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MySpace Layouts nUCLEArcENTURy .COM's MySpace Profile Editor !This is me - 45 years old, married to the gorgeous Julie with 2 incredible kids, Kiz and Nono. I work in the construction industry and love time with the family, sports, music, dinner parties, movies, family holidays, wine, food, more wine, friends and pretty much life in general.Oh yes, and for my sins, I support Halifax Town FC. I live in an amazing house in the middle of nowhere somewhere in Yorkshire. I worship in Haworth at the Catholic church and co-run the older children's Liturgy Group with my mate Mark. Love it!! Meet the family. Here they all are.......This is my favourite photo of me with my late dad. Miss him so much.I just love theAs a nation, we have historically pillaged and colonised the majority of the world at one time or another and still we complain about migrant workers and asylum seekers entering our country. We abuse and terrorize these poor people for their audacity when they should be treated with respect and humanity and spared their dignity. We are force fed mis-information through the media about how we are inundated with ‘illegals’ who will ‘take our jobs, homes and welfare benefits’. This is so far removed from the truth. We throw these people into an asylum application system that is both divisive and loaded against them. They have to prove, with hard evidence, beyond all doubt that their application is warranted. We put them in limbo, often for years, with no right to work and systematically remove their dignity. We leave them exposed to the bigots, harnessed by our gutless oppressive Government, who try and drive them out. Why can’t we treat these people as pioneers from desperate lives and troubled homelands? Why can’t we welcome them, harness their talents and capabilities, let them contribute to the fabric of our society and ACCEPT them. Absolutely any half decent person prepared to visit an Immigration Centre anywhere in the country will hear the most chilling life stories from across the world and come to realise that these people need protection and help. It is such a small minority that abuse the system and hijack the headlines, far smaller than the amount of indigenous lazy scum that rape our benefit system and give nothing back but finger pointing and whining. We need a full amnesty NOW and a complete overhaul of the Immigration system, the Welfare State system and the Legal Aid System. In a letter to The Times in December 2005, The Archbishop of York, Dr. John Sentamu and many leading British religious leaders from all faiths expressed their disgust at the inhuman treatment asylum seekers are receiving here. The letter raises some important points and is a positive stand against the populist bile churned out against their plight. I urge you to visit the Strangers into Citizens website at www.strangersintocitizens.org.uk and listen to some of the testimonies. This is a wonderful campaign, not just from a humanitarian point of view, but from an economic point of view. Here is a short film about them.Probably my all time hero is Edward Van Halen. Since the release of Van Halen's eponymous debut in February 1978 I have marveled at his virtuosity and sound ever since. His Frankenstrat guitar, thrown together with all sorts of oddments, junk and a dazzling paint job, is one of the great 20th Century music icons. Fender have re-created a limited edition number of this awesome guitar and I've been a bit silly. Yup, I've (stupidly?) gone and bought one!! It's just arrived and it is truly awesome. All I need to do now is learn to play the damn thing!