A Murder on the Rio Grande
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 6th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
A Murder on the Rio Grande
Michelle Malkin, RealClearPolitics
The voice on the other end of the line is exasperated. “It’s insane,” he wants America to know. “We’re in a war zone.” And there’s no room for apathy. “This is coming to a town near you,” he warns. The man on the phone is a veteran of the Department of Homeland Security who works in South Texas. He reached out to me Monday night in the wake of an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent’s horrific murder on Sunday. The 36-year-old agent, Javier Vega Jr., was shot execution-style in front of his wife, his parents, two of his sons and another child in the Rio Grande Valley. Vega’s father was also shot…
Selling to ‘Minimalists’ Is Surprisingly Easy
Froma Harrop, RealClearPolitics
It matters not whether you are sizing up, sizing down or sizing sideways. Merchants have products to help you on your way to the life you think you want. Before L. Frank Baum published his first Wizard of Oz book in 1900, he helped create the modern consumer society by totally redesigning store windows in Chicago. Gone were the storefront piles of everything in the shop. In their place, Baum fashioned theatrical scenes using mechanical butterflies, incandescent globes and the simple presentation of select items — all to build a mood, a desire for the whole fantastical “lifestyle”…
Democrat Support for Amnesty Threatens Their Most Loyal Voters
Larry Elder, RealClearPolitics
In 1964, Malcolm X chastised black people for their blind allegiance to the Democratic Party. He said: “You put them first, and they put you last — ’cause you’re a chump. A political chump! … Anytime you throw your weight behind a political party that controls two-thirds of the government, and that Party can’t keep the promise that it made to you during election time, and you are dumb enough to walk around continuing to identify yourself with that Party — you’re not only a chump but you’re a traitor to your race.” The Democratic Party embraces “comprehensive immigration reform,” which is…
Poll: Obama Approval Rating at New Low
David Byler, RealClearPolitics
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey shows that only 40 percent of respondents now approve of President Obama’s job performance. This is a new low for Obama in the NBC/WSJ poll, a one percentage-point drop since June. Americans are not only frustrated by the president, however: Respondents expressed deep discontentment with Republicans and Democrats, as well as the overall political landscape and the economy. “We’re in the summer of our discontent,” said Democratic pollster Peter Hart. (His firm, Hart Research Associates, conducted the survey with Public Opinion…
