From: Carbon on
On Mon, 10 May 2010 12:00:08 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:4be78b05$0$4851$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>
>> 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. Tyson
>> Foods, et al, do not care which party is in power; they will grease
>> however many palms it takes to ensure that their cheap labor pool is
>> left alone.
>>
>> So, my take is that the money does not want immigration reform,
>> therefore it will not happen. Also, it's very possible that illegal
>> workers are a net gain to the economy. I have never heard a coherent
>> argument to the contrary from the right.
>
> You refuse to listen.

Of course I listen. I listen to all the empty slogans from the
anti-immigration ideologues. I listen to their little theories. My
favorite so far is Bert's suggestion to just shoot illegal aliens.
Perhaps it could be made into some sort of reality television show. You
know, like The Running Man. Think of the ratings.
From: Carbon on
On Mon, 10 May 2010 18:55:39 -0400, BAR wrote:
> In article <457cf279-2014-443a-b7f5-ee36a8baf4d3
> @k31g2000vbu.googlegroups.com>, johnb505(a)gmail.com says...
>> On May 9, 9:58 am, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> 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:
>>>>> In article <e9313f6a-885e-44f8-b4cb-5362aeb48277
>>>>> @b7g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
>>>>>
>>>>>> How is that reciprocal when Americans can own property in Mexico?
>>>>>
>>>>> Please provide proof that US nationals can be majority owners of
>>>>> real property in Mexico.
>>>>
>>>> Please provide proof that rounding up undocumented workers by the
>>>> thousands and murdering them is a good idea.
>>>
>>> Nice try buddy. The legal term is illegal aliens.
>>>
>>> I never said anything about rounding up illegal aliens and murdering
>>> them. What I said is we round up illegal aliens and we ship them
>>> back to their country of origin.
>>>
>>> What we need to do is put the US military on our borders and shoot
>>> anyone trying to enter the country illegally.
>>
>> You also said that illegal aliens caught here should be tattooed,
>> like the Nazis did to Jews.
>
> No, I said we should tattoo those caught here as illegal aliens and
> then deport them. The scarlet letter has its uses.

Your idiot impression is extremely good.
From: Howard Brazee on
On 11 May 2010 00:21:16 GMT, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com>
wrote:

>> So the economic gain outweighs the cost of prisons, education, and
>> unpaid trips to the ER.
>
>It is very possible. However most of the anti-immigration zealots are
>too busy hating Mexicans to think about it rationally.

They are willing to pay the extra cost for the comfort of believing
that their values are safe. Of course, that belief is mistaken, the
next generation will be different even without immigrants. But at
least they will be speaking English, sort of.

--
"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 Mon, 10 May 2010 19:57:09 -0400, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

>
>Do you have locks on the doors of your house and cars? If yes, why?

It's cost effective.

--
"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: John B. on
On May 10, 6:55 pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> In article <b42612b0-f940-4eb0-8e68-
> bc25c871b...(a)e28g2000vbd.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On May 9, 1:07 am, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > In article <e9313f6a-885e-44f8-b4cb-5362aeb48277
> > > @b7g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, johnb...(a)gmail.com says...
>
> > > > On May 8, 7:01 pm, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
> > > > > In article <vunbu5h4vpn0f3edg9q2n03slsuhm87...(a)4ax.com>,
> > > > > how...(a)brazee.net says...
>
> > > > > > On Sat, 8 May 2010 08:56:27 -0400, BAR <sc...(a)you.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > >Mexicans nationals cannot own property in the US.
>
> > > > > > Why not?
>
> > > > > It is all part of the reciprocity argument. Non Mexicans are not allowed
> > > > > to be majority owners of property in Mexico. Just turn the tables on
> > > > > them when in our contry.
>
> > > > How is that reciprocal when Americans can own property in Mexico?
>
> > > Please provide proof that US nationals can be majority owners of real
> > > property in Mexico.
>
> > Why do you have to have everything proven to you? Are you too lazy to
> > research anything on your own? I attended a language school in
> > Cuernavaca, Mexico that was owned by Americans.
>
> You are one of the most naive and gullible people I have ever come
> across.

You haven't come across me, and thank God for that.