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INVASION USA
Mexican flag flies at U.S. post office
Old Glory stamped on in protest by backers of illegal immigration
Posted: August 29, 2006
10:48 pm Eastern
Backers of illegal immigration at a rally near Los Angeles took down an American flag at a U.S. post office, stamped on it and replaced it with a Mexican flag as police looked on, according to witnesses and a video of the event.
Police officers in Maywood, Calif., Saturday eventually came to the pole to remove the flag but had bottles and rocks thrown at them, a radio listener named Sandra reported to the Terry Anderson show, heard on KRLA in Los Angeles.
Originally posted by riddle6
As of right now, the law, or one like it, has yet to be approved. The problem for me, and I think many others in this thread, is that the same law keeps coming up again and again, even though many do not want it.
Originally posted by riddle6
Yes, the US was founded by immigrants, but that doesn't mean that immigrants can now have free reign and do what they want to. Things, and countries, change over time.
Originally posted by riddle6
Again, it's the same thing as with number one. Everyone wants a better life, but that doensn't mean that you can do whatever you like. Each country has rules in place that everyone is supposed to follow.
Originally posted by riddle6
The slavery of the Africans, Irish, and other European countries does not fall into the same line as a humanitarian aspect. The slaves were unwillingly taken from their country and brought to another.
Originally posted by riddle6
Actually, I think that on a local leval, it actually hurts the economy. As of right now, I don't have anything to back this up, so please don't flame me if I am wrong.
Originally posted by riddle6
I don't think that anyone is doing that to make people mad on purpose. I think that most Illegla immigrants are leaving their country for a good reason, but I think that no matter who you are and what country you are immigrating to, you have to follow the rules.
Originally posted by odyseusz
And that is serious problem of your politicians. They have no long term visions what to do with that. They don’t try to solve the problem of immigrants and the problem is not how tall should be the wall or how many immigrant should US government let in. The real goal is to deal with question how to assimilate that immigrants and not change your bellowed style of life. or what should America do in their external efforts to keep that immigrant in their own countries. If there is fire in first room this people no matter what law you invent to protect your room want to get out of that room. Maybe US should put more efforts to build prosperity and order in regions from which the main stream of immigrants come? Not only talk about NAFT and cooperation blabla because it is inconclusive.
Originally posted by odyseuszAnd before that immigrants America was ruled by Indians but as you are saying the time was changed. But it is not the end. I could add some more to this. The time was changed and it wasn’t the first nor the last time it was changed so I wouldn’t be so accustoming to present reality. The statuesque never last for long.
Originally posted by odyseuszYou take my words too literal. Saying that illegal immigrants are similar to slaves it wasn’t about definition of word “slave” in Wikipedia but about aspect of slaves life. Slaves are chased, slaves have no citizen rights, have no free will to chose their future, they are chip labor force, they are treated like people of second category, they can’t escape from that situation they are placed. Illegal immigrants are treated like slaves with that difference that slaves are taken by force and illegal immigrants are forced by their situation to become slaves.
Originally posted by riddle6
reply to post by Muundoggie
I really don't understand why people don't try to do somthing about things like this.
Originally posted by odyseusz
The real goal is to deal with question how to assimilate that immigrants and not change your bellowed style of life. or what should America do in their external efforts to keep that immigrant in their own countries. If there is fire in first room this people no matter what law you invent to protect your room want to get out of that room. Maybe US should put more efforts to build prosperity and order in regions from which the main stream of immigrants come?
Originally posted by riddle6
Originally posted by tinfoilman
To everyone that says anti-illegal = anti-Mexican. Look, if I had a heard of cows running through my living room tearing everything up I'd probably be anti-cow. If they were horses I'd be anti-horse. If it was a whole bunch of cows and just one horse I'd probably be mostly anti-cow now wouldn't I?
[edit on 20-1-2009 by tinfoilman]
That's exactly how I feel. Living in Texas, there are so many "cows" that I don't even notice the "horses."....
Originally posted by riddle6
Again, I am not anti-immigrant. Some of the nicest people that I have ever known have been immigrants. My problam is when hard working, law-abiding, LEGAL immigrants/citizens are turned away, while ILLEGAL people have things like costly medical bills payed for them by the county.
Originally posted by tinfoilmanYeah well, maybe I shouldn't have compared Mexicans to animals lol. The only time they seem like animals is when I'm partying with my Mexican neighbors, but I really meant that people like to group things. It's just human nature and sometimes we all get mentally put in the wrong group.
Originally posted by tinfoilman
Medical care is truly screwed in this country. Both my parents have cancer so I know. One smaller example is me and my wife pay $50 a week for insurance so I can see the doctor once a year. He only charges $50 a visit. Then the one time my wife did need to go to the emergency room they denied the claim! What are we paying for? Insurance companies are the biggest frauds.
Originally posted by tinfoilmanAnyway it is entirely unfair that the illegals get free medical care. It hurts everyone here legally. However, my beliefs are that these things you should provide someone if they truly need them if they ask, even if they're your worst enemy on the earth. That is food/clothing/shelter, medical care, and education. Even if it puts you at a disadvantage if you can provide these things for someone that really needs them you should do so. That's how I believe anyway. The question is how long can we continue to do so?