From: kenpitts on
On May 10, 8:42 am, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
> On Sun, 9 May 2010 20:17:33 -0700 (PDT), kenpitts <ken.p...(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> >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:
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> >> >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.
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> >> >> 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 -
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> >> >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.
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> >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.
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> BK- Hide quoted text -
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Where did I ever advocate gunning these people down? I'm saying
apprehend them and send the back - real simple. Just like Mexico does
on their southern border.

The ten million or more that are here are a huge burden on the border
states. Send them back too. It's been done before under Truman and
Eisenhower.

I do not agree that nobody would do those jobs. These businesses will
adjust their wages and their conditions to fill th void. I've cleaned
the equipment in a butcher shop. I have been a grease monkey at a
mechanic shop. I have chipped paint in the Navy. People who need a job
will take a job. I knew that first hand before I had a career.

Ken
From: Carbon on
On Mon, 10 May 2010 19:21:32 -0700, dene wrote:
> "Howard Brazee" <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote in message
> news:tbahu5pcbiskjlm6mt2gtrsd7h2po9l1ms(a)4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 10 May 2010 09:25:59 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
>> <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If narcotics are made legal and easy to buy, will drug addiction - and
>>> the many problems it imposes on society - go up or down?
>>
>> Total amount? We're guessing. What happened when Prohibition was
>> repealed?
>>
>> The population of abusers will likely be different. We won't have as
>> many problems with criminal gangs. The people working on the problem
>> will be social workers, freeing up police to do other vital work.
>
> A flock of social workers. Just what our society needs. Prison is more
> effective. Cleans up the addicts and makes them think twice about using
> again.

The US incarcerates a larger percentage of its own citizens than any
other first world country. That war on drugs is gonna be won any year
now!!!
From: bknight on
On Mon, 10 May 2010 19:18:23 -0700 (PDT), kenpitts
<ken.ptts(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>On May 10, 8:42�am, bkni...(a)conramp.net wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 May 2010 20:17:33 -0700 (PDT), kenpitts <ken.p...(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> >> >> >> 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- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
>
>Where did I ever advocate gunning these people down? I'm saying
>apprehend them and send the back - real simple. Just like Mexico does
>on their southern border.

Just so you don't have to scroll back up this very post I'll print
both BAR's statement and your agreement:
>> >> >> 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.

You said that shooting them is "clearly a good idea".
>

BK
From: dene on

"Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
news:4be8c384$0$4977$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> On Mon, 10 May 2010 19:21:32 -0700, dene wrote:
> > "Howard Brazee" <howard(a)brazee.net> wrote in message
> > news:tbahu5pcbiskjlm6mt2gtrsd7h2po9l1ms(a)4ax.com...
> >> On Mon, 10 May 2010 09:25:59 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
> >> <johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> If narcotics are made legal and easy to buy, will drug addiction - and
> >>> the many problems it imposes on society - go up or down?
> >>
> >> Total amount? We're guessing. What happened when Prohibition was
> >> repealed?
> >>
> >> The population of abusers will likely be different. We won't have as
> >> many problems with criminal gangs. The people working on the problem
> >> will be social workers, freeing up police to do other vital work.
> >
> > A flock of social workers. Just what our society needs. Prison is more
> > effective. Cleans up the addicts and makes them think twice about using
> > again.
>
> The US incarcerates a larger percentage of its own citizens than any
> other first world country. That war on drugs is gonna be won any year
> now!!!

It's also resulted in a dramatically lower crime rate than before. Bad guys
are staying where they belong.

-Greg


From: R&B on
On 2010-05-10 13:25:58 -0400, MNMikeW said:

> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
> news:2010050723254273798-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>> On 2010-05-07 12:45:24 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>>
>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>>> news:2010050711524348319-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>>>> On 2010-05-07 08:54:54 -0400, MNMikeW said:
>>>>
>>>>> "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:4be34111$0$4888$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>>>>>> On Thu, 06 May 2010 12:49:06 -0500, MNMikeW wrote:
>>>>>>> "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:2010050612314318056-noneofyourbusiness(a)allcom...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But as to the Arizona law specifically...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But where the Arizona law really runs into problems is where police
>>>>>>>> in that state won't stop me because I "look" illegal, but they could
>>>>>>>> stop Maria or Miguel, my neighbors, who are both second-generation US
>>>>>>>> citizens, both born in this country to immigrant citizens of the US.
>>>>>>>> That's where this law runs into serious constitutional questions.
>>>>>>>> And that's why I oppose it. It places legal citizens in situations
>>>>>>>> we've only read about in history books and seen in movies about the
>>>>>>>> Gestapo in Germany. It's unAmerican.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is wrong Randy. The law specifically states there must be lawful
>>>>>>> contact BEFORE any paper checking can happen. They cannot simply pull
>>>>>>> you over for looking a specific way.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, because the police would never routinely pull visible minorities
>>>>>> over like that.
>>>>>
>>>>> Like they do now right?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, like they do right now.
>>>>
>>>> Randy
>>>>
>>> Riiiiiiight.
>>
>>
>> Are you serious, Mike? Do you honestly believe that police don't stop
>> people strictly because of the color of their skin?
>>
> Does it happen, sure. Does it happen a lot, no. There are bad apples in
> every group.
>
>> I personally know a half-dozen people -- responsible adults, all of
>> whom are model citizens -- who have been pulled over by racist cops who
>> just wanted to hassle a black person.
>
> Did they say anything racist? Or you just assuming.
>>
>> And yes, I was even once in the car with someone when it happened.
>> I've seen it first hand. We weren't speeding. We weren't breaking any
>> laws. And the cop was verbally rude and abusive. It was clear that he
>> just wanted to intimidate my friend.
>
> I've ran into a few prick cops as most people have. There must have
> been a reason for
> the stop.
>>
>> The fact is, 99 percent of cops are good people. It's that 1 percent
>> that give the rest a bad name in the minds of some.
>
> Yes, this is true for any group. Except for politicans, where it's
> reversed. ;-)
>>
>> On a lesser scale, even without a badge and a gun, you put some people
>> in a position of presumed authority, they will let their presumed
>> "power" go to their heads.
>
> Yes there a few of those out there.
>
> Like when I was broadcasting a PGA TOUR
>> event once and one of the volunteers threatened to have me removed from
>> the grounds because I was walking inside the ropes, even though I had
>> the credentials clearly on my arm entitling me to be there. The same
>> guy even started physically assaulting one of our female reporters
>> WHILE SHE WAS TALKING ON THE AIR!!!
>
> I did volunteer work at the 3M Championship up here a few years ago. We
> didnt have that much power to do that. ;-).
>>
>>
>> For you to mindlessly assert that such things don't happen only shows
>> your own ignorance -- or stubborn insistence on keeping your head stuck
>> firmly in the sand (or elsewhere just as dark).
>>
> I never said they never happen. But for you to mindlessly assert that
> this will be the norm only shows your ignorance.

I never said it was the norm.

You said, "Riiiiiiight," as if to suggest it hardly ever happens.

It happens with surprising regularity. Somewhere.

To assert otherwise is a lie.

Randy