Rick Badie / My Opinion

By LT5000

January 13, 2009 12:52 PM | Link to this

Blubbering Badie strikes again.

Absolutely nothing else to write about in Gwinnett.

Except for the fast track deportations at the Gwinnett County Detention Center.

Or the rash of Illegal Immigrant crime that has struck Gwinnett.

According to the Sheriff 60% of foreign born inmates are here illegally.

I guess to a journalist of Badie’s caliber, this just isn’t news.

LT5000

By BW

January 13, 2009 1:28 PM | Link to this

Works for me, I pay more than that for a car service. Now if they could land at the train station, it would be a great deal. Take Amtrak and see the country.

By Michael H. Smith

January 13, 2009 3:13 PM | Link to this

It would be a great idea if it offered direct one way flights from the Gwinnett County jail to Chiapas, Mexico.

Family discount plans should be offered for humanitarian reasons of course. Don’t want to be “falsely accused” of splitting up families.

By SiSePuede

January 13, 2009 3:44 PM | Link to this

By Michael H. Smith

January 13, 2009 3:13 PM | Link to this

It would be a great idea if it offered direct one way flights from the Gwinnett County jail to Chiapas, Mexico.

What a POS.

By SiSePuede

January 13, 2009 3:45 PM | Link to this

By Michael H. Smith

January 13, 2009 3:13 PM | Link to this

It would be a great idea if it offered direct one way flights from the Gwinnett County jail to Chiapas, Mexico.

What a POS.

By Bubba

January 13, 2009 4:00 PM | Link to this

I guess it’s OK, if Mr. Mintz promises not to ask the government for a bail out in a year when the business fails.

By NoPodemos

January 13, 2009 4:05 PM | Link to this

So you typed “POS”? Wow, what an incredibly intelligent remark! :/

We don’t need illegal-immigrant criminals here. Honest, nice people, willing to abide by US laws and customs? Yes. Please keep your comments to yourself, Senor Negativo, aka “SiSePuede” (usted no puede).

I don’t know, $79 to Hartsfield… the time for going to the Gwinnett airport, then boarding, then flying, then into Hartsfield, takes more time than for me to just drive down there!

Oh well…

By Michael H. Smith

January 13, 2009 4:34 PM | Link to this

I didn’t type POS but out of curiosity and being nosy, what part of illegal means law abiding?

Or did I misunderstand the possible implication in the use of the term “illegal immigrant criminals”?

By nana

January 13, 2009 6:22 PM | Link to this

This might work for some who live fairly close to the Gwinnett Airport or those who live further out. By the time we could get to the Gwinnett Airport we could be halfway to Hartsfield. I agree with Mr. Smith on the Mexico flights. I would probably even support a temporary tax (if there is such a thing) to collect the money to get it done.

By Michael H. Smith

January 13, 2009 7:40 PM | Link to this

I’d even support a “Special Earmark” to fund those flights or any other flights necessary to send “any illegal alien” back home, nana.

¡Con No Problemo!

In direct answer to the blog question: I don’t think these flights will be big a money maker.

By T

January 14, 2009 6:12 AM | Link to this

I am very doubtful this will last. I will be curious to see the actual number of people on the 4-flights a day.

I live in Hall County and frequently travel to the airport. It’s a straight shot for me and takes between 45 minutes and 1 hour and 15 minutes, to get there depending on traffic.

I live about 20 minutes from the Lawrenceville airport. By the time I drive there (at least 30-minutes before the flight leaves), board a plane, get to the Atlanta airport, get off at whatever terminal they are landing at, go to the area of my flight and wait again. I’d say that would be at least a 2-hour ordeal.

Even if you live 5-minutes away from the Lawrenceville airport it will still be time consuming.

My prediction … FAILURE!

By Mary's Mom

January 14, 2009 9:33 AM | Link to this

Hi Michael I meant the “POS” by the previous poster with the “Yes We Can” (SiSePuede) ‘name.’

Si se puede salir estados unidos. ;)

The attention w******* in the media have a hell of a lot of nerve defending the illegral immigrant criminals in jail/prison and hopefully on their way out.

Defending people who would just assume kill you, rob you, and rape your family is beyond ignorance.

By LT5000

January 14, 2009 11:09 AM | Link to this

Here’s another topic Blubbering Badie won’t touch with a 10ft pole, even if they offer a free Denny’s Grandslam breakfast with it.

LAWRENCEVILLE - Gwinnett County officials are applying to expand their authority to check immigration status before giving public benefits, at a time when legislators could yank state funding for those failing to live up to a nearly three-year-old state law.

Officials announced last year they would check immigration status of those applying for occupation tax certificates, also known as business licenses. Despite checking compliance since September, officials just approved applying for a new memorandum of understanding with the federal Department of Homeland Security last week to allow for the extension of the SAVE program.

If people want the real Gwinnett news, I suggest the Gwinnett Daily Post. More accurate and reliable than the soon to be defunct AJC.

Certainly we can’t rely on Blubbering Badie to act like a real journalist.

LT5000

By Michael H. Smith

January 14, 2009 11:25 AM | Link to this

I feel the media is not alone Mary’s Mom in the misappropriate use of never when it comes to defending any illegal aliens. The double negative term of “illegal immigrant criminals” is often used as an attempt to make illegal immigrants something less than criminal.

As I asked: What part of illegal means law abiding?

Many people try to justify illegal immigration by saying things like, they didn’t kill anybody, they didn’t rob anybody, they are just hard working people that want to feed their families.

Hooey.

It is very hard to fathom how any illegal alien hasn’t robbed somebody.

Anyhow, I wish Wings Air the best of luck in this shuttle venture. They’ll probably need it and more.

By ra

January 14, 2009 11:27 AM | Link to this

So - you can get from Lawrenceville to Hartsfield one-way for $79, board your plane at Hartsfield, go on your trip, fly back to Hartsfield —- hmmmm —- so what then?? You have no car at Hartsfield to drive home and no flight offered back to Lawrenceville. That cab drive home will be a killer unless you want to take Marta. Doesn’t make sense to me.

By Mort Merkel

January 14, 2009 12:20 PM | Link to this

Sure. Why not? But, I’d have more faith in this thing if it didn’t carry the name of an old sitcom.

One good thing did come out of Wings, though … Thomas Haden Church is a fine actor. And, Crystal Bernard was not bad to look at in those days.

By BW

January 14, 2009 12:55 PM | Link to this

ra, think about it, they have to get them back to Lawrenceville, the only problem is booking flights to meet their scheduule.

Mort Merkel,I agree, Crystal Bernard was not bad to look at in those days.

Rick, a 15 mimute ride to the airport, what time do you go 2 a.m.? I take a car service when we go on vacations, my wife packs enough for several months, from the minute they pull in the driveway I don’t touch a piece of luggage. Instead of the hassle of driving, paying to park my car for a month and lugging all the bags around it’s well worth the money.

By BW

January 14, 2009 1:25 PM | Link to this

Now to the other subject, the one I didn’t notice in Rick’s orginal, I guess reading between the lines is fact.

It dawned on me the other day when all the fan fair was going on, something our sheriff’s PR man is good at. What happens to the citizens of the United States, you can’t deport a citizen now can you? Now how many illegals have children who are citizens of the United States?

Like in years before every new wave of immgrants protected one another, something we lost years ago. I know, what mother would leave her child, many I would guess with legal relatives, until they could sneak back and as we know it’s not very hard.

Now the kicker, the child being a citizen of the United States is entitled to all the welfare and schooling that the United States provides. And remember many of these illegal children have reached the age of eighteen by now and no one can touch them.

They tried to keep the Irish out, the Italians out, the Jews out and on it goes, let me knoe when you win.

By nana

January 14, 2009 1:52 PM | Link to this

There is a lot of difference between the illegal immigrants of today and the last 10-15 years and the ones BW is talking about. So many differences I don’t have the time (or the desire) to list them.

By BW

January 14, 2009 2:01 PM | Link to this

Whats the difference?

By Michael H. Smith

January 14, 2009 2:33 PM | Link to this

Now that we got off the other subject of Amtrak that didn’t appear in Rick’s blog let me know when rapid rail wins. Millions of Chinese were brought into this country illegally to build the railroads dirt cheap, or as our Governor would say, “take advantage of low construction costs”, later to be excluded and treated worse than dogs, living as Paper Sons.

By now you would think everybody should know illegal immigration never works out very well in this country for anybody, as though the lessons of African slaves wasn’t enough to prevent an Asian indenturing. Even when too large of numbers like the Irish that came legally, domestic tranquility is disturb in violation of the Constitution because America was never able to accept or meant to accept, an unruly rapid change that does not conform to ours laws, the national identity, culture, language and customs, and it never will.

There were no winners then and there will be no winners now. The masters of commerce will gain in some degree and America will pay the awful costs, as the nation yet tries to correct another preventable wrong.

By LT5000

January 14, 2009 2:44 PM | Link to this

Nana,

The difference is that 15 years ago BW had to cruise for several hours before he could find a young illegal Mexican boy to take advantage of.

Now he just has to hit Jimmy Carter Blvd for about 1 minute till he gets his daily ration of Illegal Mexican Chorizo.

LT5000

By BW

January 14, 2009 2:57 PM | Link to this

MHS, the subject of Amtrak should be rather easy to figure out, if they can fly to the airport it would be nice to also be able to fly to the Amtrak station. The plug for Amtrak was far off the subject, just a tree-huggers attempt to inform people it’s a nicer way to travel if you have the time and it uses far, far less fuel.

I do apologize for detroying the thread, how inconsiderate of me.

LT it’s always nice to see you comment, it proves Gwinnett hasn’t lost it’s Village Idiot, you wear the dunce cap well LT.

By Michael H. Smith

January 14, 2009 3:31 PM | Link to this

BW the subject of direct deportation flights to Mexico from the County jail should be rather easy to figure out, if they can fly to Atlanta they can fly to Chiapas and save taxpayer’s time and money: Just a conservative illegal immigration abolitionist’s attempt at ridding a broken government of waste, fraud and abuse to serve the greater good of government efficiency.

Leave no sorrows for polishing any facet of a stone from which the brilliance of fractured light may be shown.

PS. I’m sure this is plagiary though forgive my inadequacies to properly accredit whomever I’ve plagiarized.

By BW

January 14, 2009 3:37 PM | Link to this

Use Amtrak, can fit more and it uses far, far less fuel.

By Maniacal Pariah

January 14, 2009 3:58 PM | Link to this

How many passengers can the air shuttle handle in one flight to the airport?

By Whispering Bert

January 14, 2009 4:05 PM | Link to this

Build an Amtrak station in Gwinnett and they will come to your field of dreams.

Build Amtrak into maglift train system and I might ride the dang thing myself.

By LT5000

January 14, 2009 4:28 PM | Link to this

First BW (aka Brucie the Dumbass) whines on and on about the Gwinnett Stadium, now he wants to build an Amtrak station.

I’m pretty sure that would be a lot more expensive than an stadium. But Brucie has heard that the bathroom stalls are good for “cruising”, which is why he probably the only reason he supports it.

LT5000

By Cletus Snow

January 14, 2009 5:43 PM | Link to this

As long as they don’t get any subsidies,grants or bailouts, who cares what they do. letthem fly anywhere they like.

By Jim Swilley

January 15, 2009 8:13 AM | Link to this

The company won’t make enough money to stay in business for long, especially once gas prices rise again in the summer.

By Mary's Mom

January 15, 2009 8:50 AM | Link to this

One more thing about the air travel to Hartsfield: There’s too much left to chance.

Having to depend on another flight to get you to your “real” flight just adds to the complications and increases your chance to miss your flight at Hartsfield!

I don’t leave expensive flights to chance. If I drive to Hartsfield (and leave early enough), at least I know for SURE I’ll get there and not miss my flight. The way things are today with ridiculous security and wait times at Hartsfield I’d rather not take any chances.

A shuttle service or etc. would be better.