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Basically I guess it’s okay for the listed countries to allow for invaders to enter into their realm and squat without incrimination or fear of being arrested.
It’s pretty sad that those that believe it’s okay to enter this country illegally, and profiling is such an evil thing are being profiled everyday. If any of them get pulled over by a police person (being PC here), the officer will look at their license and address and be more than willing to talk to them in hopes of being able to either arrest them or fine them (this country has turned it’s back on the Mayberry concept where the police here to assist). If the person pulled over is non English speaking, they will get a free pass.
I would guarantee the countries stating they think us watching our boarders have stringent laws of their own… passports get stamped for a reason and visas issued for a cause. Try to immigrate into Turkey and see what happens, Panama is already going crazy over people walking through their country.
10 nations join Mexican opposition to Arizona law, politician says – CNN.com

10 nations join Mexican opposition to Arizona law, politician says
By the CNN Wire Staff
July 21, 2010 1:53 p.m. EDT

* Arizona’s SB 1070 requires proof of residency from anyone being investigated for a crime
* Opponents say the law is discriminatory and can lead to racial profiling
* Supporters say it is an effort to curb massive illegal immigration
* The Justice Department has filed suit against the law

(CNN) — Mexico has received the support of parliamentary leaders from 10 nations in opposition to Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, the Mexican Senate president said Wednesday.

Mexico and the other nations signed a declaration expressing their “strong condemnation and profound rejection of the law,” said Senate President Carlos Navarrete Ruiz.

The Arizona law, which is scheduled to go into effect later this month, requires anyone being investigated by police for a possible crime to provide proof of legal residency.

Opponents say the measure is discriminatory and invites racial profiling, but supporters say it’s necessary to curb the flood of illegal immigrants in the border state.

The U.S. Justice Department filed suit against the law, SB 1070, this month on the ground that Arizona is usurping federal authority to control the border and enforce immigration law.

The federal suit has drawn opposition from some members of Congress. On Wednesday, 81 senators and representatives filed an amicus brief disputing the Justice Department contention that the law is unconstitutional.

Mexico has been a vocal opponent of the law since the Arizona legislature passed it in April.

Speaking at a news conference Wednesday, Navarrete said Mexico received support from Uruguay, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guatemala, Cuba, Turkey, Senegal, Micronesia and Ghana.

Mexico also received backing from the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council, Navarrete said, according to the state-run Notimex news agency.

The declarations of support came at the three-day Third World Conference of Parliamentary Presidents, which ended Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland.

Even the island group that comprises Micronesia has immigration restrictions and requirements, who are they trying to fool?

July 21st, 2010 | Tags: Government and Politics, idiots | Category: Government and Politics, Open | Leave a comment

You have heard about this… haven’t you?

UFO in China Closes Airport and Prompts Investigation – ABC News

UFO in China’s Skies Prompts Investigation
Eighteen Flights Delayed, Theories Abound

An unidentified flying object (UFO) forced Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China to cease operations on July 7. A flight crew preparing for descent first detected the object around 8:40 p.m. and notified the air traffic control department. Aviation authorities responded within minutes, grounding outbound flights and diverting inbound ones to airports in Ningbo and Wuxi.
A UFO in China’s skies forces Xiaoshan Airport to cease operations for one hour.

Eighteen flights were affected. Though normal operations resumed an hour later, the incident captured the attention of the Chinese media and sparked a firestorm of speculation on the UFO’s identity.

“It is a hidden U.S. bomber flying toward China,” one Internet user wrote on Monday. Another wrote on Sunday night, “In my opinion, the UFO is neither a U.S. missile nor a Russian satellite. Suggestions that it is extraterrestrial are even more preposterous. Everyone, use your head. This is clearly a man-made phenomenon. Would the U.S. or Russia risk provoking China’s anger by firing a missile or satellite rocket in Chinese skies, without warning? I believe the Chinese military is responsible for the UFO. It is a new missile or aircraft being tested out.”

Fueling speculations further, Hangzhou residents released photos, taken in the afternoon before the delays, of a hovering object bathed in golden light and exhibiting a comet-like tail. Less than an hour before the Xiaoshan airport shut down, residents said they also saw a flying object emitting red and white rays of light.

The whole story goes on…

July 17th, 2010 | Tags: UFO, Unusual | Category: Beyond usual, Open | Leave a comment

Normally I wouldn’t post a chainmail, but this is pretty true…

I definitely agree with this solution and it could happen if enough people get behind it.

THIS IS HOW YOU FIX CONGRESS!!!!!

A friend sent this along to me. I can’t think of a reason to disagree.

I am sending this to virtually everybody on my e-mail list and that includes conservatives, liberals, and everybody in between. Even though we disagree on a number of issues, I count all of you as friends. My friend and neighbor wants to promote a “Congressional Reform Act of 2010″.. It would contain eight provisions, all of which would probably be strongly endorsed by those who drafted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights..

I know many of you will say, “this is impossible”. Let me remind you, Congress has the lowest approval of any entity in Government, now is the time when Americans will join together to reform Congress – the entity that represents us.

We need to get a Senator to introduce this bill in the US Senate and a Representative to introduce a similar bill in the US House. These people will become American heros

Thanks,

A Fellow American

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Congressional Reform Act of 2010

1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.

A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

2. No Tenure / No Pension:

A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:

All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, server your term(s), then go home and back to work.

4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work..

6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.

8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.

The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen

made all these contracts for themselves.

Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work..

If you agree with the above, pass it on to all in your address list. If not, just delete.

July 5th, 2010 | Tags: Government and Politics, politics | Category: Entertainment, Government and Politics, Open | Leave a comment

Death of Mexican migrant by Border Patrol ruled…

Death of Mexican migrant by Border Patrol ruled “homicide;” Outcry continues
By Billie Greenwood send a private message
San Diego : CA : USA | Jun 03, 2010

The San Diego County coroner ruled yesterday that the death of Mexican migrant Anastasio Hernandez Rojas at the U.S. border was a homicide. The ruling came five days after the 42 year old father of five was beaten and killed while in the custody of Border Patrol agents as he resisted deportation.

Hernandez had wrestled two border enforcement agents to the ground after his handcuffs were removed at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. One agent, apparently from ICE, struck Hernandez with a baton, according to the San Diego police report. The CBP officer then shocked Hernandez with a stun gun. Hernandez stopped breathing and showed no pulse.

Hernandez was declared brain-dead Saturday. His family removed him from life support Monday. Results of the police investigation will be sent to federal prosecutors, who will determine if criminal charges will be filed, San Diego police Capt. Jim Collins said.

Pro-migrant organizations on the Border join Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department in their condemnation of the use of force against Hernandez. A bi-national vigil of protest is scheduled for this evening at the border crossing in San Ysidro, sponsored by Raza Rights Coalition and the American Friends Service Committee.

” The killing of Anastasio Hernández Rojas by Border Patrol agents is a clear indication of the climate of hate and repression that is being fomented every day against migrant communities and is tied to the current genocidal and murderous governmental policy,” explained the event sponsors in a statement to the press.

A routine review of Mexican periodicals shows that this event has been given nationwide coverage in Mexico, states a report by the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers .

Hernandez came to the U.S. when he was 14 and subsequently worked in construction, according to information provided by Christian Ramirez, national coordinator of American Friends Service Committee’s Project Voice immigration reform campaign. He lived in the San Diego area for the most part and has five U.S.-born children.

The head of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement promised a federal investigation.

June 4th, 2010 | Tags: Government and Politics, idiots, politics | Category: Government and Politics, Open | Leave a comment

Tea party event welcomes Palin – STLtoday.com

Tea party event welcomes Palin
By Kathleen Hennessey
TRIBUNE WASHINGTON BUREAU
02/05/2010

As anti-tax and small government enthusiasts began pouring into Nashville Thursday for the National Tea Party Convention, leaders hoped the event would be an important step toward shedding the movement’s chaotic image and establishing it as a national electoral force.

“I know it’s very hard to define the tea party with one message,” said Rebecca Wales, spokeswoman for SmartGirlPolitics.org, an online network popular with tea party activists and a convention sponsor. “But we’re unified in the fact that we do get out. We mobilize quickly and it’s powerful when we do.”

The group also appears united in its support for former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the convention’s keynote speaker. Some will pay more than $300 just to hear Palin speak Saturday night.

Grass-roots activism — the door knocking, phone banking and online networking that was the hallmark of President Barack Obama’s campaign — will be the focus of the weekend convention. Such activity helped elect new Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., and tea party leaders increasingly see it as the cornerstone of their power.

The question is, will the Tea Party… become its own party? If this movement, and that is all it is right now, a movement much like a group of bra burning women… if this movement actually forms a political party, it may be something of interest. On the other hand if it, the Tea Party, just stays on as a way for Shawn Hannity to get more face time for his whinny, the sky is falling voice, then it will just be something that will turn more people off of their rights as citizens.

Workshops will be run by the Leadership Institute, a conservative training group recently in the news for funding a magazine founded by James O’Keefe, the activist accused of tampering with phones in the office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. Wales’ group will teach attendees how to conduct voter registration drives.

Born last spring as a response to the Wall Street bailouts, the nation’s various tea party groups had until recently been better known for large-scale protests than organization.

True to its early reputation, this weekend’s meeting has been rife with contention. The convention is organized by a for-profit social networking site and charges up to $560 for tickets. Some grass-roots activists criticized the costs as exorbitant and against the spirit of people-powered revolution the movement espouses.

A few sponsors dropped out. The only elected officials signed on to speak — Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. — backed out over ethics concerns.

Kind of scary that the representatives of people are afraid of ethics violations… oh, I forgot, how the curren political structure is, is, if your a Democrat or a Republican, you can’t endorse or encourage any other party or group without sanctions being placed against them. This is a failsafe for political parties to stop it’s members from being honest with the people that wanted them to be honest. I mean lets face it, if a Bill was to go up that helped people but that Bill didn’t help your Political party, your party would make you vote a specific way, either that or you risk sanctions from the party. Americans are really hoodwinked when they think they are voting for someone to speak for them in DC. IF the Tea Party could break this lie of a political party being for the people… but really not, it would be great.

But the big draw, Palin, remains committed. She has promised to donate her more than $100,000 speaker’s fee to “the cause,” though she has not been more specific.

“I thought long and hard about my participation in this weekend’s event,” she wrote this week in an op-ed published by USA Today. “At the end of the day, my decision came down to this: It’s important to keep faith with people who put a little bit of their faith in you. Everyone attending this event is a soldier in the cause.”

Local tea party leaders and their boosters in Washington increasingly are trying to define that cause. Many activists are trying to narrowly define the tea party movement as a push for limited government and fiscal conservatism.

Under that banner, they have united against the health care bill in Congress, and railed against bailouts for banks and the auto industry. Criticism of the deficit and debt is a growing rallying cry.

“There’s a clear economic message that’s evolving out of this movement,” said Republican strategist David Winston. “Which direction, in terms of the political activism, does this go? I think we’ll get a sense of that from this convention.”

February 5th, 2010 | Tags: Government and Politics, liars club, politics | Category: Government and Politics, Open | Leave a comment

Too bad that they were dressed in nice clothing and spoke english.

December 8th, 2009 | Tags: Government and Politics, idiots, liars club, politics | Category: Government and Politics, Open | Leave a comment

Latest cutting…

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November 28th, 2009 | Tags: hobbies, scrollsaw | Category: Open | Leave a comment

Cut this up for a friend…

November 26th, 2009 | Tags: hobbies, scrollsaw | Category: Open | Leave a comment

This week’s cover: Patrick Swayze, 1952-2009 | EW.com

Though he was nominated for three golden Globes over the course of his 30-year career, Patrick Swayze measured his success by lives touched, not money made or awards won. “No matter what opinion Hollywood has of you,” Swayze once told Entertainment Weekly, “the fans never forget you if you never forget them.”

On September 14, at the age of 57, Swayze died after an extraordinarily brave and dignified 20-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Swayze had initially responded well to treatment, and spent four months working 12-hour days on the A&E undercover drama The Beast while undergoing chemotherapy. He refused to take medication that might hinder what would become his final onscreen performance – even though the pain became intense. After he passed away, tributes have poured in from friends and colleagues. “Patrick was a rare and beautiful combination of raw masculinity and amazing grace,” recalled his Dirty Dancing costar Jennifer Grey.

The first hints of Swayze’s stardom emerged in his 1987 breakout film, Dirty Dancing. After that film’s success, Swayze was offered everything from a cologne deal to a record contract. But he was determined not to be pigeonholed as a gyrating boy toy. He sought cover in action films that let him run in what he called “crazy Swayze adrenaline-junkie mode.” The movies that he chose appealed to the side of him that was a self-proclaimed “searcher.” To Swayze, Road House showcased the beauty of martial arts via a bouncer with a philosophy degree from New York University.

September 18th, 2009 | Tags: death, Entertainment, Movies, Open | Category: Entertainment, Open | Leave a comment