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The borders will be now "under funded" to cripple efforts to stem the tide. Just like the budget agreement, taxes first, forget the rest. Visas should come with ankle bracelets.
Would someone, anyone ask one (1) simple question, please? Ask the wise solons "WHY". Why do we need more mouths to feed from our larders? Why must we share our scarce resources with them? Do we get ANYTHING of true value in return? We cannot take care of ourselves let alone tens of millions more of needful folks.
Obama will load his plan with poison pills so the GOP will reject it and then he´ll use exe. powers. One of the main stumbling blocks right out of the gate is verifying that the border is sealed. Obama doesn´t want that nor does he want anybody deported regardless if they have been already and are hanging around.Obama doesn´t want along dragged out process for people to become citizens which I believe the senate plan calls for.No matter how many laws you pass,obama has to enforce them and he´s more likely than not to ignore them.
What Democrat Sen Charles Schumer actually meant was: "On day one of our bill, the people without status who are not criminals or security risks will be able to live, work and vote here legally." The voting part was missing from his initial statement.Why do these 8 pompous, TV seeking senators care so much about illegals? There are over 300 million citizens in this country yet the 11 million+ illegals get all the attention. Why?
#2, the answer is the "wise solons" will do anything for votes to retain power. Bet you already knew the answer.
It´s incredible that the Republicans are willingly walking right into this trap. Once this is approved, the Democrats won´t even have to cheat to win every future election. They will have permanently added 11 million votes to the D column. If you want to see what America will look like then, take a look at California. We have been invaded and overwhelmed in our schools, hospitals, legal system, and way of life. Our taxes are off the charts. Those of us who work have become tax slaves to pay for all the free services the invasion force is now voting for themselves.Those Republicans who believe that voting for this bill will result in winning the votes of these illegal immigrants are complete fools.
The president ignored the Simpson-Bowles commission when it comes to fiscal reform. Now we get another commission to tell us if the border is really secure?How about those on the path to citizenship NEVER get a chance to vote? Sorry, but the Dems want the votes, that´s all this is about. Let´s see if they would pass a bill that says even if they become legal, they can´t vote. I´ll bet that wouldn´t fly.
Exactly #2 - Why? Why are some so eager to legalize millions of third world peasants illiterate in their native tongue who will only vote Democrat? Are people in this country so lazy they can´t mow their own lawns, clean their own houses, etc?As for Sen. Rubio - shooting star.
This comprehensive immigration reform package has way too many moving parts. First they must do this, then they must do this, and then they must complete this and finally go to the back of the line all the while learning to speak English. Then we will get around to closing the border in a year or two.Too, too complicated——like so many things designed, written and passed by modern congresses.And, last but not least, Chucky-Babes is a liberal, Democrat snake!
Why shouldn´t we be skeptical? This "plan" sounds exactly like all the previous plans, none of which worked except for the additional democrat voters. The big winners will be american businesses who can hire foreign professionals with HB1 visas for far less money than american citizens would demand. It´s another taxpayer ripoff.
GOP is no better than dims. They are members of the ruling class elite. GOP is also stupid becausemexicans, especially the newest waves of them, are an entitlement class. They want free stuff and are a secure democrat voting block. Assimilation is a myth. They are mexicans who operate somewhere between no loyalty to USA and resentment of it. Therefore, amnesty won´t garner even one hispanic Republican voter. An amnesty agreement actually represents a net loss to Republicans because guys like me will reregister in protest as independents or libertarians.
Obama is always talking about the collective...well. It is time to put our collective foot down and say NO to this comprehensive legislation. We are not chumps and we understand exactly what this legislation means. It is amnesty. It is time to make our voices heard. Close the border FIRST and then we will have the conversation you so desperately want to have regarding the illegals that are presently residing here. Your motives are clearly self-serving and you do not have the best interests of this country in mind. You are pushing law abiding citizens to the breaking point with the talk of gun control and now amnesty. The American people by a large majority want the border secured first and not just a promise. The country will not collapse if we close the border first. This comprehensive crisis legislation must stop.
This is for George Soros, he has always pushed Open Borders, Open Society, etc.. Funny, the more we get of his agenda, the less free we are.
Do you really think it´s only 11 million? Probably at least double that number.And, Obama has proven he will not follow the law regardless of what the law is - he will rule by fiat and we can all sit at our laptops and complain.
Let´s see, put together by Dims and Rino´s, what could possibly go wrong?
When Obama reveals his own plan today, it will completely undercut the "bipartisan" plan. Democrats don´t want legislation; they´d rather have the issue. Just like minimum wage, where an inflation kicker would eliminate the issue, democrats much prefer a gift that keeps on giving.
My family came to this country in 1719, we have been here a long time, yet I have more in common culturally, morally and my work ethic with the illegals crossing our southern border for work than I do with the urban populations on the East or West coasts or even Chicago. I have been a conservative, Republican most of the time, all my life (65 years) but on this issue I agree with what these Senators have proposed. BUT immigration reform must be tied to border security or it won´t work.
I have an idea on this....Why don´t we just invite them ALL here.....? Let them come in freely and vote like they want. Keep the Democrats in power forever, and the free stuff flowing.Eventually they´ll run out of money and maybe figure it out.In the meantime, the rest of us can expatriate to Mexico and get that place straightened out. They´ll be begging to come back, but we can have a nice constitutional republic set up by then, with strict border enforcement.Dibs on Baja.
First off, its not 11 million, more like 13 million and thats before friends and family. Grand total - maybe 30 million.Second, what happens if we throw 8 million blue color workers willing to work for minimum wage in the labor force. Think your union will protect you - think again. The union shops will not be able to compete with non-union minimum wage shops. Think you are safe in government service, don´t bet on it. I am sure the new immigrants will be given EEO special status.
The Republican aide quoted says why the GOP tried to find a way to be able to vote for this bill when he said "our side wants Rubio to be successful". The Democrats have made this impossible and the Republicans recognize that fact.
Re: reply 17.Many of the illegals who cross the southern border settle in urban centers on the east and west coasts, plus Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Omaha, and so on. They may have come here for work but they also come to USA to connect to the social services lifeline. They also bring their 3rd world culture which for many of them includes resentment of this country. Here is my anecdotal experience: I work in a high school in metro Denver with 78 percent hispanic student body. I estimate 80 percent of them obtain at least one form of social services. We had a mock election. Romney received 8 percent. I doubt you share much in common with the latest waves of mexican "immigrants."
John McCain´s statement stood out for me in this article. He said, "in 2007 the plan was to enforce the border first with that Immigration proposal as well, but the American people didn´t trust the government to follow through with that promise, no matter how many times he, John McCain, said the government would. The trust was just not there."(paraphrased)Guess what Senator McCain, if the trust wasn´t there in 2007, it is even less there in 2013. I don´t think the trust level could get any lower than it is today.
Millions of patriotic Americans stopped the baloney in the summer of 2006 when McCain and W were pushing it. We melted switchboards and made the clowns back off. We have been beaten down for six plus years and no longer have the will to fight. The nation´s collapse is coming on ever faster and the GOP is complicit. Is Marco Rubio so stupid that he really thinks conspiring behind closed doors with the likes of McShame and Chuckie Schumer is in this country´s interest?
So the people that broke the law get to stay here legally, while the ones who have gotten on the legal citizenship path don´t get legalized? That makes no sense at all, and expect more illegals! Rewarding any behavior only encourages more of it, including illegal ones. We´ve learned and seen that already with Reagan´s amnesty. The borders aren´t any more secure than they were with Reagan and that´s why we´re in this situation. Lather, rinse, repeat. The politicians are selling the rest of the country out for their 30 pieces of silver. They don´t have to live with the consequences. Our family came from legal immigrants, through Ellis island, as most immigrant families of my generation did. There is a process, there are rules. Those who didn´t play by the rules shouldn´t be rewarded for their behavior. This conflation of the legal and illegal immigrant by the leftists proves the vapidity of their arguments. They have to obfuscate because their argument for legalizing the illegal immigrants can´t stand alone on merit. You wouldn´t reward the thief discovered in your house, inviting them to move in and live with you. Why do the same with those who have come here illegally? That´s nuts.
Lets not forget that there are lots of middle eastern men, posing as Mexicans, who are also flooding across that border. Al Quada, the Taliban, Hamas, Hezbollah - take your pick.In November I drove from San Diego to the Grand Canyon and part of the trip took me right along the border. You can see the fences from the interstate. In Arizona, which is supposed to be tough on illegal immigrants, the US Border Control checkpoints along the highway were mostly sporting signs that said CLOSED. Secure the borders? Dream on.
"So people who came illegally yesterday, or next week, won´t qualify. They will have to leave the country."...like the millions who already don´t qualify and who will never be found in order to be politely asked to leave the country?How the heck does anyone think that illegals are going to voluntarily show themselves as illegals so they can "go to the back of the line" (right, like so many already did)? It´s already easy to get welfare for an illegal on day one he´s here, so what is the enforcement mechanism by which they will be found and shipped back to their country of origin?Don´t try blowing that same old smoke up my keister, please.
This will bankrupt Social Security and Medicaid.
Every illegal has a nation of origin.For each illegal who gets a free pass for breaking our laws, their country of origin should see the quota we admit legally drop by one. No more adding legal immigrants on top of illegal ones.Illegals seeking citizenship should not be given the luxury of dual citizenship, either. One or the other.
Simple question. Why will it be easier and quicker for an ILLEGAL "immigrant" to attain U.S. citizenship than a LEGAL immigrant, who has been in line for years waiting for the opportunity. Simple answer, The Democratic party wants to have a larger base as quickly as possible. Who in their right mind thinks it is more humane to grant an individual who BROKE OUR LAWS U.S. citizenship than to an individual who OBEYED OUR LAWS and is now being discriminated against because of our Government. This is BLATANT Government bias.Every single person on the current immigration list should be placed in line AHEAD of the people who snuck into this Country. We already have immigration laws, but they are NOT being followed.
The eleven million are just the ones bankrupting California. Anyone in congress who votes for this travesty needs to be recalled. If this passes the House, I will never vote GOP again and that includes everyone I know. John McCain is an idiot. What is the matter with you people in Arizona. He put on a Border Patrol jacket, looked at a fence and you fell for his BS one more time. You had a chance to dump him in the Primaries. The next thing you know he will pushing anti gun laws.
I still say that whoever is responsible for allowing 11 million (at least) illegals into this country should be tarred and feathered. Republican or Democrat. There should have been a temporary worker program. They sold out the country for their own selfish interests. Guess what? They´re still doing it.
Do you really believe that Obama and the liberal Democrats would be pushing so hard for a streamlined process for 11 to 20 million illegal aliens to be given US citizenship and US voting rights as soon as possible, if they ever had reason to believe that more then a small percentage of the current illegal alien population they would legalize would ever have an epifinany and vote for conservative Republicans? Right now it appears that only some politicians of the Stupid Party would believe that Hispanics would flock to the Stupid Party after the illegal alien population is granted amnesty and that is not going to happen.The vast majority of illegal aliens are poor people, who are generally uneducated, earn low wages, and have come here from socialist oriented countries. In order to survive here in high cost of living America, they are going to need access to all the social welfare benefits and programs, including Obama Care, that make up the US social safety network. Those people are going to vote for the liberal Democrats who want to expand those social programs and not the Republican (Stupid) Party that wants to contract those social programs.Once the legalized alien population is granted US voting rights, the liberal Democrats will set up massive registration drives in immigrant communities to register as many of those people as possible as Democrat voters. With that many new voters, the Democrats will easily be able to flip States like Florida, Arizona and even Texas to where they resemble present day California politically. All that amounts to political suicide for the Stupid Party!
Broke immigration law? Broke customs law? Falsified official US documents? Broke labor laws ? Broke tax laws? Committed perjury? WELCOME TO AMERICA!! Nevermind that the GOP has never mustered more than about 30% of the Latino vote (even after the first amnesty) and never mind that 11 million is a lowball figure. Wonder why my Congresscritter has a jammed phone line today???
It´s a fact that the overwhelming majority of illegals in this country come from Mexico. I know, not all of them, just the majority. And ask yourself why do they come here? Well, Mexico is a country that has a totaly corrupt government, corrutp military, and corrupt police force. And it´s a pay to play system there. Bribery is rampant all up and down the line. So, there are a lot of Meicans that have heard about all the freebies available in the U.S. and how easy it is to sneak across the border, and ´volia´, here they come. And they bring their solicalist beliefs with them. And some of the even want California and Arizona to be returned to Mexico! Talk about stupid. So we, true Americans, are supposed to pay the tab for these people by pay ever and ever higher taxes. Yeah. That sounds about right./sI think we should have a Constitutional Amendment that allows only native born Americans the right to vote.
The Republican party thinks this action will "save" the party and that the hispanic vote will turn conservative. Wrong! Most, if not all, Hispanics will still vote for whatever party gives them the most just like the blacks do now. We(conservatives) are done for in this country, especially with the population of white voters decreasing every year until they are the minorities. Time to sit back and watch your country crumble or move to where? I can´t name a country that´s any better.
Look, the Republicans under GW Bush had both houses of congress and the office of the President. yet, they failed miserably to do a single thing about immigration reform- not one that was effective and resolved the problem. They had a chance to strengthen the border and establish a green card system that would verify the person as a foreign entity not eligible to vote in our elections- they did nothing! Now we are faced with a terrible invasion that will get worse as the discussion of amnesty keeps getting tossed about. This is the result of a failed Republican party-Think of this; if Mexicans were voting conservatively, the Dems would be throwing the U.S. Military at the border with orders to shoot to kill anyone attempting to cross over!
QUESTIONWhy reward uneducated aliens who come here illegally ................ and punish those in Europe, Asia, La America and Africa legally waiting in line in their home countries to immigrate to the US.? [many educated with skills we can use in this country]ANSWERBecause ......... you may not be able to control how legal immigrants vote.
Immigration "reform" is predicated on the idea that there is something wrong with the laws we have. What is wrong is not the laws, it's the complete lack of enforcement and a porous border. Pat Buchanan has said before that a nation that can't control its borders is not a sovereign nation, and he's right. We went to war over Kuwait's sovereign borders, but won't defend our own. Tell the gang of 8, fix the border now, then we'll talk.
Listening to Rubio make a fool out of himself on Limbaugh´s show. Rubio claims he can convince all of our illegals that they should vote for him, errr the GOP, because they will be opening businesses, etc, want lower taxes. what a hoot. Stupid Party. Rubio keeps touting his agreement with Schumer and Durbin. Claims 70% of Americans support his plan. Rush seems to be buying it. This is a disaster.
Obama is a lawless president so why pass any laws that depend on him? Obama prints money so why have any taxes. These amnesties for border security always give us the amnesty but never the border security. The border security promised several times before must be all achieved - not just promised - before anything else goes ahead. Undocumented immigrants have more privileges than documented citizens. Soon everyone will want to be undocumented! This playing field needs to be levelled as well.
Of course no one trusts Congress on this or any other issue, John. (""What I underestimated was the lack of trust and confidence in government," McCain said in November 2007.")If our borders were already secure, this debate wouldn't sound like a broken record.Find a single elected official willing stand up and commit political suicide by arguing that our borders shouldn't be made secure. Border security should be the mother of all bipartisan issues. Instead, it's being used as a bargaining chip by the same "progressives" who always promise budget cuts later if we raise taxes now, and then never, ever keep their word.To paraphrase the Gipper, "Verify, then trust."
I want 20 million immigrants to come here from Poland and Ukraine, otherwise, the deal is off.
They are on social services because they do not get a fair wage because they are illegal! Conservatives want to keep them illegal so they have low wages but then prevent them from accessing basic services. Liberals like them because they can buy their loyalty by providing the services and telling them how bad their employers are, but they must be kept dependent for both groups. Thus the border must stay open for both sides to get what they want, cheap labor and cheap votes. It´s always about the money and power, never really the ´cover´ issue.
This is just a proposal , it´s monthsmaybe even longer away fromresembling anything like a bill.The legislative sausage making will take a long time.Rubio has been very effective in explaining his principles on immigration reformand they are solid and conservative.Including border security , first.When the final bill is crafted , if it´s amnesty , Rubio says he won´t support it.Rubio says that 40 % of illegals are here on expired visas and have not come over the border.And they are allowed to remain here on their expired visas because of lack of enforcement.We already have de facto amnesty now.At least this tries to control the border and the population."Individuals with probationary legal statuswill be required to go to the back of the line of prospective immigrants,pass an additional background check,pay taxes,learn English and civics,demonstrate a history of work in the United States,and current employment,among other requirements, in order to earn the opportunity to apply for lawful permanent residency,"If the those applying for probationary status do not meet all the requirements ,will they then be deported ?
What are we talking about? The illegal aliens are already voting. See it every election. That´s why demonrats don´t want voter i.d.
Wouldn´t it be easier if they just made sure that the current immigrations laws are followed? Follow the current laws and work on closing our borders. Once the borders are closed, then go from there if needed.
Racism, racism, discrimination! Why shouldn´t the illegals be health screened?All the white people from Northern Europe and Eastern Europe in the 1920s had to have the health tests that they had available in those days. And the sick ones were sent back. Two voyages for thousands.Standards. Health screenings. But not for the brown people of the southern hemisphere.If thewe people are going to jam Obama care we better have a bead on their health. Many could carry parasites from which as ahost they could have only a mild flu-like symptom.
Obama will not permit bipartisan agreement.He´s imprinted against it.
The common sense problem is illegal aliens are AUTOMATICALLY criminals....
Data presented at the National Review Conference in DC this past weekend was that 50% of Hispanic mothers are unwed, with conclusion that most are on the dole, and 70%+ of black womena re unwed mothers and most are on the dole.The solution to our country´s financial problems is to stop paying/rewarding these unwed mothers to breed indiscriminately at taxpayer expense -- that is called "INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE", or slavery, which was outlawed some time ago.Build the fence, with exit doors.
It´s the free stuff, Stupid. Read the Manhattan Institute fellow Heather MacDonald´s essay on why the Hispanic vote goes to the Dims. Free Stuff. What´s surprising is the number of Hispanic votes the GOP does get. Take out the Cuban-American voters and the number is probably pretty close to the 90-odd percent that the Black voters give the Dims.
Before anyone legalized:1) Make illegal immigration a felony with 1-10 years in prison.2) Amend the constitution so babies born to illegals are not citizens.3) Illegals can bring in any but immediate family.4) Sanctuaries or aiding illegals is a felony.5) Federal law enforcement agency dedicated to pursuit of illegals.6) Failure to enforce these laws is a felony.
I´m open to this, once the border has been secured. That was the "deal" with Simpson-Mazzoli, upon which the Dems reneged. Fool us once ..
Well, if the the little thing standing in the way is securing the borders first, how is this going to work? They haven´t been able to do it so far.


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Former astronaut Rusty Schweickart is to asteroids what Al Gore is to global warming, and Schweickart is none too pleased with NASA's latest strategy for coping with potential threats from the sky.
Those plans came out this month in the form of a report to Congress, laying out an analysis of the various methods for detecting and dealing with potentially hazardous asteroids and comets. It's all part of NASA's legislative mandate to find 90 percent of such near-Earth objects, or NEOs, wider than 460 feet (140 meters) by the year 2020. An asteroid that big could devastate a city-sized region if it were to hit Earth.
Schweickart, who flew on Apollo 9 in 1969, set up the B612 Foundation to raise awareness about NEO threats - and he's organizing a series of workshops under the aegis of the Association of Space Explorers to develop an international plan for dealing with them.
"Not to make it sound overly dramatic, but you're not dealing with just science, you're dealing with public safety issues," he told me today. "You're dealing with the survival of life."
That's why he's taking the new report so seriously. NASA's official view is that the most efficient way to divert a potentially threatening NEO is by setting off a nuclear bomb nearby, to nudge it into a safe orbit. "The implication is that it is the preferred way to go to deflect essentially any near-Earth object," Schweickart complained.
In contrast, Schweickart argues that the so-called "nuclear standoff" option should be used only as a last resort. He contends that 98 percent of the potential threats can be mitigated by using less extreme measures. For example, he favors the development of a "gravity tractor" - a spacecraft that would hover near an asteroid for years at a time, using subtle gravitational attraction to draw the space rock out of a worrisome path.
To kick it up a notch, Schweickart said a threatening NEO could first be hit with a kinetic impactor - say, a scaled-up version of the Deep Impact bullet that hit Comet Tempel 1 back in 2005 - and then the orbital track could be fine-tuned using the tractor. Navigational sensors aboard the tractor would check to make sure the NEO was on a completely safe path.
"This combination is obviously the way to go," he said.
NASA sees it a different way, however. The report said the gravity tractor concept and similar techniques would be the "most expensive" ways to divert an asteroid: "In general, the slow push systems were found to be at a very low technology readiness level and would require significant development methods," it said.
Schweickart said NASA must have "misunderstood or mischaracterized" the gravity tractor concept. And he worried that the report may make things tougher for researchers working on kinder, gentler ways to head off killer asteroids.
"It may be harder to continue with that research," he said. "The irony is that NASA ought to be doing that research.
"But beyond that, there is also the issue that people are beginning to wrestle with this question on a much larger basis internationally," he said. "The idea that the only way you can protect Earth from these things is to compromise all your principles about nonproliferation would be shocking to anybody else. Almost anytime the United States is going to say anything about this, eyebrows are going to go up."
Schweickart already has written a 13-page retort to the report, as well as a letter to NASA Administrator Michael Griffin asking him to reconsider the agency's policy. Both are available from the B612 Foundation press page as Word documents. Schweickart is also calling on NASA to release more of the background analysis that went into the final report.
"I just felt that it was inappropriate that this stand unchallenged - not only unchallenged, but unsupported," he said.
He feared that his anti-nuclear stand might make him "persona non grata" in NASA circles - but astronomer Donald Yeomans, the head of NASA's Near Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said Schweickart's idea of combining kinetic impactors with gravity tractors had merit.
"That's an interesting concept if you wanted to do non-nuclear," Yeomans told me.
He pointed out that the NASA report was merely aimed at outlining the viable options for dealing with potentially threatening NEOs, and that the nuclear standoff explosion would be a "viable option for almost anything." (NASA isn't crazy about planting a nuke right on a NEO, a la "Armageddon," because of the risk of breaking the object into hazardous pieces.)
The kinetic impactor, perhaps combined with a gravity tractor or monitoring device, would be the most straightforward way to head off a NEO threat - and would probably be preferred for the smaller-scale threats.
"You really don't have one technique that fits all - except for this standoff blast, perhaps - but I don't think anyone is comfortable with this nuclear option," Yeomans said. "I think nuclear is there and available, but it's sort of a last resort. That's my own opinion. ... It's politically a tough sell, and it gives most people the willies."
One thing that nearly everyone agrees on is the need to devote more resources to hunting NEOs in the 460-foot-and-up range. The NASA report suggested two options for complying with Congress' requirements: either building a new ground-based telescope facility dedicated to the asteroid search, or putting a new infrared telescope into a Venus-like orbit. Unfortunately, NASA says it can't afford either option for the time being.
"The decision of the agency is we just can't do anything about it right now," Lindley Johnson, program scientist for near-Earth object observations at NASA Headquarters, told The Associated Press.
The Venus-orbit telescope may sound expensive (with a price tag in the range of $1 billion to $1.2 billion, compared with $800 million to $1 billion for the ground-based facility), but Schweickart said he'd put a "very big plus sign" on that option. Yeomans noted that a similar mission called NEOCam had been proposed in the past, with the L1 gravitational balance point between Earth and the sun serving as the telescope's vantage point.
"If what you're interested in is just the letter of the law, then there are a number of options," Schweickart said. "But if what you're really interested in is being prepared to deal with the threat, then that infrared telescope in Venus orbit is much more valuable - because without it, you're relegated to looking at things from the surface of the Earth. And it's very difficult to pick up things that are largely inside Earth's orbit."
For example, the asteroid Apophis spends nearly all its time inside Earth's orbit, and that location is what's making it hard for astronomers to figure out whether or not it will hit Earth in 2036. Yeomans said that, for now, the odds of collision are still set at 1 in 45,000 - but that may change once additional analysis from the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy is added to the mix.
Astronomer Dave Tholen is reportedly still working on the analysis, which should become available soon. "He's so good that it's well worth waiting for," Yeomans said.
Will Apophis be crossed off the list of threatening asteroids? Or will we have to wait until 2013 to get the final answer? Stay tuned, and keep an eye on NASA's list of cosmic threats.


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Why aren't there any truth in advertising laws for search engines?
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The Song of Atlanta Chorus will be singing and dancing at Norcross High School on March 2, featuring Powder Springs' own Doreen Thornton. She is one of more than 100 women of all ages and backgrounds who gather together in celebration of the art form known as barbershop music.
Doreen has lived in Powder Springs for 19 years and has belonged to the Song of Atlanta ever since. She introduces herself in the attached video. Under the direction of the musical direction of Becki Hine, The Song of Atlanta Chorus is a chapter of Sweet Adelines International.
Doreen will join the rest of the Song of Atlanta Chorus on March 2, during the group's annual show and silent auction at Norcross High School, at 5300 Spalding Drive in Norcross. Joining the chorus will also be FRED, an international champion Barbershop Quartet group, as well as renowned talk show host Spiff Carner.
Early bird adult tickets, before Feb. 15, will be sold for $20; after Feb. 15, $25. Chidlren under 12 years old are free.
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On the third anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti, an MCC photographer and writer visited our projects there. We asked you what questions you had about Haiti and our work. Here are some of the answers to the most common questions.
Jared Thomas Yoder Stoltzfus asked:
I'm wondering if/how MCC is empowering locals as opposed to simply providing aid? Are you working with any local nonprofits and also addressing underlying poverty, education, hunger issues?
MCC Haiti works predominantly with Haitian organizations in its earthquake response. Even the initial distributions of relief kits, hygiene kits and locally bought food were coordinated and distributed by Haitians. However, MCC stopped food-distributions after the immediate need had passed, and focused on carrying out middle- to long-term projects that address the ongoing and underlying issues you identified. MCC Haiti also has two public policy analysts who work with Haitian civil society organizations that advocate with Haitian and international governments for food security, adequate housing and human rights. In addition, MCC Haiti works through partners who are empowering Haitians to develop livelihoods, to build more safely, to protect clean water supplies and to develop agricultural organizations.
Darin Beemer asked:
As I understand it, many of the homes ruined by the earthquakes were made of concrete which quickly collapsed and killed thousands. Are houses being rebuilt with concrete and, if so, are they reinforced or built with other material so it doesn't happen again?
Hazard resistant standards have been used in all MCC projects, according to MCC's engineer Johnny Louis. Good quality cement is used and mixed properly, and quality rebar is used to reinforce the cement. MCC engineers supervise and inspect the projects. Since the earthquake, engineers who work with MCC Haiti have trained more than 600 people in hazard-resistant construction. Overall, Louis said, most nongovernmental organizations(NGOs) are using quality building techniques. The Haitian government, with support from NGOs, also released a book about quality construction that MCC uses to help educate others.
Jeremy John Pettitt asked:
I was just curious, does MCC have opportunity to connect with and/or work alongside any of the organizations or hospitals that Paul Farmer founded in Haiti? It is really amazing how much this one doctor has accomplished to help out the extremely poor people in rural Haiti to receive free medical services. Two great organizations working together, MCC and Paul Farmer's could do a lot of good What do you think?
Kurt Hildebrand, an MCC Haiti representative, said: "The organizations and hospitals that Paul Farmer founded are indeed doing incredible work in Haiti, helping to make big steps forward in developing the health infrastructure in the country, including a teaching hospital that is near our agroforestry program. We are grateful that some of the people we serve benefit from that. MCC Haiti looks predominantly for Haitian partners who are Haitian led and tend to be in greater need of collaboration."
Josh Bazuin asked:
How is MCC and its partners trying to find and serve people who can often be invisible after a disaster, such as the elderly, the disabled, or child-headed households? In a related question: which types of people are invisible or marginalized in Haiti?
Josh, on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 we visited a partner, Pax Christi Ayiti in Cite Soleil, the most notorius slum in Port-au-Prince. We asked program director Daniel Tillias this question. He said that anyone who lives in Cite Soleil is marginalized. The area has a reputation for gangs and violence. People go to great lengths not to identify themselves as being from there, nor do Haitians want to go there. For a time, the UN categorized the area as a red zone, which kept most nongovernmental organizations from working there. Even within this marginalized community, the elderly and people with disabilities are even more at risk.
After the earthquake, Pax Christi sought out MCC asking for large amounts of potable water for the community and for durable tents where people who were old or had disabilities could live together. MCC continued to work in Cite Soleil, supporting Pax Christi's construction of the Community Center for Alternative Peacebuilding, known by its Haitian Kreyol acronym SACALA. This center is becoming a community hub where grassroots organizations can meet. Sports teams that play there are formed so that youth from conflicting neighborhoods are on the same team. Students can get tutoring and learn to garden. This is one just one example.
From the very beginning of MCC's earthquake response, MCC Haiti staff has worked with partner organizations who already were working with the invisible and marginalized in Haiti. They connected MCC to opportunities to improve life for child servants in Haiti, repair housing for those with disabilities, and build houses for single-parent families.
Joy Reimer asked:
Where is the greatest need in Haiti currently? And do you have specific projects that people can contribute to that will help Haiti?
It depends, said Kurt Hildebrand, an MCC Haiti representative. Different parts of the country are facing different crises. In Port-au-Prince, the need for safe housing is worse than anywhere else, but food insecurity is probably the worst outside of Port-au-Prince.
MCC continues to listen to its partners and is always looking for opportunities to intervene where needs are greatest and where there can be a sustainable, Haitian-led approach.
Betsy Packard asked:
What is the situation there now? What can those of us unable to travel do to help?
Simply being an informed citizen and being aware of the issues in Haiti is one the most important things that anyone can do, said Kurt Hildebrand, an MCC Haiti representative. "Awareness helps people understand the relationship between their country and Haiti. As a citizen of a powerful democracy that has a huge influence on Haiti, this knowledge allows you to advocate for Haiti.
It's true that progress is hard to see three years later. Haitians as well as the international community imagined that results of the $6.43 billion raised by bilateral and multilateral donors would come quicker. There still are more than 350,000 internally displaced people living in tents. The tents and temporary housing given were not intended to be a 3-year solution. However, many of the organizations came with a directive to do immediate disaster response, and not long-term development. Various aid agencies had different directives, including health-care, education, training in technical skills, and agriculture, that did not necessarily have a direct impact on infrastructure. Additionally, most organizations would only build permanent housing if a land title could be presented. The result: 110,964 temporary housing units and only 5, 911 permanent houses built, according to the Haiti E-shelter and CCCM Cluster, an umbrella platform of agencies and organizations working in housing in Haiti.
Some argue that permanent housing is the responsibility of the government. However, in the aftermath of the earthquake only about 1 percent of humanitarian relief went to the government, or through the Haitian government. MCC has been advocating alongside the Haitian Collective to Defend the Right to Housing for permanent social housing options organized by the government to respond to this need.
Louise Long asked:
Hello, I really appreciate what all MCC does in this world. I support two students for school in Haiti. They lived through the earthquake for which I am grateful. My son in law was in Haiti for business with Red Cross and came back with a grim report. He said nothing was really being done. His job was to raise money for Red Cross to rebuild. His comment was where tents are where houses should be and there was mounds of junk piles everywhere. I am hoping you will have some pictures and find a different story.
Louise, I hope you were watching the photos we posted on Facebook on Jan. 8-12. They will show that positive things are happening even though the country still has many issues. We asked Kristen and Wawa Chege, MCC Haiti policy analysts and advocacy coordinators, to reply to your question:
Thanks for your affirmation of MCC's work. It's true that progress is hard to see three years later. Haitians and the international community imagined that results would come more quickly from the $6.43 billion $6.43 billion already disbursed by international donor agencies. There still are more than 350,000 internally displaced people living in tents. The tents and temporary housing given were not intended to be a long-term, solution. Many of the organizations came to do immediate disaster response, not long-term development. Many had different directives, including health- care, education, training in technical skills and agriculture, which did not necessarily have a direct impact on infrastructure.
Additionally, most organizations will only build permanent housing if a land title could be presented. Getting a clear land title in Haiti is difficult because without a central housing ministry to register land claims, multiple people possess paperwork showing ownership of the same land. The result: 110,964 temporary housing units and only 5, 911 permanent houses have been built in the entire country since the earthquake, according to Emergency Shelter and Camp Coordination and Camp Management Cluster, an umbrella platform of agencies and organizations working on housing in Haiti.
Some argue that permanent housing is the responsibility of the government. However, in the aftermath of the earthquake, only about 1 percent of humanitarian relief went through the Haitian government for implementation of projects or capacity building. MCC has been advocating alongside the Haitian Collective to Defend the Right to Housing for permanent social housing options organized by the government to respond to this need. See undertentshaiti.com for more information.


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"WHAT DO WOMEN WANT?" Golf event planners often find themselves asking that question when choosing player gifts and prizes.
In essence, what women and men want is the same. They want accessories to make them comfortable on the course, good-looking golf clothing, and equipment that will help their game. The specifics can vary, along with men's and women's bodies, tastes, and habits. Some products will delight both sexes equally, but a variation or a different item entirely can sometimes be a better choice for the women.
The following selection of gifts for your women players fits this description. All are available at www.corporate-golf.com.
Great Goodie Bag
Stuff tees, balls, and other small items into a high-quality valuables pouch, and women and men will happily put the bag to future use, if somewhat differently. A man will put his keys, wallet, and jewelry in the pouch, and then stash it in his golf bag. A woman might add some necessities from her purse, and keep it with her in the cart. Either way, this leather zip pouch by TLT is a fine choice. Less than $25 in tournament quantities, including a custom logo.
Clever Cap Clip
The clip attaches to a visor, and magnetic attraction holds a ball marker to the clip, so it's easily accessible upon reaching the green. Cap clips are genderless, but especially appreciated by women. (A ball marker is one less thing to go in their pockets, which women's slacks often lack.) GOLF DESIGN'S original cap clip with magnetic marker, and other styles and brands, are all less than $10, including logo.
Upscale Umbrella
Slippery grips, spattered eyeglasses, or dripping hair don't help anyone's game. Men and women alike will be grateful for a big, sturdy golf umbrella when a sudden downpour catches them on the course. (Factor in runny makeup, and the women may be even more thankful.) This double-canopy WINDBRELLA is the top of the line — guaranteed windproof and big enough to share. Less than $25, with logo.
Cool Cap
Some women prefer visors or hats, but nearly all will wear a cap once in a while. The younger your group, the more likely they will prefer caps. Choose a style with a soft crown — it's more flattering to women's smaller faces — and a fabric strap with a buckle, instead of Velcro, which catches the hair. The AHEAD VINTAGE TWILL in a solid color, or with contrast trim, fills the bill perfectly and is the No. 1 seller in pro shops. Less than $20 with embroidered logo.
Terrific Timepiece
Women golfers may avoid wearing a wristwatch on the course because it can be a swing distraction. A watch that clips onto a golf bag is the ideal solution for keeping track of the time. This BAG TAG N'TIME, featuring a metal case engraved with your logo, comes in a reusable wooden gift box for less than $40.
Perfect Putter
There's no such thing as a man's or woman's putter. On the green, size and strength are irrelevant; touch and alignment get the ball in the hole. Both sexes crave the latest models, making one a super gift for all the players in a VIP outing. Odyssey's two-ball putters are among the hottest, and the new WHITE STEEL and top-selling WHITE HOT two-ball putters can be customized with a logo on the face. These also come as gift-boxed sets with six custom logo CALLAWAY golf balls, and the low minimum — just six sets — makes them a great choice for tournament prizes, too. Pricing from about $125 to more than $200 including logo, depending on model, quantity, whether gift-boxed, and ball model chosen.
Classic Coordinate
Women love golf apparel and outer-wear, just as men do, but they want garments cut to fit and flatter them. The simplest way for a planner to please the sexes equally is to choose a garment offered as men's and women's coordinates. The moderately priced pro shop brands have expanded their selection of these models and designed the women's with unique feminine features. You can now find polo shirts in high-tech fabrics, stripes, jacquard weaves, and silky mercerized cotton, and windshirts and jackets for women from brands such as ANTIGUA, TEHAMA, ASHWORTH, AHEAD (called KATE LORD for women), and FIDRA. But CUTTER & BUCK has led the way with a women's version (in sizes from XS to XXL) of almost every style in its in-stock collection. Cutter & Buck's Pima Jersey Classic for women is in the $30 range — and that includes an embroidered logo.
Custom Cut
Looking for luxury? ZERO RESTRICTION is the ultimate in golf outerwear. Each garment, from lightweight wind vests to waterproof rain suits and leather-trimmed 100 percent cashmere jackets, is constructed to allow an unrestricted swing. And since most garments are custom-made, any fabric and color choice available for men can also be made in women's sizes. Custom orders take nine to 12 weeks, but if time is shorter, an in-stock collection includes coordinates in basic colors. The solid microsuede wind shirt in bone is in stock for less than $115.
Perfect Match
Very few premium apparel brands offer both men's and women's garments, much less coordinated models, so a perfect match for a high-end men's shirt or vest rarely exists. What to do? Choose a garment of equal quality, perhaps in a similar color, from a luxury women's golf apparel brand such as ASTRA. Astra's polos and other tops, all woven from fine double-mercerized Egyptian cotton, come in tasteful patterns as well as solids, and make worthy companions to elegant shirts from menswear brands such as DESCENTE and BEN HOGAN. This chic jacquard shirt in black, khaki, and bone is sure to please your VIPs. In the $60 range with embroidered logo (when part of a tournament order).
Note: Pricing shown above is for typical tournament quantities of 72 to 240, except where noted.
Nina Renaud is a principal of Corporate Golf, which supplies golf merchandise for tournaments, resort meetings, and incentive programs to corporate clients nationwide. The company also provides golf-event planning and celebrity-booking services. Call (919) 680-3070 or visit www.corporate-golf.com.


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Queer spirits: a gay men's myth book
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Beacon Press, May 1, 1995 - Social Science - 346 pages
A collection, with commentary, of traditional myths, as well as excerpts from literature, poems, anthropological accounts, children's books, and newspaper clippings; compiled to inspire, guide, and challenge gay men who are seeking a deeper understanding of their sexuality and identity, of the community they live in, of their history and place in society and culture.
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|When James Shields is on top of his game, few can match his dominance on the mound. Such was the case Thursday, when the Royals right-hander fanned 12, including seven straight, in a 5-1 win over the Astros.
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|The Pirates and Reds combined for 10 home runs at Great American Ball Park in a game that was completed Tuesday, including three sets of back-to-back shots by the Bucs.
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|In the first inning of the Angels' 14-2 win over the Mets, Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Raul Ibanez homered in succession. Before this record-tying feat (for the franchise), there had been nine times when three straight Angels players homered.
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|Stephen Strasburg had 12 of the Nationals' 17 strikeouts Thursday vs. the Marlins. It was the second time in nine games Washington had fanned at least 17 batters, a feat no other team had accomplished in the past 101 years.
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|It was only fitting that on the 40th anniversary of Hank Aaron hitting his 715th home run that several sluggers throughout baseball put on power shows of their own.
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Shamu goes public: Could SeaWorld's IPO retire a whale of debt?
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A mother and baby orcas, also called killer whales, swim at Sea World in San Diego. The company just filed for a $100 million IPO, much of which may go to put a dent in $1.7 billion of debt.
Last week, SeaWorld and its iconic orcas filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering. It's fair to call this the "Shamu IPO," even though the original Shamu, who performed at the original SeaWorld in San Diego, died in 1971. SeaWorld has kept the moniker around as a sort of branded stage name for orcas.
SeaWorld also operates marine-based theme parks in Orlando, Florida, and San Antonio, Texas; the parent company, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, runs eight other venues in the U.S. And that parent company is owned by Blackstone, a huge private equity firm that bought SeaWord from Anheuser-Busch in 2009.
(Blackstone, with another aspect of its business, also managed the sale of the Dodgers last year and is currently involved with the sale of sports and entertainment colossus AEG.)
After Fender canceled its IPO, will Carl's Jr.'s hold up?
Will this be another Fender? Or will private equity make it to the IPO finish line?
There's still an IPO market out there, folks, even after Facebook's train wreck with the public-offering process (and subsequent struggles with the stock market). Apollo Global Management, the private-equity group that owns, through an affiliate, Carl's Jr. and Hardee's parent CKE has just priced an IPO for the company at between $14 and $16 a share, according to LATimes.
Apollo took CKE private in 2010 for about $700 billion and plans to sell 13.3 million shares, which would raise somewhat less than the $230 million than Reuters reported on back in June, a month after CKE filed its IPO plans with the SEC with the intention of raising $100 million. It appears that the so-called "road show" for CKE, when investment bankers including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs drum up investors, has attracted more interest in the Southern California-based company than was originally expected.
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Leo Fender gifted this Fender guitar to Les Paul in 1951. The legendary guitar maker has just priced its IPO.
Fender, the legendary guitar maker — around since the 1940s! — filed for an IPO earlier this year and has now priced the offering: between $13 and $15 per share. The company will raise about $160 million, says the LA Times. This is actually less than the company expected to raise when it filed back in March and could reflect an overall pullback in the IPO market, after Facebook's disappointing debut.
The goal for Fender remains the same: pay off debt. It has $246 million, and according to Businessweek, it wants to shed half of that. Boston-based Weston Presidio owns 43 percent of Fender and will see a $50 million payday from the IPO:
Analysts would ordinarily be skeptical of a company that's going public to help balance its books. Investors prefer companies with clear plans to expand; they don't usually want to help pay for acquisitions and debts already undertaken. But Fender has something going for it that very few others possess: It's an iconic brand people truly love.


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