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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 8, 2010 -> 02:39 PM) ss2k, I disagree with you here. If a group of white students went to the school and told them that they were threatened or intimidated by the display of nationalism exhibited by hispanic students on May 5, they would have been told that somehow THEY were being culturally insensitive and should just deal with it. They wouldn't dare stop the displays, unless there was a school code prohibiting ALL displays, for fear of some sort of retribution from LaRaza or some other hispanic hate group out there. Considering I have seen exactly the situation you are talking about happen in my school system, I would disagree with you.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ May 8, 2010 -> 10:58 AM) I graduate today, so, Jake, give me a present. I'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU!!!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 8, 2010 -> 10:34 AM) Well, you just argued in favor of legal protectionism as a way to protect U.S. jobs. So, yeah. Either moving currency is a rising tide that lifts all boats, or it isn't. That is like saying since you haven't sent me your paycheck yet, you don't believe in social services. Either forced service is a rising tide that lifts all boats, or it isn't.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 8, 2010 -> 11:42 AM) Kinda like refereeing. Just be consistent so i know what the hell to expect. I would like to see that in news reporting as well. I found this quote in a story about the incident. "Kathleen Sullivan, a school board trustee, said Live Oak experienced problems on Cinco de Mayo last year. She said some students had complained to the principal and vice principal that they had felt intimidated by students waving American flags. " OK, so if some non-hispanic students had said that they felt threatened by the zealous display of the Mexican flag, would they have curtailed that as well? This whole country is f***ed because of the nationalism that new people coming here retain. We became a great nation in part because of the assimilation of immigrants to this country. They became AMERICAN. They learned english, they got jobs, they joined society as Americans. Yes, you can be proud of your heritage, but if all the hispanics are coming here because their home country is such a s*** hole, why do they have such pride in that s*** hole? You would think they would want to forget everything about it and embrace their new home that provides them with opportunities they could never get back there. Not on the same level, but I grew up and lived in a small south suburb for most of my life. It became a raging s*** hole that I finally was able to leave in 2005. I don't ever want to go back, or celebrate coming from there. Speaking from what I have seen on both a first and second hand experience through our school system, they would have stopped it to if it had gotten complaints. The last thing a school system wants is something that disrupts the kids, and has the potential to turn into something ugly. Remember these are high school kids, it doesn't take much for them to do something stupid.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 8, 2010 -> 10:55 AM) The only move that could have been made, and it was argued ad infinitum....was TRYING to find a taker for Jenks or non-tendering him. That money could have gone to Damon/Matsui/Vladdy. Hindsight is 20/20, sure, but there were quite a few that were ready to cut the cord with Jenks heading into the season. The only highly-paid closer we've had in the last 20 years (unless you consider Roberto Hernandez as highly paid) was Billy Koch. We all know how well that one worked out. Howry, Foulke, Takatsu, Hermanson, Flash Gordon, Thornton, Marte, Jenks, etc. None of them highly-paid guys. It was tried.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 8, 2010 -> 10:26 AM) So, you're in favor of ending NAFTA then? Are you really turning NAFTA into illegal immigration?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 8, 2010 -> 10:23 AM) Of course...Republican/free market worship style ideology would suggest that if we work as Mexico's welfare program and that helps stimulate their economy, we benefit directly because that creates a market in Mexico for U.S. goods and services. At the expense of our own workers and people.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ May 8, 2010 -> 01:03 AM) I tell you right now, if KW doesn't trade for Pierre, and uses that money to sign Damon instead, this team could possibly be at .500 quite easily. I've been a KW backer over the years, but that's the 1 move that he's made over the past few seasons which I'm really annoyed at. Of course, do you blame Ozzie for forcing KW to trade for Pierre, or was it just KW who decided to make that move, I don't know, but someone's gotta take responsibility for it. No one expected the price on Damon to drop that much.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 8, 2010 -> 07:00 AM) Which includes hiring citizens and paying them cash. The fact is immigrants from Mexico and South America can arrive here for a few hundred bucks and a lot of walking. It just doesn't make sense for employers spending more, or immigrants spending more, on jobs that pay minimum wage. So this is where the pool of workers will come from. Not racist, it's simple economics. It is also based on a hundred years of workers doing just this. I've said before if we are going to do a program like this, it is essentially based on need. If people didn't feel that they needed a better life, they wouldn't come here in the first place. Personally I don't feel that just because Mexico is the closest to the US, that they should be the most favored nation. I would rather see us taylor our program towards saving people in REAL need. I'm not talking about just poverty, I am talking about people in war torn areas, people living through famines, people suffering genocide, people who are political targets. With all of the really desperate situations in the world, we can do better than being Mexico's welfare program.

You think the Sedin's are regretting those 5 year deals yet?

So much for home ice advantage... This year has just been wild that way.

Empty netter, game over.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ May 7, 2010 -> 11:00 PM) In this case, paying for a prostitute would be mens rea, but statutory rape would not be, correct? The statutory rape charge would not be unless he knew her age.

So who two months ago would have rather had Neimi in net than Luongo in the playoffs?

The Canucks are a mess.

Guys they are not throwing Santos on back to back nights. They are obviously concerned about keeping him healthy because he has exactly one season under his belt as a pitcher, and it sounds like he has a pretty significant sore arm period of adjustment last year.

They just called Buff's ass a "total eclipse" LMAO!

Wow Toews already has tied the Hawks playoff record with 5 points in a game.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 7, 2010 -> 09:10 PM) Because the quotas are way, way, way too low to satisfy the demand for workers or to keep families from being split apart. And since the quotas are so restrictive, there is very little reason for a legal immigrant to feel offended by an illegal immigrant taking a job. Really, when we get right down to it, that is problem #1 here. It's like Quentin's bat. Everything else that looks bad stems from that gigantic, overarching issue. When Reagan issued his amnesty in the 80's, that was the problem, his amnesty was a band-aid. Border fences are a band-aid. Fining employers is a band-aid. You fix that problem in an intelligent way...and the other problems will nearly correct themselves. That makes no sense. A person taking someones job illegally is a person taking someone's job illegally. If it is happening a lot, shouldn't that upset people more?

Amazing. I don't know that I have ever seen this at this stage of the playoffs. This is bush league.

HAT TRICK b****ES!!!

Come on guys, end it here.

They are just completely melting down.

HAHA 5 ON 3

It is wild to see Chicago out physical a team.