The Alien Plight

Townhall.com ^ | July 6, 2013 | Bill O'Reilly

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"Irish Stew"

Well, there's a modest proposal.

[reg45]

Certainly a Swift response.

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"Certainly a Swift response."

Touché!

[Gluteus Maximus]

The British controlled the country and, incredibly, exported grain to London even as Irish children were dying in the streets.The British controlled the country and, incredibly, exported grain to London even as Irish children were dying in the streets.

God is just. England's genocide of the Irish is one of the big reasons that God is letting England die. He's turned His face from England and without His blessing they are nothing. He's turned England over to those who hate her. Socialists. Muslims. It seems that the prayers of my ancestors were not in vain. They cry for justice of those multitudes of Irish murdered 160 years ago did not go unheard. England is dying. And not a moment too soon for this Irishman.

[Kickass Conservative]

Immigrants are invited, Invaders are not.

Invaders should not reap a reward for their Criminal Acts.

[jocon307]

My grandmother came here from Ireland, in the early 20th century. But she had a relative who tried to enter illegally (via Canada) and was promptly sent back and forbidden to attempt entry again. It’s kind of a long and sad/funny story (involves drinking, of course) but we were always told it as the woman got what she deserved.

I’ll also say this most of her family stayed in the old country and those folks did just fine, although they were not really poor in the first place, I don’t think.

[jocon307]

OK, here’s a story for you about my grandmother. When she came here she married my grandfather who was born in Germany and came here as little boy. So, of course she now had a German name.

After WWII was over and the English were really struggling with rationing, etc. she got a phone call one day soliciting for money to send aid to England. She let the lady go on and on, detailing how bad they had it, how cold and hungry they were, etc. After a long while, when my Grandmother had all the details on how bad things were over there she said to the woman “Thank God I lived to see the day!” and hung up the phone.

I think Granny would have loved FR.

[Gluteus Maximus]

Hahahaha! Great story! It’s deeply gratifying to watch England circle the drain. I’m grateful that I lived to see this day, that’s for sure.

[Darren McCarty]

The United States today is a far different place from what it was in the mid-19th century, when our vast land needed folks to settle and expand into the west. Then, there was no such thing as an "illegal alien." If you physically made it here, you were an American. Simply showing up entitled you to pursue the dream of prosperity.

They could also be drafted in those days.

[Darren McCarty]

Can't speak for illegals, but most I know fresh off the boat (or plane) love America, but don't have much use for Boston Irish (NORAID) or the rabid plastic paddies.

Plus, they actually blame America for the IRA atrocities.

Some of the 2nd generation folks were a big part of the problem with NORAID, along with the Kennedys, Bulgers, etc. Boston usually gets as much blame as some of those in Derry or Belfast.

[miss marmelstein]

My point was that if you read the Irish newspapers or blogs, they blame Americans for IRA atrocities. This, I presume, would include Italian-Americans and Lithuanian-Americans. I. Don’t. Think. So.

Many ill-educated Irish think that America is still made up of primarily English and Irish settlers.

[Darren McCarty]

I wasn't going by blogs or papers (which aren't a good cross-section of people), but Irish people I've talked to (I know a few and still have family on the island).

[miss marmelstein]

I would imagine anecdotal reporting about people you’ve talked to would be pretty much worthless as well...

[Regulator]

Ooooohhh, so that's what he's hung up on. Still got the chip on his shoulder about the Potato famine and what...the British did to Ireland.

Then, there was no such thing as an "illegal alien."

Bunk. The phrase was in existence then. Non-White, non-English speaking people were "aliens" in British common law. Where does he think the term came from?

We needed no fences on our borders for a simple reason: Spanish speaking people were subjects of the King of Spain, and of the Catholic church. They were not considered part of the American white Protestant English speaking citizenry.

The United States owes nothing to people from either Mexico or Ireland "just trying to feed their families".

Both countries in the modern age are well equipped to do that. Any failure on their part to do that is their fault, and generates no responsibility on the part of the Americans.

Was in central Mexico for a bit recently. Climate is great, lots of arable land, Mexico city is built up and doing a lot of re-development. Their new presidente is actually talking about allowing foreign investment.

I saw no one starving. But I did see shantytowns, and I did see massive numbers of riot police, and I did see a country not anywhere as modern as its resources and climate would allow it to be.

The only people responsible for that are the people who are there, not people 1500 miles to the North.

And Ireland proper ain't even open for discussion. It isn't 1649, or 1847, and Eamon De Valera is 38 years dead now. Blaming the British for their problems is ridiculous.