Governor has gusto, takes charge where the federal government has failed us.

Now there's a Governor who can act where the federal government is obviously incapable of acting. Janet Napolitano of Arizona has signed into law a new measure that penalizes employers for employing illegal aliens. Click here for the details. Talk about displaying gusto where the Feds have failed us.

Senator Mitch McConnell displays STATESMANSHIP, his re-election is pretty much guaranteed.

Hooray for our Kentucky U. S. Senators, Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning, for standing up for "We, the people" and standing up to the special interests, who wanted to BULLY us and sell our country with their GOD AWFUL immigration AMNESTY bill. The two of them displayed STATESMANSHIP, especially Senator Mitch McConnell, who as Senate Republican Leader, voted against his President on this issue. I can imagine that this was a HARD vote for the Distinguished Senator, which then makes his MAGNAMITY that more ADMIRABLE, and his re-election pretty much guaranteed as his opponents have lost a BIG issue they could have used against him.

Thanks, Senators.

***** SAYONARA, to the immigration AMNESTY bill! *****

Folks, we did it! We FINALLY derailed the AMNESTY immigration bill. The bill has been pulled from consideration in the Senate. So please ya'll join me in waving SAYONARA to the ill-conceived sham.

This development shows what "we the people" are capable of achieving, if we FORCE our elected Representatives to act on our behalf -- rather than in behalf of ALL the well connected special interests.

Once again, thanks to ALL of you who wrote, emailed and called your Senators on this immigration issue.

GREAT news for amnesty foes, as Senator McConnell calls bill "mixed bag" he's "not enthusiastic about"!

All I can say is that the statements from Senate Minority Leader, Senator Mitch McConnell, that he's unsure he'll vote for the immigration amnesty bill which he described as a "mixed bag" that "I'm not uniformly enthusiastic about", is the BEST news coming out of the U. S. Senate.

While I certainly understand the Senator's precarious position on this issue, as he is the GOP Leader responsible for doing the President's bidding in the Senate, this should be one issue where he should (with fine political finesse) tell Bush that he is on his own. As the Senator himself admitted when he stated that "[i]n the end, I frankly don't know whether this thing will fly or not," we can assure the Senator that in the end we MUST NOT let this "pig" of a bill fly because pigs are NOT created to fly, literally and figuratively.

Senator, if are reading this, I certainly hope you see the light on this immigration fiasco. There are better ways to deal with this immigration issue, such as we first enforce existing laws by SECURING the borders, after which the discussion can begin, but NOT the way Senator Ted Kennedy wants to RAM amnesty down "our throats".

Also, following Kennedy down this path will have the GOP risks alienating its base and core value.

To other readers, please help by continuing to make those phone calls, send faxes and emails to your Senator(s) (If you live in Kentucky, please note that we already have Senator Jim Bunning's support, so send him thank yous. If any of you is having a hard time figuring out how to make the contacts, please respond here and I will post the necessary information. Thanks, again.

Immigration amnesty bill update and the KILL BILL Caucus.

As many of you know, some Senators, like Harry Reid and others NOT listed below, with President Bush as a vocal co-conspirator, who is busy handing out cash for support, have resurrected the immigration amnesty bill. Those of us who are "up in arms" against it deserve my applause. Also, deserving of HUGE praise are the Senators who are a part of The KILL BILL Caucus, determined to do the will of the people and vote to kill the amnesty bill. Please note that the asterisks, as used here, means the Senators are up for re-election. (I am also adding another label, Kill Bill, to track Legislative bills (both on the state and federal levels that deserve "killing"):

DEMOCRATS (8)

* Baucus (MT)
Byrd (WV)
Dorgan (ND)
* Landrieu (LA)
McCaskill (MO)
Tester (MT)
* Pryor (AR)
* Rockefeller (WV)

REPUBLICANS (19)

* Alexander (TN)
* Allard (CO)
Bond (MO)
Bunning (KY)
Coburn (OK)
Corker (TN)
* Cornyn (TX)
Crapo (ID)
DeMint (SC)
* Dole (NC)
* Enzi (WY)
Grassley (IA)
* Inhofe (OK)
* Roberts (KS)
* Sessions (AL)
Shelby (AL)
* Smith, G. (OR)
Thune (SD)
Vitter (LA)

A special hero's garland should drape four Senators who have been absolutely courageous leaders in battling the power of the White House and of the Democratic Party Leadership -- and taking incredible abuse from most of the elite national news media.

THE HEROIC LEADERS

Sessions (R-Ala.)
Dorgan (D-N.D.)
DeMint (R-S.C.)
Vitter (R-La.)

If all 98 Senators vote, we will need 39 NO votes on cloture to kill this bill. So far, we have 27 and need 13 more. So keep those faxes, emails, letters and phone calls going.

If you do NOT see your Senator's name on the above list, you still can get them to join the KILL BILL Caucus.

Thanks.