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Olbermann- Larry Craig Reenactment
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Hey Nancy,



Inga must have choked up her lunch, when she heard the strike was settled..

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Rachael, I understand you set Cory up for his embarrassing self mutilation. What say you?


Do you affirm Inga's remarks about the disabled...


Do you Affirm Cory's remarks about me?

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Cory, (1410), Inga maybe foolish. But you are an embarrassment..


I heard reports of your Saturday last, noon show. You broadcast live on the net. Your show must be in storage somewhere. Give the link to the worst 15 min. in broadcasting..


Have you been taken to task for your lies?


Have you been taken to task for the false hoods you said of me?


Have you been confronted with your lack of knowledge about medications and their effects.


You spout off with inaccuracies. You come on with a forceful attitude that I suppose is to make the uninformed believe your untruths.


How could your station allow you to continue saying the lies about me that you did. My truth is still posted on the net. It is not impossible for you to know the truth. You only have to read my blog. Yet you only care that you make a little money. You only care that you hit that Arbitron number. You lie and pray you don't get caught.


Soon the public will see you for who you are.


It makes no sense for me to continue to ask if you associate yourself with the derogatory statements Inga made about the disabled. You made clear that you fully support Inga in demeaning the disabled. By broadcasting the show you did on Saturday past.


After reading even a portion of my blog. I can not understand how you could not shy away your eyes in embarrassment from your listeners.


Your station should be ashamed of you and Inga. Your station should be ashamed of it's self.. For allowing you to say what you did.


Rachael, I understand you set Cory up for his embarrassing self mutilation. What say you?


Do you affirm Inga's remarks about the disabled...


Do you Affirm Cory's remarks about me?

 

 

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Subject: More Northwood, ND tornado pictures


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Senator Craig Valentine's Day Speech
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Hey 1410. The disabled are not all whiners and drug addicts. Bobby Jones suffered from Syrgomyelia. The same as I.

 

The Bobby Jones Open

Robert Tyre Jones, Jr., born in 1902, is known as the greatest amateur golfer ever. Though essentially a weekend golfer, in 1930 he won the U.S. Open, the British Open, the British Amateur and the U.S. Amateur. This became known as the Grand Slam and no other golfer has ever achieved this feat. Shortly after this accomplishment, Bobby Jones retired from competitive golf at the age of 28 and focused on his law career and business. 

At 19, Bobby Jones earned a mechanical engineering degree from Georgia Tech. He then went to Harvard and earned a degree in English in just three semesters. When he was 24 Bobby entered law school at Emory University. He took the bar exam as a practice exercise after his first year and passed. He then joined his father’s law practice. Through the years his passion for golf never waned. He developed the Augusta National Golf Club, helped found the Masters Tournament, wrote numerous articles and books on golf and helped design golf clubs that bore his name. As a child and young man, Jones suffered from back problems and after several operations was eventually diagnosed with syringomyelia in 1948.

Paralysis first required him to use a cane, then leg braces, and finally a wheelchair. At first glance, Jones' fate might appear a cruel irony. But those who knew him would disagree. While known primarily for his unmatched skill on the golf course, the true measure of Bobby Jones was his character.

Bobby Jones once said, "I still can't accept this thing. I fight it every day. When it first happened to me I was pretty bitter, and there were times when I didn't want to go on living. But I did go on living, so I had to face the problem of how I was to live. I decided that I'd just do the very best I could." For the next 23 years, he did just that as he suffered from the pain and crippling of this degenerative disorder until his death in 1971.

Robert A. Jones (no relationship) founded the Bobby Jones Open in 1979. It is an annual golf tournament in which the players must be named Bob, Robert or Roberta Jones to participate. Each of the “Bobs” has a nickname that helps to lessen the confusion, especially when checking into the hotel. At the end of the two-day tournament, the “Bobs” enjoy an awards banquet and generously bid on auction items to raise more funds. The Bobby Jones Open (BJO) has raised over $170,000 to be used for research, rehabilitation and other projects relating to syringomyelia.

The BJO founder, Robert A. Jones, has served as a distinguished member of the Board of Directors for the American Syringomyelia Alliance Project, Inc. since 1990. Funds from the BJO have been donated to ASAP for sponsorship of the annual conference, the 800 line, and more. The BJO also provides grants for durable medical equipment to ASAP members in financial need, as well as the college scholarships.

On behalf of all ASAP members, we thank Bob Jones and all the participants in the BJO for their continued generosity to help improve the lives of those with syringomyelia. If you would like more information about the BJO, please contact Bob Jones at: BJOcompbob@AOL.com.

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Speed Barrier Photos. Are they real?


My cousin emailed me these photos. They are beautiful. She is known to be quite the Jokester though by golly.


Can anyone verify they are real.


I did a quick check on Snope.com for prankster emails, but found nothing.

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Inga, Cory, Rachael, 1410, I am still waiting on your apology.

Is there anyone at the station that has a slightest bit of remorse for your demeaning remarks toward the disabled?


Had a wonderful luncheon at Benji's for my Mothers 80th birthday. Only to return to find no apology. No link to a show tape.


Fill me in on the show psibear66. It is not unusual for my blogs to draw a lot of views. I would imagine that a celebrity such as you. Must have raised the ratings to all time highs. Phones ringing off the hook.


Did you at least research the subject and report the whole truth. Or did you just blow air, like a whale in the sea.


Was I a crack head. Was I a loser? Was I a dope smoking idiot. Am I perpetually high?


I have a goal. I am in the midst of a project at this moment. I am pleased with it's progress. Here at the B.com. We enjoy a lively group of intelligent, diverse people, who can communicate.


It has become rare for accusations of idiot, doper, or other disrespectful remarks to go unchallenged.


The crew of 1410 has gone out of bounds. Their hate is being rejected. You will no longer draw crowds, beating up on the little guy.


Your miserable station has given me another goal.


I will sweeten up your personalities. Or the station will not survive financially .


Read my blog. It is full of wisdoms, that when spelled out to you. Will improve your lives.


My Blog:  http://people.bakersfield.c...

 

 

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Inga, Cory make fun of me. I am a practicing opiate addict.


Read my blog you know nothings. How dare you bring out history. A drug case over a month old and relate that to medical MJ. (Youngblood)

My Blog: http://people.bakersfield.c...


Sala went fishing for some media fools and hooked you by the tail before the bobber hit the water..


You were gamed. No different than a LE sting. It is obvious that neither you nor anyone in your family has a problem with drugs. You would not survive the streets a week outside of a set of cuffs.


I am sick of the likes of you two disrespecting the disabled. Associating us with crime. With laziness.


You didn't attack the son. You prostituted yourself for the attention the Youngblood name would draw.


Even the Youngblood name didn't attract any attention. Your show stooped to accepting calls from fellow media personalities. Because of lack of public interest.


It wasn't fear that stopped the callers. There is no fear of law enforcement. The public has just learned to ignore the issue. MJ is so widely available that it is just good business to stay out of law enforcements way. Let them alone to chase down the disabled medical MJ users and both the honorable and dishonorable dispensaries..

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Medicinal Pot Seeds for TK... A little help for a friend..

How does a disabled, wore out, old bloke go about researching the growth of medicinal Herbs.

I was wondering if there is any information on the net. I am considering seeking a doctorate on the subject. A doctorate that would suggest that Pot would help relieve my nerve pain.



My understanding is that I can raise my own medicine without a county permit. So I wouldn't be stepping on any City or County toes.

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You hear the great economist Kramer and his CNBC ilk. Speak as if lower interest rates and more Fed buy up of mortgages is the solution.



This blog points to the main problems I have been speaking of.

http://people.bakersfield.c...#-


NO ONE CAN AFFORD A HOME NO MATTER HOW LOW THE INTEREST RATES GO.


This whole situation is the results of the co mingling of Bush regime and Greenspan policy.


  1. Artificially low interest rates, rates that could never endure the test of time.

  2. Inflation caused by the artificial infusion of money into the wealthy class through undo tax cuts.. A class that was not going to spend. But rather invest in the the pyramid scheme that is todays speculative stock/futures/real estate market. This type of speculation does not grow the economy through work. But rather, 'pure inflation'.


The taxpayer can not fix this problem. Unemployment due to the loss of construction jobs in th housing market. Will soon start to show. There is a delay in it's raising of it's ugly head because of the huge number of illegals employed in the construction trades. These unemployed will not show in the government figures.


In time. Six month maybe less. The great boom in shopping centers will decline. Construction jobs of legals will be lost. Complex tenants will not appear as expected because of the unemployed illegal has no money, no job and many have returned home. Business loans will start to reset along with the reset of the majority of bad home loans.


California is the kingpin. We are 20% of America's economy. The downturn in California's economy can be easily seen in the price of gasoline. We are .50 cents/gallon cheaper than the Midwest That's right folks. Us left wing, pinko, Tree huggers are paying 20% less/ gallon than the 2.95/ gallon paid in the Red State Midwest.


In addition. There will have to be a 50% reduction in the price of a medium home before a sizable number of Californians can buy a house using a legitimate loan process. This would have to take place in the absence of increased unemployment and a decrease in wages.


The facts spell out a DEEP recession. If not worse. We are paying the price of the Bush ownership economy and open border, illegal immigration due to coyote employer practices.


Everyone knew that the Bush economy was leaving a bill for the future. Many thought that meant the far future.


The Future has come. It is today.

 

 

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Hydrogen-powered 7-series will be leased to U.S. government agencies in 2007.

By Steve Siler & Dave Vanderwerp, October 2006

Automotive evolution can be a bittersweet process: while we break out the bubbly to celebrate the latest safety, emissions controls and creature comforts, such progress seldom comes without a price, usually in the form of sterilization of our favorite cars, sometimes our favorite brands

So not only is BMW’s announcement that it is only about a year away from marketing a vehicle that can run on liquid hydrogen, but is it is with great relief that said vehicle is, for all intents and purposes, a plain old 7-series. The hydrogen-powered 7-series prototype you see here (creatively named “Hydrogen 7”) signals that the folks in Munich aren’t planning to do things much differently as the future of hydrogen-powered automobiles become clearer.

Two fuel systems, one 12-cylinder engine

Powering the Hydrogen 7 is a 256-hp 6.0-liter V-12 (the same engine in the 760Li makes 438 hp) with a “dual-mode drive system” that allows it to tap either its 19.5-gallon gasoline tank or a 17.6-pound liquid hydrogen tank for its juice. The driver can switch between fuel sources via a dashboard switch; if one tank runs empty, the system will automatically switch to the other. This complex switching involves not just separate tanks, but unique delivery channels and an additional network of valves in the cylinder head. The hydrogen tank carries enough liquid hydrogen for 125 miles of squeaky-clean motoring, with the gasoline tank good for another 300 miles.

That’s all nice, but at the end of the day, we want to know if it’s still a BMW. The 7-series isn’t light to begin with and saddled with an undisclosed amount of additional weight, the V-12 is said to deliver its driver to 62 mph in a leisurely 9.5 seconds, regardless of which fuel is being used. That’s some four seconds off the pace of a 360-hp 750Li. Top speed is electronically governed at 143 mph.

Scalable technology

The regular 7-series is certainly a natural fit to anyone wanting to showcase cutting edge automotive technologies (always has been). But in this case, it literally was a good fit for the numerous hydrogen-related components that had to be installed without cramping the occupants. From what we can tell, the installation was seamless. That said, we somehow think they gave it a four-passenger layout for a reason.

The BMW spokesperson we spoke with suggested that the technology is relatively scalable for application in vehicles of other size categories, although we expect that a hydrogen-drive system in something like a Z4 might have some sort of an impact on interior space.

But does it really help the environment?

Pure hydrogen contains no carbon, so combustion produces no unburned hydrocarbons or carbon monoxide, and BMW says the engine is calibrated to avoid the production of oxides of nitrogen as well. While liquid hydrogen is the densest form of the fuel, keeping it at the required 420 degrees below zero in the on-board storage tank is expensive and difficult. Plus, getting a pound of hydrogen into its liquid form takes roughly six kilowatt hours of electricity. If that electricity comes from a coal-fired plant, it creates as much carbon dioxide as burning half a gallon of gasoline (which contains the same amount of energy as that pound of liquid hydrogen).

So it certainly isn’t the silver bullet, and it may just be an extremely expensive technology that has no positive effect on emissions. Using hydrogen in a fuel cell to produce electricity extracts far more performance from the fuel than do internal-combustion engines.

Still, the Hydrogen 7 is a sign that a green future certainly won’t be a dull future.

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Auto News: Ford Delivers Ultra-Clean Hydrogen-Powered Buses to Las Vegas

August 14, 2007

Ford Motor Company and the city of Last Vegas today announced that they are adding two hydrogen-fueled Ford E-450 buses to the city's fleet, the first city in the Western United States to take delivery of these ultra clean vehicles.

 

 

Mayor Oscar B. Goodman will mark the occasion at the West Vehicle Service Center, the city's station that provides fuel for all vehicles powered by internal combustion engines that are fueled exclusively with hydrogen.

"These buses represent part of Ford Motor Company's strategy to deliver transportation solutions that emit less CO 2 and reduce our dependence on oil," said Sue Cischke, Ford senior vice president. Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. "We are pleased to partner with the city of Las Vegas to place these buses into service so that Las Vegas residents and all its visitors will be able to experience this unique form of clean transportation."

 

 

"These new buses are another example of the city's continuing commitment to using innovative alternative fuels," Mayor Goodman said. "The city will continue to be a leader when it comes to finding new ways to be environmentally friendly through conservation and cutting edge technology."

Sen. Harry Reid helped to secure the federal grant allowing the city to lease the energy-saving buses.

"These buses will be great for Nevada for two reasons," Sen. Reid said. "First, they will encourage people to use public transportation downtown. Second, they rely on clean energy that won't pollute our air. I am proud to see the city of Las Vegas taking even more steps to reduce Nevada's reliance on oil."

 

 

Power for the Ford E-450 shuttle buses is provided by a 6.8-liter V-10 engine that has been supercharged and modified to run exclusively on hydrogen fuel. The first vehicles for the U.S. were delivered last May to the Greater Orlando Airport Authority (GOAA) and the Orlando Convention Central District. Ford delivered five buses to Canada, three in Ottawa and two in Vancouver in late 2006. In all, Ford will deliver 30 buses to customers across North America by year's end.

Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine Technology
Ford Motor Company believes hydrogen internal combustion engine technology can serve as a bridge to enabling hydrogen to become a viable alternative fuel. Hydrogen fueled internal combustion engines have many advantages, including high efficiency, all-weather capability, and near zero emissions of regulated pollutants and greenhouse gases (CO 2). They also can be hybridized for further gains in fuel efficiency.

 

 

While these hydrogen internal combustion engine shuttle buses will provide valuable real-world experience, Ford also is conducting research into next generation hydrogen internal combustion engines, including features such as direct injection to enhance power and fuel economy.

Hydrogen Part of a Broader Effort
Ford's strategy for alternative fuels is built around multiple technologies, including hydrogen internal combustion engines. This flexible approach allows the company to meet goals for customer needs, environmental impact and shareholder interests. The strategy does not focus on one catch-all solution, but offers a flexible array of options, including hybrids, E85 ethanol, clean diesels, bio-diesels, advanced engine and transmission technologies and hydrogen fuel cells.

The company already has a fleet of 30 hydrogen powered Focus fuel cell vehicles on the road as part of a worldwide, seven-city program to conduct real world testing of fuel cell technology. The 30-car fleet has accumulated more than 575,000 miles since its inception in 2005.

Ford also is conducting tests with the world's first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the Ford Edge with HySeries Drive. The Ford Edge with HySeries Drive uses a series electric drivetrain with an onboard hydrogen fuel cell generator to give the vehicle a range of 225 miles with zero emissions.

Currently, Ford offers gasoline-electric hybrids including the Escape Hybrid and Mercury Mariner Hybrid. The company will also offer hybrid versions of the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan in 2008.

http://www.trucktrend.com/f...

 

 

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Tramodal, (atypical opiate) vs. Pot


Well it's been one week on my legal speed ball trip. (Tramadol and Lidocaine Cream).


I have had mixed results. I do not have the severe side effects from Tramadol that I have from other opiates.


The itchy skin only lasted about 2 days. And I have not had problems with constipation. The typical nausea suffered by many who use Tramadol did not raise it's ugly head.


I do not suffer the bad dreams I had associated with other opiates. But dream I do indeed. Non stop. From the time I lay my head on the pillow, until I rise out of bed. I am not sure what effect this type of sleep will have on me over the long haul.


Sleepiness?

It seems to be a state of mind. I can understand those who do not have the resources to do other things, falling into the trap of sedentary living. Tramadol has a kind of antidepressant effect. Allowing you to be comfortable with your pain. Actually being comfortable with just about anything you may want to accept. The acceptance of happiness while doing nothing, would be a reasonable way to put it I suppose.

But rather than being a true Antidepreesant. It promotes happiness from mere laziness, daydreaming. This seems to be the effect suffered by many of low income.


If you have goals and the means to accomplish those goals. There is no real sleepiness effect. It actually promotes activity. You have no physical feeling of pain. So you attempt that which you should not. Push your self to extremes. I would imagine that with time and greater dependence, true sleep  deprivation could be accomplished. This sleep deprivation causing instability in thoughts and actions.


Today my 9th day. I did not take my Tramodal. It is now 11am and I still have a bit of hangover type feeling. It is obvious that any antidepressant effects offered by Tramadol have long gone. :) I have somewhat of a sick stomach.


I did use the Lidocaine cream. I have an increase in pain but it is not at levels they were a week ago.


Tramadol is claimed to have a extremely low addictive quality. If that is the case. I pity the hard opiate user.


Tamadol Vs. Pot.


Well, I honestly can not answer from first hand experience. But from reports I have read by Montel Williams and others.


Pot should be a medication experienced prior to any opiates.

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Crude manipulation. We are pumping oil back into the ground again.


The Bush regime/oil czars are back to manipulating the data again.


Even the EIA is purposefully failing to announce the build in the  Strategic  Oil Reserve. Allowing the public to believe there is an energy shortage. When we are indeed banking oil back into the ground. It is a attempt to negate hedge fund losses due to their bet on hurricane season whipping out petroleum capacity.


Crude oil stocks including SPR are up.


Diesel supplies are up.


Gasoline supplies are not down due to increased consumption. But rather decreased production.


Production levels that are below Katrina levels.


This is a Bush regime/Oil Czar manipulated market.


If America has oil to pump back into the ground and 10% reserve production capability.


Shortages in other parts of the world are meaningless.


Economies are local.


That's just the facts.


The Bush regime and the oil czars are determined to destroy capitalism and the laws of supply and demand.


It may be time to federalize the energy industry.


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Republican Rep. Bob Allen of Merritt Island, whose district includes a large swath of east Orange County, was arrested for soliciting a male undercover police officer for sex in a Titusville park restroom.

Allen was considered to be acting suspicious by police as he entered and exited the men's room three times, according to a Titusville Police report. Moments later, he approached the plainclothes officer and offered to perform oral sex for $20, police said.

Allen faces second degree misdemeanor charges. A seven-year House veteran, the term-limited Allen had been considered a likely Senate candidate next year. He also had been named a co-chairman last spring of Arizona Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign team in Florida.

Police said they realized Allen was a public figure after the arrest.

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Government Set for a Crackdown on Illegal Hiring

By JULIA PRESTON

Published: August 8, 2007

In a new effort to crack down on illegal immigrants, federal authorities are expected to announce tough rules this week that would require employers to fire workers who use false Social Security numbers.

Officials said the rules would be backed up by stepped-up raids on workplaces across the country that employ illegal immigrants.

After first proposing the rules last year, Department of Homeland Security officials said they held off finishing them to await the outcome of the debate in Congress over a sweeping immigration bill. That measure, which was supported by President Bush, died in the Senate in June.

Now administration officials are signaling that they intend to clamp down on employers of illegal immigrants even without a new immigration law to offer legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in the workforce.

The approach is expected to play well with conservatives who have long demanded that the administration do more to enforce existing immigration laws, but it could also lead to renewed pressure from businesses on Congress to provide legal status for an estimated six million unauthorized immigrant workers.

“We are tough and we are going to be even tougher,” Russ Knocke, the spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security, said yesterday. “There are not going to be any more excuses for employers, and there will be serious consequences for those that choose to blatantly disregard the law.”

Experts said the new rules represented a major tightening of the immigration enforcement system, in which employers for decades have paid little attention to notices, known as no-match letters, from the Social Security Administration advising that workers’ names and numbers did not match the agency’s records.

Illegal workers often provide employers with false Social Security numbers to qualify for a job.

Employers, especially in agriculture and low-wage industries, said they were deeply worried about the new rules, which could force them to lay off thousands of immigrant workers. More than 70 percent of farmworkers in the fields of the United States are illegal immigrants, according to estimates by growers’ associations.

“Across the employer community people are scared, confused, holding their breath,” said Craig Regelbrugge, co-chairman of the Agriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform, a trade organization. “Given what we know about the demographics of our labor force, since we are approaching peak season, people are particularly on edge.”

The expected regulations would give employers a fixed period, perhaps up to 90 days, to resolve any discrepancies between identity information provided by their workers and the records of the Social Security Administration. If workers’ documents cannot be verified, employers would be required to fire them or risk up to $10,000 in fines for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.

Immigrant rights groups and labor unions, including the A.F.L.-C.I.O., predicted the rules would unleash discrimination against Hispanic workers. They said they were preparing legal challenges to try to stop them from taking effect.

Last week, Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain of Arizona, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, all Republicans, introduced an immigration enforcement bill that included proposals to crack down on employers of illegal immigrants.

The new rules codify an uneasy partnership between the Department of Homeland Security, which enforces the immigration laws, and the Social Security Administration, which collects identity information from W-2 tax forms of about 250 million workers each year, so it can credit the earnings in its system.

Mark Hinkle, a spokesman for Social Security, said the agency expected to send out about 140,000 no-match letters to employers this year, covering more than eight million workers. After the rules are announced, the agency is anticipating a surge in requests from employers seeking to clarify workers’ information, Mr. Hinkle said.

Social Security issues letters only to employers who have more than 10 workers whose numbers do not match, when those workers represent at least one-half of 1 percent of the company’s workforce, Mr. Hinkle said.

The agency cannot verify which mismatches came from immigrants who presented false Social Security numbers when they applied for jobs, he said. Mismatches also occur because of clerical errors, or when workers marry and forget to inform Social Security that they changed their names. Several federal studies in recent years have found significant error rates in the Social Security database.

“We don’t know and we don’t speculate” about the reasons for mismatches, Mr. Hinkle said.

The new rules will clarify steps employers can take to avoid being accused of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants, officials said. According to the draft, employers would be given 14 days after receiving a no-match letter to check for clerical errors and consult with the employee to correct mistakes. If the discrepancies are eliminated and new, valid work papers are filed within the fixed period, employers would enjoy a “safe harbor” from penalties.

The rules proposed last year brought a storm of criticism from both employers and workers groups. In a formal comment, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. said the rules would “harm all workers regardless of immigration status.”

“The enforcement is only on the immigration side,” Ana Avendaño, associate general counsel for the A.F.L.-C.I.O, said yesterday. “They don’t do any labor inspection. So they are just giving employers another tool to repress workers’ rights.”

Even large companies that do not hire many low-skilled immigrants would be affected by the rules, lawyers said.

“It’s going to be a big change for almost every company,” said Cynthia J. Lange, an immigration lawyer in California.

Muzaffar A. Chishti, a director of the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research group, said, “If this is strictly enforced there could be massive layoffs of workers.” But Mr. Chishti said that illegal immigrant workers might not leave the labor force but would apply for jobs at other businesses using the same invalid documents. He predicted the market for forged documents would grow.

“A lot of employers are saying, ‘We just can’t handle this,’ ” said Laura Reiff, co-chairwoman of the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, which represents employers in low-skilled industries. She said the rules might lead to new pressure from business on Congress to reconsider measures granting legal status to illegal immigrants.

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Bakersfield unfriendly? Who cares.


I got my pecans to trade and Big Rock Candy Mountain.


Waken to dew on my face and the smell of Hobo coffee. Is freedom spelled the easy way.


My Goodwill shoes go just as far as wing tips. And my feet travel with me every mile, whether the shoe's soles are whole or wholly.


A little sweat clears the head. Sunshine brightens my day. And the stars let my mind wander by the moonlight.


I help a guy out when he is in trouble. But I don't burden him by calling him a friend.


I ain't got no stinken friends. But this hobo's a good one, if your ever need one.

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There appears to be a infestation of professional ratters, (for fee writers), in the Bloggo cesspool.


Perhaps it's time for a new set of by-laws.


Wordsmytherists and scriptologists only.


No professional ratters allowed.

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Why no list of, 'The least connected'.



I feel un-connected!

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