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...
Highlights from Article:
- 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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When I’m involved I miss a lot.
*ugh*
Have some kind of cold going on.
My face feels like my sinuses are trying to escape my skull.
Police ranks of London:
The Met uniformed officer rank structure is as follows:
Police Constable (PC)
Sergeant (Sgt or PS)
Inspector (Insp)
Chief Inspector (C/Insp)
Superintendent (Supt)
Chief Superintendent (C/Supt)
Commander (Cmdr)
Deputy assistant commissioner (DAC)
Assistant Commissioner (Asst Comm)
Deputy Commissioner (D/Comm)
Commissioner (Comm)
The prefix “Woman” in front of female officers’ ranks has been obsolete since 1999. [However, you’ll find it in novels predating 1999 and in historical novels. WPC = Woman Police Constable, the rank once held by Laura Thyme of the “Rosemary and Thyme” television series.]
Members of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) up to and including the rank of Chief Superintendent prefix their ranks with “Detective”. Detective ranks are equivalent in rank to their uniform counterparts. Christopher Foyle of “Foyle’s War” is “DCS Foyle,” Detective Chief Superintendent.
Ditto. And I spent the better part of 18 hours with the man...I would like to meet his wife to ask what she has done to stay sane...
Ah I see,
I would have been intrigued as well.
Detectice Constable is the bottom rank of the CiD, Criminal investigation department, (coppers in disguise). They just put ‘Detective’ in front of the ranks to warn you that he is in possession of a Mustache.
Constable
Sergeant
Inspector
Chief inspector
Superintendent
Chief Superintendent
Assistant Chief constable or Commander
Deputy C C or Asst Commissioner
Cheif Constable or Commissioner
The author of this book just gives two or three initials for rank. Perhaps he never thought his book would be read by those not belonging to the British Commonwealth.
The author uses CI, DI, PC, PS, CI and some others I don’t have at my fingertips. There are also some Brit terms and phrases I’ve never seen before, so it’s been interesting to figure it all out. It’s a novel about killings resembling the “Jack the Ripper” series, but taking place during the London Blitz. Interesting background.
Author, title? Maybe it’s in my library? Have you read the two detective series by Anne Perry?
It’s called “The Black Mile,” by Mark Dawson. A “series noir.”
Meh. It’s interesting, but not necessarily GRIPPING! It keeps me reading and that’s good.
You have access to one here if you should need it.
I don't normally bite, but don't put your fingers through the bars ,just in case. :)
You’re saying it’s not so good I should go looking for it?
Lucky for me, I have had enough one-on-one experience with Brits to understand a lot of what is said, and when I’m in doubt, they graciously educate me. So I am very pleased to have you as an “Advisor!” I will make it a point to write down the phrases that have me most perplexed so I can ask you.
Thanks for such a wonderful offer! *hug*
I just finished “Shot All To Hell,” about the James-Younger Gang’s attempt to rob the First National Bank of Northfield, MN. (This is the home of St. Olaf College. St. Olaf was the first Christian king of Norway.) It was a good book, zipped right along.
Next I’ll read “Mirage,” the latest in the “Oregon” series by Clive Cussler. I learned about Clive Cussler from Monkey Face.
It IS good. But I have trouble with attention span, especially in the evenings when I do the most reading. It’s an ebook from Kindle and if you have Amazon, you can get it for not a lot of money.
However, I got it free from BookBub, which is an email that gives you daily book selections for cheap. If you want, I can add your name and email and they can send you daily selections. Some of the free ones only have a 24-hour life, but some are as long as 72 hours. And other books are pretty inexpensive!
Let me know if you want to sign up for it.
I have not yet surrendered to ebooks. I’ll die with a dead-tree volume in my hand, or it was in my hand until Tom took it from my hand and brained me with it ...
I wish I could afford all of Clive Cussler’s books! Nothing would please me more than to have them all in my library. His and all of James Patterson’s.
Stephen King, well, I have my favorites, but not all his works are worth my library shelves! I think my VERY favorite Stephen King book is “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.” It’s short, gripping and a real keeper! Read it if you find it at the library.
I never got into Stephen King. I read most of the Dirk Pitt books, but the “Oregon” series are the ones I really like. Anoreth would fit right in there. (I’d get seasick ...).
Sadly, since I no longer have the income I had, I have had to resort to ebooks that are free or only cost .99. The rest have to wait their turns in the queue for ‘Face’s Pleasure. Or I have to find them in the community room.
Check with the library. A lot of books that are on Amazon/Kindle or B&N Nook have been published, but the author lost money on them, even though they have been GOOD BOOKS. It often happens that once they read a freebie, they are willing to buy again by the same author.
I get everything from the library.
You pay enough, so I think you should! LOL!
The library here is too liberal, and I have trouble finding titles. So I depend on the ‘net and the community room donations!
When I lived in Vegas, I was within walking distance of the main library, and I could get any book I wanted. It was great!
Anyway, check with them about “The Girl Who Loved...” Another good series is “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.” There are three books in the series, but the author passed away from a heart attack before he could finish the final two novels; the books are gripping. (Even for me!)
$45 a year for Mecklenburg County. It’s worth it. Union County is free since we live here. Both of them get a good selection of the books I want. Not everything, but even the People’s Republic of Mecklenburg buys the most popular conservative books.
This is, sadly, Harry Reid Country. I don’t have the energy to go to each library in the county (all free, thanks to gambling revenue) to find out which one has the least liberal agenda. Things may change, but until Harry Reid is out of office, there isn’t much hope for Clark County.
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