Thread: Introduction of Pinto Bean

Hello All:

Just got off the phone with William, the president of this organization, and have to say, and impressive and sincere individual.

In speaking with him, I realized many here do not really know me, might even wonder where I am coming from...to that end, thought I would take a few minutes to introduce myself to the crowd.

I'm the proverbial country boy here living in the big city of New York. I am fifty years young, and live in the city of Peekskill, which is a Northern suberb of New York city. I spent 20 years of my adult life as a potter and sculptor, a major portion of that time living in the beautiful hills of Southern Ohio that lead up into the Blue Ridge Mountain Range of West Virginia. I shall avoid the temptation of how I ended up making such a drastic life change other to to state it had everything to do with meeeting a wonderful woman on the internet who I have now been married to for going on six years.

Illegal immigration immediately impacts me, it is an issue near and dear to my heart. As a small business person struggling to make ends meet I find myself constantly competeing with and illegal work force that brings a pricing structure to my industry I simply cannot compete with short of hiring illegals and becoming a criminal myself...not and enviable position for a hard working American to be put in.

On a more personal level, my wife and I have the misfortune of having two homes in our neighborhood that have been bought by absentee landlords who rent to illegals. Trust me, it is not a pretty situation on every level. We've woke up in the middle of the night for a snack only to go down to our kitchen to find out there were illegal aliens sitting in our back yard, in our lawn furniture drinking, we've had illegal aliens celebrating some Catholic religious ceremony involving the Virgin Mary drunkenly urinating outside on our front yard, showing a total disrespect for our laws and dignity here in America. I could go on, but sure many of you know the experience, have lived the experience yourself.

How did I stumble on the name of Pinto Bean...I have two twin political blogs that you can find on the web with a search of Beltway Pinto Bean. I wanted something unique and catchy, something that had and image associated with, and so the name...as is often the case, you become associated with your brand, and Beltway Pinto Beans saw me become the Pinto Bean. I like to think of myself as a ribald, radical on the edge liberal conservative hippie throw back who is incapable of taking a moderate view on almost every issue...I either totally support something, or totally oppose it, but never settle for a middle of the road position.

I look forward to meeting many of you, and hopefully working closely with a few of you as we try to grapple with this very disturbing issue. In the meantime, I'd encourage EACH OF YOU to consider making a donation to this wonderful organization, as they NEED SOME HELP. I've pledged money to a march on Washington, and will keep that pledge, but I also realize organizations have day in and day out needs that require money coming through the door...to that end, as a new member I made a contribution today, and hope each of you will do the same. If each of us could even donate ten dollars, we'd TRIPLE the organization budget from last year...surely we each can find ten dollars?

Pinto Bean

Glad to meet you PintoBean!

DITTO!

My

fellow

Landscaper,

WELCOME!

Hi Darlene!

Pleasure is mutal...WOW....950 posts! You've been a busy BEE.

Anyway, good to be aboard.

Pinto Bean

Hey there Pinestraw!

Anywhere close to Savanah? Used to do craft shows there, love that town.

Pinto Bean

Nope, 30 miles east of Atlanta.

Would've gone to Savannah for the party this weekend, lotsa Irish there, but had to go to the Capitol today instead.

Heck with it, my beer don't need to be green anyway!

Hey Pinto!

Some of our closest friends are potters. Salt of the earth people. Ever heard of Seagrove, NC? I'm not too far from there.

Hello:

Yes, know Seagrove well...a friend of mine is (or at least was) located down there. If you see Beaumont Pottery, and Jerry Beaumont, he's and old friend of mine from my craftshow days.

Pinto Bean

Greetings Pinto Beans- glad to have someone like you on board!

Nice to meet you Pinto Bean, If there are illegal aliens (or anyone) you don't know in your yard (especially in the night) you need to dial 911 immediately and report them to your local police. If they are injured on your property (which is a real possibility if they have been drinking) you can be sued and lose everything. Press charges and explain this has been an ongoing problem, make sure they are arrested.

You should also call the board of health (in additon to your local police) if their body fluids have been put onto your lawn since if they have diseases such as hepatits and tons of others can be spread through body fluids such as urine.

Do you have pets, small children, or guests on your yard? If you do you are really putting them in addition to yourself at risk.

You need to dial 911 the next time this happens and call 1-(866)-347-2423 to report where they live and who's renting to them to ICE (ex-INS).

Your town should also be able to help you on zoning laws as chances are they have more people then are permitted living in the houses you described.

If any of them have out of state plates from the great state of North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tennessee, or any other state with lax auto registration laws chances are illegal too (the illegal out of state registration would be handled by local police). Check your state laws on how long they have to get NY plates.