Add-A-Caption Art by Devonia

Congratulations to Shine user, LANKYCOWPOKE, whose suggestion was selected for the caption for this illustration. Thanks for the second time, lankycowpoke. You are very clever with words! I appreciate all of the entries and thank you all. Devonia Read More »

Congratulations and thank you to Shine user, Mary Frie, whose comment was selected as a caption for this illustration. An understatement, heh, Mary?

Soooo, if you were a Washingtonian, would this be welcomed relief or would you use it for toilet paper? Would it be be worth the printing and postage for Washington to send it to you? Do you feel lots of Americans might could use an extra dollar right now? How might you spend it? Do you think Washington State could have found a better way to spend the money? Read More »

Caption for this illustration was contributed by Shine User, HEATHER. Congratulations and my thanks to Heather - Apt Caption!

Side One: Americans are begging for jobs at an ever increasing rate; yet E-Verify was struck from the final stimulus bill. It is predicted that a minimum of 300,000  jobs Americans need will now be filled by Illegals. It is especially unfair to drop this protection for less-educated young American born blacks and hispanics, actually all young folks  lacking a college degree, who were already finding jobs scarce BEFORE the economy crumpled.

The overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants have a high school degree or less. As a result, illegals are primarily employed in construction, building cleaning and maintenance, food preparation, service and processing, transportation and moving occupations, and agriculture. (Source: Center For Immigration Studies)

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