The colonised mindset: The enemy within the African communities. SendMeYourNews
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The colonised mindset: The enemy within the African communities.
The writer is going to put forward an argument that unless the
slave/colonial mindset is recognised as the active enemy, within the African
communities world-wide, attempts to understand the social and economic
problems will be useless. This mindset has been affecting the
individual/family /organisations/community and nations alike. From an early
age, adults have been referring to people as having "being colonial or slave
minded" in a most benign way. It as if having this mindset is like having a
flue. You treat the symptoms and eventually, it should go away, if the
immune system is acute and alert. In reality, it is the most virulent
psychological condition prevalent amongst African communities. The damage is
too enormous to consider in this essay. It has and is still destroying from
individuals to revolutions to states eg Patrice Lumumba-Congo, Thomas
Sankara-Bukina Faso, Walter Rodney-Guyana, Cabral, Malcolm X and Bantu S
Biko to name a few. When foreign money, the lust for power and the colonial
mindset met-destruction is sure to follow. Mineral rich DRC remains the most
tragic example today. Also Angola before the timely death of Savimbi, "
Washington's kept man". Failure to confront and systematically deal with
this enemy is equivalent to failure to live and or thrive.
HISTORY
The disastrous effects of slavery and colonialism on the physical aspect of
the Africans in the Americas, the Caribbean and on mainland Africa have been
well documented by a host of European and African-American historians
including Basil D Davidson, Walter Rodney and Professor Jeffries. Few
writers have focused on the debilitating effects of the mindset on the
emotions and the psychology as Carter G Woodson( 1875-1950)was probably a
pioneer when he addressed this condition in his book - The Mis-Education of
the *****. Later, Dr Na'im Akbar painstakingly outlined the psychological
effects in his book- Chains and Images of psychological slavery. Professor
Joy Leary recently attempted to put the psychological trauma concept in the
public domain during a recent lecture tour in London but, few Africans
wanted to even contemplate this concept as an explanation for some of their
behaviour towards each other.
It is of paramount importance to understand the disastrous reality of the
sate accurately described by Woodson and take action to treat it.
"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his
actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand there or go yonder. He or
she will find his "proper place" and will stay in it. You do not need to
send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there
is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education
makes it necessary". Woodson showed a lot of foresight in his early
detection of the destructive side of the slave/colonial mindset. It is a
pity that, most Pastors and self-appointed "community" leaders do not
recommend this book to the many families who come through their doors. They
do not even bothered with a plan of action to treat this mindset.
Examples
This mindset certainly has a blindfolding effect eg African girls aspiring
to be like their "blonde Barbie dolls". African men dream of marrying "a
Barbie doll" type of woman as soon as they arrive in Europe and or
UK/USA/Canada, so as not to have "too black" children. Michael Jackson's
obsession with his costly body- altering project. It also causes US
Africans/Afrikans to focus on the body, material gadgets, short cuts. The
physical environment of the homes is often out of balance with the people
who inhabit the space. Their homes always have a blonde type Jesus on the
walls but no other famous Africans like Bantu Biko, Thomas Sankara etc. The
African educationalist and parents both on the mainland, Caribbean and the
Americas have avoided including or making the early and middle years
curricula more relevant to our developmental needs. This opportunity to
change our course of history is missed again and again.
At organisational level, colonise minded but the super qualified committee
members are often afraid to put decolonisation strategy and or
Pan-Africanism into the constitution of their organisation. This also
affects the type of name or identity they take on. Eg the NAACP-The National
Association for the Advancement of "Coloured" people. One would have thought
that aparthedist South-Africa racial policies would have caused this
organisation to re-think it's chosen but, they not change from NAACP to
NAAAP. One could only guess when you start your organisation with white
liberals/ or jews in leadership roles, the de-colonisation agenda never
became a priority for this organisation. The OAS/AU is no different. It has
been in existence for over 50 years and still cannot bring itself to be
known as a Pan-Africanist organisation thus, it remains a toothless
nationalistic organisation.
Even when organisations put Pan-Africanism at the forefront eg PAC in
South-African, the de-colonisation process and project, which is necessary
for health and longevity of the organisation is not a priority either. Well
meaning or naïve activists continue to take a gamble by hoping against hope
that, a few committed and reliable people could suddenly change 400 years of
psychological damage facing the African worldwide. Things could have been
different if, the PAC was able to capture the interest and support of the
majority of the 24 million native South-Africans and their rands, to keep
the movement financially buoyant and turn it into a political powerful force
in South-African society.
The mindset nutures self-hating , self- destruction and confidence lowering
. This is evident in the practice of self- harming through bleaching the
skin, straigthening the hair and looking to Europe and European institutions
as saviours. It also makes killing each other almost acceptable. The eminent
African-American Bobby E Wright (1984) explained in his book "we have never
been trained to kill Europeans" but, we seem to be able kill each other
(black on black) violence instinctively. It also makes us have a warped and
unrealistic view of our reality. It may cause some, like Dr Kenneth B Clarke
to say," race is irrelevant". Even African-America Dr Alvin Poussant, who
used his qualification avoid addressing the current colonisation condition.
He used his stint in Ebony Magazine to deal with the a few middles class
anxieties. What a shame!
The Slave/Colonial mindset-the Trojan Horse
The Europeans understand how important the psychological warfare project is
to their continued hold on Africa, which is why they got their missionaries
to influences chiefs and other leaders in Africa, to send their young
children to their missionary schools. At these missionary/faith-based
schools, young children were indoctrinated on a grand scale. These young
children come from cultures where, almost all adults are feared and or
certainly not questioned, made the work of the European teachers easier.
This is why it should not alarm us or surprise us that, Mobutu, Savimbi and
their cronies behaved in the way they did to their own people and their own
resources. The mindset, the lust for power and foreign money-from the USA
mainly kept them destroying their respective countries, in the name of
capitalism and the other G6 powers.
The USA officials who paid Savimbi through Mobutu millions and millions of
American tax-payers money to literally destroy a revolution and 2 countries,
have never been brought to justice. If both of these colonial minded
individuals did not die, they would be still destroying the country and
squandering their resources for self-aggrandisement, with Washington's
approval. The foreign powers/handlers knew millions of people were being
tortured, kill, maimed, punished and starved of food and other life
necessities, in their interest. Whilst all this was happening in full view
of other Africans, many of them in the Caribbean and continued going to the
states" to make it". Meanwhile Africans affected by these individuals and
American money and foreign policy, eventually started heading for the UK and
the USA seeking "refuge".
It should not surprise us at the way the Europeans view certain individuals.
The American state had to get rid of Malcolm X by any means necessary. The
Belgian/USA/UK governments saw Patrice Lumumba as an uncompromising
character when it came to his understanding of independence. France could
not stomach an independent minded Thomas Sankara who wanted to transform
Bukina Faso in the interest of it's people. The apartheid South-Africa did
not dare allow Bantu Stephen Biko to live-he was too clear about his
position and his understanding of the social/economic/political situation.
He wanted all or nothing. Walter Rodney exposed the hypocrisy of Europe's
role in Africa-it became a real annoyance in European academic circles. The
under-development was the strategy and the means to achieving this outcome
was to nurture their own "loyal Africans". Off course the "loyal Africans"
are another name for the colonial minded.
Rich men and women often have their "kept women" Well, so to rich Europe has
their "kept men". France has Francoise Compoare of Bukina Faso. The USA has
theirs in the form of Paul Kagame. Spain/USA has Obiang Nguema of Equatorial
Guinea- Africa third largest producer of oil. Shell and the UK and other oil
companies operating in Nigeria have been keeping the Hausa dominated army
and government since 1970. The CIA/USA/France had army man Hissen Habre- a
man who was less than friendly to USA's imagined enemy Gadaffi. Chadian
named him, "Africa's Pinochet". USA supported the Duvalier family for 30
years and off course Savimbi in Angola. See William Blum(2001) Rogue State.
Chapter 17.
The Consequences
If African thinkers and educationalists alike continue to neglect the
content of early and middle years curricula, they would be fighting a losing
battle against the slave/colonial mindset, capitalism, fashion and
mass-media. The same way, one cannot expect to put new wine in an old
wineskin so to, one cannot expect the slave/colonial minded to suddenly
change his or her learnt behaviour. This behaviour has been around for the
last 350 years. It might have started as, a means of coping in strange and
often hostile societies in the Caribbean and America in the late 17th
century. Joy Leary would argue African communities must admit the existence
of post traumatic syndrome before, the treatment could be sought. No
admission means that, this major debilitating psychological condition would
linger and fester away.
Off course when a few like, Thiongo'o(1938-) changed his behaviour in his
adulthood, by going back to his Gikuyu name and writing in his own language
rather than English only, is inspirational to rest who remain in this
regressive state of mind. He used his book-Decolonising the mind: the
politics of language in African literature(1986) as a platform to encourage
African challenged about their attitude towards Africa and or NJAC. Ngugi wa
writers to write in their own language to make their books more meaningful
to Africans on the continent. It is not only about writing in one's own
language although, that is a positive start. It is about having a core
teaching curricula that could be used world-wide. Even if people write in
their own indigenous language but continue to see Europe as the solution to
their problems-the colonised mind remains untouched. The writer applauds the
work of Haki Madibuti and Dr Karenga and Molefi Asante. The African need
more people like the above, if we are to be taken seriously.
Why are members of NJAC( National Joint Action committee) and their 36 year
old organisation in Trinidad, still viewed as not worthy of support from the
majority of African-Trinidadians? The slave/colonial mindset, which makes
people ridicule members for re-claiming their African heritage via taking on
African names. One can often hear African-Trinidadians and other Africans
born abroad saying in a most offensive voice, "I am not African" when asked
about their identity. Thai is the colonial mindset expressing their
ignorance.
What do we begin?
The logical place for decolonisation to begin is in the home, with parents
taking the lead. The early years 0-11 is the crucial time to inculcate the
Afrocentric values. It means that, we have to be prepared to build our own
nurseries and create our own culturally inclusive and sensitive curricula.
The parents must be re-educated. It is almost pointless waiting until a
child becomes an adult, when he may or may not be exposed to Pan-Africanism.
All the research available would agree that, the pre-natal and early years
are the most important educating years. Ideally, the decolonisation ideals
should be embedded in the early years curricula, The Community leaders and
families should make attempts to discuss post trauma syndrome and it's
effects openly and proactively put into place some short term and long term
remedies.
3 African American writers who wrote the The Black Parenting Book did not
pursue the de-colonisation project in their book either. There are 17
chapters in this book yet, Pan-Africanism and or the issue of the
slave/colonial mindset were not addressed in a very active way. There
chapters on Family Traditions and Spirituality without making mention of the
importance of Kwanzaa. There was a chapter on " Black and Proud" not African
and proud. There should have a chapter on how and why Africans came to self
hate and hate all things African. Where did it all begin? The book tackled
particular parenting approach, which was used by African American parents
but, they did not attempt to give the psychological or economic reasons why
most African parents worldwide use the authoritarian model rather than the
authoritative model.
Authoritarian- powerful, assertive/aggressive (verbally or physically adult
leads or makes all the decisions, which are imposed on child. May be highly
critical. Parents may be likely to use shouting and hitting. Parents may
even talk about "I want you to fear me".
Authoritative- Parents use reciprocity and a democratic style, which allows
child to lead but establishes safe limits and boundaries. Parents are likely
to use encouragement, provide choices and highlight consequences and
positive feedback and use time-out and put penalities in place, as part of
their disciplining package.
It might have been helpful to explain why some African parents use the
former than the latter? It would have been more useful to write the book in
some African languages and use a work -book with exercises to involve all
members of the family. This book could be described as the product of a well
meaning qualified but, obviously apolitical professionals. The writers
tackled all the symptoms but never ventured near the core causes. They
missed an opportunity to focus on the link between the type of the society,
which produces such parents focusing on a post-colonial/slave/capitalist,
racist society such as the USA.
Conclusion.
The Decolonisation project and treating post trauma syndrome are as
necessary to Africans, as oxygen and water are to humankind existence.
Neither can be avoided any longer due to it being "too sensitive" an issue.
The message to all the Pan-Africanists/Humanist individuals, families and
organisations , which are always short of committed, reliable and discipline
foot soldiers is this, put some of your efforts and money into the 0-11
years olds and an African Parenting project, based on an Afrocentric model
and treatment for psychological trauma and other self-harming behaviour. If
any individual/family or organisation is interested ion the guture well
being of Africans- the aforementioned approaches are vital. Otherwise, a
plethora of colonial minded and dishonest Pastors from diverse Christian
sects, the mass-media, fashion, cars and short term attractions and whatever
other European cultural left-overs would grab the minds of the majority of
Africans.
The slave/colonial mind is dangerous to Pan-Africanist and African humanist
alike. Those African "kept men" or Europe's trojan horses will continue the
pauperization policies of a very rich continent. They will repeat policies
and slogans without even analysing them. They will like the major obstacle
to progress, changes, self-empowerment and unification of African peoples.
Instead of enabling and building capacities and re-skilling people, they
will disable, de-skill and pauperize people. The colonial minded knows
nothing else. The Europeans using their white skins as authority continue to
pamper and encourage their "kept men" to the detriment of the majority of
Africans, who continue to suffer and to be killed with the weapons made in
the USA/UK/Israel and other European countries.
References:
Akbar Na'im(1992) Chain and Images of psychological slavery- Winston-Derek,
Nashville, TN
Blumm W (2003) Rogue State: Chapter 17. Zed Books London UK
Brittain V (1998) Death and Dignity: Angola's Civil War. Chapter 2. Pluto
Books. London UK
Woodson C.G (1937) The Mis-education of the *****. Africa World Press NJ USA
Wright B.E (1984) The psychopathic racial personality and other essays.
Third World Press Chicago, Ilinois USA
What is the colonized mindset?
I think I lost interest.
Reply:Thats right! Amoebas are more than just blobs.
Reply:Perhaps it means the mindset that the society/culture of a colonizing group (Europeans) is superior to the society/culture of the group that is being colonized. (Africans)... i.e. the European way of life, centralized cities and towns, is superior to the African way of life, small communal tribes...
Reply:and what you want agreement ? sorry don't
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Hi! can you review my code? what seems to be the problem?
#include %26lt;stdio.h%26gt;
#include %26lt;stdlib.h%26gt;
#include %26lt;time.h%26gt;
typedef struct
{
char *value;
char *suit;
}card;
void fillDeck(card *Deck, char *Value[], char *Suit[])
{
int i;
for(i=0;i%26lt;52;i++)
{
Deck[i].value=Value[i%13];
Deck[i].suit=Suit[i/13];
}
}
void shuffle(card *Card)
{
int i, j;
card temp;
for(i=0;i%26lt;52;i++)
{
j=rand()%52;
temp=Card[i];
Card[i]=Card[j];
Card[j]=temp;
}
}
void display(card *Card)
{
int i;
for(i=0;i%26lt;52;i++)
printf("%s-%s\t", Card[i].value, Card[i].suit);
}
int main()
{
card deck[52];
char *value[]={"A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "T", "J", "Q", "K"};
char *suit[]={"C", "S", "H", "D"); /*error occurs at this line*/
srand(time(NULL));
fillDeck(deck,value,suit); /*another error occurs at this line*/
shuffle(deck);
display(deck);
}
what's the problem?
Hi! can you review my code? what seems to be the problem?
change the line :
"char *suit[]={"C", "S", "H", "D"); /*error occurs at this line*/"
to:
"char *suit[]={"C", "S", "H", "D"}; /*error occurs at this line*/"
you had the wrong bracket at the end
also, you are making your arrays pointer arrays (char *suit[]), just define it as char suit[] (my preference).
change your fillDeck(card *Deck, char *Value[], char *Suit[])
to
fillDeck(card *Deck, char *Value, char *Suit)
try that, it should work
Reply:First error: is it a typo for ")" instead of "}"?
Second error: fix first, because compilers can compound and cascade errors to create another error down the road.
#include %26lt;string.h%26gt;
use strcpy() to copy strings; the error seems within fillDeck();
Reply:well, your problem is right there, at the ....
i have no idea, why don't you ask a co-worker?
#include %26lt;stdlib.h%26gt;
#include %26lt;time.h%26gt;
typedef struct
{
char *value;
char *suit;
}card;
void fillDeck(card *Deck, char *Value[], char *Suit[])
{
int i;
for(i=0;i%26lt;52;i++)
{
Deck[i].value=Value[i%13];
Deck[i].suit=Suit[i/13];
}
}
void shuffle(card *Card)
{
int i, j;
card temp;
for(i=0;i%26lt;52;i++)
{
j=rand()%52;
temp=Card[i];
Card[i]=Card[j];
Card[j]=temp;
}
}
void display(card *Card)
{
int i;
for(i=0;i%26lt;52;i++)
printf("%s-%s\t", Card[i].value, Card[i].suit);
}
int main()
{
card deck[52];
char *value[]={"A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "T", "J", "Q", "K"};
char *suit[]={"C", "S", "H", "D"); /*error occurs at this line*/
srand(time(NULL));
fillDeck(deck,value,suit); /*another error occurs at this line*/
shuffle(deck);
display(deck);
}
what's the problem?
Hi! can you review my code? what seems to be the problem?
change the line :
"char *suit[]={"C", "S", "H", "D"); /*error occurs at this line*/"
to:
"char *suit[]={"C", "S", "H", "D"}; /*error occurs at this line*/"
you had the wrong bracket at the end
also, you are making your arrays pointer arrays (char *suit[]), just define it as char suit[] (my preference).
change your fillDeck(card *Deck, char *Value[], char *Suit[])
to
fillDeck(card *Deck, char *Value, char *Suit)
try that, it should work
Reply:First error: is it a typo for ")" instead of "}"?
Second error: fix first, because compilers can compound and cascade errors to create another error down the road.
#include %26lt;string.h%26gt;
use strcpy() to copy strings; the error seems within fillDeck();
Reply:well, your problem is right there, at the ....
i have no idea, why don't you ask a co-worker?
Wat do you think Illegal Immigrant Births - At Your Expense?
CBS) It was 5 a.m. and CBS News national correspondent Byron Pitts is with a woman who is nine months pregnant. She's rushed to a south Texas hospital to undergo a C-section - a $4,700 medical procedure that won't cost her a dime. She qualifies for emergency Medicaid.
She gave birth to a healthy, 8 1/2 pound baby boy - born in America. His Mexican mother gave him an American name: Eliot.
Eliot is one of an estimated 300,000 children of illegal immigrants born in the United States every year, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. They're given instant citizenship because they are born on U.S. soil, which makes it easier for their parents to become U.S. citizens. Take healthcare for example -- an estimated $1.1 billion per year for undocumented men, women and children, according to the Rand Corporation. McAllen is part of a large hospital system. Like all hospitals, it is mandated by law to treat all emergency-room patients, not verify citizenship.
"We have uncompensated care of over $200 million a year," Riley said.
"Of money that you'll never see again?" Pitts asked.
"Yes," he said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/0...
Wat do you think Illegal Immigrant Births - At Your Expense?
Is the husband a U.S. Citizen? Sounds like you are blowing this out of porportion because the woman is a Mexican. Maybe the husband is an American citizen?
Back in December, when she was six months pregnant, Fabiola, her husband and their two daughters - ages 4 and 11 - crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S.
Once on the other side of the river they walked for two hours in search of a better life and free medical care for their unborn child. that answer your question.
Strange .... no mention of any hospital that goes bankrupt - providing free medical care to illegals, some do go under. When they go under, people who USED to have medical care within an ‘emergency ride’ away will now die; as they travel to the next closest hospital.
Also, no mention of the free Ambulance ‘Taxi Service’ that illegals use when they don’t want to ride a bus. Call the ambulance, declare an emergency. The Ambulance will pick you up, then demand to go to a hospital on the way to your destination. Lights and siren blaring, you are whisked to your hospital of demand. Then, before you get there, demand that the Ambulance let you off at the mall, that is on the way to your hospital. A free, tax payer financed ride. The only downside is that there are a finite number of ambulances, and they are dispatched on a first-call basis. I wonder how many traffic accident victims bleed to death each year; because some illegal in San Antonio, TX wanted a free ride?
Other issues with illegals coming here to have their babies- normally they have had no prenatal care- and do not come with medical records. So doctors and nurses are faced with patients that have no history and no prenatal care usually appearing at the hospital ER in late stage labor. Many times the mothers will lie to the medical personel about their health- not mentioning to say they have diabetes or other conditions or even if they know (no one is sure why they lie to those trying to care for them) upshot is if anything goes wrong with delivery or baby then they sue and usually win their case.
There is even more to this issue. All along the border Mexicans who have never lived here %26amp; don’t plan to live here cross to have their babies- that citizen baby then has to be educated by U.S. taxpayers. Thousands of students who live in Mexico cross the border every day to attend school in the U.S. and it is perfectly legal- they are U.S. citizens.
Reply:i think if a newborn (from whomever) is born properly out of my tax money instead of me buying a nicer pair of shoes...its a good trade off.... ...
see unlike some people, i believe in the value of human life (not just "american" life) over monitary gain.
Reply:i think they should be denied healthcare because it is obvious they are here for the free benefits. if they are denied any and all benefits they will have no reason to want to come here.
Reply:Sickening considering our vets dont even come close to getting as good of care as these illegal ingreats that should not even be here selling dope ,filling our prisons and killing 25 citizens per day. You illegals can thumbs me down all you want, when elections are over,you will be to.
Reply:It STINKS! There are so many american citizens who cannot afford the hospital costs to birth a child, but do they get free medical coverage?? NO! The same situation applies to not just free healthcare, but free educations, food, reduced housing, social security benefits (without paying into it) and if this insanity continues, drivers licenses too! When is america going to wake up and demand that these atrocities STOP?? Other countries don't allow illegals to reap these benefits! Why do we??
Reply:It is a shame! These things should not be allowed to happen! If the hospitals would turn them away, (I know they won't) they would stop coming here.
Reply:First of all...look at where most of the freaking money the U.S. has is going to...a freaking war. The money could be used for other things that you people say need more money in. The U.S. spends more than 10 billion dollars on the dumb war while it spends more than just 1 billion on undocumented people. You people make it seem like a lot because you don't see where a lot of other money is going. What? War is actually something this country needs?
They come here for a better live not for health care...most people that come don't have any and the only ones that do have them are the children that are born here. Sometimes not even the children have them, even though their U.S. born.
You know how i know this because my parents were illegal immigrants and most people (family, friends, etc) i know are illegal immigrants and ex-illegal immigrants. Let me tell you they did not come here just to "suck on the U.S." They came here for a better life. They know they would not make it, if they were to go back to Mexico, Brazil, Chili, Argentina, or China. All our friends say they are in bad conditions right now, but the thing is they are better off than when they were in China or Argentina or Brazil.
Reply:Whats with health costs these days? Do doctors and nurses really need that 20 acre house and 40 acres of land?
Illegals having babies in this country USA should have the birth certificates withheld til bill is paid off completely. Plus ship them back next day.
Reply:norlore is very right also, consired this you guys pay them the lowest wages and make millions out of them and, when they get sick or need medical attention is due to the jobs that they preform and about the baby's they are American citizens too that is why they get medical help at the hospitals. your guys are ignorant thinking you know the whole story did you guys know that giving birth in mexico is also free of charge and you dont even have to go to the emergency room they call it "seguro popular" avaliable to all people that are poor and yes it is with all the same technology as us hospitals and probably with better doctors
Reply:They want citizenship for their children, so the child can petition for her in 21 yrs. If the law mandated that these women paid back the money it wouldn't stop this practice, but might make them think twice. BTW- this is not a new problem, it has been going on for decades.
Reply:There is nothing wrong with that I mean did the indians say anything when the British explorers along w their pregnant wifes began having babies atleast the Mexicans arent threating to steal your land or willing to kill you for it, the biggest waste of money is the mishandling of the war in Irag wich has cost over $4,000,000,000,000.00 yes 4 trillion thats 100 billion times 40 and is currently costing about 2 billion a week thats enough money to buy 40 million families in America a new home.
Reply:honestly i dont think that you should deny them healthcare if there having there baby. i think its wrong with what there doing but i dont think you should just leave them there. i think you should deliver the child, then send them back to where they came from.
Reply:Maybe the Dad is a citizen,and who cares if the baby was given an American name,that's none of your business.The baby is a American and has the right to have a American name! Anybody can name their baby an name they want.Why are you so worried about all of this?
Reply:You say they take us for 1.1 billion, what about the billions they put in, they won't collect benefits from it, we will
Since 1996 the IRS has given them an "ITIN" to use to file and pay taxes (presumably in the hope they will become citizens someday)
Here
http://www.reason.org/commentaries/dalmi...
So far the IRS has collected hundreds of billions using the ITIN, and if they use a fake SS number the IRS takes the money and puts in in a "earnings suspense file"
When you 'illegal" bashers give me a thumbs down, how many of you knew this, how many of you called or are going to call your lawmakers now,
Lawmakers can quietly pass these laws because they know people don't pay attention very well......
Yeah, I thought so.........
We are "not" trying to close the border, only enough (bust and deport a few) to make them look politically correct, the border is only 700 miles (do the math, how many men per mile?), don't you think our military could close it while electronic detection devices and fences are built as needed,
Wake up!
Either Bush or Congress could put together a bill to make law and do it, "IF" they wanted to!
Simple eh?
Reply:How in the world did she get Medicaid?
Don´t you have to be a citizen to be able to apply?
Someone please explain...
Reply:It's just sickening. People like me work so hard to keep health care benefits, I wish there was some way for me to take free benefits and all that. My children will never the perks that theirs do ....and that is only because they illegal parents. I don't even like thinking about this, it's too depressing.
Reply:Is the husband a U.S. Citizen? Sounds like you are blowing this out of porportion because the woman is a Mexican. Maybe the husband is an American citizen?
pear
She gave birth to a healthy, 8 1/2 pound baby boy - born in America. His Mexican mother gave him an American name: Eliot.
Eliot is one of an estimated 300,000 children of illegal immigrants born in the United States every year, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. They're given instant citizenship because they are born on U.S. soil, which makes it easier for their parents to become U.S. citizens. Take healthcare for example -- an estimated $1.1 billion per year for undocumented men, women and children, according to the Rand Corporation. McAllen is part of a large hospital system. Like all hospitals, it is mandated by law to treat all emergency-room patients, not verify citizenship.
"We have uncompensated care of over $200 million a year," Riley said.
"Of money that you'll never see again?" Pitts asked.
"Yes," he said.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/0...
Wat do you think Illegal Immigrant Births - At Your Expense?
Is the husband a U.S. Citizen? Sounds like you are blowing this out of porportion because the woman is a Mexican. Maybe the husband is an American citizen?
Back in December, when she was six months pregnant, Fabiola, her husband and their two daughters - ages 4 and 11 - crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico into the U.S.
Once on the other side of the river they walked for two hours in search of a better life and free medical care for their unborn child. that answer your question.
Strange .... no mention of any hospital that goes bankrupt - providing free medical care to illegals, some do go under. When they go under, people who USED to have medical care within an ‘emergency ride’ away will now die; as they travel to the next closest hospital.
Also, no mention of the free Ambulance ‘Taxi Service’ that illegals use when they don’t want to ride a bus. Call the ambulance, declare an emergency. The Ambulance will pick you up, then demand to go to a hospital on the way to your destination. Lights and siren blaring, you are whisked to your hospital of demand. Then, before you get there, demand that the Ambulance let you off at the mall, that is on the way to your hospital. A free, tax payer financed ride. The only downside is that there are a finite number of ambulances, and they are dispatched on a first-call basis. I wonder how many traffic accident victims bleed to death each year; because some illegal in San Antonio, TX wanted a free ride?
Other issues with illegals coming here to have their babies- normally they have had no prenatal care- and do not come with medical records. So doctors and nurses are faced with patients that have no history and no prenatal care usually appearing at the hospital ER in late stage labor. Many times the mothers will lie to the medical personel about their health- not mentioning to say they have diabetes or other conditions or even if they know (no one is sure why they lie to those trying to care for them) upshot is if anything goes wrong with delivery or baby then they sue and usually win their case.
There is even more to this issue. All along the border Mexicans who have never lived here %26amp; don’t plan to live here cross to have their babies- that citizen baby then has to be educated by U.S. taxpayers. Thousands of students who live in Mexico cross the border every day to attend school in the U.S. and it is perfectly legal- they are U.S. citizens.
Reply:i think if a newborn (from whomever) is born properly out of my tax money instead of me buying a nicer pair of shoes...its a good trade off.... ...
see unlike some people, i believe in the value of human life (not just "american" life) over monitary gain.
Reply:i think they should be denied healthcare because it is obvious they are here for the free benefits. if they are denied any and all benefits they will have no reason to want to come here.
Reply:Sickening considering our vets dont even come close to getting as good of care as these illegal ingreats that should not even be here selling dope ,filling our prisons and killing 25 citizens per day. You illegals can thumbs me down all you want, when elections are over,you will be to.
Reply:It STINKS! There are so many american citizens who cannot afford the hospital costs to birth a child, but do they get free medical coverage?? NO! The same situation applies to not just free healthcare, but free educations, food, reduced housing, social security benefits (without paying into it) and if this insanity continues, drivers licenses too! When is america going to wake up and demand that these atrocities STOP?? Other countries don't allow illegals to reap these benefits! Why do we??
Reply:It is a shame! These things should not be allowed to happen! If the hospitals would turn them away, (I know they won't) they would stop coming here.
Reply:First of all...look at where most of the freaking money the U.S. has is going to...a freaking war. The money could be used for other things that you people say need more money in. The U.S. spends more than 10 billion dollars on the dumb war while it spends more than just 1 billion on undocumented people. You people make it seem like a lot because you don't see where a lot of other money is going. What? War is actually something this country needs?
They come here for a better live not for health care...most people that come don't have any and the only ones that do have them are the children that are born here. Sometimes not even the children have them, even though their U.S. born.
You know how i know this because my parents were illegal immigrants and most people (family, friends, etc) i know are illegal immigrants and ex-illegal immigrants. Let me tell you they did not come here just to "suck on the U.S." They came here for a better life. They know they would not make it, if they were to go back to Mexico, Brazil, Chili, Argentina, or China. All our friends say they are in bad conditions right now, but the thing is they are better off than when they were in China or Argentina or Brazil.
Reply:Whats with health costs these days? Do doctors and nurses really need that 20 acre house and 40 acres of land?
Illegals having babies in this country USA should have the birth certificates withheld til bill is paid off completely. Plus ship them back next day.
Reply:norlore is very right also, consired this you guys pay them the lowest wages and make millions out of them and, when they get sick or need medical attention is due to the jobs that they preform and about the baby's they are American citizens too that is why they get medical help at the hospitals. your guys are ignorant thinking you know the whole story did you guys know that giving birth in mexico is also free of charge and you dont even have to go to the emergency room they call it "seguro popular" avaliable to all people that are poor and yes it is with all the same technology as us hospitals and probably with better doctors
Reply:They want citizenship for their children, so the child can petition for her in 21 yrs. If the law mandated that these women paid back the money it wouldn't stop this practice, but might make them think twice. BTW- this is not a new problem, it has been going on for decades.
Reply:There is nothing wrong with that I mean did the indians say anything when the British explorers along w their pregnant wifes began having babies atleast the Mexicans arent threating to steal your land or willing to kill you for it, the biggest waste of money is the mishandling of the war in Irag wich has cost over $4,000,000,000,000.00 yes 4 trillion thats 100 billion times 40 and is currently costing about 2 billion a week thats enough money to buy 40 million families in America a new home.
Reply:honestly i dont think that you should deny them healthcare if there having there baby. i think its wrong with what there doing but i dont think you should just leave them there. i think you should deliver the child, then send them back to where they came from.
Reply:Maybe the Dad is a citizen,and who cares if the baby was given an American name,that's none of your business.The baby is a American and has the right to have a American name! Anybody can name their baby an name they want.Why are you so worried about all of this?
Reply:You say they take us for 1.1 billion, what about the billions they put in, they won't collect benefits from it, we will
Since 1996 the IRS has given them an "ITIN" to use to file and pay taxes (presumably in the hope they will become citizens someday)
Here
http://www.reason.org/commentaries/dalmi...
So far the IRS has collected hundreds of billions using the ITIN, and if they use a fake SS number the IRS takes the money and puts in in a "earnings suspense file"
When you 'illegal" bashers give me a thumbs down, how many of you knew this, how many of you called or are going to call your lawmakers now,
Lawmakers can quietly pass these laws because they know people don't pay attention very well......
Yeah, I thought so.........
We are "not" trying to close the border, only enough (bust and deport a few) to make them look politically correct, the border is only 700 miles (do the math, how many men per mile?), don't you think our military could close it while electronic detection devices and fences are built as needed,
Wake up!
Either Bush or Congress could put together a bill to make law and do it, "IF" they wanted to!
Simple eh?
Reply:How in the world did she get Medicaid?
Don´t you have to be a citizen to be able to apply?
Someone please explain...
Reply:It's just sickening. People like me work so hard to keep health care benefits, I wish there was some way for me to take free benefits and all that. My children will never the perks that theirs do ....and that is only because they illegal parents. I don't even like thinking about this, it's too depressing.
Reply:Is the husband a U.S. Citizen? Sounds like you are blowing this out of porportion because the woman is a Mexican. Maybe the husband is an American citizen?
pear
Simple visual basic question?
I am writing a program to compute the Area and Volume of a cone. The problem I am running into is that when the results are output to the excel spreadsheet they seem to round off the side of the cone. for example. I have c one that has r=2 and h=4 and I need to find the side, so I take the SQRT(2^2+4^2) which should equal something like 4.4721359... but it just rounds it to 4 in the document. How do I make it so it doesn't round? I tried putting my code in... but I rand out of room...
Thanks!!
Simple visual basic question?
You are using the Integer or Long data type in your VB formula, when you should be using Single or Double. Integer and Long will hack off the fractional part of your result.
Reply:check the format of the cell and tell it how many digits it should show.
Reply:If you run out of room, click and hold on the tab and drag it to the right for more room.
If you can't do that I suggest going into your format/tools section and turning off the decimal rounding, sounds to me like you clicked on an auto format setting.
Thanks!!
Simple visual basic question?
You are using the Integer or Long data type in your VB formula, when you should be using Single or Double. Integer and Long will hack off the fractional part of your result.
Reply:check the format of the cell and tell it how many digits it should show.
Reply:If you run out of room, click and hold on the tab and drag it to the right for more room.
If you can't do that I suggest going into your format/tools section and turning off the decimal rounding, sounds to me like you clicked on an auto format setting.
Help with Call of Duty 4 singple player, multi player works fine?
So I dl'ed and mounted/installed everything fine. I went to multiplayer first, it works great. TYhen i go to single playe rand get this.
*EDIT- this is just a hunch but the iw3sp crack file that I replaced with the original, which is the singple player loader might have cause this?? I dunno, because multiplayer works just fine. Its just the singple player that crashed after the start up videos. I think it found it... in the zone folder a file called common.ff might be the problem?? I really don't wanna reinstall everything. SOMEONE PLZ HELP
sound system initialization
sound system successfully initialized
end $init 1088 ms
--- Common Initialization Complete ---
Waited 127 msec for asset 'ui/menus.txt' of type 'menufile'.
Loaded zone 'ui'
Working directory: C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
Fastfile for zone 'common' appears corrupt or unreadable (code 107.)"
HELP ME IT GOES TO THE STARTING SCREENS THEN RIGHT WHEN THE MENU COMES UP 4 SIN
Help with Call of Duty 4 singple player, multi player works fine?
I'm getting the same thing. Reinstalling will temporarily fix the problem, but it will occur again on a later stage. I'm waiting for a reply from Activision and I've posted this on the infinity ward forums and no one seems to know the cause or solution. For now, I'd say jump to a console version of the game and wait for a PC fix.
Reply:Just to update on this. Activision got back to me and said my disc was defective so I took it back to where I bought it and got a new disc. Works fine. Report It
Reply:yeah you just gotta re install it. and then run single player before you even touch miltiplayer.
*EDIT- this is just a hunch but the iw3sp crack file that I replaced with the original, which is the singple player loader might have cause this?? I dunno, because multiplayer works just fine. Its just the singple player that crashed after the start up videos. I think it found it... in the zone folder a file called common.ff might be the problem?? I really don't wanna reinstall everything. SOMEONE PLZ HELP
sound system initialization
sound system successfully initialized
end $init 1088 ms
--- Common Initialization Complete ---
Waited 127 msec for asset 'ui/menus.txt' of type 'menufile'.
Loaded zone 'ui'
Working directory: C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
Fastfile for zone 'common' appears corrupt or unreadable (code 107.)"
HELP ME IT GOES TO THE STARTING SCREENS THEN RIGHT WHEN THE MENU COMES UP 4 SIN
Help with Call of Duty 4 singple player, multi player works fine?
I'm getting the same thing. Reinstalling will temporarily fix the problem, but it will occur again on a later stage. I'm waiting for a reply from Activision and I've posted this on the infinity ward forums and no one seems to know the cause or solution. For now, I'd say jump to a console version of the game and wait for a PC fix.
Reply:Just to update on this. Activision got back to me and said my disc was defective so I took it back to where I bought it and got a new disc. Works fine. Report It
Reply:yeah you just gotta re install it. and then run single player before you even touch miltiplayer.
How to write a function to simulate the roll of L dice with K faces? the function should return the sum.?
Write a function to simulate the roll of L dice with K faces. Your function should return the sum of the two die rolls. One way to do this is to use “tmp=rand” and some conditional statements, like if tmp is between 1/K and 2/K then assign the die roll to be 2.
a.For 100 rolls of normal dice (with K=6 %26amp; L=2), plot the histogram. Use “hist”, and to find out how, type “help hist”.
b.Repeat for 10000 dice rolls. What shape do you see?
c.Repeat (a) %26amp; (b) for K=12 %26amp; L=3.
How to write a function to simulate the roll of L dice with K faces? the function should return the sum.?
in which language
a.For 100 rolls of normal dice (with K=6 %26amp; L=2), plot the histogram. Use “hist”, and to find out how, type “help hist”.
b.Repeat for 10000 dice rolls. What shape do you see?
c.Repeat (a) %26amp; (b) for K=12 %26amp; L=3.
How to write a function to simulate the roll of L dice with K faces? the function should return the sum.?
in which language
New York in general?
Hi! I have just passed out as a C.I.A. (Certified Internal Auditor) and I was wondering how much do they make in New York? What about living conditions and expenses? The Rand (South Africa) to Dollar ratio does not look good thus far. I need as much info on New York as possible as I am thinking of moving there like next year or whenever? Crime? People?
Thanks in advance!
New York in general?
crime? new york city is now one of the safest cities in the usa.
however, if you are homesick, and want a taste of south africa, go to east new york. south africa is 2000% more dangerous than anything you will find in east new york, let alone new york city in general; but if you want crime, then crime ye shall find.
Reply:Contrary to many people's misinformation, NYC is not the most crime ridden city in the USA (that's Phoenix, NYC is not even in the top ten), nor is New York the most expensive (that is San Francisco).
New York is a port city, built on several islands. This has led to NYC being divided into the five boroughs (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island). Manhattan has most of the business and governmental offices, with some in Brooklyn. Queens and Staten Island are largely residential, and probably have the least expensive locations for living.
I've never heard of a Certified Internal Auditor, although it sounds almost as ominous as the other meaning for CIA. lol
Reply:I always had a bad image of NYC (probably from movies and their horrible crime rates of the past). But I was in NYC for 5 days over New Years and I absolutely loved it! The people were nice, the streets felt safe and I'd definitely go back! I know living in Manhattan is very pricey though and a lot of people commute in from Staten Island, etc. I think you will enjoy NYC!
Reply:well....I would say New York City is a very pricey place to live....cuz my dad was an officer of NYPD and my mom was a defense attourney and when I was younger we lived in Manhatten and I remember it was quite a bit of money....our house we bought was $1,095,000 and that was a 6 bedroom and one bath....I have no idea about their mortage and stuff....and then the crime stats here are like...well just read this
The city's murder rate so far has dropped dramatically. There have been 84 murders through Sunday, and the Post reports that's an "average of roughly one per day - an astonishing figure compared to the early 1990s when six New Yorkers were killed during a typical 24-hour period." For reference, last year, there were 117 murders during the same period.
Additionally, shootings are down 20% versus the same period last year (203 incidents in 2007, 254 during first quarter 2006) and arrests are up 11.6%. David Kennedy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Center for Crime Prevention and Control tells the Times, "There isn’t any other big city that continues to show these remarkable results for such a long time. The national crime decline is over.”
But one concern is the violence against police officers. While the Mayor focuses on the illegal firearms on the streets, the NY Sun speaks to some who believe much of the violence is due to anti-cop sentiment. City Councilman Peter Vallone says, "Officers are being attacked solely because they are wearing blue." Sidebar: When asked by the Observer about the NYPD's spying on fellow Council member Charles Barron, Vallone said Barron had it coming - "Although any group that Charles Barron is associated with—since he has actually made threats against the police, by saying ‘We’re not the only ones who bleed’—probably should be monitored."
yeah so thats basically why me and my hubby live in Jersey City, NJ
and people no comments there
hope I helped
~Megan Nicole~
Reply:Good luck with one of if not the most expensive city in the world in which to live. YOU DO NOT WANT TO LIVEN IN STATEN ISLAND, Trust me! New York is great and there is awesome diversity and a lot to do. All of that aside the average person in NY pays over half their salary just for a place to live, likely even more than that.
Reply:I'm not sure of what your salary will be like, but I am very familiar with the city. It is very, very expensive to live there, and is only getting more expensive. Even places once thought to be bad areas, like Harlem, are now very nice. Of course there are always bad blocks and bad blocks but if you're in a good apartment crime will be minimal. Be conscious of everything and you will learn a lot. It is a great place to live. There are so many types of people but overall they are great.
nobile
Thanks in advance!
New York in general?
crime? new york city is now one of the safest cities in the usa.
however, if you are homesick, and want a taste of south africa, go to east new york. south africa is 2000% more dangerous than anything you will find in east new york, let alone new york city in general; but if you want crime, then crime ye shall find.
Reply:Contrary to many people's misinformation, NYC is not the most crime ridden city in the USA (that's Phoenix, NYC is not even in the top ten), nor is New York the most expensive (that is San Francisco).
New York is a port city, built on several islands. This has led to NYC being divided into the five boroughs (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island). Manhattan has most of the business and governmental offices, with some in Brooklyn. Queens and Staten Island are largely residential, and probably have the least expensive locations for living.
I've never heard of a Certified Internal Auditor, although it sounds almost as ominous as the other meaning for CIA. lol
Reply:I always had a bad image of NYC (probably from movies and their horrible crime rates of the past). But I was in NYC for 5 days over New Years and I absolutely loved it! The people were nice, the streets felt safe and I'd definitely go back! I know living in Manhattan is very pricey though and a lot of people commute in from Staten Island, etc. I think you will enjoy NYC!
Reply:well....I would say New York City is a very pricey place to live....cuz my dad was an officer of NYPD and my mom was a defense attourney and when I was younger we lived in Manhatten and I remember it was quite a bit of money....our house we bought was $1,095,000 and that was a 6 bedroom and one bath....I have no idea about their mortage and stuff....and then the crime stats here are like...well just read this
The city's murder rate so far has dropped dramatically. There have been 84 murders through Sunday, and the Post reports that's an "average of roughly one per day - an astonishing figure compared to the early 1990s when six New Yorkers were killed during a typical 24-hour period." For reference, last year, there were 117 murders during the same period.
Additionally, shootings are down 20% versus the same period last year (203 incidents in 2007, 254 during first quarter 2006) and arrests are up 11.6%. David Kennedy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice's Center for Crime Prevention and Control tells the Times, "There isn’t any other big city that continues to show these remarkable results for such a long time. The national crime decline is over.”
But one concern is the violence against police officers. While the Mayor focuses on the illegal firearms on the streets, the NY Sun speaks to some who believe much of the violence is due to anti-cop sentiment. City Councilman Peter Vallone says, "Officers are being attacked solely because they are wearing blue." Sidebar: When asked by the Observer about the NYPD's spying on fellow Council member Charles Barron, Vallone said Barron had it coming - "Although any group that Charles Barron is associated with—since he has actually made threats against the police, by saying ‘We’re not the only ones who bleed’—probably should be monitored."
yeah so thats basically why me and my hubby live in Jersey City, NJ
and people no comments there
hope I helped
~Megan Nicole~
Reply:Good luck with one of if not the most expensive city in the world in which to live. YOU DO NOT WANT TO LIVEN IN STATEN ISLAND, Trust me! New York is great and there is awesome diversity and a lot to do. All of that aside the average person in NY pays over half their salary just for a place to live, likely even more than that.
Reply:I'm not sure of what your salary will be like, but I am very familiar with the city. It is very, very expensive to live there, and is only getting more expensive. Even places once thought to be bad areas, like Harlem, are now very nice. Of course there are always bad blocks and bad blocks but if you're in a good apartment crime will be minimal. Be conscious of everything and you will learn a lot. It is a great place to live. There are so many types of people but overall they are great.
nobile
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