A few days ago in Yellowstone there was a grizzly bear attack at a campground. Several people were hurt and there was one death. They have captured a female grizzly and her cubs. Right now they are using DNA to test to make sure this is the attacking grizzly. If it is, the bear will be killed. They also said they might have to destroy the cubs too because they watched and learned from the attack. At the very least, they will never be set free again. THIS IS WRONG. Man has invaded the natural habitat of the grizzly bear and now they must suffer because of our greed. We do not have the right to invade their territory and if we do, we HAVE TO ACCEPT the consequences. I feel sorry for the people that were hurt or died, but that was a risk they took by camping in the bear’s habitat. It is their consequence and we should not fault the bears. If a sky diver dies because his parachute does not open, are we going to kill the pilot….think not, it was a risk the skydiver took and his consequence. Same with going in the wild and in a bear’s territory. I say SAVE THE BEAR and HER CUBS!!!!!!! Humans are wrong!!!!
Ok, how stupid are these construction workers…get on board with the rest of us and take your pay and benefit cuts like the rest of us. Do you know how many people are out there looking for jobs? Do you know how many people have taken pay cuts, gotten no raises for several years, had their benefits reduced, cut or charged more for them?? Do you know who many people have lost their jobs?? You union people are living in a dream world. Unions are part of the reason for the mess our economy is in today. I think you should all be replaced with non-union workers who need jobs now. Either get to work with what you got or get out now!!!!
There will be no special bilingual programs in the schools.
All ballots will be in this nation’s language.
All government business will be conducted in our language.
Non-residents will NOT have the right to vote no matter how long they are here.
Non-citizens will NEVER be able to hold political office.
Foreigners will not be a burden to the taxpayers. No welfare, no food stamps, no health care, or other government assistance programs. Any burden will be deported.
Foreigners can invest in this country, but it must be an amount at least equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage.
If foreigners come here and buy land… options will be restricted. Certain parcels including waterfront property are reserved for citizens naturally born into this country.
Foreigners may have no protests; no demonstrations, no waving of a foreign flag, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our president or his policies. These will lead to deportation.
If you do come to this country illegally, you will be actively hunted and when caught, sent to jail until your deportation can be arranged. All assets will be taken from you.
The above laws are current immigration laws of MEXICO!!
In the past there was talk, “Oh My God”, Bensenville is going to lose all the property tax from all the properties lost to the O’hare Modernization Project. Our taxes are going to go up to compensate for this! Well, lets stop and think about this. If we chop off a piece of Bensenville, the town is now smaller. So guess what, there are less services that need to be supplied. Less streets for the police to patrol. Less roadways to maintain. Less public utilities to maintain. Fewer fires to put out. Less children in the schools. It would seem then that we can operate on fewer tax dollars, and there should be absolutely no need to increase taxes for the properties that remain. We are just a smaller town with smaller needs. I would certainly hope that the police, fire, schools and village have adjusted their manpower accordingly. I can only image that there was probably a need for a full time police officer just to patrol the townhouse area…not such a nice area (although at one time we had friends that lived there, we visited them and it was a very nice place).
Ok, this is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. The school board had absolutely no business cancelling this trip. Tell me what this new law has to do with this basketball trip??? Absolutely nothing. And they say it does not fit the values and beliefs of the school??? The school is more than the school board, so just because a few people on the board may feel this way, they should not impose THEIR beliefs on the school as a whole. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Stand up for your rights people!!
Highland Park officials call off tournament appearance because of immigration law
Lourdes Duarte
WGN News
May 12, 2010
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.
The Arizona immigration law is affecting a girls’ high school basketball varsity team in Highland Park.
The team planned to attend a tournament in Arizona in December. They organized bake sales to raise money for the trip until the Highland Park High School administrators decided the trip was off.
District 113 Assistant Superintendent Suzan Hebson told the Chicago Tribune that the trip is off limits because of uncertainty about how the state’s new law will be enforced.
The immigration law requires police to question people if they suspect they’re undocumented.
Hebson also said that the law would not be aligned with the schools beliefs and values. That explanation upset parents who say US politics have no place in high school sports.
One of the players says there are no undocumented athletes going on the trip which is why she doesn’t understand the decision.
A group of parents and students said the school should have taken a vote so that they could all decide together if the trip should be cancelled.
Interesting how the aunt of Obama, an ILLEGAL ALIEN, was able to obtain political asylum and stay in this country. And as an Illegal Alien, she was living in public housing and probably collecting lots of other public assistance from the government….all at the taxpayers expense!! Must be a case of ”WHO YOU KNOW”!!!!
Obama’s aunt is granted asylum
Critics contend politics played role in decision
By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff | May 18, 2010
President Obama’s aunt, Zeituni Polly Onyango, an enigmatic figure who exploded onto the national scene in 2008 while living illegally in Boston, has been granted permission to stay in the United States, the immigration court said yesterday.
Judge Leonard I. Shapiro granted her asylum Friday in Boston, three months after Onyango’s lawyers said she feared violence and health risks if she were forced to return to her native Kenya. The ruling clears the way for her to apply for legal permanent residency in a year, and US citizenship after five years.
Onyango, the half-sister of the president’s late father, declined to comment.
“I’m tired,’’ Onyango, who lives in public housing in South Boston, said by telephone. She referred questions to her lawyer.
Shapiro issued the ruling after hearing hours of testimony from Onyango and two medical doctors in a closed-door hearing in February. Because asylum cases are confidential, the decision was not made public, said court spokeswoman Lauren Alder Reid.
Onyango’s lawyer, Margaret Wong, did not respond to numerous requests for an interview. Before the hearing in February, Wong told reporters that Onyango would testify that she feared tribal violence if she were forced to return home. She and Obama’s father were members of the Luo tribe, a minority in Kenya.
Asylum seekers must show that they fear persecution in their native lands based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a social group.
Wong said Onyango would also ask to remain in this country for health reasons. She suffers from Guillain-Barré syndrome, an autoimmune disorder.
Now, Onyango will be allowed to receive a work permit, a Social Security number, and a driver’s license or state identification card, Wong said in a statement issued yesterday.
Shapiro’s ruling caps a long, odyssey for Onyango, who first met Obama in 1988 when he visited Kenya while in his 20s. In Kenya, she was his guide and family storyteller, sharing stories of his father, who died in a 1982 car crash, and how he had helped her escape an abusive marriage when she had no money. Barack Obama Sr. was absent most of Obama’s life.
The president included Onyango in his 1995 memoir, “Dreams from My Father,’’ but has said that he was unaware of her immigration issues before the case came up.
He vowed to stay out of the case. The White House did not respond to requests for comment yesterday.
However, the decision unleashed a firestorm of criticism from those who felt Onyango received preferential treatment because of her relationship with the president.
“What just happened for her almost never happens for other illegal aliens,’’ said William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC, a national organization. “The rule of law is out the door.’’
Roy Beck, president of NumbersUSA in Washington, the largest national group favoring restrictions on immigration, called it “an abuse of the asylum policy.’’
Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, called on Shapiro to release the decision publicly.
“Given Onyango’s relationship to the president, the American people have a right to know on what grounds Ms. Onyango’s asylum was granted,’’ Stein said in a statement.
But others praised Shapiro and said it seemed legitimate to consider Onyango’s case, since she had unexpectedly become a public figure who would be at greater risk if she were forced to return to Kenya.
“I’m sure she had a fair hearing, which is what our system is all about,’’ said Anthony Drago, chairman of the New England chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Asylum “is a very difficult standard to meet. If he granted the case, there was a very good reason to do it.’’
William Joyce, an immigration lawyer and former judge, said Shapiro is an independent judge with the “utmost integrity.’’
“Any notion that he was just doing what he was told is ludicrous,’’ said Joyce.
Shapiro rejected 67 percent of the asylum cases he heard from 2004-2009, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University, higher than the state and national averages. Nationally, immigration judges rejected 57 percent of the cases, while Boston judges rejected about 61 percent.
Onyango, who turns 58 this month, came to the United States in 2000 seeking a better life and applied for political asylum in 2002, but was rejected in 2004 and ordered to leave the country.
Instead, she remained undetected until just before Election Day, when she was discovered living quietly in Boston. Because of the publicity, she fled to stay with relatives in Cleveland. There, she hired Wong, who filed a new petition to reopen her case. Shapiro agreed to reopen Onyango’s case in December 2008. His decision was expected by May 25.
The US government’s lawyers have 30 days to appeal the decision, according to the immigration court. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which handled the government’s case, declined to comment.
IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.
IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.
IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.
IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.
IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.
IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO SUFFER.
IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET
* A JOB,
* A DRIVERS LICENSE,
* SOCIAL SECURITY CARD,
* WELFARE,
* FOOD STAMPS,
* CREDIT CARDS,
* SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,
* FREE EDUCATION,
* FREE HEALTH CARE,
* A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON
* BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE
* THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY’S FLAG WHILE YOU PROTEST THAT YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH RESPECT
* AND, IN MANY INSTANCES, YOU CAN VOTE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FIRM GRASP ON THE SITUATION
I am so tired of hearing about people and organizations trying to punish Arizona for doing the right thing. Illegal aliens are out of control in the country. They are sucking up the resources of the real and legal citizens. If a person is here legally from another country, then welcome, this is how this country was formed. But if a person is here illegally, then go home. If part of your family, like your children, are US citizens, then by all means take them with you back to your country. You should not split up families, but do not use that as an excuse to stay here illegally. Three cheers for Arizona!!!!! I support you fully.
Sure, if I worked for an agency that got State money, or worked for a school district that got tax dollars, or worked for any government taxing body, then go ahead and raise my taxes. It is like getting my own money back and doesn’t seem to hurt as much.
Guess that is what those people in Springfield were thinking yesterday when they were marching and asking our state legislators to raise our taxes. Of course they said it is for the kids, the sick, the mentally ill, etc…Bull Shit, it is for them so they don’t lose their jobs.
But if you are like 99% of the working people in this state that do not earn tax dollars, then DO NOT RAISE OUR TAXES!!! We can’t afford it. We are already taxed to death. Run this state like a business, not business as usual!!!!
Over five thousand years ago, Moses said to the children of Israel “Pick up your shovels, mount your asses and camels, and I will lead you to the Promised Land.”
Nearly 75 years ago,(when Welfare was introduced) Roosevelt said, ” Lay down your shovels, sit on your asses, and light up a Camel, this is the Promised Land.*
Now Obama has stolen your shovel, taxed your asses, raised the price of camels and mortgaged the Promised Land!
I was so depressed last night thinking about Health Care Plans, the economy, the wars, lost jobs, savings, Social Security, retirement funds, etc . . . I called Lifeline. Got a darn call center in Pakistan. I told them I was suicidal.
They all got excited and asked if I could drive a truck.
Lots in the news lately about whether or not the Census should count Illegal Aliens. In a word….NO, absolutely not. Why should they be counted, why should their areas get more government money (our tax dollars!!!), why should they get local, state and federal benefits, why, why, why???? They are here illegally, they should have no rights or benefits. And if they do, then we elected the wrong people!! The only thing we should give them is a one-way ticket home (and they should have to pay for that too). Show me another country that will take in illegal aliens with open arms like the good old USA does. Time for a change, so please support politicians that will clean up this mess once and for all (if there are any with guts).
Ok, so how many of you received the letter this week from the United States Census?? They said on the news they mailed this out to at least 90%+ of USA addresses. Now, do you really need this letter…a letter to tell you that in a week you will received another letter with the real Census??? Not a letter I need. More paper for the landfills (another topic). Perhaps the government is trying to subsidise the US Postal Service, but it seems like a complete waste to me. Think of it, all the printing costs, envelopes, time and machines to assemble in the envelopes, the postage, the manpower. What is wrong with you Robert M. Groves, Director, U.S. Census Bureau?? Damn it, when is the government going to stop wasting our tax dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What did Hoover, Truman, and Eisenhower have in common? Here is something that should be of great interest for you to pass around. I didn’t know of this until it was pointed out to me.
Back during The Great Depression, President Herbert Hoover ordered the deportation of ALL illegal aliens in order to make jobs available to American citizens that desperately needed work.
Harry Truman deported over two million Illegal’s after WWII to create jobs for returning veterans.
And then again in 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower deported 865,000 Mexican Nationals! The program was called ‘Operation Wetback’. It was done so WWII and Korean Veterans would have a better chance at jobs. It took 2 Years, but they deported them!
Now….if they could deport the illegal’s back then – they could sure do it today.
lf you have doubts about the veracity of this information, enter Operation Wetback into your favorite search engine and confirm it for yourself. (I did it)
Reminder: Don’t forget to pay your taxes… 12 million Illegal Aliens are depending on you!
So I was looking at some pictures shot from the Hubble telescope and it got me thinking about infinity and what it really is. I have come to the conclusion that mankind cannot really comprehend what infinity is. My brain started hurting the more I thought about it. I look at these pictures and wonder is there an end? There can never be an end, because what is an end, a wall? If there is a wall, then there is something on the other side. If it is a solid object, how thick…infinitely thick. And on the other side of this object…more, infinitely more. See, your brain is hurting now too. Think of walking in a circle. You can never reach an end. You can walk in this circle for an infinite length of time and never get to the end. Looking the other way, small. How small is small? Guess what, infinitely small. The scientific community uses their resources to find ever smaller particles. But beyond these are even smaller particles, infinitely small. So here we are; a speck in an infinite space and time. In other words we are infinitely insignificant!!!! Now my brain really hurts!!
These are possibly the 5 best sentences you’ll ever read. This is one paragraph that should be in every book in every school room in every city in every state in our great Union … Our educators should make a lesson plan on this one statement and instill these words in the minds of all students.
1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthyout of prosperity.
2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3. The government cannot give toanybody anything that the government does not first take from somebodyelse.
4. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when theotherhalf gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebodyelse isgoing to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is thebeginning ofthe end of any nation..
If you want to see pictures of fires and accidents around Bensenville, including the one that just happened on York Road, then check out this website. You will not be disappointed!!
BENSENVILLE, IL – Two males were killed this afternoon when their car slammed into a tree in Bensenville, tearing the vehicle into two, authorities said.
One of the victims was a 16-year-old boy.
Bensenville police say the two victims were in an orange 2002 Honda convertible speeding north on York Road beside a second vehicle when it lost control, flew off the roadway and into a tree in the 200 block of South York Road.
Emergency crews who arrived at about 4:13 p.m. found the Honda sheared in two with one of the occupants dead at the scene, according to the police news release.
The second victim, the 16-year-old, was taken to Loyola University Hospital in Maywood, where he was pronounced dead at 4:56 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Neither victim had been positively identified, police said.
The second speeding vehicle, described only as a dark-colored auto, continued north on York Road without stopping.
Police were working with the DuPage County Accident Reconstruction Team to gather additional details on the crash. Anyone with information is asked to call police at (630) 350-3455.
Jesse Jackson has to go to Haiti why??? For a fact finding mission???? Jesse the facts are they had an earthquake and they need food, water and shelter…duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….what an idiot!!! Anything to get in the news!!!
Heard on the radio this morning that it was Andy Rooney’s birthday and he is 91. Guess that explains the really bushy eye brows!! Happy birthday Andy!!
