That's all that could fit in the truck.

if it were an immigrant truck crossing the border, they would have fit twice that many. They need to do better next time!

Their message?
What, that they are uneducated morons?
That message's already been received and disseminated.

You got that right. They will get bolder now that they have a president who chooses to ignore federal law.

SCOTUS laid down the law when they dissected the Arizona Hate law that was written by the private corrections industry.

You are correct! BUT, us taxpayers iliving in The People's Republic of Maryland will soon be losing even MORE of our hard earned dollars to the Tax & Spend government of Owe'Malley, Busch, Miller, Valaro, and the rest of the Annapolis crowd that hides legislative issues that truly matter to the citizens of the State and push through their personal agenda issues that cost us even more.

Oops! I forgot.....Maryland is a sanctuary state for illegal aliens and an entitlement state for all those that are too lazy to get a job. They have become so use to NOT having to work and getting taxpayer money for free! By manipulating the system (a criminal act!) they don't have to work, pay for medical insurance, or buy their own cell phone, or pay the bill for thosecell phones, or pay for food for their familes!

Is Pat McDonough correct? Damed right he is!

The few that are always raising rediculous issues, like the Answer Coalition and other minute sized groups always get the most attention from the majority of politicians. REDICULOUS!

Terry some people are so brainwashed and blind and indoctrinated to believe different, rather than seeking the truth for themselves they listen to others that mislead them. Just plan lazy to search for the truth and rely on there own common sense and reasoning! Some will gain the knowledge but most they take the easiest way of least resistance and believe in others then believe in themselves.

I jus tdon't understand why anyone wants to go into the downtoan area of Baltimore CIty. I retired in January, 2004 and in the 100 months since I retired I have only been within the Baltimore CIty limits for 1 time and that was for 39 minutes (yes I timedit with my watch) to visit a funeral home to pay my respoects to a neighbor's deceased daughter.

Sailabration??? Give me a break. What am I supposed to do? Drive downtown, search for a parking spot (for which I'll pay a ton of maney), hope that none of the "at risk youth" who prowl the streets decide to break into my car while I'm gone, to see what? A bunch of old sailing ships and newer naval vessels? The same ones I can see on TV for free from the air-conditioned comfort of my own home? I just don't get it.

Regardless of what Pat McDonough says (and I believe he speake the truth) Baltimore City is a sewer and a loss for several generations to come.

I used to live in the northeast corner of the city. Great times there. That was 30-40 years ago. It is no secret that the city has HUGE crime problems and many random acts of violence. Just because everything was fine for Sailabration doesn't mean the problem went away. Two blocks over from where you were walking they would have thought nothing of beating you to death for the $10 you had in your pocket. Also, I'm pretty sure that illegal immigrants means they are here illegally, yes? Become a citizen, pay taxes, and the big hearted USA will be glad to help you out. Don't ask for freebees otherwise.

Looks like you're still learning. Keep it up, you're doing super.

So then he's an underachiever too?

Steve, Please take the blinders off. The roving mobs that were causing the trouble were not Amish white boys. Sailabration was a success because 99% of the people there were white and were not looking for trouble. You need to learn to give each person the right to express himself and have their own opinion.

....perhaps another reason WHY there where not so many problems is because there was HUGE increase in undercover city and federal law enforcement.

This puts an entirely different spin on the wealthiest 1% we keep hearing about...

Of course she doesn't. She thinks she's "speaking the truth" just like Boss Hogg McDonough.

The Gov and Mayor have their heads someplace else, NOT in the sand!

Funny Steve, but the Nielsen ratings have nothing to do with the talking heads. Right now the ratings are horrible for msnbc and other news outlets that broadcast narratives, and not the news as it appears. Too bad I will have a huge smile on my face as i vote in november against giving illegals in-state tuition. 16 people about sums up the organizational skill of the left.

Well said Carol

Wait till you see my next blog. It will even open your eyes.

Steve when you get free stuff its money from some ones pocket, last I checked it's ours, unless maybe you don't pay taxes. We don't know what all they get. So many sneaky deals going on it makes my head swim.

There aren't any "sneakly" deals going on, just a bunch of conspiracy theories being promoted by the usual suspects.

In California illegals do get freebies from government. Also, consider the states that have tuition discounts already and the free health care via going to emergency rooms and never paying the bill. In MD illegal aliens cost the tax payers millions per year.

You are correct.......they get TAXPAYER'S money.

Illegal immigrants get health care thru emergency rooms, and get to educate their kids for free. My problem with illegal immigrants are that they want the benefits of the United States of America but they DON'T want to learn English or do what is required to become a citizen! This is the United States of America. Obey the law or GO back from where you came from.

You are clueless, so i guess i should feel sorry for you. In Wisconsin, the same exact mistake was made. The recall vote motivated non-voters to hit the ballots, as well as to register. People in Maryland busting their ass working two jobs to try and help their kids pay for school are not going to pass up the chance to squelch benefits for those that should be shipped back to their native country. The issue will bring out many more "quiet" citizens, like those in Wisconsin that said nothing but showed up and voted to end union bankruptcy ransom notes.

The people busting their ass working two jobs likely do not pay that much in taxes.

Steve,

Are you saying those who don't agree with your point of view are "haters"? I call it exercising the rights that the men and women in the armed forces have fought and died for in protecting those rights and YOUR right to say whatever you feel. Just saying.

One other thing Steve...
I disagree with what you say but I will fight to the death for your right to say it. Voltaire

Just saying.

You obviously haven't been to a VA hospital for treatment lately.

People are military supporters in words only. Maybe a flag here or there. That's it. The Patch has a running article on the difficulties with placing veterans back into the workforce.

Frankly, that someone would employ the worn out trope of We Support Our Troops to mask the larger debate here just drives the point home.

Whats sad is illegal residents get any rights at all. They should get a boot out of the country, nothing more, nothing less.

businesses that hire these illegals should be slapped with fines.

FYI, at the University of MD to qualify as "in-state" you have to prove residency for the past 12 months! Hah! Great Perk for a single year.

Wait until you see my next blog. It will blow you away on entitlements. A little hint in ten years an increase of 1,100%. When I saw the figures I could not comprehend them.

Buzz, please make sure you go find the entitlements buried in the tax code as well.

and what makes it even more ironic is the ones who tend to get the most handouts will never in their life come even close to paying them back over time via tax revenue.

Be careful not to confuse the issue too much in your rush to show your support for vets. The veterans who qualify have to register within 4 years of discharge. In other words, it is a way to offer instant in-state rates to an ordinary American citizen without them needing to fulfill the residency requirement. That's a nice perk, but hardly a unquestionable dedication to our veterans.

In-state rates for active duty is a different issue. If a service member is in-state without residency it is most likely because they have opted not to file for it. This could be due to their length of stay in Maryland such as TDY where it doesn't make sense or because they prefer the residency they hold during their current Permanent Change of Station. You see this frequently since your PCS can afford you other benefits that outweigh the opportunity to pay in state tuition. That's why you'll see vehicles with Guam license plates in the US, a service member with a PCS covering Guam instantly registers their vehicles there to take advantage of ridiculously low tag and insurance premiums. Same with other states but not to the same level.

Again, hiding this behind veterans is pretty indicative of they way most people regard them. A convenient pawn when necessary and then back into the closet.

You should find another tack.

The veterans have always got the short end of the stick going back to WW I. Watched a James Cagney film on the subject last week. In the plot he lost his job when he came back from the war and turned to bootlegging only to lose it all in the end.

You're aware of the difference between movies and reality, right?

Some of these are easy, others are hidden

Corporations - oil subsides an easy target. Farm subsidies an easy target. Corp's who keep profits in foreign countries pay Zero tax on those profits. Research and development tax credits. Many more, they amount to entitlements.

Individuals - the following benefits help middle and upper income taxpayers the most. Child care credit, home mortgage interest deduction, 401k and IRAs benefit wealthy people the most. Health insurance payments by employers that are not taxable income. Taxing capital gains and dividends at 15%.

I can go on, but you get my point.

The one major fact you're short on is who you are. I know, these people don't. The one I was talking about was downtown.

Here is another fact your short on - veterans care - at it's finest.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR2007021701172.html

Seems like the rats liked Walter Reed though.

Who are "these" people? Who was President in 2007? Bush gutted the VA.

Walter Reed Army Medical Center merged and moved to the National Naval Medical Center. Navy always has the best medical serving Marines Presidents.

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Well said!

The election could go either way, too close to call. Your so called nothing on F&F might be a factor. AZ could also enter into it. States don't like being sued by their own government.

Romney might not need the Latino vote to win. A lot of factors involved.

As law abiding citizens come out of the woodwork like in wisconsin to vote out this administration, the federal agencies will have a different agenda in Romney's administration.

Romney's overall incompetence, combined with the over the top Tea Party zealotry, will undo them in the end, this fall.

it'll be close, only because Obama's been a below average president. However, he's objectively done a fair job at appearing to be more 'centrist' then anyone else wearing elephant ears.

And you think Obama is? Based on the Steve poll.

Speaking of laughinstocks....the democrats cannot even afford to have their convention in their original spot! They are only 29 million short. What does that tell you about the enthusiasm gap between koolaid drinking dems versus conservatives? Romney already close to 100 million this month, and that is outside the superpacs. What happened Steve? My bad, all the jewish democrats with deep pockets have left. Obama will not get the catholic vote this time, or the jewish vote, or the bluecollar vote, or the vote of the elderly that are pissed about obamacare. I would not be surprised if Romney wins by 10 percentage points. Having Putin basically laugh outloud at our weak jimmy carter clone counts as being a laughingstock in my book.

who cares what Putin thinks? He's nothing more then a figurehead of a now economically and militarily impoverished country.

The Republican media outlets like to make Putin out to be this powerful leader of a relevant country but the reality is far from it. Playing up the old cold war feelings of the target voting age gen pop

True enough, I'll have to retract that portion - the wording, specifically.

They are, economically speaking, stable now that I re-check my original view.

However, they are still only moderately relevant, sporting a GDP that is barely a tenth of the USA. China, conversely is 50% of the USA.

So impoverished? Perhaps not. Irrelevant? Yep.

Relative to our country, it is.

Additionally, in a hypothetical matchup, I'd suspect China would destroy them.They spend twice as much on their military right now. They have way more purchasing power. Oh and hundreds of million more troops available. If nothing else, they'd win through attrition.
http://www.sipri.org/research/armaments/milex/resultoutput/milex_15

Thank you for proving my point Steve. Obama is a laughinstock due to how Putin and his country's main ally China do not take him in the least bit serious. Putin flexed a muscle, and Obama dropped the missile defense shield in europe. Then Putin flexed a middle finger and voted against every usa sanction in the un, then turned and sent weapons, oil, and supplies to help our enemies in iran and foster instability in the middle east by supplying syria.

this is why I called it a 'hypothetical' above.

Moreover, Escariot: I'm pretty sure that missile shield hasn't been dropped.

You are missing the big point. If the usa has to go into syria for any reason, our troops can be wiped out by russian weapons. Secondly, if we have to go to Iran because of failed sanctions there will be many more deaths than if by airstrike. Who helped iran with their nuclear ambitions by supplying them with vital materials to go around the sanctions? Russia. Lastly, the reason i also feel jimmy obama is a laughinstock is because every time his advisers leaked information there was negative consequences. There is not a middle eastern nation out there that will risk undercover operatives on our behalf after the ny times outed them, not once, but twice.

I will be voting AGAINST providing any assistance to ILLEGAL aliens. I will also be voting FOR anyone othan than the current administration. $4 trillion in increased debt to support, among other things, ILLEGAL aliens. Mind you, Bush was no fiscal conservative, but compared to the current administration, he was a tight-fisted spendthrift.

Escariot: You know full well our troops aren't going anywhere, anytime in the future. Our population alone won't tolerate it.
We've already had to endure two un-necessary "wars". Wars manufactured by greedy capitalist pigs and warmonger jockeys in Washington.

There's no bigger laughing stock of a president then GWB and "the war on terror"
Yeah, how'd that "war on terror" go for us. We were economically stable until he got into office. War in Iraq? A draw, at best in the longer term. "War" in Afghanistan? Lost. Just like Russia 30 years ago.
A shame our 'leaders' can't learn from the past.

Oh, and the cost of those wars? Several trillion on our national debt, and growing.

I honestly believe there's some things to like about Obama's foreign policy:

1) stayed out of the Egyptian peoples way, when asked
2) Made the ballsy call to take out Osama.
3) Getting enough intel out of Pakistan to make #2 happen.
4) using drone strikes, rather then you know, actual troops, to take out literally dozens of terrorists.
5) Successfully forced the rest of the world to take "the lead" in the Libya civil war.
6) to date, refusing to militarily get involved in Syria.
7) Ended the Iraq engagement
8) Putting an end to the Afghanistan fiasco.

He's subtlety been beginning to live up to his inappropriately won Nobel Peace Prize over the past couple years.

Now, he's screwed some stuff up too, make no mistake. The handling of Israel immediately comes to mind.

Do you think Obama will be crushed when his attorney general becomes the first in u.s. history to be cited for contempt for congress?

If there was no substance to it, than the 132,000 documents should be turned over. Why executive privilige? Why is Mexico asking for Holder to be extradited to face crimes there dealing with fast and furious? Why won't the attorney general tell congress and the american people who ordered and approved fast and furious? Tell the family of Brian Terry and the thousands of dead Mexicans killed with fast and furious weapons that it is just a witch hunt.

Fast and Furious case is to hide proof that the operation was part of a push for gun control. Defenders of President Obama's use of executive privilege to provide cover for Attorney General Eric Holder in the gun-running fiasco that resulted in the deaths of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and ICE Agent Jaime Zapata may dismiss it as just another conspiracy theory. But the suggestion by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., that the deadly operation was conceived to advance the administration's gun-control agenda is quite plausible.<<<<<<last two words

It wouldn't be an "election" year issue if Holder had complied when the subpoena was first issued. Just saying.

You would sound a lot more intelligent if you based your arguments on facts, and not opinions. If you read the book about fast and furious by Katie Pavlich, you would be able to read actual documentation and testimony by the whistleblowers concerning the operation. Instead, you choose to be msnbc lite. Msnbc edits out materials that fly in the face of their narratives, while claiming witchhunt or smokescreen such as yourself.

Great link ! Thanks RW Willy, sad story

Creditability, when you learn who you are then talk about creditability, Robert!

Fortunately, most Americans have common sense. For example, if you are tracking something, you attach transponders that have gps capabilities so they can be followed. Only 2 of the 2000 weapons bought had them. Kind of ends the argument about tracking guns doesn't it?

Holder lied and people died.