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    Man Cuts Off Own Arm

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    couple questions come to mind...

    was the thing still running when he reached into it? could he have unlodged whatever he was reaching for without using his hand? Is this a failed Darwin Award?

    I don't think I could do this either but I'd like to think I would find a way to get the job done that didn't jeopardize my body... :blink::unsure:

    Immigrant Paperwork Backs Up At DHS

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    How on earth is it importing votes for legal permanent residents to become citizens? Not EWIs or overstays here. They're not the ones that hiked the fees up which lead to a very predictable increase in applications, even among our own VJers. That's legal immigration and one potential outcome of LEGAL immigration, even if you don't like the fact that they're unlikely to vote the way you want.

    This whole process is ridiculous. I mean, really, you can b!tch that it's not the government's fault they won't be processed in time (yet if that's the case, don't b!tch about not getting a receipt, after all, it's not the government's fault, right?), but July 2007 is what, a year and a half before the presidential election? Expecting a turn around time of less than a year and a half is not some crazy demand. Do you really want to argue that that's an acceptable timeline just because they might not vote Republican?

    One would think that LEGAL immigrants would be glad that the insane backlog is getting some attention.

    My biggest problem with this article is the fact that these people waited 2-4 years AFTER they could have applied, why did they wait? Why, all of a sudden, do they care about having their voice heard in '08? IF having their vote count why did they not start, say, in Jan of '07...Dec. of '06 or even as soon as they were elegible, such as it seems in PeeJay's case?

    Benefit of the doubt the one had 1 year PRIOR to filing and the other had 3 and NOW they are complaining because the GOVERNMENT isn't moving fast enough for them? :wacko:

    I feel for those who were elegible for citizenship as of June/July of this year because they have to contend with the lazy @$$es.

    Immigrant Paperwork Backs Up At DHS

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    Well, a lot of these folks could have applied years ago, but sat on their hands until the illegal immigration debate heated up. I don't feel even a little bit sorry that they may not be able to vote this time. I don't feel sorry for the vote-seeking Democrat politicians and their sycophants who are whining about it and blaming the government.

    Boo hoo! Write an article about personal responsibility, why don't cha?

    Right, isn't it a 10 year wait for citizenship for most? The 2 people they quote waited 12 and 14 years...no sympathy from me for them!

    Sandra Flores, 26, of Houston said she applied for citizenship July 30 but has not heard back from USCIS. "I'm worried. I feel frustrated," said Flores, a part-time student at San Jacinto College who immigrated with her family from Monterrey, Mexico, in 1995, and who said citizenship would give her a vote, a greater sense of security and a better chance to attend a university.

    Mildred Molina de Andujar, 42, of Dorchester, Mass., a janitor at Boston's John Hancock building, said she applied July 26. USCIS told her only last week that it had received her application.

    "The most important thing for me is the right to vote," said Andujar, who immigrated from the Dominican Republic in 1993 and has a 17-year-old daughter with a green card and a 10-year-old son who is a U.S. citizen by birth.

    illegal immigrants (another poll)

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    I WOULD agree to a work visa/guestworker program except we already have a large number of overstays under the current visa programs, so how can we believe that there will be enforcement on ANY new programs?

    I'm sorry for you Steven, if you think ONLY labor is "flowing" across our border and by this I mean there are criminals crossing as well as the hard working "mushroom pickers"...

    I however feel that before ANY guestworker program is allowed there needs to be 2 things:

    First, secure our borders and second, remove those here illegally (yep I mean overstays as well).

    of course even IF our government did that, I would have a hard time believing that it wasn't all done JUST to get the guestworker program and then we are back to our current status quo, with millions more overstays just from the guest worker program.....

    Any less only encourages more illegal immigration, why should they jump through (immigration) hoops when they can just jump the border?

    Edit: clarification

    More see immigration as a cultural threat

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    Houston Area Survey

    More see immigration as a cultural threat

    Most of region's whites also want those who hire undocumented workers punished

    By LESLIE CASIMIR

    2007 Houston Chronicle

    An anti-illegal immigrant sentiment is taking hold in the Houston region, according to a new Rice University survey showing that most white residents in Fort Bend, Galveston and Montgomery counties favor punishing employers who hire undocumented workers.

    The survey, released Thursday, reflects how contentious the illegal immigration debate has become and provides a fresh glimpse into regional attitudes about a subject that's increasingly becoming a major presidential election issue.

    The report is an extension of the 2007 Houston Area Survey released earlier this year that showed immigration support eroding among Harris County residents, where whites make up 37 percent of the population.

    "Anglos who live in predominantly Anglo areas are less likely to interact and meet minorities," said Stephen Klineberg, the Rice University sociology professor who has directed the annual survey for 26 years. "And they have more reservations about ethnic diversity."

    For the first time, Klineberg expanded his survey to Galveston, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties. Only the responses of white residents were used in questions about immigrants, Klineberg said, because the non-Anglo percentages in the four counties varied widely.

    The survey found 57 percent of Montgomery County respondents and 59 percent in mainland Galveston County believe the immigrant influx "mostly threatens American culture."

    In addition, 73 percent of whites in mainland Galveston and Montgomery County favor fines and criminal charges against employers who hire illegal immigrants.

    Backlash in suburbs

    A similar vein runs through the other counties: In Harris, 69 percent of whites support punishing employers. In Fort Bend and Montgomery counties, 72 percent say they want the government to hit illegal-immigrant-heavy companies with fines and charges.

    "Immigration is a good thing — illegal immigration is a bad thing," said Stan Burton, a Spring resident and blogger who is concerned about Social Security fraud, among other things. "My daughter is 13 years old and somebody else is already using her Social Security number — I learned about it when my daughter started getting pre-approved credit card applications."

    Burton fears American society will become no different from Mexico's. "Our society will no longer be governed by the rule of law," he said.

    Miguel Aleman believes the opinions of Burton and others like him are misguided.

    "I think this is mostly lip service," said Aleman, 60, president of the League of Latin American Citizens, or LULAC, who lives in Galveston. "The national trend is Hispanics are being bashed for all the problems in society, but the fact is immigrants are needed here."

    Lisa Graybill, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Texas chapter, says the conservative rhetoric is nothing new. It has held a grip on places such as Farmers Branch, a community north of Dallas that adopted a law banning apartment owners from renting to illegal immigrants. The ACLU is suing to overturn the ban.

    "The moving out of Latino immigrants into the suburbs is creating a backlash," Graybill said. "We do have to acknowledge that there are problems — complicated problems — surrounding immigration, but these type of answers are not good policy for anybody."

    Statistics show that indeed there has been a Latino explosion in the suburbs. In Montgomery County, the Hispanic population grew to 66,000 in 2006 from 37,000 in 2000, according to Census Bureau data.

    Path to citizenship

    Conroe City Councilman Jay Ross Martin said the survey responses likely mirror how people in rural areas of Montgomery County feel about illegal immigration.

    People are frustrated with the federal government because it hasn't resolved the immigration debate, he said, but Conroe is not planning any immigration enforcement measures.

    The survey, however, does show whites are open to a path of legalization. More than 62 percent of the Anglos in Galveston, Harris and Fort Bend counties agreed that illegal immigrants should be granted citizenship if they speak English and have no criminal records. In Montgomery County, however, only 48 percent of the whites were for that idea. And more than 58 percent of whites in Galveston, Fort Bend and Harris counties said ethnic diversity is a "good thing," the survey shows.

    "The experience of living in a more diverse community may increase one's feelings of comfort with the diversity," Klineberg said. "It's surprising how big the difference is."

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5309623.html

    American CUlture

    which is?

    LOl.. they mean threatening whiteness

    'more reserved abou ethnicity' means they don't want dem latinos walkin around their nice neighborhoods

    Is everything about color to you?

    no, but for a lot of people it is, read the other white renaissance article

    More see immigration as a cultural threat = title

    More see illegal-immigration as a cultural threat = actual story

    what a shocking error :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

    Just out of curiosity, if, for example, someone from Ecuador comes to your neighborhood on a work visa, and another Ecuadorian came illegally to your neighborhood, how would their cultural impact be any different?

    On another note, I guess my point about having contact with people and subsequently recognizing they're human wasn't so silly.

    it's the same, you really cannot say one will impact more than the other.. both will impact the same way, it depends on the other person to take it as a positive impact, or be intolerant and take it negatively

    No, I disagree...though I'm sure you will not agree and accuse me of being racist but here it goes...

    the one who came on a work visa-

    most likely educated or willing to learn English when interacting with the English speaking community

    most likely to take an interest and have pride in their adopted country

    HAS been screen for health issues

    HAS been screened for criminal history

    the one who came here illegally -

    most likely uneducated and will insist that the English speaking community learn his/her native language

    won't care about the community in general

    HAS NOT been screen for health issues

    HAS NOT been screened for criminal history

    FAA Error nearly led to jets colliding

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    In the early '90s, I flew back to Kansas for a visit to my mother who still lives there, on the return flight, the plane I was on had to do an emergency pull up because the air national guard here in Tucson decided they needed to do a touch and go in the path of our airplane! It was kinda spooky since I was fairly fresh outta high school where I took "aviation" (which was considered ground school), so I knew what had happened! :o

    One Hit Wonders

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    Don't You Know It's True (I think that's the title)

    Milli Vanilli

    Girl you know it's True...

    Mili Vanilli had several hits before the big scandal hit ...

    in fact, 5 top 5 hits in the US...

    Girl you know it's true: 2

    Baby don't forget my number: 1 (I don't remember this one)

    Girl I'm gonna miss you: 1

    Blame it on the Rain: 1

    All or Nothing: 4

    info on them

    Man killed by gator while fleeing police

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    I think it is a shame they killed the gator. He could have been a great tourist attraction and deterent.

    I remember a story about a guy who tried to rob a jewelry store by throwing a brick with all his might into the window which as it turned out was made of Lexan. The brick bounced and clobbered the guy knocking him cold. Poor dumb unconscious robber. I feel so sorry for him. :crying:

    :no:

    I've heard about that, think I saw video of it somewhere...

    Americans Have Become Too Fat for Disneyland Rides

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    If you do some research, you'll see that Americans started becoming really overweight at the same time that High Fructose Corn Syrup started being used in EVERYTHING.

    Wanna stop the Obesity epidemic? Stop buying products with HFCS. Make the manufacturers stop using it.

    As it is basically chemically identical to refined cane sugar, how would replacing it with sugar change anything? High Fructose Corn Syrup is about 50% glucose, 50% fructose. Sucrose (ordinary sugar) breaks down immediately in the stomach to 50% glucose and 50% fructose.

    The Federal government is to blame here anyway - sugar subsidies are responsible for sugar being about 3 times more expensive in the US than the rest of the world. End sugar subsidies and I'm sure that HFCS will be replaced immediately with cheaper imported sugar.

    I'm not a chemist or a biologist, but the latest theories say that the effect is in the breaking down process. HFCS isn't chemically identical, though it's pretty close, and the body responds to it by jacking up insulin levels, which encourages fat storage. The human body just isn't as simple as calories in, calories out.

    That, and it's in friggin' everything and tastes like #######. Compare a Coke made with sugar to one made with HFCS. It's a zillion times better with sugar. (You may have to check out an immigrant neighborhood to get your hands on it.) Right next to my apartment building is a convenience store owned by Dominicans who import Coke from Mexico (sugar) largely for this one older Hispanic customer they have... and now C., because Coke made with sugar in a glass bottle is really pretty awesome.

    I'm tempted to buy Ketchup from a Russian shop we go to but I can't see paying $5 for a bottle of кетчуп, but I KNOW it will taste better AND be better for us! ;)

    Trader Joe's sells a bottle for under $2 that uses cane sugar and much less than Heinz. Some of the independent soda brands also use cane sugar in their sodas. It takes some searching for, but there are some products that don't use HFCS in them.

    :blush: even the Russian shop is slightly (about 4 miles) closer then the nearest Trader Joe's :(

    Americans Have Become Too Fat for Disneyland Rides

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    If you do some research, you'll see that Americans started becoming really overweight at the same time that High Fructose Corn Syrup started being used in EVERYTHING.

    Wanna stop the Obesity epidemic? Stop buying products with HFCS. Make the manufacturers stop using it.

    As it is basically chemically identical to refined cane sugar, how would replacing it with sugar change anything? High Fructose Corn Syrup is about 50% glucose, 50% fructose. Sucrose (ordinary sugar) breaks down immediately in the stomach to 50% glucose and 50% fructose.

    The Federal government is to blame here anyway - sugar subsidies are responsible for sugar being about 3 times more expensive in the US than the rest of the world. End sugar subsidies and I'm sure that HFCS will be replaced immediately with cheaper imported sugar.

    I'm not a chemist or a biologist, but the latest theories say that the effect is in the breaking down process. HFCS isn't chemically identical, though it's pretty close, and the body responds to it by jacking up insulin levels, which encourages fat storage. The human body just isn't as simple as calories in, calories out.

    That, and it's in friggin' everything and tastes like #######. Compare a Coke made with sugar to one made with HFCS. It's a zillion times better with sugar. (You may have to check out an immigrant neighborhood to get your hands on it.) Right next to my apartment building is a convenience store owned by Dominicans who import Coke from Mexico (sugar) largely for this one older Hispanic customer they have... and now C., because Coke made with sugar in a glass bottle is really pretty awesome.

    I'm tempted to buy Ketchup from a Russian shop we go to but I can't see paying $5 for a bottle of кетчуп, but I KNOW it will taste better AND be better for us! ;)

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