The Obama Family: Perfecting the Art of Uppity

The Obama Family: Perfecting the Art of Uppity


Emigrating to a foreign land has to be an intimidating experience for the émigré.




Just think of it: Entering a country where you don’t speak the same language, don’t understand the customs or laws, and don’t have many if any friends or relatives to give you a sense of belonging must induce a certain trepidation.



Of course, in America, land of the free, the brave, the swiss cheese borders, and tens of millions of illegal immigrants, those trepidations rarely apply. By contrast, in virtually every other nation on Earth, illegal aliens strive to keep a low profile and avoid detection lest they end up in jail, deported and, in many nations, beaten, and tortured.



Imprisonment and deportation back to whence they came are the fates of relatively few illegals caught breaking our laws. The millions of others pretty much get a pass–until they are apprehended committing a crime–except in states such as Arizona where the citizenry and government believe they are compelled to enforce federal immigration legislation laws since the feds won’t.



Decent foreigners follow procedures and wait their turn to enter America and should be welcomed to our land of immigrants. Then there are people who have contempt for our laws and slither into our country illegally. Some lucky souls are immune from any restrictions providing they have, shall we say, friends in high places.



A prime example of immigrants with connections is President Barack Obama’s “dear Auntie Zeituni,” as he referred to her in Dreams from My Father.



She not only emigrated here illegally but lived on the dole for decades in the Boston area, defied repeated deportation orders, and then bitched about her treatment following a federal judge’s reversal of opinion after her nephew’s coincidental election as president.



Obama’s Uncle Omar is no slouch either when it comes to illegally sneaking into the United States, setting up residence–also in liberal Massachusetts–and avoiding deportation. Charged with a DUI in Framingham, his first words were, “I think I will call the White House.” He beat the rap and is still working in a liquor store.



For all the sordid details on uppity Obama-family illegals, see “Uncle Omar and Auntie Zeituni”, http://bit.ly/r1DnSR.



The Kenyan native Zeituni Onyango, a dead ringer for “SNL’s” Kenan Tompson, full sister of Uncle Omar Onyango and half sister of the president’s reprobate-bigamist father, Barack Hussein Obama, Senior, has asserted herself once again in a memoir, Tears of Abuse. . .
Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=23912.)

Good News from North Carolina, Alabama, and Ukraine

Good News from North Carolina, Alabama, and Ukraine

“Good news” is a very subjective term.

Some people regard the slight uptick in Barack Hussein Obama’s job approval ratings as a positive, others perceive it as ominous for the next election. Some consider unfortunate Tuesday’s Pentagon announcement that troops returning from Iraq won’t be honored with parades as per custom at the end of a war, others applaud the decision since they don’t like wars or soldiers.

What’s good and what’s bad often depends on one’s perspective.

However, though there are inevitably those who can find dark clouds on bright, sunny days and evil in virtue, various developments over recent weeks must be interpreted as positive–unless you’re a Muslim, a leftist, a misanthrope, or a sorry combination of all three.

For example, few Americans would see an American corporation standing up for American values as a negative. Even fewer would consider a decrease in a state’s unemployment numbers as anything but a sign of improving times. Virtually no one would deny saving children from an ugly fate is an act of true Christian charity.

Earlier this month, the Mooresville, North Carolina-headquartered home improvement chain Lowes home met with widespread criticism for yanking its advertising dollars from TLC’s “All-American Muslim,” apparently feeling the show was not representative of Muslims in America or of Islamic beliefs in Sharia law.

Muslims and leftist Democrat politicians ripped Lowes’ decision as a “shameful” reaction to intolerant “fringe” agitators and organized a boycott of the chain as punishment and to force Lowes to alter its policy.

In a letter to the company, signed by Muslim congressman Keith Ellison and others, the pols accused Lowes of forgetting “what it means to be an American.”

(See “Lowes Lowers Boom on Muslims,” http://bit.ly/rZNoTS.)

It seems the company knows full well what being an American means and “All-American Muslim” didn’t fill the bill.

Lowes stuck to its guns and was rewarded with a “BUYcott” by like-minded shoppers who flocked to its stores. At the same time, Lowes proved to be in the advertising vanguard: Fellow advertisers bailed in droves and ratings for TLC’s distorted view of the true nature and character of Muslims plummeted.

One small step for Lowes. One giant leap for America.

Much to the chagrin of the Obama administration, more good news emanated from the very red state of Alabama, employment news that can be credited to the Yellowhammer State and not to Washington.

Late last summer, Alabama began implementation of immigration reforms necessitated by Obamians’ refusal to enforce national immigration law and despite the administration’s efforts to discourage and interfere with Alabama doing the fed job.

Accused of violating everything from civil rights–of illegal aliens–to inflicting untold suffering–on illegal aliens–to ignoring economics in favor of politics, Alabama was following Arizona’s lead by audaciously insisting that applicants for jobs, etc. prove they are legal residents of the country and state.

In addition to the threatened, dire legal consequences of such audacity, progressive pundits and agitators predicted economic catastrophe for Alabamans. To their disappointment, the state has posted employment gains which far surpassed national averages since the new immigration law went into effect.

According to a November 18th report, unemployment rates fell at a record pace in the state, from September’s 9.8% to October’s 9.3%, from 9.9% to 9% in Etowah County, from 8.8% to 8.1% in Marshall county, and from 11.6% to 10.6% in DeKalb county.

The cause of all that good news? That same catastrophic immigration law which made jobs available to citizens and legal aliens who, we have been told by progressives for years, would absolutely never take those jobs.

The State of Alabama isn’t crowing much over outing the feds and the left as fools and liars and telling the president to stick those numbers in his hat, but it should.

Finally, from the usually sparse good news department comes this tidbit from ABCNews.com, a network which is usually engaged in presenting the opposite, and covering for Barack Obama. (Ever see any ABC reference Obama gaffes like “57 states,” “corpsemen,” or Hawaii’s location in Asia?)

Some positive stories cry out for exposure, even on ABC, and the Kecia and Kris Cox’s story is one of them.
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=11858.)

Good Old Aunt Zeituni, the Classic Leech, Speaks!

Good Old Aunt Zeituni, the Classic Leech, Speaks!

Regular readers may recall Barack Obama’s Kenyan Aunt Zeituni, an illegal immigrant who has been on the public dole in Boston since she first graced our shores in 2000.

She thinks that’s just fine and perfectly equitable because America has a duty to take care of everyone who manages to sneak into our country or who arrives on a temporary visa and overstays that visa, indefinitely in her case. The 9/11 terrorist Muhammad Atta did the same thing.

She also believes it’s eminently fair that she was permitted to”cut the line,” to jump to the head of a public housing queue because, well because she happens to be Zeituni Onyango, Obama’s “dear Aunt Zeituni,” as he describes her in his memoir, Dreams from My Father.

Only Barack Obama, and his father and other family members, could consider Onyango in any way part of any dream. Most Americans would regard her and her obnoxious sense of entitlement–as an illegal alien, yet!–as our worst nightmare.

The same judge who twice rejected her request (demand?) for asylum and who twice ordered her out of the country and back to Kenya, orders she ignored, ultimately granted that asylum on the peculiar basis that her life and well- being would be jeopardized in her own land because she was aunt to an American president.

Immigration Judge Leonard Shapiro had rejected that contention but somehow came around to Onyango’s point of view. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=2295)

Who Is Stephen Hawking?

Who Is Stephen Hawking?

Stephen William Hawking is many things.

Theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, best-selling author, divorced from his second wife and father of three with three grandchildren, British recipient of America’s Presidential Medal of Freedom, (Retired) Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University, Hawking is celebrated as one of the most brilliant men alive, if not the most brilliant man alive, if not the most brilliant man who has ever lived. He was the first to theorize Hawking Radiation emitted by Black Holes in the universe and has more degrees and awards, and fans, than one can count.

Amazingly, despite having contracted crippling neuro-muscular dystrophy, a form of ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease in his 20′s, at 68, he continues to think deeply, write prodigiously, and actively publish his thoughts.

Being a dolt, I shouldn’t comment on Hawking’s many accomplishments but some of his publicized views and opinions of late have to be termed, at the minimum odd, at the extreme, bizarre.

It comes down to the question, Do we continue to take seriously even a deep thinker with an I.Q. said to be in the area of 160 when he begins to contradict himself and to publicize his unsubstantiated and bizarre reflections? Also, should we take seriously mathematical-scientific geniuses–such as Einstein or Hawking–when they make theological observations?

One recent bizarre Hawking comment concerned aliens. He wasn’t referring to Mexican illegals but to the extraterrestrial, ET, type. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1879)

News Melange: ICE, Fidel, Rodney King

News Melange: ICE, Fidel, Rodney King

From the Good News/Bad News Department: The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, affectionately known as ICE, announced that as of September 5, 2010 it had apprehended 506,232 illegal aliens over the course of about 10 months. That’s about 50,623 bad guys and gals per month nabbed by the agency, which is pretty outstanding enforcement.

That’s the good news.

The bad news about ICE, which could also be termed the TBA, for Teats on a Bull Agency, is that they also announced they had released 506,232 illegal aliens who are now no longer considered illegal aliens but rather fugitive aliens.

ICE/TBA takes a curious approach to law enforcement and fulfilling its mission; its approach is founded on placing trust in its apprehendees.

In effect, our federal agents say to the criminal, illegal aliens, “Now, you be good, okay? Just show up on the appointed day so we can have a hearing and deport you. Got that?” The illegals gladly say, “Si, senor!” and are never seen or heard from again,. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1889)

What's a Mother to Do? Part Two: Saving Sheriff Joe

What's a Mother to Do? Part Two: Saving Sheriff Joe

Mother’s Problem Number Two: Saving Sheriff Joe

For those unacquainted with Sheriff Joe, i.e., Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, he’s the law enforcement official most hated by the Mexican drug cartels who have put a million dollar bounty on his head because he’s afflicted with an odd quirk: He insists on doing his job and enforcing the immigration laws of the State of Arizona and the United States of America.

Sheriff Joe is also the law enforcement official most hated by the Obama administration and Eric Holder’s Justice Department who haven’t, as yet, put a bounty on his head and instead harass and threaten him for the same reason, his odd quirk about doing his job and enforcing the immigration laws of the State of Arizona and the United States of America.

It’s as presumptuous of me to suggest saving the tough and independent Sheriff Joe as it is for the DOJ to suggest he cease and desist from repeatedly rounding up Mexican and other illegal aliens in his state and incarcerating them in his tent prison. There they are decked out in pretty pink garb, served adequate but far from sumptuous meals, and expected to behave as prisoners, not as indulged guests of the state.

It’s presumptuous but I’ll do it anyway.

Long a burr under the saddles of everyone from the ACLU to La Raza to every other illegal alien rights group in the nation, Sheriff Joe, the self-described “America’s toughest sheriff,” was issued a second ultimatum last week insisting he “comply with a Justice Department request to explain his office’s ‘operations, policies and procedures’ involving the arrest and detention of Hispanics.” . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1877)

How Proudly It Waves

How Proudly It Waves

Leftists, liberals, “progressives” are all fond of Dr. Samuel Johnson’s definition of patriotism, that it’s the last refuge of scoundrels, and use it to attack conservatives, flag wavers, anyone with great pride in our country.

According to Thomas Boswell, Johnson’s biographer, the lexicographer never meant to impugn true patriotism but rather false, phony, insubstantial love of country, all of which adjectives perfectly describe the sentiments of leftists, liberals, and “progressives.”

Flags and patriotism have been very much in the news of late, principally relating to the uproar that has arisen on both sides of the issue of Arizona’s new immigration law recently signed by that state’s governor, Jan Brewer.

More so now than at any other period in the past six decades, a sense of true patriotism is a requisite for these times that are trying men’s souls and there is no better time to demonstrate that love of country and no better way than by displaying, waving, and defending the symbol of the nation, the flag of the United States of America.

The stars and stripes are currently under attack by a wide assortment of foreign and domestic enemies. We can and will defend the country against foreign foes which in some sense are more easily defeated than those already on our shores.

Homegrown enemies and the forces of foreign enemies who have invaded our land by the millions are more challenging and insidious since they eat at the very soul of America from within our borders, leeches who suck the life blood from America even as they show contempt for our values and our symbols. . .
(Read more at http://genelalor.com)

Bordering on Stupid

Bordering on Stupid

Amid the ongoing border babble, one question is rarely asked or addressed, namely does the United States even want to have secure and inviolable borders. For all intents and purposes, it doesn’t seem as if we do, at least not on the federal level.

It’s worthwhile to remember that the porous border problem existed long before Barack Obama took office. President George W. Bush for 8 years showed no inclination to seal our southern border and Obama is simply continuing that policy of inaction.

Whether based on purely political considerations, catering to the Hispanic vote, or business interests, staffing menial jobs with millions of illegal immigrants, both Bush and Obama seemed to agree that an open border was in their best interests and the interests of their respective parties.

Yet, the debate continues with Arizona’s new illegal immigration law merely accenting the issue.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1670)

Mexicans in America: Tercera Parte: Criminal Activities

Mexicans in America: Criminal Elements

Yesterday’s installment of this re-published series focused on Aztlan, the mythical place; today’s Part Three deals with the criminals in that very real place, the United States.

Mexicans, El Salvadorans, Guatemalans, any Hispanics and, indeed, most people of any nationality are fundamentally good people. At least, that’s what I firmly believe.

I’ve also said that if I were in their positions of poverty and deprivation and if I had the opportunity to sneak into another country which happened to be rich by my standards, I probably would do it. If that were the only way I could provide for my family, as illegal as it may be, I’d give it a shot and risk arrest, deportation, and imprisonment, though imprisonment would be rare if I snuck into the United States.

Chances are, if I were apprehended for violating American immigration laws, I’d be fed a meal then packed off to my native country, enabling me to try, try, try again until I made it into the Land of the Gringos where I could earn some dollars to FedEx back home to be converted into pesos so that my wife and kids could eat and be a tad more comfortable.

Whether it would be via a restaurant job, a farm job, a factory job, I would consider myself, and my family, fortunate. I guess I’d pass at nannying, but who knows? . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1658)

SB 1070: Arizona's Illegal Alien Law

SB 1070: Arizona's Illegal Alien Law

With the continuing and worsening uproar over Arizona’s new immigration law, SB 1070, it might be worthwhile to actually read said law before demonstrating or rioting over it.

Aside from the incongruity of the spectacle of illegal aliens protesting against a public law not scheduled to go into effect for months, a look at the text of that statute might alleviate some of their overreactive concerns.

It’s a simple law, really, as far as laws go, and largely devoid of the legalistic jargon that often obfuscates what politicians write. The section titled, “Article 8. Enforcement of Immigration Laws.” and subtitled, “Cooperation and Assistance in Enforcement of Immigration Laws; Indemnification,” represents a straightforward piece of legislation: . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1655)

Horses' Petuzzis Ride into Arizona

Horses' Petuzzis Ride into Arizona

“Three Border Patrol agents are assaulted on the average day at or near the U.S.A border. Someone is kidnapped every 35 hours in Phoenix, Ariz., often by agents of alien smuggling organizations. And one-in-five American teenagers last year used some type of illegal drug, many of which were imported across the unsecured U.S.-Mexico border:” http://bit.ly/9wExK1

That excerpt of a CNS report based on DOJ figures doesn’t even mention the number of assaults and murders of both civilians and law enforcement officials, the high-speed chases of criminal suspects, the school over-crowding, the closed hospitals, the high costs across the board for Arizonans to be the unwilling hosts of hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens from Mexico.

Yet, Mexico treats undocumented visitors traversing its Third World environs en route to the USA as invaders and condemns Arizona’s new immigration law which is far more lenient than Mexico’s and simply codifies on a state level already existing and unenforced federal laws.

As expected, the Commander in Chief in Charge of Defending Illegality jumped into the Arizona controversy as did San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome who declared Arizona off limits as did the usual agitators such as Al Sharpton, all insisting that Arizona be blacklisted as a pariah state which should be shunned by all civilized peoples.

Perhaps the worst attack has . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1653)

Nervy News #1

Nervy News #1

We’ve all heard that dog bites man isn’t newsworthy but that man bites dog is. Likewise, we’ve heard of other stories which are so banal we wonder why the editor publishes them and stories which strike a chord as classic examples of overreaching and obnoxiousness.

One of the latter comes to us from the benighted state of Mexifornia, from the bi-lingual city of Los Angeles.

California Cardinal Condemns Arizona Immigration Law: Cardinal Roger Mahony of the Los Angeles archdiocese has ripped the content of the bill just sent to Governor Jan Brewer as encouraging “German Nazi and Russian Communist techniques” since it requires suspected illegal aliens to provide identification papers showing they have a right to be in our country.

Reasoning that illegal immigrants are really nice people . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1639)

You Go, Sheriff Joe! Part Two

You Go, Sheriff Joe! Part Two

. . . They also don’t appreciate his brand of law enforcement, not mollycoddling the thousands of illegals and other miscreants he rounds up and incarcerates and treats like prisoners rather than as wards of the state to be indulged and entertained.

He dresses his prisoners in shocking pink underwear to soothe them, feeds them spare prison fare–two fifteen cent meals a day without salt and pepper– plays Sinatra and opera on his in-house radio station, houses some in tents, and has used all-female and all-youth chain gangs.

Most recently he has come up with a unique idea which will no doubt infuriate Amnesty International and the American Civil Liberties Union which already oppose his tactics.

The idea could be summarized as, “You wanna watch, you gotta pedal,” meaning that any prisoners who want to watch more television must pedal exercise bikes to generate the electricity needed to power their tvs: http://bit.ly/cxSyXB

Under his pedaling policy, Maricopa inmates . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1613)

A Letter from a Gramps to His Obamian Daughter

A Letter from a Grandpa to His Obamian Grandchild (received as an email)

"John is 63 years old and owns his own business. He is a life-long Republican and sees his dream of retiring next year is now all but gone. With the stock market crashing and all the new taxes coming his way, John knows he will be working for a good number more years.

John has a Granddaughter. Ashley is a recent college grad. She drives a late model car, wears all the latest fashions, and also likes going out and eating out a lot.

Ashley campaigned hard for Obama, and after he won the election she made sure her Grandfather (and all other Republican family members) received more than an earful on how the world is going to be a much better place now that Obama won the election.


Ashley recently found herself short of cash and cannot pay her bills, again. As she has done many other times in the past, she e-mailed her Grandfather asking for some financial help. Here is his reply:

"Sweetheart, I am replying to your request for more money. Ashley, you know I love you dearly and am sympathetic to your financial plight. Unfortunately, times have changed. With the election of President Obama, your Grandmother and I have had to set forth a bold new economic plan of our own….the ‘Ashley Economic Plan’.

Let me explain.

Your grandmother and I are highly productive, wage-earning tax payers. As you know, we have lived a comfortable life and in return have forgone many things like fancy vacations, luxury cars, etc. We have worked hard and were looking forward to retiring soon. But this plan has changed. Your president is significantly raising our personal and business taxes. He says it is so he can give our hard earned money to other people.

Do you know what this means, Ashley? It means less income for us. Less income means we must cut back on many business and personal expenditures.

One example is, we were forced to let go our receptionist today. You know her. She always gave you candy when you visited my office. Did you know she worked for us for the past 18 years? I can’t afford her anymore.

That is a taste of the business side. Some personal economic effects of Obama’s new taxation policies include none other than you.. ."
(Read the rest of that gramp's words of wisdom at http://genelalor.com)