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Today is the Cloture Vote on Immigration Bill [first cloture vote fails; 2nd cloture vote fails]
7 June 2007 | Gulf War One

Posted on 06/07/2007 6:17:41 AM PDT by Gulf War One

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To: floriduh voter
"They filled some tunnels with cement. I bet they did it cuz they wrongly thought tunnels would no longer be necessary and on the evening news..."

I know what you mean about our southern border in CA. Trip mines of HE in the 2/3 of the length toward to the US would collapse them. Cement is to be used to build things and isn't cheap. HE is, if you know what to do.

1,161 posted on 06/07/2007 8:10:28 PM PDT by BobS
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To: Jim Robinson
Kyl is going down with the ship

Kyl is going down with the ICEBERG. I plan to keep bailing to save the GOP ship... (Pass the baling wire and duct tape)
1,162 posted on 06/07/2007 8:10:51 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
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To: Gulf War One

Ba da pong, ba da ping!!


1,163 posted on 06/07/2007 8:15:34 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: floriduh voter

Yes normally a Green Card is instant..When I came here I got a Green Card after 90 days...it was mailed to me in 60 days and I was told I could go ahead and work...

since theres only a 90 day waiting period usually...theres a class action suit waiting to be filed...there would be no 8 year wait...

with a green card I had all the rights of citizenship that Americans have but I could not vote and I could not work at a Govt job (like the Post Office or congressional offices, etc) and I could not get instate tuition or freebie college...

However I could be drafted, if I was a guy, I did go into the military where I had a Secret clearance. I became an American citizen while I was in the military...

With a Green card its just a matter of time until the person is eligible to be an American..

It was five years from the day the person arrived here or three years if he or she was in the US military

You see the problems instantaneous AMNESTY/Legality would have caused..

And what was suppose to happen to illegal aliens who did not pass a background check etc? there was no provision to deport them...

All of Teddy’s many crocidile tears could not clean up that stinky Bill...


1,164 posted on 06/07/2007 8:30:49 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana
All of Teddy’s many crocidile tears could not clean up that stinky Bill...

We had some great orators on our side this time around and I applaud them! When Teddy started tanting and raving incoherently, I had a feeling the bill was dead and he knew it..I was "afraid" he was going to have a heart attack...

1,165 posted on 06/07/2007 8:37:22 PM PDT by rolling_stone (sOME)
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To: BobS

Maybe filling the tunnel w/cement was staged. That’s a more plausible scenario at this point in time.


1,166 posted on 06/07/2007 8:38:03 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's Legacy List Contact: 8mmmauser & REMEMBER TERRI IN CAMPAIGN 2008)
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To: Tennessee Nana
"...and told the lady there to say thank you that people round the country love him and appreciate the leadership he took in this issue..."

That's what we should all do tomorrow. Thank people for what they did. That's class. And they would appreciate it.

1,167 posted on 06/07/2007 8:41:58 PM PDT by BobS
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To: floriduh voter
"Maybe filling the tunnel w/cement was staged."

Of course it was staged. You destroy tunnels by making their roof cave in. That didn't happen.

1,168 posted on 06/07/2007 8:46:30 PM PDT by BobS
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To: Tennessee Nana

Yours is still a kickass story that bears repeating.

It was big among some FR circles, at least. Damned inspiring - serving in the military prior to citizenship.

Tomorrow we ride with attenuated rancor with this temporal victory.


1,169 posted on 06/07/2007 8:57:49 PM PDT by IslandJeff ("I used to care, but things have changed" - Robert Zimmerman)
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To: Tennessee Nana
It's screwed because people like you have expectations of stability. Their are Visas granted to people that come by for vacation twice a year. If they want to stay and work here they get a work sponsor and have family here and that takes 6 months to get that Visa and nine months for a green card for naturalization for certain fields like nursing.

I think the people waiting in line have other issues. And the ones not waiting in line have worse issues. And the ones that have wore issues aren't getting their way tonight.

1,170 posted on 06/07/2007 9:07:30 PM PDT by BobS
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To: Tennessee Nana
I called Sen Sessions’ office earlier and told the lady there to say thank you

That's great. I did the same thing a couple weeks ago.

1,171 posted on 06/07/2007 9:07:58 PM PDT by angkor
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To: Bush gal in LA
RE: 305

Did you all know that in researching this bill I found out that illegal aliens will get all kinds of financial breaks, help, and in some cases full tuition and costs paid by you and ME?!!

I think we already allow illegal aliens to pay the reduced 'in-state' tuition rate, while American citizens from other states have to pay the much higher out of state tuition... This is positively nuts...

1,172 posted on 06/07/2007 9:09:30 PM PDT by El Cid (Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon HIM while HE is near)
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To: BobS

Yes, the footage showed a hose from a cement mixer shooting cement into a tunnel. Fox News workin’ for the man. It had to be Fox. Freepers just can’t be fooled. I hope someone sends this post to Ann Coulter. She said recently that Fox was the admin’s PR wing.


1,173 posted on 06/07/2007 9:11:49 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's Legacy List Contact: 8mmmauser & REMEMBER TERRI IN CAMPAIGN 2008)
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To: kabar
Martinez remarks about letting down all those poor people [illegal aliens] who make the beds at our hotels, cut the grass, clean the parks, etc. is so demeaning and he doesn’t even realize it.

Sounds like the list of part time and summer jobs myself and my friends held during junior high school, high school, and college.

Add to that list dishwasher, construction laborer, movie usher, janitor, brick factory laborer, house painter, lawn mower, snow shoveler, window washer, pool cleaner, and residential landscaper.

You know, all the "jobs Americans won't do."

Cry me a river Mel. As far as I can do these arrogant peasants are just stealing jobs from American kids.

1,174 posted on 06/07/2007 9:17:15 PM PDT by angkor
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To: floriduh voter

FOXNews should be persuaded a tunnel being blown up would attract more audience. And more ads.


1,175 posted on 06/07/2007 9:18:53 PM PDT by BobS
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To: Gulf War One
I want to caution everyone. We won round one, but this isn't dead at all. We may relax for the moment, but don't dare go to sleep.... Cut it, paste it, and forward it along. The more people know about S 1348, the more they despise it.

One fine little document is (yet again) from Senator Jeff Sessions, 20 Loopholes in the Senate Immigration Bill.

Some sections are a bit dense so you may want to edit those.

And there's no mention of the extensive medical, psychological, criminal, and financial checks that legal immigrants must obtain at their own expense, but that illegal aliens do not have to have at all (legal immigrants must also get and pay for a variety of immunization shots).

By the way, did you know that tuberculosis (TB) - once nearly eradicated from the American landscape - is now on the rise in every state having a large illegal alien population? Well, you might know soon.

1,176 posted on 06/07/2007 9:39:31 PM PDT by angkor
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To: IslandJeff

‘Tis done!


1,177 posted on 06/07/2007 10:26:48 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Hat’s off to Jim Robinson. FreeRepublic is THE force to be reckoned with!


1,178 posted on 06/07/2007 10:29:29 PM PDT by jedward (Mission '08 - Take back the House & Senate. No Negotiations...No Prisoners.)
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To: johnthebaptistmoore
This debate isn’t over til it’s over! I still suspect this “mess” to be sneaked through the U.S. Senate at some point in the future!

I couldn't agree with you more. They are not to be trusted. In whispers, under the cover of darkness these traitors will try to sneak it through. They haven't given up.

1,179 posted on 06/07/2007 10:39:54 PM PDT by NRA2BFree ("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
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To: NRA2BFree

I believe we should not get all giddy about this, because, believe me, these amnesty lovers will be back, probably sooner than later, with a new attempt to pass an amnesty immigration bill. I will sleep with one eye open.


1,180 posted on 06/07/2007 10:45:32 PM PDT by flaglady47 (Thinking out loud while grinding teeth in political frustration)
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