http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php en-us http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P141 Republican National Committee Treasurer Tim Morgan began a February fundraiser letter to delinquent donors with an inquiry: “I don’t want to believe you’ve abandoned the Republican Party, but I have to ask…Have you given up?” Concise, yet it conveys the trepidation the party’s current leadership should rightly have about its conservative base. Since President Bush assumed office in 2001 conservative leaders have argued that his policies of “big government conservatism”—both at home... http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P140 Economist Milton Friedman said, "There's no such thing as a free lunch." For the same reason, "There's no such thing as cheap labor" -- not when it comes to illegal aliens. Vernon Robinson, a GOP congressional candidate in North Carolina, summarized the problems posed by 12 million illegal immigrants: "These illegal aliens are taking jobs away from American citizens and they're sponging off the American taxpayer. They're overflowing our public schools... http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P139 In local news, Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman (R-Montauk) is proposing making the communte to Eastern Long Island a whole lot easier--with the help of this writer. Granted, these aren't the sexier social issues of the culture war that drew me into politics, but this legislative decision will affect at the drivers of at least 30,000 vehicles each day. That touches even more people's lives than the Cornell American articles on race. :) From News12 Long Island (You can view... http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P138 Right now--even as you read this--pro-amnesty forces in Washington are STILL scheming to grant amnesty to over 12 million illegal aliens. Can you believe it? And it could happen in a matter of days unless good, decent Americans like you fight even harder than you've fought thus far. Here's one of the newest schemes -- a new, highly-publicized Republican National Committee (RNC) poll that supposedly shows that: **70 percent of Americans and 64 percent of Republicans... http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P137 There have been fewer times in American history when our leaders have been so diametrically opposed to the people. President Bush is optimistic about the fruits of an Iraq policy the nation says is failing; and down in the dumps about America’s call to reign-in illegal immigration. How is it Mr. Bush can be “upbeat” about Iraqis securing Iraq, but pessimistic about Americans trying to secure America? It “ain't gonna work” he said, referring to non-existent calls by conservatives to... http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P136 Being he’s a former upstate New York congressman, the former GOP candidate for Vice President in 1996, and a champion of economic liberty, I’m usually a big fan of Jack Kemp. In particular, I’ve admired how he frames his views in the way a deft political warrior should—illustrating how his policies will help the underdog. (See: tax cuts, free enterprise, and school vouchers). However, his latest project, pushing Rep. Tom Davis’s bill granting the District of Columbia a vote in the House... http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P135 The chief evidence used by the Left to press the case that there is no God has been the idea that man was not made in His image, but by accidental evolution from a lower order of animals. Framing man’s origins as such allows them to speculate on man’s nature and legitimize their political agenda. Consider: if man is just a more intelligent animal, then there’s no moral harm in passing an environmental regulation that pushes thousands of farmers into poverty. If man, and not God, sits... http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P133 From the Cornell Daily Sun. "Intelligent Design is a religious belief masquerading as a secular idea," said Cornell's Interim President Hunter R. Rawlings III today in his State of the University Address to a joint session of the Board of Trustees and University Council. In the absence of new major University initiatives, Rawlings took the speech as an opportunity to condemn the teaching of Intelligent Design as science. "We should not suspend, or rather annul, the... http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P134 From The Cornell American. James Madison once said “Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution…” These words have fallen on the deaf ears of liberals nationwide. This much was true when Cornell “celebrated” Constitution Day on September 23. President Rawlings tried to tie himself to Madison’s legacy, by asserting “Madison is turning over in his grave watching these things” in reference to faith-based initiatives and... http://www.ryanhorn.com/index.php?id=P132 Just when you thought the United Nations couldn't disgrace itself further, it fetches up siding with supporters of terrorists against defenders of innocent civilians. The Commission on Human Rights' special investigator on torture, Manfred Nowak, is threatening to expand his own brief and refer Britain to the United Nations General Assembly for human rights violations. This is because Britain is preparing plans to deport foreign citizens who engage in "unacceptable behavior" such...