Tag: culture
member name: California Yankee
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May 30, 2006 09:33 AM EDT --
I received this in an e-mail. I hope it brightens your day.
Dear President Bush:
I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. . . . more
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May 03, 2006 05:06 PM EDT --
A new Zogby poll of likely voters, found Americans prefer the House of Representatives' enforcement-only bill by 2-1 over Senate proposals to legalize illegal immigrants and greatly increase legal . . . more
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June 05, 2006 10:48 AM EDT --
Writing in the Washington Post, Peter Wehner, director of the White House's Office of Strategic Initiatives, offers some evidence that things are not as bad as the news leads us to believe.
Wehner . . . more
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June 11, 2006 08:22 AM EDT --
A new Rasmussen poll finds Americans feel good about life.
Two-out-of-three Americans (68%) rate their own life as good or excellent, while 22% rate their own life as fair and 9% say life is poor.
Those . . . more
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April 23, 2006 03:31 PM EDT --
The Associated Press reports most Mexicans accept illegal immigration as a fact of life they can't imagine changing:
Mexico's economy, society and political system are built around the . . . more
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May 01, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
The Boston Herald reports new national polls show Americans are feeling less sympathy toward illegal aliens.
A Zogby International poll, conducted between March 31 and April 3, 2006, found . . . more
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May 24, 2006 08:39 AM EDT --
The Senate voted 58-40 to increase penalties for hiring undocumented workers. Fines would be doubled to $20,000 and repeat offenders could be sentenced to prison for up to three years.
Increasing penalties . . . more
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June 13, 2006 09:18 AM EDT --
Deployment of National Guard troops along the Mexican border has scared off illegal Mexican migrants, significantly reducing illegal border crossings:
U.S. authorities said Monday that detentions along . . . more
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May 19, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua condemn the plan to build hundreds of miles of triple-layered fencing along parts of the U.S. - Mexican border. The countries claim saying the . . . more
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May 01, 2006 11:00 PM EDT --
ABC News reports the United States Bureau of Education commissioned a Spanish-language version of "The Star Spangled Banner" in 1919:
The bureau called the song "La Bandera de las estrellas." . . . more
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May 25, 2006 05:13 PM EDT --
According to the Associated Press, after five years a "National Moment of Remembrance" hasn't caught on. How could there be such a general lack of interest in adding a moment of remembrance, . . . more
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April 20, 2006 03:22 PM EDT --
1,200 illegal aliens and seven managers were arrested in raids at IFCO Systems plants in 26 states
According to Reuters, the seven managers were charged with conspiracy to transport, harbor and encourage . . . more
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April 28, 2006 08:44 AM EDT --
It's bad enough that Mexico interferes in the internal affairs of the U.S. by encouraging illegal immigration and even supporting demonstrations in the U.S. supporting rights for illegal aliens, but . . . more
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May 15, 2006 08:16 PM EDT --
The following excerpts from President Bush's address to the nation (as prepared for delivery) have been released.
On the President's vision for comprehensive immigration reform:
We are . . . more
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May 18, 2006 12:10 AM EDT --
Wisconsin Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner accused President Bush of abandoning the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act the House passed in December:
"He basically . . . more
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May 22, 2006 06:46 PM EDT --
Fort Worth's Star-Telegram reports more political correctness run amok.
An elementary school principal chose to censor the motto "In God We Trust" from an oversize nickel depicted . . . more
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May 17, 2006 10:14 AM EDT --
The public is split on President Bush's Immigration address, half disappointed, half impressed. That's the finding of an overnight Zogby poll .
Overall, 47% said they liked the Monday speech, . . . more
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May 17, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
The Washington Times reports President Bush said yesterday that he would not accept any bill from Congress that does not include a guest-worker program and provisions to grant citizenship to at least some . . . more
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May 22, 2006 10:04 PM EDT --
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
The current migration of Mexicans and Central Americans to the United States is one of the largest diasporas in modern history, experts say.
Roughly 10% of Mexico's . . . more
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July 19, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
The House failed to overturn President Bush's veto of legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The vote was 235-193, 51 short of the required two-thirds majority. . . . more
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