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Your bigoted slip is showing again.

Yip. The butterflies in the stomach are still there, they are just flying in formation now.

There is a very distinct pattern in all these threads:- The same people who post all the anti-muslim bigotry, are also the most vehement homophobes, and they spend a lot of time vilifying their black President. Meeting a black, gay muslim from Mexico must be their worst nightmare.

It would be interesting to consider the evolution of 'language-capable life' in the various niches of that environment.

My sentiments exactly.

What is the minimum age for enlistment in the US? (When I was 18 I was a qualified platoon leader and instructor and I had spent time on the border.)

Purely as a matter if intereset (given that we have our own very serious problem down here), what is your ratio of success stories vs hard-luck stories? Without pushing this into SC, just what "serious problem" are you referring to? I mean, I'm not saying there aren't problems relating to immigration - I just think your comment could do with some expansion... I also don't want to push this to SC, lest the usual suspects end up bashing Obama, Bush, Muslims, each other.. People ligitimately immigrating to SA are usually welcomed, but we have probably the most porous borders on the continent.....

Purely as a matter if intereset (given that we have our own very serious problem down here), what is your ratio of success stories vs hard-luck stories?

There may be. Coincidence?

Spotting out the door (eg. a C182) also adds dramatically to the noise levels you ears are subjected to.

Jo is going to like you!

Well, as long as it is consensual, all is good. No?

I believe a US Senate sub-commitee can subpoena non-citizens should the need arise. I don't know what they would do if the non-citizen still 'declines'.

huh? Well, this is The Bonfire, after all.

I can't help but wonder what the world's reaction would have been had this atrocity taken place in a fan park in London, New York or Madrid and not in a poor African country such as Uganda. Even here on SC, not one single reply to your post.

Vote for the goal of the tournament. I wonder why that USA goal against England is not in the top ten?

Not only this! Big deal: Sylvie van der Vaart has been mugged!! What a foulness that is But that happened in her hotel at my hometown few weeks ago - (), not in South Africa .... She obviously wasn't carrying a gun then?

But can they shoot?

Thanks, Christel. Yes, I think we put on an excellent show and I believe the tournament as a whole was a great success. Very sad news coming out of Uganda: Bombs killed more than sixty people while they were watching the game last night.

He has chosen Spain.

And England gets a consolation prize:- Webb will ref the final.

Just goes to show - once again solid experience trumps the 'Mad Skillz' of talented youngsters. Mouth watering final on Sunday!

Agreed -- Uruguay has had an easy path to the semis and has not faced a team with the momentum, confidence and talent that Holland has. Perhaps not crushed, but Uruguay was completely out-played. The goal by Van Bronckhorst was an absolute blinder - so far my 'goal of the tournament'.