Posted on 05/19/2002 8:06:44 PM PDT by Mo1
Freeoples ....
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..."Why are most of the Arabs here?"...
So they can buy up or run all the service stations in California?
I want to know who in the hell is the mole in DC that is helping Bin Laden
".... decreed at the outset of this trip that Jenna was traveling as a private citizen -- albeit also on U.S. government expense -- and was off-limits to the news media."
I don't recall Sandra Sobieraj bringing that up when we were force fed glowing reports of that repulsive Chelsea for miserable years.
Kent lad in running for geography bee title
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF
A potential National Geographic Bee superstar might put the Puget Sound region on the map once again.
We'll find out this afternoon whether Erik Miller, a 14-year-old from Kent, will be our fourth Geo Bee winner in 10 years.
Back in 1992, Lawson Fite was the winningest kid on the National Geographic block. In 1997, the honor went to Kirkland's Alex Kerchner, who knew that "Asia's most densely populated country" with about 3 million people in less than 250 square miles was Singapore.
And just last year, Kyle Haddad-Fonda of Shoreline -- who was also a state champ in 1999 and 2000 -- brought home the goods.
Miller will compete against nine other bright young things in Washington, D.C. today.
Group to protest airline caterer's role in roundup
By CHRIS McGANN SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
An airline catering company abused employees' rights when it helped federal agents conduct a national roundup of falsely documented airport workers last month, the King County Labor Council and dozens of other labor rights, religious and community groups asserted yesterday.
The coalition plans to protest Sky Chefs' actions this morning in the vacant lot across the street from the company's SeaTac kitchen. The complaint: Sky Chefs surpassed its legal obligation when it helped Immigration and Naturalization Service agents by holding a fake meeting for employees who were found to be using fraudulent Social Security numbers.
INS agents arrested 12 illegal immigrants. INS officials were uncertain yesterday whether those Mexican nationals were still in detention or had agreed to leave the country on their own.
The sting was part of Operation Tarmac, a nationwide initiative launched after the Sept. 11 attacks to ensure that anyone with access to secure areas of airports poses "no threat to the American people." Since then, hundreds of people -- including 37 in Seattle -- have been arrested on immigration violations, criminal fraud or misrepresentation charges.
(continued).... "It is preposterous to say this country is safer in the wake of these 12 arrests of food service workers," said Dana Wise, of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union. "None of these workers, as far as I know, had any direct role in airline security. They are food preparers."
Wise said that national security is being used as a smoke screen to weaken union negotiations.
"These arrest happened in the context of nationwide negotiations between employees and Sky Chef about working conditions and benefits," Wise said. "Imagine the impact if some of your co-workers were hauled off by police."
Electrocuted squirrels blamed for Red Mountain range fire
(AP) BENTON CITY -- A wildfire ignited by flaming squirrels that got zapped on a high-voltage line burned 638 acres of brush and grass on Red Mountain, fire officers said.
Some squirrels went up a pole and came in contact with the line Tuesday afternoon, possibly by gnawing through insulation, Benton County Fire District 1 Capt. Ron Fryer said.
The wind-driven flames briefly threatened about 30 homes, but they were protected by buffer areas that were established after a much larger fire on the nearby Hanford nuclear reservation almost two years ago.
And this would an example of what I was talking about ..
Duh, "...the ceremonial reward of wearing a cap and gown that comes with graduation." Exactly. Now is not the time for these parents to become activist. The time for that was when their children were not making the grades required to graduate with their class. If you don't earn it you can't have it. Moreover, what kind of message would it send to those you did study, who earned that priviledge ? What is wrong with these people ?????
Isn't a strobe a flasher???
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