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Alex 04-11-2006 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer
What would happen if a bunch of white men and women started marching? How soon would the screams of racisim and KKK start?

Probably not very long. But then a lot of people already called the Million Man March racist (one example) so the pumps are primed.

Gemini Cricket 04-12-2006 07:26 AM

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The top Republicans in both the House and Senate indicated Tuesday they don't support language in an immigration bill that would make entering the country illegally a felony.

The proposal has drawn the ire of pro-immigrant groups that have staged a wave of protests in recent weeks.
Source
New info this morning.

scaeagles 04-12-2006 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup
Probably not very long. But then a lot of people already called the Million Man March racist so the pumps are primed.

I do not believe that everyone participating in the million man march (or half-million man march, depending on the estimate you want to believe), but Farrakhan is a racist.

However, since it is obvious that he is a racist, going to a march specifically set up by him is problematic. David Duke could organizer a rally in opposition to illegal immigration, but I would not attend, because that would be support (indirect though it may be) for what David Duke has espoused (and still does, though he hasn't been in the news lately).

If Tom Tancredo of Colorado set up such a march, I would go (hypothetically). He is no racist, but is the most outspoken member of the US government ragarding illegal immigration. Would the march still be labelled as racist? Certainly.

I think those that march without considering the motives and viewpoints of the organizers may in fact be showing support for causes they don't really believe in.

Scrooge McSam 04-12-2006 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by The Shadoe
To boot, these people are trying to paint the vast majority of Americans who want the borders enforced as radical and unreasonable, which I find quite insulting. Our leaders who are making excuses for breaking the law are the radical and unreasonable ones, not those of us who want our laws enforced!

Brother, you said a mouthful there. I couldn't agree more.

scaeagles 04-12-2006 09:02 AM

Wanna know something funny? Saudi Arabia and Iraq share a long border. To stem the flow of Iraqis coming to their country, Saudi Arabia is building....you guessed it....a border fence. High tech. Just like we could do if we wanted to.

Gemini Cricket 04-12-2006 09:09 AM

One thing about our fence, though. Will we have to outsource its construction? :D

scaeagles 04-12-2006 09:12 AM

Heard a funny proposal about that.....the first 10,000 illegals who sign up as construction workers to build the fence get automatic citizenship.

Gemini Cricket 04-12-2006 09:18 AM

In El Paso, TX there is a wall of sorts. It's kind of funny to see. Our side has a huge American (or was it a Texas one? I forget) flag and the Mexico side has a huge Mexican flag the exact same size as ours. I mean, these are enormous flags. I couldn't guess on the size but it's huuuge.
:D

Scrooge McSam 04-12-2006 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket
One thing about our fence, though. Will we have to outsource its construction? :D

Silly GC... Give the bid to Halliburton and then they'll subcontract it to 100s of other businesses.

Haven't you figured out how this works yet??? ;)

Gemini Cricket 04-12-2006 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam
Silly GC... Give the bid to Halliburton and then they'll subcontract it to 100s of other businesses.

Haven't you figured out how this works yet??? ;)

Not yet, but I'm getting there. In fact, did you hear that Cheney was involved with Halliburton in some way in the past?


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