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Immigrants Try to Extend Boycott Momentum
ap/yahoo ^ | 5/2/06 | gillian flaccus

Posted on 05/02/2006 7:09:29 AM PDT by LouAvul

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1 posted on 05/02/2006 7:09:31 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: LouAvul

Fox News said this morning that the boycott was a bust. I guess the illegals aren't happy to hear this.


2 posted on 05/02/2006 7:11:46 AM PDT by SheLion (Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
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To: LouAvul

I'm done patronizing Mexican restaurants. They all hire illegals.


3 posted on 05/02/2006 7:13:02 AM PDT by hang 'em (Illegal aliens should be arrested and deported, period.)
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If there are 12 million illegals (probably a low estimate) and 1 million people showed up for demonstrations (probably high) and if every one of them was an illegal (not likely), that means at least 11 million illegals said "Screw it, I need money today more than a march". Not exactly a stunning turnout.
4 posted on 05/02/2006 7:14:48 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Contrary to those who say that United 93 was released too soon, I fear it was shown far too late.)
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To: LouAvul

...the boycott was a bust. I think they need to keep trying until they get it right, say, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.


5 posted on 05/02/2006 7:15:13 AM PDT by SR 50 (Larry)
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To: LouAvul
"Illegal immigrants and their supporters vowed to keep up the pressure on Congress for reforms after more than 1 million people stepped out of the shadows and poured into the streets in a nationwide show of economic clout."

Did something happen yesterday that I missed?

My life went on yesterday pretty much as it always has.

6 posted on 05/02/2006 7:15:26 AM PDT by chs68
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To: LouAvul

And a march in Seattle was disrupted when a car struck a group of marchers



I was home all day, I swear!


7 posted on 05/02/2006 7:16:14 AM PDT by trubluolyguy (It wasn't the spikes that kept Him on the cross.)
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To: hang 'em

We have one Mexican restaurant here that I will patronize -- they don't hire illegals per their sign of what is required for employment. They were doing a thriving business yesterday too -- some of the others that hire them were not crowded at all and I will NEVER go back to one of them.


8 posted on 05/02/2006 7:16:32 AM PDT by PhiKapMom (Elect Bob Sullivan OK Governor -- Throw out Dem Gov DoLittle Henry in 2006!)
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To: LouAvul

"I want my children to know their mother is not a criminal," said Olmedo, a nanny who came here illegally in 1986 from Mexico



You are a criminal. One that got away with it for a long time.


9 posted on 05/02/2006 7:16:54 AM PDT by trubluolyguy (It wasn't the spikes that kept Him on the cross.)
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They going to need to extend their "Boycott Momentum" because if yesterday was the best that they have in their political arsenal, then all I can say is "Standby for heavy rolls while coming about!"

American is out of patience amd that slowly building backlash is guaranteed to sink not only their little movement, but all those politicians and businesses that support it as well.
10 posted on 05/02/2006 7:16:58 AM PDT by markedman (Islam means surrender, and I will NEVER surrender!)
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To: KarlInOhio
This whole idea was doomed from the start. I mean, if they could stay home they wouldn't be here, would they?
11 posted on 05/02/2006 7:17:12 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (Peace comes from having superior firepower, the will to use it, and a very short fuse.)
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To: hang 'em

I'm done patronizing Mexican restaurants. They all hire illegals.



I've got two within a mile of my house, they both remained open yesterday.


12 posted on 05/02/2006 7:17:49 AM PDT by trubluolyguy (It wasn't the spikes that kept Him on the cross.)
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To: LouAvul
marches with waves of red, white and blue filling streets for miles

Could have fooled me:

...from the State Capitol in Sacramento yesterday. The only red white and blue I see here is wrapped around someone's butt.

13 posted on 05/02/2006 7:18:38 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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To: chs68
poured into the streets in a nationwide show of economic clout.

Leave it to the media to see a potato and declare it a rose.

14 posted on 05/02/2006 7:18:48 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If a woman gives birth in Indiana, is she a Hoosier Mama?)
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To: LouAvul

The People. United. Willneverbedefeated!

The People. United. Willneverbedefeated!

The People. United. Willneverbedefeated!

The People. United. Willneverbedefeated!

The People. United. Willneverbedefeated!

For Our Race Everything! For the Gringo (stranger) NOTHING!

For Our Race Everything! For the Gringo (stranger) NOTHING!

For Our Race Everything! For the Gringo (stranger) NOTHING!

For Our Race Everything! For the Gringo (stranger) NOTHING!

For Our Race Everything! For the Gringo (stranger) NOTHING!


15 posted on 05/02/2006 7:19:29 AM PDT by Flavius Josephus (Nationalism is not a crime.)
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About 35 to 40 anti-immigration demonstrators got into shouting matches with pro-immigration marchers as they were leaving a Denver park. Among them were Ron and Marge Mason of Thornton, a Denver suburb. "We're tired of seeing the illegals coming in," Ron Mason said.

No bias here...

And, who in their right mind hires someone who is in the country illegally to watch their kids???

susie

16 posted on 05/02/2006 7:20:22 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: SR 50

It was soooo blissfully quiet without them here in Houston. The Stop & Go was quiet, no greasy laborers. The traffic was good. This morning a dump truck cut me off, Sanchez Trucking, and I thought, they're back.

Only inconvenience was no janitors.


17 posted on 05/02/2006 7:21:15 AM PDT by Flavius Josephus (Nationalism is not a crime.)
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To: chs68

I didn't notice a thing here (unfortunately, I would have loved to have less traffic). Of course, the traffic has been thinning the past week or so, but that's the snowbirds going home.
susie


18 posted on 05/02/2006 7:21:43 AM PDT by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: LouAvul
1 million people stepped out of the shadows and poured into the streets

marchers held U.S. flags aloft and sang the national anthem in English

Pure propaganda swill.

But it doesn't matter ... the MSM no longer controls the news ... and this demonstration strategy is backfiring bigtime.

19 posted on 05/02/2006 7:24:21 AM PDT by Oliver Optic
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To: LouAvul; All

translation: DO OVER!


CONTACT THE SENATE AT HTTP://WWW.SENATE.GOV

Tell the senate this was a bust protest by socialists,

Tell the seante this protest created a full blowed backlash that will be taken out by REGISTERED VOTERS.


20 posted on 05/02/2006 7:27:17 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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