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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:37 PM Original message |
'We Americans are all immigrants – we must stop the old turning on the new' |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm against the Arizona law to prevent Hispanic citizens from being harrassed by police... |
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Ernesto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Sheriff Arpaio? Hmmmmmm. |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Amen to that. I'm very mixed on this situation. I do not condone |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Glad she got a forum.....in the British press. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm not an immigrant, and neither were my great-grandparents. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
4. Also, I don't have a nanny, housekeeper, or gardener. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. What an odd thing to get all insulted about. Sorry she hurt your feelings though! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It's not odd at all; it's just that the media (and perhaps you?) are tone-deaf as to issues of class |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Actually a lot of middle class people here use undocumented labor for domestic chores |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. oh brother the old "they do the job americans won't do" canard |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. ITA with you re: "jobs Americans won't do" being a canard |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. a fairly shocking claim, |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I have a good friend who probably makes $60K a year, tops |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. (and perhaps you?) - - - Yeah, that was necessary. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Just about everyone in the middle class neighborhood I lived in |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Do you go to a restaurant from time to time? |
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Political_Junkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. "We Americans are all immigrants" |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. did that lady just admit she was an illegal immigrant? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. NO, she did NOT. From the article: |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. But reading the article wouldn't let him say "Don't let the door hit ya on the way out, Salas." |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Disgusting is right. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. Unless you are full-blooded Native American, you ARE an immigrant. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Even Native Americans at one point drug themselves to this continent |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:52 PM Original message |
Even Native Americans at one point drug themselves to this continent |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Even Native Americans at one point drug themselves to this continent |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Why do we want to make it easier for companies to import cheap labor again? |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You will never ever stop people from coming across the border. |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Fine the businesses that hire illegal immigrants out of business and they will stop coming. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. True, but don't hold your breath on fines, or laws without loopholes. nt |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You need to address this with the Mr/s. Best Western, Hilton, Sheraton, Princess, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Immigration was flat even before the crash when jobs started drying up. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Our system has figured out how to strip us all of our resources. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Because we're racist if we don't give them your job. n/t |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
32. Illegal Aliens are NOT 'immigrants.' |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. +1 |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. I wish I could lose those stubborn 15 pounds. |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
36. I don't believe in immigration laws... |
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