Jeb Bush has a principled stand on immigration. Several, in fact.
Last summer, Jeb Bush was in favor of offering illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. As he told Charlie Rose:
“You have to deal with this issue. You can’t ignore it, and so either a path to citizenship, which I would support — and that does put me probably out of the mainstream of most conservatives — or a path to legalization, a path to residency of some kind.”
In his new book, “Immigration Wars: Forging an American Solution”, Bush comes out in stalwart opposition to citizenship.
“It is absolutely vital to the integrity of our immigration system that actions have consequences — in this case, that those who violated the law can remain but cannot obtain the cherished fruits of citizenship. To do otherwise would signal once again that people who circumvent the system can still obtain the full benefits of American citizenship.”
Today on “Morning Joe”, Bush was back to his initial position. Kind of … He repeatedly stressed that the book was written last year, as if something had happened recently to alter what in the book seems to be a strong, principle-based opposition to a path to citizenship. He also argued that a path to legalization would not create a magnet for future illegal immigration, while a path to citizenship somehow would.
“If you don’t have a difference between a path to citizenship or a path to legalization, you’re going to create a magnet going forward for more illegal immigration. So going forward — we wrote this last year — going forward, if there is a difference, if you can craft that in law where you can have a path to citizenship where there isn’t an incentive for people to come illegally, I’m for it. I don’t have a problem with that.”
A couple of points:
1.) The Bush flip-flop-flip has angered veterans of Mitt Romney’s campaign, which last year felt stranded on unpopular ground with the candidate’s “self-deportation” approach.
“Where the hell was this Jeb Bush during the campaign?” one advisor told the Miami Herald. “He spent all this time criticizing Romney and it turns out he has basically the same position. So he wants people to go back to their country and apply for citizenship? Well, that’s self deportation. We got creamed for talking about that. And now Jeb is saying the same thing.”
2.) The distinction that Bush attempts to draw between legalization and citizenship in fact has little real consequence. Those who have immigrated here illegally were drawn by jobs, the chance to escape Third World living conditions or greater opportunity for their children. Getting U.S. citizenship was way, way down on their list. A nice possibility, maybe, but hardly a deciding factor.
The notion that a path to legalization would be a less powerful magnet than a path to citizenship makes no sense, and Bush is smart enough to know it. But when you’re caught tacking to the right when the political winds are blowing left, and when you have ambitions of becoming the third consecutive Republican president named Bush, you have to scramble a bit.
– Jay Bookman
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Soothsayer
March 5th, 2013
8:24 pm
Yeah, josef, he was poor as a church mouse until he received his inheritance from his Father.
godless heathen - owner of many things he does not need
March 5th, 2013
8:25 pm
NPR has a positive review of Chavez’s many talents and capabilities
No kidding
So absurd
The Heathen was interviewed on GPB today. Now that’s absurd.
godless heathen - owner of many things he does not need
March 5th, 2013
8:29 pm
…you talk about a waste of your taxpayer’s dollar.
Speaking of principled stand...or, was that promised stand
March 5th, 2013
8:31 pm
“I promise 100% transparency in my administration.”.
“I promise NO NEW TAXES on a family making less than $250K a year.”.
“I will allow 5 days of public comment before I sign any bills.”.
“I will remove earmarks from PORK projects before I sign any bill.”.
“I will end Income Tax for seniors making less than $50K a year.”.
“I will bring ALL of our troops home within ONE year.”
“I’ll put the Health Care negotiations on CSPAN so everyone can see who is at the table!”.
“I’ll have no lobbyists in my administration.”
“I’ll close Guantanamo.”
“I’ll resign if I don’t cut the deficit in half by the end of four years.”
“I’ll unite the people of this great country.”
Jm
March 5th, 2013
8:31 pm
Jimmy carter
“”President Chávez will be remembered for his bold assertion of autonomy and independence for Latin American governments and for his formidable communication skills and personal connection with supporters in his country and abroad to whom he gave hope and empowerment,” Carter said. “We hope that as Venezuelans mourn the passing of President Chávez and recall his positive legacies – especially the gains made for the poor and vulnerable – the political leaders will move the country forward by building a new consensus that ensures equal opportunities for all Venezuelans to participate in every aspect of national life.”
barking frog
March 5th, 2013
8:33 pm
Were I so inclined, Joseph would be my choice for
Chief Saint because he accepted the child from his
virgin bride and I can imagine him at the cross saying
well, I raised you right, taught you a trade but your
obsession with your godly aspirations has brought you
this bad end…
Tundra Dude
March 5th, 2013
8:34 pm
Josef:
At one time Louisiana (and the French Caribbean) had 64 racial classifications. They finally got it down to 16 and then to eight
Homus Bizzarro!!
(maybe they required all these classifications for their affirmative action programs…?)
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
March 5th, 2013
8:34 pm
Speaking of principled stand…or, was that promised stand
The smoking gun is the mushroom cloud.
We will be greeted as liberators.
Recon 0311 2533
March 5th, 2013
8:37 pm
All this about Jeb Bush when we have king flip flop in the oval office. A Jeb Bush/Rubio ticket in 016 could be interesting.
Soothsayer
March 5th, 2013
8:40 pm
For those astute among you, this is a time to quietly sell into strength and buy into weakness.
If you are long stocks, don’t wait too long. (Think housing market, 2006.) You may not be able to unwind your positions without significant losses. There may never be another opportunity like this to buy gold.
The stock market is defying gravity with Fed cash, while gold is shorted like crazy by the “big houses.” You’ll thank me later.
godless heathen - owner of many things he does not need
March 5th, 2013
8:42 pm
All this about Jeb Bush when we have king flip flop in the oval office. A Jeb Bush/Rubio ticket in 016 could be interesting.
They’ll take Florida’s 29 electoral votes. A few more than that will be needed.
Jm
March 5th, 2013
8:45 pm
Godless
Recon 0311 2533
March 5th, 2013
8:46 pm
They’ll take Florida’s 29 electoral votes. A few more than that will be needed.
Jeb Bush’s wife is Hispanic and with Rubio as his running mate they could make a good showing with the Hispanic voters.
godless heathen - owner of many things he does not need
March 5th, 2013
8:47 pm
There may never be another opportunity like this to buy gold.
heathen is getting that new grill and a chain tomorrow!
Doggone/GA
March 5th, 2013
8:54 pm
“Jeb Bush’s wife is Hispanic and with Rubio as his running mate they could make a good showing with the Hispanic voters.”
Sure. Should work at least as well as Sarah Palin getting McCain the female vote
Welcome to the Occupation
March 5th, 2013
9:00 pm
All staged, obviously. (He was just a dictator, you see.)
Venezuelans pour into streets to mourn Hugo Chavez
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hundreds of anguished Venezuelans poured into the streets of downtown Caracas crying, hugging each other and shouting slogans in support of President Hugo Chavez after learning of his death Tuesday.
….
http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Venezuelans-pour-into-streets-to-mourn-Hugo-Chavez-4330894.php#photo-4285936
godless heathen - owner of many things he does not need
March 5th, 2013
9:07 pm
Sure. Should work at least as well as Sarah Palin getting McCain the female vote
+1
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
March 5th, 2013
9:07 pm
Well, we need to send somebody to the Chavez funeral. Somebody’s that’s a complete phony and can act all cry-baby while kinda rejoicing inside.
Seems to be we can’t send anybody from the embassy down there. They already kicked two of them out and they might could arrest any of them that show up for the funeral. Besides, the mobs are liable to beat any American up. We need somebody that’s used to getting all beat up.
So my vote’s for sending Frank Sinkus.
Kam -- you're losing it bud. I can't even guess what you're trying to say
March 5th, 2013
9:13 pm
The smoking gun is the mushroom cloud.
We will be greeted as liberators.
La revolucion
March 5th, 2013
9:25 pm
Viva la Chavez!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
March 5th, 2013
9:25 pm
So my vote’s for sending Frank Sinkus.
I’ll second that.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kam — you’re losing it bud. I can’t even guess what you’re trying to say
I’ll act shocked and awed if it will make you feel any better.
They call me MISTER JamVet.
March 5th, 2013
9:27 pm
The smoking gun is the mushroom cloud.
We will be greeted as liberators.
And….
Romney in a landslide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3cGxlZjMWU
appleseed
March 5th, 2013
9:28 pm
I think Chavez loved more by his people than americans love President Obama.
Josef
March 5th, 2013
9:30 pm
La revolution
So nice of you to be thinking of his wife.
Tundra
I know it was said in jest, but, yeah it had an element of that to it…each classification had it’s own particular set asides…
Soothsayer
March 5th, 2013
9:33 pm
$7K cash found at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (AJC)
ATLANTA —
Pamela North Hollowaay said she found an envelope full of cash along the curb outside the Park & Ride deck at the International Terminal where she works part time at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
“I showed the money to the [shuttle] driver then I went right inside and turned it in right away,” North Hollowaay told Channel 2’s Shae Rozzi.
She said she watched as her supervisor counted the money and contacted the Atlanta Police Department’s airport precinct to pick it up.
Dang! That’s where I left it. Now, if you folks would mind, I would appreciate it if you would just run that out here to my house!
Soothsayer
March 5th, 2013
9:35 pm
Oh! and don’t forget: We can use the oil money to pay for the war. How did that work out?
They call me MISTER JamVet.
March 5th, 2013
9:38 pm
I think Cuba is loved more by its people than Republicans love America.
Pedal steel guitar by Bernie Leadon…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_M_27ciAKI
Tundra Dude
March 5th, 2013
9:40 pm
Josef:
I know it was said in jest, but, yeah it had an element of that to it…each classification had it’s own particular set asides…
Exactly, jest!
What are you….a history professor…??
stands for decibels
March 5th, 2013
9:41 pm
I have posted the sht TWICE for you now dB. I can’t help it if you didn;’t read it of have consciously decided NOT to believe what the MAN HIMSELF, Maulana Karenga, had to say about it.
I have read it. you either don’t know what the word “racist” actually means, or you’re just a liar. possibly both.
keith
March 5th, 2013
9:42 pm
hugo is dead. great news.
JKL2
March 5th, 2013
9:43 pm
Jay-
Good to see you are still stuck in campaign mode like our president. If you’re not keeping up with current, events, your guy won. No need to spend the next four years bashing anyone you feel will be a Republican candidate in 2016.
Soothsayer
March 5th, 2013
9:43 pm
1. Saddam had weapons of mass destruction.
2. Saddam had “yellow cake” uranium from Nigeria.
3. Saddam had “aluminum tubes” for enriching uranium.
4. Saddam was involved (somehow) in 9/11/2001.
5. Saudi Arabian “terrorists” hijacked and flew airliners into the WTC towers I, II, and 7, whereupon they each “collapsed” in a cloud of fine dust killing 3,000 Americans.
Only one of these statements is not a lie, right?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
March 5th, 2013
9:44 pm
hugo is dead. great news.
So is Andrew Breitbart. Likewise.
td
March 5th, 2013
9:44 pm
godless heathen – owner of many things he does not need
March 5th, 2013
8:42 pm
All this about Jeb Bush when we have king flip flop in the oval office. A Jeb Bush/Rubio ticket in 016 could be interesting.
They’ll take Florida’s 29 electoral votes. A few more than that will be needed.
Can not have the President and the VP from the same state.
keith
March 5th, 2013
9:44 pm
obama: water boarding foreign terrorists is bad. assassinating American citizens IN THIS COUNTRY is ok. u\
Josef
March 5th, 2013
9:45 pm
Tundra
Just not a MAJOR one?
Okay, gotta run…g’night all
Fred ™
March 5th, 2013
9:45 pm
Lie this bitch:
Racist:
Dictionary.com
1. the belief that races have distinctive cultural characteristics determined by hereditary factors and that this endows some races with an intrinsic superiority over others
2. abusive or aggressive behaviour towards members of another race on the basis of such a belief
Meriam/Webster
1
: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2: racial prejudice or discrimination
The Free dictionary:
Adj. 1. racist – based on racial intolerance; “racist remarks”
racial – of or characteristic of race or races or arising from differences among groups; “racial differences”; “racial discrimination”
2. racist – discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religionracist – discriminatory especially on the basis of race or religion
td
March 5th, 2013
9:46 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
March 5th, 2013
9:44 pm
hugo is dead. great news.
So is Andrew Breitbart. Likewise.
I guess if I said the same thing about MLK then that would be an acceptable statement to you as well.
keith
March 5th, 2013
9:46 pm
liberals love socialist thugs like hugo chavez, they hate patriotic Americans that expose corruption in zeros administration.
stands for decibels
March 5th, 2013
9:49 pm
You forgot Definition #3:
“Anyone who gets Fred all butthurt because he couldn’t play in someone-or-other’s reindeer games.”
There, there. You’ll be ok, really you will.
JKL2
March 5th, 2013
9:50 pm
welcome- Venezuelans pour into streets to mourn Hugo Chavez
Like the Russians did when Stalin died. When your whole life is dependent on the government and your meal ticket dies, there’s alot of fear and unrest.
Good thing we haven’t devolved into that kind of Democratic utopia in this country.
Welcome to the Occupation
March 5th, 2013
9:50 pm
“liberals love socialist thugs like hugo chavez, they hate patriotic Americans that expose corruption in zeros administration.”
Drink!
YouLibs
March 5th, 2013
9:51 pm
keith
Where you live is not reality.
Hope that helps.
JKL2
March 5th, 2013
9:52 pm
redneck- Well, we need to send somebody to the Chavez funeral. Somebody’s that’s a complete phony and can act all cry-baby while kinda rejoicing inside
It’s the VP’s job and Biden has that goofy act down cold.
Orange13
March 5th, 2013
9:52 pm
Come on people. You’re missing Hannity!
Soothsayer
March 5th, 2013
9:55 pm
“Come on people. You’re missing Hannity!”
I miss Vannity like a butt boil.
They call me MISTER JamVet.
March 5th, 2013
9:57 pm
I still laugh when I think about how that chubby Venezuelan said the UN still smelled like sulfur the day after W left.
you gotta admit, that was pretty damn funny.
keith, easy there cowboy! You’ve been doing better lately.
Don’t go all Chr*stian Conservative/!tchy F!nger/St*rm Tr**per on us again…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_aB_glnKxc
stands for decibels
March 5th, 2013
10:00 pm
I still laugh when I think about how that chubby Venezuelan said the UN still smelled like sulfur the day after W left.
Actually, I thought it was a pretty a-holish thing to say, at the time, and I still do.
/drive-by
Orange13
March 5th, 2013
10:07 pm
“It’s the VP’s job and Biden has that goofy act down cold.”
Yeah, maybe he will bring his double barrel shotgun. I’d pay 10 dollars to watch that.
kayaker 71
March 5th, 2013
10:09 pm
It’s a real shame that the chubby little socialist down south took a hit. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.
appleseed
March 5th, 2013
10:13 pm
He called Bush the antichrist.Also called him a jackasss or donkey can’t remember for sure.Do remember heck of an insult to the animal which ever.
Those silly union 47%'ers of your president are at it again...
March 5th, 2013
10:14 pm
A school district is attempting to force teachers to pay union dues for the next 10 years, despite being located in Michigan, which is now a right-to-work state that specifically prohibits mandatory unionization.
Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state in December. But the law doesn’t take effect until March 28 — giving unions time to grandfather in their contracts if they can get them approved before the deadline. As part of this effort, the Taylor School District approved an entirely separate “union security agreement” that will force teachers to keep paying the union until 2023.
Under the security agreement, teachers’ only options will be to pay union dues, or pay an agency fee amounting to about $800 a year.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/05/teachers-fight-back-after-union-locks-in-dues-payments-for-next-10-years/#ixzz2Mj3Uni82
jhunt163
March 5th, 2013
10:14 pm
It’s a real shame that the chubby little socialist down south took a hit. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy.
At least he apparently left $2 Billion to his family. Nice champion of the people.
td
March 5th, 2013
10:19 pm
04:46 PM ET
Holder: Drone strike against Americans in the U.S. possible
Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday stopped short of entirely ruling out a drone strike against an American citizen on U.S. soil—without trial.
Holder’s comment came in a letter to Sen. Rand Paul. Paul had sent a letter to President Obama’s CIA director nominee John Brennan asking for the administration’s views on the president’s power to authorize lethal force.
In the letter, Holder said “It is possible I suppose to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States. “
In a separate letter, Brennan told Paul that the CIA has no such authority.
The nomination passed its first hurdle Tuesday with the Senate intelligence committee voting to approve the nomination in a 12-3 vote. Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia said he voted against the nomination because of inconsistencies in Brennan’s testimony.
Earlier in the day, the White House agreed to provide legal documents written by Justice Department officials explaining the legal rationale for targeting Americans overseas who are involved in terror-related activities that threatened America or American interests.
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/05/holder-drone-strike-against-americans-in-the-u-s-possible/?hpt=hp_t2
appleseed
March 5th, 2013
10:20 pm
Christie/Rubio better combo.Christie being Govn.democrat state will give him much experience.
Welcome to the Occupation
March 5th, 2013
10:22 pm
kayaker : “It’s a real shame that the chubby little socialist down south took a hit. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy. ”
Better show some class now. Otherwise some of us will be checking up on you to see if you’re whining and wailing to high heavens at all the brutal comments when the great “Iron Lady”, Miss Thatcher passes. You know the day’s coming.
appleseed
March 5th, 2013
10:32 pm
What would be difference drone,lethal force than burning a man up?Or remember waco?Both blamed on tear gas.Ruby ridge also.
bman.
March 5th, 2013
10:40 pm
The Occuguy seems to really be torn up over this Chavez thing….
Everything will be okay
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
March 5th, 2013
10:46 pm
For those of you who may have missed this yesterday …………….
MY LAZY GUN
“Today I swung my front door wide open and placed my Stevens 320 right in the doorway. I gave it 6 shells, and noticing that it had no legs, even placed it in my wheelchair to help it get around. I then left it alone and went about my business.
While I was gone, the mailman delivered my mail, the neighbor boy across the street mowed the yard, a girl walked her dog down the street, and quite a few cars stopped at the stop sign right in front of our house.
After about an hour, I checked on the gun. It was still sitting there in the wheelchair, right where I had left it. It hadn’t rolled itself outside. It certainly hadn’t killed anyone, even with the numerous opportunities it had been presented to do so. In fact, it hadn’t even loaded itself. Well you can imagine my surprise, with all the media hype about how dangerous guns are and how they kill people. Either the media is wrong, and it’s the misuse of guns by PEOPLE that kills people, or I’m in possession of the laziest gun in the world.
Alright, well I’m off to check on my spoons. I hear they’re making people fat.”
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
March 5th, 2013
10:47 pm
CHAVEZ “DICTATES” NO MORE !
getalife
March 5th, 2013
10:49 pm
He will be remembered as the man that called w the devil in front of the world.
RIP .
TBS
March 5th, 2013
10:51 pm
“I guess if I said the same thing about MLK then that would be an acceptable statement to you as well.”
I’m not big on celebrating anyone’s death, but say what you wish. Breitbart was no MLK……… PERIOD
Uh Huh.......Third Time's a _harm
March 5th, 2013
10:51 pm
@Orange13
March 5th, 2013
10:07 pm
“It’s the VP’s job and Biden has that goofy act down cold.”
Yeah, maybe he will bring his double barrel shotgun. I’d pay 10 dollars to watch that.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah and how much did you pay when VP Dick Cheney shot his friend
in the face??
Huh?
TBS
March 5th, 2013
10:52 pm
Scout
Chavez sucked. That goes without saying. You think he was able to get the people’s support because the US backed regimes before him did well by the people or didn’t do so well?
TBS
March 5th, 2013
10:55 pm
td
If you are still on, you posted something last night about your wife being Chinese. I can respect that, but it still doesn’t change the fact that the US spends 550M more in military related expenditures than China.
My mom is from Panama. That doesn’t make her or me an expert on the Panama Canal.
getalife
March 5th, 2013
10:58 pm
“We are broke” so other countries that do not agree with us are not our enemies.
We have one enemy and they are destroyed by President Obama.
No more wars but the cons are showing us why they should never be in charge on national security and the economy.
These cons and their party are epic failures.
A disaster waiting to happen.
Even in the minority they screwed up our recovery .
Welcome to the Occupation
March 5th, 2013
11:02 pm
TBS: “Chavez sucked. That goes without saying”
Evidently not in the opinion of the majorities of Venezuelans who re-elected him 3 times.
TBS
March 5th, 2013
11:06 pm
Welcome
While it is only one person and her family. I know someone who now lives in the states but grew up in Venezula. She lived under both US backed regimes and Chavez. She wasn’t impressed with either.
If you missed it that was the reason I phrased my question as I did to Scout. With all his bs, the alternative was worse.
That should tell people something, but those who just want to knock him because he was anti US, for the most part have no idea that it was even worse for many before Chavez. Hence is ability to get people to buy what he was selling even when it was crap
td
March 5th, 2013
11:06 pm
TBS
March 5th, 2013
10:55 pm
td
If you are still on, you posted something last night about your wife being Chinese. I can respect that, but it still doesn’t change the fact that the US spends 550M more in military related expenditures than China.
My mom is from Panama. That doesn’t make her or me an expert on the Panama Canal.
You did not get the point. $550 million is not enough against a standing army that is twice the size of our and are working day and night to try to find a way to sabotage our technology advantage while at the same time is increasing their spending while we are decreasing our spending.
JKL2
March 5th, 2013
11:14 pm
getalife- We have one enemy and they are destroyed by President Obama.
Are you talking about capitalism or the United States?
TBS
March 5th, 2013
11:16 pm
td
Ok little buddy.
When are we invading China?
JKL2 stated that China can transport 100s of 1000s by plane. True in its direct sense, but you think the US is just going to let them land in the US, Canada or Mexico?
Your logic is lacking to say the least.
So you are the one that doesn’t get the point.
You think the good ole USA doesn’t have the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc etc working to monitor and even steal technology of other countries?
Time for you to wake up and get in the real world.
No doubt China is and will be a player on the world scene, but if the td family wants to hide under their bed………. knock yourselves out.
The US and its allies rule the air and sea. If you took the time to look at the links I presented about the US spending more than the next 13 countries combined then you noticed how many US allies are in that next 13.
I will let you, let Rush scare you regarding the ChiComs……..
G Mare
March 5th, 2013
11:17 pm
I think that, in some small corner of his heart, Mr. Chavez did believe in helping the poor in his country. I give him a few points for that. He won much of MY heart when he called Mr. Bush the devil! In my opinion, the real devil was/is Mr. Cheney, sitting on Mr. Bush’s shoulder.
All together now, “The devil made me do it!”
TBS
March 5th, 2013
11:20 pm
G Mare
Glad you are back on the blog. Hope you are doing well and recovering or have recovered from your surgery.
Have a great night.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
March 5th, 2013
11:23 pm
A nation that exposes generations of children to this kind of brainless, inane, myopic, “zero-tolerance” will not long survive:
HEADLINE: “Boy, 7, suspended for shaping pastry into gun”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/05/boy-7-suspended-for-shaping-pastry-into-gun-dad-says/#ixzz2MjKgF7sb
“A 7-year-old Maryland boy was suspended from school for two days for shaping a breakfast pastry into what his teacher thought looked like a gun, according to his father.
FoxBaltimore.com reports that Josh Welch, a second-grader at Park Elementary School in Baltimore, was eating a strawberry tart when he decided to shape it into a mountain.
“All I was trying to do was turn it into a mountain but, it didn’t look like a mountain really and it turned out to be a gun [kind of],” Josh told the station.
Josh, who suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, said his teacher was visibly mad when she saw that the pastry looked like a gun, according to the report.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/05/boy-7-suspended-for-shaping-pastry-into-gun-dad-says/#ixzz2MjKNJ7q2
TBS
March 5th, 2013
11:26 pm
Scout
Unless I just wanted to bs and didn’t know or want to know the truth, I would have avoided my question as well.
Everyone have a great night and an even better tomorrow.
later
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
March 5th, 2013
11:30 pm
Well, good to have the Old Grey Mare with us, even if she does slam My President.
Have a good night everybody.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
March 5th, 2013
11:30 pm
Dictators stay in office for one reason ………………. they cannot bring themselves to give up their POWER ………….. the power that protects them and enriches them at the expense of the poor
peasants they supposedly want to help.
What HYPOCRISY !
He called Bush the “devil” ?
Well, in all probability he has met the real one.
Justice has been done.
TBS
March 5th, 2013
11:33 pm
Like I said, I wouldn’t want to answer my question either if I didn’t know or want to know the facts…………
and I’m gone
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
March 5th, 2013
11:33 pm
TBS:
“Scout
Chavez sucked. That goes without saying. You think he was able to get the people’s support because the US backed regimes before him did well by the people or didn’t do so well?”
Guess what?
I don’t linger on here looking for your every question/response you may post ……….. sorry !
That said:
See my 11:30pm
TAPS !!
JKL2
March 5th, 2013
11:34 pm
scout-
Which is worse? A first grader expelled for dangerous looking pastries or the kids who got suspended for wrestling another kid to the ground while pointing his actual gun at another student (because they were “involved” in a gun incident).
The stock market may be up, but common sense is at an all-time low. (cue the OWS)
TBS
March 5th, 2013
11:35 pm
well one more
Scout if I mentioned US backed dictators, you would be the 1st to say the US has to play the cards dealt within that region because of geo political concerns, etc. I know because we have had this discussion before
Which is true, but speaking of HYPOCRISY………..
TBS
March 5th, 2013
11:36 pm
“I don’t linger on here looking for your every question/response you may post ……”
Especially the ones you can’t answer with any legitimate thought or truth…………………. but what is new
bman.
March 5th, 2013
11:36 pm
“He won much of MY heart when he called Mr. Bush the devil!”
awesome
Fred ™
March 5th, 2013
11:37 pm
You forgot Definition #3:
“Anyone who gets Fred all butthurt because he couldn’t play in someone-or-other’s reindeer games.”
There, there. You’ll be ok, really you will.
Wow that was really intelligent. You advanced your point exponentially. But since zero time anything is still zero, that’s not helping. But you go on you wannabe and celebrate that racist holiday Kwanzaa with the other 13,000 people worldwide who are asses as well…….. it doesn’t matter, you will still have a little white boy member…………
appleseed
March 5th, 2013
11:46 pm
I think China spends around 300 million on millitary, if you total all.They don’t always tell it like it is.
G Mare I think there is some good in most,Seems he helped with gasoline in this country to the poor.My memory going fast.
Bernie
March 5th, 2013
11:47 pm
To all of the many Comedian Posters here, who have DISSED, Bernie here today.
I told you and warned YOU ALL, about the MORMON who BAPTIZES DEAD PEOPLE and his SIDE KICK who looks like and is a DEAD RINGER for EDDIE MUNSTER……….. were LOSERS!
All I have to say to you is…….
NAH…NAH…..ne… ne …NAH…….NAH!
MOSES has opened the RED SEA! come on in BOYS……..the WATER is FINE!
The Republican Party BURIAL will be held in 2014. Comic Relief will be held graveside!
Welcome to the Occupation
March 5th, 2013
11:51 pm
TBS, I hear you. Thought that might have been what you were saying. I agree. Don’t know the specifics of your friend obviously, but I suppose it’s just something that has to be taken in its proper context in the larger background of what life is like for a poor country with coveted resources in a critical part of the world (they’re all critical) at the mercy of US imperial impositions. But of course, just to mention that right there takes you well beyond mainstream news and journalistic discussion — and well beyond Bookman-land, needless to say. And you may or may not agree. But I see it as indispensable for an understanding of what Chavez was about.
G Mare
March 5th, 2013
11:54 pm
Ah, Fred. Here’s hoping you will learn many truths as you grow older. I so wish I could be around to know you when you are my age.
Requiescat in pacem, Mr. Chavez. You earned a piece of my heart when you called Mr. Bush the devil.
Of course, we all know that the real devil was/is Mr. Cheney.
All together now, “the devil made me do it!”
bman.
March 6th, 2013
12:01 am
“You earned a piece of my heart when you called Mr. Bush the devil.”
did he keep it when he – “called Obama “A clown, embarrassment, shame to Black People” ?
bman.
March 6th, 2013
12:02 am
OccupyGuy – It’s going to be okay. Everything will be just fine.
appleseed
March 6th, 2013
12:02 am
Make that Billion
appleseed
March 6th, 2013
12:28 am
Although the USA spends more, it suggests China’s real defense spending approaches $300 billion. And all of that spending is concentrated in one region, East Asia, while the U.S. spending is spread out over many regions of the world.
G Mare
March 6th, 2013
12:39 am
Must have missed that, bman. As Fred will tell you, I AM old – 72 on Friday. But most of my body still works, except for the ears & eyes. Glad I still have my own teeth and most of my mind.
Jack ®
March 6th, 2013
5:20 am
Illegal immigrants should be adopted one by one by those that favor illegal entry. That’d make them legal. Or adopt three or four and have a big cozy supper ready for them each night when they come home from standing on street corners. Put your liberal piety where your mouth is.
Doggone/GA
March 6th, 2013
6:49 am
“Illegal immigrants should be adopted one by one by those that favor illegal entry. That’d make them legal”
Shoot, no need for that. All those con employers who are willing to pay them are doing that just fine.
Krystal'sBalls
March 6th, 2013
6:58 am
NO MORE BUSHES….PLEASE!!! Can’t that family find something ELSE to do????
I have bush fatigue!
Well…that is, the FAMILY Bush.
Mick
March 6th, 2013
7:21 am
Yes…I heartily concur…..was double bushed here in florida at the beginning of the milennium,,,NO MORE BUSHES IN ELECTED OFFICE……PLEASE!!!!!!!!
Normal, Plain and Simple
March 6th, 2013
7:24 am
Good morning to all y’all…
Del,
Last night you said:
“They’ll take Florida’s 29 electoral votes. A few more than that will be needed.”
“Jeb Bush’s wife is Hispanic and with Rubio as his running mate they could make a good showing with the Hispanic voters.”
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I don’t k now why Republicans think they can put a few token minorities on display and expect the minority masses to suddenly flock to their side, and expecting those masses to suddenly forget the GOP’s actual record regarding those same minorities. Insanity.
Normal, Plain and Simple
March 6th, 2013
7:32 am
Addendum to my 0724. The main problem I see with today’s GOP is that they think they are smarter than the rest of us, when they have proven time and tome again they are not. I can only hope they continue feeling so from 2014 through 2016.
If you want an example, look at Arkansas. The pass a ban on abortion, even over a veto, knowing full well that that ban is unconstitutional via Roe V. Wade. Now the Arkansas tax payers will be forced to pay for legal fees for a legal fight that is a forgone conclusion. It won’t stand. So I ask you how does this put the average tax payer, and woman on their side? And how does this help the Republican Party as a whole?
Liberal Bad Dream
March 6th, 2013
7:33 am
Bout time for Coocooman to write an article praising Chavez……