Colin Powell admits to hiring illegal aliens

unsung

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09 ... e/#content

So where is the Obama administration at on this? Barry himself said employers should be punished.

More jobs that Americans wont do? I think not.

Commy

oh they took urr job?




if you got beat out from a job by someone who barely speaks english and needs to be trained in pantomime that says a lot more about your ability than the immigration system.

TriumphantAngel

lol. typical fox news. the dumbing down of America continues. people are so quick to believe anything they read and take it out of context.

if anyone actually watched meet the press, what Powell actually said was that "american people want their borders to be protected. there's nothing wrong with that. there's nothing wrong with making sure that people come accross our borders in a legal safe manner. but at the same time, we have millions and millions of illegal immigrants in our Country. undocumented individuals who are working. who are doing things we need done in this Country. there all over my house doing things when i call for repairs, i'm sure you've seen them at your house. we've got to find a way to bring these people out of the darkness and give them some kind of status.

nowhere did he say HE personally hires illegal aliens. in fact, what he did say made a whole lot of sense. i guess fox doesn't want you to know that part though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cEEn3qcq8A

gimmesometruth27

TriumphantAngel wrote:

lol. typical fox news. the dumbing down of America continues. people are so quick to believe anything they read and take it out of context.

if anyone actually watched meet the press, what Powell actually said was that "american people want their borders to be protected. there's nothing wrong with that. there's nothing wrong with making sure that people come accross our borders in a legal safe manner. but at the same time, we have millions and millions of illegal immigrants in our Country. undocumented individuals who are working. who are doing things we need done in this Country. there all over my house doing things when i call for repairs, i'm sure you've seen them at your house. we've got to find a way to bring these people out of the darkness and give them some kind of status.

nowhere did he say HE personally hires illegal aliens. in fact, what he did say made a whole lot of sense. i guess fox doesn't want you to know that part though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cEEn3qcq8A

exactly. i completely agree.

why did the fox story not link to the actual video? probably because they would have had to come up with a less sensationalized headline....or maybe even rewrite the entire story...

arq

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

why did the fox story not link to the actual video? probably because they would have had to come up with a less sensationalized headline....or maybe even rewrite the entire story...

What's the point if there's no fear mongering? It's easier for them if the feed their followers a 1/4 of the story and make their political believes make up rest of the story, from such a eloquent remark made by Powell people can say "Colin Powell admits to hiring illegal aliens... and they took urr jooobs!" :roll:

gimmesometruth27

arq wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

why did the fox story not link to the actual video? probably because they would have had to come up with a less sensationalized headline....or maybe even rewrite the entire story...

What's the point if there's no fear mongering? It's easier for them if the feed their followers a 1/4 of the story and make their political believes make up rest of the story, from such a eloquent remark made by Powell people can say "Colin Powell admits to hiring illegal aliens... and they took urr jooobs!" :roll:

but wouldn't you want your readers to be informed? any legitimate news source should strive to give the whole story, or at least more than one snippet of the story, otherwise their credibility deserves to be called into question....this just goes to show how fux news creates news instead of reporting it...

Hugh Freaking Dillon

the Fox network itself was born out of controversy/sensationalism/gratuitous everything. They wanted to get noticed, and get noticed quickly. They did. Same goes for their news. They have no choice but to come up with BS so people will tune in, or at least talk about it, because let's be honest here, most of the people that watch Fox are only watching the news because they passed out at the end of Cops and woke up to get another beer when the news was on, and couldn't find the remote.

Their "news" is no different than Hard Copy of the 90's.

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

but wouldn't you want your readers to be informed? any legitimate news source should strive to give the whole story, or at least more than one snippet of the story, otherwise their credibility deserves to be called into question....this just goes to show how fux news creates news instead of reporting it...

arq

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

but wouldn't you want your readers to be informed? any legitimate news source should strive to give the whole story, or at least more than one snippet of the story, otherwise their credibility deserves to be called into question....this just goes to show how fux news creates news instead of reporting it...

Of course i would want my readers to be informed... but that was when Walter Cronkite was around but what we could expect when what we have now is Glenn Beck now?

Commy

free press, guaranteed, sure sure. and if you are a constitutionalist and making money from the not-so-free setup, then its ok.


queue glenn beck.


fewer and fewer people in american media are deciding what we are exposed too.

catefrances

Commy wrote:

oh they took urr job?




if you got beat out from a job by someone who barely speaks english and needs to be trained in pantomime that says a lot more about your ability than the immigration system.

i would imagine that the deciding factor wouldnt have been skills as much as paying illegals is cheaper. :think:

Commy

catefrances wrote:

Commy wrote:

oh they took urr job?




if you got beat out from a job by someone who barely speaks english and needs to be trained in pantomime that says a lot more about your ability than the immigration system.

i would imagine that the deciding factor wouldnt have been skills as much as paying illegals is cheaper. :think:

obviously.


i was taking a shot at the scared, lighten up.

catefrances

Commy wrote:

catefrances wrote:

Commy wrote:

oh they took urr job?




if you got beat out from a job by someone who barely speaks english and needs to be trained in pantomime that says a lot more about your ability than the immigration system.

i would imagine that the deciding factor wouldnt have been skills as much as paying illegals is cheaper. :think:

obviously.


i was taking a shot at the scared, lighten up.

lighten up???? WTF? did my non tone offend you somehow??

Commy

catefrances wrote:

lighten up???? WTF?

yes lighten up. i am directing that to every poster on this board, not just you.


its a message board. lighten up.

catefrances

Commy wrote:

catefrances wrote:

lighten up???? WTF?

yes lighten up. i am directing that to every poster on this board, not just you.


its a message board. lighten up.

then dont quote me say lighten up. i might suspect it was aimed at me, you know???

and youre the last person that should tell people to lighten up rob... :P

TriumphantAngel

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

lol. typical fox news. the dumbing down of America continues. people are so quick to believe anything they read and take it out of context.

if anyone actually watched meet the press, what Powell actually said was that "american people want their borders to be protected. there's nothing wrong with that. there's nothing wrong with making sure that people come accross our borders in a legal safe manner. but at the same time, we have millions and millions of illegal immigrants in our Country. undocumented individuals who are working. who are doing things we need done in this Country. there all over my house doing things when i call for repairs, i'm sure you've seen them at your house. we've got to find a way to bring these people out of the darkness and give them some kind of status.

nowhere did he say HE personally hires illegal aliens. in fact, what he did say made a whole lot of sense. i guess fox doesn't want you to know that part though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cEEn3qcq8A

exactly. i completely agree.

why did the fox story not link to the actual video? probably because they would have had to come up with a less sensationalized headline....or maybe even rewrite the entire story...

it's just really sad. he made some good points. one day people might realize the media is not your friend.

gimmesometruth27

TriumphantAngel wrote:

gimmesometruth27 wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

lol. typical fox news. the dumbing down of America continues. people are so quick to believe anything they read and take it out of context.

if anyone actually watched meet the press, what Powell actually said was that "american people want their borders to be protected. there's nothing wrong with that. there's nothing wrong with making sure that people come accross our borders in a legal safe manner. but at the same time, we have millions and millions of illegal immigrants in our Country. undocumented individuals who are working. who are doing things we need done in this Country. there all over my house doing things when i call for repairs, i'm sure you've seen them at your house. we've got to find a way to bring these people out of the darkness and give them some kind of status.

nowhere did he say HE personally hires illegal aliens. in fact, what he did say made a whole lot of sense. i guess fox doesn't want you to know that part though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cEEn3qcq8A

exactly. i completely agree.

why did the fox story not link to the actual video? probably because they would have had to come up with a less sensationalized headline....or maybe even rewrite the entire story...

it's just really sad. he made some good points. one day people might realize the media is not your friend.

i know he made some great points, but the takeaway message from fox is "colin powell admits to hiring illegal aliens to do work at his house"...all this to fit an agenda and further muddy the waters. and people eat this misinformation up like ice cream...very sad indeed...

Smellyman

Fox News is THE worst we should all know that by now

reminds me of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MjRV-UTs9o

TriumphantAngel

Smellyman wrote:

Fox News is THE worst we should all know that by now

reminds me of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MjRV-UTs9o

lol, send the twit a tweet,

Smellyman

TriumphantAngel wrote:

Smellyman wrote:

Fox News is THE worst we should all know that by now

reminds me of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MjRV-UTs9o

lol, send the twit a tweet,

oops. I edited the link to a shorter clip and that bit isn't in there.

That's here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeQAf1FH_QE

gimmesometruth27

Smellyman wrote:

TriumphantAngel wrote:

Smellyman wrote:

Fox News is THE worst we should all know that by now

reminds me of this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MjRV-UTs9o

lol, send the twit a tweet,

oops. I edited the link to a shorter clip and that bit isn't in there.

That's here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeQAf1FH_QE

lol...that is pretty good, just goes to show that soundbytes and video clips are very deceiving when the entire context is not presented...

aerial

I do not understand where all the arrogance on this board. Just like the politicians, you people see yourselves as superior to everyone that does not agree with you. Your contempt or disregard for others is sickening. People that watch Fox News are no more ignorant than those that that watch any other news source…..You are not the only ones that know the media is biased…..