Thread: TIME TO ATTACK DREAM ACT AGAIN.............ACTION ALERT

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeach

Thank you Lord and may our hearts be humble in victory for our great nation


Jeremiah 29:11

Amen!

Originally Posted by GeorgiaPeach

This is what Reid said after vote

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Cloture Denied, but Reid Wants to Re-Address This Afternoon

The vote for cloture did not make it. However, Reid announced that they would re-address the DREAM ACT this afternoon. The vote was 52-46-- 8 short for cloture.

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http://dreamacttexas.blogspot.com/2007/ ... to-re.html

WHAT???

Yes zeezil, they are probably making a compromise deal as we type. Here is Senator Hutchinson's speech to Senator Durbin today.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Hutchison's Statement in Response to Durbin

MRS. HUTCHISON: MR. PRESIDENT, THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BEEN BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY AS MINORS, NOT OF THEIR OWN DOING
WHO HAVE GONE TO AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLS, GRADUATED AND WANT TO
GO TO AMERICAN COLLEGES, AND THEY ARE IN A LIMBO SITUATION. I
THINK WE SHOULD DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE. I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT
IN A WAY THAT HELPS ASSIMILATE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A
COLLEGE EDUCATION INTO OUR COUNTRY. THEY HAVE LIVED HERE MOST
OF THEIR LIVES. IF WE SENT THEM HOME, THEY'RE -- THEY WOULDN'T
KNOW WHAT HOME IS. SO I THINK THERE IS A COMPASSIONATE REASON
FOR US TO TRY TO WORK THIS OUT. BUT I WILL SAY, MR. PRESIDENT,
IF WE CANNOT WORK ON A BIPARTISAN AMENDMENT, WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER CLOTURE VOTE, AS HAS BEEN PROMISED. I WILL VOTE AGAINST
THE DURBIN BILL. BUT IF WE CAN WORK ON A BIPARTISAN SOLUTION,
WE SHOULD TRY. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, SENATOR
DURBIN.

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Jeremiah 29:11

Originally Posted by realbsball

Durbin now with more imaginary friends. Where do all these imaginary friends come from?

realball, I would tell you but I am a lady and I don't use bad words.

Senator Durbin's speech - one of them

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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Transcript From Durbin's Speech on DREAM ACT

THE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS IS RECOGNIZED.

MR. DURBIN: MR. PRESIDENT, MANY SPEECHES ARE MADE ON THE FLOOR.
MANY AMENDMENTS ARE OFFERED. MANY BILLS AND MANY RESOLUTIONS,
VERY FEW OF THEM CAUSE A RIPPLE. A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE MAY FOLLOW
THEM CLOSELY. A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE MAY CARE. THE "DREAM" ACT IS
A DIFFERENT THING. THE "DREAM" ACT IS A BILL WHICH I THOUGHT
ABOUT AND INTRODUCED YEARS AGO AND HAS FINALLY REACHED THIS
MOMENT OF TRUTH WHERE IT COMES TO THE FLOOR OF THE UNITED
STATES SENATE. THE REASON WHY THIS BILL WILL BE NOTICED IS THAT
LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS AMERICA KNOW THAT
THEIR FATE AND FUTURE WILL BE DETERMINED BY THIS VOTE.
YESTERDAY I HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THREE OF THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE. THE CONGRESSMAN FROM THE STATE OF COLORADO SENT SOUGHT
A PRESS RELEASE ARGUING THAT THESE THREE YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE
ARRESTED IN THE UNITED STATES CAPITAL. OF COURSE HE DIDN'T TAKE
THE TIME TO DETERMINE THAT THEY ARE ALL HERE NOW WITH THE UN
UNDERSTANDING, DISCLOSURE, AND APPROVAL OF OUR LEGAL PROCESS.
BUT HIS PRESS RELEASE IS AN INDICATION OF HOW BADLY THIS DEBATE
IS GOING IN AMERICA. TO TURN ON THESE CHILDREN AND TREAT THEM
AS CRIMINALS IS AN INDICATION OF THE LEVEL OF EMOTION AND IN
SOME CASES BIGOTRY AND HATRED THAT IS INVOLVED IN THIS DEBATE.
I WANT TO TELL YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, AMERICA IS BETTER THAN THAT.
AMERICA IS A BETTER NATION THAN WHAT WE HEAR FROM THE LIKES OF
THAT CONGRESSMAN. WHAT CRIME DID THESE CHILDREN COMMIT?
THEY COMMITTED THE CRIME OF OBEYING THEIR PARENTS, FOLLOWING
THEIR PARENTS TO THIS COUNTRY. DO YOU THINK THERE WAS A VOTE IN
THE HOUSEHOLD ABOUT THEIR FU FUTURE?
I DON'T THINK SO. MOM AND DAD SAID, WE'RE LEAVING. THE KIDS
PACKED THEIR SUITCASES AND FOLLOW. THAT'S THEIR CRIME. THAT'S
THE ONLY CRIME THAT YOU CAN POINT TO. AND WHAT DID THEY DO
AFTER THEY GOT HERE?
TO QUALIFY UNDER THE "DREAM" AC ACT, THEY HAD TO MAKE CERTAIN
THAT THEY DIDN'T COMMIT A CRIME WHILE THEY WERE LIVING IN
AMERICA. GOOD MORAL CHARACTER AND BEAT THE ODDS BY GRADUATING
FROM HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN QUALIFY FOR
THIS. AND THEN WHAT DO WE SAY?
NOT ENOUGH. IF YOU WANT TO BE LEGAL IN AMERICA, YOU HAVE TO DO
ONE OF

TWO THINGS: VOLUNTEER TO SERVE IN OUR MILITARY, TO RISK YOUR
LIFE FOR AMERICA, THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO BE CITIZENS.
THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR SOME. SOME ARGUE, NO, WE DON'T WANT
THEM IN OUR MILITARY. WE DON'T NEED THEM. WELL, THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN OUR MILITARY KNOW BETTER. THEY KNOW THAT THESE ARE
THE KIND OF BRIGHT, PROMISING YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAN SERVE OUR
COUNTRY WITH DISTINCTION, AND THEY TELL US THAT. AND WHAT ELSE
COULD THEY DO?
PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT
MAKING SOMETHING OF THEIR LIVES. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT THEY
CAN HAVE A CHANCE. THAT'S WHAT THE "DREAM" AACT IS ALL B I
COULD GO THROUGH FOR AN HOUR OR MORE THE STORIES OF THESE YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT I'VE ME MET. THEY ARE HOPEFUL AND HEARTBREAKING AT
THE SAME TIME. HOPEFUL STORIES BECAUSE THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO HAVE THE SAME DREAMS THAT MY CHILDREN HAVE, THE SAME DREAMS
THAT EVERY AMERICAN HAS -- TO HAVE A GOOD LIFE, A GOOD FAMILY,
DO SOMETHING IMPORTANT IN YOUR LI LIFE. THAT'S ALL THEY WANT.
THE YOUNG WOMAN FROM INDIA THAT I MET IN CHICAGO WHO WANTS TO
BE A DENTIST, THE YOUNG MAN FROM MEXICO WHO IS NOW PURSUING HIS
GRADUATE DEGREE IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE TO WANTS TO GO INTO
RESEARCH, THE YOUNG GIRL FROM TEXAS WHO IS A GRADUATE OF NU
NURSING SCHOOL BUT CAN'T FIND A JOB BECAUSE SHE IS A PERSON
WITHOUT A COUNTRY, THE TEACHERS -- TOMORROW'S TEACHERS AND
ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS. ALL THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS A CHANCE.
THAT IS THE HOPEFUL SIDE OF IT. THE HEARTBREAKING SIDE OF IT IS
THESE ARE KIDS WITHOUT A CO COUNTRY. THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO TURN.
TAM TRAN, WHO IS IN THE GALLERY TODAY AND JOINED ME YESTERDAY,
WHAT AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY SHE'S BEEN THROUGH. STARTING IN
VIETNAM, GOING TO GERMANY, SCMG TO THE UNITED STATES. HER
FAMILY CAN'T RETURN TO VIETNAM AND FACE PERSECUTION, AND
GERMANY WON'T HAVE HER. SHE DOESN'T EVEN SPEAK GERMAN AND OUR
GOVERNMENT TELLS HER, LEAVE. SHE JUST GRADUATED FROM UCLA. SHE
WANTED TO BE A PROFESSOR. LEAVE, WE DON'T WANT YOU. IS THAT THE MESSAGE?
IF IT IS, IT IS THE WRONG MESSAGE BECAUSE TIME AND AGAIN WE ARE
TOLD THAT WE NEED TALENT IN AMERICA TO BE A SUCCESSFUL,
PROSPEROUS NATION. WE NEED TO BRING IN TALENT FROM

OVERSEAS AND H-1B VISAS. HOW CAN WE AT ONE SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT
SAY THAT WE NEED MORTALITY AND THEN TURN THESE -- MORE TALENT
AND THEN TURN THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AWAY?
GIVE THEM A CHANCE. GIVE THEM HOPE. GIVE THEM CHANCE TO PROVE
THEMSELVES TO THIS COUNTRY. THIS BILL PUTS THEM THROUGH A LONG
PROCESS. IT WON'T BE EASY. SOME OF THEM WON'T MAKE T MOST OF
THEM WON'T MAKE T BUT THOSE WHO DO WILL MAKE THIS A BETTER
NATION. AND, MR. PRESIDENT, ISN'T THAT WHAT WE SHOULD BE ABOUT?
I RESERVE THE BALANCE OF MY TIME.
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Psalm 139:14

The kids around the cyberspace...are all crying about having to pay for College...May I remind them... I did...One said "I can't live and go to school on 1000 dollars a month ...holey moley I lived on peanut butter,popcorn and eggs...1000 dollars would have been a million to me...I went to school full time and worked almost fulltime....and walked,rode the bus...or used a bicycle...or arranged a ride....sheeeezzzz

PS...when I was in College I didn't consider myself a KID!!!!!!!!!!!!!maybe that is their problemo

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Jeremiah 29:11

Did anybody notice that Trent Lott, who was listed as a NAY vote by NumbersUSA actually voted YES?

I had to work my way through college also. I was turned down for essays, scholarships and such because I was white. They were rather blunt about it too. My only saving grace was one small scholarship that I was entitled to because my mom was a single mother. Nothing like rewarding people for doing things they shouldn't be(as was in my mom's case).

Did anybody notice that Trent Lott, who was listed as a NAY vote by NumbersUSA actually voted YES?

You better believe I noticed, but more importantly, the citizens of Mississippi need to be made aware of this turncoat's actions once again.