The ACLU Succeeds in Effort to Give Illegal Immigrants A Chance to Cancel Votes of American Citizens!

Arizona voters passed a law requiring voters to show I.D. The A.C.L.U. has succeeded in getting an order from the leftist judges at the ninth circuit to stop enforcement of the law. This will, of course, allow illegal immigrants to cancel out the votes of American citizens...in America!

Update: October 20, 2006 The United States Supreme Court today ruled that Arizona may go ahead and require photo identification in this November's election!

JC Watts Gives More Kudos to Seven-Eleven

Former Congressman JC Watts has some more thoughts about Seven-Eleven and Citgo, and "me first" politicians. Watts himself should perhaps be a person we should consider as a candidate for President some day.

Helping Illegal Immigrants Avoid Deportations: After They Commit Crimes Against Americans!

Kudos to the Denver Post! I never thought I would ever write those words! Yesterday they ran a front page across the top headline and story revealing Bill Ritter's record as Denver District Attorney. He okayed "agricultural trespassing" plea bargains in 152 cases involving serious crimes of assault and drug dealing committed by people who were in this country illegally! The result? The scumbags were able to avoid deportation and stick around here in Colorado, so they can find more opportunities to commit crimes against Americans.

Show me the agricultural land in Denver. My wife needs a place to graze her horses and goats.

Even though the Post has enthusiastically endorsed Ritter for Governor, they still had the integrity to place this story where it belongs. Kudos!

Video of Bin Laden with 9-11 Plotters

Want more reasons why our military needs to be able to detain, interrogate, and then lock up terrorists? Check out this post by Don Surber.

Which Political Party Is More Likely To Protect America From Its Enemies?

Whom shall we turn to to protect America from enemies within and outside America? The Democrats put forward John Murtha as someone we should listen to. The American Spectator has made available the FBI transcript of their sting operation against Murtha. Read the whole transcript here, if you want to understand for yourself how utterly disgusting this man really is.

The Investors Business Daily lists 97 facts of recent history,starting with well-meaning but dangerously naive Jimmy Carter. Understanding these facts can only lead us to one conclusion. We will clearly be less safe if Democrats are elected to run our federal government.

Colorado's Democrat Senator Salazar was one of the few to vote Friday against the 700 mile fence to protect us from illegal immigrants invading our country across our southern border. Not even Kennedy or Clinton joined him!

Poor Me, I'm a Victim!

The killer in the most recent Colorado school shooting, on the day of the shooting, mailed a goodbye letter to a brother. The brother gave it, unopened, to ATF officials. The local media has not printed it, but they tell us that the killer spoke about being abused by his father as a child. This is becoming so common to every person who decides he is entitled violently to abuse another person or persons. First, establish the fact that you have been victimized. Then, anything you decide to do will be justified by the fact of your own victimization.

A WMD Attack On The United States?

Confederate Yankee reminds us that there has already been one (and only one) WMD attack on our country. It was in 1993: the first attempt to bring down the World Trade Towers. The person who put cyanide in the bomb that was a dud fled to Iraq, where he was protected by Saddam Hussein until our 2003 attack, which resulted in the deaths of Saddam's evil sons and the imprisonment and trial of Saddam.

Let's All Go For A Big Gulp!

According to Hugh Hewitt, 7/11 has announced that they will no longer buy Venezuelan oil!

John 3:16 (The Version According to My Five-Year-Old)

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have an interesting life." The author of this new version is on the left in the above picture.

Shot In The Head?

The shooting victim was sixteen, and has a twin brother. A hospital spokesperson believes she was shot in the head. The family is requesting that no further information be released about the girl.

What was the four o'clock deadline about? The hostage-taker broke off negotiations at 3:30, giving officers a four o'clock deadline. Was he threatening to kill someone?. Jeffco SWAT was there at the second floor classroom, and ultimately took the man into custody.

I have to take one of our foster babies to a visit with her mom, and will not be able to post again for at least two and one-half hours. Try going to KHOW radio on-line.

"Dad, I Love You!"

One of the two final hostages sent a text message to her father, who was outside the building 75 yards away while his daughter was being held captive. The message was "Dad, I Love You!" This information is from another student's father, who was standing next to the father.

The gunman is dead, and his identity has not yet been disclosed.

Sheriff: "Our Important Goal Was To Get The Kids Out of There!"

The girl was shot once, and the Sheriff believes the perp shot the girl, but he does not want to say for sure until an investigation is completed.

Update from the Sheriff

The Sheriff of Park County said that they were making progress, and hostages were released one at a time. The gunman then gave law enforcement a 4 p.m. deadline, so officers decided to intervene. The sheriff still does not know the gunman's identity, and the parents of the girl who was shot have not been contacted. The Sheriff does know the girl and her family, because he has worked in that sparsely populated rural area 36 years. He did say that he has some "intell" that he is choosing not to reveal at this time. He said the gunman broke off the negotiations. He was shielding himself with one of the hostages. They had him contained in a clssroom. He refused to talk directly with the officers, making the female hostages act as go-betweens. All of the hostages were female. The Sheriff does not know why the gunman went to that particular classroom. this started at 11:20 this morning.

"Something Threatening Occurred"

Officers exploded a device to divert the man's attention. Dan Caplis of KHOW radio speculated that something threatening occurred, because four hostages had previously been released, but officers still decided to take aggressive action to try to rescue the girls.

Gunman is Reported Dead

The gunman is dead, according to KUSA.

Girl Will Be Flown to Saint Anthony's Central Hospital in Denver

One person heard from a friend who was listening to the SWAT radio. The friend told him that the perpetrator shot the girl, and that the law enforcement officers shot the perp.

Update: A Person Has Been Taken Out Of The School On A Stretcher

Television station KUSA is reporting that one girl has been shot, and that the hostage situation has ended. The gunman has been captured. One girl in critical condition, and the other girl not injured.

Update: Flight For Life Helicopter Is Firing Up Its Engines

A stretcher was carried into the school, and the helicopter has fired up its engines.

Update

The man is saying that he has a bomb in his backpack. The bomb squad and SWAT team is on the scene. There is no confirmation by law enforcement of the earlier report that it may be a custody dispute.

Update: The Man's Identity is Not Known to Law Enforcement

Law enforcement has no information about the man! They have not established "reliable" communication with him. The school is Platte Canyon High School. It is just outside the mountain town of Bailey, Colorado. It is on Highway 285. My wife and children are due to come back home on that highway later today from a trip to Durango in southwest Colorado. I stayed home with the babies, because they had scheduled visits with their biological parents.

There is no report that anyone has been shot. There were originally six hostages, and now there are two. Law enforcement is interviewing the four hostages who have been released. No reported injuries. Police spokeswoman says "We'd like to know what he wants." Many of the first responders were also first responders at Columbine.