kipp altemara wrote on December 10, 2007 08:12 PM: I'm sick and tired of everybody bemoaning the students academic scores and blaming it on the teachers. The first point is this... how many of these students(kids) are coming from a broken family? Answer more than half. Second of all if a married couple both working can't police their own kids to do homework how can a single parent do this? Let's see I'm a kid baseball,dolls,homework? You do the math.
Quit blaming the teachers, look in the mirror, is your work ethate that great and even if it is, is anybody eles's. How many times do you hire (professionals) that have to do the job twice.
If a kid WANTS to learn the vehiche is there and he/she will if not, quit blaming the teachers and give them their raise.

Tim's Worst Nightmare wrote on November 30, 2007 07:13 PM: Dude, seriously -- before you get on the internet to ignorantly rant about how selfish you are and let other people know that you have either (a) no clue how to properly type or (b) no clue how to properly punctuate, do yourself a favor and learn both.

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press2forEnglish wrote on November 30, 2007 04:40 PM: A police officer swears to uphold the constitution of the United States ,
Are you going to say with a straight face that local police are not involved when a bank robbery , drug laws, firearms laws , kidnapping and many others , all FEDERAL laws are broken ,
What kind of moron can't see thought the bs?
Why is it ok for them to be involved in some laws and not in others ?
What a lame excuse , Of course local police can do more against illegal immigration , They just don't want to because big biz has them payed off , Everybody knows that , our local Vegas cops and gov are just as corrupt as any mexican govt or police force ,

press2forEnglish wrote on November 30, 2007 04:36 PM: Local police have far more power over illegal immigration than they let on , Illegals break traffic laws, they drive with no license or insurance, if any of us Legal Americans did that we would get slammed big time , but illegals just get new forged docs and go about their business,
Many areas are taking care of business, Costa Mesa Calif for one, they have partnered with ICE , If an illegal spits on the sidewalk they are arrested , taken to jail and marked for deportation, Metro should be busting illegals for no license , insurance and impounding all their vehicles , other Calif cities do that also , A great source of revenue when you consider the vehicles these illegals are driving ,
Also on the school bond issue,
More money to build more schools so more anchors and illegals can march out of them waving mexican flags screaming viva la raza?
Not one penny for more schools , not one

Jeremiah wrote on November 30, 2007 03:24 PM: Unfortunately I think Metro's hands are tied whan it comes to illegal immigrants. I do not believe they have or want jurisdiction when it comes to federal immigration laws. As to the folks getting ticketed by Division of Wildlife officers: that's their job. They can't just decide that they want to be on the Gang Task Force or Vice Squad that day instead.

press2forEnglish wrote on November 30, 2007 03:07 PM: Traffic laws are for suckers, you have 200,000 illegal aliens in Vegas , how many of them are driving without a license or insurance? Where are the metro Dui check points that are also looking for no documents and what happens when they find Jose with no docs? I'll tell you , Jose becomes Juan with a new set of forged docs and the traffic ticket goes away ,
Likewise with 3 uniformed officers ticketing people for no fishing license , how about that for loony tunes , why arn't they arresting and removing illegals ?

Capt Bob wrote on November 30, 2007 12:04 PM: for Mr Lemcool...I can tell you for a fact that having been a L.E.O. in my younger years police are allowed to step outside the law to locate and apprehend perpetrators...when the guy in front of you is obviously drunk and a danger...where do you want the Officer several miles back in traffic or coming up on the outside and taking the threat out of your way...if you have ANY brains you would know the answer to that...grow up and stop whining like a whimp...Mr Zwierzcki...needs to be checked by law enforcement a little closer...those "game Wardens were doing their jobs!!! you idiot...you support lawbreakers just because you don't agree...you are another hypocrite who wants protection without consequence for illegal action...I personally report any lawbreaker I see and am glad when they get what the "earned"... a summons and/or jail time

tim wrote on November 30, 2007 10:17 AM: regarding the hov lanes, i,ll drive in that lane whenever i choose, why should i obey the law when our government wont obey the law, heck if illegals immigrants dont have to follow the laws why should i? what do illegals say,catch me if you can.

John F wrote on November 30, 2007 10:09 AM: Mr. Allen,

People are not leaving their home states to come to Nevada because the oppose "the regressive/statists (who) have seized control of the taxing power." They come here for the jobs. It's the same reason people are moving to Arizona, which has a state income tax and a more broad-based tax system.

Self interest is a "powerfully positive human trait" only up to a point. We can count on people acting in their own economic self interest to create the basis for a sound market economy, but too much self interest goes by other names as well. Among them are greed, avarice, and egoism. I wouldn't call them powerfully positive. Truly intelligent people understand that there comes a time when self interest has to be sacrificed for the greater good. That's why my grandparents fought in WWII. Reasonable people can and will disagree on where to draw the line (paying of welfare benefits, e.g.), but unfettered self interest is an evil thing.

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