Mexican Independence Trumps American Flag

By Elizabeth Nelson

I'm not sure many of you would remember earlier this year, when a Federal court ruled that a San Jose School had the right to tell a bunch of American kids that they had to turn their shirts, with the American flag, inside out or go home, during their Cinco de Mayo celebration.  You see, the school justified it by saying that there was a history of problematic racial gang members and they were afraid of a violent upheaval. Well yesterday a Federal Appeals Court refused to rehear the challenge to that case.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals let stand its February ruling in favor of Live Oak High School administrators, who argued that a history of problems on the Mexican holiday justified the decision to act against the American flag-wearing students. Officials at the high school ordered the students to either cover up the shirts or go home, citing past threats and campus strife between Latino and white students that raised fears of violence.

Lawyers for the parents, backed by 20 Republican members of Congress, had asked the 9th Circuit to rehear the case with a special 11-judge panel. Three 9th Circuit judges dissented, saying they disagreed with both the court’s ruling in the case and its decision to not grant a new hearing.

William Becker, the parents’ lawyer, called the decision “outrageous” and vowed to take the case to the Supreme Court. “(We) will not allow the politically correct judiciary to insult our flag,” he said.

A unanimous three-judge panel had found that the school’s actions were reasonable given the safety concerns, which outweighed the students’ 1st Amendment claims. “Our role is not to second-guess the decision to have a Cinco de Mayo celebration or the precautions put in place to avoid violence,” the judges ruled. Continue reading PersonalLiberty.com

Okay, here's my major malfunction with this entire story. I understand life "isn't fair." However, if you're going to tilt the scales to one race or class, you're sending a wrong message entirely.  What message did they send here?  

It's the racial gangs that are causing all the problems here, and are now being given all the power to dictate the dress code, but hey, "Go ahead and sport your Mexican Independence;" no wait, go back to Mexico if you want to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, which had nothing to do with any battle fought by America, in or about America, for Mexican Independence.  

Yet somehow our American flag, the symbol of the Country the immigrants wave when they get all their "free stuff," that very same symbol that has suddenly become "offensive and dangerous" to them and in doing so, our freedom of speech is further gagged? Someone explain this to me, please. #SMH

Harry Reid Bends Over & Screws his fellow Democrats & Himself

By Rob Janicki

This is just too good to pass up, although it appears to have gone unnoticed by the MSM.  Harry Reid managed to screw himself and Democrats in one less than swift political move.  This is what happens when a weasel tries to out think a raccoon or whatever you call those establishment Republicans these days.

After all his complaints about Republican obstruction this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed frustration last night after Republicans helped guarantee a floor vote on a measure he supports.

Actually, Reid was simply trying to put Republicans in a bad light as obstructionists once again, but he got caught in his own trap  I am quite certain that when Republicans agreed to vote for Reid's Bill, he must have become apoplectic.  So what was the Bill that Republicans voted on to debate?

The Nevada Democrat has accused Senate Republicans of chicanery for voting to advance to the Senate floor a Democratic constitutional amendment allowing Congress to regulate all campaign speech and spending.

Now why would Reid object to this, since some very liberal Democrats have been kicking this topic around for month?  The answer is actually quite simple.  The Republicans somehow actually managed to do some strategic planning that didn't backfire for a change.

After Monday's bipartisan 79-18 vote, Reid vented to reporters that Republicans were trying to "stall" the Senate, indicating that he never intended for the campaign finance amendment by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., to go to a real floor debate.

Please reread the above paragraph.  Reid never expected that Republicans would agree to vote to bring  such a ridiculous Bill to the Senate floor to debate,   Oops!

The simple explanation for Reid's apoplexy is that the Republicans can now take up valuable floor time on the Senate floor debating the Bill and this will substantially reduce Reid's opportunity to put forth other real legislation Democrats want to act on before the November 4th congressional midterm elections.

Politico reporter Burgess Everett writes that many Republicans voted to advance the amendment Monday in order “to foul up Democrats’ pre-election messaging schedule, freezing precious Senate floor time for a measure that ultimately has no chance of securing the two-thirds support necessary in both the House and Senate to amend the Constitution.”

The move not only guarantees a lengthy debate over Democratic efforts to limit the First Amendment, but it also limits the amount of time left for debates over other doomed measures on gender pay equality and the minimum wage, which were intended to frame the coming elections for Democrats as they defend their Senate majority. Continue Reading Washington Examiner

GOP Gives Reid What he Wants, Challenges Freedom of Speech, Now He's Mad?

By Elizabeth Nelson

Senator Ted Cruz tried to warn all of us, earlier this year, that the Senate Democrats were trying to change the Constitution and restrict our freedom of speech, because spending is speech, but no one would listen to him, because he is Ted Cruz and he's a Republican.  Well guess what, the "obstructing GOP" has given the Senate what they wanted, to chance to, in their feeble minds, "restore responsible spending (because this won't change contributions) limits," and "overturn Citizens United." 

You see, the Citizens United decision had nothing to do with "contributions" to the candidate, as Harry Reid went on attacking the "evil Koch Brothers," because the Supreme Court decision never changed "contributions," it only said the spending on ads was "unlimited," not how much one could contribute to the Candidate's campaign, for their expenses. 

Isn't it strangely ironic how Unions gave to the Democrats and outspent the Koch brothers 15 times over, yet there's no outrage and there's not even a "smiden of evil" attached to their character or name?  And the Koch brothers have even given to the Democrats who "hate" them but love their money, yet this is all about them, and stopping their giving.

Like I said, Ted Cruz tried to warn everyone that this was coming and 41 Democrats signed on to this bill, but none of you wouldn't listen, even you, you mindless, cantankerous, tales-from-the-crypt old fart, but now this is the GOP's fault, because they gave you what you wanted?

After all his complaints about Republican obstruction this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressed frustration last night after Republicans helped guarantee a floor vote on a measure he supports.

The Nevada Democrat has accused Senate Republicans of chicanery for voting to advance to the Senate floor a Democratic constitutional amendment allowing Congress to regulate all campaign speech and spending.

After Monday's bipartisan 79-18 vote, Reid vented to reporters that Republicans were trying to "stall" the Senate, indicating that he never intended for the campaign finance amendment by Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., to go to a real floor debate. Read more Washington Examiner

Yes, now Harry Reid is ticked that the bill he supports will actually see the light of day on his Senate floor and will actually have to be voted on, because now it will go on record, for the entire world to see, exactly what he and his Senators believe about our  First Amendment right, because spending is speech.

However, we all know how this will eventually play out, it will be the Republican's fault for "not stopping it," even though "41 Democrats were signed on to the bill" in affirmation of it.  Oh, we all know that won't matter, that part will be rewritten history, just like Obamacare, where "not one Republican signed in the affirmative" yet somehow, that's our fault too.

When Freedom of Speech goes too Far

By Elizabeth Nelson

It's pretty bad when I applied for mine (a Godly plate) and my ex-husband's old license plates [HRTATTK], I had to justify and explain what the plates meant before they could be "approved." I can only image what this guys "excuse" was, before he added the flag and brigade to the mess. There is a point when Freedom of Speech goes too far, like in the case of this New Yorker. When you have the potential to insight a riot or get your car trashed on an hourly basis, I'd say you've taken your "freedom" beyond its limits. 

New York's Department of Motor Vehicles is in the process of revoking a license plate reading "HAMMAS," which it says never should have been issued in the first place.




The DMV says the "patently offensive" plate can be read as a message of support for Hamas, the Palestinian political party that's recognized as a terrorist group by the United States. It was spotted in Bay Ridge, NY1 reports.

More alarming, the plate doesn't even stop at support for Hamas, which has won the political backing of many Palestinians. In tiny red letters under the yellow plate, the car's owner spelled out "ALQASSM" — a reference, no doubt, to the group's military wing, which carries out terror attacks against Israeli civilians.  Read more NYMagazine

You can't possibly tell me that this is a butcher and this stands for "Ham Master" when he has a Palestine flag and AL-Qassam [Brigades] under the license plate.  I'm sick and tired of hearing about hundreds of American citizens leaving our country, retaining their passports, and fighting  for ISIS.  If he's not going to stand with this Country, then he should leave it and fight with the Country he is obviously standing beside and see how long his black-hearted terrorist soul will last.
  

Are we really surprised that there are many here in the States that who are genuinely concerned that we are vulnerable to another 9/11-like attack, with such a lack of patriotism and an equal sense of National Security complacency within our Government?