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 Senates 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. Its fluid, which is how we want it to be.
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Might have to play with the radar settings to get it to show you something.
Base reflectivity, one is the Nexrad feed, the other is the TDWR hi definition radar feed.
Sometimes, one radar will not show you anything.
They use different frequencies, and at distance, sometimes the precip is too small to reflect well enough.
I think I’m ready for something, but I don’t know what! LOL!
OHRATS! I need to go to the jewelry store. I don’t want to leave again. Waaaaaah!
KEWL!
(I meant the map itself, not the snow...)
Yeah.
I got to watch, in real time, a snowstorm develop an eye as it stomped us flat once.
Wow. I’ve seen those develop over other places, but never over me.
My watchband is fixed! YAY! It didn’t cost me anything, either. What a bonus!
It was not fun to watch.
The wind speed was “interesting”, the snow was coming down hard, and the radar said ‘Hey, it’s a cold hurricane analogue! Enjoy!’
http://ihadfunonce.com/fs/i/2013/01/24/ba8c7309fa35b8fcffaa0277b05760.jpg
Kitten with 23 toes, if they don’t link swap it on me.
Oh, that was GOOD!
Clawdar the Shreddinator!
The True Facts guy is absolutely hilarious. Have you seen him do Morgan Freeman?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw2hjnW6QK8
This is how I imagine early first run gene modded rabbitoids to be.
Similar in motion and behavior to kangaroo joeys.
But OHSOMUCHBIGGER!!!
First run prior to intelligence boosting are roughly three foot tall.
Still smarter than regular rabbits, but still rabbity enough in behavior.
The beginnings of vocal articulation are there, a kind of chattering “hnnnn hnnn” muttering partway between a rabbit purr and a nasal honk.
GAH!
I just watched True Facts About Frogs.
(I will never be the same.)
My Friend , I hadn’t even noticed, and it wouldn’t be a problem if I had.
It’s the Internet, the land Punctuation forgot. :D
What does “on form” or “has form” mean? I think it is “has a record” or “has a sheet,” meaning arrests for crimes of one form or another.
And another term is “woodentop.” (Or maybe it’s “woodenhead?”)
Oh! Sorry! Hi, Moosie! Got Spring, yet?
2NE1 says you had better watch their video. They actually have 2 and they are as different as night and day.
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