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Comment on “American” Apparel, Kidnappings, and Fines in Depression-era Immigration Enforcement by uk visa

uk visa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:36:37 +0000

Fortunately Maria Gurrolla appears to have been reunited with her children:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A mother was reunited with her newborn son after losing him twice, first to a kidnapper and then to state custody after someone claimed a family member had tried to sell him.

The baby, Yair Anthony Carillo, and his three siblings – ages 3, 9 and 11 – were no longer in foster care, and authorities said Tuesday they do not believe parents Maria Gurrolla and Jose Carillo were involved in the abduction.

Regarding the bigger picture – it’s time for President Obama to show leadership…

Comment on No Border Wall Walk- Publicity by Edward Lane

Edward Lane — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:09:41 +0000

Your blog is so informative … ..I just bookmarked you….keep up the good work!!!!

Comment on A Jaguarundi Sighting… by Morgan F Abney

Morgan F Abney — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:47:16 +0000

At present time out where i live close to Andice Texas i am convinced that i have a Jagarundi liveing here she has been showing up for the pst month I dont think she is very old but she seems to have taken up here as i have a self feeder out in my shed with a cat door and from the amount of food that i am putting out as i have a self feeder i know she is here and she is on the best terms with a nutered tom that i have enjoy watching her at night when she comes easeing up on my deck to eat out of morris food as i also put out 2 cans of fncy feast daily any comments as to what i should do around her would be appericqted as she is young and i dont want to scare her off

Comment on A Jaguarundi Sighting… by Susan Grossman

Susan Grossman — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:48:21 +0000

The other night, our household was woken by the cat rocketing around from window to window, yowling. My husband looked out the window and yelled, because looking back at him was a chocolate-agouti catlike animal with a long neck, rounded ears, round face, and canary yellow eyes…and it was standing with all four feet on the ground looking in the window–which is about 2-1/2 feet from ground level. It was watching the hysterical house kitty with what my husband said looked like an expression of amusement, and then it just turned and left.

When I showed him the photo from your website, he said, “Yes, that was the face in the window! Those eyes weren’t like any cat eyes I’ve ever seen.”

Last night at 9 or so I was walking across the development and yelled inside my head, “Holy…what IS that thing?” upon seeing a creature that looked sort of like a cat, except that it was a good 2-1/2 feet long, had a long neck, small head, a proportionately long body, and a long heavy tail that it carried near the ground. It hitched at its shoulders when it walked, like a cougar. It paused, looked at me, and merely went on its way into the shadows.

We saw it tonight, too, just after sunset; it is hard to see because it stays in the shadows.

We live in an apartment development in northeast Austin off a main drag. But there is a lot of brush around the development, ample rodents around the garbage dumpsters, and rumors of a population of jaguarundi in the hill country that is 20 minutes away by car.

I keep telling myself, “It’s just a domestic cat…a really, really, huge, strangely shaped domestic cat that sent the housecat into hysterics and is 2-1/2 feet high…” and then I say, “Nah, that was no kitty cat.” The only thing that fits its description is a juagarundi.

Many other animals have adapted to exploiting human habitats…so I wonder.

I hope I can get a better look at it, because whatever it is, this is clearly part of it habitually patrolled territory. I’ll be somewhat disappointed if it turns out to be just a monstrous domestic cat, although I’ll wonder about what genetic experiment produced the creature.

Comment on Citizenship Day 2009 by Citizenship day « MooreBlogLife

Citizenship day « MooreBlogLife — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:41:02 +0000

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Comment on Outburst Over Immigrant Health by uk visa

uk visa — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:50:46 +0000

‘Rep. Joe Wilson from South Carolina shouted, “You lie” in one of the most overtly disrespectful acts of uncivil discourse seen in political discourse.’
One has to question if Rep. Joe Wilson would have behaved that way to a white president – imho it was there was a racist angle to it that no apology can undo.

Comment on Quinceaneras and Coming of Age as a Mexican-American by sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:50:27 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

Comment on No Border Wall Walk by Clasby

Clasby — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:46:39 +0000

this was an interesting post, i’ll be sure to implement some fo what i read.

Comment on Poetry of the Fields by uk visa

uk visa — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:14:28 +0000

‘Life’s margins shaving closer and closer’.
Very powerful words.
I was talking to friends in S. California who say that since the border has become less porous some farmers are stopping farming – they say that in theory Americans are happy to work in the fields, in practice the harvest rots.

Comment on Last Days as a Migrant Farmworker Advocate by uk visa

uk visa — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:11:18 +0000

Hi Matthew
Your time as a migrant farmworker advocate has passed so quickly, it seems like only a week or two since I read you were starting!
To think some people go through law school, and then practice law, without ever caring about their clients the way you appear to.
It is of course a double edged sword but I commend you on wielding it and your intellect on the side of decency and caring.
Godspeed.