One of the news items on Orbusmax was this:

State GOP: No automatic citizenship for kids born in U.S. to illegal immigrants

The state Republican Party adopted a platform Saturday that includes a provision aimed at opposing automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants.

This is not a new idea...

The state party approved a similar platform plank at its 2006 convention that proved controversial. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognizes citizenship for all persons born in the United States.

"Immigration is an issue that a lot of our party activists feel strongly about," state Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser said. "And it's certainly a very defensible position. It's not at all something that's based on race concerns. It's a matter of what is citizenship going to be based on."

And it is going to be just as controversial, and may continue to help the Democrats brand the Republicans as xenophobes and racists.

While it is a popular notion with the anti illegal immigration set, the fact is that there is not much congressional support for a Constitutional Amendment, which near as I can tell is what this would take.

Any legislation will immediately be challenged as being in violation of the 14th, and my personal belief is that the SCOTUS will uphold the conventional notion.

It is not to say the idea is without merit.  While pro immigration groups scoff at the notion, the facts actually support the critics.  it may hurt some peoples notions, but immigrants do sometimes come here pregnant hoping to deliver while on US soil so as to have the edge in immigration.

It is estimated that as many as 380,000 babies each year fall into this category, and may include not just illegals, but also tourists on a tourist visa (as opposed to a work visa).

The history of the 14th Amendment does support the critics to a degree:

I predicted long and tirelessly last year that he would bide his time and eventually make a run for the nomination, but I admittedly was wrong.  He faded out and rested on his Global Warming awards.

Or was I?

According to at least one Super Delegate, if the Convention becomes a brokered convention, there is a ripple under the surface that maybe a BoreGore/Clinton or Gore/Obama ticket would unite the party.

Wouldn't that be a kick in the pants?  To not only disenfranchise the voters but do so with a completely unvoted for nominee.

Mark Tomasik: Don’t discount Gore-led ticket

U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney, whose district includes much of Martin and St. Lucie counties, is hoping he won’t have to attend the Democratic Party national convention in Denver in August.

If he does go, that will mean the Democrats still haven’t decided a nominee for the presidential election. And if neither Sen. Hillary Clinton nor Sen. Barack Obama has clinched the nomination by August, Mahoney says we may see a brokered convention, meaning the nominee could emerge from a negotiated settlement.

“If it (the nomination process) goes into the convention, don’t be surprised if someone different is at the top of the ticket,” Mahoney said.

A compromise candidate could be someone such as former vice president Al Gore, Mahoney said last week during a meeting with this news organization’s editorial board.

If either Clinton or Obama suggested to a deadlocked convention a ticket of Gore-Clinton or Gore-Obama, the Democratic Party would accept it, Mahoney said.

But will the democrats around the country?

That seems to be the real question.  Will all this wheelin' and dealin' cause a revolt in the party?

Amazing how the party has become so divisive.

And if they shun Obama for a Gore/Clinton ticket, that still leaves open the possibility of racial tensions just to make this summer a summer to remember.

I saw this referenced at Hot Air:

Muslim Survey “Challenges” West

A new Gallup poll is being touted as a “challenge” to  western misperceptions of Islam. The survey was done on three continents and took six years to complete, and as the French news agency AFP reports, we’ve all been a little alarmist over here:

“About  93 percent of the world’s 1.3 billion Muslims are moderates and only seven percent are politically radical, according to the poll, based on more than 50,000 interviews.”

The punchline (emphasis mine):

Seven percent of 1.3 billion leaves us with . . . 91 million radical Islamists. And to think we were concerned!

Nuff Said.

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A brilliant assessment and expose of the Gore fueled Global Warming fraud.

Watch it, it is one of the best summaries of the flaws in the Global Warming Alarmists dogma.

Still think the science is settled?

Rather than blame the Anti Alarmists for interrupting science and policy, we should be thanking them for allowing research to continue before we do something presumptuous and do more harm than good.

Here, as an encore, is Stossel on Ethanol.

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Both liberals and conservatives continually ask themselves "what are they thinking" when listening to the other side.  Now we have proof:  The differences run deep.

Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain

Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work.

I think that right there, the study actually exposes the truth.  But Ill get back to that.

In a simple experiment reported today in the journal Nature Neuroscience, scientists at New York University and UCLA show that political orientation is related to differences in how the brain processes information.

Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be more structured and persistent in their judgments whereas liberals are more open to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not confined to political situations but also influence everyday decisions.

The results show "there are two cognitive styles -- a liberal style and a conservative style," said UCLA neurologist Dr. Marco Iacoboni, who was not connected to the latest research.

I know the liberals are having a good laugh on this, but frankly i don't see it as a negative.

Conservatives are able to stay focused whereas liberals tend to drift on tangents and fail to maintain their purpose...except where Bush Derangement is for some weird reason.

But seriously that is the core of the difference in many ways.

Conservatives believe in absolutes:  Good evil, Right wrong etc.  Liberals cloud their judgments with nuanced variations and degrees, and often lack the ability to accurately judge the simple and obvious.

Conservatives believe in action and consequence, whereas liberals believe in rationalization, mitigation justification and such more ambiguous concepts.

Where a simple yes or no would suffice liberals will muddy it with maybes, probably's and shoulds.

The Seattle Times says:

Brains of liberals, conservatives may work differently, study finds

I was asked about my guitars, so here is a list of what I have and what I had.  I have to admit I am an obsessed guitar player and collector.  This is pure Guitar Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) at work.

Yes, I have bought and sold a lot.  Yes I regret many of the sales.  That's how it is with musicians, I am told by many other who share my story (and likewise lament their losses).

I favor Dean Guitars.  Heavily.  They have the best products on the market in their class, in my opinion.  Were I to join a band and tour, Dean is who I would seek an endorsement from.  

Pity they don't endorse blogs.

6 of my 11 guitars are Dean, 2 are Fenders and the others one offs. 

Likewise I seem to be drawn back to Peavey amps.  My first amp was a Peavey and now I have two with a third on the way.

First up is my baby, my favorite of all.  This guitar was a limited edition that I saved and preordered.  The neck plays like glass and the tone is astonishing, and yet it is actually not the most expensive of my guitars.  While the sensible thing would be to pack it away and keep it in collectors condition, I cannot.  The guitar begs to be played and it plays well.  I took it with me to Guitar Center to sound test an amp, and I enjoyed the surprise on the door attendants face as he checked it in:   "Serial Number?" he asked?  "2" I replied.  It gets a lot of looks.

• Dean Owners of America (DOA) 2007 special edition Hardtail 
  • Blue Burst quilted maple top and matching headstock
  • Set Mahogany/Rosewood Neck & Fingerboard
  • 24-3/4" Scale & 1-11/16" Nut
  • 22 frets
  • Mahogany body
  • ABA Birds Eye inlays
  • MOP Headstock Logo
  • #2 of 50 made
  • Brush Satin pickups and hardware
  • Grover Tuners
  • Natural wood "reveal" binding

I know he died back in March, but I never got around to posting a tribute to him.

Brad Delp, the voice of the rock legand Boston passed away.  His voice was one of two distcint elements that made Boston so unique.  He also carried the reputation of being an incredibly nice person.  He was 55.

I have two Youtube clips to share.  One is a slideshow tribute and the other a video to Don't Look back.

Rip Brad.  Heaven's choir just gained a new soloist.

I saw this on news tonight, and Michelle Malkin beat me to it tonight.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070529/ap_on_re_us/flag_vandalism

Vandals burned dozens of small American flags that decorated veterans' graves for Memorial Day and replaced many of them with hand-drawn swastikas, authorities said Monday.

Forty-six flag standards were found empty and another 33 flags were in charred tatters Sunday in the cemetery, authorities said. Swastikas drawn on paper appeared where 14 of the flags had been.

Members of the American Legion on this island off Washington's northwest coast replaced the burned flags with new ones Sunday afternoon.

The vandals struck again on Memorial Day after a guard left at dawn, the San Juan County sheriff's office said. This time, the vandals left 33 of the hand-drawn swastikas.

"This is not an act of free speech. This is a crime," Sheriff Bill Cumming said in a statement released Monday afternoon.

Investigators believe there's more than one culprit, based on the number of flags that were vandalized, Cumming said in a telephone interview. But authorities have no suspects, he said.

The sheriff said deputies were trying to lift fingerprints off what little physical evidence they were able to recover.

I am not quite prepared to demonize the anti war movement.  Since no one has taken responsibility, this is as easily the act if stupid disrespectful kids.

But it does point to the complete lack of common decency and respect that just a generation ago would have been completely unheard of.

Let me make it easy. 

This is respect (source ST):

This is not:

Any questions?

Maybe such outrages always have happened, as stupid people have always existed.  Maybe I am too sensitive as this was Memorial Day and I am a very strong proponent of the military.

Maybe.

Maybe I just know stupidity and ignorance when I see it.  I hope to hell that I see some outrage from the left.

I think I have posted this before but it's worth a second look. 

The second clip is the singer, Plumb, on Showbiz Tonight (CNN) discussing what the song means.