From: Alan Baker on
In article
<31d66a0e-d9b8-48da-976b-084ca9f79fe7(a)i10g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
kenpitts <ken.ptts(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On May 12, 3:12�am, Alan Baker <alangba...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> > In article <84uuu2F6g...(a)mid.individual.net>,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > �"dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote:
> > > "kenpitts" <ken.p...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> > >news:0c522f75-0d64-48e8-bac9-92a7bb5e6399(a)a34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
> > > On May 11, 12:47 pm, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 11 May 2010 10:31:59 -0700, "dene" <d...(a)remove.ipns.com>
> >
> > > > >My question to John remains. He seems to imply that an illegal should
> > > have
> > > > >a chance to prove himself. I think not.
> >
> > > > Of course he should. That's what the American justice system is built
> > > > on. Otherwise we have a police state....which is just about what
> > > > BAR's solution is.
> >
> > > > BK
> >
> > > The rights of which you speak are for citizens. Not for illegals
> > > charging across our border or terrorists in Gitmo.
> >
> > > Ken
> >
> > > -------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > Bingo. �My point exactly.
> >
> > > -Greg
> >
> > "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
> > equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
> > Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
> >
> > --
> > Alan Baker
> > Vancouver, British Columbia
> > <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>- Hide quoted
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> Yeah, in your own country. Go back to Mexico and see if you can line
> up all those things.

No, Ken. *Your* country (and I can't believe I have to explain this to
you) is founded on the belief that the rights of people they have are
*inalienable* because the come from the Creator.

That means that it doesn't matter whether you're a citizen or not: you
have the same rights.

I realize you have a bigotry problem, Ken, but surely you can read.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Alan Baker on
In article <MPG.2656547f6fa23213989efe(a)news.giganews.com>,
BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

> In article <aa7f0e4a-180d-4494-bc15-6430927db7d3
> @h9g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says...
> >
> > On May 13, 6:01�pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > In article <08aa20a5-5d71-4a75-b127-d34cdbb5e645
> > > @a34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On May 12, 5:55�pm, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, 12 May 2010 10:24:29 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
> > > > > > "Carbon" <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> > > > > >news:4be9f0e7$0$19807$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> > >
> > > > > >> There is NO WAY that all these undocumented workers are doing
> > > > > >> enough
> > > > > >> damage to the country to justify the cost of hunting them down and
> > > > > >> getting rid of them.
> > >
> > > > > > Tell that to Arizona.
> > >
> > > > > They're certainly going to spend a lot of money with their new
> > > > > pogrom.
> > >
> > > > They sure are. What are they going to do with the people they arrest
> > > > under the new law? Drive them to the ICE Field Office in Phoenix and
> > > > dump them there? Arizona is a huge state. Or will they call the ICE
> > > > office and demand that they come and get them, then hold them for a
> > > > week or more until someone from ICE can take an entire day out of his
> > > > schedule to go pick them up? The AZ law doesn't give local
> > > > jurisdictions authority to deport illegal aliens - only to arrest
> > > > them.
> > >
> > > The law is having its intended effect.
> >
> > How do you know? They just passed the goddamn thing.
>
> Can't think past your rage.

Can't articulate your evidence for claim?

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Alan Baker on
In article
<59ace2a0-ef4d-4b2a-8514-301868861a6d(a)a34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
"John B." <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On May 12, 8:06�pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 May 2010 17:54:31 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
> >
> > <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >On May 10, 8:20=A0pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> > >> On Mon, 10 May 2010 09:25:59 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
> >
> > >> <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >If narcotics are made legal and easy to buy, will drug addiction - and
> > >> >the many problems it imposes on society - go up or down?
> >
> > >> The many problems imposed on society by drugs being illegal will go
> > >> down.
> >
> > >Those problems include violent crime, disease, poverty, prostitution,
> > >child abuse and neglect, homelessness. Why would legalizing drugs
> > >cause them to diminish?
> >
> > I have no doubt that legalizing drugs would reduce violent crime
> > significantly. �It would reduce those diseases associated with people
> > sharing needles like HIV and hepatitis. �It would probably reduce
> > homelessness a bit. �Prostitution would stay about the same but women
> > would no longer have to sell themselves to pay for their drug habits.
> > Children of addicts would also benefit because their parent's would no
> > longer be in jail and have to steal to buy drugs.
> > What people fail to understand is that most of the negative things
> > associated with drug abuse are the result of drugs being illegal, not
> > the drugs themselves.
>
> You have yet to explain how or why legalizing drugs would have any of
> these effects. Legal or illegal, people still have to pay for them.

Because a black market charges far more for drugs than they actually
cost to provide.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Alan Baker on
In article <MPG.26564053374fa0c7989ef4(a)news.giganews.com>,
BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

> In article <sfjmu5h5ebhlmmtja8mpno8a503sr375gt(a)4ax.com>,
> howard(a)brazee.net says...
> >
> > On Wed, 12 May 2010 16:33:27 -0700, Loudon Briggs <larebe(a)bbz.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >If the person is charged with illegal entry only, they are NOT sent to
> > >trial... they are turned over to U.S. Customs and get a "hearing,"
> > >which is totally different from a trial. The normal result is
> > >deportation.
> >
> > What if the person is innocent?
>
> Any non-citizen of the US who is here legally is required to have proof
> of their authority to be in the US on their person at all times. This is
> a federal law and a condition of their entry into the US.
>
> Therefore, there can be no innocence.

Cite the actual law...

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
<http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: BAR on
In article <va9pu51uhst8rar2kqthuicb8hbi7mjoef(a)4ax.com>,
howard(a)brazee.net says...
>
> On Thu, 13 May 2010 17:59:35 -0400, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:
>
> >> >If the person is charged with illegal entry only, they are NOT sent to
> >> >trial... they are turned over to U.S. Customs and get a "hearing,"
> >> >which is totally different from a trial. The normal result is
> >> >deportation.
> >>
> >> What if the person is innocent?
> >
> >Any non-citizen of the US who is here legally is required to have proof
> >of their authority to be in the US on their person at all times. This is
> >a federal law and a condition of their entry into the US.
> >
> >Therefore, there can be no innocence.
>
> Citizens can be charged with illegal entry.

Any one can be charged with any thing. Courts do not have a finding of
innocence, it is either guilty or not guilty.