From: Howard Brazee on
On 10 May 2010 04:26:45 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com>
wrote:

>This Dobbsian anti-immigration hysteria (THEY'RE SPREADING LEPROSY!!!)
>surfaces whenever the Republicans are out of office, and dies away again
>when they get back in. All this racism does wonders for rallying the
>true believers, but the reality is that many important industries are
>dependent on undocumented workers.

I think "racism" is the wrong word, but it is a pretty meaningless
word anyway. Societies always object to people with other cultures
moving in. Even if people believe it's about the illegals, they are
just as threatened by the legal aliens and Mexican culture US
citizens. As times change, we want to blame somebody for losing
the what we define as our culture.

Just like people did when European Roman Catholic immigrants came a
century ago.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on
On Sun, 9 May 2010 15:16:14 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
<johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Should narcotics be sold in retail stores, like alcohol, or do you
>favor creating a government bureaucracy to dispense them?

Just a note - alcohol laws vary from state to state. Some states
sell liquor in grocery stores, others have state run liquor stores.
Most states are in between these extremes. We still have dry
counties.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: Howard Brazee on
On Sun, 9 May 2010 21:04:51 -0700, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com>
wrote:

>Really. Gambling is legal in Nv. Did that keep the Mob out? What finally
>rooted them out of Vegas was good law enforcement. Same thing applies with
>the drug cartels.

The first generation of the prohibition enriched Mob invested in
industry close to their skills. Later generations invested more
broadly.

--
"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: bknight on
On Sun, 9 May 2010 20:17:33 -0700 (PDT), kenpitts <ken.ptts(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>On May 9, 9:38�pm, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 May 2010 19:32:04 -0700 (PDT), kenpitts <ken.p...(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
=>>
>> >On May 9, 9:13�am, Carbon <nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>> >> On Sun, 09 May 2010 09:58:26 -0400, BAR wrote:
>> >> > In article <4be6bd3c$0$21861$9a6e1...(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
>> >> > nob...(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says...
>> >> >> On Sun, 09 May 2010 01:07:56 -0400, BAR wrote:

>> >> > What we need to do is put the US military on our borders and shoot
>> >> > anyone trying to enter the country illegally.
>>
>> >> Please provide proof that putting the US military on the border and
>> >> shooting anyone trying to enter the country illegally is a good idea.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>>
>> >Proof? We don't need no stinking proof. It is clearly a good idea.
>>
>> >Ken
>>
>> I'm truly sorry that you think this Ken. �It's reprehensible and I
>> thought better of you.
>>
>> BK-
>You don't think it is a good idea to enforce our border and turn
>around people who are entering illegally? I am the one who feels sorry
>for you.

At this moment it isn't sorry that I'm feeling for you, but I want to
give you the benefit of the doubt.
>

>Those who are not legal should go back from whence they came. No
>exceptions, zero tolerance.
>
>Ken

I have no problem with that at all, and I have no problem with
enforcing our border.

Let's just get this straight. Say that there's a 40 year old man
living in Mexico with his wife, two sons and a daughter. His wife is
not well and he hasn't worked in weeks. Can't find a job. One of his
compadres tells him that across the border in Texas he can get a job
paying $20 dollars a day working in the fields, so in desperation he
makes a 50 mile trip on foot, and crosses the border,hoping to stay a
couple of weeks then return home to try to find work there again.

Please don't tell me you would murder this man that's only trying to
put food in his family's stomach, doing labor that no U.S. citizen
will do.

BK
From: John B. on
On May 9, 8:24 pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 09 May 2010 18:51:18 -0500, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> >>You said, "Your opinion would be different if a loved one was killed
> >>by someone driving a car while high on cocaine."
>
> >>And I'm saying that it would not alter my opinion a bit.
>
> >I'm not confused.  You're a cold, self-centered voluptuary.
>
> >BK
>
> I'm sorry but I think that society would be much better off if drugs
> were legal.  As far as me personally, the fact that they were illegal
> never stopped me for a minute.  

If narcotics are made legal and easy to buy, will drug addiction - and
the many problems it imposes on society - go up or down?