27 March 2006

Illegal immigrant Protests

I was reading the JS article on the protests and a few things in the story caught my attention.
All this over the idea of craking down on the ILLEGAL's that are either in this country or about to enter.
On Monday, California's Cesar Chavez Day, more than 22,000 students marched out of Los Angeles-area schools, including the San Fernando Valley and the wealthy coastal enclave of Pacific Palisades, said Monica Carazo, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles school district.
Note: High School students.
In some areas, teachers and administrators walked with students "as a safety measure," Carazo said.
Ya I believe that.
"I want you to know that there are people right now all across the country that agree with you that we need immigration reform that rewards work, that gives people a pathway to citizenship, that allows families to stay together," Villaraigosa told the crowd.
But he drew jeers when he added: "Now that you've come, it's important that you go back to school."
Of course the kids 'jeered'
 

"We are illegal immigrants if you trace our heritage all the way back, but we are here and we are working and we are living the American dream," said Janet Padron, a 22-year-old Allen Park resident.

Not my family, we came here LEGALLY.

"Do you see the community?" Padron asked, pointing to the thousands of people around her. "Do you see how many people didn't go to work today?"

Lets see:
High school students work when in school ... nope
Teachers and administrors ... maybe
College students ... nope
Detroit ... unemployment rate of 7.6%, good chance of some having no work and plenty of time to 'protest'
 
 
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25 March 2006

Alexis Patterson

While the 2 boys are the top story we should not forget about Alexis Patterson who disappeared May 3, 2002. For more info please visit http://www.alexispatterson.freeservers.com/. Hopefully all 3 kids will be found alive.
 
 
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Missing Children

I thought about putting the info about the 2 missing boys on the blog. But the MSM and a few other bloggers like Badger Blogger(see link) and Texas Hold 'Em Blogger have the story and more details.
Through my work I have to go out into the field to take notes, and the times I was out this past week I did keep an extra eye out for these missing kids.
My prayers and thoughts are with the families of these 2 boys.
 
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24 March 2006

MJS Police reports

I've been reading the police reports in the MJS for a long time. But, got to thinking about this feature lately. Do both UWM and Marquette have campuses on BOTH sides of town??

19 March 2006

Subject to Change: Blogger Audio #7

Check out Subject to Change: Blogger Audio #7 . I am part of it, and dang I have a writers voice.

 

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Blog Conference

I did not make it to the conference Saturday because I was busy with my wife and my niece and I completely zoned out. I would have liked to meet those bloggers that I read on a daily basis. Hopefully, if there is another one I will make it.

 

 

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Surprise

Well, I let it out of the bag during the audio blog on Subject to Change this week I will be moving this blog to a dot com. It will be happening sometime in April. Right now I am working out some issues with that site. I intend To keep this site for the archives of previous posts.  The new site will have a different look than what is found here. I will make the announcement when I feel that the new site is ready.

 

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15 March 2006

Headlines

Headline in the MJS "State to secretly test W-2 program". Whaaaaat? How can you secretly test when you make a public announcement saying you are going to secretly test? It's no longer a secret then.
After getting past that messy headline, the state is going to use secret shoppers ala private sector business. Great, now will they use this for other agency's? I know of several that could use this sort of thing. Like the DMV, DNR, DOT, the Guv and Legislature.
 
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SNOW

Oh my god we are going to get snow.  You think the world is going to end!  They are claiming we will get anywhere from three to six inches of the white stuff.  But the way the media is talking this is the storm of the year.  Watch we will only get about one to three inches.  But that will be OK with me. 

 

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13 March 2006

1000!!!!!!

I just noticed. MLPB has had its 1000th visitor. Looks like they came from http://milwaukeeid10t.blogspot.com/.
 
Thanks for the visit.

Tired

Sorry about the lite blogging. I'm worn out from school, work, and COB XXX. And from being blown around outside this morning at work.
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08 March 2006

COB XXX - The short version

This weeks COB is based on the tale by Hans Christian Anderson titled The Loveliest Rose in the World. It is a little long, but it is shorter than what I had originally planned to use (thanks Aaron and Belle).



THERE lived once a great queen, in whose garden were found at all seasons the most splendid flowers, and from every land in the world. She specially loved roses, and therefore she possessed the most beautiful varieties of this flower, from the wild hedge-rose, with its apple-scented leaves, to the splendid Provence rose. They grew near the shelter of the walls, wound themselves round columns and window-frames, crept along passages and over the ceilings of the halls. They were of every fragrance and color.

But care and sorrow dwelt within these halls; the queen lay upon a sick bed, and the doctors declared that she must die. “There is still one thing that could save her,” said one of the wisest among them. “Bring her the loveliest rose in the world; one which exhibits the purest and brightest love, and if it is brought to her before her eyes close, she will not die.”

Then from all parts came those who brought roses that bloomed in every garden, but they were not the right sort. The flower must be one from the garden of love; but which of the roses there showed forth the highest and purest love? The poets sang of this rose, the loveliest in the world, and each named one which he considered worthy of that title; and intelligence of what was required was sent far and wide to every heart that beat with love; to every class, age, and condition.

“No one has yet named the flower,” said the wise man. “No one has pointed out the spot where it blooms in all its splendor. It is not a rose from the coffin of Romeo and Juliet, or from the grave of Walburg, though these roses will live in everlasting song. It is not one of the roses which sprouted forth from the blood-stained fame of Winkelreid. The blood which flows from the breast of a hero who dies for his country is sacred, and his memory is sweet, and no rose can be redder than the blood which flows from his veins. Neither is it the magic flower of Science, to obtain which wondrous flower a man devotes many an hour of his fresh young life in sleepless nights, in a lonely chamber.”

“I know where it blooms,” said a happy mother, who came with her lovely child to the bedside of the queen. “I know where the loveliest rose in the world is. It is seen on the blooming cheeks of my sweet child, when it expresses the pure and holy love of infancy; when refreshed by sleep it opens its eyes, and smiles upon me with childlike affection.”

“This is a lovely rose,” said the wise man; “but there is one still more lovely.”

“Yes, one far more lovely,” said one of the women. “I have seen it, and a loftier and purer rose does not bloom. But it was white, like the leaves of a blush-rose. I saw it on the cheeks of the queen. She had taken off her golden crown, and through the long, dreary night, she carried her sick child in her arms. She wept over it, kissed it, and prayed for it as only a mother can pray in that hour of her anguish.”

“Holy and wonderful in its might is the white rose of grief, but it is not the one we seek.”

“No; the loveliest rose in the world I saw at the Lord’s table,” said the good old bishop. “I saw it shine as if an angel’s face had appeared. A young maiden knelt at the altar, and renewed the vows made at her baptism; and there were white roses and red roses on the blushing cheeks of that young girl. She looked up to heaven with all the purity and love of her young spirit, in all the expression of the highest and purest love.”

“May she be blessed!” said the wise man: “but no one has yet named the loveliest rose in the world.”

Then there came into the room a child—the queen’s little son. Tears stood in his eyes, and glistened on his cheeks; he carried a great book and the binding was of velvet, with silver clasps. “Mother,” cried the little boy; “only hear what I have read.” And the child seated himself by the bedside, and read from the book of Him who suffered death on the cross to save all men, even who are yet unborn. He read, “Greater love hath no man than this,” and as he read a roseate hue spread over the cheeks of the queen, and her eyes became so enlightened and clear, that she saw from the leaves of the book a lovely rose spring forth, a type of Him who shed His blood on the cross.

“I see it,” she said. “He who beholds this, the loveliest rose on earth, shall never die.”

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07 March 2006

Busy Week

Its been a busy week so far. I am working on the COB theme. I will have a surprize this week for the bloggerspere.
 
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02 March 2006

COB XXX

Looks like I have Carnival O' the Badger XXX (if the numbering is correct). I will have a theme and I won't tell anyone until it's unveiled.
 Thanks to steveegg at http://norunnyeggs.eggstor.com/ for this weeks edition.
 
 
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01 March 2006

COB

This weeks COB is at No Runny Eggs (http://norunnyeggs.eggstor.com/) so go over and check it out.
 
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New Town

I saw this headline on The Milwaukee Channel's web site: New Florida Town Plans Abortion, Porn, Birth Contol Bans. I thought cool; someone is taking a stand on their morals and decided to include others. This town is called Ave Maria and is being bankrolled by Thomas Monaghan of Domino’s fame and Barron Collier Co.

The detractors claim this plan is unconstitutional and they promise lawsuits. This is country club Christianity," said Frances Kissling, president of the liberal Washington, D.C.-based Catholics for a Free Choice, which opposes the church's bans on abortion and birth control. She likened the town's concept to Islamic fundamentalism and teaching intolerance. "This is un-American," Kissling said. "I don't think in a democratic society you can have a legally organized township that will seek to have any kind of public service whatsoever and try to restrict the constitutional rights of citizens."

From what I read on Ave Maria's website this town is being built with private funds ONLY. The only services that will be contracted out to a governmental agency are police and fire. So what is the real problem? I know the left loves porn, abortion, birth control, and other family unfriendly ideas. To link these people to Islamic fundamentalism and intolerance, shows that Kissling is intolerant and is religiously devoid.

Salt Lake City was founded by a religion, and is still dominated by it. Do we declare that city un-American and unconstitutional, then bulldoze the city over and rebuild and repopulate it with a population reflecting the overall U.S. demographics? Do we stop any “planned” communities that have restrictions over property rights? NO, and these places are thriving despite the fact that the have rules that might be unconstitutional.

States, cities and towns all around the U.S. are placing restrictions on constitutional rights of citizens all the time (smoking bans, firearms). So why not start a community with a set of morals and rules that the people who will move there agree upon from the start?

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