Durbin has a DREAM: America's nightmare

I hadn't been paying much attention to the latest shenanigans of IL's senior Senator, mostly because almost everything coming out of his mouth is an embarrassment to the state. Unfortunately, this little gem of a project he has going can't be ignored, no matter how little attention the MSM wants to pay to it.

Each day, the idea of another IL constitutional convention -- and the potential amendment setting up term limits and killing gerrymandering -- sounds better and better to me.

HT: Ace

Generous to a fault, that Dick is!

Durbin is at it again. Not satisfied with calling out troops "worse than Pol Pot," he's now saying that the rest of Americans come last, after everybody else, when receiving benefits from American tax dollars. At least, that's the upshot of his recent efforts to repeal the 1996 immigration reform act -- or the part, anyway, which covers in-state scholarships. From Michelle Malkin:

[T]he Dream Act would repeal a clearly worded provision in the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) that states:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State (or a political subdivision) for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident.

Ten states defied that federal law and offered in-state tuition to illegal aliens: California, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Washington. The last time the DREAM Act champions tried to tack their scheme onto a larger immigration proposal, they snuck in language that would absolve those ten states of their law-breaking by repealing the 1996 law retroactively–and also offered a special path to green cards and citizenship for illegal alien students.

I have nothing against immigrants. In fact, I very much like them. I like furriners, too. A lot. I'm a sucker for a cool accent. But that Dick Durbin absolutely may not hand over this country to the guys with said accents.

I don't know what the man thinks he will gain from this... illegals can't vote for him. And the people who come here by honest means won't stand for his handing over more privileges to the cheaters.

Dick Durbin, Harry Reid, etc. skipping Ford's funeral

Why are representatives of the People of the States of Illinois, Nevada, North Dakota, Utah, and Colorado not attending the state funeral for one of their own? Former President Ford was also, for many years, a member of the House of Representatives, even a Speaker of the House. So, he served this country in a number of crucial offices, and served this country well.

But Dick Durbin and Harry Reid seem to think that taking a tour of Machu Picchu is more important than standing in for their constituents to pay respects to a good and decent man who held a great office (and held it very well, all things considered). The excuse they have given, according to the report from AP, is that rescheduling the trip to visit South American dignitaries "would be very difficult." Well, gee, fellas, so would rescheduling a freaking funeral for a former President of the United States of America! Disconnect your interchangeable parts and let the so-called business trip wait a few days, or even a couple of months, if need be!

Oh, sure, you say that "that U.S. relations with some of the countries are in need of improvement." So what? That's always the case. What's so freaking urgent about trade with Peru that can't wait until our nation has said farewell to a highly respected former leader?

And I hate to burst your bubble, boys, but Foreign Relations are not part of the legislative branch's job description. (That would be an Executive Power. Yours are the purse strings.) Since all you would have the official power to discuss is trade agreements, and you can't do much of that without the rest of your pals under the dome, you need to get back home and do your duty as representatives of all us from your home states, and attend the ceremony. "Business trips" do not trump public decency -- not even in the universe where foaming neocons rule, and certainly not in the real world.



Of course, I have had no respect for Durbin for a long time, now, and Harry Reid easily sits beside him in my low esteem. I can add Kent Conrad, Judd Gregg, Robert Bennett and Ken Salazar to the list of Congressmen who do not fail to maintain the lowest common denominator.

(HT: Rick Moran at Right Wing Nut House)