Comments on: United States, Inc.

By: SB_Gypsy

SB_Gypsy — Tue, 29 May 2007 16:10:35 +0000

Not only is it hostile to families, it is hostile to our own homegrown population, and the rest of the world’s education too – because instead of educating our own people, it encourages our companies to strip the world of educated skilled people, in order to depress wages and break unions here at home. We’ve already stripped most of Africa of their highly trained nurses. We’ve opened our doors to India’s programmers, making what was once an upper middle class job into a mid-to-lower middle class job. Engineers, mathmaticians, what else do we need that we will no longer be forced to produce out of our own citizens?

If we made state colleges free to the top 1/3 of the class – based only on performance – we would have all the engineers, doctors, programmers, mathmeticians, nurses and teachers that we would ever need. . . . just sayin’

By: Steve Pipenger

Steve Pipenger — Tue, 29 May 2007 02:31:53 +0000

My first inclination is to say FUCK FAMILY REUNIFICATION!!! I am gay and have been in a relationship with someone from another country for 7 years. He is here legally…has been the whole time on a student visa. Because of the emphasis on “family reunification” our family means less in the eyes of the law than some floozy who goes to Las Vegas to marry her boyfriend of 1 year and the sponsors him so they can “stay together.” Seems to me a point system helps us out. I am 100% on the self-interest here. Since the Uniting American Families Act appears DOA even in a Democratic Congress, whatever helps our family stay together is fine by me. If I’m wrong, I’m quite willing to admit as such. However, LGBT people like my partner and I are ALWAYS left out of the conversation, and I’m just sick and tired of it.

By: Avenging_Angel

Avenging_Angel — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:57:42 +0000

OT, but I wanted to encourage everyone to re-read this post from Pachachutec last year. I still take it out to read it from time to time for inspiration. Of course, I make it a point to read it today… and every Memorial Day.

http://www.firedoglake.com/200.....on-terror/

By: spurious

spurious — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:30:32 +0000

Eureka Springs @ 29

Not cynical at all, imo. Our recruiters already cross the Mexican border and enter high schools with offers of financial bliss and or citizenship.

True? I had never heard this. I would guess that an offer of US citizenship for enlisting in the US army would attract a lot of young people who have no other way of obtaining it.

By: newspaperbrat

newspaperbrat — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:07:46 +0000

ccmask @ 93

I’ll take an ice cold beer.

Here ya go and plenty more where that came from. (g)

By: ccmask

ccmask — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:06:34 +0000

I’ll take an ice cold beer.

By: ccmask

ccmask — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:06:04 +0000

solai @ 88

ccmask @ 86

I made pasty tonite for dinner. 10 more minutes and it is done.

pasty??

Meat, potato & onion pies. I think it is an English dish.

By: newspaperbrat

newspaperbrat — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:05:40 +0000

solai @ 88

ccmask @ 86

I made pasty tonite for dinner. 10 more minutes and it is done.

pasty??

Irish pasta doncha know? ummmm ummmm - let me know if you want a cold beer or iced DP ccmask when its ready to serve.

By: Eureka Springs

Eureka Springs — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:03:40 +0000

FYI, new thread

By: wgg: tokin lib’rul

wgg: tokin lib’rul — Mon, 28 May 2007 22:02:55 +0000

The USofA, to mix metaphors outrageously, is a gated lifeboat in a gale…

we’re kicking folks over the side, hopin to stay afloat, while the wrought-iron gates, supposed to keep ‘em from crawlin’ back, keep sinkin us deeper into the waves…
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