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A state legislative panel studying whether Georgia should adopt an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration has received a long list of proposals to consider, including authorizing all local and state law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration laws.
Also on the list is a proposed requirement for all businesses to use the federal E-Verify database to ensure their employees are in the country legally. Other proposals include creating new criminals offense for people who stop vehicles to hire and pick up day laborers; conceal, harbor, or shield illegal immigrants; or encourage illegal immigrants to move here.
These proposals are outlined in a Nov. 3 memo from deputy legislative counsel Terry Long to the Joint House and Senate Study Committee on Immigration Reform. Long does not identify the sources of the ideas in her memo, but she said they did not come from her office.
But Sen. Jack Murphy, R-Cumming, co-chairman of the committee, said the ideas came from legislators and various organizations from around the country, including the National Conference of State Legislatures. Murphy's panel is seeking to draft a comprehensive immigration bill before the next state legislative session starts in January.
Regarding the proposal to give local police the power to enforce federal immigration laws, Murphy indicated that could present some legal challenges.
"I'm not sure we can do that," Murphy said after attending his committee meeting at the State Capitol Wednesday. "But we do have the ability when we stop somebody for a violation to ask them — if there is reasonable suspicion — if they are here illegally."
The Obama administration has held that it is the federal government's responsibility to enforce immigration laws and it sued to stop Arizona's law. A federal judge this year blocked the part of Arizona law that requires police to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws.
At the same time, the federal government has been empowering local police and sheriff's deputies in Georgia — and many other states — to enforce immigration laws through so-called 287(g) agreements. Through these agreements, local police are given the power to question people about whether they are in the country legally and issue arrest warrants, prepare charging documents and detain and transport criminals for immigration violations.
Several people spoke at a committee public hearing Wednesday about the possibility of Georgia adopting something similar to Arizona's law.
"A similar law would have a devastating effect on our economy," said Helen Kim Ho, executive director of the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center of Georgia. "Such a policy would also hamper foreign economic development in our state because of the bad publicity which would result from boycotts and the image of Georgia as an anti-immigrant state."
Responding to Ho, Sen. John Bulloch, a member of the committee, complained illegal immigrants are "taking advantage of our services, our education system."
"It all should be done on the federal level," Bulloch, R-Ochlocknee, said of enforcing immigration laws. "We all agree to that. But at the same time we have the ability to create Georgia laws and that is what we are looking at."
November 17th, 2010
3:50 pm
Jerry Gonzalez is a fine example for Latinos to listen to. Even when illegals committ serious crimes like robbery, rape and murders, I have NEVER heard him say anything negative about these criminals. They can do no wrong in his eyes. He is one of the most biased persons in society today. I depise what he stands for!!!!! Also his comment about agricultural industry relies on immigrant workers is BS!!! Do you really not think Georgia CITIZENS (white, black and brown) would take these jobs immediately in these hard times?
November 17th, 2010
3:55 pm
Yeee-hah! Let's round up 'dem illegal brown people and send back to Mexico! On a serious note, I appreciate their drive and willingness to work, but our laws have to be enforced. I'm all for a guest worker program–which would make these folks "legal".
November 17th, 2010
4:17 pm
I just hope whatever they do, it will not require tax money to fight legal challenges. The State cannot afford it.
November 17th, 2010
5:27 pm
They should start with allowing schools to turn in the illegals! It makes no sense to me why a school official cannot turn in students who they KNOW are illegal!
November 17th, 2010
5:37 pm
So if the "encouraging" proposal becomes law and I comment here "come on in all you illegals, Georgia's a great place to reside!" I'd go to the pokey? I just love the people that represent me, so much I'm going to send each and everyone of them a personal copy of the Constitution – so that they can read it and maybe not do such stupid things in the future.
November 17th, 2010
5:46 pm
I'm sick of my government giving away the store. I worked hard, legally, paid taxes, and expect what I paid into the system to be there when I need it. INS needs State help to enforce the federal laws. If I have to, I'll go out and pick crops. Run the illegals out and then start with a clean, legal, slate.
November 17th, 2010
5:49 pm
Stop fooling yourselves. As long as we got U.S. Senators and State Senators who have farms and a governor who owns a car repair yard we will never pass strict immigration laws. I have a suggestion, why don't the rich republicans stop hiring them for cheap labor?
November 17th, 2010
7:23 pm
i dont care about legality i care about them not paying state taxes like the rest of us. and i also dont care if that hurts your blueberry farms bottom line
November 17th, 2010
7:37 pm
When the economy was riding high, everyone was OK with illegal immigrants mowing lawns, cleaning pools, and installing roofs. Now all of a sudden, they should be 'kicked out of the country.' If anything, there should be a more sensible path for immigration/naturalization in this country and those that are here illegally or on expired visas should get back in line or voluntarily get out until their visas/passports are in order.
It wasn't that long ago that Native Americans were calling the white colonists 'illegal aliens.'
November 17th, 2010
8:01 pm
Agree with Andy. This country was and is made of uninvited immigrants just ask the few remaining indigenous peoples here.
November 17th, 2010
8:29 pm
I am just tired of everyone coming here to Georgia, getting free health care, apartments, food stamps and Medicaid. Not to mention SSI and social security, pocket change, 100% job placement. These are just the supposedly legal immigrants. Oh yeah, free education.
November 17th, 2010
8:50 pm
Just Tired, the legals and the illegals have kept Georgia's feeble economy going by working jobs that you, I, and most other white folks did not want and would not do. You xenophobes are just plain ignorant.
November 17th, 2010
9:00 pm
Tom, NO
November 17th, 2010
9:01 pm
Just Tired, I wished the illegals would all leave and in two weeks we will be begging them to come back. No one is doing those jobs and you are probably hiring them too.
November 17th, 2010
9:34 pm
It really wouldn't be that difficult to remove the majority of the illegals:
1) Imprison or deport all illegals with a criminal record of any kind;
2) Require all employers of illegals to sponsor the illegals, including providing the employees with full medical coverage at the employers' expense, and not Obamacare at taxpayers' expense;
3) Eliminate all welfare payments of any kind to those here illegally. Let them pay their own way.
That should do it!
November 17th, 2010
10:09 pm
Just keep dreaming georgians, or gwinnettians. The tide is not going back, Georgia is becoming less white and more brown by the minute. More than 50% percent of the babies born in the state are NOT white. Wait 30 to 35 years and this hispanics babies are going to take over georgia congress and probably the governorship, and all of you illegal immigrant bashers, "good old boys", are gonna have a hispanic nurse wiping your white rear ends while you watch in agony how your beloved state has been taken by this "invaders"
November 17th, 2010
10:30 pm
Has anyone considered that we might need hard working people aspart of our citizenry?
November 17th, 2010
11:44 pm
Meanwhile….back in the real world….talk to your local general contractor…they will tell you in a heart beat that illegals will work harder, longer and better than anyone else.
As one contractor put it to me…."I pay legit wages to a white guy or black guy….he works half a$$ and complains and wants his pay early….I pick up an illegal at a home depot parking lot…and I show him how to do something one time only, and he never stops working until I crank up my truck to go home in the evening".
There ya go. Politicians make their little plans and speeches, and meanwhile the real world moves right along.
November 18th, 2010
1:04 am
I just want all these people that say they get FREE Healthcare to explain how that is happening??? I hear all these people say that same damn thing whats said on the news but NOBODY really breaks things down to how it really hurts or benefits us.
There was a recent study by a Harvard or something top university about the economic behind illegal immigrants beside them being here illegally, they have to buy food, products, shelter, etc to live here with this they pay Sales Tax, Since most of them don't or can't have bank accounts they have to go to check cashing places and pay very high fees to these american businesses, Western Union charges a pretty penny for money wires. If it wasn't for their labor, majority of our produce and meats would be at least twice as high in cost to us Americans which would mean our already financially hurting families would be in more distress. All of us american benefited from their cheap labor. But now since our economy is declining we need a fall guy and what the Republicans keep wanting us to believe is that they are the reason. $700 Billion went to the same corporations that drove our economy in the ground, they used that same money and gave executives bonuses in the millions. How many jobs that pay GOOD money are being sent overseas??? Don't Nike, Reebok, etc have manufacturing plants in Vietnam and China? How many people do they employ. These are jobs Americans can do but they rather sent them overseas for cheap labor and guess what NONE of the money reaches any American economy it helps China, India, etc becoming a stronger country. At least illegals have to put money back with our businesses.
I don't think anybody just wants to travel through the desert for day or weeks with a high risk of getting killed by either heat, dehyrdration or killed by the cartels just to get to the US. Every program I watched in regards to this topic is nothing I would want to do when times are hard only when things are completely hopeless me as human being would consider to go to these extremes they have to go through. If we are really smart we can use this to help our economy, let the illegals get a pathway to become legal, make them pay fines, fees, pay taxes, make them learn English. Give them some type of amnesty meaning only if you have been in the country 10+ years can you qualify which should deter some from doing the same. Some say it isn't fair, but guess what I don't think it is fair that Lindsay Lohan gets to continuously drive drunk and gets arrested and maybe does 2 hours in jail. If any regular citizens gets arrested for DUI there is a mandatory jail time, license suspensions and fines galore. So I guess thats how it is. So in all fairness, the welfare of our country is most important and if we can figure out to work together and make lemonade out of lemons. Hell if it wasn't for illegals New Orleans probably still would be a ghost town to this day.
November 18th, 2010
7:23 am
While they're at it; how about a law that requires anyone who cannot prove they have had family in this state for at least a generation to sew a yellow tamale, or something, on the outer part of their garment for easy identification…
November 18th, 2010
7:55 am
I think the republicans need to be thinking about jobs!
November 18th, 2010
8:41 am
First it was all the Irish. My God. They came and came and came. We all know how that turned out.
November 18th, 2010
8:44 am
It wasn't that long ago that Native Americans were calling the white colonists 'illegal aliens.'
I don't think that term was being used then; however, we weren't illegal, we were conquerors…..we took over their beautiful country, killed most of em and put the rest in reservations. Now, lets turn that around…….If the hispanics want to do the same thing to the country they are occupying illegally, they better be ready for one big a** fight to the finish.
Americans conquered this country and built it into what it is today…..ok, ok, I concede, there were immigrants….but, they were legal immigrants that abided by the rules for becoming americans. I don't see those coming from south of the border doing anything legal…..they are taking money earned here and sending it to home, wherever that might be, and that's helping to kill our economy. They are overburdening our infrastructure, filling up our hospitals, taking our welfare, committing crimes and filling our jails, entering our schools, some with no english skills which slows down the education process for students that are there legally to learn. Don't start on me about the USA needing these people to pick fruit, cut grass, babysit, replace roofs, dig ditches, etc., etc., there are many, many able people in this country legally that could perform those tasks who don't have a job presently……put them to work when all the illegals leave, take away their unemployment, food stamps, section 8 housing, earned income tax credits, all of which are hurting this country economically…….If they choose not to work, they will suffer the consequences – starvation. The United States Of America cannot be everything to everybody.
November 18th, 2010
10:07 am
In my simple way of understanding, illegal means an individual or activity outside the established legal system. If we are so quick to ignore that those classified as illegals are outside the adopted legal system, which other laws can we ignore just because we don't think they are fair to someone or other?
November 18th, 2010
10:46 am
Yeah I dare someone to tell me my family has to leave this state.
November 18th, 2010
10:56 am
Slavery was legal once. So was segregation. When people broke segregation laws they were called criminals. People come to this country out of desperation to feed their families. Nobody wants to leave their families and countries. Would you? Imagine having to make that decision? Why do we equate undocumented people with "criminal?" These are people trying to survive in this world. They do not come to "mooch" from our system. In fact, all the so-called benefits people say they are "sucking" they do not qualify for! Such as Medicaid and Welfare–undocumented people do NOT get those services. And they work (we can all agree to that!) and pay social security they will never see. Do you really think the problems of unemployment, poverty, lack of health care is the fault of undocumented individuals? Give me a break. You don't have health care because this government doesn't believe health care is a right. You don't have a job because this government is bailing out corporations instead of the people. While Canadians and Europeans can easily acquire "legal visas" to come to the US, for most of the world, especially those from Mexico and Central America, it is virtually impossible to get a visa to come here "legally." So please don't act like that is a real option. People come here when they have no choice. When it IS a metter of life or death for them. Thats why people risk their lives to cross. Can we please have some humanity for these individuals? All of us, except for Native Americans, were immigrants. Some of our families came legally when this country was inviting immigrants in from Europe. But some of our families "snuck in" as well. And all immigrants were scapegoated at one point–called names, considered dirty. Let's stop repeating this pattern and stop hating so much.
November 18th, 2010
11:54 am
There is an article in the ajc about how Arizona's illegal immigrant law is destroying the convention business in that state. I hope our legistlators will consider that before the fly off the handle and pass something similar.
November 18th, 2010
12:14 pm
Hey Stop the Hate….just because my TV is bigger than yours or my sofa sits better than yours gives you NO right to sneak in my backdoor and take what is not yours…Laws are Laws….
November 18th, 2010
1:12 pm
Illegal immigrants are becoming a problem now, because of the large numbers they are populating. Years ago when they first started sneaking in to this country the numbers were not so large. Yes we all want a better way of life but sneaking into a country to do it is not helping.
I don't think it will ever end because you got people that are willing to help get them over here and keep them here hidden somewhere. Seriously, if we have millions of legal residents here that have no jobs, how are they going to get a better life? A lot of businesses(that employ illegal immigrants) aren't going to continue to do well and farms and other such businesses will take a hit if people aren't demanding whatever product or services they offer.
They need to follow the laws point blank no matter what their reasoning is to being here.
November 18th, 2010
1:50 pm
hate leads to vitriol – vitriol leads to bitterness – bitterness leads to brother/sister vs brother/sister – bitterness leads to the decay of decency – decay of decency leads to the destruction of the American way of life … and where does it start?
November 18th, 2010
1:57 pm
Is Nathan Deal's banker missing? Bank exec no-show in court Accoding to the AJC, Randy Jones did not show up for his guilty plea today in Federal Court on bank fraud charges. Jones was the personal banker for Nathan Deal on his failed Wilder Outdoors questionable loan for a couple million bucks.
November 18th, 2010
2:03 pm
I lived in Georgia illegal for over 10 Years, and I paid Satate and Federal taxes, I did my Taxes every Years, and the State and Federal Goverment send me my return, I never used any public sevices, I paid Private School for my Child, I was a Good Citizen all those years in USA, I move outside the America and We did not take with us any money, all I get from my work, I invest in USA.
November 18th, 2010
2:23 pm
November 18th, 2010
1:04 am
You need to get out of that over populated rental and get some fresh air. Did you know the minimum wage for H2A workers? Its a lot more than our minimum wage. Those illegals will use false id and ssn for their I-9 and claim 6 dependents. How much tax is taking out claiming head of household with 6 dependents. Many are single. Big tax difference. Hey citizens who committ felonies lose or dont get benefits. Illegals are criminals. If Mexico or the other latin American countries had citizens that believed in the law of the land maybe they would have a little of America in them. I do not fell sorry for them nor do I owe them anything. I have my own children to look after. We must put America and Americans first! That's change I can live with.
November 18th, 2010
2:27 pm
November 18th, 2010
1:50 pm
Love of country leads to purge progressive liberals, purging progressive liberals brings back freedom and traditional values, freednom and traditional values makes us independent. How do you become a resonsible independent person?
November 18th, 2010
2:38 pm
Hey, Georgia, dont' spend too much time "considering." Just pass a law and get rid of each and every lawbreaker. What is it with people who want our country overrun with those who have no intention of becoming Americsns even if citizenship is given to them on a silver platter. It's simple people…if you want a decent country with those who are compatible, get rid of these criminals. If you want a version of Mexico, then whine and wring your hands and start the drivel about "we are a nation of immigrantion." No! We are a nation of 200 million Americans and 30 million illegal aliens. It's your choice.
November 18th, 2010
3:22 pm
dont forget everything Hitler did was legal.
November 18th, 2010
3:59 pm
Older and Wiser will you run for office – I'd vote for you!
November 18th, 2010
4:21 pm
More Arizona style laws?
Americans still dont get the picture that there is a big business going by keeping all the illegals here!
Think about for starters the Department of Homeland Security!
All the employees.( Prosecutors, Officers, etc. )
All the DEA employees you know ( trying ) to keep the dope and terrorists from coming across the southern border! Thats just their charade to keep their jobs!
Letting all the criminals across the border will lead to more crime ( sex offender , child molesters, drunk drivers etc. ) Which in consequence will lead to jobs for lawyers, more police officers, and more crap that comes with this kind of stuff!
My point here is that , to the American Govt the American People are just like puppets and the govt will look out for their ( govt) welfare.
By the way I am not American,( yet ) but the way I see it. I hate to see Americans dying in the hands of some unauthorized alien .
Or a family starving to an unauthorized alien, getting help from the govt!
If it matters ! I'm Mexican and I have been in the county for less than 5 years working Legally!
Paying my taxes, learning from the American society!
Basically trying to fit in!… I hope the welfare of the American communities get restored.
By the way! Those who think the Reconquista is Real?.. I tell u one thing! Mexico has more Territory than it can actually handle , and the drug on wars is just an small proof of it!
Believe me when I said Mexicans just want their own country to be a country where they can grow!
We do not want to take back California, We do not want any of the US…..
Perhaps the Chicanos DO.! you know ( Mexican descendants who have lived in the US for generations )
They are the ones who are claiming the Aztlan!
Whatever!…… I just hope Atlanta don't enact drastic laws like Arizona!
Peace !.
November 18th, 2010
5:28 pm
An American Patriot, thanks for completely missing my point and largely proving my point. Colonists from England were 'legally' able to take the continent of America because of their authority from their home country, not from permission of those already there and already settled the land. Sure, the colonists built a culture based largely on England's culture, but that's it.
I betcha some of these xenophobes' head would spin if they found out 'America' was named because of a Spanish-speaking man AND Spain was one of the first countries to settle this new continent. But no, let's get people who ain't able to speak English good out of this country and are a 'strain' on society for stealing government services from people who think they are too good to use them anyway or take jobs from those who don't want them anyway.
November 18th, 2010
7:28 pm
What a bunch of GA dumba**es. Illegals do pay income taxes if they are employeed by legal companies, they just do not receive the benefits. Go ahead and enact an Arizona style law and just see what it does to our convention business….Arizona has already lost out on $145 million in convention business.
You guys are more concerned w/bulls*** than electing all the repug crooks you voted in.
During the last 30 years of Democratic Rule Ga was progressing financially, technoligically etc… What has happened since the PSC went all Repug?…never turning down rate hikes….Oh yeah that's working for the people. How did the Repug Governor and Legislature progress this State? Go Fish? Higher unemployment? Getting rid of the homestead exemption?
Face it Ga is full of CORPORATE TOOLS
November 18th, 2010
7:32 pm
We need to get back to the intent of the Founding Fathers on immigration…the men who gave us the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution wrote the Immigration Act of 1790. Google it.
November 18th, 2010
9:34 pm
Why isn't the legislature concentrating on jobs, the economy, education, transportation, and water issues?
November 18th, 2010
10:09 pm
"all local and state law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration laws" will cost local governments money that they don't have and lead to higher taxes. "requirement for all businesses to use the federal E-Verify database to ensure their employees are in the country legally" will place yet another burden on small business. I am not in favor of illegal immigration, but neither of these suggestions will do anything for the economic development of Georgia.
November 18th, 2010
10:30 pm
If "illegals" are taking advantage of our educational system, I'm glad someone is. Too many native born don't seem to care too much. I've seen a lot of hispanic kids be the best behaved, hardest working students in a classroom. Their parents know what an education is worth. Those ARE the kind of people I want as my neighbors–and as peers for my own child.
Some complain that undocumented immigrants don't pay for school, but not many of them own property, they rent. That means that property taxes are folded into the rent amount–the landlord pays their share in full. Anyway, I say get 'em documented, sworn to loyalty, and brought fully into society. Hell, we could use a touch more of Latino family values and work ethic.
November 18th, 2010
11:59 pm
If the politicians were doing more than just pandering, I would suggest that they address the issue of illegal aliens driving expensive, accessory laden vehicles, as they defraud multiple government programs meant for US citizens.
Watching them pay for overflowing grocery carts with our tax dollars – then watching them load the groceries that I helped to pay for into their tricked out new Cadillac Escalade is like rubbing salt into the wound. If they can afford to drive a $50,000 plus vehicle, that should disqualify them from any government handout. Of course, since you don't know which one of their false names the car is – or who they are, for that matter, it would be difficult to enforce.
One more point – to the scumbags who give the glowing testimonials about the illegal aliens they hire – you are not only violating our laws, you are the reason they are still here. You should be fined and or jailed and made to pay for their transportation out of the country.
November 19th, 2010
7:06 am
Buford Sowega
November 18th, 2010
10:30 pm
If "illegals" are taking advantage of our educational system, I'm glad someone is. Too many native born don't seem to care too much. I've seen a lot of hispanic kids be the best behaved, hardest working students in a classroom. Their parents know what an education is worth. Those ARE the kind of people I want as my neighbors–and as peers for my own child.
Some complain that undocumented immigrants don't pay for school, but not many of them own property, they rent. That means that property taxes are folded into the rent amount–the landlord pays their share in full. Anyway, I say get 'em documented, sworn to loyalty, and brought fully into society. Hell, we could use a touch more of Latino family values and work ethic.
Care to explain why your beloved 'undocumenteds' ( what a pretty word to describe lawbreakers) have the highest high school drop-out rate of any ethnicity,even with billions spent per year on ESL,if the parents so value education?
And as far as your 'Latino family values',are you aware the out-of-wedlock birth rate for Hispanics in the U.S. is now 52%+,fast approaching that of African-Americans?
You want illegals here,fine-YOUR taxes will be raised to support them.
November 19th, 2010
8:49 am
Here's the General Assembly's to-do list this year:
Bash gays;
Bash illegal aliens (but ignore the companies that hire them);
Take tax dollars from metro-Atlanta and give them to S. Georgia;
Redistrict state/federal districts to eliminate all democrats;
Keep old black folks from voting;
Pander to right-wing Christian Talibanites; and
Find a way to pave over in-town Atlanta.
Busy, busy, busy.
Not on the list:
Solve transportation problems;
Fix aging infrastructure;
End the water wars.
November 19th, 2010
9:08 am
Talk, talk and more talk. Get something done, start getting rid of all illegals today. You were elected to do the willl of the people, get it done.
November 19th, 2010
9:22 am
I agree with Ghetto Granpa about bashing illegal aliens and ignoring the companies who hire them. The Republicans have to be aware that by delaying the process in order to satisfy their cronies demand for cheap labor, they are playing into the hands of the Democrats. Due to the misuse of the 14th amendment and the documented 3 to 1 birth rates of Hispanics, the Democrats are gaining on them every day. When you extrapolate the numbers, it may already be too late.
November 19th, 2010
10:21 am
[...] Georgia legislators consider Arizona-style crackdown on illegal aliens A state legislative panel studying whether Georgia should adopt an Arizona-style crackdown on illegal immigration has received a long list of proposals to consider, including authorizing all local and state law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration laws… HERE [...]
November 19th, 2010
12:23 pm
If Americans, regardless of race got off the of the street corners and welfare lines then took the jobs that are outsourced to illegals and foreign countries, there wouldn't be a place for them here. In times like these employers should fire the illegals and hire legal american citizens who need work.
November 19th, 2010
12:45 pm
said Helen Kim Ho, "bad publicity which would result from boycotts and the image of Georgia as an anti-immigrant state." C'mon! What absolute rubbish! Georgia encourages LEGAL immigration. There should be no other way. If the Feds actually enforced the law, the problem would be nowhere near as bad as it is right now! I love the idea of formally charging those that harbor, employ, conceal or otherwise aid the ILLEGAL immigrants while here….or encouraging them to come here! It's about time these traitorous companies were given a formal CRIMINAL record for hiring ILLEGAL immigrants and not citizens and legal residents! Shame them loudly and publicly!!!!
November 19th, 2010
12:52 pm
Fed Up W/ the Fed:
I agree with you on that, but there is a problem calling 'discrimination lawsuits' by illegal aliens or undocumented/expired visa workers. Can you imagine a major corporation like Wal-Mart or the like having zero tolerance for illegal aliens? Lawyers would have a field day with that.
November 19th, 2010
3:47 pm
ANDY — that's the really ridiculous part…it's just sad sad sad.
November 19th, 2010
3:59 pm
Action; reaction. The whole country will be a majority non-white in 15-20 years according to Census estimates. The political power of Republicans will disappear unless they change their stance towards new majority. In the meantime, if history is a guide, we will see more and more efforts to disenfranchise the new majority and hold onto power. But it will ultimately fail. Just look at recent election results in California, Nevada and Colorado. Hispanics, in those cases, provided the margin of victory for Democrats agains TeaParty Republicans who had bashed them.
November 20th, 2010
4:49 am
The role of Tea Party people and others who carried the GOP to victory is like that of the political commissars to the Soviet Red Army during World War II…march behind the troops to make sure they fight and deal ruthlessly with "deserters and defeatists."
I believe we will see more than just talk against illegal aliens from our new governor and legislature…we in Georgia could exceed Arizona with measures that could drive this menace from the state. For example, a 10% tax on foreign wire transfers if the sender has no state ID…unavailable to illegals. Or require government school students to bring back a note from mommy and daddy regarding their immigration status. If we drain the water in which they swim, they will self-deport.
The mass departure of illegals would be a "win-win." While our community improves with illegals departing, Kalifornia and a few other deep-blue states will be their refuge, overloading their already bankrupt social service and criminal justice systems. This will be fitting punishment for their Democratic voting habits as well as making these places even more alien to middle America.
Immigration is the issue of our lifetime.
November 20th, 2010
11:53 am
Thus ends the Republic. When anyone who can sneak across the border in the dead of night is given victim status and provided with all of the services of the state with the cost passed on to the citizens it becomes impossible to maintain a sovereign state. Once this is lost, national integrity will soon collapse and this once beautiful nation will fracture into separate states resembling Europe. For some of you, this is exactly what you want because the U.S. is 'evil' and needs to be destroyed, and this invasion will hasten this end. For others in the society, it just seems "fair"; and your short sightedness will facilitate the aims of the others. If the majority of people in the U.S. insist on open border policies we need to re-visit our taxing policy and replace the current tax system with something along the lines of the FAIR tax, where ALL taxes are replaced with a single sales tax sufficient to cover the needs of the nation and the states. Under such an arrangement everyone would pay for the upkeep of the state, even the illegals. At least then, we could better afford the largess they demand.
November 20th, 2010
2:52 pm
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November 20th, 2010
6:17 pm
Fire Eater, I wouldn't hold my breath until Nathan Deal does something about illegal aliens.
November 20th, 2010
8:33 pm
Mexicans ARE welcome…. Stand in line as did the OTHERS and come here LEGAL!! Learn English, also!!
REPEAT… Georgia Legislators "Get something done, start getting rid of all illegals today. You were elected to do the willl of the people, get it done"!!!
November 21st, 2010
12:21 am
Illegal immigrants = cheap labor..Both Democrats and Republicans support cheap labor.
Every construction site I pass, I see all Mexican crews..AMERICANS WANT THAT JOB.
Mom and pop American landscapers are put out of business, by illegals working for CORPORATE landscaping companies. Illegals repair the roads, drive trucks, clean the hospitals, do roofing, cook, etc AMERICANS WANT THOSE JOBS.
A quick way to citizenship, go fight in the Iraq, Afghanistan War…..they are not going to do it.
They send their money back to Mexico, and don't want to become a U. S. citizen.
They are smart, they are investing in their country. And the corporations and business owners hiring illegals are bankrupting American workers.. But Republicans and Democrats work for corporations and therefore will do nothing about illegal immigration.
November 21st, 2010
6:25 am
I'm a Georgia native married to a non-citizen. All you racist fools should go lynch yourselves.
November 21st, 2010
11:11 am
It is just plain WRONG to allow ANY class of people to BREAK THE LAW!! They take our jobs, they swell the welfare rolls, they force us to build bigger schools, the are BREAKING our already weak healthcare system. SEND THEM HOME!!! The federal gov't will not act. the State MUST!
November 21st, 2010
2:59 pm
Better watch out Georgia, Obamination won't like you stepping on illegals Uh, um, 'undocumented workers' toes. He'll be sending that corrupt sesspool called Dept of Justice down on you. Especially now that the Democrooks are a very and I do mean VERY small minority!! Oh to heck with it, DO IT Georgia!!!
November 21st, 2010
3:04 pm
Well, I agree with you to a point however a key word you mentioned – outsourced workers! I was outsourced, and when the unemployment office mentioned I lost my job I told the woman no ma'm, I did not LOSE IT, I know exactly where it went. I just didn't go with it!! My salary dropped from $40 an hour to $15 over night while the bankers, corporations and beauracrats raped me with taxes!! If I 'lose' my job again, I'm going to sit on my arse and take every dime I can!!! I didn't make 30 million last year like the CEO of American Express!!!
November 21st, 2010
4:35 pm
Another very real issue is the lack of medical screening of illegal aliens. People who enter our country legally are screened for contagious diseases for a reason. The alarming fact associated with this issue is the large numbers of illegal aliens who are preparing our food in fast food restaurants. The fast food people are one of the largest lobbies pushing to keep their medically unscreened cheap labor, even though they represent over half of the hepatitis B cases in this country and are 10 times more likely to have TB(frequently, the kind that scares the daylights out of pennicillin). You may want to think about that the next time you order your favorite burger and fries. If having a legitimate reason to be concerned makes me a racist, then call me a racist. The negatives associated with our open borders policy far outweigh any positives – the problem is that our two faced politicians are aligned with those who benefit financially.
November 21st, 2010
5:08 pm
Now we're beginning to see why blindly voting one party or the other is such a bad idea. Our politicians are saying "screw you," and they know it won't matter. We'll vote Republican no matter what.


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The month of October is packed with walks, fundraisers and everything pink in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Don Lampert, an SEO Strategist at PCG, recently walked to raise awareness and money in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ.
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Tampa, FL - A.M.I., a sales and marketing company, joined the Breast Cancer walk on October 23, 2010 and walked 2 miles.
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On Saturday, September 25th the City of Corona will turn pink for a day. That's when thousands of Inland Empire residents will meet at the Promenade Shops of Dos Lagos to take a stand against Breast Cancer.
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Josefov (Josefov)
Contact detailsPraha 1 - Staré Město
Josefov - Jewish Quarter
The oldest Jewish settlement The Jewish settlers, businessmen, moneychangers used to settle in the area under Prague Castle as early as in the 10th century. This period is commemorated by a synagogue at Újezd in Malá Strana with the oldest cemetery (perished in the 12th century), and a little later a settlement was established by the so called Vyšehrad path (perished at the end of the 11th century during a crusade).
During the 11th and the 12th centuries, the Jewish settlement concentrated around today's Vladislavova Street, where another cemetery was established before 1254 (abolished in 1478). The significance of this settlement gradually decreased and from the 12th century on, a new centre began to develop around the Old and the Old New Synagogue.
Jewish settlement of Josefov. The Jewish Town was, until the end of the 19th century, one of the oldest ground-plan formations in Prague, which was connected with, among other things, consistent adherence to habits, both religious and relating to practical life.
The Jews most probably came in this area from two directions; the older and more numerous settlement was from the East, Byzantium, and the younger from the East-West over the Alps. They began to settle in a commercially advantageous place between two market places - Na Rejdišti and the Old Town (Staroměstské) Square. There was a certain internal division within the settlement, mostly connected with different ways of adhering to the religious rituals, when the Eastern Jews settled around the Old Synagogue (which used to be situated in place of today's Spanish behind the Holy Spirit Church), and the Western settled around the Old New Synagogue and nearby Josefovská (today Široká) Street. At this time, however, it was no forced ghetto, which would separate the Jews from the others. There was a similar settlement of German businessmen around St. Peter's Church, and of Romanic ones around St. Havel.
In the 1230s, during the reign of Václav I, the whole extensive territory with scattered settlement around the Old Town Square was united by a wall, thus establishing the Old Town. Shortly after that, also the Jewish settlement was enclosed by a wall with six gates, at that time rather to protect against attacks from the outside, than to isolate the inhabitants. From the 1250s on, the anti-Jewish storms started to occur, being also the consequence of the anti-Jewish decrees of the Fourth Council of the Lateran. However, the Jews paid taxes to the king, thus enjoying his protection against pogroms, and the construction of the Old New Synagogue was the testimony of the community's high position in the last third of the 13th century, having been built by the stonemasons of the royal smelting plant. Today it is the oldest preserved European synagogue, still used for religious purposes.
During Easter 1389, there was the greatest medieval pogrom ever, supposedly caused by a desecration of an altar bread. It was followed by great massacres, plundering and burning of the houses, when nearly 3000 inhabitants of the ghetto were killed. Avigdor Kara was one of the few survivors, a doctor and later a rabbi who composed a lament to commemorate the event, and it is still read today during the Jom kippur feasts. The tombstone of Avigdor Kara (died in 1439) is the oldest preserved tombstone in the Jewish cemetery established in the beginning of the 15th century.
In the 16th century, mostly at the time of the Rudolf II reign, economic and cultural prosperity returns to the Prague Jewish community - past Jewish privileges were confirmed; litigations between Christians and Jews could only be resolved by the royal court, etc. Before the end of the 16th century, the number of citizens increased severalfold, further building development started (Maisel Synagogue, Pinkas Synagogue, High Synagogue, town hall), there were numbers of financiers, various craftsmen, and their services have been used by inhabitants of the other parts of the city as well.
Around the mid-17th century, the development was so intense, that many began to view it as a serious endangerment of the Christian entrepreneurship, and the court thus started to strive after limiting the Jewish economy. This succeeded a hundred years later, when the Jews were expelled from Prague upon the order of Maria Theresa in the years 1745 - 8.
Their position improved again only after the reforms of Joseph II, who, among other things, also abolished different anti-Jewish orders and limitations. The order regarding forced placement of Jews in ghettos remained in action, and only the richest, most privileged individuals were allowed to settle outside the borders (such as the Progeses of Portheim).
After the Austrian constitution was set up in 1848, the Jews acquired full political equality, and they could freely move outside the ghettos.
Josefov - the Fifth Town of Prague The Jewish quarter was included among the Prague towns in 1850; it was named Josefov to commemorate Emperor Joseph II. Wealthy Jews immediately started to move into better neighbourhoods, and the former ghetto changed into a slum, regardless the religion. Yet a Spanish synagogue was built as early as in 1868 in place of the Old synagogue.
Fast deterioration, overpopulation and bad hygienic conditions lead to the approval of the sanitation law in 1893. Demolitions started four years later after the houses were redeemed, and regarding more significant buildings, only six synagogues, a town hall and a cemetery were preserved until today. Within the framework of new construction, the level of terrain was elevated first of all, to protect the territory against floods, and most new buildings were built during the first decade of the 20th century.
After the extinction of several synagogues, their former congregations united and in 1906, they built a Jubilee synagogue in the Jeruzalémská Street as certain compensation. In the same year, also the Jewish museum was established with the aim to preserve historical and artistic commemorations from the demolished houses and synagogues.
What can no longer be found in the former ghetto Zigeiner (Cikánova) Synagogue from 1613 (used to be in the internal block between the former Rabbi, today Maisel and Široká), a Renaissance palace of Jakob Basevi from 1622, his private Velkodvorská Synagogue from 1627 (used to be in the same block as the Zigeiner Synagogue), the New Synagogue (used to be at the Eastern end of Josefovská - Široká Street), and lots of romantic houses and cottages and mysterious corners.
Significant personalities Jehuda Löw ben Becalel (around 1525 - 1609) - Talmudist, religious thinker and philosopher, pedagogue promoting certain new methods in teaching and interpreting Talmud, Prague rabbi in the years 1597 - 1609. Known to wide public as the creator of the legendary Golem. Mordechaj Maisel (1528 - 1601) - businessman, patron, court Jew and banker of Rudolf II, enjoying different privileges for his services (the right to loan money for debentures, the right to build a private synagogue, to have his own banner and to ride a horse through the town as a nobleman, the right to trade freely). His name is connected with the construction of the town hall, the High (Vysoká) Synagogue, with paving all the ghetto streets, he also extended the cemetery, and had three smaller buildings erected in place of today's Klausen Synagogue, namely a Talmudist school (yeshiva), a synagogue, and a ritual spa (mikve). Jakob Baševi (1580 - 1634) - after Maisel he acquired similarly significant position and privileges, including the position of the imperial banker and court Jew. In 1622, he was even ennobled by Ferdinand II as the first Jew in the Habsburg monarchy, and he became a man of high politics. Apart from a private palace and a synagogue, he also had a hospital and spa built in the ghetto. David Gans (1541 - 1613) - pupil of rabbi Löw, mathematician, astronomer, the first modern Jewish historiographer - the chronicle Cemach David (David's Sprig) is a valuable resource of events Gans himself witnessed in Prague. He was in contact with Tycho de Brahe and Johannes Kepler, too.
Legends of the old ghetto About Golem: the legend has been known in different modification in many oriental nations for a long time, yet the Golem of Prague probably made it most famous. It was largely due to Gustav Meyrink, who published a novel about Golem in 1915.
Golem was a creature - an artificial human being created by rabbi Löw from clay with the help of three elements (water, fire and air). He was enlivened with a scroll containing a special cabbalist formula inserted under the tongue. Golem, who was named Josele, was very strong and could do nearly everything but speak. He helped in the rabbi's house and also worked as a servant (shames) in the synagogue. The rabbi used to take out the scroll from his mouth during Sabbath, when working is forbidden; yet he forgot one day, and before he came back from the synagogue, Golem had destroyed everything that got in his way in a madness attack. When the rabbi took out the scroll, the body fell onto the ground and crumbled, and the mass was taken to the Old New Synagogue, where it has remained until today, as one legend says. About the Old New Synagogue: the legend says the angels have brought the synagogue directly from Jerusalem; another version says the angels built it themselves. During the fire of the ghetto in 1558, when the synagogue was endangered too, the legend says two doves appeared on the roof and kept beating their wings until they diverted the flames. The story was that those were two of the angels who had built the synagogue.
Less commonly known facts The Star of David (Shield of David): A well-known six-tail star, a hexagram having a magic significance, not only for the Jews, as early as in the ancient world. In 1354, Charles IV bestowed a privilege upon the Prague community to have their own banner, and the Star of David first appears on it as the symbol of the Jewish community. This symbol gradually rooted throughout the territory of Bohemia and Moravia; it was used in Austria from the 17th century on, and it kept spreading throughout the world. Also the Zionists struggling for the renewal of the Jewish state chose it as their emblem, and it is a part of the Israel State's flag today.
The first seat of Prague university: next to the ghetto gate behind the St. Nicholas Church, there used to be a house of Lasarus the Jew, which was, after his death, donated by Charles IV to the Prague Technical University, and the first campus was established here, named Karlova (until then, the tuition only took place in the teachers' homes). The university was settled here until 1383, when Václav IV bought a house of coin-master Rotlev - today's Carolinum.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - A $1,000-per-pill drug that insurers are reluctant to pay for has quickly become the treatment of choice for a liver-wasting viral disease that affects more than 3 million Americans.
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ALBANY, New York - Gov. David Paterson has picked Democratic U.S. Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to fill New York's vacant U.S. Senate seat, an aide to the governor said early Friday, a day after Caroline Kennedy abruptly withdrew from consideration.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, shut down secret overseas CIA prisons, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate shot to 8.1 percent in December, the highest rate reported since March 1983.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's first public act in office Wednesday was to institute new limits on lobbyists in his White House and to freeze the salaries of high-paid aides, in a nod to the country's economic turmoil.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Braving frigid temperatures, an exuberant crowd of hundreds of thousands packed the National Mall on Tuesday to celebrate the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as America's first black president. He grasps the reins of power in a high-noon ceremony amid grave economic worries and high expectations.
It was the first change of administrations since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Crowds filled the National Mall from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol for a glimpse of the proceedings and, in the words of many, simply "to be here."
WASHINGTON - What began as an investigation of peanut butter shipped to U.S. nursing homes and cafeterias has broadened with the Kellogg Co. recalling 16 products and federal officials confirming salmonella contamination at a Georgia facility that ships peanut products to 85 food companies.
A divided Senate has approved President-elect Barack Obama's request for $350 billion in unspent financial bailout funds.
The 52-42 vote releases the money in the midst of rising foreclosures and a worsening climate for the nation's banks. It marked Obama's first legislative victory, days before he assumes office. The vote came amid strong opposition from critics of how the first $350 billion has been spent.
NEW YORK (AP) - A US Airways plane crashed into the frigid Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after striking a bird that disabled two engines, sending 150 on board scrambling onto rescue boats, authorities say. No deaths or serious injuries were immediately reported.
Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown says the US Airways Flight 1549 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport enroute to Charlotte, N.C., when the crash occurred in the river near 48th Street in midtown Manhattan.
ATLANTA - Federal officials have not yet identified the cause of a salmonella outbreak striking almost 400 people in 42 states, but state officials in Minnesota said Friday they believe peanut butter may be involved.
NEW YORK - Retailers reported dismal sales figures for December on Thursday as even Wal-Mart Stores Inc., one of the bright spots in the industry, finally buckled under the pressures of the deteriorating economy.
A wind advisory is in effect from 1 p.m. this afternoon to 7 p.m. EST this evening for north and central Georgia.
ATLANTA - Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin is warning residents that three G&J cocoa products packaged for Christmas sale are being recalled because they may contain the industrial chemical melamine.
ATLANTA - A single winner has taken the $46 million jackpot from the latest drawing of the multistate Mega Millions lottery.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Southern and western states are poised to snatch more congressional seats from the rest of the country as Americans pursue open spaces and warmer climates.
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Though four out of the six finalists for the North American Car and Truck of the Year Awards were GM vehicles, only the new 2008 Chevy Malibu managed to earn the honor of 2008 North American Car of the Year. On the truck side of things, the Buick Enclave and Chevy Tahoe Hybrid lost out to the Mazda CX-9.
The Malibu was competing for North American COTY honors against the new Honda Accord and 2008 Cadillac CTS. The judges use a point system to determine the winner, and the Malibu achieved the most among the cars at 190, with the CTS fairly close behind at 165 and the Honda firmly in third with 95.
The Mazda CX-9, meanwhile, blew out its truck competitors with 201 points. Surprisingly, the Chevy Tahoe 2-mode Hybrid came in second with 140 and the Buick Enclave, which we believed (and you, too) had a chance to win, only managed 109 points.
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Jennifer Aniston: Years after 'Friends' went off the air, this blonde beauty continues to make waves in Hollywood. She starred in just two films last year, Adam Sandler's Just Go With It and Horrible Bosses with Jason Bateman. However, both these movies were big box-office draws.
They helped her make a nifty $29 million in 2011 alone! Not too shabby for someone whose future seemed bleak after a certain Brad Pitt dumped her back in 2005.


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Whatever Is To DoWe were ever so worriedWhen we found the knotted nooseAnd scribbled diary entriesWith tales of self abuseTeenage tears and tantrumsCan easily be explainedBut what on earth would cause theseFreshly dripped blood stainsWe were ever so worriedWhen you locked yourself in your roomPainted the walls pitch blackAnd ignorantly we assumedThat this was just a phaseThat it would soon come to passAnd pass it indeed did doFar too soon and far too fastWe were ever so worriedWhen you dyed black your hairNo longer did we recogniseThe child that was once hereOur precious little angelWhere did your shaken bones goAnd why did you leave us hereWith no reason and no noteWe were ever so worriedTo find an empty bedNo more teenage tantrumsJust endless silence insteadIf we could bring you homeTake care and start a newWe'd sit our precious girl downAnd ask 'whatever is to do?''
Reality BitesReality bitesWhere as he tore shredsFrom the pristine pagesOf the book you once readA promise of a PrinceAnd of a fairytaleOn those lonely nightsServing to regaleAnd offer some solaceIn times of despairWhen hope felt as distantAs the love you once sharedYour book was uniqueThough you try to replaceThe words and the imagesBut you still see his faceSuffocated by lifeEach breath hard to findA broken, tarnished heartIn tumultuous timesReality bitesBut with your pride still intactMaybe now is the timeThat for once you bite back
Only When I WriteThe drama unfurling in my lifeFeels like the shadow of my handThat grows as it comes ever closerTo the light perched on my bed standIn that I can feel the darkest cloudEver such a menacing sightIn time I can reverse the feelingBut only when I writeSeclusion left me with nothingApart from creativityLoneliness it turns out, my friendsIs quite the aperitifFor the feast that is awaiting meIf I make it through the nightTomorrow always brings me new hopeBut only when I writeYou approach me on a good dayAnd I will offer you a smileThe same expression on the worst daysBecause my manners are so mildBut don't take me for a toothless foolWhen cornered I've been known to biteFear not, those demons remain at bayBut only when I write
Life Is An Intravenous DripLife is an intravenous dripWith no transfusion of bloodInstead it slowly relieves meOf a mind that once was goodAdministering paranoiaDirectly from the drip chamberSuffocating me with terrorWhen there is no imminent dangerLife is an intravenous dripI am fascinated by my veinsAnd curious as to which oneCarries the blood to my brainWhich causes the unwanted impulseFor me to question every answerTourniquet that varicose vesselCuriosity is my cancerLife is an intravenous dripOf that I am A positiveMy blood remains optimisticSo why am I so negativeI see no saline solutionJust diminishing vital signsAs my sanity transfuses from meOne deplorable drop at a time
The Man Who BurnsI am too sterile and staticI can feel you walking awayInto the arms of the man who burnsBut then again why would you stayHe is so young and beautifulHe lives life while I rehearseActing upon his desiresWhile I write about mine in verseOur love was Russian rouletteWithout bullets in the chamberPassing the gun back and forthWithout any sense of dangerThe fire in your heart has gone nowThis cliché is not lost on meMetaphorically I'm the waterThat dampened our destinyYou said you would never leave meBut this contract was never bindingI want you to find your freedomIf there's a freedom worth findingBeyond the love that we haveThe excitement you used to feelBelieving that I was specialI was your sword, not your shieldIn that I'd not only defend youBut I would fight for your loveBut repetition led to tediumI can see you have had enoughYour bruises have faded quickerThan the cuts that sliced your skinBut beware that burns scar deeperIf you let that malign ma
Target WeightI am afraid because I knowThat I will never arriveAt a point where I am nourishedAnd emotionally satisfiedSo to regulate my moodI consume levels that disgraceThey suppose that this is greedThat assumption is misplacedI'm addicted to the feelingThe short term stimulationBut that only makes me more proneTo those feelings of deflationAnd stomach cramps and painsLoose skin hanging from my bonesEyes sinking into my skullAnd those deathly grey skin tonesWill I ever fill the holeSilence those voices for a whileI prepare my gut for sorrowWhile I am spoon fed on denialBut life's too much to digestAn acid reflux episodeRegurgitate my memoriesBefore my stomach explodesIn a culture such as oursThe blame lays nowhere but my plateI chose the fats, sugars and saltsThe impossible target weightNow I'm afraid because I knowThe end has already arrivedIn the form of this addictionTo a staple we need to survive
Sharpen Your PencilSharpen your pencilDip your pen in the wellShow the world your visionThrough the story you tellThere's no right or wrongSo don't listen to critiqueYour story alone is enoughSo beautifully uniqueAnd only you can tell itYour version of eventsWrite it, sing it, paint itRelease, express and ventSharpen your pencilDip your pen in the wellAnd with your own wise wordsThose ghosts you will repelPlease be true to yourselfNo embellishment requiredEvery inferno was onceBut a flicker of fireSo fan those fiery flamesAnd refuse to walk in lineAs experience will growThrough the passage of time
Wicked TongueI will open my curtains tonightBefore I relinquish my bones to sleepSo I can rise and shine with the sunAt an incline that is not quite as steepAnd I will plan my daily routineSo I am not required to interactWith anyone or with anythingOther than my path crossing black catI am the ghost of your former loveI am the spirit of your last best friendRemember when I said I need youWell I will not be needing you againNever forget I am someone's brotherNever forget that I am someone's sonRemember this when you throw your stonesAnd you lash out with your wicked tongue
Beautifully Flawed Wild AnimalsAs a child I was kicked by a horseWhile approaching from behindIt knocked me clean across the stableThis fragile framed boy of nineI tried so hard to be strong and braveAnd as Mother wiped my tears awayAll I could think was I must returnTo the stable the very next dayI barely slept a wink that nightFor thinking about the steedAnd how the doctor said I'd be deadIf hoof had hit below my kneeRunning my hand over the horseshoeThat was bruised onto my thighI felt a very real connectionBetween the animal and IMother woke me as dawn brokeAsked if I still wanted to goTo visit the scene of the crimeTo visit my equus foeI nodded bravely and forced a smileAnd with that we were on our wayI recognised the farmers sonI recognised the bales of hayAnd there he was right in front of meHe seemed bigger than beforeBut there was no fear in my heartJust a sense of wonder and aweThe farmers son took me by the handAnd as he tended to its maneHe fed the horse a sugar cubeA
fly.this is hard for the world around us to grasp:these wildfires raging in our retinas& the sins we wear like demonic simileson our tongues- they are not enough.& i am so fucking sorry of saying i'm sorry.but, tell me,what is a young poet(ess) to dowith veins made of kite strings?
The Intelligent Are So SadA cascade of words parade around,with thoughts of atoms and connotation.She is brilliant, they say,but she knows she is lost.Numbers are her companion,she understands their mean, average.Words can twist her brain,she loves the wonder they bring.She is intelligent, they say,but sometimes,she doesn't feel clever enough.Sometimes she feels clever too much.Excusez-moi, in perfect French,but nothing is gained by perfect word tense.She is clever, they say.But she is not clever the way they know.She sees things as they are,and she prefers her thoughts to the world.She knows she loves them more than they in return,and her friends will be there until they wont.Friends reassure her, you'll be okay,she puts a smile on her face.She loves them as much as any,even though there aren't many.They bring out the best in her,the happy girl,not swamped by words.The one who isn't drowning in formula.Test scores and numbers don't mark you smart,she knows this now,engraved in her
Irrelevant.You were changing, I saw it, but you didn't know,You changed from who I love to someone I don't know.I wanted to see who I loved, so I tried my best,And I saw her, fleetingly, hidden within your breast.Now, I beseech you, if you've changed, then change,Don't throw me away for nothing, that's beyond strange.Don't torture me with the image, of the girl I still love,Don't torture me with the image of an angel from above.If you want to change, then please, do so,Change into a girl that I don't want to know.Just don't turn into the girl that I love again,Because I cannot handle being thrown away again.So if you want, then stop being the girl I love,Don't torture me with the girl whom I will always love.
Dead Man's SwitchIn control, then not -Sudden loss of grip.AccelerationHeadlong to where?Blurred reality,Details lost, smudged, streaked.Careening; no system ofIncapacitation.Memories flash,Movements stiffen.Throat parches,ThoughtsruntogetherNo dead man's switch,On a fast track -With or without a god?to oblivion.
A Childhood in WinterSnow coming thick upon steep hills beckons,Excited they climb, with sleds at the ready.Daring or fearful, a course they reckon,With each run completed, moves are more steady.Nerves held in check, their next turn approaching,They watch all the others, to learn their best moves.Younger kids listen to parents' coaching,Older ones show confidence in their best grooves.Over the edge and down Boreas Hill,The oldest and bravest, they take the big run.Steepest and fastest - a test of one's will!Intense competition and fine snowy fun.Winter! For children a magical time,As snow becomes snowmen, and angels with wings.For this older poet - challenged to rhyme,Snow is exciting for memories it brings!
We are out there.Through all this anarchy, a broken world and it's insanity, I walk on.All of these people, I will protect them from the world, I fight on.Through this snowglobe with shattered glass, I walk on.All of these people with shattered hearts, I fight for.An angel, a Fallen, a masqueraded messenger with black wings.Walking with a purpose, war, murder, I save them from these things.My weapon is a sword of ice, bound with blue fire.I fight to protect them, but they think me a liar.They don't know who or what I am, and I protect them with these lies.But they don't know this, or don't want to, that I stop their sad cries.This Fallen with black wings, protecting you from all these things.He is sad that you do not believe him, for his purpose is protecting.This Reaper, protecting you, walking through the world.He goes unnoticed, and his pleas always go unheard.You will have no parley with liars, never to talk to them.But what they don't realise is, he tells lies to protect them.
You Gave Me A StarLast night you gave me a starA resplendent little lightYou made it a surpriseHiding it behind your thumb all nightSo I wouldn't noticeThe new twinkleIn our night's skyTill finally"Without further ado"You whispered to meAs you showed meOur own little islandIn a sea of darkness and wonder."Make a wish"you smiled bashfully"Its your star after all"And I wishedI wished a million timesOn that tiny lightThat one dayI might be able to give youAll the stars in our sky.
One youOne kiss, One touch, One you.One you to miss, One you to love so much, One chance to have a love so true.When you smile at me,I know that love is all I see.This love is so surreal,But deep down inside I know it's real.Just a touch can make me want to scream,Felling like I'm walking on a balancing beam.Emotions so fragile and fierce,With an arrow so sharp my soul they pierce.One kiss, On
Who what when where why or how.You're just another faceless one, hidden in the crowd,No one cares about you, or why you act so proud.No one knows who you are, you're just another face,You could just disappear without a trace.The blood red sky in your mind's eye,It's always there but you don't know why.You're just a part of a bigger whole,And your heart is as black as coal.You play dress-up with your top hat and cane,But you can take it off and disappear again.You're never noticed no matter what you wear,It's a source of their contempt and your despair.You could just disappear right now,No matter who what when where why or how.
The Deepest Depths of BlueThe chain of events that followed your birthWere as tumultuous as each twisted linkYour mind was wired for the written wordBut under no circumstances should you thinkAs the decreasing circles of sanityWill ripple through your infant mindThe soul can't escape your hollow bonesUntil you leave those thoughts behindYou feel trapped inside your grey matterBut freedom will be yours in the endOnce you realise that you are a miracleThat'll never be repeated againOpen your eyes to the beauty of the truthThat there is a reality worth seeingAnd dive into the deepest depths of blueOf your soul, your essence, your being
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2013 was a big year for both Fall Out Boy and Capital Cities . Fall Out Boy's Save Rock and Roll snagged the group their second #1 album on the Billboard 200 albums chart, while Capital Cities' single "Safe and Sound" scored the guys their first-ever top-10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Now, the bands are going to celebrate their success by ringing in 2014 by appearing on America's biggest New Year's Eve show: Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest.
Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump says he's looking forward to performing on the telecast, mostly because the show has always been a part of his New Year's Eve experience."I just remember it being the standard thing…that's what you do on New Year's," he tells ABC News Radio. "You have the TV on, and that's what's on, and that's the countdown that we watched and everything. So…that's all of my New Year's memories pretty much."
Capital Cities' Sebu Simonian adds he has a habit of watching New Year's Rockin' Eve every year, although he rarely gets to see the whole thing. "I think it was just a ritual to turn on the TV about 15 seconds before the countdown for me and my family, because we were always probably eating still," the singer tells ABC News Radio. "We start eating and then we don't stop right until the countdown, and then we sit in front of the TV and watch the countdown, and then move on to some more eating."
Capital Cities' Ryan Merchant notes that getting the chance to take the stage at the event is "an honor," while Fall Out Boy's bassist Pete Wentz is thrilled the band gets to follow in the footsteps of some of his favorite artists. "We read a lot of musicians' biographies, or what they did, and...so many musicians have done things like this, and now it's really bizarre because it feels like you're...stepping into shoes," explains Wentz. "We're one of those bands now, we get to play this. So that's a big deal."
As for New Year's Eve resolutions, two of the members of Fall Out Boy are looking to make some serious improvements in 2014. Stump's goal is be "more punctual," while Wentz is hoping to be less focused on his electronics. "I think my honest New Year's resolution is to work on being more present, just in general," notes the bassist. "I think that...all the like tablets and everything that exists, a lot of people just space out. I space out a lot of the time. [I just want to] be there more...[and] always be checked in as much as I can."
Both bands will perform as part of the West Coast Party segments of the annual ABC New Year's Eve special, hosted by pop star Fergie . The broadcast kicks off at 11 p.m. ET as Seacrest counts down to midnight live from Times Square, after which the party will keep going until 2:12 a.m. ET.
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NEW YORK -- Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson want to cap their sensational comebacks with Super Bowl appearances. For now, they can be proud of Pro Bowl spots.
So can Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, one of two rookies chosen Wednesday for the Jan. 27 NFL all-star game.
Manning missed all of the 2011 season with neck and back problems that required several operations. He then signed with Denver as a free agent and has led the Broncos on a 10-game winning streak to take the AFC West.
"I know there's great players out there in the NFL, but there's some great players on this team this year that deserve to go," said Manning, whose 12th Pro Bowl is a record for quarterbacks. He ranks fourth in league passing this year, has thrown 34 touchdowns and 11 interceptions.
Four other Broncos made the AFC roster: DE Elvis Dumervil, linebacker Von Miller, CB Champ Bailey and tackle Ryan Clady. Bailey's 12th appearance is a record for defensive backs.
"My goal has always been to go out and help the team win and play at a high level," Manning added. "Anything that comes along with that, like being honoured as a Pro Bowl selection, is very humbling."
Minnesota's Peterson tore up his left knee on Christmas Eve last year, underwent major surgery, then was back for the season opener. He's gone from uncertain to unstoppable, running away with the rushing title with a career-high 1,898 yards and lifting the Vikings toward an NFC wild card.
"Coming into the season after going through the rehab process, I just told myself that I wanted to lead my team to a championship and make sure that I contribute and do my part," Peterson said. "I've been doing it."
Griffin is one of three rookie QBs who had superb debut seasons, along with Andrew Luck of Indianapolis and Russell Wilson of Seattle. Luck and Wilson weren't voted to the Pro Bowl by players, coaches and fans, although their teams are in the playoffs; Griffin can get to the post-season if Washington beats Dallas on Sunday.
"You can't play down those kind of things," Griffin said. "I've always said my whole football career that you don't play for awards. They just come. You don't say you're going to win the Heisman. You don't say you're going to win MVP. You go out and you prove it on the field, and if everyone feels that way then they'll give you that award."
San Francisco had the most players selected, nine, including six from its second-ranked defence. Houston was next with eight, six on offence.
Kansas City, despite its 2-13 record that is tied with Jacksonville for worst in the league, had five Pro Bowlers, including RB Jamaal Charles, who like Peterson is coming back from a torn ACL.
One other rookie, Minnesota kicker Blair Walsh, was chosen. Walsh has nine field goals of at least 50 yards, an NFL mark.
The AFC kicker is at the other end of the spectrum: Cleveland's Phil Dawson earned his first selection in his 14th NFL season.
"I deliberately tried not to know," Dawson said. "We wanted to watch the show with my kids. I had a really good idea what was going on, but it was a pretty priceless moment when we saw the name flash up on the screen. My kids went nuts 'cause my wife went nuts. That makes these 15 years of waiting worth it."
Another record setter will be heading to Honolulu: Detroit WR Calvin Johnson.
Johnson broke Jerry Rice's single-season yards receiving record and has 1,892 yards with a game left.
Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez set the record for Pro Bowls at his position by being chosen for the 13th time.
The league's top two sackmasters, DEs Aldon Smith of San Francisco and J.J. Watt of Houston, were first-time selections. Watt has 20 1-2 sacks, one ahead of Smith; the NFL record is 22 1-2.
Other newcomers, along with Griffin, Walsh and Dawson, were AFC players tackle Duane Brown and guard Wade Smith of Houston; safety LaRon Landry of the Jets; kick returner Jacoby Jones of Baltimore; and punter Dustin Colquitt of Kansas City.
For the NFC, first-timers were Giants WR Victor Cruz; Atlanta WR Julio Jones; Seattle tackle Russell Okung and centre Max Unger; San Francisco guard Mike Iupati, linebacker NaVorro Bowman and safety Donte Whitner; Chicago cornerback Tim Jennings and defensive tackle Henry Melton; Washington tackle Trent Williams and special teamer Lorenzo Alexander; Minnesota fullback Jerome Felton; Tampa Bay DT Gerald McCoy; and New Orleans punter Thomas Morstead.
Eight teams had no Pro Bowl players: Carolina, Philadelphia and St. Louis in the NFC, Tennessee, Buffalo, Jacksonville, San Diego and Oakland in the AFC.
|AFC Pro Bowl Roster (Offence)
|NFC Pro Bowl Roster (Offence)
|QB Tom Brady, New England
|QB Robert Griffin III, Washington
|QB Peyton Manning, Denver
|QB Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay
|QB Matt Schaub, Houston
|QB Matt Ryan, Atlanta
|RB Jamaal Charles, Kansas City
|RB Frank Gore, San Francisco
|RB Arian Foster, Houston
|RB Marshawn Lynch, Seattle
|RB Ray Rice, Baltimore
|RB Adrian Peterson, Minnesota
|FB Vonta Leach, Baltimore
|FB Jerome Felton, Minnesota
|WR A.J. Green, Cincinnati
|WR Victor Cruz, New York Giants
|WR Andre Johnson, Houston
|WR Calvin Johnson, Detroit
|WR Reggie Wayne, Indianapolis
|WR Julio Jones, Atlanta
|WR Wes Welker, New England
|WR Brandon Marshall, Chicago
|TE Rob Gronkowski, New England
|TE Tony Gonzalez, Atlanta
|TE Heath Miller, Pittsburgh
|TE Jason Witten, Dallas
|C Chris Myers, Houston
|C Jeff Saturday, Green Bay
|C Maurkice Pouncey, Pittsburgh
|C Max Unger, Seattle
|G Logan Mankins, New England
|G Jahri Evans, New Orleans
|G Wade Smith, Houston
|G Mike Iupati, San Francisco
|G Marshal Yanda, Baltimore
|G Chris Snee, New York Giants
|T Duane Brown, Houston
|T Russell Okung, Seattle
|T Ryan Clady, Denver
|T Joe Staley, San Francisco
|T Joe Thomas, Cleveland
|T Trent Williams, Washington
|AFC Pro Bowl Roster (Defence)
|NFC Pro Bowl Roster (Defence)
|DT Geno Atkins, Cincinnati
|DT Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay
|DT Haloti Ngata, Baltimore
|DT Henry Melton, Chicago
|DT Vince Wilfork, New England
|DT Justin Smith, San Francisco
|DE Elvis Dumervil, Denver
|DE Jared Allen, Minnesota
|DE Cameron Wake, Miami
|DE Julius Peppers, Chicago
|DE J.J. Watt, Houston
|DE Jason Pierre-Paul, New York Giants
|ILB Derrick Johnson, Kansas City
|ILB NaVorro Bowman, San Francisco
|ILB Jerod Mayo, New England
|ILB Patrick Willis, San Francisco
|OLB Tamba Hali, Kansas City
|OLB Clay Matthews, Green Bay
|OLB Robert Mathis, Indianapolis
|OLB Aldon Smith, San Francisco
|OLB Von Miller, Denver
|OLB DeMarcus Ware, Dallas
|CB Champ Bailey, Denver
|CB Tim Jennings, Chicago
|CB Antonio Cromartie, New York Jets
|CB Patrick Peterson, Arizona
|CB Johnathan Joseph, Houston
|CB Charles Tillman, Chicago
|SS Eric Berry, Kansas City
|SS Donte Whitner, San Francisco
|SS LaRon Landry, New York Jets
|FS Dashon Goldson, San Francisco
|FS Ed Reed, Baltimore
|FS Earl Thomas, Seattle
|AFC Pro Bowl Roster (Specialists)
|NFC Pro Bowl Roster (Specialists)
|P Dustin Colquitt, Kansas City
|P Thomas Morstead, New Orleans
|K Phil Dawson, Cleveland
|K Blair Walsh, Minnesota
|KR Jacoby Jones, Baltimore
|KR Leon Washington, Seattle
|ST Matthew Slater, New England
|ST Lorenzo Alexander, Washington


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Ratings based on 13 Verified Reviews
They paid and stayed. We double-checked.
4.7 Room cleanliness
4.8 Service & staff
4.5 Room comfort
4.4 Hotel condition
They paid and stayed.
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Recommendedby A verified traveler
Great stayPosted Apr 8, 2014 on Hotels.com
We had a lovely stay and wonderful hosts. Nothing was too much trouble. Ideally situated for both Cape Town and the surrounding area. Would be more than happy to stay again.
for Familiesby Diana from Chichester
Welcoming hosts, comfortable stayPosted Dec 8, 2013 on Hotels.com
Barry and Mina were very welcoming, and keen for us to get the most out of our visit to Cape Town. The rooms and other areas have a strong African vibe and are very comfortable.
for Everyoneby Nataliya from Almaty, Kazakhstan
Best Relax I ever hadPosted Oct 29, 2013
Pros: Everything!
I've stayed in Jambo Guest Housel for three days, and cannot recollect anything better. It was all I wanted - easy booking, easy and timely transfer from and to airport, nice greeting by the hosts, very impressivelly designed and decorated house with unique character of each room, beautiful garden, very good location close to the places of interest and at the same time very quite and family-like. I would recomend Jambo Guest House to any of my friend, and when have the chance to come again, will stay there with great pleasure. My special thanks and warm greetings to the dear hosts - Barry and Mina. They made their Jambo House so welcoming and comfortable! Wish to come back and meet them again! Nataliya
Recommendedby A verified traveler
Highly RecommendedPosted Mar 13, 2013 on Hotels.com
Very glad to have discovered Jambo Guest House. Would definitely book there again.
for Business Travelersby A verified traveler
Jambo Guest HousePosted Mar 10, 2013 on Hotels.com
Comfortable guest house, very welcoming, lovely enclosed garden. Rooms are unique with local furniture and decoration.
for Personal Eventby A verified traveler
Awesome place and hosts!Posted Feb 3, 2013 on Hotels.com
just like you can find in other reviews Jambo guest house is truly the place to be. Mina & Barry are the best! Rooms as shown on the pictures, convenient location (food and entertainment are around the corner). The will furnish you with maps, and tips of whereabouts. I had the opportunity to interact with them beyond a regular guest as I did some site seeing with Mina and was part of a friends gathering they hosted in their bar (2nd floor).. Those fun times will always be in my memory!
for Everyoneby Robin & Barbara from UK Cheshire
Fantastic Hotel in Cape TownPosted Jan 11, 2013
Pros: The whole experience
Cons: There wasn't any
Location: Just in in the right place walking distance to most things
This hotel is superb it does not matter which room you choose you will greatly impressed the decor is out of this world, The rooms are cleaned daily and the breakfasts are all you can wish for. You are made to feel one of the family here nothing is to much trouble from help with trips and general getting around Cape Town.
for Couplesby Howard
Quiet spot in the cityPosted Oct 12, 2012 on Hotels.com
A pleasant place with a lovely garden in a quiet area of Cape town. The hosts are very friendly and the building itself is quirky and interesting as described on the website. Its certainly is not a normal hotel but is a definitely fun place to stay.
Recommendedby A verified traveler from Maine, USA
A great place to stay Jambo Guest HousePosted Mar 28, 2012 on Hotels.com
Very friendly. Individualized attention from Barry. Great location near Victoria and Albert Waterfront - 15 minute walk. The service was exceptional - anything we wanted to visit or do, Barry advised and arranged. Jambo is also very affordable. If you want a personalized reasonably priced base to visit Cape Town and its surrounding area, it would be hard to beat Jambo. Staying at Jambo feels more like being a member of the family rather than a mere guest. We will stay there again for sure.
for Everyoneby A verified traveler
Home away from homePosted Mar 7, 2012
Barry and NIsa made us feel right at home. I would recommend Jambo Guest House to anyone who is looking for the comforts of a home away from home while visiting Cape Town.


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