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Dispelling Myths: The Case for Immigration Reform [Enjoy your made-in-America ZOT, troll]
Red Dirt Report ^ | 12/27/2013 | Brian Woodward

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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To: Tax-chick; NicknamedBob

http://wxug.us/1du23

Current radar from Wunderground.com


6,141 posted on 03/03/2014 10:07:12 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Tax-chick; NicknamedBob

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.


6,142 posted on 03/03/2014 10:09:35 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Tax-chick

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!


6,143 posted on 03/03/2014 10:19:45 AM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: Darksheare

KEWL!


6,144 posted on 03/03/2014 10:21:45 AM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: Darksheare

(I meant the map itself, not the snow...)


6,145 posted on 03/03/2014 10:22:14 AM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: Monkey Face

Yeah.
I got to watch, in real time, a snowstorm develop an eye as it stomped us flat once.


6,146 posted on 03/03/2014 10:24:04 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

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!


6,147 posted on 03/03/2014 10:53:24 AM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: Monkey Face

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!’


6,148 posted on 03/03/2014 10:59:41 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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http://ihadfunonce.com/fs/i/2013/01/24/ba8c7309fa35b8fcffaa0277b05760.jpg

Kitten with 23 toes, if they don’t link swap it on me.


6,149 posted on 03/03/2014 11:00:17 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jz0JcQYtqo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OztGJhiBQTo


6,150 posted on 03/03/2014 11:10:22 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

Oh, that was GOOD!


6,151 posted on 03/03/2014 11:39:28 AM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: Monkey Face

Clawdar the Shreddinator!


6,152 posted on 03/03/2014 11:43:33 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

The True Facts guy is absolutely hilarious. Have you seen him do Morgan Freeman?


6,153 posted on 03/03/2014 11:45:17 AM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: Monkey Face

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.


6,154 posted on 03/03/2014 11:49:44 AM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

But OHSOMUCHBIGGER!!!


6,155 posted on 03/03/2014 12:06:20 PM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: Monkey Face

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.


6,156 posted on 03/03/2014 12:11:01 PM PST by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

GAH!

I just watched True Facts About Frogs.

(I will never be the same.)


6,157 posted on 03/03/2014 12:12:34 PM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: no-to-illegals

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


6,158 posted on 03/03/2014 12:21:34 PM PST by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day.)
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To: moose07

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?


6,159 posted on 03/03/2014 12:26:26 PM PST by Monkey Face (The world is a magical place full of people waiting to be offended by something.)
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To: KC_Lion

2NE1 says you had better watch their video. They actually have 2 and they are as different as night and day.


6,160 posted on 03/03/2014 12:29:40 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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