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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:35 PM Original message |
Massive Sweep Creates Havoc for Workers’ Families |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Really? "Criminals" is a fair description?... |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. By virtue of |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Well, Uncle Sam didn't when he broke into their house |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Pretty lame excuse for law breaking |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:14 PM Original message |
I agree. I think we should start rounding up the perps, myself. n/t |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. Whatever |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. It's not a choice between the rule of law and human rights. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
71. Rule of law my ass, your a xenophobe. Your afraid that things will change in a way you think will |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Not to mention, "rule of law" was part of the Republic's "Southern strategy" |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #75 |
89. So you dont believe in the Rule of Law |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. No, SS, the rule of law isn't the same thing as the "rule of law" |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. To show my dedication to the "good" rule of law |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #92 |
114. My guess is that you are not concerned about any laws that I have broken lately or even the ones |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #114 |
139. I accept your challenge |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #90 |
112. "When *I* use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean-neither more nor less." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Which is a hamfisted way to try to flatten out code. Cool! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #113 |
119. What in heck does "flatten out code" mean? |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. I see... |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I agree, with providing a better way to gain citizenship |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. How 'bout rounding them up and imprisoning them? |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Improsoning them - no, unless they are guilty of other crimes |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
83. Imprisoning them, no |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
29. I have no doubt that in your righteous condemnation.. |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
85. What a ridiculous straw man |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. From the OP: "Thus far, 144 people have been criminally charged for identity theft..." |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Identity theft... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. Sounds like you are arguing for a change in the law; identity theft is a crime w/o additional fraud. |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Sounds like you seek to conflate minor... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. No, the law doesn't work that way; if you want the law changed, lobby your legislators. |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. The law doesn't work that way... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. So now you are arguing against the enforcing of ANY laws? |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Your summation of my remarks seems a bit of a stretch... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #76 |
98. That's because you provide no underlying principle besides: "If I don't like it, it's a bad law" |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #98 |
134. Please identify... |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
97. OMG you're going to defend Identity Theft??? |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #97 |
129. OMG you're going to join in the demagoguery. nt. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
54. No. It usually involves finding a dead person's number |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. Or it involves using someone who's alive's SSN |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. It does take forever to fix, that's right. But most undocumented workers |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
37. Fair - yes Why - the broke the law |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. They are breaking the law... |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
79. I ordinarially think illegally crossing a border is criminal. |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. No I don't how Mexico deals with immigration issues... |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #84 |
132. No I am not "preposing" anything. |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 06:00 PM Response to Reply #132 |
137. Reciprocity as applied to immigration law meaning what... |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. I have been saying that we are much fairer, just and reasonable |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. "...fairly treated under the Patriot Act " |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Are your papers in order?... |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. *Hands over Military ID* n/t |
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superduperfarleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That explains it. n/t |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Whats that? n/t |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. How very feral of you. nt |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Are they threatening layoffs at the... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. That's how a lot of people feel about the United States |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. That is an apology for fascism |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You didnt just try to compare Illegal Immigrants |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Then you need to pick up a history book. n/t |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. And research what exactly |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. You know of course that we've been enslaving and killing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. SharkSquid -- I'm sorry that I was rude to you. |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #50 |
91. Its ok, I get pretty fired up about it too |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I apologize anyway. I'm old enough to know and do better. |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #93 |
101. I agree completely |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #101 |
109. That's what our Founders' thought when they said "All men". |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. When you're on the wrong end of a jackboot |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. My ancestors broke no laws |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I see...... |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. So far, all I have heard is that illegal aliens have been picked up |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Have a guess how many American citizens were also swept up? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. You don't have a right to be prosecuted only if guilty; innocent people are prosecuted every day. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. That doesn't speak to the rounding up of US citizens |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I haven't seen any evidence of "massive human rights violations". Link? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. You need a link? When you round up Mom at work |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #66 |
100. Being a mom is not a defense to most crimes; Moms are prosecuted for crimes every day |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #100 |
111. I think you need to rethink your humanity and your "progressive" stance. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #111 |
124. LOL. A little vitriol to cover your argument's weak point? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #100 |
120. That is beyond the pall... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. Being a mom is not a defense to most crimes. That's not "beyond the pall" it's a basic fact. nt |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
81. Look - these people were arrested |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. Get a clue. American citizens are inevitably caught up in these actions. |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. I have seen several of these ICE roundups |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. Do a search. American citizens are always caught up in these sweeps. |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #99 |
116. Some citizens may be caught up in raids - |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Thank you. n/t |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #81 |
94. Ever been arrested? |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #94 |
106. I have never been arrested |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #106 |
125. Wow |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #125 |
130. Sorry - I'm Irish -English |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #130 |
136. Good Germans |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. an example |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
110. Looks like this one is still in court. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #110 |
126. Think class might have something to do with it? n/t |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. Hey, the "class" code word. |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. A better comparison would be between them and the Roma people |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. That's a good point. And it fills in the continuum. |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. This is exactly what we're seeing the beginnings of: |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. she's not after your job... |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Have you seen the South Park episode about immigration |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
65. But they are still HUMAN BEINGS |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. A new immigration strategy already in place |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. i see people talking about the people themselves |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Most people who support illegal immigration are against penalties against businesses... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It's possible not to support illegal immigration AND |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
55. Right. But people who support Illegal Immigration are standing up for Big Business/ peonage labor. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I don't know anyone who supports illegal immigration except |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
107. When you lie down with dogs... |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
138. US Attorney Carol Lam was fired after nailing a company hiring illegals to build fences including |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Yes, but the people are being arrested, not the corporations. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. They're calling it the New Nativism so it can be talked about in public. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Worse than scary. I think Lou Dobbs should be put out of his misery, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The scariest thing for me is reading DUers agreeing |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. There are bigots in every segment of society sadly. And that's |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. The thing is, I think, that the "rule of law" argument is persuasive |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
57. Democracy, by its very definition, is "nativist" and "populist". |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. No, it's not. And nativism doesn't equal populism. Democracy: |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. You have to consciously disregard definitions 1-4 to make your view plausible. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. You are reaching when you willfully define "community" so narrowly. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
87. even the greeks had slaves |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #87 |
95. Oops, I forgot! |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:52 PM Response to Reply #95 |
102. i think most people would be suprised |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Somewhere evolution went wrong. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
49. WAKEUP: ICE+SWIFT=union busting |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Who could have ever imagined that the corporatists would use |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Nope. Illegal immigration was used to BREAK THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN THE MEATPACKING industry. |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. The "illegals" were use to break U.S. workers' union, now the "illegals" are trying to unionize. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. I left L.A. about four years ago. When I left, the SEIU |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. White backlash has been this country's greatest and most effective tool |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #80 |
86. "Against their own self interest." |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #80 |
103. You conceed that illegal immigration is used to break unions, then claim workers who oppose it |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Not at all. If you put together union workers and undocumented workers |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #105 |
122. But only after wages have been devastated and most US born workers driven from the industry |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #103 |
115. When unions were demonized and their ties to the Democratic party |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. Bingo. n/t |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. Agree 100%. nt |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
77. We all know where this is heading don't we? |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Some of us are comfortable with a police state as long as its for "them". n/t |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:47 PM Response to Reply #82 |
127. And some of us are comfortable with an underclass so long as prices are kept low. nt |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #127 |
140. Like the underclass trapped in the prison labor system? |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
108. Seems like a cover story for rising holday food prices. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
128. FIRST THEY CAME FOR UNDOUMENTED ALIENS |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. "First they came after other human beings. But I was better than them |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #133 |
135. . |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #128 |
144. then they came for the illegal immigrants |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-20-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
143. Why don't the factory owners ever go to jail? |
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SharkSquid (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-21-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #143 |
145. I Concur |
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