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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 06:53 PM Original message |
Strong words for America, stern warnings for Mexico |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. How the Hell does this man EXPECT the US to treat people who come here and break our laws? |
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rudeboy666 (959 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Let's round them up |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. When did breaking the law become a basic human right? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Calderon is a rightwinger: he's not going to improve the lives of ordinary people |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Then it is a Mexican political problem. Let them deal with it. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. A news story on the Mexican President's State of the Union address is, of course, a story about |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. MAKE them deal with. Exactly (n/t) |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. YES! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. Well, they tried to elect a left-wing president but there was widespread |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Your state set the bad example first. Why wouldn't your ancestors follow the law? |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. My people came with the Irish settlements in the late 1820s under land grants. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Yeah the grants specified that you follow Mexican law. You took the land |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #63 |
78. How did the English colonies become the United States? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
50. It's a huge problem |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. BINGO! We have a winner.... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. Y'mean, like how Europeans committed genocide & stole Nature, & how U.S. citizens snuck into Texas |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. They don't need no sticking laws. But everyone else should follow them, or else. |
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Hangingon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. No body ever broke an indian treaty in Montana? |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. You bet they did. No body ever broke an immigration law in Montana? You bet they |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Breaking the law is OK in cases of social injustice |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. GREAT - let 'em go break the laws - in MEXICO - the ORIGIN of the social injustice... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 07:22 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Would you stand idly by, looking over the fence |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #68 |
74. It is NOT the US's JOB to "FIX" the entire World - we can't and the fact that we arrogantly try... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. This 'mess' isn't because of some altruistic desire to 'fix' the 'world'. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Read Gman's post - that was HIS message (n/t) |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:28 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. You claimed that you try. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. I'm sure they'd let JUST ME in..but what about the whole country - or half of it... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. This argument is a complete red herring. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
88. About the same time... |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
89. The US has been a safety valve for Mexico for years.... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #89 |
91. His brother in law owns the software/voting machine company. |
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eagler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. I would tell them to go back to Mexico and demand human rights |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. That's what they OUGHT to be doing |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Mexico has been the USA's lackey for years. The unspoken agreement between the rich and powerful |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. NAFTA - Ugggh! (n/t) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. That's right--everyone needs to read Vincardog's post |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Thanks for the support LL. Why fight the Victims of the elite's world wide plunder? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. Amen!!! |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
71. Not to mention |
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rich1107 (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. How about |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Our laws are arrogant and self entitled |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Nothing wrong with them. They just need to be enforced. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. We do not support the people who come, they work |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
65. I hate to tell you this but... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #65 |
72. In most countries, you pay for EVERYONE who goes to the ER |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. HAVE YOU NOTICED... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. You can't sustain most of whats going on. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #77 |
79. I see YOU are in Canada - hows about we send these illegals THERE? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #79 |
82. Sure. |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. YOUR gov't won't allow it - you need to check your laws... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #84 |
85. This is hilarious. |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. now rechannel that anger at Bush-the biggest law breaker/murdering/lying SOB in America---- nt |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Yes. He's PART of the illigal immigrant problem - the other parts: |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Please boycott any toilet that has been cleaned by |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
76. Who USED to clean them? I remember less than 10 years ago.. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Who is picking the food you eat? |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. A better question: Who USED to pick it? And for how much? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 02:31 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Illegal immigrants have been picking much of it since WWII |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:27 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I have read The Grapes of Wrath, and I do live |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. and before the Mexican workers, there were the "Okies" |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. No, the Mexican workers have been here more than 100 years before the Depression |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. I meant in CA; don't know about other areas |
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Pretty_in_CodePink (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
69. And Americans don't want to pay the prices either |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. If you can imagine for a minute or two... |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Yes. Like Vincente Fox, this new leader would love to get rid of their poor.... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Bingo!!! Another winner. Somebody else who gets it... |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Hallelujah! |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. You just chomp down and bite hard on this wedge issue, don't you? |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. There ARE jobs in MX.... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. GREAT POINT! (n/t) |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 08:51 AM Response to Reply #52 |
73. Factories are closing in Mexico ALL THE TIME |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Mexico Stronger than US |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 01:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. ... |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. mexico's most valuable export is people! gets em out so they won't revolt against |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. rather parasitic and lazy innit? (n/t) |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. its a convenience for the ruling class, but I wouldnt characterize any of it as lazy nt |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. IMO, it's lazy - of Calderon and all the rest. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-02-07 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. So we should support illegal aliens when Mexico won't let |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
19. No more policy of non intervention? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 02:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Yeah, somehow I doubt he's planning to bring democracy to Texas |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
29. Just try and sneak in Mexicos southern border without papers.... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
56. Pffft! Exactly. (n/t) |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 06:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
67. Mexico's military patrols its southern borders. Not "border agents." The military. nt |
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Oggy (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
30. Peak Oil |
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rustydad (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Worse |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I was going to mention it last night ... |
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Oggy (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 04:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
66. You're welcome |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
53. Oil. It's damned hard to predict which side of the border will be uglier. |
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rustydad (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-03-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yes |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #53 |
70. We'll be like Mexico sooner than you think. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
90. It's good to hear somebody who understands the situation. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
92. Wow, Calderon the rightwinger said this? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-04-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
93. Calderon. What An Idiot. |
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