Much of Southern California is in the grip of the West Nile virus—click here to read the KABC story.
All of L.A. County 'Lit Up' With West Nile Virus Activity
There are 26 new positive mosquito samples in the area, one of them on Bellfield Way in Studio City.
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Jock June 10, 2013 at 09:29 am
We should be spending So Cal money to use the "LA river", diverting some to cisterns and…Read More reservoirs. It no longer feeds a delta which must have been a very rich one 200 years ago. You are right, L.A. with it's huge population subsidizes most of State Taxes. That the Oil companies in the Central Valley are sucking up more water is no surprise. If we have several years of drought, we can drink 87 octane. We have been allowing water that falls here in L.A. to run into the ocean, saving little to none. We can go from 25-30" a year to 4. Suddenly on the 4 year we have high rates and rationing. Why ? Because it has always been the quick buck and expediency over thoughtful planning. in Israel, Masada is in one of the driest area's of the world. By channeling droplets of water, they were able to water a community of hundreds for years.
MICHAEL ZITTERMAN May 28, 2013 at 06:58 am
May 4, 2013
PROBLEM: Illegal immigrants AKA Undocumented workers
DEFINITION: Illegal immigrants…Read More are those persons who enter a country without legal authorization.
CAUSES, REASONS, AND PROVENANCE: The main reason for legal and illegal immigration is that people want and hope to improve their lives and the lives of their families.
DISCUSSION: I think all would stipulate that anyone has the right to attempt to better his or her condition insofar as those efforts do not infringe upon the rights of others. Each country has the right and obligation to establish immigration laws for the orderly and rational assimilation of legal immigrants.
Do the following comments provide justification for illegal immigration?
1. Illegal immigrants are looking to better their situations.
2. Illegal immigrants provide inexpensive labor and are hard workers.
3. This Nation was built upon immigrants.
4. It is virtually impossible to find and deport 12,000,000 illegal immigrants.
The answers to the above four should be “no”.
If anyone disagrees with that, I will appreciate his or her reasoning for a “yes” response.
RECOMMENDED “COMPREHENSIVE” SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM:
1. A foolproof system must be devised, implemented, with substantial penalties for non-compliance that will verify a person’s legal authorization to work in the United States.
2. The concept of “anchor babies” should be eliminated, either by a pragmatic interpretation of the 14th Amendment (displaced the disputed Civil Rights legislation of 1866, which was passed by Congress over Andrew Johnson’s veto, and which was proposed by Congress six months after the 13th Amendment had been ratified), by Congressional legislation in accordance with Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, or by a Constitutional Amendment, that could and should be passed by the House and Senate and ratified by the requisite 38 states within a year.
3. There should be a $4.00 (arbitrary) per gallon increase in the federal excise tax on gasoline and diesel, at the pump. A tax credit would be allowed any U.S. taxpayer (who possesses a valid driver’s license and submits proof of vehicle registration and proof of insurance) in the amount of $2,000.00 per year (10,000 miles @ 20 MPG = 500 gallons, thus, 500 X $4.00 = $2,000.00).
4. Federal legislation should be passed that would eliminate all minimum wage laws. The “minimum wage” concept should be replaced with a massive expansion of the EITC regulations, which would cover all U.S. taxpayers who are older than 17 years of age.
5. Work with the Mexican and other Central and South America nations to enhance those economies.
CONCLUSION: If the above changes were legislated, a substantial number of undocumented individuals would self-deport, since the economics of entering the United States, without authorization, would be substantially diminished.
It is logical that a newborn should assume the nationality of the mother, regardless of the venue of the birth, therefore, the strategy of an undocumented mother giving birth in the United States should be of no consequence.
NOTE: This will be a process, i.e., not an overnight solution.
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Carl Petersen III May 25, 2013 at 07:09 am
Do you think that god takes your prayers more seriously if you make them public?
hulettemoore8765 June 8, 2013 at 09:16 am
Goodmorning Greetings again Abba, Father God; Creator of ALL. Thank You dear Lord for giving me…Read More another day of life, for blessing me,Please bless my Lovedones, my Family, my Church Pastors, my Friends, ALL bible preaching campuses and Others, more than WE would ever deserve. Lord I lift uP those who are hurting and You know the many who are, so many have and or about to give up on life, touch them in a MIGHTY way with Your Love, peace and mercy Father and comfort them as You hug them in Your loving Arms with Your assurance that you are and always will be with Us even when we are not and give them HOPE-Lord I am praying for all who need You at this time, You know their hearts and what they are faced with-there are so many seeking prayer for their situation. I lift uP the prayer requests that are posted on my Prayer Wall, my heart cry out for Your divine intervention as I lay each request at Your Feet for handling according to Your will - Lord comfort those who are grieving the loss of a loved-one-Abba, heavenly Father, I pray for wisdom, boldness and humbleness of hearts to take Your Word with heart felt Love and, listening ear to their struggles and hindrances meeting them where they are before shinning the Light of Your Son into the dark places as the Holy Spirit leads in hope of that those still living in darkness may find Your way, confess and surrender their lives to Jesus Christ making Him their Lord, Boss and Savior over their lives. I am so Blessed and thankful for the Cross of Jesus; We are more than conquerors through His death and Resurrection, WE HAVE the VICTORY! HALLELUYAH! Thank You, Father God for answering my prayer, grateful in Christ ✞Jesus holy and precious Name. AMEN!