100,000 Protestors... Angry mobs of students...

[Alex]

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]

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.

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New info this morning.

[scaeagles]

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.

[scaeagles]

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]

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

[Scrooge McSam]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

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

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]

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?

[scaeagles]

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]

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.

[Alex]

You can (or at least could once up a time) see something similar with U.S. and Canada flags at the Blaine crossing into Canada (where you'd cross if you were driving from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C.).