not a problem
Democrats and Republicans disagree on whether children of undocumented immigrants [ is that a new one? ]should benefit from a new health care plan set to take effect next month.
State Sen. Joe Zarelli, R-Ridgefield, expressed concern Thursday that twice as many children of undocumented immigrants in the state will receive coverage the next two years than children of U.S. citizens.
But Democratic Rep. Jeannie Darneille of Tacoma said it is “not a problem” to cover non-citizens, who also include legal residents who are subject to a five-year waiting period before qualifying for federally subsidized programs such as Medicaid.Zarelli also raised concerns that Washington’s expansion of children’s health-insurance coverage will cover 7,000 more undocumented immigrants than expected.
The caseload change will boost costs of the program about 54 percent, to $45 million, in the two-year budget cycle that starts July 1, Zarelli said. Of that, $25 million will be spent on illegal immigrants, Zarelli asserted in a data sheet his aides handed out before a quarterly meeting of the state Caseload Forecast Council.
Darneille, a member of the council, said the intent of the legislation was to cover more of the state’s uninsured regardless of immigration status.
“That is what is happening, and that is a good thing,” she said.
SondraK, Lympian Slayer I wasn’t going to do this but my hand has been forced........
Little-known documents now being made public detail illegal and scandalous activities by the CIA more than 30 years ago: wiretappings of journalists, kidnappings, warrantless searches and more.
Since SG-1 is ending it’s 10-year run tomorrow I thought I’d paste some pics and a poll.
So who’s hotter?
Here’s pics for you to decide
or Samantha Carter
Below the fold is a poll for the ladies
Scorpius
GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul has been excluded from an upcoming political forum in Iowa on the grounds that he is not a “credible” candidate.The event, sponsored by Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance, is set for June 30 in Des Moines.
GOP candidates who will speak at the forum include Mitt Romney, Sam Brownback, Duncan Hunter, Mike Huckabee, Tommy Thompson and Tom Tancredo.
But Paul, a Texas congressman, was left out because the invitation went only to those candidates who are “credible,” said Ed Failor Jr., vice president of Iowans for Tax Relief.
RON PAUL IS AN INCREDIBLE CANDIDATE!!!!!!!
That must be the kind of fence the whiners point to when they say “fences don’t work!”
Border Patrol agents in East County seized hundreds of pounds of marijuana valued at almost three-quarters of a million dollars Wednesday from a truck that was driven over the border on metal ramps.
~SNIP~
Smith said it is not uncommon for smugglers to use metal ramps to cross the border in areas that are blocked by steel vehicle barriers. The barriers, a horizontal bar anchored to posts in the ground with large boulders beneath, are designed to stop vehicles from driving across.
I think a politician changing his party affiliation in the middle of his term is a wormy fraud of the worst kind.
# 76.2
Could someone remind the world that we as a country have had only a couple hundred years to get where we are and many of them have had a couple thousand to totally suck at being barely civilized.
That we could somehow be taking advantage of them (FOR WHAT????????) is ludicrous.
The Ugly American 
There has been some controversy over the fact that I have my finger on Snuffy’s trigger. Yes, I know that is politically incorrect firearm etiquette, but this is a photo and I wanted it this way for the dramatic impact. It’s that simple.
The trigger guard mystery solved…
like it’s a bad thing
Hutchison to defy GOP on immigration bill
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, who has been under intense pressure from the White House and Republican leadership to support a sweeping immigration overhaul, nevertheless announced today that she will vote against reviving the legislation when it returns to the Senate floor next week.She was joined today by the state’s other senator, Republican John Cornyn, who had been expected by the bill’s supporters to take such a stance. They had aggressively lobbied Hutchison in hopes of adding her vote to the 60 necessary to revive the stalled legislation.
“I could not support (bringing the bill to a vote) in its present position,” Hutchison, criticizing the legislation as amnesty for illegal immigrants, said today.
As No. 4 in the Senate GOP leadership, Hutchison is the highest-ranking Republican to break from her party on a domestic policy issue of signal importance to President Bush.
“Until major changes are made that reject amnesty and a more open, fair process emerges for debating one of the most crucial issues facing our nation, I cannot support this immigration bill,” she said.
If’n we all contributed we could probably raise the $250K to buy one for the Headmistress. C’mon Coach, give up that beer so Sondra can float around in the air for 3 minutes.
A heavy metal fan has been awarded sickness handouts after doctors said his addiction to music was a disability.
The ruling means Roger Tullgren, 42, will pocket thousands of pounds in state benefits to help finance his 36-year obsession.His boss is also letting him play his ear-splitting music at work and giving him time off for concerts, reports the Daily Mirror.
It marks an end to Roger’s 10-year bid to have his “condition”, which began when he started listening to Ozzy Osbourne’s band Black Sabbath in 1971, officially classified as a handicap.
Bedecked in his traditional heavy metal skull and crossbones jewellery he said: “Some might say I should grow up and learn to listen to other types of music but I can’t.
“Heavy metal is my lifestyle. The fact I am into music so much has affected my work situation to the extent that I have had to quit some jobs.”
Roger will get a £65 a week top up to the money he earns as a part-time restaurant dishwasher so he can buy concert tickets and CDs.
And the tattooed rocker, from Hassleholm in southern Sweden, hopes it will pay his expenses for playing in his band Silverland.
The Swedish Unemployment Service said: “Because heavy metal dominates so many aspects of his life, the Employment Service has agreed to pay part of Mr Tullgren’s salary in disability benefits.”
It stepped in after occupational psychologists performed extensive tests before classifying him “disabled”.
Roger Hedgecock, guest-hosting on Rush’s show, just said that one of the accused soliders in the Haditha incident has been acquitted. I haven’t found anything else about it yet.
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