The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
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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Good morning! Shannon has a sunbeam today.
I need a sunbean. In another hour or two, it will be coming in my living room window... :o]
I’ve just finished several tasks, and now I’m going to read “The Two Towers” to the byos. We’ll be starting the part with Frodo and Sam in Mordor.
Good Day you all!!! Mild weather here. 5 more inches of snow overnight.
The dragon doesn’t exactly look thrilled with the invasion.
Nonsense.
Ask any guy and they'll say she looks hot!
No, I’d say the dragon’s a little irritated. Not afraid, though, or he’d be backed into his cave and all spiked up.
Heh-heh-heh!
Good day! If this is too personal, please ignore it. What prompted you to move to that particular area?
You can’t be hungry with all that chocolate around.
A '1' transmogrified into a '0' ,chaos broke out.
It’s a blistering 50 degrees outside, with mostly cloudy skies.
I WANT SUMMER!
I had some things I wanted to finish up on today, but ran out of steam. Go figger..
It took me the better part of three days to organize my household files, but I’m hoping the end product will make my life a little simpler around payday.
I’ve been typing up sample questions for Envirothon practice next week, and my hands are freezing. I need to go to Walmart.
Summer is now in a box on the “Maersk mc-kinney moller”.
As soon as it arrives, about 3.5 months, the equipment will be activated.
You will see this brandnew design is much better than the old design.
There may be bedding in problems, but it looked good on the drawings. :)
I’m so cold I finally crawled into bed...My hands feel like ice cubes.
Jake will not be denied heat lamp?
Too fat for Jake.
Ummm..
As a person who has been married for more years than he is old (I'm 34 - did I mention that before?) I can only comment from a purely scientific point of view..
If she was cold, the chocolate would be... solid. Since the chocolate is liquid, we can safely assume that she is hot the opposite of cold...
I vaguely remember being 34. I guess I didn’t like it very much, because I got older.
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