Just remember, though, Jorge Bush said that family values don’t stop at the Rio Grande. So they’ll continue to smack their women around here just as they did there.

Link to full text of “Nowhere to Turn”, Detroit Free Press 5/18/08:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080518/NEWS07/805180603

Excerpt:

“Six out of 10 Mexican women have suffered some form of violence inflicted by their spouses or partners, according to government studies. In 2006, more than 80% of women who were killed were slain in their own homes.

The National Institute for Women in Mexico reports that twice as many Mexican women suffer abuse than the worldwide average.Domestic abuse a major problem

Six out of 10 Mexican women have suffered some form of violence inflicted by their spouses or partners, according to government studies. In 2006, more than 80% of women who were killed were slain in their own homes.

The National Institute for Women in Mexico reports that twice as many Mexican women suffer abuse than the worldwide average.

“The problem is violence against women is ingrained in our culture,” said Liliana Rojero Luevano, the institute’s executive secretary. “It’s considered natural.”

(See link above for full text.)

My, my….you poor thing - I feel sorry for you.

Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Ted Stevens, Alaska
Mark Pryor, Arkansas
Wayne Allard, Colorado
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Larry Craig, Idaho
Dick Durbin, Illinois
Tom Harkin, Iowa
Pat Roberts, Kansas
Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
Mary Landrieu, Louisiana
Susan Collins, Maine
John Kerry, Massachusetts
Carl Levin, Michigan
Norm Coleman, Minnesota
Thad Cochran, Mississippi
Jim Talent, Missouri
Max Baucus, Montana
Chuck Hagel, Nebraska
John Sununu, New Hampshire
Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey
Pete Domenici, New Mexico *already announced retirement
Elizabeth Dole, North Carolina
James Inhofe, Oklahoma
Gordon Smith, Oregon
John Reed, Rhode Island
Lindsay Graham, South Carolina
Tim Johnson, South Dakota
Lamar Alexander, Tennessee
John Cornyn, Texas
John Warner, Virginia *********************************
John Rockefeller, West Virginia (and also west va.) **************
Michael Enzi, Wyoming
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I’m not going to this thing. I will send an e-mail telling them I’m sick and tired of the whole mess, and that I’m not going to wait until they’re up for re-election to do something about it.

Don’t forget that more people vote for the American Idol than in a general election. Something to think about. I guess it was all about Davids this year.

Who’s the idiot? It was on last night as well. My niece watches it.

Yup, I like American Idol. I enjoy seeing talent. Certainly you don’t think I would see it on a blog do you? However, I don’t vote. Does that make me a bad person? (sarcasm button off)

Virginia Commission on Immigration
c/o Matt Gross
7 North Eight Street, 6th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219

Bring back the GONG SHOW!

Last night, Democratic Leadership partially capitulated and agreed to strip three of the four immigration amendments from the Iraq War Funding Bill that is on the Senate floor this week.

The move came when Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) made a point of order under Senate Rule 16, which prohibits legislating policy on an appropriations bill. The parliamentarian agreed, and stripped the following amendments:

The AgJobs Amendment that would have granted amnesty to 1.35 million agricultural workers and their families;
The Murray-Gregg Amendment that would have made approximately 218,000 more green cards available for multinational executives and so-called “highly skilled workers” by “recapturing” visas from as far back as 1994; and
The Leahy Amendment that would have extended for 5-years a program that helps wealthy investors get green cards.
However, Senate sources tell us that the Mikulski H-2B amendment - an amendment that could lead to hundreds of thousands of new unskilled H-2B guest workers flooding the labor market in only a few years - is still in the Iraq War Funding Bill. This is because the Iraq War Funding Bill is being considered in two parts and point of order raised by Senator Menendez only applied to the first part. The H-2B provision is in the second.

Please keep calling your Senators until Democratic Leadership strips this final special-interest immigration amendment from the Iraq War Funding Bill! Tell them that you oppose importing tens of thousands of new unskilled (H-2B) guest workers to appease corporate interests—and especially when the economy is struggling.

We heard throughout the day that your calls put intense pressure on Senators across the country. One staffer told us that the phones were “lighting up like a Christmas tree.” Please help us make sure Congress looks out for the American people and not special interests.

To find your Senators’ phone numbers, click here.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
DC Office (202) 224-3542
District Office (702) 388-5020

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
DC Office (202) 224-2541
District Office (502) 582-6304

I don’t know if the links will work but google your state senators name for the numbers to find if this link doesn’t work

Stirrup will be joined by representatives from Prince William County Neighborhood Services, Prince William County Police Neighborhood Watch and Prince William County Clean Community Council.

Each representative will speak on the services they provide and join in a question and answer session. The award winning Stonewall Middle School Dance Team is scheduled to perform.

A clean up day is scheduled for June 7. Residents are invited to rid their homes and properties of items that are unwanted or cannot be stored properly. Dumpsters will be available at Sudley Elementary School from 8 a.m. until noon on June 7. Other dates for subsequent clean ups around the County are listed at http://www.pwcgov.org/junk or call 703-792-7018.

Stirrup holds Quarterly Town Hall Meetings to provide an opportunity for Gainesville District residents to receive updated information and have their questions answered. For more information, call 703-792-6195.

The Immigration Commission’s website has a link to the law that created it, and that law defines immigrant as:

G. As used in this article:

“Immigrant” means any individual not a citizen or national of the United States, whether or not lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
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So I believe the commission’s purpose is to study and report on the effects of both legal and illegal immigration. Assuming I am correct, remarks concerning illegal immigration would be appropriate.