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"The illegals I met last night."
Self | 1/1/2012 | Bern Pearson

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Mexico; US: Arizona; US: California; US: New Mexico; US: Texas; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aliens; arizona; califillegals; california; illegalaliens; illegals; illegalsstory; mexico; molassesmiasma; monkeyfacerules; newmexico; notnews; penguinhumor; texas; vanity
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face

That’s how I felt about math until I became an adult. I’m sorry, but some of us mature in our 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. We *do* get there, eventually.
It was foggy, misty and rainy as we crossed the river this AM. Almost like being in one of those creepy movies. Being from the desert, I like moisture and the lush greenery here.
Have to go and do work, but hope to check in again before I fall asleep. Thinking about y’all; prayers up (as usual).


921 posted on 01/11/2012 1:55:48 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Silentgypsy

I’ll take the desert over the “lush greenery” any day!

If I want to be in a sauna, I can pay for it. The thing there is that I can always open the door and be back in the desert! LOL!


922 posted on 01/11/2012 2:00:18 PM PST by Monkey Face (I believe in angels with bagpipes.)
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To: Tax-chick

When I was a brand new bride in San Diego, we had some neighbors downstairs. They were separated for a while, but got together every two weeks or so when their schedules permitted it.

He called her once on a duty night and asked her if she was pregnamt. When she said yes, he said, “I figured. I’ve had morning sickness for the last week!”

Maybe Tom will feel better once the baby is here.


923 posted on 01/11/2012 2:04:45 PM PST by Monkey Face (I believe in angels with bagpipes.)
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To: Silentgypsy; Darksheare

“Dunderhead Dan” refers to the serial troll Danny H.

This little twit got ZOT’ted a long time ago, but keeps making new screen names and spamming PM’s of the FReepers who outed him.

The Mod’s find him out quickly and scragg his accounts as fast as he makes them. He’s a site pest, and little else.


924 posted on 01/11/2012 2:05:51 PM PST by Old Sarge (RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
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To: Silentgypsy

We lived in Tennessee when my husband was in grad school, 1995-96. It could get spooky, all those dead soldiers everywhere. Fortunately, we’re students of history ...


925 posted on 01/11/2012 2:29:26 PM PST by Tax-chick (Be the one who gets it done (instead of a useless drone)!)
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To: Monkey Face

Fortunately, I have reasonably pleasant pregnancies, but when Tom goes on a hormonal rampage, it’s like being trapped with a bull elephant! He’s much larger than you remember. (Shoot, he’s larger than people who saw him last week remember!)

Sally turned up - she’d been down the street playing a neighbor’s little kids.


926 posted on 01/11/2012 2:31:48 PM PST by Tax-chick (Be the one who gets it done (instead of a useless drone)!)
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To: Tax-chick

It would seem that all your kids have grown like weeds. I mean Frankenbaby was just barely figuring out that he had legs! Tom and Bill both were about eye-to-eye with me, and I’m almost afraid to see what the girls have done! LOL!

Probably both are lovely young ladies.

(tagline)


927 posted on 01/11/2012 2:45:21 PM PST by Monkey Face (Home is where you can scratch any place that itches.)
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To: Monkey Face

The girls can pass for young ladies, when I make them. Bill is tall, Tom is taller.


928 posted on 01/11/2012 2:48:25 PM PST by Tax-chick (Be the one who gets it done (instead of a useless drone)!)
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To: Tax-chick

I figured Tom would be the taller of the two. It’s probably a permanent thing, so Bill better get used to looking up at his little brother! LOL!


929 posted on 01/11/2012 2:51:04 PM PST by Monkey Face (Home is where you can scratch any place that itches.)
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To: Monkey Face

Tom’s feet are much bigger than Bill’s. Bill probably won’t reach 6 feet tall, but Tom is already over and has years of growing time left. Pat and James will probably be the same, and then Vlad and Frank.


930 posted on 01/11/2012 3:02:33 PM PST by Tax-chick (Be the one who gets it done (instead of a useless drone)!)
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To: Darksheare; HKMk23

I like Maxwell. He had the good sense to employ demons when convenient.


931 posted on 01/11/2012 3:15:55 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If "everybody's different" then two of them have to be the same. It's the only way to be different.)
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To: HKMk23

And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea.
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body,
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind.


932 posted on 01/11/2012 3:38:14 PM PST by null and void (Day 1085 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
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To: Tax-chick

The dead soldiers and I are united. No matter what happens, the dead soldiers are at my back in a firefight.


933 posted on 01/11/2012 3:46:23 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Old Sarge

Thank you for cluing (clueing?) me in.


934 posted on 01/11/2012 3:49:46 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: null and void

*sigh*

You’re so romantical!


935 posted on 01/11/2012 3:53:45 PM PST by Monkey Face (Home is where you can scratch any place that itches.)
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To: Silentgypsy

What’s a little spookiness among neighbors, anyway ...

Just drive carefully in the fog - don’t want to hit a large ruminant.


936 posted on 01/11/2012 4:08:49 PM PST by Tax-chick (Be the one who gets it done (instead of a useless drone)!)
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To: Darksheare
done
937 posted on 01/11/2012 4:14:28 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Tax-chick

We old people have to go to sleep. You young’uns have fun!
G’night!
P.S. Praying for y’all!


938 posted on 01/11/2012 4:33:29 PM PST by Silentgypsy (If this creature is not stopped it could make its way to Novosibirsk!)
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To: Silentgypsy; Old Sarge

Dunderhead Dan is a multiretread who is multiple things.
He has stated that he is pro-gun bans, pro-homosexual marriage, and pro-illegal immigration, yet he insists that he is a conservaive because an online test he supposedly took says so.
He adds profane keywords to threads and then spams people who posted in those threads.
You end up with multiple freepmails fro this guy.
And, when caught, he pretends to be somebody other than who he is.
And he gets really P.O’d when you tell him that you know who he is.


939 posted on 01/11/2012 4:36:38 PM PST by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: Tax-chick; Silentgypsy; fanfan; ColdOne; Monkey Face; LibreOuMort
"Just drive carefully in the fog - don’t want to hit a large ruminant."

Any sensible roommate wouldn't be wandering around in the fog.

The discussion reminds of my "Gas Blues", though.

"The fog on the mountain ...", ah yes, I remember the fog quite well:

I’ve got the “I can’t Be the Town Drunk Anymore ‘Cause I Got Run Outta Town” Blues!

I was cruisin’ my pick-up,
Goin’ up hill and down.
My tank was on empty,
I looked for a town.

In the fog on the mountain,
I was driving real slow,
Saw a neat little valley,
With a town down below.

So I drifted on down there,
On the fumes in my tank,
Looked around for a station,
All I saw was a bank.

Last time it was open,
LBJ ruled the day.
There was no gas to purchase,
And no way I could pay.

(Chorus)I got the I can’t Be the Town Drunk Anymore ‘Cause I Got Run Outta Town Blues!
Ain’t nobody gonna give me nothin’ but the tips of their shoes!
As they kick and they fight,
Til I’m clear outta sight,
They don’t want me takin’ up their time or their booze!


There I sat in my truck,
I was down at my heels,
I’d run clear out of luck,
Guess you know how that feels.

When a scruffy old feller,
Offered something to drink.
It was something so horrid,
It might kill me I think.

But I had to be friendly,
So I told the man fine,
Got a gallon of moonshine,
For a buck twenty-nine.

I got the I can’t Be the Town Drunk Anymore ‘Cause I Got Run Outta Town Blues!
Ain’t nobody gonna give me nothin’ but the tips of their shoes!
As they kick and they fight,
Til I’m clear outta sight,
They don’t want me takin’ up their time or their booze!

I knew I couldn’t drink it,
For it reeked and it stank,
So just to get shet of it,
I poured it into my tank.

Don’t know what I was thinkin’
Tried to start my old truck,
Well, she ran like a new pup!
Had a change in my luck.

Bought some more of that homebrew,
For a price I can’t beat,
Keeps me rolling much better,
Than the gas on your street!

I got the I can’t Be the Town Drunk Anymore ‘Cause I Got Run Outta Town Blues!
Ain’t nobody gonna give me nothin’ but the tips of their shoes!
As they kick and they fight,
Til I’m clear outta sight,
They don’t want me takin’ up their time or their booze!

I went back pretty often,
Bought up most of their stuff,
They thought me a drunkard,
Who just can’t get enough.

I kept up the pretense,
Who gets gas for that price?
They called me the town drunk,
I just thought it was nice!

Then one day I got busted,
They discovered my game,
For some reason they’re angry,
Now it can’t be the same.

I got the I can’t Be the Town Drunk Anymore ‘Cause I Got Run Outta Town Blues!
Ain’t nobody gonna give me nothin’ but the tips of their shoes!
As they kick and they fight,
Til I’m clear outta sight,
They don’t want me takin’ up their time or their booze!

NicknamedBob. . . . September 27, 2005

940 posted on 01/11/2012 4:38:16 PM PST by NicknamedBob (If "everybody's different" then two of them have to be the same. It's the only way to be different.)
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