<DIV>Hansen,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I already addressed the misstatements by Fr. Rainford. I was moving on to address your ill-informed additions.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And I think it was you, not me, that lost the bet to see who go the longest on not launching a personal insult at another V member. A bet you squelched on as we all recall. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">So, instead of confronting the facts concerning Sali's opposition to a <BR>Mexican consultate in Idaho (as excellently discussed by Will Rainford <BR>[legislative advocate for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise] below) <BR>Arnold reverts to name-calling and unsubstantiated falsehoods. <BR><BR>Nope. Nothing new here.<BR><BR>Rock on,
Donnie-boy.<BR><BR>Tom "Who is employed in the field in which he graduated" Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR><BR>> Hansen,<BR>> <BR>> I think your position at UI is a perfect example of wasted taxpayer <BR>money. Sitting there<BR>researching Dale Courtney's Blog and chatting on the Vision 2020. Your ass <BR>is no doubt<BR>just an expensive paperweight for a $200 student matriculation fee bought <BR>chair in a $3<BR>million cushy building bought with student fees tucked under a line item <BR>for a $10 million<BR>Student Recreation Building that is really overpriced gym, also a colossal <BR>UI monetary<BR>f-up. Have you ever held a job being paid by a private enterprise, or have <BR>you always been<BR>totally dependent on the government?<BR>> <BR>> BTW, I only spent 5 years at UI, hardly a career, private companies <BR>and I paid for it<BR>myself, the government didn't. The average stay for a UI student is <BR>actually 5.5 years or<BR>11 semesters, look it up
some time smart guy. <BR>> <BR>> Best Regards,<BR>> <BR>> Donovan<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen <THANSEN@MOSCOW.COM>wrote:<BR>> In a statement by Will Rainford (legislative advocate for the Roman <BR>> Catholic Diocese of Boise) in the Idaho Statesman at:<BR>> <BR>> http://www.idahostatesman.com/readersopinion/story/345635.html<BR>> <BR>> -----------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Will Rainford: Rep. Sali doesn't understand the purpose of a country's <BR>> consulate<BR>> <BR>> Like Don Quixote, Rep. Bill Sali charges about, fighting dragons where <BR>> there are none. <BR>> <BR>> Recently, he denounced the creation of a Mexican consulate in Idaho. His <BR>> claim is that, were a Mexican consulate to be established in Idaho, our <BR>> state would be flooded with undocumented immigrants. And so, he has <BR>taken <BR>> upon himself the fight against the
establishment of the consulate in <BR>Boise.<BR>> <BR>> But what may be politically good for Rep. Sali is not good economically <BR>> for the state of Idaho. After all, Idaho and Mexico are strong economic <BR>> partners, with Idaho establishing a trade office in Jalisco, Mexico, our <BR>> sister city south of the border. <BR>> <BR>> A Mexican Consulate in Idaho would further strengthen this economic <BR>> partnership. Billions of dollars in trade flow back and forth between <BR>> Idaho and Mexico. Annually, Idaho's produce and products earn more than <BR>> $100 million south of the border. That's a whole lot of cheese, potatoes <BR>> and wheat, not to mention hundreds of other commodities sold to Mexico. <BR>In <BR>> the Magic Valley alone, farmers enjoyed the sale of more than $1.7 <BR>million <BR>> in bean seeds to Mexico. Mexico is Idaho's second largest trade partner. <BR>> Do we really want to stifle that trade as a result of
our elected <BR>> congressman's political posturing?<BR>> <BR>> Consulates, Mexico's or others,' are not in the business of breaking the <BR>> laws of the United States. They do not ferret undocumented immigrants in <BR>> under our noses. Too much is at stake for them to do so. <BR>> <BR>> Rep. Sali seems to believe that Mexico is not to be trusted; that the <BR>> consulate is an agent of the enemy; that the consulate is the haven of <BR>> undocumented immigrants. Nothing could be further from the truth.<BR>> <BR>> What is the truth about the purpose and function of foreign consulates? <BR>> They are intended to assist the citizen of the represented country in <BR>> official relation to the United States and the host state. <BR>> <BR>> In Idaho, that means the Mexican consulate would facilitate the rights <BR>and <BR>> responsibilities of its citizens living here. <BR>> <BR>> Over 150,000 Latinos, most of whom come from
Mexico, now live and work <BR>in <BR>> Idaho. Their combined economic contribution to the state well exceeds <BR>$10 <BR>> billion annually. Less than 2 percent of immigrants from Mexico are <BR>> undocumented. In many cases, the "illegality" of their presence stemmed <BR>> from paperwork that had expired due to the excessive "backlogs" in the <BR>> current immigration process, versus falsification of documentation. And <BR>in <BR>> cases where documents were falsified, the immigrant could have made <BR>legal <BR>> choices were a representative from the Mexican government available to <BR>> assist.<BR>> <BR>> The Mexican consulate is an official presence of the Mexican government. <BR>> We would be bringing one of our largest trade partners here to help <BR>> facilitate trade and commerce, while ensuring the rights and <BR>> responsibilities of its citizens are upheld. We need such a presence in <BR>> Idaho.<BR>> <BR>> Rep.
Sali sees dragons where there are only windmills. Unfortunately, he <BR>> misleads his constituents who need the economic windmills he seeks to <BR>> slay. <BR>> <BR>> Let us welcome and embrace one of our major trade partners in our state, <BR>> including its thousands of hard working, family-loving immigrants who <BR>call <BR>> Idaho home.<BR>> <BR>> Will Rainford is the legislative advocate, Roman Catholic Diocese of <BR>> Boise. <BR>> <BR>> -----------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Perhaps if Arnold is co concerned about government entities providing <BR>safe <BR>> haven for illegal activities, he should look into "career" students <BR>> receiving federally-subsidized financial aid. Now, THERE is the <BR>> proverbial bucket of worms.<BR>> <BR>> Seeya at the Renaissance Fair, Moscow.<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>> Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
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