Note: I first posted this last Caesar Chavez Day, but I feel it is worth reposting, especially in light of all the recent protests citing him as a supporter of illegal immigrants.

As we celebrate the birthday of Caesar Chavez tomorrow, we should remember that he did not approve of illegal immigration. Activists will no doubt try to convince you otherwise, but he most certainly did not. As Ruben Navarrette explains in the San Diego Union Tribune: (more…)

Eric Hogue reports:

From an inner-office memo from Arturo Flores, Susan Miller, Evan Lum and Joan Polster (Assistant Superintendents) to Sacramento City Unified School District Principals and school officials …(the grammar is actual, from the memo itself.)

On April 6, 2006 the Board of Education is expected to approve a Resolution proclaiming Wednesday, April 26, 2006 as the Day of Silence, “to recognize the silencing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning people due to discrimination everyday in our society.” (more…)

Today several dozen students at my high school, John F. Kennedy High School, joined students from other High Schools around the state in walking out of class to protest H.R. 4437.

I did not even find out about the protest until after school today, so I wasn’t able to talk to any of the students participating in the protest as it was going on. But I did hear some students complaining about the bill in my Spanish class.

I became involved in the conversation and asked one student what his complaint with the bill was. He told me, “They want to send all the Mexicans back.” Wrong. H.R. 4437 would only send illegals of all races back to their home countries. But this student obviously didn’t know that. (more…)

It seems that one of the most currently debated points in politics is whether or not there is civil war in Iraq. To me, this seems to be a useless point. Yes, it is true that there is violence, but it is seemingly chaotic, without a full strategy. But whatever opinions may be, hopefully everyone can agree that there is violence in Iraq that is best stopped as soon as possible. The question then remains- Will the violence decrease or increase, and what can we do to lower the amount of violence?

(more…)

The ACYU is proud to announce that it has been named blog of the week by Conservative Small Blog Digest.

Thanks!

I was watching the O’Reilly Factor on the “Fair and Balanced” news source last night, and they began rambling on about how Easter, like Christmas before it, may be a target of the secular humanists in the near future, as the holiday draws nearer.

The War on Christmas has passed. Easter, a national holiday which celebrates the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, may be too religious for those that seek to rid the United States of any Christian beliefs, or anything that involves faith, period.

They went on about how a woman in a workplace in St. Paul, Missouri, was asked to get rid of a bunny rabbit (a traditional representation of Easter, its nature not religious in the least bit) because he believed it would “offend” people. Tell me this: how is a holiday, rooted though it was in earlier times, now indicated by eggs and rabbits and colorful garnishments, going to be a threat to religious freedom and tolerance when its present form has no religious foundation? If we got rid of everything that had a religious background, like many our attempting, our nation would be defunct! Why? Because America used to be a God-fearing, moralistic, and highly religious nation. That has since passed, but there is nevertheless a strong Christian sentiment still existent, and it is in a bout with secular humanism, which is also increasingly more threatening to our traditional Christian heritage and way of life.

I pity them, I really do. For a people who are known for parading around in favor of human rights and personal freedoms, they are pretty intolerant. The Liberal, Left-wing, and secular humanists that see something a threat to their beliefs just as quick censor Easter as we conservative Christians censor pornography. That is hypocrisy.

There is a large national debate currently ongoing about what to do about the problem of illegal immigration. One solution that has been brought to the table is House Bill 4437.

Among other things, the bill would build a fence across a large portion of the border, provide more money for enforcement, crack down on employers hiring illegals, and make it a felony to remain in the United States or assist an illegal to remain in the United States. Some also argue that the bill would prohibit any aid to illegals.

The bill has sparked some of largest protests in US history by immigrant rights groups and the other usual suspects.

For the most part, I can dismiss most of the protestors’ arguments. Many of them really have absolutely no idea what the bill would do but came to the protest because they were either fed propaganda or just came with their friends. But I do think that the detractors of this bill do bring up a couple of good points: (more…)

Subtitle: Why I am a Student of our History

By Jordan Harms

Remember when we took pride in our nation and its freedom and still respected the Father of Our Country? Today’s high school students going into college lack even a basic knowledge about America’s Founding Fathers. How sad for these kids that they don’t know about George Washington’s inspirational leadership or appreciate the heroic sacrifices made for their freedom by his soldiers shivering in the winter cold at Valley Forge. Even his enemy, King George III, called him “the greatest man in the world” when he learned that George Washington voluntarily gave up power after the Revolutionary War. Yet 66% of American college seniors at 50 top colleges couldn’t even identify George Washington as the commanding general of the victorious forces at Yorktown on a national multiple choice test a couple of years ago. (more…)

DATELINE: Sacramento, CA By Jordan Harms
This past Tuesday I attended an all-day conference in Sacramento sponsored by the California Federation of Republican Women (CFRW) for California high school students, teachers and politically involved persons. How did Advocacy Day first begin? Following the suggestion of Ronald Reagan that CFRW become a viable force in the legislative process, the Advocacy Program was established in 1974, so it’s been going on a long time. The program has enabled many conservatives to receive political appointments, influence legislation and make our presence felt. The CFRW Legislative Advocacy Office is the eyes and ears on our California legislature, and Youth Advocacy Day is presented in that spirit. It teaches young conservatives they can have a say in the direction taken by our legislative representatives if they participate in the process. (more…)

Benedict must be shaking in his boots right now:

San Francisco elected officials, who have tangled with the Catholic Church before, issued a blistering statement Tuesday that calls on the Vatican to overturn its edict that children waiting to be adopted should not be placed with gays and lesbians. (more…)