Texsox

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 27, 2007 -> 01:49 PM) a school teacher does not have as much national influence as a the president of the ACLU's Virginia chapter. you know this, texsox. there is a large disparity when comparing the power and the level of scandal of a President of the ACLU and a gym teacher. How many chapters does the ACLU have nationally? Who is the chapter president where you live? And lets turn this around, if he did something really nice like saved a kid from drowning, would you think the national media should pick up the story? Should the national media cover every murder? The County Clerk here was busted for raping a 15 year old girl, why wasn't that national news?

QUOTE(NUKE @ May 27, 2007 -> 08:24 PM) It is really disturbing to me how far backwards this nation is willing to bend over to allow these 12 million criminals to remain here and provide a drain on our system. It's equally disturbing to me that our elected officials on both sides of the aisle are willing to totally f*** this country over just to allow big business a pool of cheap, nearly slave labor to pick cherries and frame houses. And join the military . Sadly, the right cure is worse for this country than the compromise with the devil. Interesting that working people would be a drain on the system. I'd like to hear why the GOP is opposed to minimum wage increases but opposed to low paying jobs that are a drain on our system? Isn't the solution to pay a livable wage so everyone could contribute to the cost of this country? And isn't a deficit the only way to keep our economy humming along? I thought deficits are great! Bottom line is the right thing to do is pay to send 12,000,000 people back to their countries and put in a system where we can allow 12,000,000 people to take those jobs. The net is the same to social security and other working poor programs that the government offers, but we will have fresh new immigrants who came here legally. Businesses that relied on this labor may go under while they wait for new laborers. We'll temporarily drop 12,000,000 jobs from the economy, but we'll just cut taxes to make up for it. I notice SS hasn't found how to have people working these jobs without being a burden to social security. I was hoping he had a way to put these jobs on the books with different workers and save the system.

How many members does the ACLU have at this level? How much space does the national media have? Why aren't my local stories plastered all over the country? We had a school teacher and coach convicted of abusing kids and downloading child pornography. He wasn't national news because he was also a GOP leader and the GOP controlled media kept it out of the newspapers. Where was Fox News on that one?

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ May 25, 2007 -> 07:23 PM) I thought 12 million was the amount of illegals here, not the amount of jobs they are taknig. You can't be saying that every illegal here has a job, because i KNOW that is false. Southsider brings up the ones that will now be working those 12,000,000 jobs on the books and earning credits towards social security. I'm not going to dispute the exact number, my point is no matter who is working those jobs when they go "on the books", the social security impact will be the same. The only way to avoid the social security impact is to either continue to employ illegals (something no one wants) or change social security. I do wonder how these "new: jobs compare to other low wage jobs that are created? Why would putting new jobs on the books hard social security? It would seem that adding these jobs to social security would help, not hurt. And if it does hurt than doesn't every new job paying low wages harm social security as well?

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 25, 2007 -> 05:50 PM) that makes it 10 times worse (only three times more hilarious) the guy goes to speak at a fundraiser to help alleviate poverty... but demands $40,000, which if he waived his fee, would have gone to the poor. The fund raiser went to the University foundation, We also had President Bush a couple years back, Guilani, Powell, and Stormin' Norman. They all command that kind of price tag and all generate way more in community visibility and donations, From the foundation board it's a simple decision to hire big name and therefor high dollar speakers, BTW, sports stars and etc, charge waaaaay more than these guys,

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ May 25, 2007 -> 05:51 PM) I'll be coming to San An-tone in December...we can kick back some shiner's and you can meet this Mrs. I'd rather meet the other Mrs

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 21, 2007 -> 10:18 PM) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate...;entry_id=16809 The $40,000 he received from my University was actually a fund raiser and they did very nicely having him there, I wonder how many of these appearances are fund rasiers? It probably wouldn't make a difference to anyone.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 21, 2007 -> 07:10 AM) If you put the two most hypocritcal candidates out there for each party, and the most polarizing in regards to common party lines, I have no doubt you will give a third party a golden chance to rush in a sieze the middle. I've been thinking Edwards was the front runner all along, Obama and Hillary will bash each others brains out and have high negative energy. In other words Dem voters will say I'm for Obama and if he doesn't win, anyone but Hillary. and I'm for Clinton and if she doesn't win, anyone but Obama Guess who "anybody" is? Edwards. Everyone's second choice, Or at least nobody's last choice. The GOP radio network has been simultaneously promoting Hillary as the front runner and tearing her down. Great strategy. She is the easiest for the GOP to beat. The ghosts of her husband and all that crap are enough to keep a lot of Dem faithful (including me) from voting for her.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 25, 2007 -> 05:14 PM) yea, good point can imagine if you were walking through the woods and saw something like that thing? Some of the land I camp on down here has some tasty feral hogs but something that big would have me pissing my pants. I was invited on an archery hunt for hogs and decided being on the ground with a pissed off hog coming at me was not in my best interest.

QUOTE(sox4lifeinPA @ May 25, 2007 -> 02:41 PM) I'm getting married June 24th. Finally. It will be a celebration of celebrations. My invitation seems to be lost in the mail . . .

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 23, 2007 -> 10:30 AM) Definitely gives me more disposable income. What is the rental fee?

Probably true. Hogzilla was true. And that one was over 1,000 pounds.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 25, 2007 -> 01:37 PM) I ended up pretty dehydrated and cramped up really bad about the time we were high on LSD. Ugh. I ran god-awful. BUT WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR Just Say No!

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 25, 2007 -> 04:54 PM) i agree with part of what you said. i'm definately not "anti-mexican' or anything like that. i don't have a problem getting people that are here working steady jobs a path to legalization. but we aren't bringing over canadians to do management jobs in large nunbers. tech jobs and engineering? yes, from India and Asia, but only because those jobs are impossible to completely fill with americans that have no education or skills in these fields (and have no desire to obtain these skills). also, these tech and engineering immigrants did it legally. And if we actually had a path to bring in low skilled workers I would agree, That is why we need a guest worker program that allows people to come in here and work for ten, twenty, thirty years and return to their home countries for their golden years, or, by achieving certain objectives, like not committing any crimes, paying taxes on time, etc, Be allowed to stay here. Side note, Why is it easier for us to accept we aren't turning out enough skilled workers, but not accept we aren't turning out children that want careers in menial labor? It's a crisis we don't have enough lawn care workers and bus boys but not a crisis that high salary jobs are being filled in from over seas? Import the bosses to employ Americans. That is a crisis.

Happy Birthday!!

QUOTE(mr_genius @ May 25, 2007 -> 04:42 PM) wow, that is messed up. we're gonna have a billion mexican immigrants slamming over the border. the country can't sustain tens of millions of new people mexico coming over. there just aren't that many low level jobs. what are we going to do when all these people are here, and citizens, and only a third of them have jobs? this whole thing needs to be thought out better. Amen, I'd love to hear just one elected official mention tying this to jobs. No jobs, no immigration, Not from Mexico, Pakistan, Canada, England, Norway, not from there or there. Not over there or under there, Jobs, jobs, jobs, needs to be the reason. And I still think it is crazy how we don't have a problem with a Canadian coming over and taking a 80,000 management job but fight like hell about Mexicans taking $15,000 construction jobs. Which one is someone here likely to hold?

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ May 24, 2007 -> 01:10 PM) The Sox have enough hard throwers that a bruising could easily happen. Hell, with as wild as MacDougal has been lately, he can even claim it was an accident! Hell if he doesn't hit him they could claim he *was* throwing at him.

I was just looking at some of the rating for professors I had and can guess how many "bad grade hatchet jobs" I was reading, I like the concept, but the comments are suspicious at best.

Another possibility is hotels, restaurants, gas stations, rental car companies, will place a "hold" on a dollar amount to be certain your charges will go through. Once you settle up the hold is released and the correct bill is entered, But what I suspect happened here was either A. An employee figured to make a little extra or B. They saw the total and accidenatlly entered it as the tip. My first call would be to the bar, then your bank.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 25, 2007 -> 06:08 AM) Funny, no one seems to want to answer any of my questions anyway, instead just asking more questions. But that's OK. I reread your posts and only saw one question and will attempt an answer, We have 12,000,000 jobs being worked by illegals who may not be paying into social security. Once these 12,000,000 jobs are in the hands of legal employees who will be earning benefits into social security, we will have a crisis. You ask how we can avoid that new huge burden. There is no way around that looming crisis. The only way to avoid it is by using illegals and no one wants that anymore. As soon as those workers go on the books we have a problem. I don't see how it makes a difference if that worker is a new immigrant, or one of our children. We offer benefits to the working poor. We are adding those 12,000,000 *jobs* on the roles. That is 12,000,000 more positions that will pay in and receive benefits. Do you see a way around it? It seems as if you are arguing we should have continued to use illegals so we wouldn't have the social security problem and I know you don't want those illegals breaking into your home and taking your things.

Anyone actually check out those sites before signing up for classes? Hey jim, what do your students say about you?

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 24, 2007 -> 02:28 PM) I know the arguement is OMG who will do these jobs, but I think it is hilarious that all of these illegal activities can be excused just for that reason. What is wrong with actually setting a real plan for legal migrants to work in the US? I know it is easiest to sit and snipe at those who disagree with you, but are you telling me if I broke into your house, took stuff from you, and then claimed it was my house because I was there, you wouldn't have a problem with it as long as I did the dishes? If so you all can send me your addresses. You are missing my point, Who will work these jobs AND not create the financial burden that you outlined? Take away all the illegals and replace them with our kids. Wouldn't the financial burden be the same for all the government benefits? How does replacing these workers with our children reduce the cost of government benefits? I don't see unemployment rates dropping much. Built into those rates are professionals between jobs, etc. An accountant isn't going to work for a landscaper while trying to find another accounting job. I'm just not seeing the cost of government benefits being important in this debate, The only way to avoid the increased government cost is to continue using illegal labor and that is wrong and should not be tolerated, Not sniping, just trying to understand how you are arguing that by making illegals legal that will bankrupt the system but somehow replacing those illegals with other legal workers will not.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ May 24, 2007 -> 12:49 PM) I still fail to see a reason for invading the country. Iraq was not an imminent threat. Iran and North Korea are more of a threat. Iran and North Korea could have kicked our asses much worse than Iraq.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 24, 2007 -> 07:19 AM) Heck you can take that a step further and even start to figure out that these people probably aren't going to pay in nearly what they get out of the system. If these people are indeed coming to in to work our "unwanted" and lowpaying jobs, SSI is only taxed at 7.65% of income. So for someone who is even earning as much as $10 an hour and working fulltime, they are only paying in just under $1600 a year in FICA. [$10X40hrs/wkX52wks)times 0.0765.] So in other words if they work 10 years in the system, they will take out more than the spend in about 13 months, and that is only if they are single and have no dependants. If you take the highend earning potential of $2312 then it takes just under 7 months to become a net earner on the SSI program. Now starting taking that math times millions, and tell me how it does not place a huge new burden on the system? OK, so "these people" don't come in, Who works these jobs and doesn't cause the same problem?