia Michoacana.

If La Familia cannot buy-off a politician (Often because they have already accepted bribes from a rival organization.), they simply kill him.

In April 2009, congressional candidate Gustavo Bucio Rodriguez was shot to death at the gas station he owned. Only days earlier, the body of Lazaro Cardenas Mayor Nicolas Leon was discovered. Leon had been tortured and shot to death, the initials “FM” (Familia Michoacana) left on his body.

German Tena, president of the Michoacan chapter of Mexico’s National Action Party, recently spoke to the LA Times about the deadly tactics being used by La Familia. Tena said: "It is a way to win power with fear, where the authorities either don't have the capability to fight it, or have the capability but not the inclination.”

The head of the Democratic Revolution Party in Michoacan, Fabiola Alanis bluntly added: "If we know or hear that a candidate is mixed up with narcos, we are not going to denounce it. It is not my job. It would put my candidates in danger. There is nothing to guarantee that they would wake up alive."

A high-ranking Michoacan official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, also told the LA Times: "There are mayors and politicians who 'let things happen,' and there are some who have sold their soul to the devil.”

In April 2009, the FBI reported that Mexican drug cartels were operating in 231 U.S. cities.

 

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Wal-Mart fires security guard for protecting customers against armed suspect

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Earlier this month, Josh Rutner was performing his duties as an asset protection officer in an Ocala, FL Wal-Mart, when he observed a man stuffing merchandise into his pants. Rutner followed the suspect, Marc Ash, outside where he and another employee tackled the alleged shoplifter.

Just as had happened many times before, the shoplifter went down, and the merchandise in this case, a $42 box of golf balls, was recovered. However, unlike before, this suspect came back up wielding a knife.

Ash tried to slash Rutner in the face, and took off running across the parking lot. Rutner gave chase.

Rutner told the Star Banner: "I felt now that he was a danger to the public and the city. If he'd pull a knife on two security guards, he'd pull a knife on anyone."

A customer witnessed the scene as it unfolded and assisted Rutner in the chase. Ash dropped the knife and was arrested and charged with robbery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault. He is in the Marion County Jail, his bail has been set at $57,000.

The next day, Wal-Mart fired Rutner for his actions.

Rutner reported: "They said this is a non-rehirable offense. At the age of 65, I can't even come back and become a greeter."

Rutner admits he understood Wal-Mart’s policy against chasing after armed suspects, but says the risk to customers and the public compelled him to act.

Wal-Mart has refused to comment on the possibility of ever rehiring Rutner.

This is not the first time a large, national chain has fired an employee who foiled a robbery attempt, or defended himself.

In May 2004, Pizza Hut deliveryman Ronald Honeycutt was set upon by an assailant who pointed a 9mm handgun at him, the deliveryman shot and killed the robber. The next day, Pizza Hut fired Honeycutt.

Honeycutt had just made a delivery in a very rough part of Indianapolis. He walked back to his van, where he was approached by Jerome Brown-Dancler. The would-be robber aimed his gun at Honeycutt, at which time he drew his own 9mm and squeezed off the entire magazine. After Brown-Dancler fell, Honeycutt picked up the assailant's weapon and drove back to the Pizza Hut. Upon his arrival, he instructed a manager to phone police.

Honeycutt had a concealed weapons permit, and claimed to have carried a handgun for every one of the twenty years that he delivered pizzas. Indianapolis prosecutors quickly cleared him of any charges.

Deputy Prosecutor Barb Crawford said: "He did what the law allows him to do to protect himself." Crawford went on to say: "This was late at night. This was a high-crime area. He (Honeycutt) left because he wasn't sure whether or not Brown-Dancler had any friends with. As it turns out, he did indeed have friends with him. They left when they heard shots fired."

It was obvious that Ronald Honeycutt acted in self-defense and was clearly within his rights to do so. It is also obvious that had he not been carrying a weapon, he could have easily been killed. He is with his family today, as a result of his constitutional right to keep and bear arms. However, Pizza Hut apparently would rather have their employees gunned down, than allow them to defend themselves.

Of course, chains such as Wal-Mart and Pizza Hut do not allow their employees to truly defend themselves or others for one reason…Money!

These companies have these policies in place for insurance reasons, or better put, to keep insurance costs down.

*Reporter’s note: Mr. Rutner acted heroically, he placed the safety of others before that of himself. He did not take the time to think about how he may be affected by chasing after a dangerous criminal. For that he should be commended.

As for Wal-Mart, they did not become the world’s largest retailer by caring about their employees, but rather by always putting the bottom line ahead of all other considerations.

We can decide whether or not to shop at a business with such values.

 

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DHS admits 90 percent of U.S. borders wide open, Americans remain at risk

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The Department of Homeland Security has just reported that only 894 miles of this country’s 8,607 miles of America’s land borders, are actually being protected. The announcement came in the agency’s 2009 Performance Report.

While that admission is maddening, given the federal government’s recent history on border issues, it should come as a surprise to no one.

We have seen the Obama administration water-down the highly effective 287g program, covertly offer government funded healthcare to illegal aliens, and promise amnesty to illegal aliens.

Of course, the Bush administration was every bit as weak on the issue of controlling the border as are their successors.

In 2006, President Bush went on national television to announce his plan to send National Guard troops to the U.S/Mexican border. However, before he spoke to the American people, he called his Mexican counterpart, President Vicente Fox to reassure him that the border would not be “militarized.”

The fact that President Bush consulted with Mexican President Vicente Fox before he tried to sell more window dressing to the American people spoke volumes. Bush was overwhelmingly more concerned with allaying the fears of our invaders, than he was with protecting the lives and livelihoods of American citizens.

Bush's plan to send 6,000 National Guard troops to the Mexican border was woefully inadequate and laughable at best. Considering the fact that the U.S.-Mexican border is 1,951 miles long, we need at least 30,000 troops to actually have a chance at securing the border.

Of course, there were never more than a few hundred National Guardsmen deployed at the border at one time, and all of them operated under laughable rules of engagement, unable to actually apprehend anyone coming across the border.

On January 3, 2007, a Tennessee National Guard unit abandoned their post near Sasabe, AZ and retreated from a Mexican raiding party.

An armed paramilitary group of six to eight men, crossed the border into the United States and over-ran the post. The Guardsmen from quickly packed up their equipment, jumped into their truck, and fled the scene. That sorry action clearly demonstrated what their commander in chief instructed them to do...NOTHING!

Tennessee National Guard spokesman Randy Harris told the Associated Press: "The soldiers did exactly what their mission was. to pull back if they're approached by armed personnel coming across the border."

The office of then Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ) released a report to the Associated Press which praised the Tennessee National Guard unit for fleeing the scene in the face of an armed incursion into the Unite States. The report said: "We see this as a triumph of the training, discipline, and professionalism of the Guardsmen performing their mission."

In a closed ceremony, the retreating guard unit was presented with an Army commendation and achievement medal for their actions.

American presidents used to award medals to young soldiers for acts of bravery, today they award them to our soldiers for their complicity.

The Mexican government is amongst the most corrupt on the planet. Based on reports from U.S. Border Patrol Agents, we know that Mexican troops and police officers often assist drug smugglers as well as the so-called 'coyotes' to cross into this country illegally.

In 2006, it was learned that the Mexican government was printing and distributing to its citizenry, how-to manuals which contained tips on entering the U.S. illegally. Despite the evidence that the Mexican government is in large measure to blame for millions of invaders entering this country, both Bush and Obama want us to believe that Mexico is a close ally!

During a 2006 address, Bush said: "We will continue to work cooperatively to improve security on both sides of the border, to confront common problems like drug trafficking and crime, and to reduce illegal immigration."

Nonsense!

The Mexican government has never made any effort to police our shared border, nor do they have any intention to ever do so. The Mexican nationals living illegally in this country send most of their wages back to Mexico in the form of wire transfers. In fact, remittances to Mexico are a $20 billion a year industry. It has become a tremendous part of Mexico's economy and is second only to their oil exports.

Mexico sends their poor, their drugs, and their criminals to the United States. The Mexican ruling class rids itself of millions of undesirables annually and in exchange, billions of U.S. dollars pour into their economy. In turn, our cities become full of poverty and crime; our schools become overcrowded with Spanish-only speaking children; and our hospitals are forced into bankruptcy due to unpaid medical bills, left by illegal aliens. Any U.S./Mexican alliance is truly a one-sided relationship.

U.S. troops are currently patrolling the borders of South Korea, Bosnia, Croatia, Iraq, and Pakistan. For some reason, our troops are still defending Germany! However, the Obama administration refuses to our troops to protect our own border. Apparently, the lives of the aforementioned nations are more precious to our president than are those of American citizens.

The federal government does not keep comprehensive statistics on the number of crimes committed in this country by illegal aliens. Taking a look at the results of a few independent studies, it is not surprising that they don’t.

In 2006, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) released the results of a study which found that 4,380 Americans are murdered every year by illegal aliens. The study also concluded that 4,745 Americans are killed every year by illegal aliens driving drunk.

In 2005, the Government Accountability Office announced the results of a study which examined the criminal history of 55,322 illegal aliens who were incarcerated in federal, state, and local institutions during the year 2003. The results of that study follow:

The 55,322 illegal aliens in the study accounted for a total of 459,614 arrests (or eight arrests per illegal alien).

Their arrests represented a total of nearly 700,000 criminal offenses (or 13 offenses per illegal alien).

36 percent of those studied had been arrested at least five times previously.

Peter Wagner, the author of “The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration,” summed up the situation when he told WorldNetDaily: “It is a fact that a disproportionately high percentage of illegal aliens are criminals and sexual predators. That is part of the dark side of illegal immigration and when we allow the ‘good’ in we get the ‘bad’ along with them. The question is, how much ‘bad’ is acceptable and at what price?“

For many years, the Republicans wanted to keep the border open to fill the country with cheap labor, which benefits business owners by undercutting wages for everyone. The Democrats have sought to keep the border unprotected to bring in millions of potential new voters, which is why that party pays so much lip service to the plight of illegal aliens.

Whether they seek workers willing to work for sub-standard wages, or voters who will keep them in power…It is the American people who have been sold-out by both parties.
Every time I learn that a family has been attacked, or a child has been killed by an illegal alien, I think this must be the tipping point. There are certain dates in this ongoing tragedy which stand out more than others.

Such as on June 22, 2008, when three members of the Bologna family were gunned down by Salvadoran national and MS-13 gang member Edwin Ramos. Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16 were shot to death by Ramos with an AK-47 as they sat in their car on a crowded street, in the city’s Excelsior District.

Or on September 10, 2008, the day the parents of 3-year-old Marten Kudlis buried their precious son.

However, these tragedies continue to occur and our border remains open.

This nation is in the midst of the worst economy since the Great Depression, and jobs continue to be given to foreign nationals, while our cities are becoming hunting grounds for predatory criminals, both foreign and domestic. We have enough problems in this country without importing them from foreign lands.

Because we live with it everyday, most Americans understand and fear this growing threat, though our elected representatives continue to turn a blind eye and a deaf ear to the mounting human toll.

A weary nation must ask the question…How many Americans have to lose their job or be killed before the border is secured?

 

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Al Sharpton at the center of another fake crime

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Megan Williams, who in 2007 told police in West Virginia that she had been tortured and sexually assaulted for several days by a group of white people, has now admitted that the entire story was a lie.

Williams, then 20 years-old, told Logan County Sheriff’s Deputies that a total of seven white assailants held her for days in a trailer where she was stabbed, beaten, sexually assaulted, scalded and psychologically tortured with racial taunts.

Williams, who dated one the attackers, says now that she made up the story in retaliation after her boyfriend beat her.

Her attorney Brian Potts told reporters: "She told me the only thing not self-inflicted were the bruises on her face.”

Six of her supposed attackers are now serving long prison sentences.

Shortly after reporting the ordeal, Al Sharpton rushed to West Virginia and demanded that hate crimes charges be brought against the alleged attackers. He did so, even over the objections of the local NAACP.

Williams and her mother collected $70,000 in donations after her story made national news. Sharpton himself gave her $1,000.

On Wednesday, Sharpton issued a statement saying: "Our involvement surrounded a call for hate-crime investigations and we did not know the truths or non-truths of the investigation.”

Of course, this is not the first time Sharpton has engaged in race-baiting, calling for charges to be brought against white assailants before knowing the facts of the case.

In 2006, Sharpton rallied to the side of the infamous stripper, Chrystal Gail Mangum, who falsely accused several white players on the Duke Lacrosse Team of raping her.

In 1987, Sharpton rose to national fame, after becoming the spokesman for New York teenager Tawana Brawley, who accused white police officers of kidnapping and raping her. Sharpton went on to publicly accuse a prosecutor of raping her as well, and told tales of Ku Klux Klansmen patrolling the streets of Brooklyn.

Brawley eventually confessed to fabricating the story, to avoid punishment form her mother after staying out all night with her boyfriend.

 

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Florida woman starves children and throws dead baby into garbage can

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A few days ago, Christian Rochelle Woods, 21, was charged with manslaughter and two counts of aggravated child abuse after filing a false missing child report on her deceased daughter.

Under questioning, Woods admitted to detectives that she left her three children at home alone for two days, from Saturday morning until Monday. Upon her arrival, she discovered the lifeless body of her18-month-old daughter, Myleahya. Woods, then tossed the toddler into a garbage can.

An autopsy revealed that the little girl was severely underweight, only weighing 11 pounds. The average weight for an 18-month-old is about 25 pounds.

Dr. James Sims, director of newborn services at Baptist Hospital, told the Pensacola Journal: “For the child to have been that small, it would have taken a considerable period â€" in all likelihood months â€" to have remained that small…I was shocked.”

At her arraignment, Woods told Judge John Simon that she was working at a company in Mobile, AL, though her arrest report lists her as unemployed.

An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report described the living conditions in the house as “filthy” and apparently roach infested. There was no electricity nor running water in the house.

Judge Simon set Woods’ bail at $1 million.

Her two other children, Jaterius and Mykayhla are both being treated at Sacred Heart Hospital for pneumonia and malnutrition.

Woods has a MySpace page with the title: “Life’s short so I live mine to tha fullest.”

 

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Was the murder of two VA Tech students the work of a serial killer?

The bodies of Virginia Tech students David Lee Metzler, 19, and Heidi Lynn Childs, 18, were discovered on the morning of August 27, 2009, at the Caldwell Fields Campground, located off of US 460. The pair were shot to death.

Metzler’s body was found inside his 1992 Toyota, while Childs’ was found outside. Their murder occurred sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.

The campsite is a popular destination for Virginia Tech students, and the apparent random nature of the crime has police worried.

The day after the couple was murdered, Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Whitt said: “We are going to step up our patrols in that area even though we think it was a random act of brutal violence.”

Sheriff Whitt described the double-murder as “brutal and ugly.”

Though police are searching for several persons of interest who were seen in the area, they have given no details or descriptions of the individuals.

Both Metzler and Childs were sophomores. Childs’ father is a Virginia State Trooper.

What little evidence there is, points to the possibility of the killer being someone posing as law enforcement.

Metzler was shot through the driver’s side window, which could suggest that he sat in the car while being approached by a person he thought to be a police officer. Childs was shot outside the automobile, more than likely as she tried to run away.

Between 1986-1989, there were eight bodies found at different points along Virginia’s Colonial Parkway. They were all killed in pairs, they were all young, and in some of the cases, the victims’ car was found with the driver’s side window rolled partially down.

The case which has come to be known as the Colonial Parkway Murders has never been solved. Authorities believed that the killer was either a police officer or security guard, or someone posing as such.

This month marks 20 years since the last couple (Annamaria Phelps, 18, and Daniel Lauer, 21) were found murdered on the Colonial Parkway.

In serial killings, there is often a long period of inactivity. This happens because the person has moved away, has tried to stop, or is sent to prison for another crime. No murders, for instance, had been attributed to Dennis Rader, known as the BTK Killer for 14 years before his arrest in 2005.

Anyone with information on the murder of David Metzler and Heidi Childs is urged to contact the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 540-382-2951.

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VA Election Board under Gov. Tim Kaine blocked military votes

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On Friday, U.S. District Judge Richard Williams ruled that Virginia violated the voting rights of service members deployed overseas because state election officials failed to send them absentee ballots for the 2008 presidential election in time for them to be returned by election day.

Virginia's failure to mail about 2,100 absentee ballots at least 30 days prior to the election was a violation of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.

Additionally, Judge Williams ordered the Virginia Board of Elections to now count and certify the absentee ballots in question.

On November 3, 2008 (the day before election day), the McCain campaign filed a federal complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia to prevent Virginia from tossing-out military absentee ballots that came in after election day.

The plaintiff in the case eventually became the U.S. Justice Department.

The Virginia State Board of Elections, under Chairwoman Jean Cunningham argued that they actually have no legal obligation to send out military absentee ballots in a timely fashion. Jean Cunningham was appointed by VA Governor and Democratic National Committee Chair Tim Kaine.

*Reporter’s note: While Hillary Clinton was a Senator, she pushed for legislation to restore the voting rights of every convicted felon living in the United States. Why did she propose such a measure...Because she was reasonably certain that most of them, would vote Democratic.

Due to their felon status, there are currently over 5 million Americans who are not eligible to vote. If their eligibility was restored, it would likely ensure that the White House would be perpetually occupied by a Democrat.

Shortly after the 2004 Election, Hillary Clinton said: "Once again we had a federal election that demonstrates we have a long way to go. I think it's also necessary to make sure our elections meet the highest national standards."

Allowing felons to vote is bringing our election process to a higher standard?

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has also sought to restore the voting rights of felons. In 2005, Boxer said that such a measure "is meant to ensure the election debacle of 2000, and the serious election irregularities of 2004, never ever happen again."

Sen. Boxer of course, failed to mention what the "irregularities" were in either election.

It is more than disgusting that the leadership of the Democratic Party is more concerned with the voting rights of convicted felons, many of whom are drug dealers and rapists, than they are with counting the votes of our military men and women.

The question is…How many other states under Democratic control actively sought to bar our men and women in uniform from casting a vote in the 2008 Election?

Tim Kaine should resign as Governor.

 

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Juarez becomes deadliest city in the world

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The number of murders in the city which has become a battleground in Mexico’s drug war has just surpassed 1,900 for 2009. Juarez saw 1,600 murders in all of 2008.

Most of the violence can be attributed to the ongoing struggle between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels for the control of smuggling routes into the U.S.

Unfortunately, many police officers, soldiers, journalists, and bystanders have fallen victim to the cartel violence as well.

On Sunday, the decapitated body of a woman was found at a Juarez intersection. Her head had been placed in a plastic bag beside her body. The woman was later identified as 38-year-old Claudia Garcia Martinez.

Martinez was one of 100 women and young girls to be killed in Juarez this year alone.

In addition to the murders being fueled by an ongoing war between the Juarez and Sinoloa Cartels, thousands of kidnappings have occurred in and around Juarez over the last two years. Also, bank robberies and carjackings have now become an everyday occurrence in the city. In short, chaos reigns.

On Jan. 16, 2009, the El Paso Times offered a very interesting opinion poll on their website. The poll asked the question "With violence raging in Juarez, is vigilantism the answer?" What follows are the results of that poll after a total of 2,547 respondents:

"Yes, nothing else has worked, and it´s time for the people to take matters into their own hands."…59%

"I´m not sure, but at this point, it´s probably worth a try."…29%

"No, innocent people could get hurt."…16%

While the results may be a bit shocking to some, it speaks to the fear and frustration that people are feeling with so much violence taking place just on the other side of the border. Many Juarez residents, including a great number of police officers have come to El Paso seeking refuge from the cartels.

The drug cartels which now control Mexico and operate in 231 U.S. cities, represent a clear and present danger to every citizen of both countries. None of us can afford to ignore this issue any longer.

 

 

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Mexican drug cartels now extorting U.S. businesses

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In the past few weeks, several U.S. businesses have reported extortion attempts by members of drug cartels, something very commonplace in Mexico.

On October 3 , the El Paso Times reported that within a few days’ time, at least two El Paso businesses filed police reports after having received threats from a Zetas commander on behalf of the Gulf Cartel.

The unidentified business owner said the man demanded "$50,000 immediately, or the next time we'll see you, it will be at the funeral of a loved one.”

Another El Paso business owner who has been threatened, told the Associated Press: "There are only so many companies they can extort on the Mexican side. Sooner, or later, they will start operating here. After all, we're so close, right along the border."

Fearing for the safety of their families, the business owners wish to keep their identity concealed at this time.

El Paso police spokesman Javier Sambrano admitted that other businesses in town have recently received the same threats, though he would not say how many.

Just on the other side of the border, in Juarez, extortion has become big business for the drug cartels and the threats of violence are quite real. If a business owner refuses to pay the so-called protection fees demanded, the business will often be fire bombed.

Last month, the owner of a Juarez funeral home was killed and his building burned, after he failed to pay a protection fee to cartel enforcers.

The threat of extortion is so far-reaching in Mexico, it is displayed by a recent survey which reported that 120 of the 200 taxi drivers in the city of Chetumal, report to have been threatened with violence against their families if they refused to deliver drugs on behalf of the local drug cartel.

According to the U.S. Justice Department, Mexican drug cartels now operate in 231 U.S. cities. Given this reality, it was only a matter of time before the same problems which have crippled Mexico, began to take hold in this country.

With a largely unprotected border, and a Homeland Security secretary who seems oblivious to the threat posed to the American people, it is very easy for cartel enforcers to bring their reign of terror to U.S. business owners.

 

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Was the murder of two VA Tech students the work of a serial killer?

The bodies of Virginia Tech students David Lee Metzler, 19, and Heidi Lynn Childs, 18, were discovered on the morning of August 27, 2009, at the Caldwell Fields Campground, located off of US 460. The pair were shot to death.

Metzler’s body was found inside his 1992 Toyota, while Childs’ was found outside. Their murder occurred sometime between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.

The campsite is a popular destination for Virginia Tech students, and the apparent random nature of the crime has police worried.

The day after the couple was murdered, Montgomery County Sheriff Tommy Whitt said: “We are going to step up our patrols in that area even though we think it was a random act of brutal violence.”

Sheriff Whitt described the double-murder as “brutal and ugly.”

Though police are searching for several persons of interest who were seen in the area, they have given no details or descriptions of the individuals.

Both Metzler and Childs were sophomores. Childs’ father is a Virginia State Trooper.

What little evidence there is, points to the possibility of the killer being someone posing as law enforcement.

Metzler was shot through the driver’s side window, which could suggest that he sat in the car while being approached by a person he thought to be a police officer. Childs was shot outside the automobile, more than likely as she tried to run away.

Between 1986-1989, there were eight bodies found at different points along Virginia’s Colonial Parkway. They were all killed in pairs, they were all young, and in some of the cases, the victims’ car was found with the driver’s side window rolled partially down.

The case which has come to be known as the Colonial Parkway Murders has never been solved. Authorities believed that the killer was either a police officer or security guard, or someone posing as such.

This month marks 20 years since the last couple (Annamaria Phelps, 18, and Daniel Lauer, 21) were found murdered on the Colonial Parkway.

In serial killings, there is often a long period of inactivity. This happens because the person has moved away, has tried to stop, or is sent to prison for another crime. No murders, for instance, had been attributed to Dennis Rader, known as the BTK Killer for 14 years before his arrest in 2005.

Anyone with information on the murder of David Metzler and Heidi Childs is urged to contact the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office at 540-382-2951.

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Juarez becomes deadliest city in the world

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The number of murders in the city which has become a battleground in Mexico’s drug war has just surpassed 1,900 for 2009. Juarez saw 1,600 murders in all of 2008.

Most of the violence can be attributed to the ongoing struggle between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels for the control of smuggling routes into the U.S.

Unfortunately, many police officers, soldiers, journalists, and bystanders have fallen victim to the cartel violence as well.

On Sunday, the decapitated body of a woman was found at a Juarez intersection. Her head had been placed in a plastic bag beside her body. The woman was later identified as 38-year-old Claudia Garcia Martinez.

Martinez was one of 100 women and young girls to be killed in Juarez this year alone.

In addition to the murders being fueled by an ongoing war between the Juarez and Sinoloa Cartels, thousands of kidnappings have occurred in and around Juarez over the last two years. Also, bank robberies and carjackings have now become an everyday occurrence in the city. In short, chaos reigns.

On Jan. 16, 2009, the El Paso Times offered a very interesting opinion poll on their website. The poll asked the question "With violence raging in Juarez, is vigilantism the answer?" What follows are the results of that poll after a total of 2,547 respondents:

"Yes, nothing else has worked, and it´s time for the people to take matters into their own hands."…59%

"I´m not sure, but at this point, it´s probably worth a try."…29%

"No, innocent people could get hurt."…16%

While the results may be a bit shocking to some, it speaks to the fear and frustration that people are feeling with so much violence taking place just on the other side of the border. Many Juarez residents, including a great number of police officers have come to El Paso seeking refuge from the cartels.

The drug cartels which now control Mexico and operate in 231 U.S. cities, represent a clear and present danger to every citizen of both countries. None of us can afford to ignore this issue any longer.

 

 

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Florida woman starves children and throws dead baby into garbage can

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A few days ago, Christian Rochelle Woods, 21, was charged with manslaughter and two counts of aggravated child abuse after filing a false missing child report on her deceased daughter.

Under questioning, Woods admitted to detectives that she left her three children at home alone for two days, from Saturday morning until Monday. Upon her arrival, she discovered the lifeless body of her18-month-old daughter, Myleahya. Woods, then tossed the toddler into a garbage can.

An autopsy revealed that the little girl was severely underweight, only weighing 11 pounds. The average weight for an 18-month-old is about 25 pounds.

Dr. James Sims, director of newborn services at Baptist Hospital, told the Pensacola Journal: “For the child to have been that small, it would have taken a considerable period â€" in all likelihood months â€" to have remained that small…I was shocked.”

At her arraignment, Woods told Judge John Simon that she was working at a company in Mobile, AL, though her arrest report lists her as unemployed.

An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office report described the living conditions in the house as “filthy” and apparently roach infested. There was no electricity nor running water in the house.

Judge Simon set Woods’ bail at $1 million.

Her two other children, Jaterius and Mykayhla are both being treated at Sacred Heart Hospital for pneumonia and malnutrition.

Woods has a MySpace page with the title: “Life’s short so I live mine to tha fullest.”

 

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