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Not that Al Michaels is any more intelligent, but for years the two of them account for the stupidest things ever said by any sports broadcaster. Even their-more-than-obvious-Dallas Cowboys-bias makes it worse.

This has been around for a bit, but I thought is was worth sharing and debating:
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas is a fairly famous institution and for a variety of reasons:
1. John F. Kennedy died there in 1963
2. Lee Harvey Oswald died there shortly after
3. Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, died there a few years later by coincidence
On the flip side, Parkland is also home to the second busiest maternity ward in the country with almost 16,000 new babies arriving each year. (That’s almost 44 per day — every day)
A recent patient survey indicated that 70 percent of the women who gave birth at Parkland in the first three months of 2006 were illegal immigrants.’ Crikey, that’s 11,200 anchor babies born every year just in Dallas. According to the article, the hospital spent $70.7 million delivering 15,938 babies in 2004 but managed to end up with almost $8 million dollars in surplus funding. Medicaid kicked in $34.5 million, Dallas County taxpayers kicked in $31.3 million and the feds tossed in another $9.5 million.
The average patient in Parkland’s maternity wards is 25 years old, married and giving birth to her second child. She is also an illegal immigrant. By law, pregnant women cannot be denied medical care based on their immigration status or ability to pay. OK, fine. That doesn’t mean they should receive better care than everyday, middle-class American citizens. But at Parkland Hospital, they do.
Parkland Memorial Hospital has nine prenatal clinics. NINE. The Dallas Morning News article followed a Hispanic woman who was a patient at one of the clinics and pregnant with her third child — her previous two were also born at Parkland. Her first two deliveries were free and the Mexican native was grateful because it would have cost $200 to have them in Mexico. This time, the hospital wants her to pay $10 per visit and $100 for the delivery but she was unsure if she could come up with the money. Not that it matters, the hospital won’t turn her away. (I wonder why they even bother asking at this point.)
How long has this been going on? What are the long-term effects? Well, another subject of the article was born at Parkland in 1986 shortly after her mother entered the U.S. Illegally — now she is having her own child there as well. (That’s right, she’s technically a U.S. Citizen.) These women receive free prenatal care including medication, nutrition, birthing classes and child care classes. They also get freebies such as car seats, bottles, diapers and formula.
Most of these things are available to American citizens as well but only for low-income applicants and even then, the red tape involved is almost insurmountable.
Because these women are illegal immigrants they do not have to provide any sort of legitimate identification — no proof of income. An American citizen would have to provide a social security number which would reveal their annual income — an illegal immigrant need only claim to be poor and the hospital must take them at their word.
My husband is a pilot for the United States Navy (yes, he fought in Iraq) and while the health care is good, we Navy wives don’t get any of these perks! Car seats? Diapers? Not so much. So my question is this: Does our public medical care system treat illegal immigrants better than American citizens? Yes it does!
As I mentioned, the care I have received is perfectly adequate but it’s bare bones, meat and potato medical care — not top of line.
Their (the illegals) medical care is free — simply because they are illegal immigrants? Once again, there is no way to verify their income. Parkland Hospital offers indigent care to Dallas County earn less than $40,000 per year. (They also have to prove that they did not refuse health coverage at their current job. Yeah, the ‘free’ care is not so easy for Americans.)
There are about 140 patients who received roughly $4 million dollars for un-reimbursed medical care. As it turns out, they did not qualify for free treatment because they resided outside of Dallas County. So the hospital is going to sue them! Illegals get it all free! But U.S. citizens who live outside of Dallas County get sued! How stupid is this?
As if that isn’t annoying enough, the illegal immigrant patients are actually complaining about hospital staff not speaking Spanish. In this AP story, the author speaks with a woman who is upset that she had to translate comments from the hospital staff into Spanish for her husband. The doctor was trying to explain the situation to the family and the mother was forced to translate for her husband who only spoke Spanish. This was apparently a great injustice to her.
In an attempt to create a Spanish-speaking staff, Parkland Hospital is now providing incentives in the form of extra pay for applicants who speak Spanish. Additionally, medical students at the University of Texas Southwestern for which Parkland Hospital is the training facility will now have a Spanish language requirement added to their already jammed-packed curriculum. No other school in the country boasts such a ridiculous multi-semester (multicultural) requirement.

On the days following the defeat of the Dallas Mavericks… Shaquille has stated that Miami Heat were the world champions.
Even though, the Heat are national champions… his statement makes me wonder how ignorant he actually is. Someone turned to me and told me he has his Masters in Business Administration. A MBA??? You’re kidding me, right?
Instead of researching it, I was wondering if anyone knew this question…

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In the 50’s/60’s, there was a bar-b-que establishment in Dallas, Texas, named Shoemaker’s. Served sliced meats with a thin bar-b-que sauce that contained no tomato products. They were in business for years with many stores but seem to disappear over night … however, I ‘ve never forgotten their bar-b-que sandwiches and the flavorful sauce. Got a really tasty sauce recipe with no tomato?

They are in Georgia and Dallas apparently.
Any information would be appreciated. I have their website so that’s not what I need. I’m just curious about business practices and what it is they do, exactly.
Thanks. =)

According to Mike Heika of the Dallas Morning News the NHL plans to release the 08-09 schedule on…. THURSDAY.http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/…
It’s in the last paragragh that starts “Briefly”.

that specializes in small businesses? I want to work with a company that is really professional, can do custom design work and is affordable. I’m not looking for the cheapest or the most dazzling. I just want good quality and a long term relationship. I want someone local so I can meet them and know who I am doing business with. I may be looking at having a custom website designed with a flash intro, perhaps a database. If I can get some video production and photography for the site at the same time, that would be really great. Recommendations?

I have realized that the owner of the New York Yankees George Steinbrenner has high expectations for his ball club, the New York Yankees. Every year, it seems that he wants his team to Win The World Series and if you do not win to his expectations, you face consequences
Also, why does Steinbrenner have high expectations that the owners of most other franchises. For example, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys Jerry Jones does not have consequences when the Cowboys do not make the post season. and the Owner of the NBA Detroit Pistons William Davidson does not have consequences for the team not winning the NBA Championship.
Why does New York Yankees owner have such high expectations for the Yankees baseball club when other team owners in other professional sports and Major League Baseball do not expect that everything has to be perfect?

We just moved to the area (4th & Redondo) and want to watch the Dallas game tomorrow. Any suggestions on a girl-friendly sports bar? In LA a cool place to go was The Happy Ending Bar on Sunset. The seating is restaurant style (booths) but they serve beer, as well as food and have 30+ flat screens through-out the place, all showing the game. Lots of jersey-wearing fans (guys AND girls) would turn out. It was awesome!
Now we need a new place to go in LB.
Thanks!