In what turned out to be a very heated debate last night (read, shouting match), Bill O’Reilly and I discussed Governor Schwarzenegger’s refusal to send 1500 California National Guard to the Arizona and New Mexico border with Mexico. You can watch the interview hereby clicking on the link to “Border Apathy?”

Background

On June 5th, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed a Memorandum of Agreement for “Operation Jump Start” with three border governors and the Department of Defense, which lays outtermsfor using National Guard to support federal efforts to securethe US/Mexico border.The governor committed todeploying 1,000 California National Guard troops by July 31st to protect our border.

Last week, President Bush requested that Schwarzenegger commit an additional 1,500 soldiers to assist border patrol agents in other states.

I fully support the governor’s decision to deny President Bush’s request. I think it is absurd to expect California to shoulder a disproportionate burden for something the federal government should be… Read More

Yesterday I recieved a press release from the Free Enterprise Fund announcing that Jim Terry, chief-of-staff to Congressman (and FR Blog correspodent) John Campbell, will be FEF‘s new execuitve director:

"I could not think of anyone better suited to help us lead the charge for free markets and free enterprise. I am proud to bring Jim Terry on board as we continue… Read More

Orange County has given birth to and/or nurtured its share of people and organizations that have powerfully impacted the Republican Party — for good or ill.

Richard Nixon was born here, and Ronald Reagan’s political home base was here.

The state’s two leading GOP groups — the Lincoln Club of Orange County and the New Majority — also originated here.

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One should not take for granted the United States Constitution and our Bill of Rights.

For the past two weeks, I have been on vacation in Great Britain (just a few more days to go!). The trip has been great, but I won’t bore you all with the fun details of my vacation. But I will say that it has been quite interesting to watch the affairs of British Government played out in the local news tabloids (an apt description) as well as on the‘telly’.

It is amazing to me that here in the United Kingdom, thetelevision airwaves are owned by…the government. So guess what this does for choice and varietyfor the millions of Brits who do not have a satellite dish? You got it, there are only six stations in the whole country –and two of them always seem to be showing the same thing.

I tried to makea call on Prime Minister Blair today, over at10 Downing Street – but could not get past the Bobbies! Tomorrow I’m going to try to get into the ‘Strangers Gallery’ at the House of Commons to watch the Q&A period with the Prime Minister in person.We’ll see if it is an raccous in… Read More

Lately, all of the Congressional offices in Washington have been inundated with bricks that have been mailed in from citizens concerned about border security. The bricks, which are accompanied by a letter calling for tougher border security, are meant to send a message to Congress that if we don’t build a fence the public is willing to do the job on their own. (The effort is being organized by www.send-a-brick.com) I couldn’t agree more that immigration reform must begin with tougher border security, and I voted for a border fence when we considered the immigration bill. However, my strong stance on this issue doesn’t change the fact that more bricks arrive every day. They have already filled up a whole cabinet in my office. So, we have a new and very serious issue to address. What am I supposed to do with all of these bricks? So far my office has received over 60, and we get more every day. Now, if every House member has received the same, thenumber would … Read More

Lately, all of the Congressional office in Washington have been inundated with bricks that have been mailed in from citizens concerned about border security. The bricks, which are accompanied by a letter calling for tougher border security, are meant to send a message to Congress that if we don’t build a fence the public is willing to do the job on their own. (The effort is being organized by www.send-a-brick.com) I couldn’t agree more that immigration reform must begin with tougher border security, and I voted for a border fence when we considered the immigration bill. However, my strong stance on this issue doesn’t change the fact that more bricks arrive every day. They have already filled up a whole cabinet in my office. So, we have a new and very serious issue to address. What am I supposed to do with all of these bricks? So far my office has received over 60, and we get more every day. Now, if every House member has received the same number would total over 26,000. … Read More

Lately, all of the Congressional office in Washington have been inundated with bricks that have been mailed in from citizens concerned about border security. The bricks, which are accompanied by a letter calling for tougher border security, are meant to send a message to Congress that if we don’t build a fence the public is willing to do the job on their own. (The effort is being organized by www.send-a-brick.com) I couldn’t agree more that immigration reform must begin with tougher border security, and I voted for a border fence when we considered the immigration bill. However, my strong stance on this issue doesn’t change the fact that more bricks arrive every day. They have already filled up a whole cabinet in my office. So, we have a new and very serious issue to address. What am I supposed to do with all of these bricks? So far my office has received over 60, and we get more every day. Now, if every House member has received the same number would total over 26,000. … Read More

Lately, all of the Congressional office in Washington have been inundated with bricks that have been mailed in from citizens concerned about border security. The bricks, which are accompanied by a letter calling for tougher border security, are meant to send a message to Congress that if we don’t build a fence the public is willing to do the job on their own. (The effort is being organized by www.send-a-brick.com) I couldn’t agree more that immigration reform must begin with tougher border security, and I voted for a border fence when we considered the immigration bill. However, my strong stance on this issue doesn’t change the fact that more bricks arrive every day. They have already filled up a whole cabinet in my office. So, we have a new and very serious issue to address. What am I supposed to do with all of these bricks? So far my office has received over 60, and we get more every day. Now, if every House member has received the same number would total over 26,000. … Read More