http://www.firesociety.com FireSociety Forums - Brush Fires (State/Local) - Local/State Issues -- East Thu, 08 May 2008 00:28:01 GMT admin@firesociety.com FireSociety 60 http://www.firesociety.com/images/home/mainlogo.gif http://www.firesociety.com http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/25104/Sharpton-arrested-as-hundreds-protest-NYC-police-shooting/?src=103 I hope that this is the correct venue for this and I apologise for the ad. Just off Excite News: Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting   Email this Story May 7, 8:09 PM (ET) By TOM HAYS and DAVID B. CARUSO (AP) The Rev. Al Sharpton, center, and Nicole Paultre Bell, right, are led away in handcuffs after being... Full Image p {margin:12px 0px 0px 0px;} NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday as he and hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day. Sharpton, two survivors of the shooting and the slain man's fiancee were among about a dozen people arrested on disorderly conduct charges near the base of the bridge. Police led away demonstrators at several other bridges and tunnels in the city. The protests were part of a coordinated campaign to urge federal authorities to investigate the November 2006 shooting of Sean Bell. Three officers were acquitted of state charges last month. Sharpton, shooting survivors Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman, and Bell's fiancee, Nicole Paultre Bell, lined up and ... Thu, 08 May 2008 00:27:50 GMT lloyd7 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/25104/Sharpton-arrested-as-hundreds-protest-NYC-police-shooting/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23632/Started-a-New-Meetup-Save-American-Job--anti-illegal-immigration/?src=103 http://saveamerjobs.meetup.com/73/   Thanks  Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:38:37 GMT moderate mammal http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23632/Started-a-New-Meetup-Save-American-Job--anti-illegal-immigration/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23593/Counter-Protest/?src=103 Hi NY ICers, As per the suggestion from Carol at the last NY ICE meeting, I've set up a Craig's List ad for our May 1 Counter protest with 2 goals in mind:  To try to get more participants and some more money for our Rolling Billboard.  It's in the NYC's politcal section of the site.  There's an option for you to forward it to a sympathetic friend, and please do so if you think it will help us get more participation or money towards the Billboard. The Link expires in 7 days.  Here's the Link: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/pol/618025563.html Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:24:15 GMT Genemom http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23593/Counter-Protest/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23162/ANNAPOLIS-/?src=103 March 11 Annapolis Trip ReCap - GREAT FUN, BIG IMPACT! HUGE THANKS to the dozens of Maryland patriots who showed up at the Judiciary Committee meeting yesterday to speak against sanctuary cities and in favor of Pat McDonough's Citizens Right Act. We really took "The Man" by surprise!  Testimony went late into the afternoon, there were so many of us.  Emotions ran high!  Pro-illegal delegates were clearly stunned by the numbers and the passion of our group.  Delegates already on our side were encouraged by our presence. As one of our speakers pointed out, the Maryland Delegate Assembly is "out of touch" when it comes to public opinion on illegal aliens.  Yesterday's turnout certainly helped change that! If you did join us in Annapolis yesterday, you saw how easy and fun it is to make a difference.  You don't need to be an experienced public speaker.  The best testimony of the day came from average citizens who simply spoke from their heart.  Just showing up sends a message that you're mad as hell and aren't going to take it any more! Democracy is not a spectator sport!  It's a CONTACT sport, and the team that hits the hardest wins. If ... Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:02:25 GMT p. hunt http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23162/ANNAPOLIS-/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23011/Flt-93-Memorial-Project-founder---quot-They-decided-that---we-re-just-not-going-to-address-the-issue---of-Islamic-symbolism--quot-/?src=103 Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Memorial Project founder: "They decided that, 'we're just not going to address the issue' [of Islamic symbolism]"  Flight 93 is the symbol of our woken vigilance. We are supposed to be alert now, to jihadist enemies that hide amongst us, pretending to be trustworthy friends. Those charged with the memorialization of Flight 93 have instead embraced an anti-spirit of Flight 93, regarding vigilance as somehow beyond the pale even of contemplation. Listen to the words of Clay Mankamyer, one of the founders of the Flight 93 Memorial Project, describing the Project's reaction to warnings of Islamic symbolism in the Crescent of Embrace design. They asked the accused architect Paul Murdoch about it. They agreed with him that it was "too big a stretch" to think that he had conspired to intentionally include Islamic symbolism, and so they decided that: "we're just not going to address the issue." They made an up-front decision NOT to look at the facts. Here is the audio (50 seconds) followed by a transcript: to continue- http://errortheory.blogspot.com/2008/02/memorial-project-founder-they-decided.html   Sun, 09 Mar 2008 02:30:09 GMT a12iggymom http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23011/Flt-93-Memorial-Project-founder---quot-They-decided-that---we-re-just-not-going-to-address-the-issue---of-Islamic-symbolism--quot-/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/20989/NY-Niceness-Campaign-in-Albany-Gets-Nowhere-as-G.O.P.-Pouts-Gov.-Eliot-Spitzer/?src=103 Niceness Campaign in Albany Gets Nowhere as G.O.P. Pouts Tim Roske/Associated Press Gov. Eliot Spitzer, standing at lower left, delivers his State of the State address to the Legislature. www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/nyregion&am... target="_blank"> By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE Published: January 10, 2008 ALBANY — Few second dates have been so awkward. Skip to next paragraph Related In Address, Spitzer Sets New Tone, for Unity (January 10, 2008) Like an eager and earnest suitor, Gov. Eliot Spitzer spent much of his second State of the State address wooing and praising lawmakers, with particular emphasis on Senate Republicans, his most bitter adversaries in Albany. Like haughty coquettes, the Republicans spurned him. They smirked. They rolled their eyes. They grunted dismissively. And though Mr. Spitzer’s speech on Wednesday sprouted more olive branches than a Tuscan hillside, Republican senators and Assembly members mostly sat on their hands. Not even the governor’s conspicuous and deliberate praise of individual Republican lawmakers could ease the chill in the air. When Mr. Spitzer singled out Senator George D. Maziarz, an upstate Republican, for his efforts on a landmark worker’s compensation overhaul last year, Mr. Maziarz’s fellow Republicans cheered ironically, and lightly needled him. “There goes your re-election!” one yelled out. (Mr. Spitzer ... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:30:00 GMT theSuperPatriot http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/20989/NY-Niceness-Campaign-in-Albany-Gets-Nowhere-as-G.O.P.-Pouts-Gov.-Eliot-Spitzer/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/19457/RALLY-New-York-City---Outside-CFR-11-17-07/?src=103 There will be a March for America rally in NYC in front of the Council on Foreign Relations on Saturday 11/17. To attend please RSVP/more info with stopthenau.nyc@gmail.com Bring your American flag (if you have one) or signs that oppose the SPP/NAU. For a list of other cities participiating nationwide please visit http://mfa.allamericanpodcaster.com   " no www" Best, Jonnie Crivello National Organizer for March for America! 11/17/07 NO NORTH AMERICAN UNION! http://mfa.allamericanpodcaster.com "no www" Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:04:00 GMT MFAWashington http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/19457/RALLY-New-York-City---Outside-CFR-11-17-07/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/18645/Attention---New-Jersey/?src=103              http://www.northjersey.com      Kelly: Al-Qaida associates in N.J. Excerpts from article by Mike Kelly - columnist  The FBI's elite Joint Terrorism Task Force in Newark says it is not only monitoring a number of North Jersey residents with ties to al-Qaida, but that agents have quietly "disrupted" their activities and even deported a few. Task force investigators have discovered that every major terrorist group in the world, including Hamas and Hezbollah, has at least one North Jersey contact. The lone exception is Afghanistan's ultra-fundamentalist sect, the Taliban.  Undercover agents attend all professional football games at Giants Stadium. Agents also plan to monitor the upcoming Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park Racetrack. In weighing his own fear of an attack, Cruise noted that northern New Jersey has a wide range of tempting and vulnerable targets, from tunnels and bridges to sports venues, shopping malls and chemical plants.       Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:09:06 GMT macmaulding http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/18645/Attention---New-Jersey/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/18781/Maryland-s-Sen.-Mikulski---shame/?src=103 I have just sent a nasty-mail to Senator Mikulski.  Sure wish she could be recalled.  Here's why: Senator Mikulski, who was also the proponent of the original exemption, slipped the amendment extending the loophole another year into a large group of amendments which the Senate adopted by voice vote. In a statement, the Senator said, "Without these seasonal workers, many businesses would not survive." She also asserted her determination to press for a permanent expansion when the opportunity arises. (The Daily Times, October 17, 2007). An amendment to appease businesses that use the H-2B guest worker program, which allows them to import tens of thousands unskilled non-agricultural workers each year. The amendment (S.A. 3311), sponsored by Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), grants a one-year extension to an existing loophole in the existing 66,000 cap. This loophole allows Homeland Security to exempt an H-2B worker from counting towards the cap if the worker received an H-2B visa in one of the previous three years. This means that the number of H-2B workers grows annually despite the cap. Last year, for example, 122,541 H-2B visas were issued, of which 50,854 were not counted against the non-immigrant visa cap because they were issued to ... Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:17:27 GMT macmaulding http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/18781/Maryland-s-Sen.-Mikulski---shame/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/16764/Hazleton--Pennsylvania-s-Illegal-Immigration-Law-Shot-Down-by-Activist-Judge/?src=103  Let's help save our country by helping  these folks out!  READ MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE AT http://www.smalltowndefenders.com/pub... And make donations to help Hazelton fight the legal battle all the way up to the Supreme  Court  at:    http://www.smalltowndefenders.com/pub...   "...On July 26, 2007, federal Judge James Munley of the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued an opinion striking down the efforts of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to address the consequences of illegal immigration within its jurisdiction. In Hazleton, the impact of illegal immigration has been severe. Illegal aliens have committed several murders in the past two years in a town that previously saw murder occur only once about every seven years. Drug-trafficking and gun-running gangs comprised mostly of illegal aliens, MS-13 included, moved to this sleepy town. Drug crimes increased, with illegal aliens representing 30 percent of those arrested.  Predictably, as soon as Hazleton passed its ordinance, the ACLU, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF), and liberal allies at the silk-stocking Philadelphia law firm of Cozen O’Connor took Hazleton to court. The ACLU advanced a grab-bag of legal theories against Hazelton. It claimed that cities and states cannot impose sanctions on employers who hire unauthorized aliens -- when in fact ... Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:19:15 GMT VEyes http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/16764/Hazleton--Pennsylvania-s-Illegal-Immigration-Law-Shot-Down-by-Activist-Judge/?src=103