Do U agree with Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill The vast majority of undocumented immigrants don’t violate any laws other other than their Immigration status,” ? I must ask how would as Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill The vast majority of undocumented immigrants don’t violate any laws other other than their Immigration status,”obtain work without using fake or stolen documents are these still against the law in Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill mind ? Then there is the issue of driver’s license and insurance and taxes, is not having either against the law as well ? Take a look.The nondescript 737 jet taxied to the front of the runway line at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

Aboard the flight, 53 passengers stared out windows as their rising plane banked toward Mexico and their handcuffs glinted in the morning sun.

This is U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Flight Repatriate, a booming airline ferrying illegal immigrants out of the country.

Flying worldwide from O’Hare and 22 other airports, the so-called ICE Air planes transported more than 367,000 illegal immigrants, including 11,500 from the Chicago area, out of the U.S. from October 2007 to October 2008—a 26 percent increase over the previous fiscal year and 77 percent more than in 2006. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently called for ways to “expedite removal” of thousands more illegal immigrants. The directive surprised advocates who have been lobbying for fewer deportations while they build momentum to reintroduce Immigration reform legislation in Congress by July.

“That was a signal to me that we need to work quicker and speak more effectively to the Obama camp,” said Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who is organizing Immigration rallies in 14 cities.

“The vast majority of undocumented immigrants don’t violate any law, other than their Immigration status,” Gutierrez argued.

On board Flight Repatriate during a recent trip to the border near El Paso, Texas, the passengers embodied the dashed dreams of deported immigrants everywhere.

Some fretted over U.S.-born children. Others stewed over U.S. residency applications filed years ago. On a flight where many passengers were convicted of other U.S. crimes, still more grappled with alcoholism and other demons that make them poster targets for arrest.

“I shouted to the police: ‘Then, kill me! Kill me!’ ” Moises Rivera, 35, boasted about the January night he guzzled eight shots of whiskey and fell asleep in his car at a Little Village traffic light. In jail, he sobered up to realize he was heading back to Mexico.

Near him sat Felipe Rodriguez, who was pulled over for speeding. The sunken-eyed restaurant busboy was arrested after showing an Illinois state trooper a fake driver’s license.

“I don’t smoke; I don’t drink,” said Rodriguez, 55, describing himself as a bookworm. “My whole family is in Chicago and Indiana, where we were happy.”

More @ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-deportees-09-feb09,0,5333975.story

My comm3 class requires us to do a public speech about some topic. I thought about parents who are addicted to facebook or playing games on that site. I need links to articles, informative videos, news,preferably not blogs and and conversations. Though blogs a re appreciated if they are personal experiences written in a decent manner. thanks. I need this immediately

So i am newly Pregnant and happy, however my boyfriend is a major problem. I will NOT have an abortion that is Just not right. I have 2 girls already. My boyfriend recently started using Heroin again and has now been arrested. I have told him when he gets out to get his stuff and move out. I will not deal with the stress. He is a great guy but the drug problem I wont have. He has a 13 yr old son who’s life he has jacked up, am I wrong for making him leave, and choosing to be pregnant alone? I mean I feel its better for the baby I can’t have my baby around a junkie thoughts? Im prepared for the idiotic comments that will come!!!! PLEASE DONT TELL ME I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT BEFORE I OPENED MY LEGS THAT IS SO LAME….THE DAMAGE IS DONE OK

My friends dad died a few weeks ago. She would like for me to become her legal guardian. She is 16 and I am 19. I am all for the idea because she is a great kid with a good head on her shoulders despite being through a lot in her life. She has been staying with me for the past few days because she says she was told to leave her grandmas house. She has a younger brother age 9 who her aunt has taken guardianship of but who cruelly refuses to take her. Her grandma who she was staying with immediatley after her dads death has a meth problem, as does her uncle who lives at her grandmas house. Her biological mom was not around growing up, also has a documented meth problem, and lives about 25 minutes away. As you can see it is best that she stay with me. The only thing I need to know is since her dad died and he had custody of her, if he had no will, does her mother automatically have custody of her now, or is no one responsible for her as of now since there were no known arrangments????
P.S. I am a girl not a boy (see the avatar hehe cute girl) and we live in California if it makes a diff.

Do U agree with Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill The vast majority of undocumented immigrants don’t violate any laws other other than their Immigration status,” ? I must ask how would as Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill The vast majority of undocumented immigrants don’t violate any laws other other than their Immigration status,”obtain work without using fake or stolen documents are these still against the law in Rep. Luis Gutierrez D-Ill mind ? Then there is the issue of driver’s license and insurance and taxes, is not having either against the law as well ? Take a look.The nondescript 737 jet taxied to the front of the runway line at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

Aboard the flight, 53 passengers stared out windows as their rising plane banked toward Mexico and their handcuffs glinted in the morning sun.

This is U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Flight Repatriate, a booming airline ferrying illegal immigrants out of the country.

Flying worldwide from O’Hare and 22 other airports, the so-called ICE Air planes transported more than 367,000 illegal immigrants, including 11,500 from the Chicago area, out of the U.S. from October 2007 to October 2008—a 26 percent increase over the previous fiscal year and 77 percent more than in 2006. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently called for ways to “expedite removal” of thousands more illegal immigrants. The directive surprised advocates who have been lobbying for fewer deportations while they build momentum to reintroduce Immigration reform legislation in Congress by July.

“That was a signal to me that we need to work quicker and speak more effectively to the Obama camp,” said Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who is organizing Immigration rallies in 14 cities.

“The vast majority of undocumented immigrants don’t violate any law, other than their Immigration status,” Gutierrez argued.

On board Flight Repatriate during a recent trip to the border near El Paso, Texas, the passengers embodied the dashed dreams of deported immigrants everywhere.

Some fretted over U.S.-born children. Others stewed over U.S. residency applications filed years ago. On a flight where many passengers were convicted of other U.S. crimes, still more grappled with alcoholism and other demons that make them poster targets for arrest.

“I shouted to the police: ‘Then, kill me! Kill me!’ ” Moises Rivera, 35, boasted about the January night he guzzled eight shots of whiskey and fell asleep in his car at a Little Village traffic light. In jail, he sobered up to realize he was heading back to Mexico.

Near him sat Felipe Rodriguez, who was pulled over for speeding. The sunken-eyed restaurant busboy was arrested after showing an Illinois state trooper a fake driver’s license.

“I don’t smoke; I don’t drink,” said Rodriguez, 55, describing himself as a bookworm. “My whole family is in Chicago and Indiana, where we were happy.”

More @ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-deportees-09-feb09,0,5333975.story

Convicted felons, child molesters ,alcoholics, drug addicts, and racist.
Sean Hannity, Glen Beck, Bill O’Rielly, Oliver North, and in Oct Imus. Why does Fox News hire off the bottom of the barrel?

My fiance has a 5 year old son who he wants to regain full custody of. The boy’s maternal grandmother has had temporary custody for 4 yrs because the mother of the boy drained my fiance’s bank account, maxed his credit cards (she was a closet heroin addict) and abandoned the boy who my fiance found passed out in a highchair at the mother’s house. because he was financially taken for a loop, my fiance moved back home with his parents until he could regain some financial stability, leaving his son with the maternal grandmother who has temporary custody to this day. My fiance now is back on his feet, is a great dad and has remained in his sons life consistantly and can now provide a safe, stable environment for his son to learn and grow. contrary to her first off the record agreement, the grandmother does not wan to give up custody because the boys mother has returned and has been seeing the son (she is off drugs but still mentally unstable). what are my fiance’s chances in court?
I hope your right, however we really can’t afford a lawyer and am wondering how important a lawyer is, if neither parties have one?

Here is the thing my Fiancee use to be a big drugie when he was younger and he went to rehabe done all that. Well its been going on two years since we have been togeather but his bee off the meth for 21/2 or 3 years thats what he tells me and his family. For the past two months his family and my family even people at work are asking him whats up with his arms. He keeps telling everyone its from flea bites and keeps getting upset with everyone for asking if he back on the drugs. When his mom and brother had called him he got really pissed off and hung up the phone. His sister was staying with us for awhile and told me she knows that he isnt but she could be wrong. The reason im really thinking he is back on the drugs b/c when I went over to my moms house my step dad asked me why is his arms so broke out and yours and the kids arent. So my question is can you still get them break outs later on if your not on them and how can I tell if he is . I dont know how b/c i keep all the money.
to add more I dont know how he could be doing it since we are togeather all the time I keep all the money. The only time where not is when im at work at night and he watches the kids while im at work. so what are the withdraws of this drug and do they last this long from when he did them 2 to 3 years ago.
what is that is it where someone dont sleep?

I’m Thinking of writing a book about my personal troubles with alcohol/drugs/police and how far i’ve fallen do to alcoholism (was a straight A student in High school). I’m 21, was expelled from high school, & kicked out of college. have continued to make stupid choices, a week ago was arrested and charged with theft by extortion, in which case i’ve been contacted by several large news stations wanting more info. trying to decide whether it would be a good use of my time to put my experiences in writing. My target audience would probably be for teens (13-17), and i’m hoping parents would buy the book for their kids. thoughts much appreciated! thanks

Seriously? Who cares what anyone else is doing every second of there life?? I sure don’t. I’m so sick of hearing about Twitter!!! I turn on the 5:00 news, and there all “oh you can see us on twitter” bla, bla, bla…dude, if I need to find your local news show on twitter, I suck! Who agrees???? Anyone disagree?

if you found out you had a mother that was a single person but she decided to keep the first child and not you because she feared raising two children alone and struggled with the one she had but didnt give him up? however you live with a family that wasnt struggling…how would you feel? the father is a heroin addict so he is no good as well and the other child has no father. what would you feel?
would you have wished she had gotten an abortion instead of puting you through all that?

My 24 yr old daughter is hooked on crank. She already lost her 7yr old to CPS who put her in fostercare, then gave to her dad who she never saw since he was 1 because he beat my daughter.he’s the one who got my girl started on crank at 16. I raised grandchild 1st 2 years, but court says dad has right to her because now he test no meth in body, only pot and they say in calif that’s something they will work with him on. He just wanted out of paying child support. Now she is 7 months preg w/another baby and says oh baby is fine. But I think baby will test with crank in its system and CPS will take it too. SHe can’t take care of her self, I know that, but I am scared they put baby in foster care instead of giving to me to take care of. The CPS worker very mean and I think maybe I should get lawyer? Don’t know what to do, but want to know if baby will be born with drugs in system? This baby has dad in jail already for drugs too. My daughter trying to go to rehab, but none take CA Medical.

I haven’t personally encountered anyone else in my community who has actually seen this guy, but he’s been on CNN for a long time and I can’t help but wonder if CNN knows what it’s doing? I understand that they are attempting to “balance” the news, but I really think they go overboard with a “nut case” like this (no offense to anyone else). This guy has the most illogical, irresponsible, inconceivable answers for current events imaginable–and I can’t help but believe that he is mentally unbalanced.(Again, no offense to anyone else….it’s just that I can’t believe this is a person that would be tolerated by a national network for mass broadcast). I do realize that his alcoholism and his late-in-life conversion to Mormonism no doubt taint his view of lots of things, but he has consistently taken outrageous (and wrong) positions on everything from global warming to Bible interpretation. He talks about common sense but has none. Why does CNN continue to give this loose cannon a platform?
Nancy Grace is an entire other matter for another time, but the comments from Seedna below are so exactly RIGHT ON that it makes one wonder–again–WHAT IS CNN THINKING???? No one wants to listen to Nancy Grace convict someone before their trial, and no one wants to see pictures of her twins EVERY DAY (Most of us didn’t even want to see them ONCE!)

I can’t speak to my husband about this because although he, too, has had enough, he is not a “take charge” kind of man. I have to exclude him from my thought process….

Here is the thing… I’m tempted to go over my mother-in-law’s and even my husband’s head to get my mother-in-law help. I know legally I cannot do anything because we are not blood relatives, but I’m desperate and thinking of informing her parents of her instability…

We’ve all had a pretty rough year. My mother-in-law’s current husband went to inpatient rehab for alcoholism and since we wanted to get back on our feet financially anyway, my husband and I moved in with her to help her and to save us all some money. Well, her husband was a horrible person to begin with and now that he is sober and found a new chance at life, he doesn’t want to spend it with her and told her so last week after we have gone broke getting him help. Well, she was already pretty unstable as it was but when she heard that news, I think she has gone off the deep end for the worse. She is driving up there to see him this weekend and beg for him back (which we all know won’t work, drunk or not everyone knew he would leave her) and she is making our life a living hell with her emotions. She constantly snaps at my husband for no reason, she is demanding money so she can skip work because she is “depressed” and she won’t eat or sleep. I’m fairly close to her parents and would have no problem going to them if I knew that was the best thing… but should I? Her parents are fairly in the dark about any of her behavior half the time because she refuses to tell them anything personal about herself. This would no doubt shock them, but could it be a good solution?

Please help…

I’m kind of addicted to it but I don’t think its healthy for me.

i have called a hot line and have someone calling me in the next 24 hrs to get him into a rehab…well the calling was the easy part the rehab is the hard one. he took a seboxin and a percocet and he is sick. he has been on heroin, methadone, vicodin, percocet, morphine, and i have been letting him stay here for a few weeks because we have a daughter that is 2 yrs old and she loves the heck outta him. he leaves everynight and does his thing. but during the day he is a jerk and sweats and i just dont know what to do. we were together for 3 yrs and have been split up for 2 yrs and i just dot know what to do. i am afraid he is going to kill himself.

i need to find cases where this has happened to convince authorities that it is possible. Maybe other cases of false positives or studies. Please help,i am a single dad and sole care giver for my 12 yr.old son. I need help.

Chinese prostitutes = slaves

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/47976

U.S. Will Pay $2.6 Million to Train Chinese Prostitutes to Drink Responsibly on the Job
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
By Edwin Mora

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(CNSNews.com) — The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAA), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will pay $2.6 million in U.S. tax dollars to train Chinese prostitutes to drink responsibly on the job.

Dr. Xiaoming Li, the researcher conducting the program, is director of the Prevention Research Center at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.

Remember the Chinese Culture Revolution? HAHAHA…. maybe it will happen again… and the the rich geeks will be kick out of China…. .. WalMart will paint their trucks with a US flag again

Its a great sport, I agree but having a 5min tidbit on every news report about how good the last game was a bit tad too much.