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15 years ago @ Big Peace - Citizen Schools Graham... · 0 replies · +30 points

That was awesome! Note that this entire rant was uncut. Thank you for making my day. "why don't you hold me accountable playa" I'm with ya sista. "The only way it ends is with you sobbing in the men's room." I'm confident that is an accurate assessment of what would happen. Although the entire video rocks, I have to say my favorite part was, "I'm your huckleberry....Lindsey, you Jackass!" You go girl! Can we get rid of that Jackass yet?

15 years ago @ Big Peace - Chavez Funding Leftist... · 0 replies · +1 points

Chavez went on national television, and told Venezuela that he daily uses cocaine for medicinal purposes. Listening to anything he says about foreign policy is like getting medical advice from Charlie Sheen. Let me know how that works out for you.

15 years ago @ Big Peace - Hugo Chavez Loves Wiki... · 1 reply · +4 points

How upside down is the world when Chavez starts to make some sense?

He's also right about unity, but not the unity he wants. Only the unity of the American people will stop the decline.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - What The Media and The... · 0 replies · +1 points

So when the car pulled up with Paul, she tries to stick the sign through the window and into his face. Someone pulled here away from the car. Take a look at 55 seconds into the video, right after Paul gets out of the car. The same woman is running around the front of the car towards Paul. Obviously she was restrained in her first attempt to assault Paul and then they released her assuming she wasn't a complete lunatic and that she would not try again. Obviously she didn't attend the rally to restore sanity. The second attempt at assaulting Paul is what caused her to end up face down on the curb.

15 years ago @ Big Peace - Venezuelan National As... · 0 replies · +3 points

I predict that Chavez loses the vote in 2012 but refuses to release his hold over Venezuela.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Media Mostly Wrong Abo... · 1 reply · 0 points

as for deportation, I didn't say I'm not for it. My point is that it doesn't do any good if we're not going to close the border. you're wasting time and money if people are just going to come right back. by making illegal immigration more difficult than legal immigration, it will greatly reduce the incentive to skirt the sytem.

As far as an obligation to invite large numbers of immigrants being part of the problem, I think we have a fundamental difference in how we view immigrants. I don't believe that I'm any better than someone who is new to this country. I just have a head start. It sounds like you believe that everyone that comes here is uneducated and impoverished. That's simply not true. some of the most productive people I know were not born in the US. They came here with varying degrees of education and means, but they embraced the American dream to make the most of thier lives.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Media Mostly Wrong Abo... · 1 reply · 0 points

"44% of non-citizens had no coverage."

That's a very broad statistic. break that down to legal and illegal "non-citizens" and how do the numbers come out? Your Utah statistic says more about much needed welfare reform and illegal immigration that legal immigration.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Media Mostly Wrong Abo... · 0 replies · +1 points

You're basing this off of what? It sounds like you're making the assumption that all or a majority of immigrants who come to the US are unskilled laborers trying to milk the system. That's simply not true. When talking about illegal immigrants, you'd probably be right, but not when talking about legal immigrants.

But even with your original incorrect assumption you're also assuming that a laborer can make a living, send money home and have enough left over to go through the immigration process. It's a very expensive process and I highly doubt someone in that situation can scrape together the money to make that work.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Media Mostly Wrong Abo... · 4 replies · +2 points

#5 does nothing until the border is closed.

#3 ? what does that mean and how do you propose that is enacted? There are already limits for anyone who is not immidiate family of a permanent legal resident or citizen. Which basically means you're waiting on someone with a visa number, in your category, to die before you get one. If you're suggesting that immidiate family members wait before coming in the country, then the short answer is that's a horrible idea.

#1 that's absolutely impossible. The purpose of immigration reform should be to encourage legal immigration, and #1 goes completely against that. That idea is to discourage immigration period pure and simple and that's asinine. Our country is great because of immigration not in spite of it.

15 years ago @ Big Journalism - Media Mostly Wrong Abo... · 6 replies · +1 points

I'm not sure you've thought through these points very well. While they might sound good, they're not very realistic. Also, most of them are already in place even if they are not being enforced.

For example, #2 & #4 are in direct conflict with each other. What better way to know if someone will become a ward of the state than to have family members already in the US. That structure will give them a better possibility of being successful. As it stands now, a family member must submit an I-864 Affidavit of Support to affirm that you will support said family member and assume all damages if that family member becomes a public charge. Also, if the person inside the US is a criminal, they are not likely to apply for family members due to the increased visibility to law enforcement, but if they do you can make a good assumption that the proposed immigrant will have problems also.

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