1/4 of Mexico is here, now?

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could Ann Coulter be right? . the last time I was in
southern CA, I was sure. . and that was 8 years ago. -- j
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  • Posted by cjferraris 8 years, 11 months ago
    I think that it has to do with what criteria you use to determine the whole of immigration. If you believe that people should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. to escape persecution (asylum) the number should be quite low who actually qualifies for immigration. If you feel that the immigrants who come here that can actually CONTRIBUTE (Australian style immigration) to our society should be allowed to immigrate, that number would be higher, but not a huge number. If you believe that immigration for economic freedom should be allowed, you would have a much larger number that teeters on the unmanageable. But I think that we have a "watering down" immigration policy which is allow open borders to eliminate any ONE ethnic group from being a majority. It seems that we've allowed more illegal immigration by far than legal immigration.

    By legitimizing illegal immigration, not only do we compromise our rule of law by setting precedents, but we also condemn our future generations to further economic decline. As time goes by, the economic "scraps" are going to have more people fighting over them. The American Dream is withering on the vine and people like to complain about it, but nobody seems to care. And I'm not saying that we have to stop ALL immigration, but, allowing just anyone across the border is IRRESPONSIBLE to say the least. Every member of government that is not following their oath of office should answer to the American people for their malfeasance
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    • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
      but ....... how do we the people exact justice for
      malfeasance, when our power has been diluted by
      the collusion between politicians in 2 big parties?

      two remedies come to mind::: revolution and
      secession. . both are awful. . maybe there's a 3rd? -- j
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      • Posted by cjferraris 8 years, 11 months ago
        Here's the rub as I see it, you have one party that votes (and longs) for power and will vote party line with no principles, and there is another party that is SO entrenched in principles that it will have a candidate that they will agree on 99% of the time, but they will have 1 or 2 disqualifying factors (i.e. Romney is a Mormon, I'll never vote for a Mormon) that they know is the better candidate yet stay home from the polls and by doing that, they let the other candidate win by default. I have voted for the most conservative candidate I was able to all of my adult life. I'd rather say that I voted for the lesser of two evils, than do NOTHING and precipitate what has come to pass. I do firmly believe in the revolution at the ballot box. But not voting and then griping and complaining about how things are because you are SO determined not to compromise your principles (voting for someone that you have a slight disagreement with) is akin to seeing someone on fire and not trying to put them out because you don't have a fire extinguisher handy.

        I'm not going to say that this is the perfect solution, but people need to start standing up for the good of the country, not to make them feel better about themselves because they didn't compromise their principles. When the politicians realize that the citizens are united and will vote them out if they don't start doing their jobs, I'm confident that change will happen.
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        • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 8 years, 11 months ago
          Hello cjferraris,
          There is something to what you say. “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato There are some that will vote for none of the above or abstain altogether. I would rather at least vote, even if I must vote for a candidate from the Constitution party knowing they have no chance, just to make a statement and to be able to say I voted, but not for the idiot now ruining our nation...
          Respectfully,
          O.A.
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          • Posted by cjferraris 8 years, 11 months ago
            The problem is, when we know the overwhelming facts are that one candidate is BAD for the country, as much as I hate to say it, we must vote against him/her. All the protests for the "fringe" parties are great, and I'm sure that many people feel that is the right thing to do by voting their conscious, but in REALITY, you're just doing a Don Quixote in the fact that you're not fighting the REAL battle. Evil triumphs when good people do nothing. Haven't we seen that over the last few years? We have to fight the battles that need to be fought. We've allowed our society to be so consumed with instant gratification that sometimes the right thing gets overlooked. Granted, there are only a few people that I will get behind during this election cycle, but with the masses as uneducated about how the country works, and the "mall mentality" that most people have, we have to stand up and make our voices heard. Perhaps I'm just getting more opinionated as I get older, but I have little patience for those in power who think they are the "ruling class". When we act like subjects, we're bound to be treated as such..
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            • Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 8 years, 11 months ago
              Part of the problem is too many sit out and do nothing. They act like subjects... as if they have no vote or voice. It has been said that "we get the government we deserve." Collectively there is truth to that. Individually, it is generally not what those of us on this board deserve. If more of us voted on principle and not on the lesser of two evils... Well it is a nice dream anyway. Of course the real problem is that there is an increasing proportion off the electorate without any principles!
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            • Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 11 months ago
              If you look at results, the GOP has been just as bad as the Dumbocrats.
              Votong for evil is still evil.
              Any vote for a DemRep candidate is a wasted vote.
              You are responsible for supporting the existing statist dictocracy.
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              • Posted by cjferraris 8 years, 11 months ago
                And I agree.. But one thing I have noticed, the democrats will keep electing the same people over and over, the republicans will get rid of a bad candidate more readily than the democrats will. The media has basically been "telling" us how to vote for the past few election cycles. The last president I really felt good about voting for was Reagan. Wasn't a big fan of Bush 41 or anyone since. I really would have loved to see Fred Thompson have seriously run for president.

                Ross Perot is the prime example of why a 3rd party candidate will not be effective. He siphoned enough votes so that Clinton won.

                The Dems are a "you rub my back, I'll rub yours" party. While the rank and file democrat doesn't see eye to eye on a lot of things, for example, the environmentalists will support the gay rights section of the party because they know that they cover each other's pet issues. or the unions will support the environmentalists because the know that they throw roadblocks and government regulations that will in turn, help their members. Republicans, while inclusive, will have their agendas that they will fight for, so if you fall out of favor, you end up getting eaten alive by your own party.

                Voters as a whole need to see where this country is going and find the proper people to send to D.C.. Alas, I'm afraid that we're fighting a losing battle because nobody seems to care about the country we're giving to our children.
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                • Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 11 months ago
                  You say you agree, but then you make excuses for the GOP and betray YOUR principles doing so..
                  "the republicans will get rid of a bad candidate more readily than the democrats will"
                  and replace them with another one that's just as bad. You keep buying the GOP's BS excuses. They are nothing but misleading propaganda intended to keep you enslaved by pretending those GOP statists are the underdogs. They aren't. Neither are the Democrats. We are.
                  You can't give either party any support if you want any improvement. "We are fighting a losing battle" gecause GOP supporters are not stiicking to their principles. Just like the GOP, they cave.
                  The answer is simple: Stop Caving and others will, too, because suddenly it will no longer appear to be a lost cause. Freedom is the only cause worth fighting and dying for.
                  Conservatives must be principled instead of letting the neocon liberals set the rules. The GOP is NOT the place for conservatives. The GOP is the place for statists and looters, just like the Democrat wing of the same Looter Party..
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                  • Posted by cjferraris 8 years, 11 months ago
                    I am not disagreeing with you.. But that's the problem because the true conservatives of the GOP haven't really realized that they could have taken back the GOP a long time ago.. I am so frustrated with my senator and representative because they think that the average conservative supports them. I've contacted both and told them that they were put there for a reason and they can be removed. If more Americans made their voices heard, this country would be a much better place. Unfortunately, most just sit back and do nothing...
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                    • Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 11 months ago
                      And no true conservatives are approved by the GOP to run for office (i.e., Congress or POTUS) so voters get no chance to make any difference unless they abandon the lesser/greater of two evils.
                      (True conservatives don't sacrifice principles and that makes them an unacceptable risk to the GOP.)
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      • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
        Perhaps finding a person of integrity and getting behind him/her and starting a movement. It's been done before, but today, it will be hard to find a candidate and hard to find people willing to put their lives into a cause - because that's what it would take.
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        • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
          Herb, the problem is, and has been, you can never tell who a person of integirty is today. With all the media slanting and manipulation, you have very little good information and even then, the 2 parties start slandering them the moment they get on the radar. I like Ben Carson, he is quiet, well articulated and has 10 times the comonsense of any politician.
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          • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
            I am currently watching the movie about him. . this
            is an amazing story. . he is a very fine man. . his
            leadership could help us a lot!!! -- j
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            • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
              I am also a Carson fan. If he gets the nomination, I think he could win. I doubt, however, that he'll get the nomination. Stranger things have happened, though. Barak Obama got elected -- Twice!

              As an aside: I just learned that Barak in Hebrew means lightening. That S.O.B., contrary to lore, DID strike twice.
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              • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
                Nice. I like him because out of the 10 or 12 times I have seen him on Fox, he has not done the "Republicans are right" rant. He has cooly and calmly discussed the issue and what is right for the people, in accordance with the Constitution. He actually references it. You rarely, if ever, hear that from a politician. That is why I take him to be a reluctant politician, who is holding his nose to try to do something to fix things. Although I dare say you are both probably right about him winning.
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                • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
                  It would be great if everyone who realized what a disaster Obama was and how worse Hillary would be and got behind Carson as well as the conservatives, he would get the nomination and win the election. Unfortunately, reality is not a 1930s movie.
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                  • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
                    how about a Walker / Carson ticket? -- j
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                    • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
                      Walker has to carry the issue of the recalls and the unions. The national Union presence is probably a lot stronger than in any one state. It might be a good ticket for the country, but there is so much power in the media to smear them with made up stories, I'm not sure how they could make it. Carson on his own doesn't seem to have much baggage they can latch onto, but give the smear merchants time.
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                      • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
                        why do I keep on trying to think directly, honestly,
                        like it's 1955 or something? -- j
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                        • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
                          Because when we grew up, the facade was there, 3 networks and major newspapers for news, Vietnam was the big bully in the closet that everyone focused on, and the politicians did everything behind closed doors. The 70's spawned a whole generation of people who questioned authority, who have now grown up to be that authority, and know what mistakes were made. The Internet seems to have been created to give a rapid rollout of whatever propaganda they need, and is perfect for smoke and mirrors. I think we was taken at some point.
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                          • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
                            and now they have the FCC taking over the internet.
                            this makes me furious! . this is our virtual gulch, our
                            retreat place where we can be human, honest, and
                            maintain our integrity. . aaaaarrrrrgggggghhhh.. -- j
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                            • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
                              It is seemingly a planned thing. I saw a program on FDR tonight, he had a law passed, or tried to, to force Justices to retire at 70 or could appoint a replacement. Jus to stack the deck, and clearly abrogating the part it plays in balance of power. He opened the door to control of all three branches by one group, which is where we are today.
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                              • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
                                yes, this is the progressive stuff which began with
                                Theodore R and W Wilson ... reversing the process
                                of the u.s. revolutionary war, the declaration, the
                                constitution ... and people are blind to it. . we are
                                moving to executive branch control. . sucks. -- j
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                                • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
                                  Yes, it is amazing what the "Executive Order" has become in the last few decades. And I have seen several discussions with legal people who all seem to agree they have no legal basis for existence, yet the SC refuses to quash them.
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        • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
          who is John Galt? . we need a JG! -- j
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          • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
            Any one of the A.S. heroes will do. Personally, I like Hank Reardon better. He has executive experience and knows every aspect of not only his job, but everyone else's.
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            • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
              Herb, he would work well because he understood creation and production and the role of government, before he went to the Gulch. I liked him just for that. I wish AS3 had done more with him.
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            • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
              yessir, and Donald Trump will not do. . Carly Fiorina
              is a great talker, but is she the do-er whom we need? -- j
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              • Posted by $ blarman 8 years, 11 months ago
                Having worked at HP during Fiorina's tenure, I won't vote for her. She drove Lucent Technologies into the ground and then HP. She's not a producer. If you want to know more, I'll go into details.
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              • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
                Time will tell. Our last candidate turned out to be a wimp. I peripherally know the Romneys and he always impressed me as a strong smart leader. Go figure.
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                • Posted by $ blarman 8 years, 11 months ago
                  Romney made several tactical mistakes in his campaign. The first one was trying to be a nice guy, which he is. He pulled his punches after the first debate on the advice from his campaign manager, which was a mistake, as he OWNED Obama in that first debate. In the others, he came off as weak-kneed because he refused to hammer on the same points that made the first debate such a blowout.

                  The other problem Romney faced was ballot box-stuffing, which was rampant in a couple of key states like Ohio. While it looked like a huge blowout, if you look at the county-by-county tallies, the race was actually MUCH closer than the final Electoral College tally.
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                • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 11 months ago
                  \Romney=?

                  = Republican
                  =member of Government Party
                  =left wing socialist corporatist

                  = sorry. I don't support the part comrade.

                  ANY member of the Government Party is a non-starter unless you want same old same old same old same old 50 years plus of chances means 50 years of consistent failures

                  The more things don't change the more they get worse.
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                  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
                    ANYTHING including Romney was better than a lame duck Obama with nothing to lose. I would have voted for Forest Gump instead of Obama. The fact that we elected him twice makes me crazy.
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                    • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 11 months ago
                      I don't agree with replacing evil with evil but I also don't agree Forest Gump would be a bad choice.One of the only two worthwhile Vietnam movies it had a measure of honesty throughout. From what I've seen of the current crop the troops today have one. Can't elect that guy he was killed.
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                      • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
                        I meant to infer that a totally unqualified person would be better than Obama. Perhaps Forest Gump was not a good choice.I agree that replacing evil with evil is wrong, unless you go by "Of two evils, choose the lesser."
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                        • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 11 months ago
                          I don't evil is evil by any other quantity sticks to me, there are ALWAYS other choices and one is self respect. No Gump was a good choice. Along with We Were Soldiers the only honest Vietnam movies. the third one I''ve ever seen that made the category and then only after talking to some currently serving in the same unit people was American Sniper. The rest are entertainment or trash. Trash is easy to tell. Just look at the list of actors. So is evil. My only fear is the ''notion'' of voting will be ''fundamentally'' gone as a result of continually choosing evil. And yes I include the GOP along with the Democrats - comes from a certain smell about 50 years old with few bright spots along the way.The smell is called One Party system of government. It doesn't go well with my idea of responsible citizenship.
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                          • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
                            and many consider the D+R party to be that
                            One Evil Party. . how did we get here, by pretending
                            that this is a democracy??? -- j
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                            • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 11 months ago
                              My Dad explained it one time. It crept up over a long period of time and we weren't watching. Weren't aware. Today we call it incrementalism. I asked him why the WWII generation fought totalitarianism and then returned to vote it in at home. He said later it was like somebody punching him in the face and the finding out he punched himself. One Uncle said it another way being a minister. ''Somebody replaced the sign saying ''evil'' and then changed the definition. My other Uncle is still in a state of denial. Votes Demo because that is what the family has always done. He's the only one left.

                              Whatever it is it is not a democracy small d nor a representative Republic any more.

                              The guys I feel for the most are the returning vets. When they realize the most anyone truly cares is when they say paper or plastic have a nice day and thanks for serving your country.

                              Then realize the oath was to the Constitution and they now wonder why they take that oath anymore.

                              Well you lived in interesting times. Had your chance and got your choice. For whatever that is worth anymore. I've lived long enough but have enough years to see the official end. I don't expect that will happen after I die. Too many people support evil not enough of us on the other side.

                              But ...I always tell them. Did you support your oath? If so that's enough. Regardless.

                              Occasionally one will say no. If I did we'd be fighting here not there.

                              But not enough.

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                              • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
                                M.A.
                                You've pointed out some excellent things, many if not of which most Gulchers would a agree to. Now, what actionable solutions do you propose?
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                                • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 11 months ago
                                  Nothing new. Uphold the oath to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States of America by not supporting the institution that has made numerous illegal changes (by not using the amendment provisions) and calling for immediate impeachment, conviction and CRAP the clown would then become President. So that's why they picked him for VEEP! Now tie him into those constitutional changes by ignoring the law and one would have a RICO violation.

                                  I sure as hell am not going to support the party in power and I sure as hell am going to call for a return to a representative democracy with a multi party system of government.

                                  One small vote by a citizen one giant step for a nation. Quit enabling the opposition.
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                    • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
                      there are a number of people here who have no
                      interest in any slow turn to this battleship of a nation,
                      which might have been possible with Romney. . the
                      likelihood of a sharp turn is small, short of revolution
                      or the secession-and-re-solidification trick in
                      "my book." . I just have to try the best I can, for
                      as long as I have left to vote, myself. -- j
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      • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
        That, John, is the question of the millennium in my opinion. We have lost all control over our government, agencies run a muck imposing new rules every day with the force of law, our politics is a circus where each act is vying for the popular approval. It is like a giant beast and will use all it's power to ensure it's survival. All we are is it's life support system. It reminds me of the whole premise of The Matrix, humans serve the machine.I don't see any good answer, unless public awareness of the total abrogation of the Constitution and what it means can be made clear to enough people. Lou Dobbs was basically saying that tonight.
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    • Posted by SaltyDog 8 years, 11 months ago
      I wouldn't even mind so much if they came across and melded into the fabric of our society. But it would seem that their first stop is the local La Raza office where they get directions to the local welfare office, in Spanish of course.
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      • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 11 months ago
        Of course. the other option is work for crooked employers who use them to artificially depress wages in exchange for profit with the assistance of a crooked government. The name for that just put one dude in jail for life. But it's not a straight shot to La Raza. Some get caught, charged, given a court date and paroled or is it release on own recognizance or what ever. Average wage for high school and sometimes above educated people in Mexico is 1000 to 1200 pesos per two weeks at six days a week.

        Can't say as I blame them. But then I can look at those who keep voting the same evil back into office expecting, foolishly expecting some sort of miracle and ...wonder any more if I should blame anyone when the majority of those who vote are so willing to embrace evil.

        I have more sympathy to someone who attempted the effort to cross the desert and failed trying than those who refused responsibility.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 11 months ago
    Only if it counted all Mexicans back to and pre-dating the Bear Flag and Lone Star Republics. As one of the posters in the article section mentioned the answer is given as not being that much. On the other hand over one million US Citizens live in Mexico half the year or more. These statistics get tiresome for mixing apples and oranges and pears and mangos. Not all Mexicans are brown skinned. Some have Russian last names. Spanish however is the predominant language of three in the Western Hemisphere followed by English and Brazilian Portuguese. French and Dutch are statistically insignificant even less than are Chinese and other Asian languages. So the important bit of information in comparing the United States of Mexico and the United States of America is language. My rule is north of the border I speak English - south I speak Spanish. But then I was self educated since the public schools abdicated that responsibility. There is a book and it's title says it all. "Distant Neighbors.," Every school child in Mexico knows the name of it's northern neighbor. What percent can claim the reverse?

    Easy answer to the language question which is the lead in culture assimilation is return to a two language system. Require English for those gaining USA citizenship. Then require a second language for graduation from high school, college, or finding work with the government. Hands down the choice will be Spanish. If the schools joined the 21st century and used the Berlitz Total Immersion system it's a one week investment. But then - they don't teach English any more so that may prove a hard nut to crack.

    Statistically though the Latino population is second behind the Euro-Caucasian descendents population in size. If memory serves they are over fifty percent of the population in the five or so SW states. Useful information as compared to Ann Coulter - not at her best.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 11 months ago
    This reminds me of a freak-out I felt during Year 2006 when I briefly lived in Hoover, AL--another satellite city of Birmingham besides where I live now (having lived in 2 others)..
    It was during a late Sunday morning at a Walmart. I was hunting a short line by pushing a cart through that space between the cash registers and the shopping aisles.
    Before me I saw over 20 people walking this way and that.
    Every single one of them was Hispanic.
    I stared at that sight in awe
    I thought this is what I should see in Mexico--not in "sweet home" Alabama.
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    • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
      yes, it's like my time in the hotel in CA in 07 or so --
      nothing but hispanics, from the manager to the
      restaurant. . only the guests included folks like me,
      white anglos. -- j
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  • Posted by starznbarz 8 years, 11 months ago
    I lived and worked on a ranch in Hudspeth County, Texas in the early 80`s, we had to open gates for the BP to bring their horses in when they had to ride the river and check sensors. In many conversations we had, they said at that time they caught about 1 out every 10 that crossed and they caught about a thousand a month - in Hudspeth County. Common core math won`t make that better.
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    • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 11 months ago
      Common Core Math? Is that arithmetic? Gotta love the education system never use one word when three will do. Back to your chain of thought. Of the thousand they catch look at the figures for those turned over to immigration and from there how many are put on parole awaiting trial and turned loose to how many show up in court.

      Democrats want votes
      Republicans want cheap labor
      Union wants the $15 minimum wage in the face of artificially depressed wages.
      Jöe citizen wants his one dollar hamburger.

      Somebody isn't going to get what they want

      Pick one.

      Where have all the prices gone - long time passing.
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      • Posted by starznbarz 8 years, 11 months ago
        Actually, in those days, if they were caught after simply crossing, (not for crimes) they were taken to a large holding facility next to EP airport, ID`d, photographed, fed and put on a bus that went to the penny bridge to Juarez and watched to be certain they crossed back into Mexico. Times have changed, I would guess the penny bridge, now isn`t a penny and I`ll bet those bus`s now run to a government center that provides instruction on how to sign up for a myriad of benefits, as well as a cell phone with a pre -programmed number to report anyone who is mean to you. As to what I want? Simple, "... it neither breaks my leg, nor picks my pocket..", If it does one, or both - retribution.
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      • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
        I like Hardee's six dollar burger. . u.s. citizens must
        learn to like cleaning hotel rooms. -- j
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        • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 11 months ago
          Priceless wish I thought of that! Hardees where you are is Carl's Juniors in the Western US. I used to down them under either name on a regular basis. Now I'm lucky if I get to look at the sign in passing. The day has come and gone and the calorie burning is low no matter how much exercise. To be truthful If I throw away the bun and eat just the meat....and don''t get caught...
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
    Irrepressible Annie. While she seems to be just making things up in order to make her point, what she says is well researched. It completely flummoxed ol' Jorge.
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  • Posted by DanShu 8 years, 11 months ago
    I was born in LA 1951. Grew up in the San Fernando valley. I would guess the Hispanic number back when I was a kid was maybe 5 or at most 10%. I moved out about 10 years ago. One of the reasons was we had been flooded with Hispanics and they now outnumber both Blacks and Whites combined. I moved to neighboring Newhall just north of the valley. When I was a kid Newhall was known to be Red Neck territory. Now it too is mostly Hispanic. I finally move up in the Sierra Foothills. I suspect that they outnumber Whites in all of So. CA now. Based on my own eyes I believe Coulter is correct.
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    • Posted by $ jlc 8 years, 11 months ago
      I live near where you moved out of - I am in a section of Castaic. Most of the people around me are Latino or mixed race (black-white) marriages (this area apparently has a rep as being welcoming). This is not a problem. Most of the people around me are working for a living.

      While I do not like illegal immigration, I would rather spend the effort to eliminate people from welfare and dissolve Obamacare. If people are looking for freebies, then they should move elsewhere. If people want to Work, then I really do not care what language they speak.

      So I see the 'sweet spot' as making the US attractive to people who want to produce and not to people who want to be parasites. If we can get people productively working such that the jobs are filled, and there are no niches for people to just move in and get welfare, then the impetus to immigrate might be less. (Kinda like the Gas Laws...)

      Jan
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      • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
        do you mean the pv=nrt gas laws? . makes sense,
        but it will take capitalism to do it, and we're looking
        at capitalism in the rear view mirror!!! -- j
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        • Posted by $ jlc 8 years, 11 months ago
          Thank you for getting my momentary vision of the border problem in terms of gas laws. The key is that the flow will continue until equilibrium is established. If you fill the 'vacuum' on the US side by filling job openings with people who were formerly on welfare (and prevent other folk from getting on welfare) then a new equilibrium is established without illegal immigration.

          It occurs to me that the problem with this theory is that I am only looking at a single dynamic. If you are fleeing Mexico because people keep shooting at you and your family there, then the 'vacuum' becomes 'safety' and the flow continues.

          Jan
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          • Posted by 8 years, 11 months ago
            there are probably at least three big drivers, I think --
            economic advantage, safety and fun -- the last being
            quality of life apart from the first two. . we have good
            medical care up here, good entertainment, good
            family opportunities like parks and churches and
            social groups . . . a better life place. . the strongest
            is probably the economic attraction, but safety
            might be first for many. . we're a long way from
            equilibrium, I'd say. . especially with the feds'
            policies, these days. -- j
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