Posted on 04/26/2006 3:59:40 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
MEXICO CITY — U.S. lobbyists lashed out Wednesday at the Mexican "Nothing Gringo" campaign timed for May 1 to coincide with the "Day Without Immigrants" boycott in the United States.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico said organizers are risking a backlash and foolishly targeting some of their best allies, since U.S. corporations have actively lobbied the U.S. Congress for immigration reform including legalization for many of the estimated 11 million undocumented migrants.
CountryWatch: Mexico
Mexicans' refusal to "buy American" on May 1 could further polarize the debate and make reform supporters seem anti-American at the very moment that lobbyists are trying to persuade lawmakers in Washington to pass a bill that would benefit migrants, worries Larry Rubin, the chamber's president.
"This is like shooting oneself in the foot," Rubin said. "U.S. companies have been the first to lobby, launching a huge lobbying effort for immigration reform. ... Why hurt something that is helping you?"
Migrants and their supporters in the United States are being encouraged to skip work and school and not spend money for one day to demonstrate the migrants' importance to the U.S. economy.
South of the border, Mexicans are targeting American stores and chain restaurants — "That means no Dunkin' Donuts, no McDonald's, Burger King, Starbucks, Sears, Krispy Kreme or Wal-Mart," reads one e-mail making the rounds.
But even activists are confused about which companies are U.S.-owned. Sears is cited by boycott organizers, despite the fact that Sears' Mexico stores were bought by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim in 1997. And few organizers mention Vips — the chain of ubiquitous Mexican diners — even though they are owned by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
A quarter of Mexico's formal private-sector jobs with regular pay are provided by U.S. firms, according to the chamber, including Walmex, the Mexican Wal-Mart....
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Bring it. I love the sound of fizzle.
decapitation sounds like more of a muslim thing.
Hell no!Take that back or you'll put me out of a job.I seem to be one of those who "do the work Americans refuse to do",even though I'm American,born and bred.
"The winner gets 100,000 PESOS."
Whoopie! How much is that in real money, about eight bucks(USD)?
The hysterical tone of their rants remind me more of this sort of thing:
. . . because we have heard it said that in some places Jews celebrated, and still celebrate Good Friday, which commemorates the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, by way of contempt: stealing children and fastening them to crosses, and making images of wax and crucifying them, when they cannot obtain children . . .
- you must shop at my neighborhood Walmart in Grapevine,Texas - or Euless, or Irving, or Bedford, or
I must admit, I've never seen someone who I would suspect to be illegal working Sears or at Starbucks. Both those jobs require at least some kind of basic knowledge of Engrish.
Looks like they want to shoot themselves in the foot!
Screw that we gotta pay the Hospital bills
"I still say Americans should go out on May first and buy all of the lawn equipment in every store they can find."
Call it a National Physical Fitness Initiative. This generation of kids and adults is more overweight than the previous generations. Let them get acquainted with the great outdoors. Let the kids earn their allowance. And, best of all, those infernal blowers might fall silent.
Interesting... I had no idea how much some Mexicans hated Jews. What on Earth have the Jews done to them? The only connection I've made so far is their apparently overwhelming support for Arabs and Muslims.
The irony is that the large majority of people whose ancestors came from Spain have Jewish ancestors and are actually Jewish.
So does this mean that the pregnant illegal ladies delivering their
anchor baby on May 1...
will boycott American medical facilities?
I say we help 'em out and give 'em the grenade launcher to do it with...
No, 'cause they still won't spend a dime of their own money.
Add laws to keep illegals from having anchor babies, no public health services beyond life saving measures, no public feeding trough for bums who want welfare.
The targeted stores should declare a holiday and close for a day. haha. Call it Gringo Day.
Let's close all emergency rooms, banks, check cashing places and schools and everything else they use for free to all Mexicans on May 1.
They are spouting the line for the Baltimore murders that the police are setting the illegal Mexicans up and that the Jews really did it.
Which isn't surprising as they (the Aztlan wackos) take their queue for BS passing as news from the Pali press.
Now look at the picture of the accused and tell me he doesn't look a little touched.
Esto con el objetivo
>>de que
>>se les reconozca su derecho al trabajo, a la educacin de sus hijos
>>y a
>>servicios mdicos en ese pas.
[This with the objective that they recognize your right to work, to the education of your children, and to medical services in this country.]
Wow, that makes my blood just boil. Their "right"!!
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