Miguel, is always good to be reminded of our true ancestry... and I bet there are a few that are surprised that "America" does not start and end within the confines of the United States borders.

Good research...very basic, and very much to the point...

I like bass... we go fishing every other weekend... the bass supply is endless in my house!

Thanks Daniel... I will definitely have to read HBP before reading Deadly Hollows... I'll start tonight

Wow! and here I thought I had memorized everything in the Potter books! Hats off to you!

Voldemort was still Tom Riddle when he asked Dumbledore for a job right? But I don't think he could turn an object into a horcrux through looking at it and a silent/mental spell...

Guess we are going to have to wait for the book...

I don't think is the Mirror of Erised... Remember that it was Dumbledore himself who put it away at the end of Philosopher's Stone. He wouldn't be looking for it now, would he? I am going to have to read Half Blood Prince again... I have only read it once, and I am still a bit confused about the horcruxes and all...

a spell to bring the dead back to life? Something like what Voldemort did... and the fact that Dumbledore's pet is a phoenix and the phoenix sings during Dumbledore's funeral, is a bit indicative of the not dissapearance of Dumbledore. It has also been speculated that Sirius is not dead, he fell through the veil, and it is not totally certain if the people behind the veil are dead or not... My least favorite book was HBP... and it is the only one I haven't re-read.

I think that the life debt owed to James Potter by Snape, has been paid... unless a debt like that is never paid in full.

Maybe the two deaths will be those of Harry and Voldemort, both... in some fashion, they are part of each other. They cannot coexist, but in the same way, I don't think they can even exist one without the other...When Voldemort tried to kill Harry as a baby he transfered along to Harry some of his own powers such as the ability to speak Parsel, and Harry is a not completeley trained Legillimens, hence one of the reasons to train him in Occlumency. By taking Harry's blood to get his body back, he is connected in yet another way to Harry. Both their wands are made with Feathers of the same Phoenix, Faukes, Dumbledore's pet...

Dumbledore cannot perpetuate his presence and he was really old... and by taking that potion he was really dying... and the Philosopher's stone was destroyed, that's what Nicholas Flamel used to make the potion for long life...

Harry and Ginny will be a couple, but at the end of Deadly Hollows, if he survives... and Ron and Hermione will be too

I am getting a migraine now....

Will it be possible that Dumbledore is dead but not dead? able to come back? through some powerful magic?

Unlike what many people think, Harry Potter is not a book for children. Is about children. I enjoy these books immensely. Pity the series will end so soon...

cutlildevilsmom try and read them... they get better and better...

I am going this weekend... I am taking all my children and my daughter's boyfriend... they need me to interpret for them... not languag...they can't follow the fast pace and the action...

so excited we all are!

The Deathly Hollows has not been released in the UK nor any part of the world as of yet... It will be released next week my dear.

that is an interesting theory about Dumbledore and Snape... I hope Snape is the one that dies... he is no good, no matter what dumbledore thinks... the other one that dies must be Harry or Voldemort... According to the Prophecy, they cannot coexist... one can't live if the other one is alive, and if I remember correctly, that was the whole point of Voldemort trying to kill Harry as a baby, because he was going to be his doom... But Voldemort never heard the whole prophecy... that's why he wanted to steal it from the Ministry...

I guess we will have to wait until next week...

Thank you, thank you sooo much, you all!!!!

Not just mnissing but he did take some creative license as well... Dolores Umbridge is nothing as I pictured her... How's the scene when she (Dolores Umbridge) is taken to the Forbidden Forest and left with the Centaurs? And Hagrid's half brother? I guess I can't wait to see the movie huh?

HP and the order of the Phoenix won't be released in Panama until Friday, so it's even longer for us here, and I am already on the list at the bookstore to get the book once it hits the stands, which will be on the 21st, midnight... I can't hardly wait... It will be a marathon reading during that week!

Order of the Phoenix was so complicated, I am wondering how the director pulled off the battle at the Ministry, and the scenes of the mayhem caused by the Weasley twins when escaping Hogwarts... all the firecrackers and the cheer madness of it...

and BTW, I can't stand Sponge Bob... My 8 yr positively rofl watching it, and I just can't find the "funny" in it...

I will, later on today... I am getting ready to go to work...

Hello y'all! I have been away for more than a few days... to all my friends that were concerned, please be at ease, everything is fine... for those who are not friends yet and were wondering where in the world did I go to, well, I am here.

I just wanted to say Hello! And I'll be joining in the Forums very soon.

Quoting the OP:

"1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year. http://tinyurl.com/zob77

2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html

4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English! http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for

Welfare & social services by the American taxpayers. http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html

9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American

wages are caused by the illegal aliens. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html

10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular, their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the United States . http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html

11. During the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500 illegal aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs, cocaine, meth, heroine and marijuana, crossed into

the U. S. from the Southern border. Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht

12. The National Policy Institute, "estimated that the total cost of mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year period." http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf

13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm

14. "The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States ". http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml

So using the LOWEST estimates, the annual cost OF ILLEGAL ALIENS is $338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR! So if deporting them costs between $206 and $230 BILLION DOLLARS, We'll be ahead after the 1st year!! "

What's the overall Budget for all those programs mentioned before?

"30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens." http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html - What about the other 70%???


13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back to their countries of origin. http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm
- The fact that they entered the US illegaly or legaly does not change that they worked for their money, they can do as they please with it... How many billions were deposited in foreign accounts by "legal" citizens/aliens?

I am quite sure that there are visas for temporary/season workers that
are sponsored by the companies. But these should be closely monitored by
the immigration Department.

In regards with minimum wages, although a field laborer works harder
(physically) than a receptionist, the minimum wages are different...
depending on the industry, those are the salaries that are paid, right?

I don't condone illegal immigraytin, but I think there are two sides to
it... not only employers or business owners employing illegal for less
than minimum wages, but what about those authorities that are fully
aware of how and when these illegals enter the country? It has nothing
to do with Congress... The medium commands are in charge of enforcing
these laws, and they are not doing it. These authorities should be
doing their jobs. Not blaming others for their inability to cope.

Whenever margarine is to hard to spread I nuke it in the microwave oven,
and it melts...

I haven't tried leaving it outside, but if it sits on the kitchen
counter it becomes a puddle, unusable... Is panamanian margarine in
anyway different? Anyhow, I like the taste of butter better...

I only use velveeta cheese to make baked macarroni... You mean to tell
me is not cheese? What have I been feeding my family?

I want to barf...

3 1/2? You could also try songs in a different language... Spanish
lullabies are really nice.

"El Arca de Noe" (Noah's Ark) will teach him animal sounds...

Hokie Pokie is an all time favorite, itsy bitsy spider, any disney's
songs: I favor "Following the leader" (Peter Pan), Under the Sea (Little
Mermaid), you can also get him the Disney's sing along tapes/CD's... The
Wheels on the Bus go round and round...

Maybe Google under Children's song...

Good luck, and tell us the final result

Terese, it would be enlightening to others if you can provide some
advice in the forums... I understand you not liking to post, but maybe
some general guidelines? There are a few others here that could use
some guidance, it gets desperate at times...

Please Kate, let us know how it develops, please.