Posted on 12/27/2013 11:24:17 AM PST by honestabe010
In his press conference on December 20th, President Obama urged the House of Representatives to support the Senate’s immigration bill, which passed 68-32 in late June. Among the concerns cited by Americans who oppose reform are that immigrants will take their jobs, drive down wages, increase criminal activity, burden the welfare system, and reshape the cultural dynamic of the country. These concerns are mostly ill-founded. The legitimate concerns have real solutions, and a more open immigration policy will be a net benefit for all Americans...
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- A 2013 study by the American Action Forum states that "immigration reform can raise population growth, labor force growth, and thus growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP).”
- In 2013 the Bipartisan Policy Center came to similar conclusions. It makes the prediction that current provisions, as included in the Senate Bill, would raise GDP 4.8 percent over twenty years.
- According to the Immigration Policy Center, immigrant males between the ages of 18 and 39 (which constitute the greatest portion of the prison population) are five times less likely to be incarcerated than are natives.
- A 2011 survey by the Pew Research Center revealed that 92 percent of second generation and 96 percent of third generation Hispanics speak English proficiently.
- A 2010 Gallup poll revealed that Hispanics attend church services more often than non-Hispanic whites.
- Since an influx of immigrants means an expansion of the labor supply, many assert that the result will be less jobs and lower wages. However, as asserted by Jason Riley, a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board, “The number of jobs in the United States is not static. It’s fluid, which is how we want it to be.”
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I’ve found, over the years, that turquoise is an extremely versatile color. It looks good with any skin tone, and it goes remarkably well with things that may or may not have the color in the design. It goes wonderfully in the house, and even in the cars, if you can stand the contrast!
But I love the color and have a lot of it in my wardrobe. I thought of sending you the pashmina I got in Pakistan, but then I realized that though it was black, white and turquoise, it has a floral pattern that would have clashed with your dress. Also, it is a lot heavier than the one I sent you.
I hope you get LOTS of chances to use it!
<3
Cool!
Oh, yes. When Asuncion insists the choir should wear black and white, I can add the pashmina so as not to look vampiric.
My mother said she really liked it, too.
I’m glad your mother liked it. I mean, that really counts for something! LOL!
And Asuncion will no doubt see you and say, “Que linda!”
I borrowed a similar garment in dark red from Aidhet when we performed for Our Lady of Guadalupe, with the guest band from Monroe. I got several compliments ... but had to give it back. I’m too pale to look good in a white blouse!
Asuncion has a good sense of style. She makes most of my jewelry! She has a light-coffee skin tone and looks better in neutral colors than I do.
If I had some place to go where I could show off, I would be very good at coordination and style. But I schlep everywhere I go...
Except on the rare occasions I get to church.
It must be nice to have handmade jewelry! I had a friend, years ago, who was a rockhound, and he used to make rings for me out of some of the stones he found. I miss him.
DP used to make things from silver, but that was a long time ago. My great-uncle Howard, just turned 94, is a rock hound. If you pick up a rock out of his flowerbed, it's probably a geode! He was also a mushroom hunter and a freelance botanist for the state. I remember one summer, he said he'd found a wildflower on Dad's farm that the agriculture department thought was extinct in Missouri.
I think I would have been good at making jewelry, but it’s too late to contemplate, these days. The hands are not cooperative. I have glass beads, and tools, but with no feeling in my fingertips, it’s hard to string them together. What a bummer.
So I just appreciate other people’s work.
Would you be willing to sell your bead stock to Asuncion, or do you think one of your relatives will take up beading?
They have banshees in Pennsylvania?
Or have you escaped from there already?
Only if Siouxsie Sue moved there.
Oh, man. That’s the 80s.
I can sell it, but it may not be what she wants. I doubt if anyone in my family has an interest in creative endeavors...
And cucumber sandwiches with the absinthe coffee.
Oh yes, who’s broken out the posh stuff?
If you have some idea of sizes, colors, and amounts, I’ll ask. If it’s not what Asuncion likes, maybe Sally and her friends would like to do some beading. Seems like just the thing to keep the Middle School Girls happy, when they’re not setting things on fire. (In that case, I’d buy the tools, too.)
My brother’s first wife, Jessica, used to make jewelry and sell it at fairs, when they lived in England. She was a Belle, so she knew what looked good on people.
Cucumber sandwiches with absinthe? Bleah! Grits casserole, dude!
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