http://www.firesociety.com FireSociety - marcele Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:27:30 GMT admin@firesociety.com FireSociety 60 http://www.firesociety.com/images/home/mainlogo.gif http://www.firesociety.com http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/22618/Sac-Bee--Dan-Walters--Immigrant-facts-rebut-alarmists/?src=103 Tuesday February 26, 2006  Sacramento Bee  Dan Walters:  Immigrant facts rebut alarmists  http://www.sacbee.com/walters/story/739026.html    To hear some folks describe it - including some folks who have daily access to a radio microphone - California is under attack by crazed, rapacious and thieving hordes that are pouring across the southern border, bent on occupying the state.There illegal immigrants - or "aliens" or "invaders" in the venacular of those who complain incessantly about them - are described as consuming vast sums of welfare and health care funds, committing countless crimes, clogging the prisons and in other ways ruining what would otherwise be an idyllic paradise.  And during an elextion year, of course, the anti-immigrant rhetoric escalates to an even higher level.  There's no question that illegal immigration is a serious political question.  But crossing the border illegally isn't a serious felony that places life or property in danger.  Indeed, weather, terrain and real criminals make illicit border-crossing very dangerous, and except in egregious cases, the federal government doesn't prosecute most illegal immigrants it catches; it merely sends them back.  The hysteria over illegal immigration is having one beneficial impact.  It has generated some reputable studies that paint a far more benign picture ... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:27:27 GMT marcele http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/22618/Sac-Bee--Dan-Walters--Immigrant-facts-rebut-alarmists/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/20861/How-do-I-cancel-erase-a-post-full-of-mistakes-/?src=103 I tried to type and post Blake's "TYGER" poem in the "Carlos Taunts Tiger" Forum,  but it came out a mess. How do I start over/erase a post?  Every attempt I made using the "Edit" button made it worse.  Does my problem have anthing to do with the fact I have to use library computers?  "Internet Explorer" is the only application option available here.  I once accidentally made my post HUGE, that was a mistake that happened when I was trying to fix a misspelled word--"egregious." Things look one way on the screen b whenever I try to edit something I've already posted, but they look  different after I hit "Go." Sun, 06 Jan 2008 00:53:58 GMT marcele http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/20861/How-do-I-cancel-erase-a-post-full-of-mistakes-/?src=103 http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/20033/Dr.-Discovers-Illegal-Spending-Then-Gets-Fired/?src=103 http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=35781 Dr. Gene Rogers said he never wanted to be a political man.For the last 40 years, Rogers has been a man of medicine.  One of his first assignments was caring for soldiers during the Vietnam War.  His last assignment was for the County of Sacramento in the Indigent Care Program.  It is a job Rogers says he lost because of his attention on the county's spending for illegal immigrants. The program Rogers administered was for non-emergency specialist care for indigent citizens.  When county budget cuts threatened to cut his staff, Rogers ordered a tip to bottom review of patient  files to make sure everyone getting care was eligible. "I had asked one of the IT guys to run a program to see how much we were spending on undocumented aliens," Rogers said.  What he found was $2.1 million county taxpayer dollars being spent on non-emergency care for non-citizens.  Rogers said he routinely saw requests from illegal immigrants for such services as fertility testing or reimbursements for cab rides to the doctor.  He also said he felt the county's program was becoming a draw for illegal immigrants who came for services, but listed their home address in another country.  "I ... Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:54:53 GMT marcele http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/20033/Dr.-Discovers-Illegal-Spending-Then-Gets-Fired/?src=103