A Busy And Eventful Day...Let's Do The Headlines!

Today was a very busy day in current events. Immigration and conflict in Lebanon dominated. Let's just do some of the interesting headlines.


IMMIGRATION

Senate votes 69-23 to continue discussion on the "comprehensive immigration" issue.

AMERICAN GRASSROOTS POWER IS WORKING! Senate will wait until June to vote on immigration. Fingers doing the walking is working. Keep punching those numbers and keep the Senate switchboard on fire! Those trying hard to push this legislation wanted to ram it down the throat of the Senate before the Memorial Day recess. WE GOT 'EM CAVING FOLKS!

JOBS AMERICANS WILL DO! The meatpacking firm Swift & Company is back to full staffing levels again. This is the company that was raided and had 950 undocumented workers arrested on December 12, 2006. Who did they hire in place of the illegals? Need a hint? Try this...the answer is the workers that supposedly couldn't do those jobs.

Republican crowds in South Carolina cheered former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's stance on the immigration compromise. At the same time, they booed native son Senator Lindsey Graham on his part of the sellout of America.

Also booed, Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss at the Georgia state GOP convention. Chambliss had a part in the sellout of America, as well. At the convention, former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson was the overwhelming favorite in a straw poll for the 2008 Republican nomination for President. Thompson took 44 percent of the vote, while the Peach State's own Newt Gingrich took second with 18 percent of the vote.

LEBANON

Lebanon takes a stand against Al-Qaida in Tripoli. As a result, at least 50 of those combating were killed, along with an unknown amount of civilians. Two bombings in Beirut, including one at an office building, were part of the bloodshed as well.

GONE-ZALES?

RINO (Republican In Name Only) Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter foresees Attorney General Alberto Gonzales stepping down, possibly this week.

2008

Democratic New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson made it official today. He will run for the Presidency of the United States in 2008.

Florida will become an even more powerful force in the campaign, as Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed a bill to move the state's primary up to January 29. That is after only Iowa, Nevada, and New Hampshire vote and it is on the same day as the South Carolina vote. It is a week before the February 5th National Primary Day.