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Kind of agree here but I thought he was fantastic in wedding crashers.
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When the repubs make statements about dems that want open borders I always assumed that they, the repubs, were simply exaggerating or taking comments out of context. I guess now I believe/hope there are only a few out there. I can not imagine the level of disconnect from reality that has to exist to get to the point of actually advocating for open borders.
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Wow. Perfect microcosm for this place. Person A: We should reconsider birth citizenship Person B: Look at all of these countries like Mexico that have it. Person B 5 minutes later: Why should we ever want to be like Mexico.
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Fair point. Let me re-phrase (although Canada is currently included in that list and their laws are different and Canada does NOT offer citizenship to babies born to illegal immigrants). Lets just look at Mexico as it is on our border just like Canada. You are correct that under their current laws, anchor babies (hate that term but it is easy to type) are initially citizens of Mexico. However, it is a moot point practically speaking. Mexico can and does deport the parents of anchor babies. Under Mexican law, they can and do deport the parents for any reason and without any due process. The parents have the "choice" to leave the babies in Mexico and have them enter the Mexican welfare system. Obviously, few if any parents do this.
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It is just not that simple. We had periods as recently as 2011 where we had unemployment over 10%. At that point we did not need additional uneducated workers in the country. I have made my stance known right here on this thread that I think an enhanced guest worker program is by far the best solution to our needs. When we have demand, let in as many folks as necessary to meet the demand. When the demand lessens or goes away, send the guest workers back to their own country. As far as capitalism goes, this is by far the most economical solution. You bring in the human capital you need when you need it but you do not have to support that human capital when you do not need it. Many, many countries do this already. The dems are the ones that consistently shoot down expanded guest worker solutions. The biggest reason is that the unions hate it and the dems are beholden to them. Like I said, neither party wants a truly workable solution.
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I agree that the gang of 8 proposal was pretty fair. It is wrong to say it was an "Obama" or "Repub" or "Dem" plan though as, by its name, the gang of 8 was bi-partisan. I agree that it was shitty of the repubs to kill it. My point though was that there was a period where the dems could have put forth a proposal where they controlled the House as well as the Senate and Boehner would have had no power to kill it before a vote and they chose not to do it. Neither side really wants a workable solution.
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Hayden- This is such a poorly thought out emotional blame the republican post and you know it. This new tactic of trying to somehow use immigration reform as somehow in conflict with capitalism is just too stupid. "capitalism requires globalism, and globalism requires the movement of capital, goods, and labor across international borders." For the most part this is exactly correct but you forgot maybe the most important word which is legal. You think capitalism is dependent on capital and goods moving between countries illegally or under ground? Of course not. I do not like the hard right approach to immigration at all. I would not deport anyone that is currently in the US and obeying the law. But trying to make an argument that trying to restrict/prevent ILLEGAL immigration is anti capitalist is retarded.
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So where do you draw your line? I am assuming that you think it is wrong to deport the parents of babies born in the US? What about the babies of parents that commit crimes? Should we not imprison them because their babies did nothing wrong? In those albeit rare situations, the babies become wards of the state and are placed with foster parents or relatives if available and willing. Is that a satisfactory plan for these immigrant babies? Of course the answer is no. No one would want that. But the law currently says people caught in the country illegally should be deported. If the parents should legally be deported then the baby should go with them. But we do not deport US citizens. It is not an easy issue to decide on.
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The reality is that immigration is just a political tool for both parties. Bush 2 had a sensible plan for immigration and the repubs rejected it. Obama and the dems had control of the house and senate and proposed exactly zero immigration fixes. I tend to agree that birth citizenship needs to be re worked. I kind of like Canada's policy. Basically, if you are born here you are a citizen as long as your parents/mother are in the country legally. Immigration could be drastically improved if we adopt a very streamlined guest worker program. I would support an almost unlimited guest worker program. Essentially, have employers send requests for guest workers and have virtually all of them be approved. If/when we get to a point that no employers are requesting workers then stop issuing work visas. To the original topic, if a baby is born to a guest worker in the US then the baby is a citizen by birth. If you are in the US as a guest worker you should have ample ways to apply for citizenship while you are here if you want it. Take the caravan as an example. If we currently had 50,000 requests for guest workers, then lets go find 7000 Guatemalans and bring them in to fill those jobs. A lot safer for them than walking across mexico. But lets not kid ourselves. In no other country can people sneak into that country illegally and have a baby and then that baby be considered a citizen of that country.
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4 points. The whole Jacob story is really bizzare. Hard to even follow. Really crazy folks that, if what they are accused of doing is true, should absolutely be prosecuted. The common takes by the usual suspects on Papa could not be more wrong and stupid. That tweet above about a trump secret subpoena are hilarious. You guys need to start preparing for life after Mueller says there was no collusion and no obstruction.
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No idea how to remove but feel free.
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Didn’t see a thread on the show but I only looked on the first page. I think it is pretty darn good. For anyone that watched the season two finale, I have a brand new favorite TV show line of all time. “ I don’t know shit about fuck “. Too funny
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We talking corporate or municipal?
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While there is almost no doubt that trump is grandstanding and inflating numbers etc, the "counterterrorism official" is- "A former senior intelligence official who continues to be briefed on current intelligence told NBC News that there is no evidence that any Middle Eastern terrorists are hiding in the caravan." Now that is a solid source. Anyone being remotely honest would acknowledge that it is likely that there are gang members and or terrorists that have infiltrated the caravan. I am sure the number is quite small. From a practical standpoint, it is unlikely that they will make it into the US if they stick with the caravan as all of those people are going to be pretty extensively back ground checked. All of the talk about gangs and terrorists is just political garbage anyway. The real question we should be debating is what exactly should the US policy be on dealing with mass migration in the future.
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Just scanned over this but I would agree that the people responsible for some of these voter law changes should go to jail.
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Lulz. Apathy? Bad candidates? Bad policy? Bad polling? The 10% you left out like group 1 better?
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I am certain i have used it for both but i am just a really sloppy typist and usually in a hurry.
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Lovely. How about people put their opinion out there right now on whether or not they will believe the mueller report. I will believe it.
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I think it is much bigger than that but people on here do not want to hear any kind of logic. The reality is that if there existed any smoking gun type evidence against trump it would have been made public by now. The reason, imo, is that I do not believe a man like mueller would be presented with overwhelming evidence that the potus colluded with a foreign power and not do anything while that same potus was out making trade deals, getting the most sensitive intelligence, and all the other things that an actual compromised potus should never be allowed to do. It is just crazy.
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So you guys think that there was something bad in the supplemental fbi report on Kavanaugh and that it was read by every single democrat senator and that not one of them brought it up? Seems plausible.
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Hard to believe we may actually have some sort of end result in sight. As mentioned 100s of times, if Mueller finds collusion/conspiracy or obstruction of justice or something similar then I will fully support impeachment efforts. My guess is that there will be no such evidence. My guess is that Rosenstein will release a statement summarizing Mueller's findings to date but that mueller's investigative notes will not be made public at this time. When the final comprehensive report by mueller is done, I think it will absolutely be made public. I dont think anyone will care at that point as the results will already be out there. I also think this whole notion that somehow trump or the repubs will bury the results is just childish. By law, the report has to go to the senior members of the senate committee, which obviously includes prominent democrats, and there is simply no way that Mueller would find evidence and then not speak out if the evidence was tried to be buried. My other prediction, and the one I feel strongest about, is that IF the mueller investigation fails to get trump it will not make any difference to anyone. Perhaps it will tamper impeachment talk but everyone that believes so strongly that trump is guilty will still think he is guilty but that mueller just could not find the evidence.
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Probably the last point on this but important for context in light of the histrionics, The guy that made the call to order people off the bus was....a democrat. He was appointed by the jefferson county board of commissioners who have a majority, wait for it, democratic make up. So in a democrat county, with a democrat commission, a democrat ordered black seniors off of a bus and the republicans are blamed for ending our democracy as we know it. Solid work by the dems I have to admit and unsurprising that the usual suspects swallowed the story whole.
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I looked at this again and have a little different take. I thought that the senior center was actually a resident/overnight type facility, but it appears that it is just a senior activity center. As a result, I do not think the facility had any liability issues wit regards to people leaving the facility. I still say that the event was violating Georgia law as written though. The center is a govt run facility. As a result, it is illegal to have "political" events there and, more importantly, it is illegal to have partisan political parties provide rides to people to vote. It is comical that an event coordinated by the Georgia Chair for the Democratic Party could be tried to be passed of as non partisan. So, I would say, this was probably an over reaction by the facility administrator. But it was not an act of voter suppression. No one at the center showed up that day thinking they were going to get bussed to vote. That was never part of the event. The facility takes people to vote routinely and agreed to take people that same day after lunch and on almost any day they wanted going forward. I am not going to go back through the entire thread, but the 2 examples I have seen so far (this one and the 53,000 voter registration issue) are huge stretches to claim as voter suppression. The fact that some of you are making such over the top hyperbolic claims about them are making you all look like fools. Also, here is the headline from an article on this issue- " Roughly 40 black seniors in Georgia were told to get off a bus organized to take them to cast their votes." Perfect example of what I have been railing against the media for. The headline is just plain false and it suggests something completely different from reality. By everyone involved admission, there was never any intent for the bus to take people to vote. No one showed up that day thinking they were getting a ride to vote on that bus.
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Did not get to see the debate. Already said I am supporting Beto. It is possible the polls are wrong. In the 2016 potus election, the polls had a hard time catching up with enthusiasm. I think Beto has a legit chance because he works really hard at it and he has momentum. Te bad thing for him is that while Cruz is not charismatic he is not nearly as bad as Hillary so he will get votes. If I had to guess today, Cruz 51-49.
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