First Lady to Appear at Senator Kyl Event
First Lady Laura Bush will appear at an event next month touting Senator Jon Kyl's reelection campaign.
The luncheon will take place on Friday, June 16 at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort and Villas.
"We are delighted that first lady Laura Bush is coming to Arizona to help Senator Kyl," Andy Chasin, a Kyl campaign spokesman said.
Contact the Kyl for Senate Campaign Finance Team at (602) 840-0306 for details.
Monday, May 22, 2006
Remembering Our Heroes By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl
Weekly Column
May 22, 2006
Remembering Our Heroes By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl
Every Memorial Day, Americans pause to remember those who died in service to our country. Our brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines separate themselves from friends and family, and are sent across the globe to defend our nation and preserve the freedoms we enjoy. Unfortunately, one of the sad realities is that some of our troops don’t come home – and we must never forget their sacrifice.
Since the beginning of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, we have lost 72 of Arizona’s finest. Heroes like Lance Corporal John Thornton, 22, of Phoenix, who died in February from wounds received as a result of an enemy mortar attack in Ramadi. John always dreamed of being a Marine. As a child, he had his bedroom decorated with Marine memorabilia, such as camouflaged stuffed animals; and as a teenager, he was in the ROTC program at Tolleson Union High School, graduating top of his class in 2002. He enlisted in the Marines in 2004 and was deployed to Iraq shortly thereafter.
Private Lori Piestewa, 23, was a member of the Hopi Tribe, whose reservation is near Tuba City. Lori was classified as missing-in-action after enemy soldiers in Iraq ambushed her mechanical unit in March 2003, and was later declared dead in April 2004. Lori was one of the few American Indian women that served in our armed forces, and the first to lose her life in combat. Lori comes from a long line of heroes; her father served in Vietnam and her grandfather fought in World War I. Lori was a single mother and leaves behind two children.
John and Lori represent the millions of heroes who have defended, and continue to defend the rest of us. Their volunteer service and sacrifice will long be remembered and honored in Arizona; and we will celebrate their service and sacrifice this Memorial Day.
Our gratitude should also compel us to action here on Capitol Hill. As the House and Senate complete action on legislation that provides emergency funds for our ongoing efforts in Iraq and the war and terrorism, we must put the needs of our service men and women first, providing them with everything they need to accomplish their mission with the least amount of danger. The President has threatened to veto the bill if it is loaded with unrelated pork-barrel spending; and he should. The Senate added $14 billion over the military requirements when it passed the bill on May 4. I voted against that additional funding because it had no place on this emergency bill for our troops.
Memorial Day, amid the current global conflict, also makes us think about the lives lost in previous wars, and the sacrifices those soldiers and their families made for the security of America. In World War I, we lost 116,516 American soldiers; in World War II, 405,399; in the Korean War, 36,574 soldiers died; in the Vietnam Conflict, 58,209; and in the operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, 2,721 lives have been lost.
I am grateful for and humbled by the service and sacrifice of these brave Americans, as well as all who have otherwise been causalities and continue to bear the scars of their wounds. Let us remember them all this Memorial Day.
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May 22, 2006
Remembering Our Heroes By U.S. Senator Jon Kyl
Every Memorial Day, Americans pause to remember those who died in service to our country. Our brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines separate themselves from friends and family, and are sent across the globe to defend our nation and preserve the freedoms we enjoy. Unfortunately, one of the sad realities is that some of our troops don’t come home – and we must never forget their sacrifice.
Since the beginning of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, we have lost 72 of Arizona’s finest. Heroes like Lance Corporal John Thornton, 22, of Phoenix, who died in February from wounds received as a result of an enemy mortar attack in Ramadi. John always dreamed of being a Marine. As a child, he had his bedroom decorated with Marine memorabilia, such as camouflaged stuffed animals; and as a teenager, he was in the ROTC program at Tolleson Union High School, graduating top of his class in 2002. He enlisted in the Marines in 2004 and was deployed to Iraq shortly thereafter.
Private Lori Piestewa, 23, was a member of the Hopi Tribe, whose reservation is near Tuba City. Lori was classified as missing-in-action after enemy soldiers in Iraq ambushed her mechanical unit in March 2003, and was later declared dead in April 2004. Lori was one of the few American Indian women that served in our armed forces, and the first to lose her life in combat. Lori comes from a long line of heroes; her father served in Vietnam and her grandfather fought in World War I. Lori was a single mother and leaves behind two children.
John and Lori represent the millions of heroes who have defended, and continue to defend the rest of us. Their volunteer service and sacrifice will long be remembered and honored in Arizona; and we will celebrate their service and sacrifice this Memorial Day.
Our gratitude should also compel us to action here on Capitol Hill. As the House and Senate complete action on legislation that provides emergency funds for our ongoing efforts in Iraq and the war and terrorism, we must put the needs of our service men and women first, providing them with everything they need to accomplish their mission with the least amount of danger. The President has threatened to veto the bill if it is loaded with unrelated pork-barrel spending; and he should. The Senate added $14 billion over the military requirements when it passed the bill on May 4. I voted against that additional funding because it had no place on this emergency bill for our troops.
Memorial Day, amid the current global conflict, also makes us think about the lives lost in previous wars, and the sacrifices those soldiers and their families made for the security of America. In World War I, we lost 116,516 American soldiers; in World War II, 405,399; in the Korean War, 36,574 soldiers died; in the Vietnam Conflict, 58,209; and in the operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, 2,721 lives have been lost.
I am grateful for and humbled by the service and sacrifice of these brave Americans, as well as all who have otherwise been causalities and continue to bear the scars of their wounds. Let us remember them all this Memorial Day.
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The Myth of McCain as Political Maverick
The Myth of McCain as Political Maverick
David Ignatius has a positively silly column in the Washington Post today in which he parrots the lame old myth of 2008 presidential hopeful John McCain as a straight-talking,
tough-guy maverick who damns political consequences and goes his own way. As a Veteran with boundless admiration for McCain's heroic conduct during his imprisonment in
Vietnam, I must also evaluate his career incarnation
which, if you examine his record, shows him to be a 98-pound political weakling, who does best when others tell him
what to do.
Even putting aside his nauseating and ongoing devotion to the White House after what Team Bush did to smear him, his
wife and his child in the 2000 presidential primary, McCain's Senate record shows a man who toes the party line and
is a straight-shooting nonconformist only when George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Bill Frist tell him he's allowed to be.
The biggest disconnect from reality comes in the public perception of McCain as a potential president whose strong suit would be national security, even though his record in the 109th Congress shows a man who follows the Senate Majority Leader's commands, no matter how much weaker those edicts make our country.
Here are just a few samples of the things McCain voted against in 2005 and 2006, while offering no substantive legislation himself to strengthen America:
Senator Daniel Akaka's (D-HI) S.Amdt. 3007, which was intended to increase Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in 2007 by closing corporate tax loopholes.
Three bills by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) -- S.Amdt. 3056, S.Amdt. 1687 and S.Amdt. 1217 -- that would have provided critical funds for interoperable communications equipment for emergency first responders so that they could effectively communicate with one another during natural disasters, terrorist attacks and other public safety situations.
Christopher Dodd's (D-CT) S.Amdt.2735, which was intended to “…support the health needs of our veterans and military personnel and reduce the deficit by making tax rates fairer for all Americans.
In short, the measure proposed additional funding to shore up the failing infrastructures at Veterans hospitals all over the country. The bill would have mandated a minor rollback
in the capital gains tax cuts the Bush administration
has given to the richest one-fifth of one percent of
Americans.
S.Amdt.2737, sponsored by Jack Reed (D-RI) sought a rollback in capital gains tax cuts to purchase much-needed equipment
for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have the responsibility to be responsible, not only give the troops
what they need but pay for it so we do not increase the deficit, argued Reed on the Senate floor at the time.
I hope we respond by supporting my amendment which takes
care of the troops but does so in a responsible way by providing the resources to pay for this necessary equipment.
Charles Schumer (D-NY) had two amendment defeated by the GOP (S.Amdt. 1189 and S.Amdt. 1190) that would have provided $70 million to identify and track hazardous materials shipments and fund new security programs for inspection of air cargo containers.
S.Amdt. 16, by Dick Durbin (D-IL), would have exempted military people from some facets of the GOP's hideous 2005 Bankruptcy Bill by disallowing "… certain claims by lenders charging usurious interest rates to service members, and to allow service members to exempt property based on the law of the State of their premilitary residence."
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) both had legislation killed -- S.Amdt. 2634 and S.Amdt. 344, respectively -- that would have funded additional
medical care and readjustment counseling "for [Iraq]
veterans with mental illness, post-traumatic stress disorder, or substance use disorder."
The common denominator in all of these was McCain, the alleged maverick, doing exactly what his masters told him to do
and voting against every single one of these bills
designed to bolster our national security and care for our Veterans and active military.
As McCain himself is quoted as saying in Ignatius's
column, "It's awfully hard to say no to the president
of the United States."
see more at http://www.democrats.com/node/8803
see www.mccainalert.com
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David Ignatius has a positively silly column in the Washington Post today in which he parrots the lame old myth of 2008 presidential hopeful John McCain as a straight-talking,
tough-guy maverick who damns political consequences and goes his own way. As a Veteran with boundless admiration for McCain's heroic conduct during his imprisonment in
Vietnam, I must also evaluate his career incarnation
which, if you examine his record, shows him to be a 98-pound political weakling, who does best when others tell him
what to do.
Even putting aside his nauseating and ongoing devotion to the White House after what Team Bush did to smear him, his
wife and his child in the 2000 presidential primary, McCain's Senate record shows a man who toes the party line and
is a straight-shooting nonconformist only when George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Bill Frist tell him he's allowed to be.
The biggest disconnect from reality comes in the public perception of McCain as a potential president whose strong suit would be national security, even though his record in the 109th Congress shows a man who follows the Senate Majority Leader's commands, no matter how much weaker those edicts make our country.
Here are just a few samples of the things McCain voted against in 2005 and 2006, while offering no substantive legislation himself to strengthen America:
Senator Daniel Akaka's (D-HI) S.Amdt. 3007, which was intended to increase Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in 2007 by closing corporate tax loopholes.
Three bills by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) -- S.Amdt. 3056, S.Amdt. 1687 and S.Amdt. 1217 -- that would have provided critical funds for interoperable communications equipment for emergency first responders so that they could effectively communicate with one another during natural disasters, terrorist attacks and other public safety situations.
Christopher Dodd's (D-CT) S.Amdt.2735, which was intended to “…support the health needs of our veterans and military personnel and reduce the deficit by making tax rates fairer for all Americans.
In short, the measure proposed additional funding to shore up the failing infrastructures at Veterans hospitals all over the country. The bill would have mandated a minor rollback
in the capital gains tax cuts the Bush administration
has given to the richest one-fifth of one percent of
Americans.
S.Amdt.2737, sponsored by Jack Reed (D-RI) sought a rollback in capital gains tax cuts to purchase much-needed equipment
for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have the responsibility to be responsible, not only give the troops
what they need but pay for it so we do not increase the deficit, argued Reed on the Senate floor at the time.
I hope we respond by supporting my amendment which takes
care of the troops but does so in a responsible way by providing the resources to pay for this necessary equipment.
Charles Schumer (D-NY) had two amendment defeated by the GOP (S.Amdt. 1189 and S.Amdt. 1190) that would have provided $70 million to identify and track hazardous materials shipments and fund new security programs for inspection of air cargo containers.
S.Amdt. 16, by Dick Durbin (D-IL), would have exempted military people from some facets of the GOP's hideous 2005 Bankruptcy Bill by disallowing "… certain claims by lenders charging usurious interest rates to service members, and to allow service members to exempt property based on the law of the State of their premilitary residence."
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) both had legislation killed -- S.Amdt. 2634 and S.Amdt. 344, respectively -- that would have funded additional
medical care and readjustment counseling "for [Iraq]
veterans with mental illness, post-traumatic stress disorder, or substance use disorder."
The common denominator in all of these was McCain, the alleged maverick, doing exactly what his masters told him to do
and voting against every single one of these bills
designed to bolster our national security and care for our Veterans and active military.
As McCain himself is quoted as saying in Ignatius's
column, "It's awfully hard to say no to the president
of the United States."
see more at http://www.democrats.com/node/8803
see www.mccainalert.com
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where's Senator Kerry on the illegal workers problem ?
where's Senator Kerry on the illegal workers problem ?
unusually quiet on this problem.
maybe his wife , the kethcup queen, is profittering from cheap farm labor ?
unusually quiet on this problem.
maybe his wife , the kethcup queen, is profittering from cheap farm labor ?
Arizona Tax cheaters beware, maybe ????????
Arizona Tax cheaters beware, maybe ????????
Arizona Tax cheaters beware Will Arizona follow suit............ Missouri is prosecuting employers accused of hiring illegal alien workers under state tax laws. DOBBS: The federal government's refusal to enforce this nation's immigration laws is forcing states to fight the growing crisis themselves. Tonight, the state of Missouri is prosecuting employers accused of hiring illegal alien workers under state tax laws. Missouri officials say it is outrageous that employers taking jobs away from American citizens and giving them to foreign citizens are also tax cheats. Lisa Sylvester reports. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks, lots of land and beautiful scenery. Here, a new luxury condo complex called The Plaza Gardens is being built. State officials say the developer, Michael Schlup, was pumping up his profits by hiring illegal aliens, paying them cash, and avoiding state taxes. JAY NIXON, MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL: We hope it sends a strong signal to all employers that they shouldn't be bringing in undocumented workers and trying to profit off the back of those, while clearly leaving out the taxpayers, as well as protection of those people at the same time. SYLVESTER: Schlup now faces 14 felony counts of failure to deduct, file, and pay Missouri employer with holding taxes. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How do you (INAUDIBLE)? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fine. Wonderful. SYLVESTER: If convicted on all counts, he could face a fine of up to $140,000 and up to 70 years in prison. Schlup's attorney says his client did nothing wrong. DEE WAMPLER, MICHAEL SCHLUP'S ATTORNEY: So he's working very hard, as he always has, trying to make a living. So, like I say, it was a surprise to him the fact that the charges were filed. And we'll just have to wait. Right now let the case play out. SYLVESTER: More cases like this one are coming to light. Federal prosecutors raided the IFCO pallet company last month after illegal aliens were allegedly seen ripping up W-2 forms. The federal government is in charge of enforcing immigration laws, but state governments can prosecute tax cheats. STEVE CAMAROTA, CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES: There's clearly a role to play for state and local governments. One area is in tax law. If you've got people working off the books in states with income tax, you've got employers and employees explicitly avoiding their tax obligation. SYLVESTER: The Center for Immigration Studies estimates 40 percent of illegal aliens in the United States are working off the books. (END VIDEOTAPE) SYLVESTER: The Missouri attorney general began investigating Plaza Gardens after several serious workplace accidents. This is the first case like this that the state has brought. But Attorney General Jay Nixon is now looking at other employers -- Lou. DOBBS: And Lisa, we're seeing a across the country more and more states and local governments taking on the responsibility of enforcing immigration law through -- whether it be through enforcement of tax laws or any -- any other number of laws in trying to deal with what is nothing less than a crisis. Lisa, thank you very much. see full transcript at...
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/19/ldt.01.html
Arizona Tax cheaters beware Will Arizona follow suit............ Missouri is prosecuting employers accused of hiring illegal alien workers under state tax laws. DOBBS: The federal government's refusal to enforce this nation's immigration laws is forcing states to fight the growing crisis themselves. Tonight, the state of Missouri is prosecuting employers accused of hiring illegal alien workers under state tax laws. Missouri officials say it is outrageous that employers taking jobs away from American citizens and giving them to foreign citizens are also tax cheats. Lisa Sylvester reports. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks, lots of land and beautiful scenery. Here, a new luxury condo complex called The Plaza Gardens is being built. State officials say the developer, Michael Schlup, was pumping up his profits by hiring illegal aliens, paying them cash, and avoiding state taxes. JAY NIXON, MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL: We hope it sends a strong signal to all employers that they shouldn't be bringing in undocumented workers and trying to profit off the back of those, while clearly leaving out the taxpayers, as well as protection of those people at the same time. SYLVESTER: Schlup now faces 14 felony counts of failure to deduct, file, and pay Missouri employer with holding taxes. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How do you (INAUDIBLE)? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Fine. Wonderful. SYLVESTER: If convicted on all counts, he could face a fine of up to $140,000 and up to 70 years in prison. Schlup's attorney says his client did nothing wrong. DEE WAMPLER, MICHAEL SCHLUP'S ATTORNEY: So he's working very hard, as he always has, trying to make a living. So, like I say, it was a surprise to him the fact that the charges were filed. And we'll just have to wait. Right now let the case play out. SYLVESTER: More cases like this one are coming to light. Federal prosecutors raided the IFCO pallet company last month after illegal aliens were allegedly seen ripping up W-2 forms. The federal government is in charge of enforcing immigration laws, but state governments can prosecute tax cheats. STEVE CAMAROTA, CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES: There's clearly a role to play for state and local governments. One area is in tax law. If you've got people working off the books in states with income tax, you've got employers and employees explicitly avoiding their tax obligation. SYLVESTER: The Center for Immigration Studies estimates 40 percent of illegal aliens in the United States are working off the books. (END VIDEOTAPE) SYLVESTER: The Missouri attorney general began investigating Plaza Gardens after several serious workplace accidents. This is the first case like this that the state has brought. But Attorney General Jay Nixon is now looking at other employers -- Lou. DOBBS: And Lisa, we're seeing a across the country more and more states and local governments taking on the responsibility of enforcing immigration law through -- whether it be through enforcement of tax laws or any -- any other number of laws in trying to deal with what is nothing less than a crisis. Lisa, thank you very much. see full transcript at...
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0605/19/ldt.01.html
can I stop paying taxes too?
can I stop paying taxes too?
Say good bye to your w-2, 1040 and the April 15 deadline /headache ?
If I claim "illegal alien/ worker status" will the IRS forgive me too?
Say good bye to your w-2, 1040 and the April 15 deadline /headache ?
If I claim "illegal alien/ worker status" will the IRS forgive me too?
Illegal aliens /workers as tax cheats
Illegal aliens /workers as tax cheats
it seems to be reported that illegal alien worker are filling out false w-9 forms, claiming 6 or more dependents in order to avoid taxes.
see more thoughts on Senator Mccain
it seems to be reported that illegal alien worker are filling out false w-9 forms, claiming 6 or more dependents in order to avoid taxes.
see more thoughts on Senator Mccain
Senator Mccain's Situational ethics not real principles
Senator Mccain's Situational ethics not real principles
Senator Mccain's Situational ethics are not
the same as real principles.
McCain's straight-talk express breaks down.
On April 23, the National Consortium of Torture
Treatment programs -- including 34 programs that
care for "victims of politically motivated torture"
-- awarded Sen. John McCain its 2006 Human Rights
Visionary Award for his "tireless work to pass
the McCain Anti-Torture Amendment."
Omitted was McCain's disturbing silence after his
amendment was made meaningless to prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay when the president signed the Detainee
Treatment Act of 2005 last December.
That law strips these prisoners of the habeas corpus
rights provided them in the Supreme Court's ruling
in Rasul et al. v. Bush in 2004. Accordingly,
no matter how harsh these detainees' conditions
of confinement are, they have no recourse to our
courts. For example, during the brutal
force-feeding of prisoners on a hunger strike,
the guards told a detainee, "We can do what we
want now because you can't go to court anymore."
McCain has not publicly protested the effect of this law.
see more editorial at...........
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/editorial/ci_3833134
more thoughs at MccainAlert.com
Senator Mccain's Situational ethics are not
the same as real principles.
McCain's straight-talk express breaks down.
On April 23, the National Consortium of Torture
Treatment programs -- including 34 programs that
care for "victims of politically motivated torture"
-- awarded Sen. John McCain its 2006 Human Rights
Visionary Award for his "tireless work to pass
the McCain Anti-Torture Amendment."
Omitted was McCain's disturbing silence after his
amendment was made meaningless to prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay when the president signed the Detainee
Treatment Act of 2005 last December.
That law strips these prisoners of the habeas corpus
rights provided them in the Supreme Court's ruling
in Rasul et al. v. Bush in 2004. Accordingly,
no matter how harsh these detainees' conditions
of confinement are, they have no recourse to our
courts. For example, during the brutal
force-feeding of prisoners on a hunger strike,
the guards told a detainee, "We can do what we
want now because you can't go to court anymore."
McCain has not publicly protested the effect of this law.
see more editorial at...........
http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/editorial/ci_3833134
more thoughs at MccainAlert.com
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