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We need to show more sympathy for these people.
* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans;
I'm talking about our troops!
Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans;
I'm talking about our troops!
Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
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onelongsong wrote:We need to show more sympathy for these people.
* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans;
I'm talking about our troops!
Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
i know they dont support the troops man... its gross... but
illegal immigrants and the word lavish should never be in the same sentence.
its simply not true...they are not an issue..and are stealing from no one
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onelongsong wrote:We need to show more sympathy for these people.
* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans;
I'm talking about our troops!
Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
hey, that's clever!0 -
onelongsong wrote:We need to show more sympathy for these people.
* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans;
I'm talking about our troops!
Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
I agree that our troops are treated like fucking shit, but I think it's a bit far fetched to say that our government lavishes social benefits on illegals."When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul0 -
onelongsong wrote:We need to show more sympathy for these people.
* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans;
I'm talking about our troops!
Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
And all these also apply to illegal alliens....the balls a human must have to leave his home, his language, his customs...risk they're lives...to make it better for their families is just amazing....sure as hell have more guts, determination and resolve than the average American that wines about illegals.10-18-2000 Houston, 04-06-2003 Houston, 6-25-2003 Toronto, 10-8-2004 Kissimmee, 9-4-2005 Calgary, 12-3-05 Sao Paulo, 7-2-2006 Denver, 7-22-06 Gorge, 7-23-2006 Gorge, 9-13-2006 Bern, 6-22-2008 DC, 6-24-2008 MSG, 6-25-2008 MSG0 -
onelongsong wrote:We need to show more sympathy for these people.
* They travel miles in the heat.
* They risk their lives crossing a border.
* They don't get paid enough wages.
* They do jobs that others won't do or are afraid to do.
* They live in crowded conditions among a people who speak a different language.
* They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
I'm not talking about illegal Mexicans;
I'm talking about our troops!
Doesn't it seem strange that many Democrats and Republicans are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are now threatening to defund them?
There is a difference between not supporting the troops and not supporting the war.
A few times Congress has tried to set timeline goals for the war with the threat of defunding, but Bush vetoes or threatens to veto anything like that.
Are timelines to complete certain goals a bad thing though?
They also tried to give the troops a pay raise, but they had an objection that it was too much:Military Pay: The Administration strongly opposes sections 601 and 606. The additional 0.5 percent increase above the President’s proposed 3.0 percent across-the-board pay increase is unnecessary.0 -
callen wrote:And all these also apply to illegal alliens....the balls a human must have to leave his home, his language, his customs...risk they're lives...to make it better for their families is just amazing....sure as hell have more guts, determination and resolve than the average American that wines about illegals.
i got that in an email and wanted to see peoples reaction. here's my opinion:
if you've got 100 friends in a fight and they're losing; do you stop the fight by:
1) slowly removing your friends from the fight; letting the others get beaten worse until you remove all your friends dead or alive.
or do you
2) call 100 more friends and stop the fight by victory and much more swiftly.
i'd call 100 more friends. the deaths of those in the fight are on the heads of those who won't send more help.
withdrawing is for birth control. not for wars. some wars have to be won or lost.0 -
i think immigration is an obvious consequence of us not doing enough to help developing countries.myspace.com/airstriponeuk0
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miskin wrote:i think immigration is an obvious consequence of us not doing enough to help developing countries.
Why are we obligated to help developing countries? I'd prefer my money be spent on local concerns... Sorry Uganda and Paraguay! And i thought all those factories moving to Mexico years ago was plenty of help for them.
Illegal immigration is easily and cheaply preventable if the power elite actually wanted to control it, but there is too much money to be made off of cheap labor.0 -
onelongsong wrote:i got that in an email and wanted to see peoples reaction. here's my opinion:
if you've got 100 friends in a fight and they're losing; do you stop the fight by:
1) slowly removing your friends from the fight; letting the others get beaten worse until you remove all your friends dead or alive.
or do you
2) call 100 more friends and stop the fight by victory and much more swiftly.
i'd call 100 more friends. the deaths of those in the fight are on the heads of those who won't send more help.
withdrawing is for birth control. not for wars. some wars have to be won or lost.
That's the most ridiculus analogy I've ever read.
This is NOT a war, it's an occupation based on lies to get control of this country Iraq and the Middle East region. WHY, it has something we want and need O-I-L!
Oh may I include the various war profiteering occuring in Iraq.
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onelongsong wrote:i got that in an email and wanted to see peoples reaction. here's my opinion:
if you've got 100 friends in a fight and they're losing; do you stop the fight by:
1) slowly removing your friends from the fight; letting the others get beaten worse until you remove all your friends dead or alive.
or do you
2) call 100 more friends and stop the fight by victory and much more swiftly.
i'd call 100 more friends. the deaths of those in the fight are on the heads of those who won't send more help.
withdrawing is for birth control. not for wars. some wars have to be won or lost.
I want the last 15 seconds of my life back.1/12/1879, 4/8/1156, 2/6/1977, who gives a shit, ...0 -
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3095510.ece
— There were 34.2 million immigrants in the US in 2004; 18.3 million came from Latin America, 8.7 million from Asia and 4.7 million from Europe
— There are an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants across the US, 1 in 20 of the working population
— Illegal immigrants contributed $8.5 billion in social security and Medicare funds last year, and almost $50 billion in federal taxes from 1996 to 2003
— In 1970 Iowa published a treatise, Iowa: The Home for Immigrants – its purpose to “induce thousands to find homes within the borders of Iowa”
— Schools in Storm Lake, northwest Iowa (the city with the highest percentage of Hispanic people in Iowa) are 49 per cent Hispanic, 10 per cent Asian and 4 per cent African-American
— In 2000, when Governor Tom Vilsack announced immigrant recruitment, a Des Moines Register poll indicated that 58 per cent of Iowans opposed encouraging immigration
— In 2006, President Bush proposed an overhaul of US immigration laws. It was opposed by Republicans, who backed its tougher security measures but opposed efforts to grant citizenship to illegal immigrants
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onelongsong wrote:i got that in an email and wanted to see peoples reaction. here's my opinion:
if you've got 100 friends in a fight and they're losing; do you stop the fight by:
1) slowly removing your friends from the fight; letting the others get beaten worse until you remove all your friends dead or alive.
or do you
2) call 100 more friends and stop the fight by victory and much more swiftly.
i'd call 100 more friends. the deaths of those in the fight are on the heads of those who won't send more help.
withdrawing is for birth control. not for wars. some wars have to be won or lost.0 -
miskin wrote:i think immigration is an obvious consequence of us not doing enough to help developing countries.
WHAT? mexico is not a poor country. it is rich in gold and oil. the problem is their dictator. he owns everything while he shits on the people. the only way to develope mexico is to invade it; and redo their entire government. our attempts to "develope" it left us with a loan that will never be repaid and mexico got oil fields.
america needs to keep to american business.0 -
onelongsong wrote:WHAT? mexico is not a poor country. it is rich in gold and oil. the problem is their dictator. he owns everything while he shits on the people. the only way to develope mexico is to invade it; and redo their entire government. our attempts to "develope" it left us with a loan that will never be repaid and mexico got oil fields.
america needs to keep to american business.0 -
Commy wrote:IF your 100 friends started the fight and were losing, the right course of action would be withdrawal.
i'm willing to fight the enemy here. are you?0 -
onelongsong wrote:i'm willing to fight the enemy here. are you?
Al queda had no presence in IRaq...the empire wasnt' really sure where they were. So they attacked Iraq, knowing al queda would come, so they now have a battlefield on which to fight them. THE one glaring problem with this is that Iraq has become the battlefield...the cities the desert, the peopl of IRaq live in fear and brutality so the US can pick on one of the few groups left that have attempted to fight back against the bully.0 -
onelongsong wrote:WHAT? mexico is not a poor country. it is rich in gold and oil. the problem is their dictator. he owns everything while he shits on the people. the only way to develope mexico is to invade it; and redo their entire government. our attempts to "develope" it left us with a loan that will never be repaid and mexico got oil fields.
america needs to keep to american business.
1 american> a martini
2 americans> a corporation
3 americans> an invasion"The joke in your language won't come out the same" (Tom Petty)
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onelongsong wrote:i'm willing to fight the enemy here. are you?
they arent the enemy unless they are fought on friendly or home ground.
WE ARE THE ENEMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
AND WE ARENT GOING TO WIN ANYTHING AND ITS NOT PRESIDENT BUSH'S INTENTION TO WIN ANYTHING.0 -
romybian wrote:that reminded me of a joke....
1 american> a martini
2 americans> a corporation
3 americans> an invasion
i dont get it.
oh wait now i do. THe numbers were confusing me. I thought you were making a list or saying Americans were greater than stuff.0 -
macgyver06 wrote:i know they dont support the troops man... its gross... but
illegal immigrants and the word lavish should never be in the same sentence.
its simply not true...they are not an issue..and are stealing from no one
ITS A LIE
i do think it's a shame though how our brothers and sisters are being shunned for the service they gave with best of intent...all insanity:
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