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from the Denver Post
Coming on the heels of the Nebraska citizen vote to deny businesses and landlords from hiring or renting to Illegal Aliens, the ACLU has determined it will defend these businesses in their pursuit of sanctuary driven profits.
n/t
I do think the ACLU is on very shaky ground here.
The law is actually somewhat rational: it requires all local employers to use the Federal E-Verify system, and it requires renters to file for a city license to rent (said license to be denied for anyone found to be in the country illegally, and the city will do the check against the Federal DB).
But similar laws have been struck down elsewhere in the country on Federalism grounds and I’m thinking the ACLU has a guesstimate as to the legitimacy of their suit in this case. Immigration is still a Federal issue, and it requires action by Congress to fix the problems with it.
about the whole federal vs state and local thing.
Most places in the country would kill to have that unemployment rate right now. Sounds like they’re more afraid because there’s been a large influx of Hispanic people to their community lately, legal or not they probably don’t know.
The ACLU’s suit is based on something apparently foreign to the anti-brown-people movement: laws. The Federal government still has sole legal jurisdiction over immigration issues – perhaps if you started advocating for comprehensive immigration reform on the Republican side of the aisle you might just help solve the problem.
At least follow your own bloody conversation…
Will you acknowledge them?
60% of the population wants to cut the military?
You’re myopic vision will expand, and you’ll become more human.
When Adlai Stevenson ran against Ike, a supporter burbled to him that
Adlai sighed and replied:
Why? Becuase there are so few intelligent people. That’s a fact.
To guide us – the great unwashed through our measly little lives.
Imagine that. An incredibly condescending and totally incorrect response from my little ball of potato.
I respect absolute pacifism, but don’t ask me to believe that your viewpoint is anything other than a tiny minority.
Maybe you could give me “humanity lessons”…
Let’s start with insults about other people’s wives!
That’s what I’ve come to expect from you.
Lessons in humanity? Start takiing lessons from your wife.
Thanks, Crispin Glover of Pols, for once again proving my point about your total lack of a grip on reality or civility.
You are absolutely incorrect about a majority of Americans wanting to cut the Pentagon’s budget. Sorry reality is so cruel to you.
BTW, my wife would tune you up.
Give them time. Throughout history populations eventually get tired of spending tons of money and spilling blood with no concrete return on wars that have lost all relation to any identifiable or reachable goal. With about 50 Qaeda left in Afghanistan and the Taliban having mainly been our problem because they were supporting Qaeda there, just how do we benefit by staying there now? How does this make Qaeda in Pakistan less of a problem? Support does have a shelf life.
Look at us. Brits finally got sick of the whole thing and here we are. More recently we can look to Vietnam. It was worth all that sacrifice until it wasn’t. After all that crap about dominoes and fighting to defend our freedom, we had enough, like the French before us, it fell and our freedom was completely, entirely, absolutely… unaffected.
It will be the same with Afganistan.
Take away the mindcontrol shit and see what happens.
from CNN
from TPM
A front page banner headline about the Clinton endorsement.
Michael Bennet may pay the price for the weak amateurish primary campaign he has run so far.
527 Environmental money may win the primary for Bennet but at best he will be limping across the finish line
Romanoff (a strong HRC supporter back in the 2008 caucus and primary days) loyalty. I think he also enjoys the occasional little dig at Obama. It was very tough for Clinton to watch Obama surpass and defeat the Clinton star power machine. I think he took it much more personally than HRC ever did. But HRC is now the happy and highly respected SOS, a valued Obama team member, and Bill won’t go so far as to campaign actively for Andrew. Nothing to get too excited about.
This comes a few days before the end of the quarter and only a few weeks before ballots drop. A lot of dems respect Bill Clinton and this can boost Romanoff in a lot of ways. It also shows that Bennet’s ability to keep the national party behind him is not as solid as it seemed.
You have a point. If not, you don’t.
Surely this has SOMEthing to do with Colorado politics! Tell me BBQ isn’t political! (Texas, SC, Kansas City, Memphis……)
Anyway, not wanting to consume unnecessary sugar, I created this very robust sauce. Great for diabetics, too. Family and friends love it. Someone who’s eaten them announced she’s flying into town and proclaimed, “I want some of those ribs!”
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BTW, dontcha dare use that – patooey! – mesquite weed tree crap for smoking. The very best is apple, and believe it or not, that crab apple in your back yard is just as good! I have a stash of same here in Florida I brought back last year.
BTW, the best website on all things BBQ and outdoor cooking is http://www.amazingribs.com . (And for what it’s worth, he agrees with me on the mesquite and apple.)
hickory, apple, cherry, pecan. Never mesquite
But BBQ sauce should not have anchovies, therefore no Worcestshire
which was all the rage a few years back. I like to slow smoke with a dry rub and serve sauce on the side where purists can leave it alone.
Well, it’s just a small part of the whole mix. Frankly, I never thought about it. “Whats this here sauce?” is used for the total flavor, whatever the components.
Of course, you can just leave it out.
I, personally, put the fruit woods first in preference, the nut woods a close second. Mess-keet as a non-starter.
You gotta figure that for most of Texas, at least south and west, this was the only hard wood available. I understand that. It still sucks.
Retains his 4 star rank despite having broken military code of conduct.
Retirement pay: $149,700 year.
Plus assorted benefits.
Retirement rule of having to have held rank for three years was set aside to allow his one year of service as 4 star to count.
FUCK! I want to get fired with these terms!
and get $200 million or so for driving my company into bankruptcy, like Joe Naccio. Plus, you get a few years freeroom and board at Club Fed thrown in!
http://militarypay.defense.gov…
It’s not like he got some of his buddies at the Pentagon to hire him to the 4-star gig, run it for a month and then get a bazillion-dollar buyout package.
We can debate the effectiveness of his military leadership (and we have) but he risked life and limb for all of the years he was in, so he gets the payout at the end.
And while I think McSpook deserved to be fired for his attack of the dumb-ass, I will not begrudge anyone who served 25 years their retirement pay.
is chump change compared to what the beltway bandits will be paying him.
Simply, the CEO’s aside as mentioned above, civilian jobs in private enterprise would never have been so lenient and forgiving.
Lots of people work 25 years……..and still need to work another 25 to retire with minimum wage, in essence. And if along the line they step on the managers or similar, they could be out the door pronto.
As to the danger of being in the military, it’s hyperbole, especially if you miss the wars and/or are at the top of the line.
I crunched some numbers once and all of Viet Nam casualties, dead and (externally) wounded was about 12%. Not to be sneezed at, but that means a soldier stood 7 chances out of 8 to return home (again, externally) intact.
It’s like law enforcement. I appreciate the sacrifices of officers in the line of duty. But again, stats show that there are far more dangerous occupations that don’t get the respect we give law enforcement and soldiers.
For instance, taxi driver, convenience store clerk, and farming are all more dangerous.
I very much appreciate the career military family’s need for constant movement and instability. That is certainly worth something in compensation.
Just want to keep honest perspective on things.
McChrystal, at the least, should have been retired at three star, just like the rules say. It’s not the $150/mo, it’s the principle of not giving favor…..especially after breaking the code of conduct.
by the President on this one. Essentially he has disarmed his critics.
Even though I think the President is a dipshit, I have to give him props for this one…
It is very true most of us did not face combat. However a lot of us got pretty beat up in training for various jobs including combat duty or working in a combat zone. I worked in a lab yet training gave me the opportunity to experience having a lot of my knee removed – and then placed back on worldwide duty. That includes being sent to places that have strange diseases and bugs and having people trying hard to make your day a lot less than happy.
Cops and firefighters have real bad physical jobs and 20 years of that work leaves them really beat up. I wanted to improve the police and firefighter contracts with better health and disability coverage. And, I am biased because I believe in better care of those who risk their lives for us, also, one of my sons is a cop and the other is a firefighter.
Lots of pages with pretty much the same info presented in different formats.
At least ten job categories more dangerous than police and fire work.
And according to this site, http://www.businessinsider.com… the overall military fatality rate is almost exactly average for all workers.
Just saying lets be objective about this.
..where you can volunteer for a military career, volunteer for the toughest and most dangerous military schools and assignments (which will have to include Infantry Officer Basic, Airborne & Ranger School, Q Course (SF) Delta Selection, and Delta Training) serve 25 years, and THEN you can have military retirement pay.
THAT’S being objective.
like my friend did.
Averages are averages.
I understand that The Military is your life, Dan. But that isn’t a Get Out of Jail Free card countering fatality data.
I went to a fund-raiser for Hick at the D Note in Olde Town Arvada (an excellent local tavern with great atmosphere), where he gave a speech slightly different from others I’ve heard him give.
He laid out his vision for Colorado as one which articulates a commitment to the environment and to the natural beauty and pleasant life style our state has to offer, with a commitment to being a mecca for young entrepreneurs and innovative new companies. I found his vision very compelling.
The two are not only compatable, but a natural marriage, since thriving new information-intensive economic endeavors are founded by, and staffed by, people who place high value on natural beauty and quality of life. And those same information-intensive economic endeavors are generally where the biggest economic bang-for-the-buck is to be found.
Our environment, and our quality of life, is one of our greatest assets in this state, not only of intrinsic value, but of enormous economic value, in numerous ways, as well. We need a governor who understands this, and understands that our state, its natural beauty, and its aspirations to be a mecca for economically vibrant entrepreneurship, are all of one piece, and the kind of vision for our state and its future that all reasonable people of goodwill can get behind.
And it goes for both of you! 🙂
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Gray, I totally took it as a good-natured jibe!
that looks like fun!
And that is awesome.
As much as addictions are not good for your health, however, I don’t advise spending too much time here:-))
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I spent Christmas Day with my family, eating too much and watching my grandkids go gaga over presents.
As a Chicago Jew I never heard of that particular custom until I saw it in a movie. Since my grandmother only knew that she was born in the old country sometime during Chanukah and everybody had the day off we always had a big extended family birthday party for her on Christmas Day.
but maybe they have roots back East
Since today’s Denver Post reports that the Clinton announcement is indeed limited to the letter and he doesn’t plan to actually press the flesh for AR, I assume we’ll get that mea culpa from you soon .
Or are you too busy denying charges that you’re a shill for Romanoff?
The type who gives token support but doesn’t really care enough about you to lift a finger?