-Raid Rumors Spark Fear Among Immigrants-
MIAMI (AP) - Rumors of immigration roundups have prompted thousands of illegal immigrants to stay home this week and are making some afraid to participate in a national immigration protest planned for Monday.
Though federal immigration officials said they were unfounded, rumors of random sweeps were rampant from coast to coast Friday, prompting thousands of immigrants to stay home from work, take their children out of school and avoid church.
The absences caused the rumors to build, as some thought their missing friends and co-workers had been arrested. Construction and agriculture were among the industries most affected.
Hmm, lets see if this makes any sense, "IF YOU WEREN"T HERE ILLEGALLY, YOU WOULDN"T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RAIDS". Real, or, imagined.
-Bush Opposes Singing Anthem in Spanish-
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Friday the national anthem should be sung in English - not Spanish - in a blunt rejection of a new Spanish-language version. He also expressed opposition to a national work stoppage called for Monday to dramatize the importance of immigrants to the U.S. economy.
"I'm not a supporter of boycotts," Bush said, while restating his support for a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws.
Bush made his comments at a Rose Garden news conference as a Spanish-language version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," hit the airways featuring artists such as Wyclef Jean, hip-hop star Pitbull and Puerto Rican singers Carlos Ponce and Olga Tanon.
Called "Nuestro Himno" - "Our Anthem" - the Spanish version rewrites some of the English version. For instance, the second stanza says, "My people keep fighting. It's time to break the chains."
"I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English and they ought to learn to sing the national anthem in English," Bush said.
You know, I NEVER thought I would say this about George Bush, but, "hip hip hooray for George". "Welcome to America, now, learn to speak and sing in ENGLISH"! I mean I am so tired of these people and their desire to Hispanisize(is that a word? now it is!)the United States, I could f**king scream! Hell, why don't we become a REAL melting pot and have a Chinese, Russian, Japanese, German, Danish, Korean, Vietnamese, Belgium, French and any other language you can think of, version of OUR National Anthem!
Oh, as a little side note, the Orlando Sentinelhttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/ newspaper ran a story on Friday April 28, 2006 about the island of Puerto Rico shutting down and basically, "going out of business" because the government can't seem to get their act together enough to have a workable budget. That's nice. No services, no nothing except the police department and "limited" health care. Instead of worrying about an "immigration protest" here, some of you might want to help people in PR.
-Chevron profit jumps 49 percent to $4 bln-
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp. (CVX), the No. 2 U.S. oil company, on Friday said quarterly profit surged 49 percent to $4 billion, topping Wall Street expectations and sparking a 2 percent rise in the stock.
The strong results came as U.S. consumers seethe over soaring prices for gasoline and gushing profits for the giant oil companies. Lawmakers and consumer advocates are calling for a special tax on oil profits and the repeal of tax breaks enjoyed by Big Oil.
Chevron's first-quarter profit rose to $1.80 per share, from $1.28 a share, or $2.7 billion, in the year-earlier period. Analysts, on average, expected a profit of $1.78 a share, according to Reuters Estimates.
So, is this a "big freaking surprise to anyone"? How about this? Monday, let's have a "gasoline protest" that will help "everybody", instead of an "immigration protest" that would help a select few, and, that MOST true American citizens could give a rats ass about?
Listen, if we do not get some kind of handle on this gasoline stuff, real soon, the economy is going to start reversing and, unemployment will start going up again which means there will not be enough jobs for Americans. Let alone thousands of immigrants, legal or illegal!
Wake up people! Start doing the things we need to do to maintain our way of life. STOP worrying about others depending on us to make a better life for them. Hell, "get your OWN life in your OWN country"! Then, you can speak and sing whatever YOU want.
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Thank you Bobby Sharpe for telling it like it is! To bad some of our politicians and media people don't have the guts to say what you said and they feel. Thank you President Bush for saying NO to the spanish anthem. Piss on that! Keep gettin' after it Bobby!
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