tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post6990583739934417896..comments2024-02-19T00:14:24.293-08:00Comments on Daniel's political musings: Hungry for some real parentingDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14946233454014389006noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-35076710287391660682008-06-26T00:48:00.000-07:002008-06-26T00:48:00.000-07:00holy shit, they paid the guy for working? you mea...holy shit, they paid the guy for working? you mean, the 13th amendment still means something? holy shit, what a travesty~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-70368579037625548922008-06-25T23:26:00.000-07:002008-06-25T23:26:00.000-07:00illegal alien gets to keep all the cash he made in...illegal alien gets to keep all the cash he made in the us while not paying taxes or learning English. <BR/><BR/><BR/>MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- An illegal immigrant dishwasher who lost $49,000 <BR/>to the U.S. government as he tried to take it home to Guatemala will get <BR/>some of the money back, his attorney said Wednesday. <BR/>Zapeta <BR/><BR/><BR/>Pedro Zapeta, an illegal immigrant, managed to save $59,000 while <BR/>working as a dishwasher for 11 years. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Pedro Zapeta was "very, very happy" when he learned about a federal <BR/>appeals court ruling that says he is entitled to recover some of the <BR/>money, said attorney Robert Gershman, who handled the financial end of <BR/>Zapeta's case. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Zapeta was carrying $59,000 in cash when he was stopped at a security <BR/>checkpoint at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in 2005. <BR/>He told authorities he was returning home to Guatemala with the money he <BR/>had saved working illegally as a dishwasher over 11 years. <BR/><BR/><BR/>But federal law requires that anyone leaving or entering the country <BR/>with $10,000 or more must declare it. Because Zapeta had not done so, he <BR/>was detained, and his money was seized. <BR/><BR/><BR/>The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the judge who <BR/>fined Zapeta applied an incorrect standard in determining the amount to <BR/>be forfeited. The appeals court ordered a hearing to set a new fine. <BR/><BR/><BR/>"I am extremely happy," Gershman said. "Even though he is not a citizen, <BR/>it shows he has equal rights." <BR/><BR/><BR/>Gershman has said Zapeta, who does not speak English, was not trying to <BR/>conceal the money but did not know the law. Zapeta had paid taxes on the <BR/>earnings, he said, and under legal guidelines should be fined at most <BR/>$5,000 for failing to report that he was traveling with the cash. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Circuit Court Judge James Cohn instead fined Zapeta $49,000, all the <BR/>money he was carrying over the $10,000 limit. <BR/><BR/><BR/>"The government always acted as if the money was their own," Gershman <BR/>said. "They acted almost entitled to it. But it's not their money. It <BR/>was Pedro's, and the [appeals] court affirmed that." <BR/><BR/><BR/>Zapeta said last year that he had saved the money to build a house for <BR/>himself and his family in his home village in the Guatemalan mountains. <BR/>He returned to Guatemala this year under the threat of deportation, but <BR/>his lawyers continued to argue that his fine was excessive. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Federal prosecutors in Miami did not immediately respond to a request <BR/>for comment on the decision or on whether they will appeal to the U.S. <BR/>Supreme Court. <BR/><BR/><BR/>As Zapeta's case was publicized, U.S. residents donated money to him, <BR/>and Gershman set up a trust. It has received about $15,000 in donations, <BR/>he said <BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/25/dishwasher.fine/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-68943025579029258902008-06-25T22:41:00.000-07:002008-06-25T22:41:00.000-07:00not to get down to your level, but Jesus wouldn't ...not to get down to your level, but Jesus wouldn't be calling me Trasha or Gasha .<BR/> also, how come everyone knows what Jesus would do and what Jesus is thinking ?<BR/> does he Have a Website or a blog?<BR/> pulling the God Card is as bad as the Race Card.<BR/> I happen to know Illegal mexicans are driving nice cars because they load up on every government program and do not pay taxes.<BR/> I hope they enjoyed it because the high gas prices etc are hitting those who formerly provided for them: the middle class Americans.<BR/> stoptheinvasionoforegonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-73874657321786081092008-06-25T05:27:00.000-07:002008-06-25T05:27:00.000-07:00Anon 5:43 - Do you have a link to official Illinoi...Anon 5:43 - <BR/><BR/>Do you have a link to official Illinois legislature records supporting this assertion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-17402225370068076802008-06-24T23:57:00.000-07:002008-06-24T23:57:00.000-07:00Hmmmm.....last year I was in a park in Canby with ...Hmmmm.....last year I was in a park in Canby with my kids. The same kind of summer lunch program was provided by the Canby schools and we were there at the right time. My kids don't go to a Canby school, but they invited us to join them so we did. Majority of the kids having lunch that day were anglo, slim majority, but a majority nonetheless. You're right, all their Moms were chatting on cell phones and driving vans. The hispanic children were mostly there alone.<BR/><BR/>I couldn't care less what language a hungry poor kids speaks. I don't think Jesus would either. You guys should be deeply ashamed of yourselves. As another writer said, children are innocent in all this. <BR/><BR/>Trasha, you suck in the worst way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-69467054886469445412008-06-24T21:01:00.000-07:002008-06-24T21:01:00.000-07:00Anon 5:03, tax dollars spent on lunches for kids n...Anon 5:03, tax dollars spent on lunches for kids nationwide is .0000000000000000000001 percent of .0000000000000000001 percent of .00000000000000000001 percent of .00000000000000000001 percent of 1 percent of the GDP ... of Peru.<BR/><BR/>So <I>you</I> fuck off.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Notice how $531 billion for war spending doesn't merit a mention by Anthony "FBI/INS Statistical Report" DeLucca.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-59874420578180591812008-06-24T19:14:00.000-07:002008-06-24T19:14:00.000-07:00all the food is for the illegal aliens and their a...all the food is for the illegal aliens and their anchor babies. I suggest Low-income Americans use these services , otherwise it's all illegals who speak Spanish. Curry&Bacon https://www.blogger.com/profile/00952749225117036934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-7721595677037744692008-06-24T17:43:00.000-07:002008-06-24T17:43:00.000-07:00By the way:A little off topic, but since someone b...By the way:<BR/><BR/>A little off topic, but since someone brought up Obama, I'll pipe in:<BR/><BR/>Did you know that Obama was the SOLE vote against Illinois State Legislation making it illegal to place an aborted fetus on life support if it was aborted and still living?<BR/><BR/>In other words...sorry kid, we botched our attempt to kill you, but rather than try and save you now, we are simply going to let you die a slow death. <BR/><BR/>What a swell guy. The SOLE vote against the bill (which required a unanimous vote to pass) killed the bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-29418965553654879792008-06-24T17:38:00.000-07:002008-06-24T17:38:00.000-07:00Anon 12:10Take your own advice and show up the par...Anon 12:10<BR/><BR/>Take your own advice and show up the park yourself. Take a look at the cars in the parking lot people drive in order to get to the free meal. I'll bet you see some nice wheels, nice stereos, some with drop down dvd screens too I'll wager. Now, look at the clothes that those who are getting a free meal are wearing. Are any of the people who are getting the free meal overweight?? I'll bet so. Bet that they all have cell phones as well. Wanna bet they have either cable or sattelite TV at home? An X-Box or Play-station too?<BR/><BR/>Now granted, there are those who would be hungry without this "free" meal, and I'm all for helping those who are deserving and in need. But I'll wager that the overwhelming majority are just there because it's free. (and by free....I mean that you and I are paying for it)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-38302194999776305742008-06-24T17:03:00.000-07:002008-06-24T17:03:00.000-07:002:23 the war is less then 2% of our GDP.FUCK OFF2:23 <BR/><BR/>the war is less then 2% of our GDP.<BR/><BR/>FUCK OFFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-55380584844790076492008-06-24T16:50:00.000-07:002008-06-24T16:50:00.000-07:00Next thing Daniel's going to go after? Our tax mon...Next thing Daniel's going to go after? Our tax money being spent on animal humane centers. He'll be hungry for some real "pet owner responsibility" and get really pissed off that we spend HIS tax money providing mercy to innocent stray animals.<BR/><BR/>Oh...wait a minute. Daniel's more inclined to give a rats about the welfare of animals. Humans? Not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-57544021605390562952008-06-24T16:45:00.000-07:002008-06-24T16:45:00.000-07:00Hey Daniel! Why don't you and your buddies fix up ...Hey Daniel! Why don't you and your buddies fix up some signs and grab your camcorder and go insult and mock some kids eating lunch. Taunt the kindergarteners and ask them if they can read your signs. Take your boys with you and how them how a "real man" behaves.<BR/><BR/>Every week you top yourself with your disgusting mewling. You make me ill. I wonder how you are going to defend yourself on judgement day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-44731709021546906852008-06-24T14:23:00.000-07:002008-06-24T14:23:00.000-07:00Notice how the Miglavians who complain about their...Notice how the Miglavians who complain about their taxes being spent on food programs, schools, and "illegal aliens" NEVER complain about the cost to American taxpayers of the war in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>$531 billion as of today ... and rising. I don't think I've ever seen Daniel so much as <I>mention</I> it. Doesn't exist. Move along, nothing to see here ...<BR/><BR/>But wait!!! Is that child drinking milk subsidized by MY tax dollars??? FUCKING GODDAMMIT!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-28212161808476601282008-06-24T12:12:00.001-07:002008-06-24T12:12:00.001-07:00As I Christian, I am sickened and appalled that ev...As I Christian, I am sickened and appalled that even feeding CHILDREN -- who are innocent in all this, whether it be their parent's drug use, illegal status, laziness, or even the WORKING poor -- even when it comes to feeding CHILDREN, you so-called PROUD AMERICANS who are the first to thump your chests and call yourself a CHRISTIAN NATION, behave like this over the comparative measley PENNIES it takes to feed lunch to a poor child.<BR/><BR/>Some of you guys and your posts are BEYOND PATHETIC. It is precisely folks like yourself that the majority of us will be voting for Obama.<BR/><BR/>As for how much some of us pro-children posters pay in taxes? I am pretty confident my husband and I pay more in taxes than many of you earn in an entire year and I am glad at least a small portion of that money is being spent IN THIS COUNTRY ON OUR CHILDREN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-51916264510321895152008-06-24T12:12:00.000-07:002008-06-24T12:12:00.000-07:00As I Christian, I am sickened and appalled that ev...As I Christian, I am sickened and appalled that even feeding CHILDREN -- who are innocent in all this, whether it be their parent's drug use, illegal status, laziness, or even the WORKING poor -- even when it comes to feeding CHILDREN, you so-called PROUD AMERICANS who are the first to thump your chests and call yourself a CHRISTIAN NATION, behave like this over the comparative measley PENNIES it takes to feed lunch to a poor child.<BR/><BR/>Some of you guys and your posts are BEYOND PATHETIC. It is precisely folks like yourself that the majority of us will be voting for Obama.<BR/><BR/>As for how much some of us pro-children posters pay in taxes? I am pretty confident my husband and I pay more in taxes than many of you earn in an entire year and I am glad at least a small portion of that money is being spent IN THIS COUNTRY ON OUR CHILDREN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-31546399317348572942008-06-24T11:14:00.000-07:002008-06-24T11:14:00.000-07:00anon 9:28--who cares? Just pay your taxes and qui...anon 9:28--who cares? Just pay your taxes and quite whinning. You should look at this way, no amount of nagging and whinning, or even ballot measure, from the Don McIntires of Oregon have ever panned out. This should tip you off. Pssst, we don't care what you think. The programs for those in need will continue and the failing ORGOP are powerless to do anything about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-39956391492267679062008-06-24T09:37:00.000-07:002008-06-24T09:37:00.000-07:00Anon 9:53 PMHow many people died in 911 which was ...Anon 9:53 PM<BR/>How many people died in 911 which was planned and the first operation conducted during the Clinton administration? About 3000 people died. How many Serbs died when Wesley Clark, the American general in charge of NATO butchered some of the people who save 500 downed American airmen in WWII? <BR/>http://www.dojgov.net/kosovo_watch02.htm<BR/>Hospitals and radio stations were targeted by American warplanes under clinton.<BR/>Clinton neglected his duty and did not kill Bin Laden and his neglect cost 3000 lives and hundreds of billions of dollars.<BR/>You can blame that nitwit Bush all you want, but the great democrat here Clinton was criminally neglectful.<BR/><BR/>Dare I ask: Do you care?<BR/><BR/>I want to know how many criminal aliens are getting free meals? I bet it's a lot, maybe a majority.<BR/><BR/>I read a lot of the arguments and I thought about this for a while. I don't mind feeding American children, but I do mind feeding mexican children. We should check the citizenship of all the children, if they are illegals, round them and their parents up and ship them home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-47084328724554853552008-06-24T09:28:00.000-07:002008-06-24T09:28:00.000-07:00Why the hell is it my responsibility as a taxpayer...Why the hell is it my responsibility as a taxpayer to fund meals for parents who likely spend the money saved on things like alcohol, drugs, or just sending the excess money back to Mexico?<BR/><BR/>As a single taxpayer who NEVER uses any goverment services except for the roads and parks, it freakin' pisses me off that I am feeding the kids of crank freaks and illegal aliens. <BR/><BR/>Tell you what....if it is found that these parents are negligent and cannot provide for their kids, let the state take them away and either put them up for adoption or care for them until their parents pull their heads out of their asses and can prove that they can provide for them. Why this hand-holding crap from the government with a free for all food giveaway? That is crazy and a waste of my tax money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-1501994957927946222008-06-24T08:29:00.000-07:002008-06-24T08:29:00.000-07:00Apparently all the peepul that think this is a goo...Apparently all the peepul that think this is a good program either don't pay taxes or haven't seen daycare vans dropping off kids for their "free" lunches or the kids that only speak spanish sucking up my tax dollars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-14243024307038393522008-06-24T06:47:00.000-07:002008-06-24T06:47:00.000-07:00Daniel, looks like a great opportunity for you to ...Daniel, looks like a great opportunity for you to take your camera over to Beaverton and pull a "gotcha!" on kids with milk mustaches for posting on your blog. Hey! Omigod this is so cool! You might even catch them serving tacos ... what a scoop that would be!<BR/><BR/>Daniel Miglavs: Tirelessly seeking out the big issues, grappling with life's most complex problems, raising the level of discussion higher and higher ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-77546655818443008722008-06-24T03:07:00.000-07:002008-06-24T03:07:00.000-07:00Where does the responsiblilty come into play for t...<EM>Where does the responsiblilty come into play for the parents?And I would be willing to make a wager that a large portion of kids that are partaking of this are "anchor babies"...</EM><BR/><BR/>Well now, it really doesn't matter, does it? They are hungery and the sensible among us will feed them weather you like it or not. Funny how selfish people like you always come around complaining as if it matters to anyone. For the sake of entertainment, I am am just glad government works around and passed what you think. You just pay and that is pretty much it. You could always leave. No one is keeping you here in this state, country. There is no doubt in my mind that we would be much better with out you as a citizen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-2165647674796054482008-06-23T22:49:00.000-07:002008-06-23T22:49:00.000-07:00All of this bullcrap about starving children.....y...All of this bullcrap about starving children.....yada, yada, yada. Sure, I am sure that there are a small number of hungry children in the area that this covers, but how many of their parents have money for cigs, beer, cable TV, meth, etc.? Probably the majority.<BR/><BR/>I have no problem with private groups feeding the poor, but why should a public institution like a school getting involved? Isn't free lunch enough? Where does the responsiblilty come into play for the parents?<BR/><BR/>And I would be willing to make a wager that a large portion of kids that are partaking of this are "anchor babies". And this program is likely being advertised on Spanish language radio and in all of the free clinics that illegals congregate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-92010475937419611682008-06-23T21:53:00.000-07:002008-06-23T21:53:00.000-07:00Applause from the balcony for Anon 4:48 ...The Bus...Applause from the balcony for Anon 4:48 ...<BR/><BR/>The Bush administration's use of <BR/>"government indoctrination" (not to mention its cousins, secrecy and censorship) is unprecedented in the history of the office (and, I'd add, <I>opposed</I> by principled Republicans. <BR/><BR/>So, after years of silence about Bush lies and bullshit, Miglavs is upset about ... a weekend lunch program for kids? <BR/><BR/>Let's be clear about this. Read the following words aloud, slowly and carefully: Daniel Miglavs is angry about a weekend <I>lunch program for children</I>!!!<BR/><BR/>Mr. Miglavs, without looking it up, do you know how many Americans have died abroad because of the president YOU voted for? Do you know how many Americans have come back with shattered bodies and minds scarred by the things they've seen and done? Do you know how much this has cost American taxpayers? Do you have any grasp of the human cost to the Iraqi people, to their families, to their society? Do you have the slightest idea?<BR/><BR/>Dare I ask: Do you care?<BR/><BR/>You're a rare breed, Mr. Miglavs. Much is made of how intelligent sociopaths can be. In your case, not so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-76040031334243630412008-06-23T21:22:00.000-07:002008-06-23T21:22:00.000-07:00Just enforce the damn laws and most of us will not...Just enforce the damn laws and most of us will not need any government food, or help.<BR/>We used to be a nation of people taking take of ourselves.<BR/><BR/>More PROOF that just enforcing the law will get these fucking leeches from Mexico out of OUR hair!<BR/><BR/>Christian Science Monitor <BR/>Why former Mexican migrants are staying home <BR/>El Gusano, Mex -- José Balderama spent half a decade in the United States working roofing jobs in Texas. The money he sent home each month went to his wife and four children – a source of income the family expected to count on for many years to come... <BR/> <BR/>"States have also gotten tougher. Gyla Gonzalez, the executive director of Latinos United of Carroll County, a nonprofit group, says that new state laws in Georgia, using driver's licenses and documentation for employment, has scared many migrants away. Attendance at the health clinic their organization runs, she says, is down by more than two-thirds in the past few months; "These types of laws in Georgia are making undocumented immigrants start to leave," she says. <BR/>______________________________<BR/><BR/>Hopefully ALL the Illegal alien only Health clinics will go away and therefore more truly desperate Americans will get the help they deserve.<BR/><BR/>MEXICO can FUCK OFF!<BR/><BR/>359 TORTURES, RAPES, KIDNAPPINGS, ALL for ransom, ALL Illegal's in drop houses in Phoenix, just last year alone. Source? Police on Hanninty's America via www.americanpatrol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11266150.post-21505492298259781032008-06-23T19:57:00.000-07:002008-06-23T19:57:00.000-07:00"Standiing in line like the Soviet Union" ...Thank..."Standiing in line like the Soviet Union" ...<BR/><BR/>Thanks to the DEMOCRATs that have run this state into the ground, we are looking too much like the former U.S.S.R.!<BR/><BR/>Democrats destroy our #1 source of good paying jobs so people need the damn Gov't, as in no cutting down those trees that grow back (Even dead ones from a fire). Instead over 12 years later they want to extend the "Welfare for Counties that don't cut wood program", like FED money grows on Trees. It doesn't American taxpayers pay for it & we'd rather cut those trees and take care of ourselves.<BR/>Democrats want us to buy all our Wood (or we build mud huts?)from Canada so that failed Socialist experiment can afford "free" lousy Healthcare for all 30 million inhabitants.<BR/>Democrats want us to buy all our Oil from the radical Muslims or Canada & Mexico and help THEIR economy, not ours, and hey this creates more "needy" Americans, who will vote for even more Gov't control/programs.<BR/><BR/>In Salem/Keizer all these "Free Summer" meals are only given out at the Schools and even Apartment complexes flooded with Illegal Aliens. None offered in the other hard working taxpaying American areas.<BR/><BR/>About 3 years ago our local paper had an item on "Free" coats. Everyone in line was Hispanic and the last lady in line bitched because they ran out of coats for her 8 Children, in Spanish of course.<BR/><BR/>My broke from competing with 3rd world labor friend had to take his kid to the "Free" shots for school day. He was the only one in line speaking English.<BR/><BR/>DEMONCRATS are getting what they want because of YOUR apathy people.<BR/><BR/>Shut down industry in America, use pollution as your scapegoat. Become a low pay, everyone qualifies for "Free" gov't stuff, service economy. Continue to<BR/>flood the labor market with illegal aliens and suppress wages.<BR/><BR/>Next thing you know we do become a mostly dependent on government to survive nation and the Commies have complete control and OUR money.<BR/>This is obviously what the Demoncrats want and are getting because you lazy Sheep let them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com