Archive for June, 2008

Campaign underway to bring North Korean refugees to the US

So far we have only brought a few North Korean refugees here, but the push is on.   I don’t have anything definitive, but it’s just like the Rohingya situation, one starts to hear the faint drumbeats that the US MUST save another beleaguered group. 
This is from something called MyDD (direct democracy) …
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Burmese conflicted about coming to the US

Here is an article from the San Francisco Chronicle about the large number of Burmese refugees entering the US.  You may have noticed them in your city or town already.  Since 2006, according to this article, we have resettled 32,000 Burmese refugees (mostly Christian with some Muslims slipped in) and …
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The “lottery”: Somali refugees in Africa stream to camps in hopes of going West

Here is an article from The National (a UAE newspaper?) this past week that explains why the flow of Somalis to camps will continue as long as there is hope that the US will scoop them up and bring them to a town near you.
UN officials are trying to deal …
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Aishah’s Lonely Heart Scam

Email’s of this type target a specific demography of the population. They’s looking for the loney isolated that may have a few bucks to spend on a romantic fling that eventually turns into a scam. Just think of it this way who would spam out a letter of …
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War of Terror Update: Mobilize NOW to prevent war with Iran

Mobilize NOW to stop war with Iran - Global Research 6/16/08
 
McGovern: Iran attack coming soon – Raw Story 6/22/08
 
Iran War Resolution May Be Passed Next Week- Antiwar.com 6/23/08
 
Kristol: Bush Might Bomb Iran If He ‘Thinks Senator Obama’s Going To Win’ – with video, ThinkProgress 6/22/08
 
The Coming Catastrophe? The finishing touches …
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Free speech and Steyn win one in Canada

We’ve discussed on several previous occasions that author Mark Steyn and Macleans magazine were recently dragged before the so-called Candadian Human Rights Commission to answer charges that Steyn and the magazine voiced extremist views when Macleans published an article by Steyn based on his best selling book, America Alone.
Now comes word …
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RIP George Carlin: American Radical - 1937-2008

George Carlin, American Radical – Alternet 6/23/08
EXCERPTS: “Recalling George Bush’s ranting about how the endless “war on terror” is a battle for freedom, Carlin echoed James Madison’s thinking with a simple question: “Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never …
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Michael Savage being himself on refugees

Here is something I missed previously,  radio talk show host Michael Savage commenting on remarks by First Lady Laura Bush for World Refugee Day.    I don’t know what Laura Bush said, I didn’t even pay attention at the time or look it up now because I knew it would be …
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Office of Refugee Resettlement Annual Report to Congress, where is it?

Sorry our “your state” page is so incomplete.  I just figured you could get your state information from our link to the ORR Annual Report to Congress, but I notice the link isn’t working (at least for me).  
If the new report is out would someone send me the link at …
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The “lottery”: Somali refugees in Africa stream to camps in hopes of going West

Here is an article from The National (a UAE newspaper?) this past week that explains why the flow of Somalis to camps will continue as long as there is hope that the US will scoop them up and bring them to a town near you.
UN officials are trying to deal …
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