Yeah, I’m an American citizen, and one of the things that’s been bothering me for the longest time is Michelle Obama having quote saying she now likes this country. All of a sudden she likes this country. Where was she before? You mean to tell me that she’s an American citizen that loves this country? Then why would she open her mouth and say that? Apparently she’s not from here. – Thank you.
My name is Neil Abernathe, just to get the preliminaries out of the way, and I think it’s a nice thing to have a thing called Sound Off. Uh, I came from a very highly concentrated area of Chicago, and it contained illegal immigrants from all over the world, and specifically I have nothing against anyone. However, having been associated with the Mexican population in very high concentrations, I very often heard them talk about how they wanted to take over the United States. And that I heard easily more than five years ago, which is a scary thought. I’d like to think there is not an underlying, uh, conspiracy theory about this and that this is what might happen to the United States. Thank you.
Yes, this is Neil Abernathe again, and I thought maybe I could slip in another minute. In addition to the fact that they brought it up to me that they’d like to take over the United States at a couple of intervals, I think I interjected to them, not just Mexicans, but there were people from other countries there at the time that I had mentioned this. I said that rather than us busting our humps to patrol the huge area along the Mexican area, the thing to do would be to take and accept all of Mexico as the United States, which means we’d only have to patrol the southern-most border of Mexico and give them all the entitlement to the United States.
Hi, my name is Israel, and I want to answer to whoever it was talking about the 550,000 illegal immigrants, and that it’s costing $2 billion and what not. Okay, that your grandparents came from Poland legally. Come on, you know that’s not fair. I bet you, all they did was get off the boat, go to some office and apply for legal status, which they probably got right then and there. They were probably running away from something that A.H. did. My point is that they had it easy back then. And trust me, a lot of these people are doing this for the same reason that your grandparents did it for. It might not be genocide, but the way things are, it might as well be.
What happened to our U.S. Constitution under which congress is to make the laws and the president is to enforce the laws? The system in vogue today is for the president to nullify any law with which he does not agree by simply signing an executive order that effectively makes the law null and void. Consider what happened in the closing days of the recent debate on health care. A number of congressmen opposed the bill because it included provisions that would overturn current laws that prohibited the use of public funds to pay for abortions. To calm these fears and to regain the votes needed to pass the bill, President Obama pledged that if such provisions were in the final bill he would negate them by signing an executive order that prohibited his staff from enforcing that part of the law. Today U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton sanctioned this principle. In ruling against Arizona’s immigration law she said that the Arizona law (which was in complete accord with the federal laws) interfered with the president’s “policy” to not enforce the federal immigration laws. Let’s submit this newly found power of the president to a test. We have a federal income-tax law. What if the president decided to institute a new policy by signing an executive order that prohibited the IRS from collecting taxes from union members?
I found the Bogus Ad. It is the Corporate Umbrella Girl ad. My name is (leaves Bogus Ad contest entry information). Thank you.
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While we do not yet know the full extent of the impacts of the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, it is clear that the damage is catastrophic, with risks to the health of marine wildlife, fisheries and coastal economies. It is also clear that our continued dependence on oil is unacceptable. There will also be long-term impacts from a changing climate if we continue to rely on polluting fossil fuels. Climate change is one of today’s greatest threats to ecosystem integrity, fish and wildlife, human coastal settlements and economic development. As our senators head back to Washington they should know their constituents expect them to get right to work and pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation that significantly reduces global-warming pollutants by putting a price on carbon; protects our wildlife and natural resources from the impacts of climate change; and prevents future disasters like the Gulf spill by prohibiting any new drilling off our coasts. – Michael Shores
In America all of its citizens are supposed to be treated equally under the law. That includes citizens of all colors, all races and all religions. But it also includes citizens of all income levels. It includes the newly married couple that are paying on a $100,000 mortgage for their new starter home and the 50-year-old couple that, after working, improving their job skills and saving for thirty years, are paying on a $400,000 mortgage on their home. Some government officials, like Shirley Sherrod, have belatedly come to realize that they are supposed to treat black and white people equally. This is progress. But Shirley Sherrod appears to believe that “poor” people, like the newly married couple, may be treated differently than the “haves” like the 50-year-old couple. I submit that Shirley still has another step to learn. She must realize that her job is to also apply the law equally to all people regardless of her personal feelings as to their economic class.
I’d like to report the huge political signs are very dangerous. I for one can say, because it flew up and came flying up at me in my car – and don’t think it wasn’t scary. And then fortunately it didn’t break my glass because my wheels caught it and dragged it under. But on down there’s another one just hanging by a thread, and these winds are going to whip some. I feel sorry for the poor little people, the ladies that might not be able to act as quickly as I did to prevent an accident in my car. But I’m really concerned about some of these seniors. Fortunately I was able to react quickly and that I didn’t run off the road. I’d like to report that because these politicians could be sued if somebody is killed or injured. This is Dr. Clemens. Thank you.
I know not to believe everything I read in the papers or see on TV is true, even when, and especially if, it is presented as a fact. Your “factoid” saying, “There are more people alive on earth today than have ever died” simply isn’t true. Check: http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/dead.asp. Now you can present that as a “factoid” in your Rumors section. – Prasad
Uh, this is a message for Sound Off. Uh, I don’t have a computer. The only thing that America has to fear is fear itself of eventual Muslim takeover of our constitutional rights for their own agenda. That fear is a warning. It is real. They will win unless Americans stand up and fight for no Muslim phony integration at 9-11 sacred ground. Period. Thank you for printing it, but probably nobody got the message. Pooh!
Yes, I would just like to say kudos. I picked up The Times for the first time a few days ago – I believe it was Saturday – and I was very impressed with the paper. I enjoyed it. And I just wanted to tell you all that I appreciate in these very difficult times that people can still pick up a newspaper and read it and it doesn’t cost us. So I appreciate you all for publishing it. Thank you.
