Tensions over immigration in NJ town

Jun 24, 2008 - Tensions over immigration in NJ town By SAMANTHA HENRY Published: Sunday, June 22, 2008 In the Press of Atlantic City: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/190/story/188006.html A federal lawsuit challenging a landlord's right to rent to illegal immigrants has stoked tensions over immigration that have been rising for years in this diverse city of 50,000 south of Newark. A prominent anti-illegal immigration group filed suit against a Plainfield-based property management company earlier this month, seeking to set a legal precedent by using anti-mob legislation to crack down on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants. The civil suit alleges the company has so many undocumented tenants in their buildings that it constitutes unlawful harboring, and should be considered by the courts as a criminal enterprise that encourages illegal immigration. - 1 Comment

Big Tobacco Working to Dodge Civil Judgments

Jan 17, 2010 - WASHINGTON – Tobacco industry lawyers met secretly with Solicitor General Elena Kagan in an effort to avoid the government's last-ditch attempt to extract billions from companies that illegally concealed the dangers of cigarette smoking, The Associated Press has learned. Four cigarette makers that control nearly 90 percent of U.S. retail cigarette sales have until Feb. - 3 Comments

State and local governments demand that their residents shut up and pay up during a recession.

Dec 10, 2009 - The Highest Tax Increases EverState and local governments demand that their residents shut up and pay up during a recession.By Jim GeraghtyState governments know we’re in a recession, and they know you’re hurting. That’s why they’re demanding more from you.We’ve seen a lot of anger about taxes at the tea parties and town-hall meetings this year, and observers might be forgiven for thinking that the federal government enacted income-tax increases the moment Obama was inaugurated. It did not, but Americans are governed by more than Washington, and while Obama has enacted only one major tax increase this year — raising the tobacco tax nearly 62 cents on a pack of cigarettes, to $1.01 — state and local governments have responded to the recession by essentially lifting up their citizens, turning them upside down, and shaking them until all their remaining pocket change falls out.A new survey of state governments shows that 29 states enacted tax and fee increases this year that are expected to take almost $24 billion from their residents. - 0 Comments

Dumbo University

Nov 21, 2009 - by  Patrick J. Buchanan   11/20/2009     As George W. Bush famously asked, "Is our children learning?" - 43 Comments

Not Everything in America Has to Make a Profit

Jul 24, 2009 - by Bill Maher// http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/24-8 How about this for a New Rule: Not everything in America has to make a profit. It used to be that there were some services and institutions so vital to our nation that they were exempt from market pressures. Some things we just didn't do for money. - 3 Comments

49 Million to Five

Jun 08, 2009 - by Ann Coulter 06/03/2009 In the wake of the shooting of late-term abortionist George Tiller, President Barack Obama sent out a welcome message that this nation would not tolerate attacks on pro-lifers or any other Americans because of their religion or beliefs. Ha ha! Just kidding. - 5 Comments

BREAKING: Bush Commutes Sentences for Two Former Border Patrol Agents

Jan 19, 2009 - Breaking News. President Bush commutes the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in 2005. On his last full day in office, President Bush commuted the controversial sentences of two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug runner in 2005. - 14 Comments