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- What is this Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report?
- Did this school meet all AYP measures?
- Did this school meet any AYP targets through Safe Harbor?
- Did this school meet any AYP measures through the Growth Model?
- Did this school meet any AYP measures through the appeals process?
- What does this report mean for NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY MS?
- What can teachers and administrators do?
What is this Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report?
This report is a summary of your school's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results. The purpose of AYP is to ensure that all students have reading and mathematics skills that prepare them for the future. Adequate Yearly Progress measures whether each school has met the improvement goals established by No Child Left Behind. For a school to "Make AYP," students in the school must meet goals in three areas: (1) Attendance (for schools without a high school graduating class) or Graduation (for schools with a High School graduating class), (2) Academic Performance, and (3) Test Participation. For NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY MS, the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) taken by students in Grade 6, 7 and 8 is used to determine Academic Performance and Test Participation in Reading and Mathematics. To learn more about AYP, click the "About AYP" link at the top of the page.
Did this school meet all AYP measures?
NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY MS met 13 out of 13 AYP measures in 2011-12. Because AYP requires meeting all of the measures, this school met AYP requirements. This is good news! This school is on track to meet the goal of all students reaching proficiency.
The performance chart and/or data table can show more details about how this school performed.
Did this school meet any AYP targets through Safe Harbor?
Safe Harbor is achieved when a subgroup has greatly improved since the previous year — even though it did not meet the state goal. (The measure for Safe Harbor improvement is at least a 10% reduction of the percentage of students who scored below Proficient for Reading or Mathematics from last year to this year).
For NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY MS, the Safe Harbor targets for test performance were met in:
- Reading Performance by the IEP-Special Education student group.
- Mathematics Performance by the IEP-Special Education student group.
Did this school meet any AYP measures through the Growth Model?
The Growth Model recognizes the efforts of schools and districts/LEAs whose students have not achieved proficiency but are on trajectories towards proficiency on future PSSA exams. The Growth Model will be calculated for Performance Indicators (i.e., the all student group and up to nine subgroups). Projected scores are calculated for all students - including students who are proficient. If a projected score cannot be calculated for a particular student, the student's actual score is used. The Growth Model will be applied to an AYP Performance Indicator only if the indicator cohort has not met AYP performance by any of the existing goals or targets. Actual, not projected, PASA scores, PSSA-M scores, 3rd grade scores, and 11th grade scores are always used, as well as the scores for any students with insufficient data points to make a projection.
|Grade Last Tested
|Scores used in Growth Model Calculation
|Actual Grade 3 Scores
|Projected Scores in Grade 6
|Projected Scores in Grade 7
|Projected Scores in Grade 8
|Projected Scores in Grade 8
|Projected Scores in Grade 11
|Actual Grade 11 Scores
Since all test performance targets/goals to meet AYP were met by NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY MS, Growth Model considerations do not apply to this school.
Did this school meet any AYP measures through the appeals process?
When initial AYP results are announced each year, schools and districts/LEAs have the opportunity to review the data that is utilized to determine AYP and request changes through the Bureau of Assessment and Accountability to correct any errors. Also, schools and districts/LEAs have the opportunity to appeal the AYP rulings through the Pennsylvania Department of Education if they believe their AYP identification was in error for statistical or other substantive reasons.
Since all test performance targets/goals to meet AYP were met by NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY MS, appeals were not applicable.
What does this report mean for NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY MS?
Well done! This school has met all AYP measures for the 2011-12 school year. This school has performed well this year, and appears to be on track to meet the goal of all students attaining proficiency in Reading and Math by the year 2014.
This school may wish to review its improvement strategies and create an improvement plan to continue to meet AYP next year. Click the 'About AYP' link at the top of the page to learn more about AYP requirements and AYP status levels in Pennsylvania.
What can teachers and administrators do?
Teachers of students who were tested for AYP have access to information that can help inform their instruction. Contact your principal for access to the instructional tools online, as well as to the published Parent Reports and School Reports, which should be available at your school.
- For teachers with students who were tested for AYP in Spring 2012, copies of printed Parent Reports are available to identify stronger and weaker areas by standard for each student. These reports can help current teachers target instruction to each student.
- School reports in print and online are also available for Grades 3–8 and 11, the grades tested for AYP in Spring 2012. These reports can provide insight into grade-specific topic areas that may require additional attention during the current school year.
New requirements will be in effect for meeting future AYP state targets.
- The 2013 state target for students at or above proficient will be 11 percentage points higher for Mathematics (78% in 2012 to 89% in 2013), and will be 10 percentage points higher in Reading (from 81% in 2012 to 91% in 2013).
Suggestions for improving performance:
- Make personal phone calls to parents or caregivers if a child skips a day. Automated phone messages are less likely to make an impact.
- Contact other schools or districts/LEAs that have achieved large gains in areas where your school or district/LEA wishes to improve. Collecting best practices can help you develop strategies for improvement.
- To find schools that have made large gains in academic performance within a specific demographic subgroup, download the results for all the schools in the state (click here to access the State Report page and download files). Schools with the greatest improvement in your areas of interest will have the highest "Safe Harbor: Reduction of Non-proficiency" in that area. (This indicates they have the largest percentage reduction in non-proficient students.) Sort the downloaded results from highest to lowest for the subgroup of interest in reading or mathematics to identify schools showing the most improvement over the past year.
Suggestions for improving test participation and attendance:
- Work with parents to ensure their children are attending school every day, including testing days. Meet with all new students and their families to emphasize the importance of attendance in your school.
- Acknowledge classrooms with perfect attendance.
- Provide rewards and incentives that celebrate their achievements.


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Easton silk mill redevelopment inches closer
EASTON, Pa. - After nearly a decade of planning, the first phase of an ambitious project to redevelop the former Simon Silk Mill property into an arts village appears to finally be on the verge of coming to fruition.
The Easton Redevelopment Authority Wednesday evening approved a $200,000 contract with the VM Development Group for construction management of environmental remediation and infrastructure work associated with the first phase of redeveloping the 15-acre site at North 13th Street and Bushkill Drive.
The 50,000 square-feet first phase will be comprised of apartments with specific work amenities for artists, according to Easton Redevelopment Authority Chairman Richard McAteer. Subsequent phases are expected to include a community arts center, retail stores, restaurants, boutique hotel and other uses. Total redevelopment is expected to comprise 325,000 square feet.
If all goes according to plan, the first phase of the redevelopment project could be ready for occupancy as early as 2014, according McAteer.
"This is an exciting time," McAteer said. "We've been at this for seven years. It's been a long time coming."
McAteer describes the redevelopment project as "an arts village for the creative industries where residents can live and work 24 hours a day." The project has similarities to the ArtsQuest complex in Bethlehem.
The property, acquired by the Easton Redevelopment Authority in 2006, was first developed as a silk mill in 1883. Before the textile industry began its decline in the latter half of the 20th century, the site grew to include more than 20 industrial buildings.
McAteer said the goal is to redevelop, within its existing historic framework, 97 percent of the property.
The total redevelopment vision for the property, as posted on the Greater Easton Development Partnership website, is as follows:
-- A community arts center possibly involving gallery space, working artist studios, small live performance venues, classrooms and community meeting rooms, shared production facilities (kilns, pottery wheels, metal-working facilities, etc.), artist demonstration stages, an art film theatre, etc.
-- An artist live-work facility providing affordable joint residential/studio space for qualified artists and their families.
-- A boutique hotel and conference center providing overnight accommodations for visitors.
-- A mix of market-rate retail, commercial, office, restaurants, and production facilities catering to the creative industries.
The appointed re-developer, the VM Development Group, is currently completing the redevelopment of the former Pomeroy building on the 300 block Northampton Street.
The VM Group, on its website, said the former silk mill site will become "a tour de force in the museum exhibition and community arts education forum."
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D60 board mulling teacher conduct policy proposal
Showing pornography to students, calling students or allowing students to call teachers pet names and teachers sending students on personal errands will no longer be permitted under a new policy change being considered by the Pueblo City Schools (D60) board of education.
Some behaviors listed as unacceptable boundary invasions in the new policy are:
Singling out a particular student or students for personal attention and friendship beyond the professional staff-student relationship.
Socializing where students are consuming alcohol, drugs or tobacco.
For non-guidance/counseling staff, encouraging students to confide their personal or family problems and relationships. If a student initiates such discussion, staff members are expected to refer the student to appropriate guidance counseling staff.
Banter, jokes or innuendos of a sexual nature with students.
Disclosing personal, sexual, family, employment concerns or other private matters to one or more students.
Giving or exchanging inappropriate personal gifts, cards or letters with an individual student.
Giving a student a ride alone in a vehicle in a non-emergency situation.
Unnecessarily invading a student's privacy.
The school board is reviewing proposed changes to the staff conduct policy that adds an entire section on maintaining professional boundaries with students.
The proposal also outlines examples of unacceptable boundary invasions by staff with students. The plan also includes a section on activities that are possible examples of boundary invasions that create an actual impropriety or the appearance of an impropriety.
Suzanne Ethredge, president of the Pueblo Education Association, said Friday she could not comment about the changes to the policy because she has not yet seen the proposal.
"I have a request in to get the written copy," she said.
The change to the policy is being proposed after school board member Rose Holloway asked the district to draft a policy that would allow board members to be notified sooner of complaints of abuse on students by staff.
Her request came after she claimed the school board was not notified of the police investigation into then-South High School teacher Larisa Oringdulph, who was accused of sexting and kissing a 17-year-old student.
Police cleared Oringdulph of any criminal wrongdoing. Oringdulph resigned her position on Nov. 7.
The school board is expected to review the policy changes again on Feb. 28. The changes must be approved before they can be implemented.
Many of the inappropriate boundaries listed in the proposal address some of the allegations brought forth by parents about Oringdulph's relationship with male students, specifically inappropriate physical contact with students, socializing with students outside of school-sponsored events and maintaining contact with students outside of school by phone through text messages, email or social networking sites.
Among activities listed as giving an appearance of impropriety are being alone with a student out of view of others, inviting or allowing students to visit the staff member's house, visiting a student's home and social networking with students for non-educational purposes.
The proposal also states that students and their parents are "strongly encouraged" to notify the principal (or other administrator) if they believe a teacher or other staff member may be in violation of the policy.
Finally, the policy states any violation may result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.
A parent of a South High School student said it's about time the district address the issues brought forth in the policy.
"This is something that should've been dealt with a long time ago. It's pitiful they are waiting until 2014 to address it," said the parent, who did not want to be identified. "These policies should've been dealt with way before a kid was ever touched. They should've been watching our kids all along."
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So I'm playing in a league sponsored by the team I work for. So far, my team (the green team) is 3-0 on the year. This past week, we played against the black team, beating them 8-7.
The black team has this ass playing for them who decides he wants to be Mr. Big Tough Guy. He's hacking everyone, cross-checking anyone who gets within ten feet of the net, wrestling our guys down if they dare respond to his cheap crap. Best of all, the guy could afford to lose about 70 pounds, can't skate worth a damn, and has fewer points than I do (which is something, considering I thought I was the biggest scrub out there).
Now he knows I have a reputation as one who won't take this kind of crap, so anytime we were on the ice together, he was pretty quiet. Fast forward to last night. Every Sunday night, we have open hockey, anyone who wants to play can show up and get out on the ice for $7. I'm on the dark team, he's on the light team.
About halfway through the game, he pulls his same crap, cross-checking our guy in the back in front of the net. This time, I was actually on the ice, right by him for that matter, so I did it right back to him.
So the guy starts immediately whining about getting hit from behind. Go figure. I asked him if he was so worried about getting hit from behind, then why is he doing it to everyone else, and that if he wanted to settle it, we could drop the gloves right then and there. I get to play in the league for free, I could give a damn if they kick me out for it (which they do if you get in a fight). He keeps on running his mouth while skating away. I'm not sure exactly what he said, as his four chins were impeding his speech, and besides, I'm not that fluent in cement.
So, any other beer leaguers out there got experience with these types? And what do you do about them? Do I go out there and challenge him again this week if he keeps trying it?


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U.S. U19 Team Prevails on Coach Flynn's Home Turf
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MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J. – It was coach Tim Flynn's homecoming, but Zach Oliveri stole the show.
In the U.S. under-19 men's national team's final exhibition before it leaves for Finland next week, it defeated a group of New Jersey all-stars, 9-4, in a weather-shortened, three-quarter game on the home turf of Mountain Lakes High in northern New Jersey, where Team USA head coach Tim Flynn has accumulated many of his state-record 552 victories.
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Oliveri makes one of his eight first-half saves in a 9-4
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Oliveri, the U.S.'s starting goaltender, appeared locked in early, making six first-quarter stops to help Team USA set the tone for a good start, something it focused on coming off a 15-14 overtime loss to a group of Philadelphia all-stars a week earlier.
The UMass rising redshirt freshman finished with eight saves in the first half before being replaced by Kyle Turri (Duke), who played the game's final 20 minutes before action was called with thunderstorms in the area and dark skies overhead on a hot Sunday afternoon.
Oliveri took one shot off his leg and made several other point-blank stops with scorers on the doorstep. Meanwhile, the U.S. offense put its chances away – Matt Kavanagh (Notre Dame), Steve Pontrello (Notre Carolina), Kyle Keenan (Duke) and Joey Leonard (Towson) each scored first-quarter goals – to create a 4-0 lead and a cushion that proved to be enough despite a lukewarm day for Team USA at the faceoff X.
The U.S. led 7-1 at halftime after second-quarter goals from Kavanagh, Daniel Eipp (Harvard), and Connor Buczek (Cornell). Kavanagh, who has established himself quickly amongst the group as an effective finisher, tallied three goals.
Colin McLinden (Fairfield) put in New Jersey's first goal with 11:30 left in the second quarter as the U.S. showed off an equal parts physical and composed brand of defense in front of Oliveri.
"We learned from that [Philadelphia loss] really quick," Oliveri said. "We had to come out right away. Even though it was hot out, we tried to focus and hit the ground running right away."
Of his own performance, Oliveri said, somewhat surprisingly: "In the beginning, the heat got to me a little bit. I wasn't really focusing on the ball, I couldn't really see it at first, but then when I got one off my leg and off my chest, I was in the zone. I locked in on it. The defense did a great job creating easy shots, so I just tried to focus on the ball."
Flynn, the only boys coach in Mountain Lakes history (he started coaching in 1979), praised Oliveri to local reporters after the game.
Flynn also choked up when Lacrosse Magazine asked about what the turnout Sunday (a packed crowd) and Saturday (120 youth players attended a U.S.-run clinic) meant to him, coupled with the fact he coached the exhibition game against several former Mountain Lakes Lakers, including current Virginia defenseman Scott McWilliams, and fellow New Jersey coaches Jim Davidson (Summit) and Matt Kovachick (Delbarton).
"It's what I expect of Jersey lacrosse," Flynn said after pausing a few seconds. "It really means a lot. There's so many great people in Jersey. They all came out to support. It means a lot to me."
There was certainly a hometown flavor to the event. Flynn's wife sat in the window of the press box and, after an early-game chant of "Go USA!" she said, "I gotta get used to that because Lakers is going to come right out of my mouth." Flynn knew exactly where to direct players around the facilities at the high school.
Team USA's Pontrello, face-off guy Tyler Barbarich (Delaware) and defenseman Ralph D'Agostino (Syracuse) all played in their home state, and the New Jersey all-star team had four Mountain Lakes players on the roster.
For New Jersey, Penn's left-handed rising junior goalie Brian Feeney made five first-half saves. Danny Feeney and Brendan Newman combined to win 8 of 13 faceoffs unofficially against a combination of Barbarich, Charlie Raffa (Maryland) and Stephen Kelly.
"It was fun to play against my old coach and get a bunch of the guys back together," said McWilliams, a rising junior who started 16 games for Virginia last spring. "I was glad we could give them a good game before they head over for the world championships. I'm a little disappointed we didn't get to finish the game, but it was fun. They got a bunch of guys who can run the field. They're going to be great in the world championships. They have a bunch of offensive power and a solid defense. Their goalie in the first half was lights out."
New Jersey scored consecutive goals in the third quarter to cut the lead to 8-4 before Team USA's Eipp tacked on his second and what ended up being the final goal of the day with 2:09 left in the third quarter.
"Everybody was mad after the loss [last week]," said Barbarich, who played high school ball at Bridgewater-Raritan, about a 40-minute drive south from where Sunday's game was held.
"Nothing changed except that we played the entire game, even though it was three quarters," he said. "We finished the game, instead of playing only the second half. We put it away earlier, to the point where they couldn't come back. This week was pretty much that we didn't want to lose again."
From here, the team heads to Bryant University in Rhode Island for a final team training camp July 6-9 before flying out of New York to Helsinki, Finland, next Monday. The FIL World Championships run July 12-21 in Turku.
In a sense, the U19ers will be going from one Flynn-land to another in just over a week.
U.S. Under-19 Men's National Team 9, New Jersey All-Stars 4
International rules exhibition at Mountain Lakes,
*Weather-shortened three quarters
Goals: USA – Kavanagh 3, Eipp 2, Tucker 1, Keenan 1, Leonard 1, Buczek 1; NJ – Scioscia 1, McLinden 1, Kennedy 1, Cernuto 1
Assists: USA – Pontrello 2, Florence 1, Keenan 1, Buczek 1; NJ – Cuccinello 1
Saves: USA – Oliveri 8, Turri 1; NJ – Feeney 5, Avallone 2
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U.S. Navy Launches Unmanned Aircraft From Carrier
The U.S. Navy will attempt the first launch of an unmanned aircraft from an aircraft carrier on Tuesday, using Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS).
(X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) loaded onto flight deck of USS George H.W. Bush. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tony D.)
The X-47B is about the size of a fighter jet and has a range of more than 2,100 nautical miles, with the ability to fly fully autonomous. Tuesday's launch will occur aboard the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) aircraft carrier in Norfolk, Va.
The Navy is looking to use the UCAS to demonstrate the integration of unmanned aircraft into carrier-based operations.
"Over the coming years, we will heavily leverage the technology maturation, networking advances and precision navigation algorithms developed from the X-47B demonstration program to pursue the introduction of the first operational carrier-based unmanned aircraft," Rear Adm. Mat Winter, the Navy's program executive officer for unmanned aviation, wrote in a Monday blog post. "This future system will provide a 24/7, carrier-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and targeting capability, which will operate together with manned aviation assets allowing the opportunity to shape a more efficient carrier air wing,"
Last week NAVAIR announced completion of the first successful arrested landing with the X-47B at Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Md.
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Skip to comments.Changes in voter demographics likely permanent, study says
Posted on 12/13/2012 9:38:39 AM PST by Defiant
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Changes in San Diego voter demographics that became apparent with the election of Bob Filner as mayor are probably permanent, with the city's political power shifting toward independents and residents south of Interstate 8, according to a study released Wednesday.
The National University System Institute for Policy Research found that Mayor Bob Filner's election victory over ex-Councilman Carl DeMaio was fueled by voters south of the freeway that runs through Mission Valley. The freeway is a traditional, but not entirely accurate, dividing line between economic "haves'' and "have-nots'' and a border between Republican- and Democratic-leaning enclaves.
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San Diego was a Republican area when I moved here 25 years ago. There were moderates around the city (like Pete Wilson), and conservatives outside the city (like Duncan Hunter). Republicans were governor and Senator. Now it is lost. Texans, please fight to keep this from happening to you, I am hoping to move there and start reclaiming our country from that base.
I agree that we have to fight the idea that illegals get to vote.
No demographic is permanent, though.
CA was lost because of the '86 amnesty, IMO. Because of that plus family reunitification we added millions of new citizens, 80% voting democrat.
So Texas had better get a cast iron Voter ID system right now because as sure as hell, the Rats will do everything to stop it or roll it back if they ever get power.
I'm hearing whites will no longer be the majority by 2030. Believable. I have many Hispanic friends, good people, but as a whole will they want to preserve this republic in the spirit of our founding fathers? I think not. Will most of them and other Americans give up government handouts to avoid economic collapse? I think not. Americans, of all origins and skin colors, are in for tough times.
Reality is moving right along the fictional schedule.
Texas finally passed a voter ID law last year that was approved by the Governor but unfortunately, the Obama/Holder Justice Dept. have put the kibosh on it. I fear the worst.
It is not illegal immigrants, but LEGAL IMMIGRANTS that are changing the demographics of this country and they have been since the implementation of the 1965 Immigration Act,
We bring in 1.2 million LEGAL immigrants a year--87% of whom are minorities as defined by the USG. Many settle in CA.
According to the Bureau of the Census, 27.2% are foreign born; 43.2% of the those over 5 live in a household where other than English is spoken; 38.1% are persons of Hispanic or Latino origin; 13.6% are Asians; and 39.7% are non-Hispanic whites.
If we don't limit LEGAL IMMIGRATION, then the country is lost if it isn't already. CA is the canary in the coal mine. The demographics of CA today will be what the US looks like in 2050.
The U.S. adds one international migrant (net) every 46 seconds. Immigrants account for one in 8 U.S. residents, the highest level in more than 90 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest it has been in our history. And by 2050, one in 5 residents of the U.S. will be foreign-born.
Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in a net immigration of 1.25 million. Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 203 million to 310 million, i.e., over 100 million. In the next 40 years, the population will increase by an additional 130 million to 440 million. Three-quarters of the increase in our population since 1970 and the projected increase will be the result of immigration.
The nations immigrant population (legal and illegal) reached 40 million in 2010, the highest number in our history. The U.S. immigrant population has doubled since 1990, nearly tripled since 1980, and quadrupled since 1970, when it stood at 9.7 million. Of the 40 million immigrants in the country in 2010, 13.9 million arrived in 2000 or later making it the highest decade of immigration in American history, even though there was a net loss of jobs during the decade. Growth in the immigrant population has primarily been driven by high levels of legal immigration. Roughly three-fourths of immigrants in the country are here legally. With nearly 12 million immigrants, Mexico was by far the top immigrant-sending country, accounting for 29 percent of all immigrants and 29 percent of growth in the immigrant population from 2000 to 2010. The median age of immigrants in 2010 was 41.4 compared to 35.9 for natives.
87 percent of the 1.2 million legal immigrants entering annually are minorities as defined by the U.S. Government and almost all of the illegal aliens are minorities. By 2019 half of the children 18 and under in the U.S. will be classified as minorities and by 2042, half of the residents of this country will be minorities. Generally, immigrants and minorities vote predominantly for the Democrat Party. Hence, Democrats view immigration as a never-ending source of voters that will make them the permanent majority party.
Illegals voting has nothing to do with the demographic switch although they are the cause of it. Unchecked illegal immigration has beget a nation of American born children from the illegals that are now coming into voter age. And it will only get worse.
We live in SD..and Filner was a shoe in because there was so much negativity in the GOP primary. He mostly sat on the sidelines and just waited. He is one ugly human being. Totally pro union..totally pro anything to kill the city, state and country. I have met him..talked with him. He doesn't have a financial clue...plus he is obnoxious. So here we are..stuck with Filner, Brown and Obama..what could possibly go right?
Voter ID will not prevent the eventual coversion of Texas to a blue state. Legal immigrants can vote and there are more than 30 million now and each year 1.2 million more LEGAL IMMIGRANTS enter this country.
Permanent as long as Republicans do nothing about dead and illegal votes.
Illegal immigration is a problem, but legal immigration is a much bigger one.
We too are looking to move to TX or AZ. We have made trips to AZ house hunting and also TX, Dallas and the Hill Country. Pros and cons with each.
Now is a pretty good time to sell in San Diego. There are a shortage of properties that are free of any repo/short sale strings. My only misgiving about selling is that someone else will start paying higher property taxes on our house and help feed the monster.
I agree with you. I was addressing the illegals voting. Their children are the much bigger issue.
I agree with you that legal immigrants are changing the demographics as well. I read Alien Nation back when it came out in the early 90s, and was appalled that far back. It has only gotten worse. But the shift in California politics that occurred since I have been here is, I believe, directly attributable to the 1986 amnesty, the early 80's SC decision that said that illegals had to be allowed to go to schools, and the motor voter law. Illegals began pouring over the border after 1986. It became easy to claim that you were entitled to amnesty. When Bush got in in 1988, they stopped enforcing employer sanctions, and more came. Then came Clinton and motor voter.
By 1994, it became clear that we had a huge problem. Our moderate Republican governor, Wilson, latched onto the conservative idea of denying benefits to illegals, and the initiative passed overwhelmingly. Even Mexican-Americans supported the idea that illegals should not be given freebies. As it turned out, that was the dying pushback by a dwingling remnant. Had it been allowed to become law, California might still be the great state that it was when I got here. And America might be a lot better off too. Instead, some unelected judges decided, using legislative logic and some bogus arguments, that illegals are entitled to schools, health care, welfare and housing. It was outrageous. And we have been getting buried ever since.
So, legal immigrants have hurt us a lot since 1965. Muzzies in particular have taken advantage of that law to gain a foothold in our cities and our culture. But illegals are a total game changer. There are 20 million of them, and they are a high percentage of the young people.
Demographics are destiny. When Democrats could not win the argument, they changed the demographics. We have to be willing to change the demographics ack, or surrender the country. We can convince Americans that freedom and free markets are best for us. We will never convince mestizos, muzzies and filipinos to vote to uphold America's heritage. They want to destroy it, and then take their piece, like hyenas fighting over a corpse.
Is your book in ebook format?
That's part and parcel of what I am talking about. There is no birthright citizenship for the children of illegals, and that is a problem that needs to be addressed as well. The 14th Amendment applies to people who are "subject to the jurisdiction of" the US. People don't generally understand what that means.
That said, we who want to enforce immigration laws, deny birthright citizenship to the children of illegals, jail employers and those with fraudulent SSN's, and all the things we need to do to regain our country, are probably such a small percentage that we can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Can we get it? No. But we can take baby steps to regaining control of our own demographic. First is illegal alien voting and gaining control various states so that a protected base remains intact.
No, their children are Amcits, not legal immigrants. We bring in 1.2 million legal immigrants every year, which is four times the number of anchor babies annually.
No the game changer is legal immigration. During the decade ending in 2010 we had the largest number of legal immigrants ever to enter this country, 13.9 million. During that same period we had a net loss of jobs nationally of about 400,000. 57% of immigrant headed households with children are on welfare. 25% of the adult legal immigrants who enter annually lack a high school degree.
Demographics are destiny. When Democrats could not win the argument, they changed the demographics. We have to be willing to change the demographics ack, or surrender the country. We can convince Americans that freedom and free markets are best for us. We will never convince mestizos, muzzies and filipinos to vote to uphold America's heritage. They want to destroy it, and then take their piece, like hyenas fighting over a corpse.
How do you change the demographics back? Certainly, it must start with LEGAL immigration. You don't bring in 1.2 million legal immigrants a year, which is responsible for about 75% of your population growth. And the vast majority of our immigrants come from the Third World.
Thanks for posting the facts on LEGAL immigration. Too many conservatives focus on illegal immigration & don't understand that it's the legal immigration that moved the USA to a center-left nation.
2012: 72% of electorate, Romney 59, Obama 39
2008: 74% of electorate, McCain 55, Obama 43
2004: 77% of electorate, Bush 58, Kerry 41
2000: 81% of electorate, Bush 55, Gore 42
1996: 83% of electorate, Dole 46, Clinton 44 (Perot 9)
1992: 87% of electorate, Bush 41, Clinton 39 (Perot 21)
1988: 85% of electorate, Bush 60, Dukakis 40
1984: 86% of electorate, Reagan 66, Mondale 34
1980: 88% of electorate, Reagan 56, Carter 36 (Anderson 8)
1976: 89% of electorate, Ford 52, Carter 48
Sadly, she's not illegal. Just stupid. Her demographic was 30 percent Republican before the welfare state. Republicans had overcome that deficit to regain a majority, which is why new Democrats had to be imported.
In Israel, Labor is the party of Arabs and a few radical Jews. In the US, Democrats are the party of blacks and latin-americans, and a few radical whites.
Definitely address legal immigration, too. We don't need it. Back in 1994, when Alien Nation came out, they were calling for a time out on legal immigration. But I'm telling you that with California, the illegals are a huge part of the voting mix now, enough to sway the outcome, and a huge part of the budget deficit. That is a problem that can easily be addressed just by following the law, and that is where we need to start. Stop all legal immigration, too, but if they came here legally, good luck getting rid of them. For them, you have to hope to reach some of their third generation. If we don't get rid of illegals NOW, there won't be any opportunity to win over those who are here LEGALLY and who aren't going anywhere, because we will never win any elections.
They are all on Kindle.
You seem to be hung up on illegal immigration as the main source of our demographic change. The facts just don't bear you out.
I am a member of a grassroots immigration group that lobbies on the Hill and in Richmond. I have had one on ones with Cantor and George Allen on immigration and its impact economically and electorally. I am so fed up with the GOP on this issue. All they want to deal with is illegal immigration and securing the borders. They are in the pocket of the Chamber of Commerce. They are fools and I cannot understand why they want to commit political suicide by not addressing legal immigration. It is the defining issue of our time.
Republicans are deluded if they think that we can convert these people even the third generation. In fact, studies on the Cubans have found that their children and grandchildren are becoming more and more Democrat.
Immigrants and minorities vote Democrat. That is not going to change. Immigration, Political Realignment, and the Demise of Republican Political Prospects
The scary thing is the illegals are not voting in great numbers yet. They are just starting to. But with a narrow split between the parties, a few percentage points is enough to swing the balance. In a few years, as more illegals vote, and as more of their children become 18, or as more of them get amnesty if Obama gets his way, then it will be a massacre here for Republicans. And not because of illegals.
You are looking at national statistics regarding legal aliens. I am looking at California and telling you that illegals have made a big difference, and what they have done here will spread nationally. For some reason, you want to argue against something I have not even brought up--the issue of whether legal immigration is more of a problem NATIONALLY than illegal immigration.
What we both agree on is that we don't want either legal or illegal immigration. We need to close the border, send the illegals packing (through enforcement of employment verification, eliminating benefits and raids on chicken plants, farms and construction sites) AND call a timeout on all LEGAL immigration. No new citizens, no new permanent residents, and those who can be sent back home should be. We also need to return to an assimilation policy. But, again, I am spitting in the wind, as I am for a rational approach and I am in a tiny minority of Americans. All I can do is sit back and watch what it was go away.
In Fairfax County where I live, 30% of the population of the county are foreign born. Virginia has the 9th largest population of immigrants, legal and illegal, in the nation--more than Nevada or AZ in terms of numbers. Is it any wonder Obama won VA in 2008 and 2012? VA is purple and will soon be blue.
We have a growing immigration population consisting of both Hispanics and Asians. They vote Dem two to one. As I am sure you are aware, Asians voted more heavily for Obama than Hispanics.
The scary thing is the illegals are not voting in great numbers yet. They are just starting to. But with a narrow split between the parties, a few percentage points is enough to swing the balance
It depends on the state. The illegals didn't have a thing to do with our losses in WI, IA, MI, Maine, etc. CA is lost forever to the Reps. And the illegal who vote really don't make a difference except in some Rep districts. The fact is that the entire CA congressional delegation will inevitably go all Dem.
The more scary thing is that Hispanics are not voting in the numbers they should be in terms of their numbers.
You are looking at national statistics regarding legal aliens. I am looking at California and telling you that illegals have made a big difference, and what they have done here will spread nationally. For some reason, you want to argue against something I have not even brought up--the issue of whether legal immigration is more of a problem NATIONALLY than illegal immigration.
I am looking at CA and the nation. CA is the canary in the coal mine. It is where we are headed as a nation. Legal immigration is what changed CA and illegal immigration just made it worse. I have a home in AZ and have lived in San Diego back in the 1960s and have seen it since. CA is a sanctuary state. It not only does not cooperate with the Feds in enforcing our immigration laws, it rewards illegal with benefits paid by the taxpayer. When you reward something, you get more of it.
What we both agree on is that we don't want either legal or illegal immigration. We need to close the border, send the illegals packing (through enforcement of employment verification, eliminating benefits and raids on chicken plants, farms and construction sites) AND call a timeout on all LEGAL immigration. No new citizens, no new permanent residents, and those who can be sent back home should be. We also need to return to an assimilation policy. But, again, I am spitting in the wind, as I am for a rational approach and I am in a tiny minority of Americans. All I can do is sit back and watch what it was go away.
I can agree with that, but it is too late. We just had a President who gave a backdoor amnesty to 1.8 million illegal aliens including work permits while 23 million Americans look for fulltime employment. The Reps are talking about a limited amnesty and more guest workers to take the jobs away from American college graduates. Both parties have sold out the American worker and are taking this country into the sewer. The are bought and sold by corporate interests. The problem is that these workers are not widgets or units of labor. They bring their own culture and world vision. We are screwed.
This great nation is in the process of committing national suicide. And it is primarily due to LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
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