Afternoon update, 8/22/2007

'08 Presidential Candidates
** Tom Tancredo on Fox News talking about sanctuary cities and the Newark murders **


TPMtv: Inside Rudy's immigration flip-flop (Capitol Hill Broadcasting Network)

McCain: 'I was the greatest critic' of the Iraq War over the last four years (Think Progress)

Corporate Malfeasance
Diebold to give up on election business (Bradblog.com)

Controversial shock therapy clinic in Canton, MA (Boston NOW) - Numerous attempts have been made over the last twenty years to put behaviorist Matthew Israel out of business, but all have failed. The Judge Rotenberg Center in infamous for its use of electric-shock behavior modification on children, but some parents credit the facility with saving their kids' lives. Others say the children are being treated worse than prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

Culture in Decline
One in four Americans read no books last year (AP)

Economic Unrest
Average income fell for most Americans in 2000-5 (New York Times)

Globalization Run Amok
Glenn Spencer: Bush using stealth to pursue integration with Mexico, Canada (American Patrol)

SPP summit wrap-up: Bush suggests critics are 'conspiracy theorists' (John Birch Society) - When asked by reporters if efforts are underway to establish a North American Union, Bush refuses to answer directly and instead attacks Americans (and Canadians, and I suppose Mexicans as well) who have legitimate concerns about their nations' sovereignty. Our wonderful leader also took time to praise the NAFTA agreement, which has cost millions of Americans their jobs.

Bush doesn't deny plans for North American Union (World Net Daily)

Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs instructs Royal Canadian Mounted Police to refuse to deliver petition to Harper with signatures of over 10,000 Canadians opposed to SPP (CNW Group)

Police accused of using provocateurs at SPP summit (Canadian Press)


Illegal Alien Invasion of America
Newark Massacre: Where's the outrage? (News With Views) - The political leaders in New Jersey tried to spin the Newark massacre as the fault of the taxpayers for not wanting to give more money to Newark. The people have spoken back, and place the blame on those same politicians for not enforcing our immigration laws, and for not deporting illegal aliens.

The public's not with the pols on illegal aliens (nj.com)

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson: Black Americans die while their leaders fiddle (World Net Daily) - 'Brown-on-black' violence is becoming an epidemic in parts of this country. Where's the outrage from the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson?

Madmen in High Places
Bush answers subpoena with FISA demand (Washington Times)

Cheney once again claims he is not part of the Executive Branch (Crooks and Liars)

America on the decline (Antiwar.com)

Media Matters
MSNBC mixes up Canadian PM, Mexican President (Globe and Mail)

Zionists
After immense pressure, the ADL reverses course and recognizes Armenian genocide; still maintains that legislation pending in Congress is 'counterproductive' (Boston Globe)

ADL chief Foxman bows to critics, acknowledges Armenian deaths were genocide; declines to comment on whether fired New England director would be reinstated (Boston Globe)

Israel's Jewish problem in Tehran (Al Jazeera)