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War…
“Is he to blame for that?”
Who knows? Who cares? No one is pointing fingers at ply… in particular.
If you don’t mind please read what is posted if you are going to take me to task.
Am updating my resume’. Anyone have a job for a Perl, C++, assembly language developer? Also, know DOORS and DO-178B and have experience with Java and .NET
Que?
I have read what you posted. You want to define him as part of the problem because you believe he may somehow “benefit” from lower prices that some companies may offer due to hiring illegals.
But you appear to ignore the significant costs he pays whether he directly or indirectly saves a few pennies through downstream effects of “lower labor costs” due to illegal immigration.
I have read what you posted and I am taking you to task for ignoring the OBVIOUS. Illegal immigration is a net loss for legal residents and citizens. One individual might save $20 a month on their lawn service and we all get to pay hundreds a month for medical care and education and criminal justice costs associated with illegal immigration!
We need more TEA Parties. My wife and I are ready for the next one. I have been defending them on some liberal message boards with some success.
The flu outbreak may be the emergency Biden warned us Obama would face. I remember when I was stationed in England during the 1968 outbreak. Over half of the people in our area got sick. Stores closed, and buses had honor pails for people to dump their fares. No one collected the garbage or delivered food to old people.
We sat around reading magazines instead of taking x rays because most of our scheduled patients were sick on the ward. If what we saw then becomes a world-wide phenoninium the world economy will suffer for a while. Steven King’s The Stand describes in extreme version what happened around our base. Unlike in his book, no one panicked and few people died.
War Eagle,
I agree but look at it another way:
Illegal Aliens are criminals. We punish criminals for two reasons: To prevent crime and to save the money that criminals cost the system. However, we also do it on the principal alone. A drunk driver who doesn’t hurt anyone else costs us nothing – but it is still a crime for what it could do..
If we ignore immigration crime because we, as a society, might benefit financially, then we should also ignore murder if the right people are killed. Right?
Hypothetically, if every third person in over the age of 60 were murdered tomorrow (not advocating it, just a scenario), we, as a society, would stand to save a boatload of money in medical bills and long term care. Could we let this happen? I mean, morally, could we let this sort of thing happen just to save money? Of course not.
But some in our society condone illegal immigration (a crime) just because it saves money. Who cares if people die due to intoxicated illegal aliens driving a car (worst punishment they can get is to be sent home)? Who cares if they suck Medicare and Medicaid dry? Who cares if they screw over those aliens who try to do it the right way? It saves money, right? So, lets kill a bunch of old people on the same principal.. Wait, that’s foolish. It would be a crime! So is illegal immigration.
Ditto C in E…!!!
And there is also the notion that any nation that cannot control ingress and egress…
cannot rationally call itself a nation.
A highway, maybe…
The INTERSTATES OF AMERICA…!?!?
Conservative in Europe,
Somehow you took my point in an unintended way. I want illegals deported. I agree that it is a crime. But the Feds obviously aren’t going to do it so the states and counties will have to do what they can.
Also, illegal immigration does not save us money! It costs us money. Where did you get the idea I felt otherwise?
I didn’t.
I don’t think I emphasized my agreement enough. I was adding to your comments – not arguing against them.
I am with you 100% on this.
BTW – Does the “War Eagle” bit reference a fine learning institution in Eastern Alabama?
CiE,
Thanks for clarifying. I wondered what I might have said…
And, yes, WarEagle82 does reference an extraordinary institution of higher education in Eastern Alabama that unfortunately treats extraordinary football coaches with less respect and courtesy than they deserve.
CiE,
I also lived in Europe for almost 12 years. 8 1/2 years in Germany and 3 years in Russia.
I’m a UGA man but my hero played ball at Auburn.
SEC – toughest Conference in Football.
I was in Geilenkirchen today..
I spent some time in Moscow – not the greatest place I’ve been.
CiE,
I was in Hesse. You are a bit north, north west of where I grew up.
What takes you to Europe?
And of course your hero played at Auburn. All football heroes played at Auburn…
I’m working for the Gummint. To my immortal shame but I think I make at least a bit of difference.
I’m in The Hague. I go to Germany to eat real food. The Dutch are great but the cuisine leaves a bit to be desired. Mostly in the way of sausage and potato salad.
Condolences to Ann Coulter who has lost her mom. Sounds like an amazing mom….
Auburn–ick. ROLL TIDE!
Ah, Den Haag. I have been there but not in a long time. I liked the Muluccan restaurants I found there.
And I’d rather eat a Dutch sausage than a Russian one…
For the life of me I can never understand the obsession that residents of Tuscaloosa, Alabama have with Tide detergent…
Punt, Bama, Punt!
I’d rather have teeth pulled at a hippie love in than go back to Russia. They did have pretty girls but I’m married now so that’s out. Bad food, awful poverty and crappy weather – the Russian trifecta.
“I’d rather have teeth pulled at a hippie love in…”
I think hippies at a love in would have very little concern for your teeth.
The irony was my point.. Nice catch.
So you WANT to go back to Russia?
Ever seen Russian hippies?
noooooooooooo…..
Well, what Russia lacks in culinary delights they make up for in misery…
I just finished making a batch of Radicchio and Orange salad. I think my time in Russia inspired my current interest in cooking. We lived off the beaten path but we could get a few imported goods in the last two years of our time there and it made things a bit easier.
Still, I miss my friends in Russia.
National American Legion Commander David Rehbein, after meeting with Janet Napolitano, who, apparently, explained away DHS’s theory that returning Iraq vets were a risk to domestic security, made the following comments, according to CNN:
How do you recall the American Legion Commander? It sounds to me like he is apologizing for vets’ “sensitivity”.
Grrrrr…
jsmiddleton4 doesn’t “get” irony or much else based on his/her posts today…
I was in downtown Moscow. I have heard that St. Petersburg is actually pretty nice and It’s been my experience that people who live out in the country (anywhere in the world) are always better folks than urbanites. I’m sure Russia has a better aspect than I saw. I’m just not willing to test the theory.
I visited Moscow from time to time but didn’t live there. I often hit the better stores and took items back “home” to make life easier on the wife and kids. From a “livability” standpoint Moscow was heaven compared to where we lived.
Yekaterinburg was pretty nice though. But the environmental concerns, especially potable water, were significant. We used a reverse osmosis filter and had to change the cartridges more often than the recommended spec.
Still, I miss my friends.
Wow!
You were out in the boons.. I’m ashamed to say it but I lived in the Mariott..
Gangsters at the front door, 100,000 dollar Mercedes lining the streets and thousands of people begging for 15 Rubles to ride the Metro. The Statues in the Metro stations were interesting. Beyond that..
Did you live in the Marriott near Mayakovskaya Metro? That was a pretty nice area. We would hang out around there when we were passing through town and had more than a brief stop. Kazanskii Vokhzal eventually got more bearable toward the late 90s but it was a real dive in the early 90s.
Ah War, a personal attack? Why?
Based on the sentence structure one would have to conclude going back to Russia is a good idea.
But hey, I’ll let my reading comprehension skills surrender to your need to be superior.
Ever seen Russian hippies?
And I’d rather eat a Dutch sausage than a Russian one…
Both of those lines are punch lines looking for a joke.
Yep. I was there 2002-3 so we are talking about two very different periods. I have a colleague that stayed there three months ago and he said he didn’t see any of the gangsters and the streets were pretty nice. I guess they all work for Putin now so there is no longer a reason to run protection rackets.
I worked for INS and we were deporting Russian Gangsters en-masse so I had to live there for six months and be on the receiving end to make sure the Russians took them back (not an easy thing). Catching them is easy. Getting rid of them is time consuming and expensive.
It appears that our “punchlines” have found a “joke.”
The “joke” doesn’t appear to get irony or humor…
Gee War, seems like I wouldn’t even be able to understand your posts then? So why bother?
For someone who sells yourself as you do personal attacks really bring you to a low point.
So go roll yourself in your orange salad ok? Of kiss your formerly Russian visiting behind. I don’t really care.
Yeah, it is so much easier when the Russian government and the Russian Mafia merged formally under Putin. Officials no longer had to make two calls before ruining your day. After the merger they could do it in a single call. That’s efficiency, Russian style.
Gee, jsmiddleton4, if you are going to try and insult me please use actual English. Thanks ever so much.
I apologize if it seemed like I was saying that homeschooling and Tea Parties are mutually exclusive. They aren’t. But I ask, what are “conservatives” doing to help make homeschooling an option for more people (i.e. single parents)? This would be one area that the church could/should take care of the our “widows and orphans”. Imagine what would happen if churches and laypeople would make it more financially possible for single parents to homeschool their children. I’m not talking a free-ride. The single parent would help out the church, etc. This is just one example. Adopting more children, removing them from state-run institutions, would also have a significant impact in just a couple generations.
My point with these Tea Parties is this: what cultural impact are they making? Cultural impact takes time, decades, to make. I’m talking about cultural hegemony. For example, most probably see the bumper sticker “Choose Life” and think it’s pro-life. But I ask, what is this communicating? The bumper sticker is saying “choose”, hence acknowledging the validity of the opposing side’s argument and conceding that life is fundamentally a choice. “Conservatives” talk a lot about freedom, but to what end? If everyone in the country has a different perception of the nature of freedom and rights, then what does such talk accomplish? We must go deeper. We must transform the culture. We must change what our fellow citizens view as “common sense”. This takes years, decades, to accomplish. This happens in four places: 1) the home (to include education), 2) all forms of media, but especially the cinema, 3) the church, which means going back to true Christianity as opposed to “our best life now” or a “purpose-driven life”, and 4) through working within our sphere of influence to educate others.
If Tea Parties are the truly the “best thing we have going”, then we’re much worse off than I thought. You could probably just chalk us up there with Great Britain and France right now.
Get ready for the conspiracy theories!
You don’t get the flu and die the next day. It is dehydration that eventually kills most flu victims. This guy had to be sick for some time. Or was he?
Was this “distinguished archeologist” digging into Obama’s personal documents? Was it the flu or “acute lead poisoning?” Inquiring minds want to know!
Here’s what I would like to offer from my blogs this weekend:
Somalia doubles the world’s level of piracy this year.
Ted Rall, the anti-war cartoonist, has been laid off by United Media. That’s good news, right?
Some videos of Sonic Blast Man!
Prom last night, mom-mobile as limo.
Unfortunately, on the way back from Invesco Field where prom was held and on the way to After-Prom, a drunk driver with a suspended license rear-ended us at a light.
Fortunately, he was going really slow and didn’t hit us hard, no car damage and no injuries.
Unfortunately, he backed up and did it again, then backed up and left the scene.
Fortunately, I was on the phone with dispatch and relayed the license plate number and discription.
Interestingly, a cop drove past me right behind him, but didn’t stop, even though my hazards were on. As I told the dispatcher.
As my daughter described, it was a “Mexican with a mustache and a large cowboy hat.”
Given the part of town we were in, I’m guessing he was also illegal.
The cop who finally showed up 25 minutes later said that a detective might go to his house and they may give him a ‘leaving the scene’ citation and they might impound his car.
Since they didn’t stop him on the street, apparently they can’t get him for being obviously drunk.
What’s the bet on me never hearing again from the Denver police?
Oh, what the heck, here’s a few more from the game blog:
P-47: The Freedom Fighter.
P-47: Aces.
Aero Fighters!
Common Sense,
Sorry to hear of your “run in” with the law and illegal immigration. Glad no one was hurt.
Laws don’t apply to illegal immigrants. Didn’t you know?
You may hear from the Denver Police again. They will probably arrest you for a hate crime after what you posted here.
*Responding to comments earlier regarding illegal aliens; All that is required is mandatory E-Verify for employers, contractors, and any government related benefit; This will demagnetize the USA as millions will self deport in the first 6 months; No need for raids or roundups other than gang members and such; So easy to enact, yet so difficult to find the will in D.C..
“Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says $500 million in federal stimulus money will go to American Indian tribes across the U.S. for schools, housing, infrastructure improvements and job programs on reservations.”
Will we win more at their casinos now?
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says $500 million in federal stimulus money will go to American Indian tribes across the U.S. for schools, housing, infrastructure improvements and job programs on reservations.
Will we win more now gambling on their reservations?
bjc,
Nobody here thinks it would be difficult to discourage illegal immigration. Most of us here realize that both the Dems and the GOP do not wish to discourage illegal immigration and therefore will do nothing to curb it.
True of Dimocrat office holders, Russian mobsters, and the Swine Flu.
So many similarities…
Today is my mother’s sixty-fifth birthday.
Sweet little old lady-she aint!
LoL
WE82,
*I am a naturalized citizen; It took 13 years from visa to green card to naturalization; The level of fraud, etc. is astounding, so the PC argument does not fly with me; If more people would become knowledgable on the matter and then press their representation in D.C. to do the right thing, then we might get somewhere; I am still hopeful and will do my part.
*As I have said before, this issue will be the biggest battle of all, and amnesty in any shape, form, or fashion will mean the end of the USA!
*Michelle has been the best of the best on this issue, and I thank her for that.
JetJag:
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From an email I received:
Obama spoke to the CIA on April 20th and told them he was taking actions that would make their job harder:
That’s okay? Doesn’t making their job harder make us less safe?
I never dreamed I would ever say this, but I think Pres. Obama could learn something from Jimmy Carter:
bjc,
Thanks for taking the time to do it right. My wife is a naturalized citizen too so I know something of the process.
For those who think American immigration is difficult try to get a visa in Russia, China, The Philippines or any number of other countries. Our immigration process is hardly uniquely difficult.
That’s a lie. The techniques were abandoned quite a while back.
Not for Ted, I guess. But it seems that according to United Media, war is apparently ok if the left is fighting it. Obviously they can’t employ a cartoonist who might insult The One’s policies.
IT’S A BOY! Born tonight 4/25/09 at 7:45pm, weighing in at 6lb, 11oz.
That is a good weight for the mountains up here in Colorado.
Everyone is healthy – my daughter pulled through like a champ.
Congratulations Gran.
Perhaps they haven’t actually been used, but two points:
1) the Bush administration certainly claimed the right to use them again. Obama is claiming we do not, so he certainly can say he is putting an end to them; and
2) if they were so effective and valuable, and legal, why DID Bush stop using them?
Matt Taibbi accused Tea Party Goers of exhibiting Peasant Mentality. They must be ill informed and thus of lower class.
Nope they were something worse to a Marxist -The tea party goers are for the most part Middle Class.
I examined how Barack Obama got elected Herd Mentality.
Happy Cows- Herd Mentality vs Mad Cows- Peasant Mentality.
http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-cows-vs-mad-cows-auditions.html
Because, as you will find I’ve said elsewhere, there are other techniques that I am persuaded work at least as well that are not so expensive.
All of those, however, require time. Sometimes, we don’t have that component of the equation.
So, to feed his stinking ego, and his self-righteous and morally confused constituents, Obama has taken a viable, valuable, and very little used tool off the table.
And Americans are less safe today than we were before THE ONE took the oath of office…that he is busily shredding.
I can say I wish National American Legion Commander David Rehbein was a little stronger in his rebuke to the Secretary-I would have- but at least he said something and did not fawn over the Obama Administration. He is the man who publicly called out Obama on the Veterans Health Care Issue.
Veterans are in for a rough road for the next four years-as will all military people I suppose-so WE need to step up for them. We have seen the slams and LIES of Murtha, Richard Durbin, Kerry-AGAIN and of course the talking heads of MSM and the weenies of the Left.
So we BITTER FEW best get busy. Illegally, but due to childhood trauma as my parents were too strict and would not let me have a second helping of ice cream, I do have this urge to waterboard certain fore mentioned Senators, a Representative and the weenies of the Left-and leave them under water.
But it is my parents fault.
Another shinning example of “tolerance” from the gay Left is here. Definitely a case of “the needs of the many” being out-weighed by the whining of the few.
Wasn’t the group properly called
“The Kentucky Fairieness Alliance….”?
Just sayin’…
I had the misfortune of watching the movie “I could never be your woman” last night.
Pregnant wife + Netflix = misery.
Not only was the movie bad, but the child sang a song for a talent show explaining that Bush was moronic and would sell his mother for a gallon of gas. I wonder if we’ll ever see any criticism like this of Obama. Ever.
When the pendulum swings this far to the left, the return trip to the right will just be that much more enjoyable.
You did not actually type that with a straight face, did you?
Did they gain some valuable intel the 183rd time they waterboarded KSM that they hadn’t gotten the 182 times previous?
John,
I took my wife to see the first Alien movie when she was at about 7 months with our first child. To this DAY she still reminds me every time any of the Alien franchise is on TV.
Much better to let them choose. Your pain now is nothing compared to being reminded over and over and over…..
You mean besides all the nazi/stalin/antichrist references found 50 time a day here?
This is a blog where an individual decides what to write. Can you picture Hollywood bashing Obama the way they did Bush? Even when Clinton gets mentioned, it’s usually in a joking manner about sex. Vitriol is reserved for Bush.
Leni Riefenstahl wasn’t as loyal as Hollywood.
Any NASCAR fans here? The finish of todays Talledaga race was very exciting.
Even if you’re not a fan, you might find the finish exciting….check out tonight’s sports highlights.
Tea Partiers:
President Obama is going to be in Arnold, MO at Fox High School THIS WEDNESDAY for a “town hall meeting” (aka. staged news media pandering event). If you’re in the St. Louis area and you can possibly make it, please show up and make your voice heard!
President Obama to Hold Town Hall Meeting in Arnold on April 29th
Spread the word.
Over at Hot Air:
Allahpundit doesn’t seem to recognize who is really behind that indoctrination program.
In my opinion, it’s pretty darn obvious.
Just heard that Berkshire Co. in Mass. has issued its own currency that can be used at many local businesses. Why incur the expense of designing, producing and administering a local currency??? I hope tax dollars aren’t being wasted in this effort.
I know Disney makes $$$ by getting visitors to use Mickey dollars in their parks…and people take some home as keepsakes (or just forget to spend it). Who would want Berkshire Bucks as a keepsake???
Stillwaiting;
It used to be very commonplace for banks and other financial institutions to issue their own currency. See Thomas Sowell’s Basic Economics.
I had to smile when I saw this:
http://www.wyff4.com/news/19274808/detail.html
Getting younger and younger, it seems.
Years ago I had just moved into military housing and didnt know any of my neighbors yet. One morning I open my sliding glass door and the toddler from next door comes through my back gate, greets me and barges past me just like I was his doorman.
He then plops himself up on my couch and makes himself at home. Funniest kid in the world.
I expected his mom to be scouring the neighborhood for him, but I picked him up and took him back home. She didnt even have a clue he was gone. LOL. The kid could get through almost any kind of lock she could put on the door.
I had one we all had to watch. I found him one day following a flock of birds, talking away to them as he toddled along.
We’d also find him standing at the knee of a stranger, just jabbering away in delight.
Very, very scary.
http://townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/2009/04/26/the_wreck_of_the_racial_spoils_system
That’s an excellent piece by G. Will, who some here consider a RINO, but I consider a constitutional scholar of the first order, and one of the best minds on the Right.