Posted on 03/31/2006 1:41:16 AM PST by peyton randolph
Most Americans I talked to in California summed up their reactions to the marches as something like, 'Why would anyone wave the flag of the country that they would never return to--and yet scream in anger at those with whom they wish to stay?' Depending on the particular questions asked, polls reveal that somewhere around 60-80% of the public is vehemently opposed to illegal immigration.
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There are over 300 million resident Americans, and the vast majority of them are citizens. Had the demonstrators marched chanting "God Bless America," confined their flag waving to Old Glory, and expressed thanks to a magnanimous United States that gave them a second chance when a corrupt Mexico has precluded their first, then they would have won public support.
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Yes, illegal immigration provides a valuable source of cheap labor. But such jobs are not just those Americans will never take, but comprise work that they won't seek out at such cheap wages. Where compensation rises, citizen workers will follow.
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Unless we curb the present influx, return to the melting pot, and salvage a legal remedy from the present illegal disaster, what we saw this week may only be the beginning of something far more dangerous from both sides of this avoidable crisis.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Pelosi! Nah. That's just her "Charlie Macarthy" imitation. Wonder who's working her mouth? (sarc)
I am not sure, but I think I remember WalMart paying an enormous fine for having illegal workers. As I recall, they hired a service that provided the workers but still got nailed. Wait, it wasn't a fine. I think they settled a lawsuit for not paying the workers enough.
Looks great! Neat idea.
GOOD IDEA!
;-)
He doesn't. He just sees it differently. He promised no nation building in Iraq but sees no problem building a "new America" right here.
We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture. Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende. For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America. As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico. George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000. |
Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:
In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster
ping
Sounds like a call to raise the minimum wage by about $5.00/hour.
No amnesty. Not now. Not ever. Secure the borders. Deport. Bring in legal immigrants who stood in line to get here, have more to contribute, and want to assimilate.
I agree.
Then we may be forced to invade..
I do not believe that burning any flag is within the Freeper rules of demonstrating. Something like this will be used to tear down all the good work that this Free Republic site does. Do you really think that politicians will attend flag burnings? Or did I miss your sarcasm tag?
If you check the thread that I linked, you see that I made a similar comment. IIRC, it's in the comments between 62 - 70. If it happens, I would hope for a turnout well over a million, so I don't think it would be just FReepers.
It's 70. I would have bet 63 if I had to.
I agree with you. Flag burning is NOT a good protest option. Some posters mentioned the idea, because of their anger over the Mexican flags. I believe we are talking about a peaceful rally carrying the stars and stripes.
These are just ideas. Thank you for yours.
I'd re-think that one. As disrespectful as the Mexicans were last week, I didn't hear about them burning any flags. It just conjures up images of hippies and Palestian mobs (i.e. losers)
the problem I foresee is that there are a lot of active duty military with Mexican roots who would really be torn in a struggle like this and would probably side with their blood over their country
Read comments 53 -> 55
The "logic" of a leftist (I do not use "liberal" to describe these people) is felt, and not reasoned. If facts and reason contradict the feelings of a leftist, this conflict merely serves to amplify and further radicalize the leftist's emotional conclusions on the subject.
See, it's simple!
$2B, is that it? Sure, to you and me, thats serious money, but to Uncle Sam; pocket change. And it won't come close to balancing out the money we've had to pay for illegal immigration; .5B for alien incarceration in CA alone.
I'd rather ship em back to mexico, build a wall, and, if they want back in,; they can knock on the front door like everyone else. If they try to scale the wall - shoot them. If they try to tunnel under it; blow them up.
I don't care - I'm fed up with it; after watching those illegals marching with their mexican flags - more than ever!
Seething.... the author of the article don't know the half of it!
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