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But if you could make 10x the money by risking it and driving to a job 20 miles away, instead of walking to a job to make $2 an hour, you'd probably do what you had to do to feed your family. I know I would.

agreed. that being said, the potheads I've known in the past all drove high, and we see very few news articles about people who are high on pot crashing into and killing people, while we see articles daily about drunk drivers doing so. but I'm certainly in favor of the same penalties for smoking and driving as there are for drinking and driving. I'm not sure what kind of test they could implement for checking how high someone is, but the smell of burnt weed inside the car could be an automatic DUI.

[Hidden Content] It is difficult to get a green card. Most immigrants do not qualify. IF you can get one, and hold it for five years, then you can apply for US citizenship. From that point you're looking at another 6 months to 2 years before citizenship, but again, all of that is a moot point if you can't get a green card.

They don't let them expire. That implies that they could renew them. They expire after a set period of time. It's my understanding there's some sort of lottery system for renewal, but only a very small percentage of people get drawn. I have a friend who just got "deported" back to England because she couldn't get her visa renewed. I have another who's probably about to get sent back to Scotland. Both of them came here for their education, one got a bachelors degree, the other her masters, and both got trained to work locally in plants, but can't get renewals. And these are SPECIALIZED workers. A common laborer has even less of a chance. Because it's next to impossible to become a citizen, and because you can't simply continue to renew your visa at will, foreigners go from being on a legal visa to being illegal aliens. And again, I don't blame them.

there's a difference between coming here legally and becoming a legal citizen. It is not difficult to come over here, or do it legally. becoming a citizen is the part that is nearly impossible. most of the illegal aliens that are currently in the country came here through legal channels. And no, I'm not confusing difficult with lazy or not smart enough.

the path to citizenship is ridiculous. If you make it next to impossible, most people are going to do what they have to improve their lives. I'm not excusing their actions, but I certainly understand them.

no problem with this. instead of decriminalizing it they need to legalize it. it's no worse than alcohol, and only a gateway drug because of the type of people one must come in contact with to get it.

The singles I shot with a rifle. The five messed up and got in my trap

Anyone else on here that lives out in the country been killing any hogs? These were all taken behind my house (ten acre field) since November.

No. Judges are elected based on their political affiliation, and they should rule on decisions based on their affiliation, and the wishes of the constituents that elected them. While the insinuation here is that liberal judges are abusing their positions, in truth the vast majority of conservative judges make their rulings on just as obvious of political lines. Both sides consistently "interpret" the constitution in ways that benefit their political party. That just comes with the territory. THAT BEING SAID, there is no way that a judge in Podunk, Washington should have the power to make a ruling that can affect the entire country (Or a judge from Bumpkin, Tx, for that matter). The scope of power that these judges has must be reduced to the area in which they are elected, because a judge from Washington State damn sure doesn't represent me or my beliefs.

Nailed it

Good. I got curious about the #NoDevonNoTigers, so I went on twitter, and there appeared to be a lot of people who considered the pep rally to be in support of Devon, rather than the team. Some of the tigers have made some tweets that certainly make it appear that they have not learned a lesson from Devon's punishment. I hope Devon himself has, and that the tigers coaching staff gets through to the rest of the players so that they don't end up in a similar situation later.

i feel like you've made this point 20 times in the last 2 days. i think we all now understand that you feel this way. quoting yourself is unnecessary.

this seems unwise.

yes. when the topic of the celina qb came up it was pretty unanimous across the board he should've been out for a long while. that being said, the difference between what he did and what McCain did is that what McCain did could literally kill somebody. now obviously that was not his intent, but to throw a haymaker from behind at someone much smaller than you who has no idea you're there is beyond dangerous. As for the kid who threw the punch getting one game, he was involved in a fight with someone who was fighting back. 1 game is too light, IMO, but his situation and McCain's have zero correlation, and can't be compared.

Based on the video I've seen this is probably the correct course of action. The McCain suspension is a big blow for silsbee, but there probably isn't a program in the state better suited to overcome it.

They'll be missed.... so Silsbee by only 25.

sorry, didn't mean to post after this... was already in the middle of typing when you locked... and agree with the decision.

yup, he shouldn't see the court (or the bench, imo) for the rest of the season. I just got a chance to view it. that's inexcusable, and its my understanding this is at least the THIRD time he's done something like this this season. If it had been handled the first two times, perhaps this one wouldn't have occurred. If that's my son getting hit I'm filing charges, without question. It's one thing to get wrapped up in the heat of the moment, in the middle of a bunch of bodies and swinging arms. It's another to run across the court and sucker punch someone who's not only not looking at you, but not involved in the fight. This was clearly a conscious decision to go after that player and sucker punch him, nothing less, and his history doesn't lead me to believe any different. It's always nice to see a quick apology in situations like this, but an apology and a sucker punch could still be worth a felony charge. it's hard to know if the motivation behind the apology was genuine remorse for the actions, or remorse for the consequences that may result from the action (possibly costing his team a state championship, or missing out on helping them win one). It's been my experience that oftentimes the players who consistently do stuff like this are always quickest to apologize afterwards, only to do it again somewhere down the road. I hope that his coach, who has clearly let this behavior slide with him already (unless we're to believe that multiple people not involved with the program have seen the video of other instances of similar behavior, but the coach for the program itself has not), will step up and punish him accordingly. If not, he's doing him a disservice. I don't want to see another great local athlete go off to college and squander a career because they're being held accountable for their actions for the first time in their life, and can't stay out of trouble.

Edit: Never mind, question answered reading further through the thread.

Nice!