From: bknight on 12 May 2010 15:21 On Wed, 12 May 2010 14:12:50 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > ><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message >news:retlu5t47rg21jltiet7epnh1fqagp8b1m(a)4ax.com... >> On Wed, 12 May 2010 11:32:27 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> >> wrote: >> >>>In article <850ab7Fa7eU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >>> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: >> >>>> > I said a high percentage. I didn't compare it to any other percentage. >>>> > Learn how to read, dope. >>>> > >>>> > Anything > 0% is too high. >>>> > >>>> > Ken >>>> > >>>> > Ken >>>> >>>> How high? >>>> >>>> =================== >>>> From what I've seen its around 30%. >>> >>>"From what I've seen"? What would that be? >> >> In 2007 Newsblaze reported that approximately 30 percent of the >> inmates in California prisons are illegal aliens, or "documented >> criminals,". So its less than 30%, since documented criminals aren't >> illegals. >> >> BK > >So what exactly is a "documented criminal" ? Wild guess: A criminal with documents. BK >
From: MNMikeW on 12 May 2010 16:18 <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message news:6tvlu5poafmislp2gmrild74g4g6rpgd4m(a)4ax.com... > On Wed, 12 May 2010 14:12:50 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> > wrote: > >> >><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message >>news:retlu5t47rg21jltiet7epnh1fqagp8b1m(a)4ax.com... >>> On Wed, 12 May 2010 11:32:27 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>In article <850ab7Fa7eU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >>>> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: >>> >>>>> > I said a high percentage. I didn't compare it to any other >>>>> > percentage. >>>>> > Learn how to read, dope. >>>>> > >>>>> > Anything > 0% is too high. >>>>> > >>>>> > Ken >>>>> > >>>>> > Ken >>>>> >>>>> How high? >>>>> >>>>> =================== >>>>> From what I've seen its around 30%. >>>> >>>>"From what I've seen"? What would that be? >>> >>> In 2007 Newsblaze reported that approximately 30 percent of the >>> inmates in California prisons are illegal aliens, or "documented >>> criminals,". So its less than 30%, since documented criminals aren't >>> illegals. >>> >>> BK >> >>So what exactly is a "documented criminal" ? > > Wild guess: A criminal with documents. > > BK >> According to your "NewsBlaze" source, "documented criminal" is the PC term for illegal alien.
From: bknight on 12 May 2010 16:30 On Wed, 12 May 2010 15:18:04 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > ><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message >news:6tvlu5poafmislp2gmrild74g4g6rpgd4m(a)4ax.com... >> On Wed, 12 May 2010 14:12:50 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message >>>news:retlu5t47rg21jltiet7epnh1fqagp8b1m(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Wed, 12 May 2010 11:32:27 -0700, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>In article <850ab7Fa7eU1(a)mid.individual.net>, >>>>> "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> > I said a high percentage. I didn't compare it to any other >>>>>> > percentage. >>>>>> > Learn how to read, dope. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Anything > 0% is too high. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Ken >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Ken >>>>>> >>>>>> How high? >>>>>> >>>>>> =================== >>>>>> From what I've seen its around 30%. >>>>> >>>>>"From what I've seen"? What would that be? >>>> >>>> In 2007 Newsblaze reported that approximately 30 percent of the >>>> inmates in California prisons are illegal aliens, or "documented >>>> criminals,". So its less than 30%, since documented criminals aren't >>>> illegals. >>>> >>>> BK >>> >>>So what exactly is a "documented criminal" ? >> >> Wild guess: A criminal with documents. >> >> BK >>> >According to your "NewsBlaze" source, "documented criminal" is the PC term >for illegal alien. > > The sentence can be taken two ways. It would've been clearer if it said "and" rather than "or". Who knows? BK
From: Alan Baker on 12 May 2010 16:30 In article <850d1uFqbtU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > news:rqslu5thq97pkje9qv523pbgsvvq3qg26e(a)4ax.com... > > On Wed, 12 May 2010 13:23:53 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > >><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > >>news:8mplu55fhk4skkke3aeqtgpvoofhtprsf9(a)4ax.com... > >>> On Wed, 12 May 2010 12:29:46 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>>"F. Kurgan Gringioni" <kgringioni(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >>>>news:hsekqa$v2l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >>> > >>>>> Meghan McCain had some choice words for Sarah Palin, former Rep. Tom > >>>>> Tancredo and the conservative Tea Party movement as a whole during her > >>>>> appearance Monday on ABC's "The View." > >>>>> > >>>>> McCain, the daughter of Sen. John McCain known for occasionally > >>>>> parting > >>>>> ways with the views of her Republican dad, was particularly scathing > >>>>> in > >>>>> her assessment of Tancredo's speech on the opening day of the National > >>>>> Tea > >>>>> Party Convention on Thursday in Nashville. In the speech, Tancredo > >>>>> said > >>>>> people "who could not spell the word vote or say it in English" > >>>>> elected > >>>>> a > >>>>> "committed socialist ideologue" because the country does not require a > >>>>> "civics literacy test." > >>>>> > >>>>> "It's innate racism, and I think it's why young people are turned off > >>>>> by > >>>>> this movement," McCain said. "And I'm sorry -- revolutions start with > >>>>> young people, not with 65-year-old people talking about literacy tests > >>>>> and > >>>>> people who can't say the word vote in English." > >>>>> > >>>>All McCains are idiots. What Meghan McCain did here is exactly the same > >>>>stereotyping you were just talking about. > >>>> > >>> How so? She wasn't alluding to a group of people, but to Tancredo. No > >>> group made those statements. > >>> > >>> BK > >> > >>""It's innate racism, and I think it's why young people are turned off by > >>this movement" > >>A movement is a group. > >> > > No group made the comments to which McCain was responding. Only > > Tancredo. > > > > BK > > And what group was Tancredo speaking to? So Meghan misspoke. She's should > have said "It's innate racism, and I think it's why young people are turned > off by Tom Tancredo". Tom Tancredo acted as a spokesperson for the Tea Party movement, so what he says has an effect on how people see that movement. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: William Clark on 12 May 2010 17:15
In article <850d1uFqbtU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > <bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > news:rqslu5thq97pkje9qv523pbgsvvq3qg26e(a)4ax.com... > > On Wed, 12 May 2010 13:23:53 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > >><bknight(a)conramp.net> wrote in message > >>news:8mplu55fhk4skkke3aeqtgpvoofhtprsf9(a)4ax.com... > >>> On Wed, 12 May 2010 12:29:46 -0500, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>>"F. Kurgan Gringioni" <kgringioni(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > >>>>news:hsekqa$v2l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >>> > >>>>> Meghan McCain had some choice words for Sarah Palin, former Rep. Tom > >>>>> Tancredo and the conservative Tea Party movement as a whole during her > >>>>> appearance Monday on ABC's "The View." > >>>>> > >>>>> McCain, the daughter of Sen. John McCain known for occasionally > >>>>> parting > >>>>> ways with the views of her Republican dad, was particularly scathing > >>>>> in > >>>>> her assessment of Tancredo's speech on the opening day of the National > >>>>> Tea > >>>>> Party Convention on Thursday in Nashville. In the speech, Tancredo > >>>>> said > >>>>> people "who could not spell the word vote or say it in English" > >>>>> elected > >>>>> a > >>>>> "committed socialist ideologue" because the country does not require a > >>>>> "civics literacy test." > >>>>> > >>>>> "It's innate racism, and I think it's why young people are turned off > >>>>> by > >>>>> this movement," McCain said. "And I'm sorry -- revolutions start with > >>>>> young people, not with 65-year-old people talking about literacy tests > >>>>> and > >>>>> people who can't say the word vote in English." > >>>>> > >>>>All McCains are idiots. What Meghan McCain did here is exactly the same > >>>>stereotyping you were just talking about. > >>>> > >>> How so? She wasn't alluding to a group of people, but to Tancredo. No > >>> group made those statements. > >>> > >>> BK > >> > >>""It's innate racism, and I think it's why young people are turned off by > >>this movement" > >>A movement is a group. > >> > > No group made the comments to which McCain was responding. Only > > Tancredo. > > > > BK > > And what group was Tancredo speaking to? So Meghan misspoke. She's should > have said "It's innate racism, and I think it's why young people are turned > off by Tom Tancredo". Oh, come on, even you can do better than this. Not wanting to face facts is one thing, but these contortions are beyond absurd. |