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I have read through this thread twice..and I am still grappling with a response..no matter what I say, somebody won't like it, some will love it, some will brand me a racist..I will try and address what I have read so far..
Luis Gonzalez, I respect you and have posted to you many times about your writings..bear that in mind..

They live HERE now, not their own country, if they want to succeed here, they must WORK for it, just as I have, and my Ancestors have. Handouts may be great at first, but you will come to loathe yourself for not doing better, and they will come to loathe the people who handed it to them, because they are KEEPING them there..
It is not my job to support Somalians or anyone else..It is MY job to support ME. If the (Somalians) are SO INSISTANT on how happy they are to be here, PROVE IT!!

I live in the Lewiston-Auburn area of Maine..and I don't like what I see. Individual apartments are not sought out by these folks..the low-income housing projects are teeming with them. We have two gentleman from Somalia, who want to be the "Leaders" here, seems they belonged to different "Clans" there, and one cannot be led by another..and so for lack of a better word, they are "warring" with one another..dividing that community even more. This is not the way to live here, it will only drive themselves apart, and leave us to wonder why it should matter here, of all places..and further alienate themselves from us.

I have a Dear Friend , his name is "Popeye"..his son was killed and dragged through the streets of Somalia..We have coffee together almost everyday..I try to be understanding.. but when the Somalian women butt in front of me at the Supermarket, when our Food Banks are stripped to the bone, and there are not even diapers for the needy who live(d) in Maine...

I think of Popeye, I think of my ancestors too, not wanted here, but they got jobs working 6 days a week twelve hours a day..One lady here in Maine had to fire her new Somalian employees, they never showed up on time, and when she fired them, is facing hate crime charges

We live in a world gone mad with political correctness..
I can't think of a single instance in Maine, where somebody was shot for not producing the right papers..(sarcasm)
That is pure liberal crap..period.

People with nothing to hide do not "run" for any reason save guilt..

Much as some would like us to NOT believe, we ARE free, just look at all our posts tonight, none of us will be dragged out of bed and shot for it..

We know it, the Somalians know it too..
It is what we choose to do with opportunity and freedom..
that defines us.

Ms.B

What the hell are you talking about?

I simply pointed out that these were not illegal immigrants, and that in spite of whatever you may think otherwise, the process of assimilating takes a long time.

It does so when one is educated and comes from a Western-style nation, longer even, if you come from some third wold sh$thole like Somalia. It will take many years for these people to come to the realization that generally speaking, the authorities in this country don't shoot you without reason.

I also pointed out that the INS agents either weren't real serious about this "raid", because they failed to cover all exits.

But since you brought all this other crap in, I'll comment on it.

Your basic complaint seems to me that these people are poor, that there is a political struggle going on within their community between two opposing factions, that they take handouts from the government, and that they are rude.

Sounds like they've already started to assimilate.

I have read through this thread twice. and I am still grappling with a response. no matter what I say, somebody won't like it, some will love it.

God bless you, Ms B! I live in northern Maine, and the horror story's I have heard is making my skin crawl.

Some in Maine are upset because our kids in High School are getting into fights with the Somali Teens. But no one knows how the Somali teens are "strutting their stuff" in front of our teens to "egg them on." What American teen is going to put up with THAT!

I heard too how the Somali women go to the shelter and clean it out. Our own can't even find diapers for their own babies.

You live there. You know!

One Somali wrote to her Somali friend in Atlanta who was paying for a low-rent house. The woman in Maine told her to "Get to Maine. The state will give you a $175,000 ranch home! (Wish "I" was given a $175,000 ranch home from the state. That would be nice, wouldn't it? heh!)

The state is also going to give them chickens or maybe the state already did. It was a year ago that I heard this.

And when I heard that the hi-jacker stopped in Portland overnight the day before 9-11 it makes me very suspicious. WHO did he talk to in Portland? Portland is very close to Lewiston.

I have a Dear Friend , his name is "Popeye"..his son was killed and dragged through the streets of Somalia..We have coffee together almost everyday..

I'm going to assume that "Popeye" is maybe from the Lincoln, Maine area. You tell "Popeye" for us that his son is a hero. I wouldn't trade all the football stars, all the Hollywood movie stars, all the music stars in this country for his son.

What happened that Oct. day in 1993 should never be forgotten.