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June 22, 2007

Kansas City enthusiastically welcomed Congressman Ron Paul last Friday, June 15th. [VK Notice]

Dr. Paul started the day with an interview by the editorial board of the Kansas City Star. Afterwards, he spoke to the National Right to Life Convention where he received a standing ovation. A reporter for the Los Angeles Times then interviewed Dr. Paul for over an hour for a major article to be published in a few weeks. After the interview, Missouri State Representative Jim Guest hosted a luncheon for Dr. Paul. They were joined by Missouri State Representative Brian Yates.

Throughout the day, a two-man camera crew from the New York Times photographed Dr. Paul for an upcoming article in the New York Times Sunday magazine. The crew traveled with Dr. Paul to Phoenix the next day.

Photographs of the Kansas City event are posted at http://flickr.com/photos/92572752@N00/sets/ 72157600421461719

Thank you Kansas City!

Kent Snyder, Chairman
Ron Paul 2008

Is "the fix" in on new Senate amnesty bill?

Our contacts on the Hill are giving us an insider's look at how the Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill is likely to proceed this week.

We expect the Amnesty Gang to introduce a new bill as a "substitute" of the last failed bill. This allows them to bring the bill to the Senate floor without going through committee -- just like the first Bush-Kennedy amnesty bill. Then they will use Senate procedures -- including one which we are being told has never been used before -- to restrict the number of amendments that can be considered and limit debate.

What does all this mean?

At the end of the day, the Amnesty Gang is doing everything in their power to ensure that "the fix" is in on amnesty. They are going to manipulate Senate rules and make it nearly impossible for those opposing amnesty to block the bill on the Senate floor.

So the bottom line is, the ONLY barrier left to the Senate passing this bill is an even greater grassroots uprising.

"Where's the Fence?" Video | More Details

Without taking a serious look at the actual total spending in these appropriations bills, we will miss the real threat to our economic security. Failed government agencies like FEMA will still get tens of billions of dollars to mismanage when the next disaster strikes. Corrupt foreign governments will still be lavishly funded with dollars taken from working Americans to prop up their regimes. The United Nations will still receive its generous annual tribute taken from the American taxpayer. Americans will still be forced to pay for elaborate military bases to protect borders overseas while our own borders remain porous and unguarded. These are the real issues we must address when we look at reforming our yearly spending extravaganza called the appropriations season.

Full article here: http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2007/tst061807.htm

Although the "reform" of immigration in the amnesty bill is enough to cause alarm, other highly troubling provisions are tucked away that will serve to undermine our sovereignty and weaken our civil liberties. According to the most recent version of the Senate bill, the misnamed Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America is to be "accelerated." It seems ironic that a project aiming to actually weaken US borders with Mexico and Canada would be added into a bill that purports to toughen border controls.

Full article here:
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2007/tst061107.htm

Sen. Sessions Releases List of 20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill

20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill

• Loophole 1 – Legal Status Before Enforcement
• Loophole 2 – U.S. VISIT Exit Not In Trigger
• Loophole 3 – Trigger Requires No More Agents, Beds, or Fencing Than Current Law
• Loophole 4 -- Three Additional Years Worth of Illegal Aliens Granted Status, Treated Preferentially To Legal Filers
• Loophole 5 – Completion of Background Checks Not Required For Probationary Legal Status
• Loophole 6 – Some Child Molesters Are Still Eligible
• Loophole 7 – Terrorism Connections Allowed, Good Moral Character Not Required
• Loophole 8 – Gang Members Are Eligible
• Loophole 9 – Absconders Are Eligible
• Loophole 10 – Learning English Not Required For A Decade
• Loophole 11 – Earned Income Tax Credit Will Cost Taxpayers Billions In Just 10 Years
• Loophole 12 – Affidavits From Friends Accepted As Evidence
• Loophole 13 – Taxpayer Funded Legal Counsel and Arbitration
• Loophole 14 – In-State Tuition and Student Loans
• Loophole 15 – Inadequacy of the Merit System
• Loophole 16 – Visas For Individuals That Plan To Overstay
• Loophole 17 – Chain Migration Tippled Before Being Eliminated
• Loophole 18 – Back Taxes Not Required
• Loophole 19 – Social Security Credits Allowed For Some Illegal Work Histories
• Loophole 20 – Criminal Fines Not Proportional To Conduct

[Press Release of Senator Sessions]

Every country goes through changes. However, stable countries are able to maintain their basic culture, identity, language, and heritage throughout the various gradations of societal evolution. Hence, through major wars, minor conflicts, turmoil, depression, and dissension, America, for the most part, has been able to maintain the fundamental underpinnings that made our country unique. But, Ladies and Gentlemen, those underpinnings are very quickly disappearing.

In a very real sense, this is not our fathers' America. And by that, I am not referring to our modern conveniences, our advanced technologies, or our avant-garde styles of dress and forms of entertainment. I am talking about the principles and values that cut to the very core of who and what we are as a nation. We are fast losing the substance of what it means to be American.

For the most part, our fathers' America was a nation that had a firm faith in God and was not ashamed to publicly acknowledge Him. This faith in God was not something worn on the sleeve to parade around every two years during a political campaign; it was something genuine, something that guided practical day-by-day decisions and choices.

[Chuck Baldwin's Web Site|Full Article|Note on Reposting]

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Please join us for the 2007 State Convention of the Reform Party of Kansas!

The GOP presidential debate just ended — who shined and who faltered? Add a comment to weigh in.

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