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Whether one is a Believer or not, is it not refreshing to see someone answer a question with no rhetoric?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-BFEhkIujA

Immigrant information.   Interesting

This Backgrounder provides a detailed picture of the number and socio-economic status of the nation’s immigrant or foreign-born population, both legal and illegal. The data was collected by the Census Bureau in March 2007.

Among the report’s findings:

The nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal) reached a record of 37.9 million in 2007.

Immigrants account for one in eight U.S. residents, the highest level in 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13.

Overall, nearly one in three immigrants is an illegal alien. Half of Mexican and Central American immigrants and one-third of South American immigrants are illegal.

Since 2000, 10.3 million immigrants have arrived — the highest seven-year period of immigration in U.S. history. More than half of post-2000 arrivals (5.6 million) are estimated to be illegal aliens.

The largest increases in immigrants were in California, Florida, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, Arizona, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

Of adult immigrants, 31 percent have not completed high school, compared to 8 percent of natives. Since 2000, immigration increased the number of workers without a high school diploma by 14 percent, and all other workers by 3 percent.

The share of immigrants and natives who are college graduates is about the same. Immigrants were once much more likely than natives to be college graduates.

The proportion of immigrant-headed households using at least one major welfare program is 33 percent, compared to 19 percent for native households.

The poverty rate for immigrants and their U.S.-born children (under 18) is 17 percent, nearly 50 percent higher than the rate for natives and their children.

34 percent of immigrants lack health insurance, compared to 13 percent of natives. Immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for 71 percent of the increase in the uninsured since 1989.

Immigrants make significant progress over time. But even those who have been here for 20 years are more likely to be in poverty, lack insurance, or use welfare than are natives.

The primary reason for the high rates of immigrant poverty, lack of health insurance, and welfare use is their low education levels, not their legal status or an unwillingness to work.

Of immigrant households, 82 percent have at least one worker compared to 73 percent of native households.

There is a worker present in 78 percent of immigrant households using at least one welfare program.

Immigration accounts for virtually all of the national increase in public school enrollment over the last two decades. In 2007, there were 10.8 million school-age children from immigrant families in the United States.

Immigrants and natives have similar rates of entrepreneurship — 13 percent of natives and 11 percent of immigrants are self-employed.

Recent immigration has had no significant impact on the nation’s age structure. Without the 10.3 million post-2000 immigrants, the average age in America would be virtually unchanged at 36.5 years.

http://www.cis.org/articles/2007/back1007.html

Petition against NAU,  etc.

Sign up if you wish.

http://www.grassfire.org/89/petition.asp?PID=143021
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I keep running into interesting info.  Once I read this I know all is well now. I've been worrying about nothing.

Damn.   My wife tells me I worry about things that never happen.

http://www.spp.gov/myths_vs_facts.asp

Billary  should not gripe about being experienced but not given enough credit by the news.  Alots of loose ends out there. Yep, she's put her foot in it on and on again.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=23936

Oh, come gather round, my friends.  The Lord is still in Control, after all--though some of 'us' are trying hard to take  that  control  away.

Yipee Ky  Yahhh...!

http://www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/december20
07/121107_global_warming.htm

...I share--an e-mail from my American-Patriotic Daughter!

....(damn...I did something right)

bdb

===

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was
asked by
the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an
example of empire building' by George Bush.

He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has
sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for
freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked
for in
return is enough to bury those that did not return."

It became very quiet in the room.

**************

Then there was a conference in France where a number of
international engineers were taking part, including French and
&a mp;n bsp;American.
During a break one of the French engineers came back into the room
saying "Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an
aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he
intended to do, bomb them?"

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: "Our carriers
have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they
are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore
facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000
people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of
fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen
helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from
their flight deck.. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"
&nb sp; Once again, dead silence.

*****************

A U.S . Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that
included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French
Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large
group of
Officers that included personnel from most of those countries.
Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a
French
admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages,
Americans learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always
have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking
French?'

This is pretty good!

&n bsp; Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe its
because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you
wouldn't
have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop!

Subject: Why Our Country Is In Trouble=== it's the government stupid!
>>>>
>>>
>>> A Washington, DC, airport ticket agent offers some examples of why our
>>> country is in trouble!
>>>
>>> 1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman ask for an aisle seat so that
>>> her
>>> hair wouldn't get messed up by being near the window. (On an airplane!)
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. I got a call from a candidate's staffer, who wanted to go to
>>> Capetown. I
>>> started to explain the length of the flight and the passport
>>> information,
>>> then she interrupted me with, "I'm not trying to make you look stupid,
>>> but
>>> Capetown is in Massachusetts." Without trying to make her look stupid,
>>> I
>>> calmly explained, "Cape Cod is in Massachusetts, Capetown is in
>>> Africa."
>>> Her response - click.
>>>
>>> 3. A senior Vermont Congressman called, furious about a Florida package
>>> we
>>> did. I asked what was wrong with the vacation in Orlando. He said he
>>> was
>>> expecting an ocean-view room. I tried to explain that's not possible,
>>> since
>>> Orlando is in the middle of the state.He replied, "Don't lie to me, I
>>> looked
>>> on the map and Florida is a very thin state!" (OMG)
>>>
>>> 4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife who asked, "Is it possible to
>>> see
>>> England from Canada?" I said, "No." She said, "But they look so close
>>> on
>>> the map." (OMG, again!)
>>>
>>> 5. An aide for a cabinet member once called and asked if he could rent
>>> a
>>> car in Dallas. When I pulled up the reservation, I noticed he had only
>>> a
>>> 1-hour layover in Dallas.When I asked him why he wanted to rent a car,
>>> he
>>> said, "I heard Dallas was a big airport, and we will need a car to
>>> drive
>>> between gates save time!." (Aghhhh)
>>>
>>> 6. An Illinois Congresswoman called last week. She needed to know how
>>> it
>>> was possible that her 8:30 am flight from Detroit got to Chicago at
>>> 8:33
>>> am. I explained that Michigan was an hour ahead of Illinois, but she
>>> couldn't
>>> understand the concept of time zones. Finally, I told her the plane went
>>> fast, and she bought that.
>>>
>>> 7. A New York lawmaker called and asked, "Do airlines put your physical
>>> description on your bag so they know whose luggage belongs to whom?" I
>>> said, "No, why do you ask?" She replied, "Well, when I checked with the
>>> airline, they put a tag on my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm
>>> overweight.
>>> I think that's very rude!" After putting her on hold for a minute while
>>> I
>>> looked into it (I was laughing) I came back and explained the city code
>>> for Fresno, CA is (FAT- Fresno Air Terminal), and the airline was just
>>> putting a destination tag on her luggage.
>>>
>>> 8. A Senator's aide called to inquire about a trip package to Hawaii.
>>> After
>>> going over all the cost info, she asked, "Would it be cheaper to fly
>>> to
>>> California, and then take the train to Hawaii?"
>>>
>>> 9. I just got off the phone with a freshman Congressman who asked, "How
>>> do I
>>> know which plane to get on?" I asked him what exactly he meant, to
>>> which
>>> he replied, "I was told my flight number is 823, but none of these
>>> planes
>>> have numbers on them."
>>>
>>> 10. A lady Senator called and said, "I need to fly to
>>> Pepsi-Cola,Florida.
>>> Do I have to get on one of those little computer planes?" I asked if
>>> she
>>> meant
>>> fly to Pensacola, Fl. on a commuter plane. She said, "Yeah, whatever,
>>> smarty!"
>>>
>>> 11. A senior Senator called and had a question about the documents he
>>> needed
>>> in order to fly to China. After a lengthy discussion about passports, I
>>> reminded him that he needed a visa. "Oh, no I don't. I've been to
>>> China
>>> many
>>> times and never had to have one of those." I double checked and sure
>>> enough,
>>> his stay required a visa. When I told him his he said, "Look, I've
>>> been to
>>> China
>>> four times and every time they have accepted my American Express!"
>>>
>>> 12. A New Mexico Congress woman called to make reservations, "I want to
>>> go
>>> from Chicago to Rhino, New York ." I was at a loss for words. Finally,
>>> I
>>> said,
>>> "Are you sure that's the name of the town?" "Yes, what flights do you
>>> have?"
>>> replied the lady. After some searching, I came back with, "I'm sorry,
>>> ma'am,
>>> I've looked up every airport code in the country and can't find a
>>> Rhino
>>> anywhere.
>>> "The lady retorted, "Oh, don't be silly! Everyone knows where it is.
>>> Check your map!"
>>> So I scoured a map of the state of New York and finally offered, "You
>>> don't
>>> mean
>>> Buffalo, do you?" The reply? "Whatever! I knew it was a big animal.
>>>

Here is a real woman who should run for president!
>
> Written by a housewife from New Jersey and sounds like it!
> This is one ticked off lady.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
-------------------
>
> "Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not
> started
> by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001 ?
>
> Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally
> murdered
> that day, in downtown Manhattan , across the Potomac from our nation's
> capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania ?
>
> Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning
> or
> crushing death that day, or didn't they?
>
> And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an
> overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet?...Well, I don't. I
> don't care at all.
> I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for
> incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
> I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start
> caring
> about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi
> Arabia.
> I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hacking off
> Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.
>
> I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and
> fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in
> mosques, and behind women and children.
>
> I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of
> nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide
> bombs.
>
>
> I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First
> Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of
> the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.
> In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an
> Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.
>
> When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been
> humiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing incident, rest assured: I
> don't care.
>
>
> When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to
> move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank: I
> don't
> care.
>
> When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and
> fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that
> his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your
> heart of hearts: I don't care.
>
> And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and
> other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and, you guessed it, I don't
> care !!
>
> If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your E-mail friends.
> Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous
> behavior!
>
> If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you
> choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities
> committed
> by radical Muslims happen here in our great Country! And may I add:
>
> "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference
> in
> the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan
>
> I have another quote that I would like to add AND.......I hope you forward
> all this.
>
> "If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a
> nation
> gone under."
> Also by.. Ronald Reagan
>
> One last thought for the day:
>
> In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the Anti-American
> sentiment and negativity, we should remember England 's Prime Minister
> Tony
> Blair's words during a recent interview. When asked by one of his
> Parliament
> members why he believes so much in America , he said: "A simple way to
> take
> measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want
> out."
>
> Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for
> you:
> 1. Jesus Christ
> 2. The American G. I.
> One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

This is an e-mail I received. It is lenghty, but I think some of you will want to read it. It's written by a retired Brig General, -- see what he says about the Middle East situation.

I'm afraid we are in for a lot of bad times. bdb

==========

This may be considered a break in my political truce and I suppose it
is , but it is worth reading no matter your politics. This fellow
seems to know what he is talking about. And he is not a Bush
suporter.
Another assessment of where the US stands in relation to the Middle
East problems. This one is from the guy who had his finger on the
nuclear trigger for three years as head of our defense and response
complex buried under Cheyenne Mountain at Colorado Springs. He was the
only person who could initiate a nuclear attack after advising the
sitting president of a missile launch by our enemies and our need to
respond. No political or civilian type in the US had more knowledge
about day to day military actions around the wo rld. Everyone should
find quiet time to read this. As far as I am concerned, it is exactly
the direction we should go and the consequences of not doing so are
well thought out.
John R. (Jack) Farrington Major General, USAF (Retired)

============
Middle East Imperative

BY: JIM CASH, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.

I wrote recently about the war in Iraq and the larger war against
radical Islam, eliciting a number of responses. Let me try and put
this conflict in proper perspective.

Understand, the current battle we are engaged in is much bigger than
just Iraq What happens in the next year will affect this country and
how our kids and grandkids live throughout their lifetime, and beyond.
Radical Islam has been attacking the West since the seventh century.
They have been defeated in the past and decimated to the point of
taking hundreds of years to recover. But they can never be totally
defeated. Their birth rates are so far beyond civilized world rates
that in time they recover and attempt to dominate again.


There are eight terror-sponsoring countries that make up the grand
threat to the West. Two , Saudi Arabia and Pakistan , just need firm
pressure from the West to make major reforms. They need to decide who
they are really going to support and commit to that support. That
answer is simple. They both will support who they think will hang in
there until the end, and win. We are not sending very good signals in
that direction right now, thanks to the Democrats.

The other six, Afghanistan , Iraq , Iran , Syria , North Korea and
Libya will require regime change or a major policy shift. Now, let's
look more closely.

Afghanistan and Iraq have both had regime changes, but are being fueled
by outsiders from Syria and Iran We have scared Gaddafi's pants off,
and he has given up his quest for nuclear weapons, so I don't think
Libya is now a threat.

North Korea (the non-Islamic threat) can be handled diplomatically by
buying them off. They are starving. That leaves Syria and Iran. Syria
is like a frightened puppy. Without the support of Iran they will
join the stronger side. So where does that leave us? Sooner, or
later, we are going to be forced to confront Iran , and it better be
before they gain nuclear capability.

In 1989 I served as a Command Director inside the Cheyenne Mountain
complex&n bsp; located in Colorado Springs , Colorado for almost three years.
My job there was to observe (through classified means) every missile
shot anywhere in the world and assess if it was a threat to the US or
Canada. If any shot was threatening to either nation I had only
minutes to advise the President, as he had only minutes to respond. I
watched Iran and Iraq shoot missiles at each other every day, and all
day long, for months. They killed hundreds of thousand of their
people. Know why? They were fighting for control of the Middle East
and that enormous oil supply.

At that time, they were preoccupied with their internal problems and
could care less about toppling the west. Oil prices were fairly
stable and we could not see an immediate threat. Well, the worst part
of what we have done as a nation in Iraq i s to do away with the
military capability of one of those nations. Now, Iran has a clear
field to dominate the Middle East, since Iraq is no longer a threat to
them. They have turned their attention to the only other threat to
their dominance,they are convinced they will win, because the US is so
divided, and the Democrats (who now control Congress and may control
the Presidency in 2008) have openly said we are pulling out.

Do you have any idea what will happen if the entire Middle East turns
their
support to Iran , which they will obviously do if we pull out? It is
not
the price of oil we will have to worry about. Oil WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE
to this country at any price. I personally would vote for any
presidential candidate who did what JFK did with the space
program---declare a goal to bring this country to total energy
independence in a decade.

Yes, it is about oil. The economy in this country will totally die if
that Middle East supply is cut off right now. It will not be a
recession. It will be a depression that will make 1929 look like the
'good-old-days'. The bottom line here is simple. If Iran is forced to
fall in line, the fighting in Iraq will end over night, and the
nightmare will be over.

One way or another, Iran must be forced to join modern times and the
global community. It may mean a real war---if so, now is the time,
before we face a nuclear Iran with the capacity to destroy Israel and
begin a new ice age. I urge you to read the book 'END GAME' by two of
our best Middle East experts, true American patriots and retired
military generals, Paul Vallely and Tom McInerney. They are our
finest, and totally honest in their assessment of why victory in the
Middle East is so important, and how it can be won. Proceeds for the
book go directly to memorial fund for our fallen soldiers who served
the country during the war on terror. You can find that book by going
to the internet through Stand-up America at www.ospreyradio.us or
www.rightalk.com

On the other hand, we have several very angry retired generals today,
who evidently have not achieved their lofty goals, and insist on
ranting and raving about the war. They are wrong, and doing the
country great harm by giving a certain political party reason to use
them as experts to back their anti-war claims.

You may be one of those who believe nothing could ever be terrible
enough to
support our going to war. If that is the case I sh ould stop here, as
that
level of thinking approaches mental disability in this day and age. It
is right up there with alien abductions and high altitude seeding
through government aircraft contrails. I helped produced those
contrails for almost 30 years, and I can assure you we were not
seeding the atmosphere. The human race is a war-like population, and
if a country is not willing to protect itself, it deserves the
consequences. Nuff-said!!!

Now, my last comments will get to the nerve. They will be on politics.
I am not a Republican. And, George Bush has made enough mistakes as
President to insure my feelings about that for the rest of my life
However, the Democratic Party has moved so far left, they have made me
support those farther to the right. I am a conservative who totally
supports&n bsp; the Constitution of this country. The only difference
between the United States and the South American, third world,
dictator infested and ever-changing South American governments, is our
US Constitution.

This Republic (note I did not say Democracy) is the longest standing
the world has ever known, but it is vulnerable. It would take so
little to change it through economic upheaval. There was a time when
politicians could disagree, but still work together. We are past that
time, and that is the initial step toward the downfall of our form of
government.

I think that many view Bush-hating as payback time. The Republicans
hated the Clinton's and now the Democrats hate Bush. So, both parties
are putting their hate toward willingness to do anything for political
d ominance to include lying and always taking the opposite stand just
for the sake of being opposed. JUST HOW GOOD IS THAT FOR OUR COUNTRY?

In my lifetime, after serving in uniform for President's Kennedy,
Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush I have a pretty good
feel for which party supported our military, and what military life
was like under each of their terms. And, let me assure you that times
were best under the Republicans.

Service under Jimmy Carter was devastating for all branches of the
military.
And, Ronald Regan was truly a salvation. You can choose to listen to
enriched newscasters, and foolish people like John Murtha (he is no war
hero), Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Michael Moore, Jane Fonda , Harry
Reid, Russ Feingold, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, and on-and-on to
include the true fools in Hollywood if you like. If you do, your
conclusions will be totally wrong.

The reason that I write, appear on radio talk shows, and do everything
I can to denounce those people is simple. THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR
THIRST FOR POLITICAL POWER AND QUEST FOR VICTORY IN 2008 ABOVE WHAT IS
BEST FOR THIS COUNTRY. I cannot abide that. Pelosi clearly defied
the Logan Act by going to Syria , which should have lead to
imprisonment of three years and a heavy fine. Jane Fonda did more to
prolong the Vietnam war longer than any other human being (as
acknowledged by Ho Chi Minh in his writing before he died). She truly
should have been indicted for treason, along with her radical
husband,Tom Hayden, and forced to pay the consequences.

This country has started to soften by not enforcing its laws, which is
anoth er indication of a Republic about to fall. All Democrats, along
with the Hollywood elite, are sending us headlong into a total defeat
in the Middle East, which will finally give Iran total dominance in
the region. A lack of oil in the near future will be the final straw
that dooms this Republic However, if we refuse to let this happen and
really get serious about an energy self-sufficiency program, this can
be avoided. I am afraid, however, that we are going in the opposite
direction. If we elect Hillary Clinton and a Democrat controlled
congress, and they carry through with allowing Iran to take control of
the Middle East , continue to refuse development of nuclear energy,
refuse to allow drilling for new oil, and continue to do nothing but
oppose everything Bush, it will be over in terms of what we view as
the good life in the USA

Now, do I think that all who do not support the war are un-American --
of course not. They just do not understand the importance of total
victory in that region.
Another failure of George Bush is his inability to explain to the
American people why we are there, and why we MUST win. By the way, it
is not a war. The war was won four years ago. It is martial law
that is under attack by Iranian and Syrian outside influences, and
there is a difference.

So, what do I believe? What is the bottom line? I will simply say
that the Democratic Party has fielded the foulest, power hungry,
anti-country, self absorbed group of individuals that I have observed
in my lifetime. Our educational system is partially to blame for
allowing the mass of America to be& nbsp; taken in by this group. George Bush
has done the best he can with the disabilities that he possesses.

A President must communicate with the people.And, I would tell you that
Desert Storm spoiled the people. Bush Senior's 100-hour war convinced
the people that technology has progressed to the point that wars could
be fought with no casualties and won in very short periods of time. I
remember feeling at the time, that this was a tragedy for the US
military. To win wars, you must put boots on the ground. When you put
boots on the ground, soldiers are going to die. A President must make
the war decision wisely, and insure that the cause is right before
using his last political option. However, CONTROLLING IRAN AND
DEMOCRATIZING THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE ONLY CHOICE IF WE ARE HELL-BENT
ON DEPENDING ON THEM FOR OUR FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS.

Jimmy L. Cash, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
Lakeside , Montana 59922

--------
'I'll tell you what war is all about, you've got to kill people, and
when you've killed enough they stop fighting.' Gen. Curtis LeMay

The other day we saw the news of the First Lady visiting sites in Saudi and Jordan.  It was for the purpose of cancer awareness for women.

But, I wondered if there were any repercussions to any of the Muslim women who attended.  Though Jordan and Saudi are not as bad as Pakistan, Afghanistan, etc. regarding women, I think we don't know all.

I found a distrubing video today.  Graphic.  It has even been dropped by UTube.  But if you wish to see how some Muslim women are treated, take a look.  It is graphic and heartrending.  But I think we need to know the truth about  Islam, whether it be 'moderate' or otherwise.

When you reach this site,  scroll down to the picture of the Muslim woman about to be noosed.  Click on the picture.  It will give you a video.

God help us all.

bdb

Jose Medellin. Rapist. Murderer. Ganster. Has lived too long. Texas has been told to "don't tread on Jose.'  The World Court is watching.  Felipe, strutting, with his hand in in vest, is watching. The Justice  Renowns  are  staying up late, having a lots of coffee, scratching their heads. They know they can't make everyone happy.  All this anguish, but that's why they make  a good salary and have a life-time job. The parents  of the raped and murdered girls feeling betrayed--like they are in a horrible circus.

The states, and indeed, the U.S.  now being told by Mexicans  and the World Court  what  we can do.  Well,  we signed  the da*mn  agreement. So how do we wriggle out of it?

Just ignore it?

Don't WE just LOVE it!?

Those California people again. Rep Adam Schiff. Author and sponsor of the  proposed resolution for the U.S. to  recognize the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Why?  Well, we just need to be on the "record" that we "recognize" it; and to give us credibility  to such people in the future like Jammerhead Ahmadinejad;   and to  let everybody know we are "understanding and sensitive"to such issues;  and to lend us an equal credibilty   right now, as we seek such  genocide condemnation in Darfur---and ....

Can you believe  the B+ull @#!$.?

When i studied civics many light-years ago, I don't remember this sort of crapolla  being part of what our Central Government was supposed to do.

I guess our reps and senators don't have enough to do up there, so they find an issue.

Of course the Armenians have been trying to stir this pot forever, and it comes in real handy now  and  I am sure they gleefully will dance about when our relations with Turkey as an ally, both politically and in the war effort, will be tainted by our passage of such a resolution.

1915-Turkey,   was a different country and a different time--for Pete's sake!

Let it rest.  No, the Armenians ain't gonna.  They  done wriggled into bed with Sister Pelosi and her gang. And they gonna have a paaaar- teeee!

Now I can understand why the Serbs  always stayed so psssed off over there.--with all the whining and pot-stirring.

BTW, one of my grand-mommas was half  American Indian.  So,  can I get ME  a resolution ?---of  "some sort"?  --you think?

----bullys..crappies.

A Congressman was once asked about his attitude toward whiskey. He said, "If you mean the demon drink that poisons the mind, pollutes the body, desecrates family life, and inflames sinners, then I'm against it. But if you mean the elixir of Christmas cheer, the shield against winter chill, the taxable potion that puts needed funds into public coffers to comfort little crippled children, then I'm for it. This is my position, and I will not compromise."

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doesn't this describe all political issues?