"Legal status for undocumented workers, over the long run, might prove unpersuasive to Hispanic communities demanding full recognition and legitimacy under the law, much as civil-union laws have failed to satisfy advocates of same-sex marriage. It's not just about being legal; it's also about dignity."

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From an article of Nate Cohn in The New Republic : "Jeb Bush's Plan to Win Over Latinos Won't Work" - Jeb Bush offers a plan for "resolving immigration issues for the long term" and making gains among Hispanic voters. "It is not a persuasive plan."

Excerpt :

"As I've argued before, the GOP needs to do a lot more than just appeal to Latinos. But if the party is serious about winning them over, then "Immigration Wars" is not the right strategy. The fact that it was written by Jeb Bush—a respected establishment figure and potential 2016 candidate with Latino credentials and centrist appeal—makes it that much worse, threatening to convince other reform-minded Republicans that this ineffectual "plan" to reform immigration and win Latinos is somehow the best the party can do."

The New Republic
Jeb Bush's Plan to Win Over Latinos Won't Work
By Nate Cohn
March 5, 2013

Jeb Bush's Plan to Win Over Latinos Won't Work

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"Legal status for undocumented workers, over the long run, might prove unpersuasive to Hispanic communities demanding full recognition and legitimacy under the law, much as civil-union laws have failed to satisfy advocates of same-sex marriage. It's not just about being legal; it's also about dignity."

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From an article of Nate Cohn in The New Republic : "Jeb Bush's Plan to Win Over Latinos Won't Work" - Jeb Bush offers a plan for "resolving immigration issues for the long term" and making gains among Hispanic voters. "It is not a persuasive plan."

Excerpt :

"As I've argued before, the GOP needs to do a lot more than just appeal to Latinos. But if the party is serious about winning them over, then "Immigration Wars" is not the right strategy. The fact that it was written by Jeb Bush—a respected establishment figure and potential 2016 candidate with Latino credentials and centrist appeal—makes it that much worse, threatening to convince other reform-minded Republicans that this ineffectual "plan" to reform immigration and win Latinos is somehow the best the party can do."

The New Republic
Jeb Bush's Plan to Win Over Latinos Won't Work
By Nate Cohn
March 5, 2013

Jeb Bush's Plan to Win Over Latinos Won't Work

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VIDEO, The Texas Tribune : "At Rally, Texans Urge Lawmakers to Expand Medicaid" - Austin, Texans rallied at the Capitol on Tuesday, hoping to persuade Gov. Rick Perry and other Texas lawmakers to expand Medicaid under the federal Affordable Care Act

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Alana Rocha from Texas Tribune, Dr Anna Tran from Doctors for America Texas. Many patients in Wheelchairs. In Austin Texas before the Capitol to press the Legislature.

 Published on Mar 5, 2013

At Rally, Texans Urge Lawmakers to Expand Medicaid

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POLITICO.COM : Hugo Chavez : "Don’t let yourselves be poisoned by those wandering Jews" - "He funded guerrillas warring against the democratically elected government of Colombia." - "He propped up the Castro regime with Venezuela’s ample oil."

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Excerpts :

"He praised every heinous dictator around the planet as a brother-in-arms."

Human Rights Watch : "The accumulation of power in the executive and the erosion of human rights protections have allowed the Chávez government to intimidate, censor, and prosecute critics and perceived opponents in a wide range of cases involving the judiciary, the media, and civil society."

POLITICO.COM
Hugo Chávez's cheering section
By RICH LOWRY
March 6, 2013


Hugo Chávez's cheering section

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VIDEO : "CHRISTUS Health CEO: Medicaid Expansion is Good for Texas" - CHRISTUS Health provides more uncompensated care than any other nonprofit hospital system in Texas; our organization alone spends more than $140,000 each day treating the uninsured

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A recent study found that expanding Medicaid will not just help the uninsured, it would create 231,000 jobs in Texas.

Millions of Texans are uninsured. Our hospitals cannot, and would not, turn anyone away because they cannot pay. Thus we are left with the burden of uncompensated care, straining already depleted resources, and the uninsured are left with a broken system, forcing them to delay care and end up sicker.

Published on Feb 28, 2013

Texas is facing a health care crisis and we need your help!

But there is a solution! Watch as CHRISTUS Health CEO Ernie Sadau explains why Medicaid expansion is good for Texas and for CHRISTUS Health.

A quick review of the facts:

Texas has among the highest rates of uninsured nationwide, with 6.2 million individuals (approximately 25 percent) uninsured. Expanding Medicaid coverage would provide health care coverage to an additional 1.5 million Texans.

These funds are your tax dollars. If Texas declines the expansion, your tax dollars will go to other states like California and New York to treat their citizens.

CHRISTUS Health provides more uncompensated care than any other nonprofit hospital system in Texas; our organization alone spends more than $140,000 each day treating the uninsured. A recent study found that expanding Medicaid will not just help the uninsured, it would create 231,000 jobs in Texas.

Visit www.christusadvocacy.org for more information.

CHRISTUS Health CEO: Medicaid Expansion is Good for Texas 

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VIDEO OF BLOODBATH IN VENEZUELA TODAY : Brutal Chavista Thugs beat a young lady journalist and her cameraman. The young man is badly hurt and wounded but continues filming. - Ghastly, Shocking, Inspires Revulsion against Chavista Cowards and Bastards

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What can you expect of a Government that protects thugs, criminals, delinquents, violent bastards in street politics ??

Carmen Andrea Rengifo that works for TV Network RCN was attacked and beaten by thugs in front of the Military Hospital were Chavez ( supposedly ) died.

The Police did nothing while an Angry Mob was beating the Journalists. The two wounded journalists were followed by the Mob of cowards and scoundrels during several blocks.

Listen to shootings in this VIDEO.

Agredida frente al Hospital Militar de Caracas la corresponsal de cadena aliada RCN

 Published on Mar 5, 2013

Visita : http://www.ntn24.com - Carmen Andrea Rengifo, corresponsal del canal colombiano RCN, fue agredida por un grupo que esperaba frente al Hospital Militar, lugar en el que habría estado internado el presidente Chávez durante sus últimos días de vida.

Rengifo buscó durante el ataque la protección de la policía, pero no encontró ningún efectivo para protegerla a ella y a su camarógrafo.

La periodista además fue perseguida por varios metros por la turba de agresores. Durante su escapada se escucharon disparos.

Agredida frente al Hospital Militar de Caracas la corresponsal de cadena aliada RCN

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New York Times : Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 14,253.77 Tuesday. - All Times High !! - This is the Greatest Bull Market of our lives, while the U. S. has the Greatest President of our lives and our times

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“What’s amazing about this bull market is that people still don’t think it’s real,” said Richard Bernstein, chief executive of Richard Bernstein Advisors, a money management firm. “We think this could be the biggest bull market of our careers.”

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New York Times
Record High Close for Dow, Spurred by Fed and Profits
By PETER EAVIS
March 5, 2013


Record High Close for Dow, Spurred by Fed and Profits


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VIDEO : Rachel Maddow : "GOP Caught In Own Foolish Sequester Trap" - March 04, 2013 - So the GOP is the Coyote and Obama is the Road Runner ( Warner Bros. Cartoons ). The coyote always falls in his own trap and the Road Runner escapes unscathed

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Published on Mar 5, 2013

 

The Rachel Maddow Show | March 04, 2013

GOP caught in own foolish sequester trap

Rachel Maddow reports on how the sequester was designed to be sloppy and painful to both parties, to motivate them to work together rather than endure foolish cuts. Now that it's doing its damage, Republicans are trying to do undo the cuts that they don't like while leaving the cuts Democrats don't like.

"GOP Caught In Own Foolish Sequester Trap" Rachel Maddow 

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Jeb Bush will never be president - The Biggest Reversal, U Turn on a dime and about face : As of June 2012, Jeb Bush asserted that he supported a pathway to citizenship. Now he writes a book to deny citizenship to undocumented immigrants

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And I was so stupid that I thought that this was the most intelligent Republican and most dangerous for 2016 and the Democratic Party. Now I see this politician as someone that will not be elected president, Never !! ---- Boy, was I wrong !!

Another Flip-Floper for Republican Presidential Candidate ???? -- Wasn't Mitt Romney enough ???

Huffington Post
Jeb Bush Book: Undocumented Immigrants Should Be Ineligible For Citizenship
By Elise Foley
March 3, 2013

Jeb Bush Book: Undocumented Immigrants Should Be Ineligible For Citizenship

Some excerpts :

WASHINGTON -- In a new book, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) makes a notable reversal on immigration reform, arguing that creating a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants would only encourage future unauthorized immigration.

"It is absolutely vital to the integrity of our immigration system that actions have consequences -- in this case, that those who violated the law can remain but cannot obtain the cherished fruits of citizenship," Bush and lawyer Clint Bolick argue in a new book, Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution. "To do otherwise would signal once again that people who circumvent the system can still obtain the full benefits of American citizenship."

The book, which The Huffington Post obtained before its Tuesday release, lays out the two men's proposals for comprehensive immigration reform. Both are longtime proponents of reform, and Bush in particular has long beat the drum for the GOP to take a new tone on the matter.

But the book's treatment of a pathway to citizenship stands in contrast to Bush's previous statements on immigration reform.

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In Spanish : "No hay mal que por bien no venga", literally : "There is no misfortune that does not bring a good" that is a benefit, a blessing, a boon. The misfortune of having a stupid Tea Party may bring a blessing to America, a boon to the Democratic Party electing more presidents

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Is the Tea Party the more effective conspiracy to harm the American Economy ?? - Robert Reich : "Imagine a plot to undermine the government of the United States, to destroy much of its capacity to do the public's business, and to sow distrust among the population."

Robert Reich continues :

"Imagine further that the plotters infiltrate Congress and state governments, reshape their districts to give them disproportionate influence in Washington, and use the media to spread big lies about the government."

"Finally, imagine they not only paralyze the government but are on the verge of dismantling pieces of it."

My comment after Robert Reich's sentences :

On the other hand, the more stubborn, obstinate, fanatic, bigot and extremist that the GOP becomes, the better for the Democratic Party in order to win next elections, specially the Presidential Election in year 2016.

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Huffington Post
The Sequester and the Tea Party Plot
By Robert Reich
Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; Author, 'Beyond Outrage'

March 1, 2013


The Sequester and the Tea Party Plot


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