Common Sense? No, Immigration and Unemployment Nonsense

What sense does it make to have a nearly 10-percent unemployment rate while sending American jobs overseas, and at the same time defend an illegal influx of unemployed foreign nationals who are looking for the same work as Americans?

Somewhere, someone needs a kick in the head.

Business as susual in Congress

Envoy had business ties to Pelosi's husband - Washington Times

Since 1991, Mr. Pelosi's real estate partnership investments with Mr. Tsakopoulos have netted him between $1.4 million and $9 million, according to Mrs. Pelosi's personal financial disclosure statements. In 1993, Mrs. Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis joined the business, AKT Development Corp., which was founded by her father, becoming its president in 1997.

Craig Holman, legislative representative for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy group, described the appointment of ambassadors as a "favoritism system based on money." He said that in this case, Mrs. Pelosi should have mentioned her family's business ties to the Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis family during the confirmation hearing.

"It would have been better if there was a conflict of interest to clear the air," he said.

"Unions have priced themselves out of a job."

Los Angeles, Toledo, Other Cities and States Press Municipal Labor Unions to Cut Pension and Health-Care Costs - WSJ.com