Posted on 04/10/2006 8:14:27 AM PDT by AnnaZ
Nicely done, Ms. Anna.
Don't take so long in between opinion pieces this time...
Although, if that is not the pot calling the kettle black, I am not sure what is. ;-)
I have paid my dues and I have paid my fees. I have stood in lines, been fingerprinted and background-checked, answered questions and opened up and said "Ahhhh." Had the lines been longer, I would have still waited in them, had the fees been higher, I would have still paid them. My sentiment was always "I understand", because although I was born in a country that many people in the world consider a promised land, Canada, I was still as desperate as anyone could be to be an American.
Which is why I am out of my mind over the teeming, screaming, demanding masses taking to the streets. You're here and you're not daily kissing the ground? You're here and you're not doing everything you can to repay the gift? You're here and you're not weeping to the strains of the Star Spangled Banner? Good grief, are you really still hoisting a buzzard over your head? (My favorite protest sign has been the "We're not criminals!" one. Uh, well, yes, frankly, you are. Shut up. Go back to the job you've been blessed to be given. Be happy you're not back in some unpronounceable province grinding corn.)
Thanks for the ping!
Standing O for you, Anna Z.
OMG Anna Z ?!?!?!? I thought you'd run off to Bali errr something young lady.
Well said well said..... Stay Safe !!!!
I had trouble reading this, can you post it in Spanish?
The hyperbole on both sides has ratcheted up as a tit-for-tat battle to see who can get the most media coverage. Last week, Mexican flags were seen at a demonstration in California, and now Today, Mexican flags are being burned by some border group.
As the debate winds up like a coiled spring, the various activist groups who have no other issues have garnered the bulk of the attention and infected the debate with disease that can lead to only one thing, and that is chaos, anger and in the end.....violence.
Meanwhile we face global issues of great importance that require total unity and patience to solve.
Yes, I am quite frustrated with everyone right now, and that frustration will certainly translate to actions during the election cycle. I plan to find some adults to vote for, and if I find only a few, then the voting will not take very long.
Then I will go fishing.....
Maybe -- no, probably -- it's just me, but I don't think that's a standard part of the immigration process.
I had trouble reading this, can you post it in Spanish?
LOL. Well, actually, I could. I just refuse to, unless and until I'm forced to.
(Try pressing #2.)
Maybe -- no, probably -- it's just me, but I don't think that's a standard part of the immigration process.
Saying "Ahhh" was the least of it. I underwent a complete physical, including an AIDS test, which means I even paid for my regularization in blood.
;^)
LOL! That F-2 button solves a lot of problems! :-)
I thought you'd run off to Bali errr something young lady.Nahhh... just Texas.
Don't take so long in between opinion pieces this time...Thank you for the supportive sentiment. I do find that I spend a lot more time out-of-doors, here in beautiful hill country. But this subject has had me yelling at the trees. And they don't reply. Thank you for one-upping them.
As the debate winds up like a coiled spring, the various activist groups who have no other issues have garnered the bulk of the attention and infected the debate with disease that can lead to only one thing, and that is chaos, anger and in the end.....violence.Exactly. Smoke and mirrors, IMO. I do not blame the immigrants themselves for the devolution here, it's the same opportunists behind all these marches, all the time. I just hope the suckering doesn't go too far.Meanwhile we face global issues of great importance that require total unity and patience to solve.
It's been replaced by hyperbole.....
As I understand it, the end of the line is the end of the line. These suggested time lines are but estimates based on best case scenarios.
I think the best thing for the Senate to do, is to pass something, and punt it into conference and a full debate in the House will result. This should be opened back up for amendment and more hearings. The American public needs to be totally informed of all aspects and the hyperbolic nonsense needs to stop. This needs to take the time necessary to disseminate all the facts without the colorization that evokes such emotion.
Maybe then, we can get a comprehensive bill that I'm sure will not satisfy everyone, but will address the issues of border control, the underground employers that hire them and the pressures of both need on our side and the desire and desperation on the other.
Nice to know I do better at conversing than trees.
Maybe with some work, I can come up to Rice Krispies (after adding milk) some day.
What ever happened to truth, justice, and the American way?That's what we're working on.
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