ABC News 1999: The Osama-Saddam connection

Politicians like to tell us there is no connection between Osama Bin Laden and the now deceased Saddam Hussein.  But, back on January 14, 1999 ABC News reporter Shelia MacVicar filed this report about Bin Laden possibly seeking a safe haven in Baghdad.

How many of Obama’s bills have passed?

ONE!

Study: Immigrants don’t commit crimes

Reuters writes:

Immigrants are far less likely than the average U.S.-born citizen to commit crime in California, the most populous state in the United States, according to a report issued late on Monday. People born outside the United States make up about 35 percent of California’s adult population but account for about 17 percent of the adult prison population, the report by the Public Policy Institute of California showed.

Keep in mind this says immigrants, not illegal immigrants. There have been several stories and studies like this over the past few months. There is no doubt it is in response to the illegal immigration fervor.

Here is another one from April of 2007:

Legal and illegal immigrants are far less likely than nativeborn Americans to be incarcerated for crimes, according to a new statistical analysis of 2000 Census data.

The findings were released Monday by the Immigration Policy Center, a Washington, D.C.-based group that studies contributions by immigrants

I would expect nothing less. Immigrants who come here legally (and most illegals) want to make a better life for themselves. Why would they jeopardize that by committing crimes and potentially ending up in jail? It is hard to provide for your family if you are incarcerated.

The Public Policy Institute of California study also says:

Long-standing fears of immigration as a threat to public safety are unjustified. The report also noted that U.S.-born adult men are incarcerated at a rate more than 2 1/2 times greater than that of foreign-born men.

Most Americans don’t fear both legal and illegal immigrants. Sure, some do. But, most people just want to see the rule of law prevail. We have to follow the law, so should you.

Have we learned anything after the 9-11 attacks?

Brian Ross from ABC News reports apparently not much.

Under the new laws, American flight schools are only supposed to provide pilot training to foreign students who have been given a background check by the TSA and have a specific type of visa.

But in thousands of cases that has not happened, according to the documents and current and former government officials involved in the program.

A TSA Official, Richard A Horn complained in 2005 that students taking training courses didn’t have the proper background checks and visas,

“Some of the very same conditions that allowed the 9-11 tragedy to happen in the first place are still very much in existence today…Thousands of aliens, some of whom may very well pose a threat to this country, are taking flight lessons, being granted FAA certifications and are flying planes.

It has been over 6 years from the most dreadful day in modern history. Our borders remain wide open, we haven’t altered our visa policies enough to make a difference and the FBI is fast tracking more visa applications without thorough background checks. What really has changed then?

The candidates for the White House have been touting their experience as reasons to vote for them. But, if their experience only makes matters worse, why are we even thinking about voting for them?