Posted on 08/18/2011 6:30:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Just recently went through what is known of Spanish settlement in New Mexico (a far larger area than at present) in 1598.
Did you know the Santa Fe Trail, which starts, of course, kinda near Santa Fe actually ends at Dan Boone's land grant at Arrow Rock?
There are a couple of stones in the vicinity that look like early pre-1598 Spanish base-line markers (you lay a baseline in before you do surveys).
We have similar lines in the East ~ one of them seems to parallel today's US 50 East and West, then there's one along the old Carolina Road (US 15), and a series of markers along the top of the Eastern cordillera from South Carolina to New York . The best line starts at Arcola on the Gulf of Mexico and runs due North to the Kensington Stone. I think the particular bunch of Spaniards laying in that line were Swedish (BTW, I know of a number of other points of reference of great significance along that line but I'll not let folks know about them until i write the book.)
Your statements apply to the primaries not general election. Obama won’t gain an advantage on these issues if there is no difference between them. sorry - you fail Comparative Analysis 101.
“Perry will grab a large percentage of the hispanic vote and Zero will be done........they pray that it isn’t Perry.”
He’ll be lucky to get 30% of “the Hispanic vote”, if that much.
Durn lucky....
Just sayin’....
There would be no gain for Obama, true. But a Hell of a lot of Republicans will not hold their noses and vote for another “compassionate Christian”, and Obama would win because conservatives will stay home.
Sorry - you fail Common Sense 101.
Sarah Palin has made it clear this past summer that she supports enforcing our immigration laws. But I’ve made it clear on this thread that principles matter more.
She has very clearly shown, as governor of Alaska, that she will enforce laws voted in by the legislature with which she doesn’t personally agree. That is what a public servant does, work for the people.
Actions reflect principles, and that, to me, matters more than words.
Since when do Republicans let the Lame Stream Media decide who we want for Republican Presidential candidate? I am not interested Romney. They are pushing him because they are terrified of Perry. Perry has a resume and doesn’t need a teleprompter. Obama has nothing. He is the weakest most ineffective President that I have ever seen.
There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of negative things the media and liberal politicians can and will bring to light about Romney's religion alone and they won't have to stretch the truth to do it.
If Romney somehow manages to get the republican nomination, we are doomed. He is absolutely the very worse choice possible.
LOL. Right.
Obama: I inherited a mess from George W. Bush.
Perry: So did I!
Bring it one obama. Bring it on!
I would like to think that even the mainstream media isn't that low. Having seen their treatment of Hillary, Palin, and Bachmann (each of whom threatened to stand in the way of their Chosen One), I worry that I'm too generous, but I hope they wouldn't stoop to that level. I expect they would refer frequently to the "uncertainty" on how a Mormon would decide among his loyalties, but not much more. Also, while I am not LDS and strongly disagree with their views, I think that church would be a good source of future presidents. Their values are solid even though I disagree completely with them on spiritual issues. The problem with Romney isn't that he's LDS, it's that he's an elitist snob who thinks he can make better decisions for our lives than we can and that he should be making those decisions for us. The bottom line though is that you're right. If Romney gets the nomination, we're doomed. I will not vote for Romney if he's the nominee, because he would not do what we need. I'll write in Palin/Perry or Palin DeMint rather than waste my vote on someone who would allow Obama's destructive legislation to stand.
Union members still care about his plan, at least where I live. They are trying to build a coal terminal that would involve a constant stream of coal trains along the waterfront, and a huge coal terminal with 80 acres of coal, piled 200 feet tall, all located on wetlands, promising “family wage” jobs and tax revenue.
The problem is that the jobs won’t be in this county and the tax revenue won’t stay here, either. We would get all the negative impact of the coal and none of the benefit, and still the union members are supporting it.
Sounds like Longview, Washington.
No, this is Whatcom County and the coal trains will travel the whole length of the state to get here.
The Longview situation is slightly different because they already have a coal terminal that has been operating for over twenty years. Any development that has occurred in the past twenty years, occurred with the knowledge that the coal and the concomitant negative environmental and quality of life factors were well known.
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