Texsox

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 30, 2006 -> 05:13 AM) Now, pray tell, where in the world did the American citizens get the idea that they were entitled to this or entitled to that? Where did this entitlement mentality come from? I wonder .... hmmmm. From both parties. When we were younger, Democrates would have a great new program they would like to see and would raise taxes to pay for it. The GOP would try their darndest to stop the tax and spend Democrates. Then Reagan taught America we can have the programs and actually cut taxes! Then the economy gets much stronger and we all win. Now we have these great entitlement programs, we pay less in taxes, and a booming economy. Poor people can shop in stores, which increases the profit for the business owner who has risked everything. He pays lower taxes so he can hire more people.

I've always enjoyed Peter Gabriels Solsbury Hill, but what the hell is he writing about? S

Of course this is all part of a liberal plot to corrupt the morals of America's youth and keeping them from being laborers allowing immigrants to take over America, which is good because Bush is secretly killing Americans anyway.

Is there a government that doesn't secretly kill their citizens and plot against them?

Let's bring back Dad this time, then Jeb for two terms

Now that DeLay is out, Jeb would be a great choice and would keep the BFD (Bush Family Dynasty) going.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ May 29, 2006 -> 01:56 PM) Tex, go have another beer. A Shiner in one hand and travelling 80 mph to Fort Stockton, great idea . . . Kinky for Gov. Why The Hell Not?

The same way viewers would like to know if he owned a gun. It would also be good to know the views on all the editors and anyone else who touched the story. I think if someone is going to report on guns, they shouldn't own one, or be a part of an anti-gun group.

Sorry to hear that Kalapse. Imagine all she saw in her lifetime. The birth of TV, too many wars, computers, everyone having automobiles, and so much more. It sounds like you were close, what was she like?

QUOTE(Soxy @ May 29, 2006 -> 04:45 PM) Although the guys on the next court actually stopped playing to watch us. You are drifting dangerously close to losing your feminist card . . . Oh my! It's sooooo hoooot, my blouse is clinging to me, just look

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 29, 2006 -> 05:24 PM) Im glad you came by DePloderer. Throughout history when America has gone to war the British have stood right by our side. We owe you guys a HUGE debt of gratitude. Yep, England has that tradition all the way back to 1776

Holy crap, I've been posting here over 3 years. WTF all the time wasted

Guys don't win 70 games in this league by being a fluke. He will continue to be a solid, mid to back rotation starter, for a long time. On a staff full of top arms, any weakness, any flaw, gets magnified.

Remember that lives are our most precious commodity. Pray that before America sends any of her children into harms way, all peaceful options have been explored and the action is just, moral, and for the greater good. In that way we support our Troops.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 29, 2006 -> 04:29 AM) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ f*** YOU ROID BOY!!!!! It's a beautiful thing when liberals and conservatives can get together and agree on a subject . . .

Sometimes, the person is guilty, and just did a better than average job at murder.

Again, I thought you stopped having birthdays!? Happy Birthday!! Tell momma FlaSoxx she done good

It really is so much easier to believe the President of the United States ordered thousands of Americans murdered, than an admitted terrorist who hates America and all we stand for.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 29, 2006 -> 04:51 AM) What you're basically telling me is that you are in favor of importing a permanent under-underclass of people who we can exploit to do our dirty work for us because we're too lazy to do it ourselves. That's all you're telling me with your point of view. When I was growing up, neighborhood kids mowed the lawn, bussed tables at the local restaurant and such. They did it to earn a few extra bucks on the side and to learn the value of a days work before moving on to bigger and better things. Unfortunately, nowadays American kids are spoiled and lazy and would rather plug their eyeballs into a TV screen or computer monitor than get out there and work. As I've been saying for weeks and just a couple posts ago, US - highly skilled workforce, low unemployment, no desire for manual labor. Mexico - unskilled workforce, high unemployment, strong desire to improve life for themselves and their children Mexicans help themselves by finding work. They use this helping hand to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and create a better life for themselves and their children. With legal status, which comes after a careful screening and time in this country, they do not have to remain a permanent underclass. Wow, and it benefits both countries. Immigration levels are set by US employment needs. After systems are in place, illegals receive a lifetime ban, first time is a quick trip home, second time involves jail, third strike and welcome to a federal prison. Employers are heavily fined for employing undocumented workers or employing workers off the books. The world is now 24/7. Kids aren't mowing the local office complex, they aren't bussing tables at noon, and they aren't picking crops from Florida to Maine. You think the agriculture industry can supports itself on high school kids? Or some high school kids walks up to Allstate Insurance and asks if he can mow the lawn? These aren't part time jobs. Immigrants have been taking these jobs for many decades. Remember Reagan and amnesty? We are just now waking up and seeing what is going on. Nice high school memories, but they aren't accurate of the total job market. I'm for traditional American values, like any good conservative. Not the liberal new fangled, Americans can do these jobs, solution you propose So your solution is millions of high school kids start taking these jobs? I belive mine is better for America.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 29, 2006 -> 04:24 AM) I sort of agree with you. Mexico is defenitely acting in its own best interest. Its in their interest to export their poverty problem to the United States. It's in their interest to push as many people across the border as they can because the money they send back is their second greatest revenue source. The U.S. on the other hand, does not act in its own interest. We allow Mexico to export its poverty problem to us. We allow these people to get services they dont deserve. We allow them to cost us billions of dollars a year. We allow them to come here illegally and then start making demands against our government. It's really sickening to me how we allow a s***bag like Vicente Fox and these border jumpers to screw this country over the way they're doing. Easy enough to stop it. Train our children to be laborers. Imagine if a couple million Americans every year would say "After college, I'm going to work for Del Monte picking crops." Describe for me how America will raise a generation to pick crops, be bus boys, yard workers, work in a chicken processing plants, etc.? Will they be drop outs? Will we encourage high school kids to set their sights lower? Will we begin paying people $40k a year to mow lawns? Immigrants have been doing these jobs for hundreds of years, now we'll change all that?

Hey! Look at Thome!! BA needs some AAA time to be ready for the pennant run.

Ricky Williams CFL league has no drug policy. Ricky needs to do a Cheech and Chong movie.

Hammer '08

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I still find it amusing that people think America and Mexico should have the same laws. Why don't we do what is best for America and let Mexico do what is best for Mexico? I really don't think we need to look to Mexico for a solution in this. Mexico is struggling to create a middle class, something that was wiped out in the 1994 with the peso devaluation known as the December Mistake. They have a 40% illiteracy rate. Their country and the US is so different and faces such different struggles. Look at the unemployment rates and underemployment rates between the two countries. Mexico has high unemployment and high underemployment. Thet have a surplus of unskilled labor and a shortage of jobs for semi and skilled workers. The US has low unemployment rates, and a skilled workforce looking for skilled and highly skilled jobs. Further the US economy has a high demand for unskilled labor and a workforce that does not desire those jobs. Doesn't it make sense that the US would want to import that labor and that Mexico would not want additional immigrants when their workforce is already over capacity? Call it hypocricy if you like, but it seems like both countries are acting in their own best interest.