Karee

I have to laugh watching CNN this morning. They keep pushing this alleged govt. shutdown story day after day after day. Their next story is how consumer confidence is at the lowest levels since after the Lehman collapse. I doubt more than 10% even know what it's about. What a chicken little society we live in.

See. Make a joke. Never addressing the issue. That's what they do. So infantile.

Knock knock.

Cool. When the dems take over everything, I can quit my job and live off of the govt. handouts. Working is for suckers anyway.

Ok cool. That makes sense. Thanks for answering my question and withholding the usual smart a$$ name calling. Much appreciated.

Interesting. So if the house holds the "purse strings", how come they can't refuse to fund Obamacare?

You are indeed. By the same token, Obama cannot be accused for increased spending nor be blamed for the deficits. Either the House holds the purse or it doesn't.

Can Obama veto a budget that was passed by the house and the senate?

How much of that debt is caused by military spending? Defense spending tops 1 trillion a year.

Needs to be cut. You'll hear the same people here b!tching about lost jobs though. I find it odd that some here think defense spending is too high, but the same people carry on about all the govt. employees and contractors that are out of work due to this alleged "shut down." What do you think will happen if the govt. cuts defense spending.

How much of that debt is caused by the numbers of black men in prison for misdemeanours while white men commit those same crimes in much greater numbers, but are much more likely to get probation? At 60 billion a year in costs to house those prisoners, plus court costs for multiple appeals and public lawyers.

Don't commit crimes, don't go to jail. One of the conditions of probation is that you maintain gainful employment. Also, probation is usually for first time offenders. As has been posted here many times, black men commit crimes a much higher rate than other races. That's just a simple fact.

How much of that debt is caused by the insane War on Drugs? Two billion per year spent enforcing laws that don't make sense to have in the so-called Land of the Free. Not counting even MORE legal fees when these people appeal nonsensical convictions.

No argument from me there.

How much of that debt is caused by having more people in prison, by percentage, not total number, than any other nation? The list, btw, includes Iran, Russia, Cuba and other nations whose governments we criticize as totalitarian. When you have so many people not producing anything and living on a government dime, you're not just losing the money you spend on housing the inmates, you're also losing their potential incomes.

See #2

How much of that debt is caused by families defaulting on mortgages and other loans because the US does not have a living minimum wage and because families have to choose between shelter and medical care?

A higher minimum wage will result in higher wages, but probably less jobs. It will also result in increased prices. Don't like your pay, go find another job.

How much of that debt is caused by the fact that the largest growth in jobs since the recession has been in part time work?

Look for that number to increase even more once the health care regulations take full effect. There's an exemption for employees that work less than x hours.

How much of that debt is caused by the fact that US companies can take their manufacturing overseas to avoid having to have, you know, health and safety rules, robbing millions of Americans of their jobs?

Now you're contradicting yourself. You want U.S. companies to take on all these new employee associated costs, and yet wonder why jobs are going overseas.

How much of that debt is caused by the fact that, whenever possible, tax breaks are demanded for the rich who take jobs overseas?

That's just the way things work in today's global economy. A corporations main reason for existence is to turn a profit. That's the whole premise of free market enterprise. If they can make more money by shipping jobs overseas, that's what they'll do. Again, you can't put all these costs on companies, and then complain when they move jobs overseas.

The debt isn't being caused by the budget. The debt is being caused by a set of nonsensical cultural priorities and the fact that the US government has stopped fearing its people.

The debt IS caused by the budget. When you spend more than you take in, that results in debt. The govt. spends money on things they have no business even being involved in.

I would give nearly ANYTHING to be able to bring my fiancée to Canada rather than the other way around, but the one thing we're NOT willing to sacrifice is the PhD that she's partway done. The second she's done, we're doing everything in our power to get out of the US, because frankly? Without a major government procedure overhaul and an examination of cultural priorities, the country is circling the toilet and in 20 years, America being the 'Land of Opportunities' is going to be a legend that people marvel over, that a country so messed up and destroyed could have ever been so great as the movies and television of the day teaches us.

I'm outtta here as well first chance I get. Probably for different reasons than you though.

See responses inline.

Where does the money for cell phones and tattoos come from? Is that what EBT stands for? Electronics, Booze and Tattoos?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UREepszk7I

Ok why would a case undergo Admistrative processing? That is happening to our K-1 visa right now. Another post said because the que to process is lagged behind. But if others are going out that were received AFTER ours, what is going on? There is nothing I can think of that would cause a problem.

I've been around VJ since 2007, and I've never seen a good reason for Administrative Processing at NVC. It seems random. My guess is they just pull a few out of the pile randomly every so often, and decide to take a closer look at them.

Thanks Karee.

That is exactly what I wanted to know. I realize it's a difficult thing and that it ultimately is up to the discretion of the consular officer, but if it's at least possible, then we'll give it a try.

Thanks for the suggestion about Thaivisa as well. I just posted the question there.

You should get some decent answers there. Some of the folks there can be real a$$holes. Just filter them out. I'm Daboyz1 there by the way.

Good news for everyone who was transfered from VSC to TSC.

We were transferred from VSC to TSC on 9/4, we were approved

NOA2 on 9/19 and TSC forwarded our case to the NVC

on 9/23.

Just got my mail today and saw the envelope from NVC they receive my

petition on 10 /3 and now have my case number. Petition is being forwarded

to Embassy this week

So from time the petition left Texas 9/23 until 10/3 is 10 days

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep the faith guys

K visas hardly spend any time at NVC unless they undergo Administrative Processing which is rare. The average time a K visa case stays at NVC is 5 days.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1historical

That red herring. Nice.

What's even funnier is your source.

Reflecting its growth and expanded commitments, NACCA changed its name 3 times before 1973, when it emerged as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA). In 1977, ATLA's headquarters moved from Boston to Washington, DC.

In 2006, ATLA members voted to adopt a new name: the American Association for Justice (AAJ). Today, AAJ is a broad-based, international coalition of attorneys, law professors, paralegals, and law students.

Source:

http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/418.htm

This country spends $2.5 trillion dollars on health care every year. $650 million spent over several years to built this nationwide online insurance exchange - state by state no less - is not even a drop in the bucket. We're talking about two and half hundreth of one percent. That's right. The online marketplaces all in cost about 0.025% of what we spend on health care each and every year. Whoopity Doo Dah.

That kind of attitude is why we have a 16 trillion dollar debt.

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There you go...that's a good way to ignore defeat.

Now I know you're a conservative,

http://community.invisionpower.com/resources/documentation/index.html

How did that work out for you? LOL

Can't even start a proper poll...hahahaha....

The gift that keeps on giving.

Have they taken on the trial lawyers yet,,,, The main cause for malpractice insurance to eat up about a 1/3 of a doctors income. How about having a hospital give you tests for a 100 reasons you don't need just in case they get sued and for NO other reason . They have to cover their butt in court. So how often are doctors in the UK sued for malpractice? What are their rates for their insurance?

Good point. I remember living in Canada and I never saw constant lawyer ads during the day or late at night on TV. I think they had limits on malpractice. Of course trial lawyers are big Democrat supporters, so that probably explains the lack of malpractice reform.

Critics should open their own committees and distribute peace prizes to more worthy people. Maybe Ted Cruz should be awarded a prize for economics?

I think Malala is awesome but I am not sure someone should get a prize for being shot. Maybe later after she has years of good work she will get a prize.

Getting shot is a better reason than winning a presidential election.

Please feel free to start your own poll questions.

ok

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/459641-how-come-rg-is-in-love-with-obama/

Gary will be crushed.

You had to go and say his name. It's like that movie Beteljuice. Now you're going to be rewarded with paragraphs of his vast knowledge of FSU states.

But why waste my time, that's just not sinking in with you anyways, is it?

So why are you wasting your time?

Ok I tried it again and actually entered the person's name instead of just "Bangkok Bank" Hopefully it goes better this time.