American Politics during the Bush Presidency

[QUOTE=Daddy Rulz]My buddies first child is a US citizen because while she was born in Argentina he resided in the US at the time of her birth. He no longer resides in the US so according to his immigration lawyer (used to obtain his wifes resident visa) this next child will not be granted US citizenship at birth because he (the dad) no longer resides in the US, is not in BsAs working for the government, or has taken temporary residence outside the US while working. He has moved to BsAs with no intention of returning here at this time.

I personally don't know as I'm not an immigration lawyer nor do I play one on TV. I'm repeating third party hearsay, which while not admissible in court, could be considered accurate because he (my buddy) has no reason to lie to me and has proved trustworthy in the past. Now it is possible his lawyer has it wrong.[/QUOTE]I believe the advice of that lawyer is wrong. A child born to a US citizen anywhere in the world - regardless of the US parent's domicile - is also a US citizen. As a practical matter, such a child is recorded on a State Department form as a child of US citizens born abroad. Absent contemporaneous reporting of birth, proving citizenship can be more problematic.

[url]http://www.travel.state.gov/law/info/overseas/overseas_703.html[/url]

[QUOTE=Sidney]Rationing and huge petrol conservation would be another![/QUOTE]Sidney, I am really astounded as to your lack of elementary knowledge of the law of supply and demand. If you want to increase the supply of oil, increase demand, raise the prices by such demand, and additional supply will inexorably follow. "Rationing and huge petrol conservation" will lead in the long run to less supply.

I really don't buy the idea of an oil crisis - it's bullshit ginned up by the media and Congress. There's no crisis when 50 billion barrels of oil in the US (in Alaska, off the West and East Coasts, off Florida, and in federal lands in the West) are made off-limits by environmentalist diktat. There's enough US oil to run this country for 100 years at current production.

Additionally, the US is the Saudi Arabia of coal. Of course, we discourage its use and conversion into gasoline for the same reasons as we don't drill for oil in 90% of the US.

[sarcasm]Ooooh! But we have some pretty windmills! And when the government pays the owners $20 billion of dollars a year in subsidies, they actually generate a little bit of electricity! Yipee! Maybe we can also give tens of billions of dollars to farmers to produce ethanol? Why not! Woo hoo! But of course they burn 1.3 gallons of gasoline to make 1 gallon of ethanol. But I have the solution! Give them another $50 billion in taxpayer subsidies! Woo hoo! Problem solved! [/sarcasm]

The Chinese are drilling for oil off the coast of Florida. But not the Americans.

You people whining about $4.00 a gallon gas are getting what you voted for, and getting it good and hard. Thank Congress, because they're responsible. The next President will also be responsible, because whether it's McCain or Obama, both of them are against drilling as well.

Even that perverted republican fuck Hunt99. I sent my buddy a link to this thread and will be going to the Embejado manyana. The thanks is for real because this was weighing heavy on his mind. Fucking lawyers, you just can't trust them, just look at Hunt.

Actually he just told me it wasn't a lawyer that told him this but some clerk at the embassy so I was off on all counts.

Thank you again for all that responded, yes I reluctantly include Hunt as well.

DR

I am not so big on drilling and I look at what Hunt said about having enough oil for 100 years. Maybe it is 50 years or 100 years or 357.876 years, But we know it is finite. If I were Captain of the Universe I would be looking at developing a renewable energy source that would not exhaust itself over some finite time span. Humans are intelligent, at least the top few percent of them. Let's work on renewable sources instead of inherently short-term solutions, such as "pumping more oil"; that seems selfish to me.

Yes, conservation. This means, among other things, using public transportation, drinking tap water, re-using plastic bags or not using them at all, and most importantly drinking Brahma in returnable bottles. We can either practice voluntary conservation or face imposed rationing, I think.

So tonight when I go to my favorite whorehouse I will take the bus and will have a quart of Brahma in a re-usable deposit bottle in re-used plastic bag. BTW for those of you who live in BA, you can buy soda pop in deposit bottles and it is a lot cheaper. Or so I heard.

Americans can claim citizenship in any of the 27 European countries that are in the EU based on the nationality of their parents, or in some cases, grandparents and great-grandparents. Citizenship in one of those countries allows you to live and work in any EU nation.

[url]http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/06/07/s1a_dual_citizenship_0608.html[/url]

Sidney, I read your posts, but I do not see what it has to do with Rationing? Hunts point was that Rationing does not work. In the future if oil runs out, Rationing might have to take place, but right now, there is enough oil. Some of the countries like Iran can't even sell all their oil, because it is heavy sour. Iran has large volumes of crude sitting in tankers offshore waiting for buyers. If oil where really that hard to get, someone would buy it. Even if they have to retool to handle the heavy oil. China uses heavy sour oil, why are they not buying it? They are one of Iran's biggest costumers. About 1.5 months ago, Bloomberg article, said that they had 4 supper tankers sitting there, which was effecting tanker rates. Don't find the article now, but found this resent one, [url]http://mwcnews.net/content/view/23115/0/[/url] which "The country has large volumes of crude sitting in tankers offshore waiting for buyers."

I personally think rationing does not work. I am curious to see why you think it would?

Didn't the Democrats just take Congress a year and a half ago? Weren't the House and Senate held by the Republicans for with the exception of one year since 1995? Or is Wikipedia part of the left leaning media?

Like 12 years or something no? I'm confused how can it be the Democrats perfidy regarding our National Energy Policy? Up until a year ago the Republicans held all three branches, Exec, Judicial, and Leg.

I know, somehow it's still Bill Clintons fault. I'm sure that's what it is.

I've never claimed to be an educated man, but I do read the newspapers. The Republicans have owned the friggen country for the last 6 years. Passing this on the Dems is weak Sid and below you.

I know there haven't been conservatives in office these last 6 years and I'm sure that has something to do with Bills BBBJ in the oval but they where Republicans.

[QUOTE=Sidney]The article was a cut and paste. I don't agree with some of it.[/QUOTE]I'm glad you knew it wasn't a flame. Someday I really want to sit with you and chew this over. Obviously I respect your opinions, don't agree with them all but know they are arrived at by reason and not emotion.

As residential home sales dwindle, residential builders are crowding the commercial market.

They don't have the men, experience or equipment to compete but they are clogging the bid process. The company I'm working for is doing lay-offs for the first time in 8 years.

No bottom yet.

Hillary Clinton has taken to the internet to ask supporters to help with the more than $22.5 million in unpaid campaign debts — $12 million of which is owed to the candidate herself. Clinton has indicated she'll write her own loans to the campaign, leaving almost $10 million that the cash-strapped campaign needs to make good on (not to mention whatever debts she incurred in June)

With no indication that the Obama campaign is willing to assist with that debt (much to the frustration of some Clinton backers) the New York Senator issued a web video to solicit online donations from previous contributors. While she never actually asks for money (using her long-standing euphemism of asking them to visit her website, which is chock-full of "contribute" buttons) a text box next to the video makes a more direct appeal.

[url]http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/06/23/clinton-asks-donors-to-help-pay-down-debt/[/url]