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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:16 PM Original message |
I have three friends who have to leave the country by the end of the month, I hope all you who feel |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. (shrug) It's just how nativists are. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Okay, I was wrong. |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Three is a start. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
80. lol. That's cold. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
133. I know a guy from India who lost his job because it got outsourced to India |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Every country on EARTH does this, do any of them pass muster with you? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. According to the corpotatist globalists it's only bad when the US does it. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
83. Yup. Agreed. The double standards and hypocrisy is disgusting... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
128. Yup. Got that right. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #44 |
155. i discovered the real irony a few years back |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. God forbid political self-determination would have anything to do with borders or citizenship. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. This from someone who thought no more of passing a serious |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. !!! Really? nt |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. With friends like that ... |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. Is this poster RG Bolen of the "I do not eat with you" at the wife's Christmas party fame? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Yes, she gave me an order and she expected me to follow it, I guess I should have just |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. When did you develop this melodramatic streak? Using silly emoticons and cheap hyperbole wasn't |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Aw cripes |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #60 |
106. Huh...sounds like Ron Paul. n/t |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #49 |
62. Yes it is!! (nm) |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
110. "I don't drink with you," "Does the law require me to report a hit and run" |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Whoa. That's fascinating stuff. Thanks for the links. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #110 |
166. That is a comedy goldmine! |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #110 |
177. The "I don't drink with you" thread... |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #49 |
160. Please |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
161. Last week he said not all murders need to be solved. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes I am happy |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yup Thirty years of ever-lower labor compensation. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Exactly. Precisely. Hit the Nail. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. "trafficking in human labor... Labor WITHOUT a vote" +1000 |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
63. +1000 more! |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. Perhaps You Haven't Noticed The Recent Unemployment Numbers |
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Duckhunter935 (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Three down |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Sorry your friends have to leave |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. They should stay. We'll need millions of Medical Claims Denial Specialists! |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. "How someone can think one person has more of a right to a job because of where they were born" |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yes, well, almost all of the world is willing to work for less than current minimum wage. Should we |
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backwoodsbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. how does Mexico treat it's illigel aliens? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. welcome to the real world. every country on earth does it... |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sorry about the plight of your friends. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. I wouldn't come here in the first place. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Sure we do, I can name many companies who use h1b |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Which companies are issuing visa's? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Wipro, tata to name two run models that staff here using H1B |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. Have you seen the video posted here a week or two back, of a conference telling companies how to |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #64 |
92. It would be very interesting to know who the attendees were also. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
100. I remember they busted up a fake company in Maine handing out H1B's. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #64 |
101. Here is that video. Prepare to be enraged. |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #64 |
102. Senator Susan Collins from Maine |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #64 |
167. How is this not practically racketeering???? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
130. Not if the American workers train their H1B replacements, it doesn't! |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. ? what kind of jobs were they doing? Did they plan on trying |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
89. Zero response = zero credibility, perhaps. He might be talking out of his heiney... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. Great start. They should come here on holiday.. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
25. I am happy that three jobs are opening for citizens. And oh BTW unrec |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
90. Who said three were opening up for Americans, whose taxes can pay for the bailouts? |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
96. That's a joke, right? |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. No, I'm not very bright, and my feet stink, and I don' t love jesus - but |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. Ummm....Do you know what the unemployment #'s are in the US? |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. Sorry RB TexLa , most people are selfish. |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yeah, people have been known to do that when it comes to their familys survival. |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I know , me and my family , and screw other people , I know the sentiment |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Edward Abbey used to say that they should be sent back with rifles and... |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
109. I never said screw other people. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
76. Or evey their country's economy, which is linked to the global economy which means EVERYONE |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Yeah, it's silly that US Citizens want jobs... |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Exactly , like its silly that California residents want Jobs , so they show the door to anyone from |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #38 |
66. precisely. Unfortunately, most people buy into the 'lump of labor' fallacy |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
54. Yea, I find it kind of hard to think about feeding others |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I know that you are selfish that way , if you don't have enough in your belly , others can starve , |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. I guess you don't see the point I'm trying to make |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. +100000000 |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #55 |
131. Now your getting it!!!! |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. Not sure you can say I have a lack of humanity..... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. So your friends have a right to come here and work for half of what the job's worth. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
35. Have a safe trip and tell the folks at home I said "hi" |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
36. ... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. I am not surprised by the responses here. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
98. The only difference between DU and FR when it comes to immigration |
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whatdoyouthink (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. Bo Ho |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
99. "bo ho"? And we wonder why immigrants get American jobs... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:06 AM Response to Reply #99 |
120. Due to the bad economy, many red-blooded Americans can only afford one vowel per word |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #120 |
125. Ok - this is DUZY material. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #120 |
152. Apparently, capital letters are still "cheep"... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
41. I feel sorry for Americans who no longer have a roof over their head |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #41 |
95. +100000000 |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. The lives of millions of American citizens have been destroyed because of |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's called triage. |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Exactly |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Like I said, It seems like it's only "bad" when the US does it. |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. I'm with you |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. No doubt they'll go home and get an outsourced American job |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. When your country is the economic and military leader of the world |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. of course, but that doesn't mean using anti-nationalism as an excuse for importing wage-slaves. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I would pass a law saying you have to pay them the same wage as anybody else |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. wages across the board would still go down |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #61 |
148. I agree, it's tricky, I lost a job as a software architect and was replaced by a Developer 1 |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
85. Seconded. Canada and other countries still put their own first. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #85 |
105. Yes, but somehow it's ok for them to do so. |
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architect359 (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. My sympathies for you and your friends |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
51. Tell 'em by for me |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. Should I have been happy if they could have stayed and undercut American workers? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
91. Good luck in getting him to understand Economics 101. He's living in his own fantasyland... |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
57. Thank goodness |
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gabby garcia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
67. you have friends??? |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
68. What do you want....sympathy? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #68 |
84. +100000000 |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
69. I have many friends who lost their tech jobs in the last few years |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
70. Do they have some kind of unique skill that no American has? |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #70 |
171. The H1-B's I've interviewed for positions, can barely get through the interview. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #171 |
174. Yup...it's a scam. And the dumbfuck CIO's are filling their own pockets with the $ they save. |
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Garbo 2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
72. Based on your previous posts, I'm surprised you regard this as any of your concern or |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #72 |
94. Because we americans are the low life scum of the earth... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
73. Let them get jobs in their own country. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. More over there than there are here... maybe he can join them if he hates America so fucking much. |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
74. A good friend committed suicide because her work was outsourced and given to H-1B workers |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. A lot of us have explained that, and more, to the usual bullshitters... they won't listen. |
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Pool Hall Ace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
75. K&U |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
79. well, hopefully they'll find employment elsewhere. sorry you are losing your buddies |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
81. It's called the definition of "country" - you know, that place that regulates |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
86. Not many jobs here - plenty where your budz are going to. WHY NOT ASK TO JOIN THEM, |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
87. Question because this slipped under my radar |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
93. Your attitude is exactly what is wrong with many Progressives |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
97. well, it's a good start. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
104. Yes, terribly selfish....just like many enlightened European countries. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
107. Well, that's a start. |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
108. Uh, HELLO, this is part of the whole problem with the H1B program. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
111. I am sure they are thrilled to return to real health care...nt |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-12-09 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
113. With all the sincerity I can muster... Fuck 'em |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. You do realize that "where they were born" is "where they are currently citizens" for 99.9% |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 07:46 AM Response to Reply #115 |
117. Nice thought |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:12 AM Response to Reply #117 |
121. Most modern immigrants are "running" from their countries just like our ancestors "ran" from theirs |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #121 |
170. I have no probem with immigrants who come here to make a better life |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #117 |
150. You tell much in this post. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #150 |
168. I never listen to limbaugh, so I wouldn't know |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #115 |
124. You speak of a dream time in the future! |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #124 |
142. I don't believe that I declared "that legal discrimination against my people is a thing of the past" |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #142 |
144. Read carefully please- you are repeating your falsehood again |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #144 |
146. Amen. Discrimination is a fact of life which many GLBT people live with every single fucking day. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #146 |
149. But the poster is sure it is not legal to do so! |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #144 |
154. Kind of cherry picking there aren't you. I said "Most progressives totally understand that" |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:07 AM Response to Reply #154 |
157. Again. You say : |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #157 |
169. Thank you. Don't pose as being some kind of latter-day MLK, Jr. when you have done diddly-shit |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #157 |
172. You're right. I am wrong. I wasn't reading the sentence you questioned as it was written. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #115 |
132. No, wrong. Discriminating on the basis of national origin is illegal. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #132 |
134. And yet in most states it is legal to discriminate against GLBT people |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Yes, it's easier to talk in platitudes, and sound magnanimous, rather than debate facts. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #132 |
138. How is it different? National origin not a birth characteristic? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Borders shift. You may have been born in India but are now Pakistani. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #138 |
140. There are laws that protect people from being fired for nationality |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #138 |
145. But you can change your citizenship. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #145 |
159. You can change your gender, too. Awareness of one's sexual orientation often evolves over time. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #159 |
164. But it's far easier to change your citizenship. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #138 |
147. If I marry an opposite sex person of another 'nationality' |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
114. Deleted message |
sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
116. Sorry... |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
118. I'll gladly help them pack their bags. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
119. It's a job In America from companys that often benefit from the American government. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
122. Believe Me... We Have Plenty Of The "America Uber Alles" Crowd Here At DU |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #122 |
126. Race-laden xenophobia? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Or Norwegians, Or Australians, Or... |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #127 |
143. I lived in Canada for four years, so yes |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #143 |
151. Let Me Try It Again... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
123. Considering GLBT people live under unequal rules about |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
129. If they came here in order to bring down wages, then they don't really have a case. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #129 |
136. You think they came here with the goal of bringing down wages (as your post indicates) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:30 AM Response to Reply #136 |
137. Deleted message |
HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
141. Yep, I don't know why he's still here either, part DCLXVI. |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
153. Yes, I am happy. H1B visas should be abolished. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
156. yup pretty happy myself. |
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Incitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
158. Hopefully their home countries have good immigration/labor laws, |
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scrinmaster (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
162. Well, hopefully that's three Americans who will now have jobs. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
163. If borders mean nothing to you, follow your friends to wherever they're going. |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
165. At least they'll have health coverage when they get home. |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
173. How can you be so uncaring about American workers? |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
175. Only natives have a "right" to be here. Another unrecommend disaster. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
176. Because they're jingoists at best and racist bigots at worst. |
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