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I hope the Mexican President responds to the vile MAGAcretin (Original Post) malaise Mar 2019 OP
It speaks of how desperate life is getting south of our border. gordianot Mar 2019 #1
It is also a major contradiction malaise Mar 2019 #2
Migration is in our DNA or else we still all be in Africa. gordianot Mar 2019 #3
Yep malaise Mar 2019 #4
Hierarchies are also in the DNA of the great apes. gordianot Mar 2019 #6
+1,000,000 lark Mar 2019 #11
I left out one additional factor malaise Mar 2019 #13
Given it's Trump's accounting of the numbers, I'm wondering if the whole thing is fabricated. Vinca Mar 2019 #5
+1,000 malaise Mar 2019 #9
I'd like to hear Obador tell trump, safeinOhio Mar 2019 #7
Precisely malaise Mar 2019 #8
Have Ex-President Vicente Fox explain it to him. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2019 #10
LOL malaise Mar 2019 #15
The ultimate slap-back would be for the Mexican President to... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #12
Ding ding we have a winner malaise Mar 2019 #14

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
1. It speaks of how desperate life is getting south of our border.
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 07:14 AM
Mar 2019

To be willing to risk having your children put in dog kennals to come into a country run by a Narcissistic madman speaks volumes.

malaise

(269,050 posts)
4. Yep
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 07:48 AM
Mar 2019

but in our hemisphere a lot of migration is the result of policies dictated by former colonial powers and US governments to facilitate free or cheap labor.

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
6. Hierarchies are also in the DNA of the great apes.
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 08:01 AM
Mar 2019

They especially plague hominids. I suspect natural selection is at work when you consider the self destructive tendencies of Homo Sapiens.

malaise

(269,050 posts)
13. I left out one additional factor
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 09:18 AM
Mar 2019

Visas were granted to any right wing goons and their relatives for assisting in the overthrow of their own governments in several countries in our hemisphere.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
5. Given it's Trump's accounting of the numbers, I'm wondering if the whole thing is fabricated.
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 07:52 AM
Mar 2019

The only crisis that might exist is being created by the Trump administration and its failure to acknowledge asylum.

safeinOhio

(32,688 posts)
7. I'd like to hear Obador tell trump,
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 08:03 AM
Mar 2019

"Sure, but first you must give us a check for $25 Billion to pay for it. I can't tell my country men that we have to raise taxes to pay for your problems."

Buns_of_Fire

(17,181 posts)
10. Have Ex-President Vicente Fox explain it to him.
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 08:21 AM
Mar 2019

He's able to put it in terms that even Rumpie should be able to understand.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
12. The ultimate slap-back would be for the Mexican President to...
Sat Mar 30, 2019, 09:08 AM
Mar 2019

shut down the border from their side for a while - perhaps they could say to stop the flow of illegal guns going south.

Of course, that will never happen but it's fun to think about Trump going ballistic 'cause something may hurt his "beautiful" economy.

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