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A Weekly Poll of American Politics Jul 14-Jul 21 2008

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The World Court ordered the United States on Wednesday to do all it could to halt the imminent executions of five Mexicans until the court makes a final judgment in a dispute over suspects' rights. (snip) One of the five Mexicans on death row, Jose Medellin, is due to die on August 5 in Texas, while the others also face imminent execution.

Hundreds of legal and illegal immigrants in Arizona are being sent back to their home countries, sometimes against their will, for medical treatment because they lack insurance. (snip) The forcible removals are the result of federal and state law mandating that only U.S. citizens and legal residents are eligible for Medicaid.

Now that John McCain is close to wrapping up the GOP Presidential nod, the same people who endorsed his opponents are saying he needs to become more restrictionist on immigration for the general election. We'd direct readers to last week's California primary exit poll, which offers better advice.

Police are searching for a 50-year-old Lewisville father whose 17- and 18-year-old daughters were found shot to death in an abandoned car Tuesday evening in Irving, police said. Police suspect Yaser Abdel Said Saidyaser may have shot Sarah Yaser Said, 17 and Amina Yaser Said, 18 and let them for dead inside a car. A 911 cell phone call, believed to have been made by one of the teens at about 7:30 p.m., alerted police to the shooting, but the caller was unable to tell police where she was and officers were dispatched to the area of O'Connor Road and...

LONG BEACH – Angering one victim's family, a judge yesterday sentenced four black youths to probation with 60 days of home detention in the racially motivated Halloween beatings of three white women. The sentences by Juvenile Court Judge Gibson Lee touched off another series of bitter words in a case that seems to spark outrage at every step. For the past few months, it has tested the harmony of this coastal city of 475,000, which touts its diversity. “The juvenile system is a joke,” said Barbara Schneider, as her 19-year-old daughter, Laura, sobbed on her shoulder. Her comments outside court...

How much do you hold the Clinton White House responsible for failing to prevent 9/11? A lot 50% Very little or not at all 34% Somewhat 16% Total Votes: 106,521

I know there are MILLIONS of duplicate or phony social security accounts that employers routinely send payments to every month. And I've read that the government is well aware of these accounts and flags the funds (although I'm sure they get spent right away just like all the other money coming in). My question is what happens to the employer when the government starts receiving money on a phony/duplicate SS account? My guess is NOTHING because the deal is just too sweet for both the government and the employers. I would like to hear from people with first hand HR...