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Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart, 26th District of Florida.

Diaz-Balart said the House is coming up with legislation that protects the border, to know the people who are here and who have left, to help our economy and to deal with the people that are still here.  He said basic principles must be addressed. 

Ingraham pointed out that there are so many other issues that need to be addressed and that immigration reform isn't a priority.  Diaz-Balart said that every legislation isn't perfect and that we should determine as a nation who should be here.  Ingraham responded that Obama can and will use executive orders to sabotage any border security enforcement.  

Diaz-Balart said the challenge is to come up with a way to force President Obama's hand to enforce immigration legislation.  

Diaz-Balart said it is ironic that Stevie Wonder and Jay-Z will boycott Florida over the Zimmerman verdict and "Stand your ground" laws, but will travel to Cuba, a total dictatorship.   

 

Rep. Kevin Brady with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), chairman of the House-Senate Joint Economic Committee, 

Brady said Speaker Boehner is not looking to the Senate immigration bill for guidance and that the results will depend on how strong and united the House is whether the two bodies go to conference or not.  Ingraham asked what purpose there would be in going to conference.  Brady replied that there isn't a lot of good faith between the House and Senate and that the House will stand up on principle.  Ingraham pointed out that immigration isn't a top issue among Americans and that the immigration bill will depress wages and jobs.  Brady said his constituents are concerned about border security and that immigrants should come through the front door.  He feels we will need more people to fill jobs and Ingrhaam countered that we have millions of Americans without jobs or who are underemployed.  

Brady is working on defunding Obamacare and agrees with Ingraham that this is a winning issue.  

Leah Durant with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Leah Durant, Executive Director of Progressives for  Immigration Reform. 

Durant said her group sent a letter to the Congressional Black Caucus, the "Gang of Eight", etc. pointing out how the immigration bill will negatively impact African-Americans and other minorities.  Her group's message is that we are Americans first and that this bill will have be harmful to all.  Her group is having a rally at Freedom Plaza on Monday at 9:30 to protest the bill.  Ingraham cited how the arguments being presented by Durant's group are fact based versus emotional bromides from the immigration bill supporters.  

Durant reeled off statistics buttressing her argument that this bill will depress wages, jobs.  Ingraham said the bill is to the benefit of big business and politicians.  

Brad Thor with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Representative Brad Thor, author of "Hidden Order".  .

Thor said that while on vacation on Jekyll Island where the Federal Reserve was first conceived of.  He noted the Federal Reserve is not a part of the government.  He said it takes him about eight months to complete a book, has done one a year and has completed thirteen books.  He storyboards his books with guide posts but not a strict guideline.  

Thor said the Federal Reserve sets the US monetary policy who is accountable to no one and who has been a failure.  He said Fed Chairman could be considered the most powerful person in the US or world.  He mused if a foreign country could blackmail the Fed.  

Thor is a limited government person.  He noted that US citizens liberties are being eroded thanks to terrorism - the very people who get our liberties in prosecution.  He's for whistle blowers but not twenty comethings such as Bradley Manning or Edward Snowden.  

Thor said he's a Tea Party guy, but that the organization should change its name due to bad branding.  He and Ingraham agree that the emphasis should be on the middle class Americans and lifting them up.  

 

Noah Feldman with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Noah Feldman, "The Cool War".

Feldman said China and the US have a competitive relationship in which China holds 8% of our debt and yet needs us to sell goods to.  

Feldman said that the US hasn't done a good job on human rights under President Obama. He feels we should remind other nations about the differences between the values of the two nations.

Feldman said to get leverage with China is to focus on what China needs and use that to get our aims.  Feldman said that China will do business with us but by no means does this ensure they will adopt our values.    

Pat Buchanan with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Pat Buchanan. 

Ingraham and Buchaan cited the unholy alliance of the SEIU, big business and the Democratic Party that has pressured the Republicans into the immigration bill.  Both said it will do nothing for the GOP and that alleged conservatives such as Senators Rubio and Ayotte are sellouts. They also noted Speaker Boehner predicts a bill by year's end.  They pointed out how wages and jobs will be depressed for all Americans. 

Buchanan said there will be a fierce battle at the bottom of the wage ladder and that this immigration bill will help big business.  Ingraham noted that a quarter of Hispanics live in poverty and that they heavily favor big government as favored by the Democrats.

Bushanan isn't sure if the immigration bill will pass and that it won't help the GOP.  He noted that the GOP has been scared into this bill.  

Buchanan wasn't surprised by the NSA snoop revelations and that he isn't that bothered by it, although Ingraham is.  

 

Asian Juggernaut: China's Premier Li Keqiang Promotes India-China Economic Ties

UPDATE: China's Xi Will Meet Obama Earlier Than Expected

China's Premiere Li Keqiang is promoting economic ties between China and India.

Meanwhile, DC politicians are naval gazing over 3 White House scandals.  How's that Asia/Pacific strategy working? 

"If every one of our combined 2.5 billion population would buy a new mobile phone, it would blow up the order lists of IT manufacturers and operators in the world," Li said.

 

 

Outrage: Wealthy Elite NYC Moms Pay For Handicapped Guides To Cut Their Lazy Brats In Line At Disney World

It can't get much lower: Manhattan matrons are hiring handicapped guides in order to get their lazy brats into Disney World in front of other customers, cutting the line.

The woman said she hired a Dream Tours guide to escort her, her husband and their 1-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter through the park in a motorized scooter with a “handicapped” sign on it. The group was sent straight to an auxiliary entrance at the front of each attraction.

Disney allows each guest who needs a wheelchair or motorized scooter to bring up to six guests to a “more convenient entrance.”

 

Larry Kudlow of CNBC with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Larry Kudlow of CNBC.

Kudlow said he's doing great in the market and said he's a buy and hold investor.  

Kudlow agrees with Senator Ted Cruz that the internet sales tax is wrong and that the internet companies do pay taxes.  It is the big box retailers trying to put the online operators out of business.  He said it's big business in bed with government and cited the complicated tax regulations that will put small operations out of business.  

Kudlow detailed the many aspects of the US sluggish economy and that this is the worst time to raise any taxes but instread it's time to lower and simplify taxes.  

VIDEO: President Obama & Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto Press Conference

United States President Barack Obama and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto hold a press conference in the Treasury Room of the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico on Thursday, May 2, 2013.

Obama blesses Mexican security plan, eyes deeper business ties

 

 

 

Mark Merin with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Mark Merin, civil rights lawyer.

Merin articulated the plight of the homeless who have nowhere to live, to bathe or use the bathroom or to sleep in their cars.  He said we need to unlock the initiative of the private sector to recognize the problems of the homeless.  For example, the homeless don't have an address which is a requirement for a job.  

Ingraham and Merin agreed that a growing economy is essential for the homeless to get employed.  

Byron York with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Byron York.

York said he has been reading the immigration bill.  He said there are big exceptions to the rules stated up frint in the immigration bill that shorten the time to citizenship as well as the fasttrack for DREAMERS, with discretion in the hands of the Homeland Security Secretary dictatorial powers.  

York said the results and panic from the last election is spurring the GOP to pass a liberal immigration bill.  Ingraham pointed out the dismal state of California which has a disproportionate number of illegal immigrants on benefits.  York added the GOP didn't appeal to voters across the board with a pro-growth, freedom agenda.  Ingraham said many people are livid about the bill outside the beltway.  

York said the Senate is on the brink of passing the bill, but the House isn't.  Ingraham said employers get amnesty for breaking the immigration bill.  York said the three big issues: security, economic effects and the moral issues of rewarding law breakers.

 

Chris Calabrese with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Chris Calabrese.

Calabrese said the digital e-mail rules the IRS is following were put in place in the 1980s which still allow them to search e-mails.  He said our e-mails and any digital information should have the same warrants and informing the victim as when home searches are done.

Calabrese said the ACLU is concerned about medical privacy being compromised in the gun legislation and said any expansion over mental health provisions are troubling as unintended consequences could ensue.  He said the Toomey-Manchin amendment is narrowly defined, but that they are keeping a close eye on the legislation.  Ingraham expressed concern about federal databases of mental health histories of citizens.  

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Governor Rick Perry with Laura Ingraham

Laura Ingraham hosted Governor Rick Perry of Texas.

Perry said he has sent invitations to gun manufacturers that are pulling up stakes in states with restrictive gun laws.  He favors having teachers or schools being trained to defend students and pointed to the stabbing of college students on campus that could have stopped the carnage if armed.  He also favors mental health solutions. He hopes the Congress stands up for Second Amendment rights. He wondered where VP Biden would have stood in 1776 and opined it would have been with the royals. 

Perry spoke of the explosion of business and the arts in Texas as people have more of their own money to spend. 

Perry expressed concern that immigration reform will be shoved through without thought with results akin to Obamacare.  He said the path to citizenship is already in place and that we don't know what we're getting.  

US March 2013 Unemployment Rate: 7.6%; 88,000 Jobs Added

The March 2013 unemployment rate is 7.6 %, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics with 88,000 jobs added.  

From the Drudge Report:

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 7.6%...
Labor force at 63.3%, lowest since 1979...
JOBS UP 88,000...
Goolsbee: 'Punch to Gut'...
Cramer: 'Permanent Unemployed Level'...
REPORT: Payroll tax, not sequester...
DOW DROPS 100 IN 60 SECONDS...