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OMG! ~ Holiday Shopping

ahh!...the Zhu Zhu hamster and I just found out about this odd/HOT toy of the 2009 Holiday season. Literally, my daughter told me about a week ago that she wanted it and to my utter anoyance, I found it to be sold out everywhere!...when I think about it, I remember her saying that she wanted it some time ago while watching one of the hundreds of toy commercials...and might I add, as I did when I was a kid, that my daughter wants EVERYTHING on every commercial so how was I sopose to forcast this one?...oh well, for one of the many toys that my kids will use for a couple to a few weeks after Christmas and than forget about it when the next new thing comes out of nowhere...I think we'll all live! =)

P.S. Originally $8-$10, you can buy it on E-bay for 2-3X more $$$ of course.

Happy Holidays and we hope you find the true meaning of your Christmas Day!

XOXO

Illegal Immigrants...with the economy as it is this is so not fair!

Granted these statics are 3 years old. But...I know that if nothing else the percentages/numbers have increased. In my profession alone, I have come accross more and more Social Security numbers/cards that are fraudulent and these people with the fraudulent SS #'s have decent jobs; receive excellent pay from L&I plus paid medical; DSHS Services for them and their families. Who wouldn't walk in the dead dark and trek a hundred miles for such welcoming opportunities for themselves and their families for the rest of their lives?.....In the meantime, my husband has been unemployed for 6 months and we are stuggling to pay bills/debt increases and between both of us we work 3 part time jobs [1 temp] that pay minimal to support our 3 kids.

http://immigrationcounters.com/photos.html
2006 (First Quarter) INS/FBI Statistical Report on Undocumented Immigrants
CRIME STATISTICS 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
83% of warrants for murder in Phoenix are for illegal aliens.
86% of warrants for murder in Albuquerque are for illegal aliens.
75% of those on the most wanted list in Los Angeles, Phoenix and Albuquerque are illegal aliens.
24.9% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally
40.1% of all inmates in Arizona detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally
48.2% of all inmates in New Mexico detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally
29% (630,000) convicted illegal alien felons fill our state and federal prisons at a cost of $1.6 billion annually
53% plus of all investigated burglaries reported in California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and Texas are perpetrated by illegal aliens.
50% plus of all gang members in Los Angeles are illegal aliens from south of the border.
71% plus of all apprehended cars stolen in 2005 in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California were stolen by Illegal aliens or "transport coyotes".
47% of cited/stopped drivers in California have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 47%, 92% are illegal aliens.
63% of cited/stopped drivers in Arizona have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 63%, 97% are illegal aliens
66% of cited/stopped drivers in New Mexico have no license, no insurance and no registration for the vehicle. Of that 66% 98% are illegal aliens.
BIRTH STATISTICS 380,000 plus "anchor babies" were born in the U.S. in 2005 to illegal alien parents, making 380,000 babies automatically U.S.citizens.
97.2% of all costs incurred from those births were paid by the American taxpayers.
66% plus of all births in California are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers

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