I said we Arizonians were shocked that our state had not started the road work,Our Republican Governor Jan Brewer could have told us,

that was Neopolitanos style,

Democrat Neopolitano would have never done anything so reckless.

Your from Indianapolis Indiana ,how many illegals do you have.

Indianapolis police say checking the status of immigrants is outside their jurisdiction. Lt. Lloyd Crowe says officers have no way of knowing if someone is here illegally
http://www.wibc.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=50193

(Who's "Jurisdiction" does it fall under ,..if NOT Local Law Enforcement ?)

Last year, Fox news reported that 60 percent of the country's uninsured hospital patients are not U.S. citizens. The cable network also reported that half of those foreign nationals are here illegally

Americans For Legal Immigration
"LEGAL IMMIGRATION IS DIVERSITY-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS INSANITY"
Post Office Box 33837, Indianapolis IN 46203 0837
http://noillegals.com/

Welcome to the struggle! I can't afford anymore of the "PETERSON PLAN" a magnet that brings ILLEGALS to Indianapolis from Mexico and across the country and then he has the nerve to cut spending by closing swimming pools that our Kids use. He can't even paint the lines on our streets but he can bring more Criminal Aliens and Gangs to Indianapolis while he cuts our Police and Criminal Justices Money. His Lies have been too much for me! They WILL consolidate IPD/MCSD just wait and see. Do we move and let him have his plan to destroy our Hometown? Or do we let him give it to the Mexican Consul FREE of charge as he's doing now?

Fact,About 40% of the U.S. illegal alien population are "documented aliens," who are commonly known as "visa overstayers."

And we can continue to be at each other's throats, I bet that those who represent us love it, as long as we are fighting among each other they can feel secure that nothing will change but the date and time, mean while tax dollars yours and mine and being used to provide incentives for companies that create jobs overseas,
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I agree. The jobs that are leaving will sink this economy even further.
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We will see nothing from the government but more debate and game playing so we need to take the actions required to convince the business community that we will not tolerate american jobs being out sourced,

I agree Earl,Boycott,its worked in other places,they outsource because its cheaper for them,well how do you think they feel after they are boycotted,all of a sudden cheaper just doesn't seem as good as 20% loss in their business,slaps um back in line.

The shear clumsiness of thinking, lack of ability to make distinctions would indicate brain injury in a sane world.

The bankruptcy of the United States is now certain
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
From Porter Stansberry in the S&A Digest:
http://www.thedailycrux.com/content/3455/Porter_Stansberry/eml

It's one of those numbers that's so unbelievable you have to actually think about it for a while... Within the next 12 months, the U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt. And that's not counting any additional deficit spending, which is estimated to be around $1.5 trillion. Put the two numbers together. Then ask yourself, how in the world can the Treasury borrow $3.5 trillion in only one year? That's an amount equal to nearly 30% of our entire GDP. And we're the world's biggest economy. Where will the money come from?

How did we end up with so much short-term debt? Like most entities that have far too much debt - whether subprime borrowers, GM, Fannie, or GE - the U.S. Treasury has tried to minimize its interest burden by borrowing for short durations and then "rolling over" the loans when they come due. As they say on Wall Street, "a rolling debt collects no moss." What they mean is, as long as you can extend the debt, you have no problem. Unfortunately, that leads folks to take on ever greater amounts of debt… at ever shorter durations… at ever lower interest rates. Sooner or later, the creditors wake up and ask themselves: What are the chances I will ever actually be repaid? And that's when the trouble starts. Interest rates go up dramatically. Funding costs soar. The party is over. Bankruptcy is next.

Needless to say we were all shocked here just to find out nothing was happening yet and it was end of Oct. and that millions had to be spent just to tell us how we should properly spend the money for infrastructure.It was news to us,explained why no hiring had been going on in those sectors,maybe your towns are the same kind of state contracts stall,or crawl.

I came up with a Sure Fire Way Obama could make everyone HAPPY, and create MILLIONS of JOB for the unemployed Americans.

ENFORCE the current Immigration Laws,....Hire every able bodied Man available to help round up and DEPORT all these ILLEGALS that's got OUR JOBS,...and send them packing !

Rogue vigilantism instead of cutting the red tape out of immigration,yes that's the type of jobs we need here,excellent,we can have 30 million armed Americans being vigilantes at our borders,North and South borders.

Wenzel Poll: Obama Job Approval Rating at 44%
Nearly 60% of independents give the President negative marks for his work
October 28, 2009

http://wenzelstrategies.com/?page_id=735

COLUMBUS, OHIO – The job approval rating of President Barack Obama now stands at 45%, with 51% saying they think he is doing only a fair or a poor job, the latest Wenzel Strategies national survey shows.

The telephone survey shows that 28% believe he is doing an excellent job, while 38% believe he is doing a poor job, giving him a net “job approval rating of Minus 10.

Nine months into his term of office, Obama maintains a positive job approval rating of 81% of Democrats, which shows strong but not overwhelming backing from his own political party. Among Republicans, just 10% gave him a positive job approval rating, while 85% of GOPers gave him a negative rating. While 56% of Democrats gave Obama an “excellent” rating – the most positive rating possible – 69% of Republicans gave him a “poor” rating – the most negative rating possible.

Among political independents, sentiment leans to the negative when considering Obama’s job approval. Just 38% gave him a positive job rating, while 58% of independents believe his performance is either just fair or poor. Of those, 43% of independents gave him a poor rating for his work in the White House so far.

Since 1976, Congress has annually approved the Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of federal Medicaid funds to pay for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the woman's life. Some states, however, use state funds to pay for procedures in other cases for poor women...

I read this morning, that School Children, can, and do leave their schools,..to go get Abortions,..without their Parents knowledge,..or consent.......

Schools let students seek secret abortions
Parents not notified when 12-year-olds obtain 'confidential' medical procedures
November 18, 2009
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=116315

SACRAMENTO – A 12-year-old girl is prohibited from bringing aspirin to California public schools without a note from her mother or father – but in many California districts she may sign herself out of classes, leave her junior-high campus without parental permission, secretly have an abortion and return to school before the end of the day – and her own family may be none the wiser.

Parents and educators across the state have been in heated debate over school policies allowing children to be excused during class time without parental notification for "confidential medical services" such as abortions, birth control, and drug and mental health services.

THE WOODWARD REPORT
http://www.thewoodwardreport.com/#/secret-school-abortions/4537001858

WND reported in 2004 when California Attorney General Bill Lockyer issued an opinion that said schools are required to enact confidentiality policies. But amid a grass-roots campaign organized by a traditional-family lobby group, Lockyer backed off his opinion.

McReynolds said many parents aren't aware of guidelines at their childrens' schools. But he said all parents should ask their own school administrators whether their children may be excused without consent, even families who live outside California.

"It's really important for every parent, whether their kids are in public or private school, to find out what the school policies are," he said. "You never know. See what kind of answers you get."

No you're stealing from the rich to give to the poor.

I for one hope the obama plan fails ...now before everyone on the left goes apeshit..let me explain. I KNOW the health care system needs to be revamped. I know it will not be easy, but to send us as a nation trillions more in debt, we need to SLOW down and concentrate on fixing it, not just throwing more money at it.

On a controversial issue that threatened to derail the House-passed bill, Reid would allow the new government insurance plan to cover abortions and would let companies that receive federal funds offer insurance plans that include abortion coverage.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul

12) Make the system go bankrupt

IE Social Security - Bankrupt

Medicare - Bankrupt

Medicaid - Bankrupt

Post Office - Bankrupt

U.S. Govt - Bankrupt

I find it funny....The obama administration LIES about jobs created and even sends money to NON EXISTENT congressional districts...has spent more money than all previous admins combined...

a very good portion of this nation..are IDIOTS AND THEY FOLLOW LIKE SHEEP

The next 3 years are going to sink our future generations into a debt they can not pay.

If YOU were in that room and Hasan started shooting at YOU; would you prefer that the soldiers in the room were armed OR would you prefer to have to wait for the Police???

Ignatius Piazza: The Swiss and Israelis Must Think We’re Idiots…

http://www.ignatius-piazza-front-sight.com/2009/11/12/ignatius-piazza-the-swiss-and-israelis-must-think-were-idiots/

But that's not their fault. It's what they're trained to do ... shoot at people and ask questions later.

When peoples' lives are at stake, you certainly do NOT rush into a situation without knowing all you can.

Al-Qaida / Al-Qaeda (the Base)
al Qadr
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/al-qaida.htm
After al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001, attacks on America, the United States launched a war in Afghanistan to destroy al-Qaeda’s bases there and overthrow the Taliban, the country’s Muslim fundamentalist rulers who harbored bin Laden and his followers. “Al-Qaeda” is Arabic for “the base.”

In an al-Qaeda house in Afghanistan, New York Times reporters found a brief statement of the “Goals and Objectives of Jihad”:

■Establishing the rule of God on earth
■Attaining martyrdom in the cause of God
■Purification of the ranks of Islam from the elements of depravity
In 1998, several al-Qaeda leaders issued a declaration calling on Muslims to kill Americans—including civilians—as well as “those who are allied with them from among the helpers of Satan.”

Authorities arrived and shot Hasan. If everyone had a gun we have no idea in the confusion how many inoccent bystanders might have been hit by stray gun fire or because others may have been mistaken that there were multiple shooters.

As the Pyrethrum and Piperonyl butoxide becomes inactive after three months once applied these products do not contain persistent chemicals harmful to the environment and to higher forms of life, to which insects become immune -- it is a natural insecticide. Perma-Guard products are a much needed revolution for pest control. These products are certain death to insects. Moreover, on any surface, these natural pesticide products have a remarkable repellency factor. As long as it is present, insects tend to stay away, making a serious infestation unlikely. Also, the more it is used, the more an environment is created that tends to make insects feel unwelcome.

First... there is already a thread specifically about why... for what reason... it is in the off-topic forum and is recieving plenty of discussion...

Well, I think I agree with you on one thing, Dance. This war--it won't be won. We can stay there and stabalize the region and get bled dry, or we can pull out and walk away and lick our wounds. Either one sucks, but the latter is more intelligent, imho.

You could have a point, just like I could have a point if I said the good professor was trying to throw his weight around and found out the hard way that he wasn't such a heavyweight after all.

If you feel as your quote above indicates why did you write the rest of this blog?

I will have to say that the Obama did a good job on that one.

I mentioned a while back that it was not smart to get involved with the professor/officer Crowley issue.

I later mentioned that calling Kanye West a jackass was a poor move.

I stated that it showed poor judgement and lack of self-control, as evidenced by lots of things he did in his campaign, as well as the little photo-shoot fly-over with Airforce 1 a while back.

Everyone shouted it down because "Kanye IS a jackass" well yeah...but it's not the president's job to call every celeb. on their behavior.

Obama's Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting
By ROBERT A. GEORGE
Updated 2:56 PM CST, Fri, Nov 6, 2009
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/A-Disconnected-President.html

Anyone at home aware of the major news story of the previous hours had to have been stunned. An incident like this requires a scrapping of the early light banter. The president should apologize for the tone of his remarks, explain what has happened, express sympathy for those slain and appeal for calm and patience until all the facts are in. That's the least that should occur.

Indeed, an argument could be made that Obama should have canceled the Indian event, out of respect for people having been murdered at an Army post a few hours before. That would have prevented any sort of jarring emotional switch at the event.

Did the president's team not realize what sort of image they were presenting to the country at this moment? The disconnect between what Americans at home knew had been going on -- and the initial words coming out of their president's mouth was jolting, if not disturbing.

All the president's men (and women) fell down on the job Thursday. And Democrats across the country have real reason to panic.

we tried the "experienced" team for the last eight years. two absurd wars and the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression later we are worrying about Kanye West?

what did people think the next team was going to do? magically revive the economy, win the unwinnable wars, fix healthcare, and undo the collapse of the nations economy by snapping their fingers and turning around twice?

maybe if Obama and his minions would address the more immediate crisis the Economy and the Wars then maybe we might have a chance at Real recovery

now we have pundits flipping out because the president didn't seem upset enough? where the f*ck will this sh*t stop???

even tho he was probably right about that, it still is NOT his place to make that call,...

One was his decision to shoot the pirates ,...

the other was calling west a jack

What does that have to do with his speech on September 9, 2009?

Wake up,..he is just another Crooked Politician, that has one of the worst histories of surrounding himself with Cheats, Thieves, LIARS, Terrorist, and such ilk.

Obama and Michelle cant even get their story correct when it comes to their daughter getting meningitis,.....What a Joke.

Uh, shouldn't all illegals be deported anyway?

Of course they should, but I sure don't want to be the one who rips the babies away from the nursing mothers in order to accomplish that.

Just the fact, that our President,...lets say,.....any US President,...would "BOW DOWN"
to an Arab "King",..is a shame,...a SHAME !

biker: then american should be prevented from traveling. just put up a big bubble and keep all you guys locked in forever.

***passes el gotto a tisuse and beginss to play a violin***

Waaaaa., my guy didn't win. They cheated.

AP IMPACT: Citizens Held as Illegal Immigrants
AP IMPACT: In crackdown on illegal immigrants, American citizens get caught in dragnet
By SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press Writer
April 12, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press

Always use a water based lube with condoms!

Obama: Immigration enforcement equals terror
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69612

Sen. Barack Obama, speaking to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza yesterday, pumped up the crowd by describing how Hispanic communities are "terrorized" by government immigration officers

"When communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids," Obama said, "when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing, when people are detained without access to legal counsel, when all that is happening, the system just isn’t working, and we need to change it."

Sen. Barack Obama, speaking to the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza yesterday, pumped up the crowd by describing how Hispanic communities are "terrorized" by government immigration officers.

"Our duty is to ensure laws are enforced," San Diego ICE spokesperson Lauren Mack told WND. "The people who violate those laws should understand they are subject to arrest and removal."

Mack explained that the ICE's enforcement operations are not random acts of shock meant to intimidate or terrorize, but carefully planned and targeted arrests, backed by months of investigation and surveillance, similar to the steps police take to apprehend any form of criminal.

"Our agents are experienced and well-trained," she said. "They know ICE policies on dealing with families and always take humanitarian issues into account in any arrest situation."

In November of last year, following an incident where a mother and nursing baby actually were separated by ICE action, the agency released new written guidelines for handling single parents, pregnant women, nursing mothers and other special child or family care situations. The New York Times reported the new guidelines allow nursing mothers to be released unless they pose a national security risk.

"We are faced with these sorts of situations frequently, where a large number of individuals come illegally or overstay and have children in the United States," an ICE spokesperson told the Times. "Unfortunately, the parents are putting their children in these difficult situations."

Why haven't any Wall Street tycoons been sent to the slammer?
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/336/story/75720.html?storylink=omni_popular

WASHINGTON — More than a year into the gravest financial crisis since the Great Depression, millions of Americans have seen their home values and retirement savings plunge and their jobs evaporate.

What they haven't seen are any Wall Street tycoons forced to swap their multi-million dollar jobs and custom-made suits for dishwashing and prison stripes.

There are plenty of civil and class-action lawsuits from aggrieved investors angered by the losses in their mortgage bonds, hedge funds or pensions. Regulators have stepped up their vigilance after the fact. But to date, no captain of finance tied to the crisis has walked the plank.

There have been some high-profile arrests and federal convictions of financial giants — such as Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff and Stanford Financial Group chairman Robert Allen Stanford. They weren't among the causes of the financial meltdown, however, just poster boys for an era of lax enforcement, weak regulation and devout faith in free markets.

"A lot of people who are responsible (for the crisis) seem to have gotten awfully rich in the process," said Barbara Roper, the director of investor protection for the Consumer Federation of America.

Barack Obama sees worst poll rating drop in 50 years

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6409721/Barack-Obama-sees-worst-poll-rating-drop-in-50-years.html

http://digg.com/world_news/Barack_Obama_sees_worst_poll_rating_drop_in_50_years

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1c7_1256269297&c=1

http://www.prisonplanet.com/barack-obama-sees-worst-poll-rating-drop-in-50-years.html

http://alt.nntp2http.com/impeach/bush/2009/10/3fcffced3690d114e2d1ef6a389c76e2.html

http://groups.google.to/group/rec.crafts.metalworking/browse_thread/thread/2cdec56d3b61667f/239a7d3b4ef82b17?show_docid=239a7d3b4ef82b17

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368933/posts

633817.1. from so called "hero" to zero in 10 months flat

http://www.mlive.com/forums/newstalk/index.ssf?artid=5226804

leftist agenda is NOT what America wants....koolaid supplies running low. Maybe Obama will now start ruling with an iron fist like Mao...just kill off the dissidents? I wouldn't put anything past him

Esther WojcickiJournalism/English teacher, Palo Alto High School
Posted: October 23, 2009 08:05 AM
The Teacher is the Key
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/the-teacher-is-the-key_b_331257.html

Here is a pretty shocking statistic.

More than 40% of teachers today are disheartened and disappointed in their jobs according to a study just released by Learning Points Associates. It is hard to be an inspirational, caring teacher if you don't want to be there.

The study showed that seven in 10 teachers cited testing as major drawback and 61 percent also cited lack of support from administrators and nearly 75% cited "discipline and behavior issues" in the classroom.

This is a very challenging situation for policy makers because the solution to the education crisis in our country is the teacher. Last week Michelle Obama wrote an article in US News and World Report that was entitled "Teachers are Key to a Successful Economy." I couldn't agree more.

The Gates Foundation also came to the same conclusion after spending years focusing on small schools. They are now focusing on teacher effectiveness.

As a long time teacher at Palo Alto High in Palo Alto, CA and someone who has seen multiple education fads come and go, I think thought leaders have finally come to the right focus -- the teacher is the key. No matter what books are provided, no matter what curriculum is required ... the key is how the teacher feels about what she is teaching and how she treats her students.

I am sure everyone can remember a teacher they liked, but they can also remember a teacher they disliked because the teacher seemed to dislike students. Students know when a teacher doesn't want to be there; they know it just by being in the classroom. It's not fun. At one point these teachers probably liked students and teaching, but they now somehow feel trapped in a job that no longer provides the same pleasures it once did. These teachers actually don't dislike students; they dislike what they are required to do-- teach to a test, like NCLB tests, year after year and work with ineffective administrators.

Over the past eight years teachers nationwide have been teaching to the NCLB test which is why many of them are disheartened and burned out.

No matter what policy makers dictate, when a teacher closes the door and is the classroom alone with the students, he/she is in charge. If the teacher is well-trained, then the students will learn more. If the teacher is happy to be there, then the students will be more content in the classroom. The teacher sets the tone; the teacher provides the activities; the teacher plans the day. Happy students work harder. Happy teachers teach more effectively and that is what we need---effective teachers.

It sounds like an old adage, but what we need to do as a nation is to support teachers in the classroom and modify the NCLB Act which is now up for Congressional renewal. Supporting teachers is key to our success as a nation. Support means supporting increases in teachers salaries, respecting the role of teachers in society, donating money to foundations that support teachers, volunteering to work in the classroom, and modifying the NCLB Act to so that teachers are not motivated to teach to the test.

I have news for you, I did my own research. Why do you think I called bullsh.t on your story? I know that I am older than 61, and I do allright dealing with people who post sh.t in these forums.

The "War on Drus" is a major drain on taxes (aren't all wars?). How much would you bet that a good chunk of the change that is taken from us "for the cause", does not go to the cause, but to line some pockets green?

War on Drugs
Ron Paul opposes the War on Drugs.

On November 20, 2008 he said in a New York Times / Freakonomics interview:

“[...] the federal war on drugs has proven costly and ineffective, while creating terrible violent crime. But if you question policy, you are accused of being pro-drug. That is preposterous. As a physician, father, and grandfather, I abhor drugs. I just know that there is a better way — through local laws, communities, churches, and families — to combat the very serious problem of drug abuse than a massive federal-government bureaucracy.”


RON PAUL

Statement Introducing HR 1866, Industrial Hemp Farming Act
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/tx14_paul/IndHemp.shtml
April 2, 2009

Madam Speaker, I rise to introduce the Industrial Hemp Farming Act. The Industrial Hemp Farming Act requires the federal government to respect state laws allowing the growing of industrial hemp.

Eight States--Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, Vermont, and West Virginia--allow industrial hemp production or research in accord with state laws. However, federal law is standing in the way of farmers in these states growing what may be a very profitable crop. Because of current federal law, all hemp included in products sold in the United States must be imported instead of being grown by American farmers.

Since 1970, the federal Controlled Substances Act's inclusion of industrial hemp in the schedule one definition of marijuana has prohibited American farmers from growing industrial hemp despite the fact that industrial hemp has such a low content of THC (the psychoactive chemical in the related marijuana plant) that nobody can be psychologically affected by consuming hemp. Federal law concedes the safety of industrial hemp by allowing it to be legally imported for use as food.

The United States is the only industrialized nation that prohibits industrial hemp cultivation.The Congressional Research Service has noted that hemp is grown as an established agricultural commodity in over 30 nations in Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. The Industrial Hemp Farming Act will relieve this unique restriction on American farmers and allow them to grow industrial hemp in accord with state law.

Industrial hemp is a crop that was grown legally throughout the United States for most of our nation's history. In fact, during World War II, the federal government actively encouraged American farmers to grow industrial hemp to help the war effort. The Department of Agriculture even produced a film “Hemp for Victory'' encouraging the plant's cultivation.

In recent years, the hemp plant has been put to many popular uses in foods and in industry. Grocery stores sell hemp seeds and oil as well as food products containing oil and seeds from the hemp plant. Industrial hemp is also included in consumer products such as paper, cloths, cosmetics, and carpet. One of the more innovative recent uses of industrial hemp is in the door frames of about 1.5 million cars. Hemp has even been used in alternative automobile fuel.

It is unfortunate that the federal government has stood in the way of American farmers, including many who are struggling to make ends meet, competing in the global industrial hemp market. Indeed, the founders of our nation, some of whom grew hemp, would surely find that federal restrictions on farmers growing a safe and profitable crop on their own land are inconsistent with the constitutional guarantee of a limited, restrained federal government. Therefore, I urge my colleagues to stand up for American farmers and cosponsor the Industrial Hemp Farming Act.

Unless you can provide a credible link to the story that you posted here I will call bullsh.t on it. The story seems to be as bogus as the documents that Jorge Alvarez Rivera sold to the undercover agents and also used for his own false identity.

This time, man in identity theft case can't escape his crime
By ROXANA HEGEMAN
The Associated Press
Posted on Fri, Oct. 16, 2009 11:04 PM

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/story/1513064.html

WICHITA | A Mexican citizen was never prosecuted after his car trunk popped open 11 years ago, revealing a stash of more than 800 Kansas birth certificates and other fraudulent documents.

But Jorge Alvarez Rivera now faces a January sentencing in a separate identity theft case.

“I would like to see that this time it is taken seriously,” Donna Calabrese, director of the state’s Office of Vital Statistics, said Friday.

Rivera, also known as Daniel Salas, became a poster child for Kansas officials making presentations about identity theft since 830 state birth certificates were found in his trunk after a 1998 traffic accident near Liberal, Kan.

After conducting record searches, state officials estimated that Kansas was paying out $200,000 per month, or about $2 million annually, to 55 illegal immigrant families whose names were on some of those 830 documents.

Those benefits included state payments for medical costs, aid to dependent children and food, Calabrese said.

“It cost the taxpayers dearly,” she said.