Comments on: Our Tax Dollars At Work

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:41:34 +0000

I sure hope so, Bill. Every time my water and sewer bill comes, I get mad all over again.

How they can claim nonpartisan is beyond me. speakers were all Republicans, were they not. Kris Kobach, who ranted on immigration is also head of the Republican Party of Kansas and tight with the white-supremacist group FAIR.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:12:46 +0000

Kathy,

Unless said President would be her.

On another note, can we sue to get our $15,000 back?

By: Del

Del — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:58:24 +0000

Well just cause women belong at home, I can’t see why one shouldn’t be President. You can pretty much stay in the White House the whole time

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:36:42 +0000

Perhaps the racist part is OTT, given her love for Clarence Thomas (although I’d suggest there’s an element of IOK[to be black]IYAR). I stand by the sexism, however. Phyllis has made a career of telling women they belong at home, and I’m quite sure she disapproves strongly of the idea of any female president.

By: Del

Del — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:01:09 +0000

As outrageous as I think it was to spend public dollars on this “forum,” I think taking her remark (“they have to choose between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama”) as racist ‘n’ sexist is a little OTT. After all, those poor Republicans have to choose between McCain and Huckabee, and the, um, unsatisfactory nature of that choice has nothing to do with the fact that they’re both white guys. (Although I’m sure there are those who would violently disagree.)

Towns implementing immigration policy on their own. Oh, Lawdy Jesus help us now.

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:43:33 +0000

Me too, Kathy!

I just read the first story filed by the Bham News from this morning’s session, where Kris Kobach, AG Ashcroft’s chief advisor on immigration law and border security and lead attorney in the Hazelton case advocated for towns and states to implement immigration policy on their own. He also praised the e-verify system, which has been improved, but still has bugs.

The Libertarian-inclined have raised questions about unintended consequences that go way beyond errors in ‘no-match’ findings (most likely to happen to the foreign born), to enshrinement of REAL ID and even effects on gun owners. This goes way beyond the designation of employers as Border Patrol agents for “internal enforcement.”