Re: Walmart Low wages cost taxpayers money

2013-05-31 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
Good Job, Viv! You've managed to mouthpiece a slanted interpretation of a slanted report and make it look somewhat believable! The problem with HuffPo's regurgitation of Democrat talking points (the report is by, "Democratic staff of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workfororce" whi

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Maureen
Considering that deportations are up substantially under the current administration, I am curious which laws they are ignoring. Apparently no one can answer that question with any kind of definitive proof. And while common sense is a good thing, I don't recall ever seeing it applied when it come

Re: Would this be funny or rude?

2013-05-31 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
I ended up finishing the domain name setup tonight, I'm going to run it on WordPress for now, I can migrate to a different platform if something better comes available. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you ju

Re: Would this be funny or rude?

2013-05-31 Thread Erika L. Rich
wow. I feel overwhelmingly left out. :( I have never, since the very first time I had an email account a gazillion years ago, ever had an email that was not intended for me :( I have had the same business email address since 1998 though ... I guess that probably nixes the fun stuff in the bud ..

Re: Would this be funny or rude?

2013-05-31 Thread Erika L. Rich
+333 On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: > > funny and rude. +1 > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Arch

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
"You have stats on this?" Stats? If an immigrant is here illegally, there is a cascade effect on broken laws. Who needs stats when common sense works? J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see l

Re: Walmart Low wages cost taxpayers money

2013-05-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
"So Taxpayers are actually subsidising Walmart's business practices..." I don't know if this is currently true, but supposing it is that would make Walmart different from most major corporations in what way? Anyway, I read a book a while back named the "Walmart Effect". It's around seven years

Re: Walmart Low wages cost taxpayers money

2013-05-31 Thread Sam
I'm amazed that huffpo has a business section,,,but more amazed that people read it. Did you think about what it's saying or just accept and post? . On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Vivec wrote: > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/walmart-taxpayers-house-report_n_3365814.html > >

Re: Walmart Low wages cost taxpayers money

2013-05-31 Thread Vivec
So Taxpayers are actually subsidising Walmart's business practices... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffus

Walmart Low wages cost taxpayers money

2013-05-31 Thread Vivec
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/walmart-taxpayers-house-report_n_3365814.html This debunks the idea that some have that low wages should be the right of a business. "Walmart wages are so low that many of its workers rely on food stamps and other government aid programs to fulfill their

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Sam
800,000 It was in the article I posted . On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Maureen wrote: > > I don't read left wing rhetoric any more than I do right wing. I > asked for stats - how many people have not been deported because of a > law being broken by the government. Can't answer that quest

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Maureen
I don't read left wing rhetoric any more than I do right wing. I asked for stats - how many people have not been deported because of a law being broken by the government. Can't answer that question by reading a bunch of spin from either side. On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Sam wrote: > > In

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Sam
In a left wing rag. That would do it for most people. Since you know Obama almost never talks to press on the record you're betting there's no official policy. Remember Napolitano released all the illegals from jail because of the sequester and then said it was just a mistake? You keep believing t

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Maureen
A year old opinion piece. No facts there. On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Sam wrote: > > They don't hide the fact > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77486.html > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Maureen wrote: > >> >> You have stats on this? As in which laws aren't being enfor

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Sam
They don't hide the fact http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77486.html . On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Maureen wrote: > > You have stats on this? As in which laws aren't being enforced? > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Jerry Barnes > wrote: > > "The right reason is it's impo

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Maureen
You have stats on this? As in which laws aren't being enforced? On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > "The right reason is it's important to reform a broken system. " > > Exactly. The majority of the immigration laws are not enforced. A good > start would be enforcing the cu

Wingnut Cancels Armed march on D.C. is canceled - The Washington Post

2013-05-31 Thread Larry C. Lyons
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/armed-march-on-dc-canceled/2013/05/30/6045219e-c95b-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/143027215

Re: Towards the end of poverty

2013-05-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
"It is a simply fact that cannot be refuted..capitalism...the desire to earn money...even replete with all it's problems...is the single greatest system to bring the most benefit to the most people." It's too bad that capitalism is never really allowed to continue when it does take root. It

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Jerry Barnes
"What didn't surprise me is that any pursuit that seems humane or humanistic is opposed by 'The Right'." By whose standards are you defining humane and humanistic? "The right reason is it's important to reform a broken system. " Exactly. The majority of the immigration laws are not enforced

Re: Towards the end of poverty

2013-05-31 Thread GMoney
"The MDGs may have helped marginally, by creating a yardstick for measuring progress, and by focusing minds on the evil of poverty. Most of the credit, however, must go to capitalism and free trade, for they enable economies to grow—and it was growth, principally, that has eased destitution." It

Towards the end of poverty

2013-05-31 Thread Cameron Childress
Sometimes the news isn't all bad... http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21578665-nearly-1-billion-people-have-been-taken-out-extreme-poverty-20-years-world-should-aim ... ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://ww

Re: George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Dana
I'm actually surprised the man said something I can agree with On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Vivec wrote: > > Surprised me :) > > What didn't surprise me is that any pursuit that seems humane or humanistic > is opposed by "The Right". > > I don't think it was always this way, but across the w

George Bush calls current immigration system inhumane...

2013-05-31 Thread Vivec
Surprised me :) What didn't surprise me is that any pursuit that seems humane or humanistic is opposed by "The Right". I don't think it was always this way, but across the world this brand of religious conservatism seems to be growing more and more extreme as the majority tries to ignore it. ht