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To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (273332)	9/4/2010 12:50:32 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

Schools advised of off-limits queries (Albany, NY) timesunion.com September 1, 2010 Kenneth C. Crowe II timesunion.com ALBANY -- The state Education Department this week issued guidelines to school districts on avoiding questions that could disclose a student's immigration status. That means inquiring about citizenship status, Social Security numbers and similar information are out of bounds when a student enrolls for school. The guidelines issued Monday were a response to a New York Civil Liberties Union study that found 139 of the state's 694 districts intentionally or unintentionally asked about citizenship status. Fourteen Capital Region districts were cited in the NYCLU study. Jonathan Burman, a department spokesman, said Tuesday the guidelines will help districts make sure their policies comply fully with the law. The student registration guidance memo says that districts should not ask about a child's immigration status as it "might chill or discourage undocumented students from receiving a free public education."

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (273332)	9/4/2010 12:23:13 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Brewer: No more debates - period azstarnet.com ( Debates are just a means liberals use to expose nutters and incompetents! Watch Sarah follow suit in 2012! ) PHOENIX - Arizona voters won't be seeing any more debates between the top gubernatorial contenders. Incumbent Republican Jan Brewer said Thursday she has no intention of participating in any more events with Democrat Terry Goddard. She said the only reason she debated him on Wednesday is she had to to qualify for more than $1.7 million in public funds for her campaign. "I certainly will take my message in a different venue out to the people of Arizona," she said. Brewer said she has been in elective office for 28 years, and Goddard has held office for nearly that long. "I think it's pretty defined what he stands for and what I stand for." Anyway, Brewer said, she believes the debates help Goddard more than they benefit her. "Why would I want to give Terry a chance to redefine himself?" she said. Brewer conceded that her performance in Wednesday's debate, and her refusal to answer a question from reporters afterward, was not well-handled. That includes an opening statement when she lost her train of thought and went silent, and walking away after the event rather than answering questions about her prior statements about headless bodies in the desert. Brewer blamed part of her post-debate activities on her gaffe in her opening statement. The governor also said she presumed reporters would want to talk to her about some of the issues raised during the hour-long, televised debate. "All you guys were doing and talking were beheadings, beheadings, beheadings," the governor said. "That is something that has stuck with you all for so long, and I just felt we needed to move on." The subject came up during an exchange in which Brewer said unions are to blame for financial fallout over illegal immigration, calling on Goddard to disavow unions' support because they have called for boycotts of the state. Goddard responded that it is actually Brewer scaring off tourists with comments about headless bodies being found in the desert, for which there is no supporting evidence. Brewer insisted later that she has been misquoted. "I never said 'Arizona,' and it's unfortunate that it was construed as 'Arizona.' " Goddard, in a prepared statement, did not agree with Brewer's decision to avoid future debates. "It is our responsibility to give Arizonans clear information that will allow them to exercise their fundamental right to make an informed decision about who should lead our state into the future," his statement said. "Arizonans deserve more than a single discussion of the issues we face." Brewer, however, said she does not believe such face-to-face confrontations necessarily educate voters. "I don't believe that things come out in proper context in an adversarial atmosphere," she said. And Brewer said she is available for interviews. On StarNet: Go to this article at azstarnet.com/election to respond to a poll on this issue. Copyright 2010 Arizona Daily Star.

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (273332)	9/4/2010 8:41:48 PM
From: sspads	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

What's going on down there with beheading? I was there in March hiking in the Lost Dutchman state park. I feel fortunate that I wasn't beheaded. Arizona governor Jan Brewer's statements earlier this summer that law enforcement officials found beheaded bodies on the Arizona-Mexico border were seemingly proven false, but when she was pressed about the comments after last week's awkward debate with democrat Terry Goddard, she completely refused to acknowledge the issue. In fact, she pretended reporters weren't even asking about the alleged beheadings, even though all of them were repeatedly asking her if she recants the comments. Finally, she gave up and stormed out of the press room, seemingly offended. Yesterday, however, she admitted to the AP, in reference to the alleged beheadings: "I misspoke, but you know, let me be clear, I am concerned about the border region because it continues to be reported in Mexico that there's a lot of violence going on and we don't want that going into Arizona."

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (273332)	9/4/2010 9:08:33 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

Mexican Flag Mockery scottfactor.com ^ \| 09/04/2010 \| Scott Factor scottfactor.com I never thought I’d see the day when I would be singing the praises of a cartoonist that works for a liberal pack of idiots like the ones at MSNBC. Well, strike me down but today is the day. Political cartoonist Daryl Cagle crafted this fine piece of art that depicts the Mexican flag, specifically the taco chicken in the center, as being shot to pieces. This is, of course, to reflect the fact that the drug lords are shooting up the place down there. What is truly ironic is that for once it’s not the American flag being desecrated and lampooned by a cartoonist of considerable fame. For once, it’s not an American flag being maliciously targeted while the American people are being expected to stand still and take it. For once, it’s not us. The part that brings laughter to my belly is the uproar this cartoon is creating in Mexico, in both the editorial pages of the Mexican press, and the Mexican embassy. This letter, written by Ricardo Alday of the Mexican embassy, takes issue with the cartoon because it has brought a “negative response” from the people of Mexico. Negative response? Mr. Alday, let me remind you of the negative response the people of the United States are having due to 14 million of your fellow Mexican countrymen flowing over the borders illegally and costing the American taxpayers billion$ every year to support these people. Let me remind you of the negative response from us because, unlike this cartoon, these 14 million people are breaking our laws by coming here. Let me remind you, Mr. Alday, of your country’s refusal to do anything about it. People all across the world routinely make a mockery of the American flag by burning it in the streets of whatever third-world plot of sand they reside on. Maybe it’s time the people of our country start burning some of theirs.

To: patron_anejo_por_favor who wrote (273332)	9/4/2010 9:15:09 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Four beheaded men hung from bridge (Mexico) UPI 8/23/2010 upi.com MEXICO CITY, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- The bodies of four decapitated and mutilated men were left hanging Monday at a bridge in Cuernavaca, Mexico, south of Mexico City, officials said. Officials said the bodies were discovered Sunday hanging by their ankles from the bridge and the heads were on the roadway beneath the bodies, El Universal reported Monday. Police said the slayings likely were tied to the drug wars.