Posted on 01/01/2012 8:10:22 AM PST by Gen.Blather
I met some illegal Mexicans last night at a party. Several years ago I stayed with a couple of wonderful Mexican families in the Baja below California. These were well-off people. The homes, on average were beautifully tiled and some of them had mahogany inlaid walls, bookshelves and cabinetry that would cost a hundred-thousand dollars here. So, I’m guessing if they aren’t rich they’re very comfortable. The elderly not as well-off grandfather, while living in Mexico was receiving Social Security from the United States and owned a rent-free apartment in California which he used as his address to receive several forms of assistance checks from Californian agencies. He visited the apartment once a week to re-arrange things and make it looked lived in. He had a car, a Toyota Corolla that looked quite nice and had working air-conditioning. I gathered it was supplied as some form of assistance and he generally left it in California at the apartment. The apartment was about 1100 square feet and very livable. The grandfather told me most of entire complex, easily a 1000 units, were like him, on Californian assistance, but actually living in Mexico.
At the party were a couple of teenage boys from this family. Very nice kids. I’d be proud to have them as my own; diligent, hard working, trouble-free and much more adult than you’d expect from that age. They told me that they’d decided to go to high school in California instead of Mexico. They said that the (California) government gave them an apartment and they travel back to Mexico on the weekends. (I don’t know if they’re staying alone or if a family member is staying with them, but if I had to guess, they came alone.)
When I posted information on this family last time, Freepers angrily asked why I hadn’t reported them. Firstly, I was a well-treated guest. Secondly, this must be obvious to the casual observer. Even if I knew who to report it to in California, which I don’t, it is obvious that this is how it’s done. These people are only taking advantage of “benefits” put there for them. Not to avail themselves of these benefits would be like deciding not to take candy freely offered to you.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2642021/posts?page=192#192
Initially posted in the January 2011 undead thread, generated due to me misreading ‘Butterfly” as ‘Battlefly’.
“Want to see what eats this kid?”
Mommy!
“It’s eating Timmy again!”
*facepalm*
Heading to bed.
Will bludgeon this thread some more when I wake up.
Even when you think you’ve cleaned the spewed onion dip and potato chip pieces from the monitor, the tiny fonts are still blurry.
Well someone figured out something because Timmy got here somehow. Then again, there’s always adoption. ;-)
Perhaps you could get them interested in a Theremin rather then the ukelele.
It is a nice thread. It could have a real nasty accident.
McCthulhu is hungry...
Well, well, well! Look who showed up! How have you and Mrs. Freedumb been? How were your holidays?
You have been missed, here!
*HUGS*
Well, well, well! Look who showed up! How have you and Mrs. Freedumb been? How were your holidays?
You have been missed, here!
*HUGS*
*crickets*
SS unfunded liabilities are $100 trillion by itself, according to the normal accounting rules.
Your post brings back some interesting and touching memories in my life. The time was the during the depression days of the 1930s. My mother was working for our family of 4 for about $4.00 per week when she did work. On holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas and other times different organizations like the Elks Club and Salvation Army would put on free meals for children of poor, disadvantaged families. My mother always saw to it that I was at these free meals. However, she could never get my brother who was older than I was to go to these free meals. His stand was that he didn’t want any handouts. My brother grew up to be a star athlete in high school as well as a scholastic standout. He was killed in the battle for Okinawa. One thing above all others I remember about my brother is his stubbornness against handouts.
You’re going to have to choose another day of the week: on Thursdays we have Cub Scouts.
Aside from that, I could have the baby and host a potluck dinner at the same time, as long as some guest is a nurse or paramedic.
Yup!
Not ONE of them wrote the LAWS that they are taking advantage of!
Hey Darks! Interesting home you’ve chosen this month! LOL
Good morning. I think.
I called the computer guru yesterday but he must be out of town. So im winging it again.
Paying bills online is too easy, i guess. I even have to buy stamps....
But i am alive!
Bwahahahaha!
Good morning! I hope you get the computer back soon! I’m catching up on paying bills, now that the USPS is functional again (one assumes ...).
Cold here. Stay alive!
Your brother is a hero, resting in the arms of Jesus!
Found the postings and thread to be informative in a host of manners to those who could be misinformed. Am late weighing in, and what am thinking could be late also. Was surprised at the information provided, and the manner the facts and information was presented which maybe is unknown (some of the information) to some. If am not late, and my vote means nothing, my vote is no for zot. Hold no power and my vote maybe is out of line. If so ... my apology for bothering to weigh in.
Bottom line is that the poster is very ‘tolerant’ of illegals, is pretty much saying “But they were so NICE” and excusing breaking teh law.
Hence, they got the attention of the Undead Thread.
And a chorus of “Aww, it’s so sad!”
FR does not support illegal aliens.
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