Since it's an election year, how many candidates are gonna be robbed at gunpoint?
Last time around it was Ceasar, Julie, and Kasim.
Given the problems they've had this year, I'd put my money on Cleata and H. Lamar.
#ceasarchatscrime?
i'm glad such an under the radar politician was able to work his name into the discussion.
/sarcasm font
How does Ceaser have time for a Twitter conversation considering that he seems to at a Ceaser fundraiser every day of the weeK?
Sleeping cats,
The powers that be were afraid of demographic changes several years ago. That's one of the reasons the unincorporated section of Fulton County that abutted SW Atlanta was annexed into the city.
Without those new voters (and without the "questionable" votes) Reed doesn't win in '09.
Hell, even with that he only won by 700 votes in a 60% black city.
Provide free wifi by off setting some costs with advertising. Make users enter an email address so sponsors can send ads via email. Its annoying, but free wifi is better and spam blockers work.
"What a coincidence that the President went to Arthur's place for his fundraiser yesterday."
between the two of them, that's a lot of unfulfilled promise/unfulfilled promises.
Free wi-fi in public spaces is one of many things a city can do to provide access for those who can't afford to have an unlimited data plan on their device. Or for some, a data plan at all. And there are thousands of people on nice days who spend the entire day at the park reading etc... It's not about not being able to have wi-fi while you go for a walk.
Atlanta had almost 500k people(496,973) when the Falcons came to town. Now it has 420k (420,003). Seems like the Falcons drove some people out of town.
if by "discourage", carter meant "legalize, regulate and tax most marijuana smoking", then i agree.
did CL writers ever start that cute animal tumblr?
if that ship has sailed, may i suggest a tumblr blog that focuses on crime stories involving ridiculous names. BJ VAN GUNDY is a good start but i think we can do better.
I don't like the title, "Hollywood of The South" we need something original in Atlanta.
only a partial list? u couldn't find the whole thing? i feel like u might have forgotten one.
"Heavy rains this weekend overwhelmed metro Atlanta"
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That loud whooshing sound you hear outside are the trees breathing a sigh of relief.
Blank will get at least $500mm of hotel tax, capitalized over the term of the new deal, BB. Don't worry about the city picking up some future bill. We've picked up an enormous bill for Arthur already instead of doing something useful with that tax.
And those sales taxes you're debating are coming right from us: it's not Arthur's money and it's not new money. It's 8% of our pocket money, which we'd have spent on other entertainment if we had not gone to the stadium. Just irrelevant to the costs and benefits of the Arthur giveaway.
What a coincidence that the President went to Arthur's place for his fundraiser yesterday.
Reed must be feeling vulnerable to start handing out cash to the bottom feeders of the city workforce. Or worried that his coattails are mighty short for whomever is chosen from the Jackson machine to follow him into the mayor's seat. Are the changes in city demographics finally starting to cause a ripple (ie, no longer a black city) -?
Has anyone gotten wind yet as to what the 53 positions in the Mayor's office are for? Who's the next gadfly to be bought off? More folks on ABOE to give Reed control of APS (a la Bev Hall)? Has Max Blau made the grade yet? How many girlfriends does the man have anyways?
"You people need to leave the Falcons alone. Atlanta had barely a million people when the Falcons came to town. Now we have close to six million. It's because of great leaders like Arthur Blank that there even is an Atlanta. Men like him deserve our thanks. And if he asks for a few dollars in return for making this backwater into an international city, that's a good investment for us. What are you all going to do when he finally gets sick of your complaining and moves to another city? Without men like Arthur Blank, Atlanta would shrivel up into the nothing it use to be."
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Is that you Arthur?
"As for the Racist term being thrown around, give me a break, someone is racist because they expect a certain group to follow the same laws as everyone else?"
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Seems like selective respect for the law cuts both ways. What about all those treaties between us and indigenous Americans we have violated? (partial list)
AIONAI (Also I-ON-I)
Treaty With The Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., 1846
ANADARKO (Also ANA-DA-CA)
Treaty With The Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., 1846
APACHE
Treaty With The Apache, 1852
Treaty With The Apache, Cheyenne, And Arapaho, 1865
Treaty With The Cheyenne And Arapaho, 1865
Treaty With The Comanche, Kiowa, And Apache, 1853
Treaty With The Kiowa, Comanche, And Apache, 1867
APPALACHICOLA
Treaty With The Appalachicola Band, 1832
Treaty With The Appalachicola Band, 1833
ARAPAHO (Also ARRAPAHOE; ARAPAHOE)
Treaty With The Apache, Cheyenne, And Arapaho, 1865
Treaty With The Arapaho And Cheyenne, 1861
Treaty With The Cheyenne And Arapaho, 1865
Treaty With The Cheyenne And Arapaho, 1867
Treaty With The Northern Cheyenne And Northern Arapaho, 1868
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851
Treaty With The Sioux—Brulé, Oglala, Miniconjou, Yanktonai, Hunkpapa, Blackfeet, Cuthead, Two Kettle, Sans Arcs, And Santee—and Arapaho,
ARIKARA (Also RICARA; ARICKAREE)
Treaty With The Arikara Tribe, 1825
Agreement At Fort Berthold, 1866
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851
ASSINABOINE
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851
BANNOCK
Treaty With The Eastern Band Shoshoni And Bannock, 1868
BELANTSE-ETOA OR MINITAREE (Also BELANTSE-ETEA; BELANTSE-ETA; MINNETAREE)
Treaty With The Belantse-Etoa Or Minitaree Tribe, 1825
BLACKFEET (Also BLACKFOOT; BLACKFOOT NATION)
Treaty With The Blackfeet, 1855
Treaty With The Blackfeet Sioux, 1865
BLOOD
Treaty With The Blackfeet, 1855
BROTHERTOWN
Treaty With The New York Indians, 1838
CADDO (Also CADOE)
Treaty With The Caddo, 1835
Treaty With The Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., 1846
CAHOKIA
Treaty With The Peoria, Etc., 1818
CALAPOOIA (SeeKALAPUYA)
CAYUGA
Agreement With The Five Nations Of Indians, 1792
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1784
Treaty With The New York Indians, 1838
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1789
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1794
CAYUSE
Treaty With The Walla-Walla, Cayuse, Etc., 1855
CHASTA
Treaty With The Chasta, Etc., 1854
CHEROKEE
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1785
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1805
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1806
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1816
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1816
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1816
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1817
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1819
Treaty With The Western Cherokee, 1828
Treaty With The Western Cherokee, 1833
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1835
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1846 [Western Cherokee]
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1866
Treaty With The Cherokee, 1868
Agreement With The Cherokee, 1835 (Unratified)
Agreement With The Cherokee And Other Tribes In The Indian Territory, 1865
Treaty With The Comanche, Etc., 1835
CHEYENNE (Also CHAYENNE)
Treaty With The Apache, Cheyenne, And Arapaho, 1865
Treaty With The Arapaho And Cheyenne, 1861
Treaty With The Cheyenne Tribe, 1825
Treaty With The Cheyenne And Arapaho, 1865
Treaty With The Cheyenne And Arapaho, 1867
Treaty With The Northern Cheyenne And Northern Arapaho, 1868
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851
CHICKASAW (Also CHICKESAW)
Agreement With The Cherokee And Other Tribes In The Indian Territory, 1865
Treaty With The Chickasaw, 1786
Treaty With The Chickasaw, 1801
Treaty With The Chickasaw, 1805
Treaty With The Choctaw And Chickasaw, 1866
CHIPPEWA (Also CHIPPEWAY; CHIPAWA)
Treaty With The Chippewa, Etc., 1808
Treaty With The Chippewa, 1819
Treaty With The Chippewa, 1837
Treaty With The Chippewa, 1838
Treaty With The Chippewa, 1839
Treaty With The Chippewa, 1842
Treaty With The Chippewa Of The Mississippi And Lake Superior, 1847
Treaty With The Chippewa, 1854
Treaty With The Chippewa—Bois Forte Band, 1866
Treaty With The Chippewa Of The Mississippi, 1867
Treaty With The Ottawa, Etc., 1807
Treaty With The Ottawa, Etc., 1816
Treaty With The Ottawa, Etc., 1821
Treaty With The Ottawa, Etc., 1836
Treaty With The Ottawa And Chippewa, 1855
Treaty With The Pillager Band Of Chippewa Indians, 1847
Treaty With The Potawatomi Nation, 1846
Treaty With The Chippewa Of Sault Ste. Marie, 1855
Treaty With The Sioux, Etc., 1825
Treaty With The Winnebago, Etc, 1828
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1785
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1818
CHOCTAW (Also CHACTAW; CHAKTAW)
Agreement With The Cherokee And Other Tribes In The Indian Territory, 1865
Treaty With The Choctaw And Chickasaw, 1866
Treaty With The Comanche, Etc., 1835
Treaty With The Comanche And Kiowa, 1865
CHRISTIAN INDIANS SeeMUNSEE
CLACK-A-MAS (Also CLOCKAMUS)
Treaty With The Kalapuya, Etc., 1855
COLUMBIA
Agreement With The Columbia And Colville, 1883
COLVILLE
Agreement With The Columbia And Colville, 1883
COMANCHE (Also CAMANCHE)
Treaty With The Comanche, Etc., 1835
Treaty With The Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., 1846
Treaty With The Comanche, Kiowa, And Apache, 1853
Treaty With The Kiowa And Comanche, 1867
Treaty With The Kiowa, Comanche, And Apache, 1867
CREEKS (Also MUSCOGEE)
Agreement With The Cherokee And Other Tribes In The Indian Territory, 1865
Treaty With The Comanche, Etc., 1835
Treaty With The Creeks, 1790
Treaty With The Creeks, 1866
Agreement With The Creeks, 1825 (Unratified)
CROW
Treaty With The Crow Tribe, 1825
Treaty With The Crows, 1868
Agreement With The Crows, 1880 (Unratified)
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851
DAKOTA (See alsoSIOUX)
Treaty With The Blackfeet Sioux, 1865
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851
DE CHUTES
Treaty With The Middle Oregon Tribes, 1865
Treaty With The Tribes Of Middle Oregon, 1855
DELAWARE (Also DELEWARE)
Treaty With The Delawares, 1778
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Delawares, 1804
Treaty With The Delawares, 1866
Agreement With The Delawares And Wyandot, 1843
Supplementary Treaty With The Miami, Etc., 1809
Treaty With The Shawnee, Etc., 1832
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1818
DWAMISH
Treaty With The Dwamish, Suquamish, Etc., 1855
EEL RIVER
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1805
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1809
Treaty With The Eel River, Etc., 1803
Supplementary Treaty With The Miami, Etc., 1809
Treaty With The Miami, 1828
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1795
FIVE NATIONS
Agreement With The Five Nations Of Indians, 1792
FLATHEAD
Treaty With The Blackfeet, 1855
Treaty With The Flatheads, Etc., 1855
FOX (See alsoSAC & FOX)
Treaty With The Foxes, 1815
GROS VENTRES (Also GROSVENTRES)
Treaty With The Blackfeet, 1855
Agreement At Fort Berthold, 1866
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851
ILLINOIS
Treaty With The Kaskaskia, Etc., 1832
Treaty With The Peoria, Etc., 1818
IOWA (Also IAWAY; IOWAY)
Treaty With The Iowa, 1815
Treaty With The Iowa, 1824.
Treaty With The Iowa, Etc., 1836.
Treaty With The Iowa, 1837
Treaty With The Iowa, 1838
Treaty With The Iowa, 1854
Treaty With The Sauk And Foxes, Etc., 1830
Treaty With The Sauk And Foxes, Etc., 1861
Treaty With The Sioux, Etc., 1825
KALAPUYA (Also CALAPOOIA)
Treaty With The Kalapuya, Etc., 1855
Treaty With The Umpqua And Kalapuya, 1854
KANSA (Also KANZA; KANSAS; KANZAS)
Treaty With Kansa Tribe, 1846
Treaty With The Kansa Tribe, 1859
Treaty With The Kansa Indians, 1862
KASKASKIA
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Eel River, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Kaskaskia, 1803
Treaty With The Kaskaskia, Etc., 1832
Treaty With The Kaskaskia, Peoria, Etc., 1854
Treaty With The Peoria, Etc., 1818
Treaty With The Seneca, Mixed Seneca And Shawnee, Quapaw, Etc., 1867
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1795
KA-TA-KA
Treaty With The Kiowa, Etc., 1837
KEECHY (Also KEECHE)
Treaty With The Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., 1846
KICKAPOO (Also KIKAPO)
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Eel River, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Kickapoo, 1809
Treaty With The Kickapoo, 1815
Treaty With The Wea And Kickapoo, 1816
Treaty With The Kickapoo, 1819
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1795
KIK-IAL-LUS
Treaty With The Dwamish, Suquamish, Etc., 1855
KIOWA (Also KIOWAY)
Treaty With The Comanche, Kiowa, And Apache, 1853
Treaty With The Comanche And Kiowa, 1865
Treaty With The Kiowa, Etc., 1837
Treaty With The Kiowa And Comanche, 1867
Treaty With The Kiowa, Comanche, And Apache, 1867
KLAMATH
Treaty With The Klamath, Etc., 1864
KOOTENAY
Treaty With The Blackfeet, 1855
Treaty With The Flatheads, Etc., 1855
LEPAN
Treaty With The Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., 1846
LONG-WHA
Treaty With The Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., 1846
LUMMI
Treaty With The Dwamish, Suquamish, Etc., 1855
MAKAH (Also MAHA)
Treaty With The Makah, 1815
Treaty With The Makah Tribe, 1825
Treaty With The Makah, 1855
MANDAN
Agreement At Fort Berthold, 1866
Treaty With The Mandan Tribe, 1825
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851
ME-SEK-WI-GUILSE
Treaty With The Dwamish, Suquamish, Etc., 1855
MENOMINEE (Also MENOMINIE; MENOMONIE; MENOMONEE)
Treaty With The Chippewa, Etc., 1827
Treaty With The Menominee, 1817
Treaty With The Sioux, Etc., 1825
MIAMI (Also MIAME; MEAMIE)
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1805
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1809
Supplementary Treaty With The Miami, Etc., 1809
Treaty With The Miami, 1818
MIDDLE OREGON TRIBES
Treaty With The Middle Oregon Tribes, 1865
Treaty With The Tribes Of Middle Oregon, 1855
MINITAREE OR BELANTSE-ETOA (Also BELANTSE-ETEA; BELANTSE-ETA; MINNETAREE)
Treaty With The Belantse-Etoa Or Minitaree Tribe, 1825
MITCHIGAMIA
Treaty With The Peoria, Etc., 1818
MODOC (Also MOADOC)
Treaty With The Klamath, Etc., 1864
MOHAWK
Treaty With The Mohawk, 1797
MOLALA (Also MOLALLA; MOLEL)
Treaty With The Kalapuya, Etc., 1855
Treaty With The Molala, 1855
MUSCOGEE (Also CREEK)
Treaty With The Comanche, Etc., 1835
MUNSEE (Also CHRISTIAN)
Treaty With The Chippewa, Etc., 1859
Treaty With The New York Indians, 1838
Treaty With The Stockbridge And Munsee, 1839
Treaty With The Stockbridge And Munsee, 1856
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1805
NAVAJO (Also NAVAHO)
Treaty With The Navaho, 1849
Treaty With The Navaho, 1868
NEW YORK INDIANS
Treaty With The New York Indians, 1838
NEZ PERCÉ
Treaty With The Blackfeet, 1855
Treaty With The Nez Percés, 1868
NISQUALLY (Also NISQUALLI)
Treaty With The Nisqualli, Puyallup, Etc., 1854
NOO-WHA-HA
Treaty With The Dwamish, Suquamish, Etc., 1855
OMAHA (OMAHAW)
Treaty With The Omaha, 1854
Treaty With The Sauk And Foxes, Etc., 1830
ONEIDA
Agreement With The Five Nations Of Indians, 1792
Treaty With The Oneida, 1838
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1789
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1794
ONONDAGA
Agreement With The Five Nations Of Indians, 1792
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1784
Treaty With The New York Indians, 1838
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1789
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1794
OSAGE
Agreement With The Cherokee And Other Tribes In The Indian Territory, 1865
Treaty With The Comanche, Etc., 1835
Treaty With The Osage, 1808
Treaty With The Great And Little Osage, 1825
Treaty With The Osage, 1839
Treaty With The Osage, 1865
OTO (Also OTTOE)
Treaty With The Oto, 1817
OTO & MISSOURI (Also MISSOURIA)
Treaty With The Confederated Oto And Missouri, 1854
Treaty With The Sauk And Foxes, Etc., 1830
OTTAWA (Also OTTOWA; OTTOWAY)
Treaty With The Chippewa, Etc., 1808
Treaty With The Ottawa And Chippewa, 1820
Treaty With The Chippewa, Etc., 1829
Treaty With The Chippewa, Etc., 1833
Treaty With The Ottawa, Etc., 1807
Treaty With The Ottawa Of Blanchard’s Fork And Roche De Bœuf, 1862
Treaty With The Potawatomi Nation, 1846
Treaty With The Seneca, Mixed Seneca And Shawnee, Quapaw, Etc., 1867
Treaty With The Sioux, Etc., 1825
Treaty With The Winnebago, Etc, 1828
PAWNEE
Treaty With The Grand Pawnee, 1818
Treaty With The Pawnee, 1833
Treaty With The Pawnee—Grand, Loups, Republicans, Etc., 1848
Treaty With The Pawnee, 1857
PEORIA
Treaty With The Kaskaskia, Etc., 1832
Treaty With The Kaskaskia, Peoria, Etc., 1854
Treaty With The Peoria, Etc., 1818
Treaty With The Seneca, Mixed Seneca And Shawnee, Quapaw, Etc., 1867
PIANKESHAW (Also PIANKASHAW; PIANKISHAW)
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Eel River, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Kaskaskia, Peoria, Etc., 1854
Treaty With The Piankashaw And Wea, 1832
Agreement With The Piankeshaw, 1818 (Unratified)
Treaty With The Seneca, Mixed Seneca And Shawnee, Quapaw, Etc., 1867
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1795
PIEGAN
Treaty With The Blackfeet, 1855
PONCA (Also PONCAR; PONCARAR)
Treaty With The Ponca, 1817
Treaty With The Ponca, 1825
Treaty With The Ponca, 1858
Treaty With The Ponca, 1865
POTAWATOMI (Also POTAWATAMI; POTAWATAMIE; PUTAWATIMI;; POUTAWATAMIE; POTTOWAUTOMIE)
Treaty With The Chippewa, Etc., 1808
Treaty With The Chippewa, Etc., 1829
Treaty With The Chippewa, Etc., 1833
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1803
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1805
Treaty With The Delawares, Etc., 1809
Supplementary Treaty With The Miami, Etc., 1809
Treaty With The Ottawa, Etc., 1807
Treaty With The Ottawa, Etc., 1816
Treaty With The Ottawa, Etc., 1821
Treaty With The Potawatomi, 1834
Treaty With The Potawatomi, 1834
Treaty With The Potawatomi, 1834
Treaty With The Potawatomi, 1867
Treaty With The Sioux, Etc., 1825
Treaty With The Winnebago, Etc, 1828
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1789
PUYALLUP
Treaty With The Nisqualli, Puyallup, Etc., 1854
QUAPAW
Agreement With The Cherokee And Other Tribes In The Indian Territory, 1865
Treaty With The Comanche, Etc., 1835
Treaty With The Quapaw,1818
Treaty With The Quapaw, 1824
Treaty With The Quapaw, 1833
Treaty With The Seneca, Mixed Seneca And Shawnee, Quapaw, Etc., 1867
QUI-NAI-ELT (Also QUI-NITE-’L)
Treaty With The Quinaielt, Etc., 1855
QUIL-LEH-UTE (Also QUIL-LEY-YUTE)
Treaty With The Quinaielt, Etc., 1855
RICARA (Also ARIKARA; ARICKAREE)
Treaty With The Arikara Tribe, 1825
Agreement At Fort Berthold, 1866
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851
ROGUE RIVER
Treaty With The Rogue River, 1853
Treaty With The Rogue River, 1854
Agreement With The Rogue River, 1853 (Unratified)
SAC & FOX (Also SACK, SAUK, SOCK)
Treaty With The Foxes, 1815
Treaty With The Iowa, Etc., 1836.
Treaty With The Sauk And Foxes, 1804
Treaty With The Sauk, 1815
Treaty With The Sauk, 1816
Treaty With The Sauk And Foxes, 1822
Treaty With The Sauk And Foxes, 1824
Treaty With The Sioux, Etc., 1825
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1789
SA-HEH-WAMISH
Treaty With The Nisqualli, Puyallup, Etc., 1854
SAH-KU-MEH-HU
Treaty With The Dwamish, Suquamish, Etc., 1855
SCOTONS
Treaty With The Chasta, Etc., 1854
SEMINOLE
Agreement With The Cherokee And Other Tribes In The Indian Territory, 1865
Treaty With The Creeks And Seminole, 1845
Treaty With The Creeks, Etc., 1856
Treaty With The Florida Tribes Of Indians, 1823
Treaty With The Seminole, 1832
Treaty With The Seminole, 1833
Treaty With The Seminole, 1866
SENECA (Also SENEKA)
Agreement With The Cherokee And Other Tribes In The Indian Territory, 1865
Treaty With The Comanche, Etc., 1835
Agreement With The Five Nations Of Indians, 1792
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1784
Treaty With The New York Indians, 1838
Treaty With The Seneca, 1802
Treaty With The Seneca, 1802
Treaty With The Seneca, Mixed Seneca And Shawnee, Quapaw, Etc., 1867
Agreement With The Seneca, 1797
Agreement With The Seneca, 1823 (Unratified)
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1789
Treaty With The Six Nations, 1794
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1814
Treaty With The Wyandot, Etc., 1818
Over 70% of "iliegal alliens" from Mexico are Natime American Indians I find it ironic when us Whites want to deport them for crossing boundaries in their own traditional territories.
I get a kick out of these arguments, "undocumented", had their parents entered the country through proper channels, they would have documents.
As to the person who said "our stupid immigration laws", why stupid, because they don't allow people to cheat and skip to the front of the line? I ironic is that Mexico's immigrations law are much tougher than ours, and have no mercy for cheaters.
As for the Racist term being thrown around, give me a break, someone is racist because they expect a certain group to follow the same laws as everyone else?
Given all that, I agree that something needs to be done about the pickle we have gotten ourselves into, we now have millions of people who cheated the system that we need to integrate into the mainstream. Most of the Mexican people are good hard working family people just trying to improve their lot in life, I work with many who would make great citizens!
Document and legalize existing people, YES, instant citizenship, NO. Then stop the flow and make future immigrants follow the/a system.
Re: “Jimmy Carter: 'We must do everything we can to discourage marijuana use'”
"We must do everything we can to discourage marijuana use, as we do now with tobacco and excessive drinking."
We don't discourage tobacco and alcohol use by making them illegal...you know, since they're both legal. Society makes the assumption that free adults can decide to partake in these things responsibly. If they can't -- there are various legal and personal consequences.
The fact that marijuana (unarguably less destructive than either of the aforementioned items) is illegal is just the frosting on the nonsense cake. Carter is way off base here. But then again, he's old and therefore stupid.