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To: Dale Baker who wrote (37960)	5/27/2007 12:00:57 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541946

Thompson really lost his grip - he must think the 9/11 crew were all named Jose....."beset by suicidal maniacs"?...What is he smoking? PS If your spokesman has to clarify that you weren't actually saying something incredibly stupid, well guess what, you just said something incredibly stupid. This is craven panicmongering. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thompson finds fault with 1986 immigration law, says nation beset by 'suicidal maniacs' WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fred Thompson, a potential Republican presidential candidate, suggested that the 1986 immigration law signed by President Reagan is to blame for the country's illegal immigrants and he bemoaned a nation beset by "suicidal maniacs." "Twelve million illegal immigrants later, we are now living in a nation that is beset by people who are suicidal maniacs and want to kill countless innocent men, women and children around the world," the former Tennessee senator said. "We're sitting here now with essentially open borders." He made the comments Thursday night as he discussed the 1986 immigration reform bill and the Senate's current legislation to overhaul the immigration system during a speech to people attending the annual Prescott Bush Awards Dinner in Stamford, Conn. Thompson, the actor on NBC's popular drama "Law & Order," is widely expected to enter the GOP presidential race this summer. His backers bill him as a conservative in the mold of Ronald Reagan who can beat the Democratic nominee in November 2008. That's the same Reagan who signed an immigration overhaul two decades ago that gave amnesty to an estimated 2.7 million illegal immigrants who had been in the United States at least four years. "Future generations of Americans will be thankful for our efforts to humanely regain control of our borders and thereby preserve the value of one of the most sacred possessions of our people: American citizenship," Reagan said in a statement on Nov. 6, 1986, as the bill became law with his signature. Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Thompson, said he was not calling immigrants "suicidal maniacs" but, rather was referring to terrorists who seek to enter the United States through borders that have lax security.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (37960)	5/27/2007 11:16:50 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541946

It should come as no surprise why so many Americans doubt climate scientists as well. If scientists are so nuts on how old the earth is, they surely are nuts on modeling planet's climate.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (37960)	5/27/2007 12:27:20 PM
From: Suma	Respond to of 541946

If you heard the preachers up here hammering away on one radio station after another scaring people to believe or burn you might understand how and why that percentage of the population believes the scientific explanation is wrong. We are waiting for the RAPTURE wherein we all shall be delivered from our graves(and ashes will probably be reformed ) and all move together to heaven. Now, if you are an infidel of non believer you will not be swept up. It's pure propaganda day in and day out under the guise of demands by our Saviour Jesus Christ... He is the one who has deemed all this to be true and so it must be true... And it is scary preaching... Almost necessitates one believing.. I am so opposed to this but what is one to do. I remember once a Jewish parent in my office who was a millionaire several times over. He ran some of these religious stations.. Big business... That alone made me look closely as to who is behind these things.. I heard once, may have been rumor that the Mormons controlled most of the motels pornographic video stations... Hmmmm..Then there is Swigart, Baker and a host of the other believers who have become wealthy purporting more of this propaganda.. Speaking of TRUTHS... SCARY INDEED.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (37960)	5/27/2007 7:20:12 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541946

Study: 38 Percent Of People Not Actually Entitled To Their Opinion May 23, 2007 \| Issue 43•21 CHICAGO—In a surprising refutation of the conventional wisdom on opinion entitlement, a study conducted by the University of Chicago's School for Behavioral Science concluded that more than one-third of the U.S. population is neither entitled nor qualified to have opinions. "On topics from evolution to the environment to gay marriage to immigration reform, we found that many of the opinions expressed were so off-base and ill-informed that they actually hurt society by being voiced," said chief researcher Professor Mark Fultz, who based the findings on hundreds of telephone, office, and dinner-party conversations compiled over a three-year period. "While people have long asserted that it takes all kinds, our research shows that American society currently has a drastic oversupply of the kinds who don't have any good or worthwhile thoughts whatsoever. We could actually do just fine without them." In 2002, Fultz's team shook the academic world by conclusively proving the existence of both bad ideas during brainstorming and dumb questions during question-and-answer sessions. -------- theonion.com