[Sir_Ed]

"Dunno. The Chinese buffets seem to make it work."

We've got one of those Chinese buffets here in town, and it is one weird place.

The staff literally gets replaced EVERY week! We go there about two times a week, and every week there is a new manager and new waitresses...it's spooky! I finally asked one of the few people who spoke a little bit of English where everybody went that was there the week before and he said "They miss their villages."

And not a single one is an Oregonian, nor have they ever lived in Oregon. I asked one of them if the buffet is the same one as the one in Medford, and he just stared at me, I said "You know, Medford, 30 minutes away?" and he said he didn't know where it is. I don't think any of them lived in Oregon before they got their jobs, and I dunno, it's just weird!

But the food is sure good, I don't see how they make money...they have crabs, prawn, crayfish, salmon, ribs, really expensive food, and lots of it, all for less than $8.00.

Ed

[Tall_Texan]

And not a single one is an Oregonian, nor have they ever lived in Oregon. I asked one of them if the buffet is the same one as the one in Medford, and he just stared at me, I said "You know, Medford, 30 minutes away?" and he said he didn't know where it is. I don't think any of them lived in Oregon before they got their jobs, and I dunno, it's just weird!

I'll bet they're all still voting Democrat in Oregon, though!

[Old Professer]

Sounds more like a way-station for indentured immigrant workers than a legitimate restaurant.

[wku man]

Oh God, I'm gonna get called a tin-foiler for this, I just know it!

"But the food is sure good, I don't see how they make money...they have crabs, prawn, crayfish, salmon, ribs, really expensive food, and lots of it, all for less than $8.00."

Anyone familiar with the Cox report back in '99 can tell you why. Cox's panel concluded thousands of PLA operatives are here, pretending to be businessmen, students, cultural exchange officials, etc. A job in a Chinese restaurant, especially if it was run by your "family" would be perfect cover for an agent to get into the country. Two to three weeks later, when they got fired, they could just disappear into our society, safe in the knowledge that the INS, or whatever it's called now, is too inept and too understaffed to track them down. How do they stay in business? Well, as an intel-gathering operation, they'd be funded by the Chicom government. All those five-dollar shower curtains sold by Wal-Mart (and produxed by slave labor), can fund a whole lot of shenanigans.

Okay, I've got my Nomex CVC suit on, and am running out to the store for more tin foil...flame away!

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