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WASHINGTON — Accusing politicians of "pounding their chests" on immigration for short-term political gain, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that the tone of the debate had been "hurtful" to him and his Mexican-born wife, Columba. Bush, the younger brother of President Bush, reserved some of his sharpest criticism for conservatives in his own Republican Party, calling it "just plain wrong" to charge illegal immigrants with a felony, as a provision passed by the Republican-led House would do. He also opposed "penalizing the children of illegal immigrants" by denying them U.S. citizenship, an idea backed by some conservatives but not...

see myself in the pouring home see the light come over now see myself in the pouring rain i watch hope come over me here we are now, going to the east side i pick up my friends and we start to ride ride all night, we ride all day some may come and some may stay here we are in the pouring home i watch the light man fall the comb i watch a light move across the screen i watch the light come over me here we are now going to the west side weapons in hand as...

I wanted to invite everyone to greet our newest signup, whyareyoudumbandhateful. Do you think his or her first post will be to make a donation on the Freepathon thread?

http://www.geocities.com/stewjackmail/pdf/uhc-canus.pdf Universal Health Care! Are Canadians Stupid? by Jack Stewart, January 2000 (full permission for nonprofit distribution) IT’S YOUR MONEY! Government spending for health care in Canada consumes 6.9 percent of the economy (GDP). However, government spending for health care in the United States consumes only 6.6 percent of the economy. *[1] Before deciding that the U.S. has done a slightly better job of reining in "big government" than Canada, we should examine what each country gets for its money! 1. Government health spending includes costs for a Public Health Service in both countries. 2. In the United States, government...