The GOP: The amnesiatic party
January 12, 2012 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Blog & Opinions, Latino Talk Texas, Somos Republicans Picture Gallery
This year’s GOP is lost, blindfolded and searching but it doesn’t remember 
what it needs or what it wants nor how to find it. Sad. Very sad. But not only are they amnesiatic they are also arrogant because we, Somos Republicans, approached them at nearly every turn during the past few years to tell them just what they needed. They sneered and turned their bigoted noses up at our suggestions: court the Latino vote with “Comprehensive Immigration Reform.” It’s the only way to win.
In the past I have written how the Party seems to have answered the question: “How far have we come from George W. Bush?” with a resounding, “Not far enough!!” That is more evident than ever as we examine the results of the polling of Iowa and New Hampshire. Clearly the election process is not over but this current behavior is very indicative of my assertion: “The GOP is amnesiatic….and does not remember who it is or what it stands for.”
Case in point: former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Not only has he been in campaign mode since before the last election that he lost so soundly, he has also changed his very image, one wonders how, so liberal as to be considered a moderate Democrat to hard line anti-establishment and anti-immigration hard line conservative Republican (never mind that his own father was a Mexican immigrant). Somehow, I doubt the transformation when especially he has already demonstrated with fervency to be anti-Pro-Life and Pro-big government not unlike our pal, Barry Obama…you know, the socialist in the White House. People in the GOP just can’t seem to remember those simple matters from only a few years ago.
Another example is our good friend from Texas, Dr. Ron Paul: the Crypto-libertarian. Ron Paul is so weird and radical that although he has continuously running for President, literally, for decades, he has never won a primary race. Until now. He actually came in second to Romney in New Hampshire. Imagine that: the Crypto-Democrat and the Crypto-Libertarian won in a Republican primary? How could this have happened? Simple, they’ve both been running for years and years and the GOP either remembers nothing of what they really are or that GOP voters remember nothing of who they really are and what they believe.
It seems from these two, the crypto-Democrat and the Crypto-libertarian, that the GOP is not looking at who’s who or what’s what but who’s in the lead or “Who’s on second!!”
What about t
he other more conservative republican-like Republicans? Gingrich, Perry and Santorum?
Santorum is a Republican and understands the reason morality is important in both our Constitution and our society but fails to articulate that. He’s also a big spender, not a cost cutter, and although he’s a second generation American seems hell bent on making sure you never become an American too.
Perry, a former favorite of mine, although a smart guy, has come off like an 
idiot but more importantly is dishonest with his friends, takes credit for good things he didn’t do and does not under either the 10th Amendment nor the nature of our federal government and is ill suited to run it. Further, when Perry question “the Heart” of Romney on the merits of the “Dream Act” in Texas, Perry withered like a flower while Romney slammed Perry like he’d just stolen his lunch money. Perry was our only hope.
Then came Newt Gingrich. The former House speaker and architect of the Republican revolution in the 1990′s is a History professor and surely he’d remember the past? Right? Gingrich impressed me as taking the side of “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” in America and stood up for it although it might cost him politically. I admired that but it has cost him. Further, he made the mistake of endorsing the unconstitutional idea of an official language in America. Something a real Republican would never do as it would be like surrendering the 2nd amendment too. Gingrich knows the truth about these other men I’ve described but his punches seem more like critiques of their term papers rather than solid rebukes of their clear deviations from Republican ideals and principals. When will the professor learn?
In the end, the GOP searches and searches and finds what it thinks it needs: a loser. And our, Barry Obama, wins again and that is a serious problem for me. The GOP is so lost and searching for charismatic leadership that someone like Bill Clinton, a governor from a southern state who once was Pro-Life and has a long history of adultery could easily win the GOP nomination, so long as no one remembers. Imagine that: Obama vs Clinton II, the re-match. Hillary would hate being left out. Don’t tell Bill, though, ’cause he’d really do it….run as a Republican, I mean, ….Romney does.
Lauro Antonio Garza, MPO
Texas state director, Somos Republicans
January 11, 2012
Texas Leader, Lauro Garza, explains why he is leaving the GOP
October 21, 2011 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Latino Talk Texas
Please listen to the radio podcast here. See story below:
Texas Latino Leader Leaves Republican Party
KATY, Texas – The Texas director of the nation’s largest Latino Republican organization abandoned his party this week.
Lauro Garza remains a staunch conservative, but says he’s fed up with what he calls a hostile “Tea Party nativism” toward which the GOP has been tilting in recent years – at the expense of immigrants and Latinos.
“The party has left us behind. Our credibility among Latinos is strained because we identify with the Republican Party. Saying it’s strained is putting it mildly.”
Garza remains state leader of Somos Republicans, and says the future direction of the organization still is being worked out. While he does not excuse illegal immigration or advocate open borders with Mexico, he says politicians are guilty of exploiting ungrounded fears when they suggest comprehensive immigration reform must wait until the border is safe and sealed. On the contrary, Garza insists, reform is essential for taking the load off the border.
Garza has criticized his now-former party in recent months. He took Gov. Rick Perry to task for moving away from a relatively immigration-friendly agenda. But Garza says this week’s reaction to comments from a leading GOP presidential candidate was the last straw. Herman Cain had suggested building a lethal electric border fence. Although he later insisted he was joking, Cain continued to stand by his general concept.
“The comment was met with cheers, not with laughter. Further, it’s reprehensible that the Republican Party and the other candidates have let him get away with it, and for the news media to let him get away with this stupid explanation that it was a joke. It’s not a joke.”
Garza believes Latinos tend toward conservatism, and thus should naturally be drawn to the GOP. However, he says the party is driving them away in search of short-term political gain. While Republicans are openly hostile, he says, Democrats are apathetic and weak when it comes to immigration issues.
Cristina Parker, media director for the non-partisan Border Network for Human Rights, agrees, saying few leaders are talking honestly about what needs to happen.
“Immigration reform is absolutely needed in this country, and, unfortunately, we’re at a stalemate – with the Republicans catering to nativism, and the Democrats are no better. No one’s willing to step up and get the hard work done.”
Peter Malof, Public News Service – TX
Lauro Garza on Rick Perry Presidential Website Regarding Why He Left GOP
October 21, 2011 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Latino Talk Texas
Prominent Texas Latino leader leaves Republican Party
After threatening to abandon the GOP earlier this week because of the anti-immigrant sentiments expressed by Tea Party members and this bunch of presidential candidates, a Texas Republican leader has left his party.
Lauro Garza, who led the nation’s largest conservative Latino group, Somos Republicans, blamed politicians, especially Herman Cain, of fear-mongering over the immigration issue and likened himself to Ronald Reagan, who left the Democratic Party when he felt like it betrayed him.
Garza, of Katy, posted the news along with a picture of his cut-up Republican of Texas card on the Somo Republicans site.
“The party has left us behind. Our credibility among Latinos is strained because we identify with the Republican Party,” said Garza, of Katy, in a Public News Service story. “Saying it’s strained is putting it mildly.”
He described the current state of the party as “radical and unreasonable” and called Herman Cain a “hateful bigot” for his electrified border fence idea.
From the story:
Garza remains state leader of Somos Republicans, and says the future direction of the organization still is being worked out. While he does not excuse illegal immigration or advocate open borders with Mexico, he says politicians are guilty of exploiting ungrounded fears when they suggest comprehensive immigration reform must wait until the border is safe and sealed. On the contrary, Garza insists, reform is essential for taking the load off the border.
Garza has criticized his now-former party in recent months. He took Gov. Rick Perry to task for moving away from a relatively immigration-friendly agenda. But Garza says this week’s reaction to comments from a leading GOP presidential candidate was the last straw. Herman Cain had suggested building a lethal electric border fence. Although he later insisted he was joking, Cain continued to stand by his general concept.
Garza believes Latinos tend toward conservatism, and thus should naturally be drawn to the GOP.
A message to all 2012 GOP Presidential Candidates on Latino Key Swing Vote
July 21, 2011 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Blog & Opinions, Latino Talk Texas, News affecting the 2012 Elections, Press Releases
As the 2012 election season approaches, we would like Republican candidates to know the Hispanic voting block can be salvaged and we know how. It seems to us, at Somos Republicans, the GOP leadership in states and national organizations have been courting the wrong voters. We felt we were on the verge of a breakthrough a few years ago when Arizona Senator John McCain, came from behind to win the Republican presidential nomination with a platform that included “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” while his losing competitors had all taken ever harder lines on immigration which insulted us personally and certainly drove away potential Latino voters in droves!
President George W. Bush won more Latino votes than any other major Republican candidate. He realized, as we do, that Latinos are naturally conservative. And since the American Latino population is the fastest growing segment of the population, we hoped the GOP would attempt to harness that incredible new voting block but they didn’t!
Instead they allied themselves, much to our dismay and occasional disgust, with isolationists, nativists, and a few verbose anti-Latino bigots. Republicans became so hated among Latinos that when we attended public functions we were treated as though we arrived with a dead skunk!
In the past education and school choice was the lead topic among Latinos in America. Today, immigration is the primary issue because it’s personal. Although I’m not an immigrant, I look like one and the unconstitutional laws proposed and passed in some states are deliberately designed to harass all Latinos, including me and my family, so much they will, as the environmentalist radicals at FAIR described it, “self deport.” For immigrants and citizens alike, that is very personal!
But the situation can be saved. Because our economy needs more, not less, immigration, Somos Republicans supports all efforts at Comprehensive Immigration Reform and opposes all unconstitutional efforts at immigration enforcement. We find it unconscionable that any Republican would find cause to attack the Bill of Rights or the Constitution in any way! At Somos Republicans, we are appalled and evidently alone in our quest to defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
The objective of this commentary is to expose the fact that not all Hispanic Republican groups actually have the best interest of Latinos in mind. In fact, we have found that the other groups are best classified as “sell outs” or “vendidos!” We hope Republican candidates will not seek out the dubious guidance of groups like that but instead come to us, Somos Republicans, because we do have the best interest of American Latinos in mind. We believe that is also the best interest of the Republican Party as well.
According to the Pew Hispanic Center, there are nearly 50 million Latinos in America and more than 80% of them support Comprehensive Immigration Reform. A similar percentage oppose Arizona’s unconstitutional SB 1070 and similar state level immigration enforcement measures. Somos Republicans, based in Arizona but with chapters across the nation, has thousands of members who, like the rest of Latino America, are naturally conservative, Pro-Life and determined to defend the Constitution from all attackers. Therefore, we support Comprehensive Immigration Reform and the Dream Act and always have. We; furthermore, denounce Arizona’s SB 1070 and all the variations of that travesty.
If you are Republican running for office in 2012 and you want to know what American Latinos think and you want to reach them, come to Somos Republicans. We have valuable insight you will find no where else. We’ll listen too but we’re not fools and we have long memories.
Here are some groups whose leaders are only interested in their own individual advancement and not that of the American Latino. The RNHA is small and appears to support SB 1070. LNRC is a national group based in California but has no real operation except in Texas. LNRC quickly proclaimed SB 1070 to be good policy after it was signed and the Texas contingent has defended it and a similar “sanctuary cities bill” in Texas this year. ALRA in Arizona is also very small and fervently supports SB 1070 as millions of Latinos across America denounce it. There are other groups but we do not believe any of them actually have the pulse of Latino America as easily accessible to you Republican candidates as we, at Somos Republicans, do.
Again, if you are Republican, and you are smart or forthright or, better yet, both, then you’ll come to us, Somos Republicans, to learn the truth and make good things happen for America, Americans and the American Latino. What do we want? We want only the satisfaction of knowing that we did what was right for America, our home.
Contact:
Somosrepublicans.com
281-236-8294
July 20, 2011
A typical discussion on SB 1070
June 10, 2011 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Blog & Opinions, Latino Talk Texas
As many of you know, I manage a facebook page called the LatinoTalk Fan page where I posted links to my former internet talk show and my other essays on politics, law enforcement, space exploration and other topics. It was my activity there and elsewhere that attracted the leaders of Somos Republicans to me and my work. I still manage that page and post links to my interests there. Here is an exchange I had recently. This one was more polite than most and hits all the major arguments and misinformation. I hope reading it will convince you and Mr. Bretney both that the anti-immigration effort in America today is not an effort at “law and order” but a cleverly disguised effort at population control by radical environmentalists who are not interested in the Constitution or the Constitutional Rights of Americans, especially American Latinos. Here goes: I published this on LatinoTalk fan page first.
We are part of America’s largest organization of conservative Hispanics and the fastest growing. We support CIR and denounce SB 1070 and the evil people at the Tanton Network who spawned it!
James Anthony Bretney Why do you denouce SB 1070?
June 1 at 11:49pm
To which I replied:
LatinoTalk Fan Page Thanks for asking. There are many reasons but chief among them is the fact that it is unconstitutional for any state to usurp an exclusive federal authority specifically granted in the First amendment to the federal government. Secondly, it clearly violates the 4th Amendment of the Bill of Rights. As a conservative, respect for the Constitution is paramount. There are many more reasons equally valid. June 5 at 11:05pm
And then it followed:
James Anthony Bretney How does SB 1070 usurp federal authority? violate the 4th amendment? The first amendment is a specific sanction on federal authority namely speech, assembly and religion not an expression of federal authority. I am curious how you reach your opinions. Thank you. June 5 at 11:35pm
LatinoTalk Fan Page Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights requires that no one can be arrested and/or have their person, the property or papers searched without probable cause based upon an affirmed affidavit. SB 1070 was specifically written to deprive those rights from Americans. That is why it has been found unconstitutional, twice. June 6 at 9:10am ·
an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States if the person pro-
vides to the law enforcement officer or agency any of the following:
1. A valid Arizona driver license.
2. A …valid Arizona nonoperating identification license.
3. A valid tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification.
4. If the entity requires proof of legal presence in the United States
before issuance, any valid United States federal, state or local govern-
ment issued identification.
http://www.azdatapages.com/sb1070.html
how is that an unconstitutional search and seizure? June 6 at 1:38pm
Second, SB 1070 is very clear. I have cited the law and asked you a question. How does the the text of the become an unconstitutional search and seizure?
Thirdly, you say that federal statute holds that only police powers supervised by customs or Special Agents can make arrests regarding illegal immigration. Which statute is that exactly?
Fourth, traffic stops are Terry Stops.
Fifth, you say that immigration is not a serious matter. With all due respect, you are one man. The state of Arizona thorough their elected officials have spoken. To them it is a serious matter.
You say it is illegal, yet you cannot show me how it is. You say it is unconstitutional yet you can cite clauses in the constitution nor case law where it is. You say it is secessionist? How is it secessionist to uphold the federal immigration law which SB 1070 does.
Now I am not a hardliner on this issue. I want to see a prosperous Latin America. I want to see Mexico stand as an equal partner in NAFTA. That was the promise of NAFTA. I want to see a drug free Western Hemisphere. The promise of the Monroe Doctrince and Manifest Destiny is to see the Western Hemisphere as a federation of free, prosperous, democratic peoples living in peace with one another.
I am persuaded by those who wish to leave the corruption and economic misery of their circumstances to live free and become an American. I sympathize with those who may have broke the law and crossed illegally years ago who live crime free with families and children. I would rather have Latino immigrants who are Catholic and family orientated who offer a third way to the white-black race narrative. I would rather have Latino immigration than Muslim immigration.
But I won’t tolerate is lawlessness – the crime and the graft that comes with the cartels, the gang violence, and drug-trafficking. Many of my friends and neighbors like Rob Krentz have died. I don’t want illegals collecting welfare, running up hospital bills, voting, committing crimes or their kids going to college for free. So call me what you want. I don’t care. That’s how I feel and I support SB 1070! because someone has to do something . . Wednesday at 12:01am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_stop
For the Court in Berkemer v. McCarty, Justice Marshall wrote
“most traffic stops resemble, in duration and atmosphere, the kind of brief detention authorized in Terry.” (468 U.S. 420, 439, n. 29)
A felony is more serious that a camera ticket:
Section 1325 in Title 8 of the United States Code, “Improper entry of alien”, provides for a fine, imprisonment, or both for any immigrant who:[49]
enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration agents, or
eludes examination or inspection by immigration agents, or
attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact.
The State of Arizona through its elected officials and millions of Americans disagree with you and say it is a serious matter.
Now I don’t like Mr. Tanton or his nativist crowd. But I do know what illegal immigrants are doing to the borderlands, my neighbors and to my country. Securing that border is a precondition to any other discussion to the status of illegal aliens. June 9.
LatinoTalk Fan Page Please see: http://www.texasgopvote.com/blog/if-you-hang-em-all-you-get-guilty-04295 June 10.
LatinoTalk Fan Page The fact that a traffic stop “resembles” a “Terry Stop” does not make is so. They are as distinct as whales and fish, both of which are similar in appearance and exist in the same environment. I assure you that I am correct and you are not in that matter. While it is true that a felony is obviously more serious than a traffic violation it is also true that failure to declare is not an “instanterable offense” like speeding. However, the article you cite refers to persons who have been banned or deported previously and then return and that is a federal felony. Note that the States do not enforce it either. Why? Because the “Supremacy Clause” clearly states that certain matters that pertain to the federal government as defined in the Constitution are their alone. That’s it. Every effort at the state or city level to affect immigration enforcement as failed as it is unconstitutional. All Conservatives should support adherence to the Constitution but the Tanton Network is not interested in that. They want to expel ALL Latinos from America and to do so they seek to violate the Constitutional Rights of those Latinos in order to discourage their presence in America and arrange for their, eventual, expatriation. They believe, and they have said so, that America is for white people only. I am not interested, despite my detractor’s assertions, in defending illegal immigration. In fact, in this debate I am the only person who has actually arrested illegal aliens for that civil offense. I am; however, interested in exposing the lies of the radical environmentalists who seek to demonize all Latinos, not just illegal immigrants, and deprive them of their Rights and mine. They have invaded the Republican Party and convinced them that liberalism is actually conservatism and I wont stand for that! June 10.
LatinoTalk Fan Page Oh and the statute is commonly known as “287g.” June 10.
“…Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness..” In that order! Part 2, the Texas Sonogram Bill
May 13, 2011 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Blog & Opinions, Latino Talk Texas
This is the second in my series on Pro-Life issues and the thin arguments levied by the anti-Life crowd and their insidious means of raising money. The struggle to defend Life and the Right to Life are well symbolized by the much more brief but sometimes bitter debate over the Texas Sonogram bill which has finally passed the Republican legislature in Texas and is headed to Governor Perry’s desk for a signature. Here is one Pro-Life warrior’s report on that bill and the struggles to pass it against stiff opposition from Democrats determined to support abortion and anti-life measures at any cost! Mrs. Kyleen Wright of Texans for Life Coalition presented this short essay to me recently and I thank her for this essay and, more importantly, for her tireless efforts in defense of Life and against the culture of death. God bless you Kyleen.
Hooray for the Texas Sonogram Bill!
The Sonogram Bill has finally passed, and will ensure that women considering abortion are fully informed before making a forever decision that many women deeply regret.
Finally, women will be entitled by law to a private, pre-surgical doctor consultation before abortion, something every other patient has been able to take for granted. Opponents of the bill argue the measure interferes with the doctor-patient relationship, yet many women who have experienced abortion testify there is no doctor-patient relationship. According to these women, abortion doctors dash in and out only for the procedure, conversation is minimal and often the women are already sedated.
For years, abortion clinics have skirted our Informed Consent law, by sharing pre-surgical information about risks and alternatives via pre-recorded phone conversations, the internet and mass conference calls which make individual questions impossible. Can you imagine such shabby treatment being tolerated by less vulnerable patients? What a tragic indictment that a relationship and informative conservation has to be mandated by law.
Opponents of the Sonogram Bill and Informed Consent measures in general, complain about the 24 hour waiting period, but is there any other non-emergency surgery where patients aren’t given days or even weeks to reflect on risks and alternatives?
For women who live further than 100 miles from an abortion provider, the waiting period is reduced to two hours, but the sonogram must be performed before she is sedated. Additionally, abortion clinics are prohibited for charging for the abortion in advance of the sonogram, to prevent women from feeling financially trapped.
In addition to risks, alternatives and information about private and public assistance (Pregnancy Help Centers, adoption, Medicaid and child support), women will now also be given information to help establish paternity.
Most importantly, however, the bill expands Informed Consent to include a visual presentation of a sonogram, an oral description of the baby and audio of the baby’s heartbeat, so that women have the facts before making a harsh, forever decision.
Opponents of the Sonogram Bill suggest that all this information will traumatize women who have already researched their difficult, agonizing decision. This flies in the face of facts: half of the women seeking abortion in Texas are 24 years old or younger – many o f them mere teenagers. Often they are pregnant for the first time, less knowledgeable about pregnancy and their bodies, less experienced, less sure, more coerced and more vulnerable than people realize.
Many post-aborted women describe the real trauma for them was seeing a sonogram of a subsequently conceived baby after having aborted what they were told was only a “blob of tissue”. Is there another surgical procedure where patients are not shown the results of medical procedures and tests to better inform and guide their choices?
For three legislative sessions now we have heard from women who were denied the right to see their own sonogram at the abortion clinic. No more – as the law will now require the display of the sonogram, meaning no woman will have to fight to see it. Much like the safety information a flight attendant is required to present before takeoff, in all but a few limited circumstances, abortion clinics are required to provide the information even if it is ignored.
Sonograms have opened the window to the womb and forever transformed the abortion debate. They dot our refrigerators, baby books and Facebook. Sonograms are changing hearts and saving lives. And in Texas, pre-abortion sonograms are about to be the law.
And so, with this bill and Texas Governor Rick Perry’s signature, innocent lives will be saved and the lives of women will be spared the lifetime of guilt and wonder about a lost child’s potential. For those who claim to be “Pro-Choice,” it certainly seems they want choice, as long as it is their way, the abortion route and more money for their terrible agenda.
Choose Life, Defend Life and Support the Culture of Life!
“…among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…” in that order!
May 10, 2011 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Blog & Opinions, Latino Talk Texas
This is part one of a series of commentaries on the Pro-Life agenda and the battles being fought in the courthouses, legislatures and in the hearts and minds for the very soul of America and Americans!
Today a liberal Democrat (I didn’t actually know he was liberal or a Democrat) wrote me today to honestly tell me that he would have nothing to do with me because I am a Republican and “vendido” because me and all my Latino Republican friends are “telling lies and selling hate” to the “Raza” and he can never trust us. This, he told me while trying to defend abortion rights which he, no doubt, still believes are “women’s healthcare.” Which is it telling the lies?
The fact remains, no matter what any Democrat or liberal or “Progressive” (who can tell any of them apart?) says or believes, Latinos continue to the most consistently conservative ethnic group in America. Thus, they are the natural constituents of the only Pro-Life Party in America, the Republican Party! Now, if we at Somos Republicans could only convince either Republicans or Latinos in America of that, we’d have it made! The fact is the Republican leadership, advised by radical environmentalist infiltrators, have decided they can win races and elections without the Latino vote. And some self aggrandizing Latinos have convinced them it is also true and we call them “vendidos” or, in English, “sell outs.” We at Somos know better but because we are both Latinos and Republicans, we are also called “vendidos” by liberals! Simultaneously, we are called “liberal La Raza commies” by radical right wingers too! I tell ya it ain’t easy being a Latino Republican these days!
But we are not deterred nor are we discouraged because will are not in this for our own sakes or even that of the GOP. NO! We are in this to preserve the integrity and the planks of the GOP platform and its devotion to “…among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness…” and in the words of our foundress, Mrs. Deedee Blase, “in that order!”
LIFE! Without the Right to Life neither of us has anything! One need only look to the history of the civil wars on the African continent, in Europe, in Russia and Viet Nam to know that the Right to Life can be deleted from your very own government documents! Here in America, 50 million lives have been lost! 50 million innocent babies, each and every one a gift from God! Lost!
So, we and many other persons and many agencies across the nation struggle each day on several fronts to expose the problem, the lies, the deceit, and find solutions and corrections. We at “Somos Republicans” want to help and it is the leading part of our mission. But as our foundress has said, “we are about our people first!”
“Our people” are Pro-Life! So are we! And we stand against those who would lead our people away and convince them to support immorality like abortion with lies and trickery. Why should you believe me and not the other guy who said I was lying and deceiving and “leading the Raza away?” I don’t know if being with Somos Republicans is enough since it is political. Try this. I am 20 year Knight of Columbus and we have always been dedicated to the Pro-Life message and our members are involved in Pro-Life efforts across America and around the world. That is NO lie!
Here’s a film clip of an interview with another Knight of Columbus, 
actor/producer Eduardo Verastegui, who produced and starred in a Pro-Life film, based upon a true story, called “Bella.” In this film, the pregnant girl chooses Life for her baby!
In the next segment I will share the details of a critical battle over abortion in Texas, the Sonagram Bill, and with the help of Kyleen Wright of “Texans for Life Coalition” explain how the battle was fought and finally won!
Choose Life! Defend Life! Support Pro-Life efforts!
What is really going on in Taylor, Texas?!!
May 6, 2011 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Blog & Opinions, Latino Talk Texas
Serious allegations have been made and I know nothing of them except what was related to me and I cannot attest to the validity of any of these claims so far, but if any are true it would be an OUTRAGE! It has been alleged that an ICE contract detention center run by Corrections Corporation of America in Taylor, Texas, known as the Hutto Residential Center, is a medium security prison that holds families and even small children!!!
If this is true, it is unconscionable and inhumane at the very least. Further, if it is true that immigrants who are in the process of adjudicating their cases with the immigration system are not, in fact, convicts or suspects in some criminal enterprise, then they should be bailable.
Under Texas law it is, I believe, illegal to house children with adults and children cannot be held without criminal charges. This is a very serious matter and as Texas State Director for Somos Republicans I will not let this issue rest.
I have communicated these allegations made by others to both my congressman, US Representative Michael McCaul, and both US Senators from Texas, Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn. I have asked them, rather insistingly, that they investigate this matter with all dispatch and have demanded a reply in two business days.
Perhaps we will open our own investigation and share our findings with you all.
Please see the following link to learn more although I cannot attest to the validity of any of the claims in this posting. I warn you though, its hard to look at.
“United States v Arizona” or simply “Us v Them?”
April 11, 2011 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Latino Talk Texas
Yesterday, In reference to “United States v State of Arizona, 10-16645, an appeals court upheld a lower federal court’s ruling that Arizona’s SB 1070 was unconstitutional in several ways and that those provisions were intolerable. The lower court issued orders that those provisions be restrained. The State of Arizona appealed the ruling arguing that the lower court exceeded its authority in the matter. That appeal has failed. Previously, Mrs. Brewer, the previously unelected Governor of Arizona who signed the disastrous law into effect in her immeasurable ignorance pledged to appeal the law to the Supreme Court of the United States. Two factors limit that effort and one is money. Arizona is one of the few states that is now or has ever sought voluntary contributions to support a legal action against its own people! The other is the immutable fact that they have lost a major appeal and the Supreme Court may very well simply refuse to hear the case allowing the appeals court order to stand thus, permanently making the key provisions of SB 1070 illegal. I hope this is the beginning of the end for this evil effort in America and a return to true conservative ideals for the Republican Party.
Republicans have been behind this mess because many of them were convinced they could support outrageous measures like this if it was portrayed as lawful defense of “home and hearth” and that because it could appear as “patriotic” it would not be viewed as racist or bigoted. Many politicos were assured that these actions would actually bring prosperity to their jurisdiction and their re-elections were insured. One can only imagine the stories of sunshine and puppy dogs told to gullible (and deeply air brushed) Jan Brewer to convince her to support SB 1070.
Well, the results are in. SB 1070 is unconstitutional and illegal. It is not patriotic nor is it Republican to restrict the Rights of anyone. It is bigoted and racist as its writers are just that and are motivated by radical environmentalism and not any type of conservative agenda. SB 1070 is an economic disaster as it discourages tourism, is unfriendly and is overly demanding on the limited budgets of almost all local jurisdictions. Let us hope that the last promise of the proponents of this travesty, re-election, will also soon prove to be a lie. Arpaio, Russell and Brewer will not, I predict, be re-elected again. For the sake of the Arizona, America, and the Republican Party, let us hope and pray on it a while.
For us here at Somos Republicans, this law and the lawsuits pending it has really been “Us v Them” but we know we were right and soon we will all be the better for knowing and acting on it. We defended Hispanics in America and we defended the integrity of the GOP from interlopers and infiltrators and we “took fire” from both directions: Republicans ostracizing us and Latinos calling us “vendidos.” Maybe now, Republicans and Latinos will finally respect us. Doubtful but its nice to think so.
“Because we can read…”
April 9, 2011 by Lauro Garza
Filed under Blog & Opinions, Latino Talk Texas, News affecting the 2012 Elections
It has been said there exists a “fog of war,” a sort of confusion, very deep, brought on by stress, exhaustion, fear and the constant onslaught of information, much of it raw and inaccurately reported. I submit that politics is much the same, especially in today’s instant information age where “truth” meaning perception or “first impression” belongs to the first report not necessarily the best. In today’s political world, the ability to spread propaganda is more powerful than ever and there are advocates, liberal, radical and conservative alike, that seek to “turn the tide” their direction or even seize control of an political party or an entire nation, not with facts reason or law, but with carefully crafted propaganda. At Somos Republicans we seek to speak the truth and keep the others honest and it is not easy because it is hardly a fair match when most of our opponents have the first few punches but we continue to be devoted to the truth and guided by morality. Here is an example that occurred today.
In response to Sharon Russell’s Facebook posting of this comment by New York Senator Charles Schumer, “Schumer: Senate Will ‘Never, Never, Never’ Defund Planned Parenthood | CNSnews.com
I commentend on April 9, 2011
“They are so completely devoted to the abortion agenda with they euphemistically call “women’s health care” they were willing to shut down the government and stop paychecks to our fighting men and women. Yeah, it’s true, the Dems have most of their fundamental priorities out of whack because they are devoid of any true sense of morality.”
“Lauro you speak truth with the boldness of a lion. Finally someone who realizes the Democrats are the party of death, death of life, liberty and freedom. Thank you so much for your post sir.” Sharon Russell, political commentator, via Facebook, April 9, 2011.
To which I replied:
“You flatter me ma’am. I am merely an echo of the greats that have come before us all. I study history while the Democrats, hopeful of our ignorance, seek to re-write it. As affirmed in the “Declaration…” Life is a gift from God, Our Creator, without that and the Right to it, especially for the most innocent among us, liberty, True Liberty with freedom and responsibility, are nothing but an illusion. An illusion the Democrats happily reinvigorate at every opportunity. We conservatives must continue to strive for the truth and demonstrate that the meaning of “truth” is derived from our common morality and faith. Just as one cannot defeat evil with evil, we must not allow ourselves to be tempted to use the tools of immorality, like our opponents, to defeat immorality. This is why is it is so important for “conservatives” to be true conservatives paying respect and having discipline to adhere to this stringent code or they risk the credibility of us all. That is why you have found me questioning and disagreeing with some of our, often self appointed, leaders because I find they have been deceitful in their efforts to win a just cause or present an unjust cause. Either way, like the Democrats who clothe themselves in new titles like “progressive” rather than liberal or socialist, I will oppose them and require them to speak the truth. Sometimes they ask me “Who are you?!” and my answer is, “I am an American and I CAN READ!””
This commentary is not specific to myself but to the total set of efforts by our organization, Somos Republicans. We seek to speak the truth, defend the weak and the innocent from whomever, even those who claim devine inspiration, might attack them. Why shouldn’t we? We are Americans and we know the law. Why? Because we can read!
