“If it passes, we expect to be sued immediately, and that’s exactly what we’re looking for — we want to be sued in federal court so that federal judges will finally read the 14th Amendment.” After that, he said, it’ll only be a matter of time before the federal government realizes the amendment was ratified in 1868 only for those children born in the U.S. to black slaves.The Texas Tribune site is great, because they profile the representatives in detail, putting the rep.'s background information alongside election and proposed legislation information.
The state's future looks bleak assuming the current trend line does not change because education and income levels for Hispanics lag considerably behind Anglos, he said.So instead of trying to bleach the state, why not face the inevitable, and start embracing education? Oh right, education is long-term investment, and they're in fiscal trouble right now. So let's bicker about immigration policies! It's great for job creation!
On Tuesday Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced the launch of “Operation Desert Sky,” an airborne version of his controversial crime sweeps. This time he wants to send 30 pilots into the air with M-16s and a .50-caliber machine gun so they can intercept people trying to cross the border. [...]Local news video has annoying advert but good coverage. This is presumably intended as a response to the minor furor in Kansas recently when state Rep. Virgil Peck proposed something similar, for which he has since apologized. Given that some of these pilots have been flying around 'observing' since 2001 this doesn't seem like much more than a publicity stunt, but I'm hoping the FAA decides to audit them all anyway.
Arpaio said Operation Desert Sky won’t distract normal law enforcement work because it will be staffed by citizen vigilantes and deputies from human smuggling and drug enforcement units.
. tab v2005 v4004,row
+----------------+
| Key |
|----------------|
| frequency |
| row percentage |
+----------------+
| did r vote in the 2006 election
race | yes no don't kno | Total
----------------+---------------------------------+----------
white | 20,531 2,306 58 | 22,895
| 89.67 10.07 0.25 | 100.00
----------------+---------------------------------+----------
black | 2,263 342 7 | 2,612
| 86.64 13.09 0.27 | 100.00
----------------+---------------------------------+----------
hispanic | 2,108 303 11 | 2,422
| 87.04 12.51 0.45 | 100.00
----------------+---------------------------------+----------
asian | 146 51 3 | 200
| 73.00 25.50 1.50 | 100.00
----------------+---------------------------------+----------
native american | 172 29 0 | 201
| 85.57 14.43 0.00 | 100.00
----------------+---------------------------------+----------
mixed | 317 56 3 | 376
| 84.31 14.89 0.80 | 100.00
----------------+---------------------------------+----------
other | 533 37 2 | 572
| 93.18 6.47 0.35 | 100.00
----------------+---------------------------------+----------
middle eastern | 72 3 0 | 75
| 96.00 4.00 0.00 | 100.00
----------------+---------------------------------+----------
Total | 26,142 3,127 84 | 29,353
| 89.06 10.65 0.29 | 100.00
The row percentages appear below each number, so it's saying that 89.67 percent of whites reported voting, 10.07 percent not, etc.>> The relevant thing is the comparison across races.Sort of. All your source demonstrates is that, across whatever criteria these participants were selected for the poll (registered voters? likely voters? exit polls? self-selected via Facebook ad? stopped in a mall?), people regardless of ethnic identity are equally likely to report having voted. This is surely a human quality and is not affected by race.
>> You'll maximize your influence by donating to causes that push the Democrats into adopting the underlying correct moral position.Respectfully, this depends on how one defines the terms "maximizing influence" and "correct moral position". Where I live, state legislators do far more to directly affect my daily quality of life than, say, Wikileaks.
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Boy, did I ever call that one.
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