No drivers' licenses for illegals [Dems' ideas: NO; Jeb's ideas: YES] (from St. Pete Times)

St. Petersburg Times ^ | May 3, 2002 | Editors

[summer]

LOL...

[cake_crumb]

"Democratic state Rep. Bob Henriquez of Tampa says the tighter procedures adopted by the state driver's license bureau Sept. 11 are disadvantaging Hispanics in his district, particularly undocumented workers. He says the state might want to consider providing a special driver's license to people here illegally."

IMO, the paper isn't supporting Jeb. The writer is probaly worried about taxes and plain old safety. My car broke down, and an immigrant from Trinidad was nice enough to take me home from work. We were having a nice, enjoyable conversation while driving South on Rt 13...until he made made an Eastbound turn at one of those turnaround spots, and wound up heading South on Northbound 13.

[mafree]

GO JEB!!

[floriduh voter]

The St. Pete Times, if they keep baiting people on the front page of the Sunday paper, may be getting a cancellation AGAIN!

Check this out, Cake. I am not doing a thread on this because this is about the POTUS recount. IT IS THE DEMOCRAT'S ONLY BATTLE CRY. They have no real issues to inspire and to lead with.

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/05/05/State/Blacks__Jeb_will_pay_.shtml

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"Some 16 months after roughly 16,000 African-American votes for president in Duval County were tossed out as invalid, nobody talks politics here."

Oh, for cyin' in a bucket. So they voted illegally, and/or didn't fill the ballot out right. Who gives a big, fat hairy rat's hind end? I notice the article conveniently forgets to mention thousands of disenfranchized military voters, al la Algore.

McBride/Wacobunny will pay for THOSE.

Besides, the votes have been counted hundreds of times, and President Bush won every time.

[lowbridge]

immigration ubmp

[Age of Reason]

Those that are willing to give up essential liberties in exchange for temporal safty

Yes--but living at the mercy of criminals is not exactly freedom either.

[Brownie74]

Been there and done that. See my 14. Thanks for the ping.

[Age of Reason]

The only people they "help" are the damn crooked businesses that ILLEGALLY hire the scumbags.

What would you expect a business owner to do?

If a business owner is honest and strives to hire only U.S. citizens, he'll soon find himself out of business because his competitor is able to undercut him by hiring cheaply paid illegals.

I dunno . . . maybe the problem is the "damn crooked" American public who patronize those businesses.

Have you checked to see who picked the last apple you bought?

[Balding_Eagle]

The we can stop the use of drivers licenses by non-citizens in getting voter registration.

Stongly opposed by DemocRATS because it's easier to get illegals to vote democrat than dead people.

[Twodees]

[What is the hold up?]

You mean "who is the hold up?", don't you? I think you and I know exactly "who" the holdup is. Hint, he has jug ears and looks like Dopey on Snow White.

[Age of Reason]

Brilliant. yeah, next time i'm in the produce aisle of the Pick 'n Save i'll hunt for the "picked by american machinery" label on my apple.

Actually, you may have something there.

Liberals have formed organizations that put stickers on various products of which they approve--labels that indicate whether a certain garment was made by exploited third world peasants, for example.

Why can't we put form organizations to put labels on produce to show it was picked by American citizens, as for example the following:

This Apple was picked for you by Mrs. Brooks' 11th grade class afterschool. Purchasing this product helps American children save for college while teaching them the value of honest work in America's healthful great outdoors. We hope you enjoy our apples. Thank you!

[Age of Reason]

Maybe it would be my imagination, but I'll bet apples with that label would taste cleaner and sweeter.

[Brownie74]

That wouldn't be the same feller that has a bad habit of leaning on the podium with his left elbow lookin' like some drunk at a redneck bar listening to Willie and Waylon while delivering speeches would it?

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RE: 22

Oh DEAR!

[skr]

Most interesting indeed. Common sense is something the Democrats sorely lack. The real reason they want the licenses is simply to make illegal voting that much easier. Illegal aliens probably aren't overly-burdened by driving illegally (along with citizens who've lost their licenses and those who aren't to be bothered with such niceties).