On An open letter to the Muslim world
Posted on September 14 at 10:04 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
First, they came for the [Muslims]. But I was not a [Muslim], so I did not speak up.
Then they came for the communists.
But I was not a communist, so I did not speak up.
Then they came for the trade unionists.
But I was not a trade unionist, so I did not speak up.
And when they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out for me.
On An open letter to the Muslim world
Posted on September 14 at 10:02 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
To: glock21sf; Re: link... I took the seven seconds to Google the basic content of the video and claim. Guess what! The first hit was this from Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/cr...
Turns out your video depicts street actors pan-handling for cheap thrills. The boy is part of the act; no injury occurred in the process.
On Janesville teachers request mediation in contract talks
Posted on June 7 at 1:50 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
JV92: You must chill out man! C'mon, you're too frantic. You loose your credibility in your sarcasm and exaggeration. Janesville does not pay its public employees $100,000, & I highly doubt that property taxes will force the elderly from their homes before other expenses (like medical expenses) do.
Faith: Although I plead guilty to writing foul-mouthed pieces in the past, I can rest assured that no one takes these comments seriously. People write to vent under the facade of actually "doing something." We all come on here with set opinions and turn off the PC disregarding any dissenting opinions, however valid. But, you are correct in that we ought not resort to petty name calling. (As you can tell by my name... um... I like to ¿dig?... I guess)
ladulce: You should read your sources before you post them to make your point(s). In particular, read the heading 'Denial or Revocation of Teaching Certificates' on the enotes source. The other source is from a special-interest group that doesn't cite its main source of funding. It's run by the notoriously shady fat-cat Rick Berman. Instead, I would use http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos318.htm as a good starting point.
In any case, I don't want some Joe Schmo teaching my kid; nor would I wish the same for others'. Misunderstood is but one of many who have to spend money out of pocket to fill in the gaps left by budget shortfalls and underprivileged individuals/communities. Teachers have to face dozens of school-aged kids who think they know just about everything and have their doting know-it-all parents bitch and moan until each teacher agrees to change every C to an A.
We can't identify the lousy teachers who don't hold their students to a high standard while under-appreciating and scrutinizing the ones who do. We wish for stringent rules in general yet regard rules pertaining to our own as arbitrary.
I understand, misuderstood, that we can only hope to achieve as high a standard of quality education if we do the same for a cost of living.
On Lawsuits expected over Ariz. illegal immigrant law
Posted on May 6 at 7:05 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Although I can't say I support this bill with open arms, I am willing to withhold negative sentiment until the law goes into effect.
The point being, the police cannot stop someone, randomly or without cause, just to ask for papers or identification. Further, one need not carry their identification around with them at all time.
The way I'm understanding this, in theory (of course), is that upon being stopped for some reason (other than just being somewhere at some random time) that already justifies their asking for ID (e.g., driving violations and the like) they will find out whether or not they have a valid one or not. Then, they can use that information to determine valid citizenship or not. Am I getting this anywhere correct? I have to think they already do find plenty of illegal immigrants this way, but suspect that they have limited jurisdiction to do anything about it.
Now, if those who are pulled over (illegal or not) provide valid arguments that they were initially doing nothing illegal, then I would cast doubt on this tactic.
So, I want to just wait and see what happens.
On Lawsuits expected over Ariz. illegal immigrant law
Posted on May 6 at 6:54 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Oh andre, andre, andre... you are a sad, sad man (or woman).
You wrote "bobbyboy formulate your own terminology" followed by an insult of one sort or another after I quoted you verbatim (replacing political parties and affiliation).
Face it... you can't swallow your own words andre.
All you write is: let's see the facts; let's see the fact's; where are they?; huh?
Where are you're facts? I've looked over your entire history on this topic and all I see are statements of "Tell me what's unconstitutional about it." Why don't you step up and give us your proof of it's constitutional soundness? You did, though, give a link to one article that was anything but persuasive to the actual point of the conversation (it dealt with the political ramifications due to this issue... not the actual qualitative ramifications or constitutional consequences)
Darwin1 wrote: It was illegal for jewish people not to have documentation in Nazi Germany. They were accused of being the cause of all Germany's problems. Now immigrants are the cause of all our problems. It was illegal for African Americans to drink from the same water fountain as white people. Interracial marriage was also illegal. Time and again it is used by the majority to oppress the minority.
Although you may not like where this is going, you have to admit that the content is true. Yet, you skirted around this issue by tapping only into the small and otherwise subtleties of his/her point in countering.
It's okay that you have your opinion without the facts, so long as you don't just condemn everyone else who bases their opinions on the information they come by. Just, let it go Andre... let it go...
On Lawsuits expected over Ariz. illegal immigrant law
Posted on May 2 at 1:28 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
andre: Isn't it funny that people on the fringe right believe in infringing on the liberties set by the founding fathers as a way to protect the common good only when they think it fits into their agenda, oh the irony of it all! :-)
On Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law
Posted on May 2 at 12:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
You guys prove my point each and every time. Quite simply, you wish to deal with the water seeping into the ship rather than fix the hole that draws it in because it's easier and feels more rewarding when exacting revenge on people different from yourselves.
I'm on the side of real liberty, based on objectivity rather than simply satisfying emotional impulses. One may say "Illegal immigrants are taking our jobs!" But, another is more so correct when he says "Cheap, underhanded corporations and businesses are giving our jobs away to people here without warrant." The line is not all that fine. So, clearly politics plays a major role in this legislation.
"Breaking these very laws is neither democracy nor forward thinking." I'm not on the side of people here illegally; I'm on the side of American citizens who this law threatens to suspect unjustly.
The answers are right out there, we just have to be honest with ourselves and state our motives clearly.
On Illegal immigrants plan to leave over Ariz. law
Posted on May 2 at 10:56 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
imaLEGALcitizen: Sticks and stones my friend. Sticks and stones.
I'm pretty sure that I read your post exactly how you intended for me to do so. You think that the communist and backward countries that you list are better than America. What I offer is that America has greater potential in sticking with a forward leaning democracy that protects the rights of all of its citizens by constitutionally justifiable laws. That means that we resolve situations, including immigration and the like, with a fair & balanced approach. You go one way, I go the other.
We shouldn't just deal with the issue of "undocumented workers here illegally". We should also deal with companies and people who insist upon using cheap, illegal sources of labor, too. And, where you find one, you're likely to find the other (where there's smoke there's fire). Taking this approach, AZ could have made enormous gains already. This one sided approach is simply not comprehensive enough, it's one sided, and drawn up for political one-up man-ship. only.
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On An open letter to the Muslim world
Posted on September 15 at 9:47 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Mr. Dave; You're right. Nobody has rounded up any Muslims (unless you count the ones taken to Abu Ghraib--but that's a different article I suppose). You got me.
But, the 'underlying' message of the poem still stands. A legal action motivating the move of the mosque in New York could surely set precedence to squeeze more mosques in the future. That's not such a slippery slope as I could foresee, though.
As for Islam being an evil entity--some say it is, some argue it's not. Personally, for me, any religion assuming a real God is bunk. What I do know is that if a mosque or church go up in the neighborhood, I will first assume that it was built for the primary purpose of religious leadership and community outreach. I will expect that our incredible law enforcement will prevent or deal with some religious nut-jobs from stock piling arms in the basement.