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GUYMAN
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:05 PM Original message |
Illegal Immigration / English As Our Official Language |
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terip64
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes we need a bilingual ballot! Are you serious? |
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eagler
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:36 PM Original message |
Do it. we'll all be better for it. |
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brer cat
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. You are so right-on, terip64! |
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WillYourVoteBCounted
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Sat Feb-03-07 02:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
75. I wish I could learn Spanish, but my skull is too thick |
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cgrindley
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. speaking as someone who actually has a greencard |
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blondeatlast
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. As the spouse of one like you (from India), I couldn't agree more. |
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ceile
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm a minority in my state. |
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LostinVA
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. EXCELLENT post n/t |
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GUYMAN
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. Depressing Wages |
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WillYourVoteBCounted
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Uncle Sam wants us to turn on each other, instead of Gov |
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Cleita
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Fri Feb-02-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. You said it all! |
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Lost-in-FL
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Fri Feb-02-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. ** |
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EFerrari
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Okay -- forget that this is a country of immigrants or any history that |
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Cleita
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. LOL! |
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GUYMAN
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. I Know More History Than You My Friend |
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Cleita
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Those are mighty big claims. |
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GUYMAN
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Yes, Big Claims |
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Cleita
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Read any good newspaper eh? And what would one of them be? |
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GUYMAN
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Fri Feb-02-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Newspapers |
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EFerrari
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Fri Feb-02-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
59. It's "argument" and "revelation", compadre. |
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blonndee
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Fri Feb-02-07 11:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
64. Wow, talk about showing your ass! |
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quickesst
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. I could have saved you.... |
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EFerrari
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes, "common sense" should always triumph over the law. |
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GUYMAN
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Sat Feb-03-07 01:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
70. The Constitution |
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GUYMAN
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
39. You Are So Right My Friend |
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Kerrytravelers
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Do you have your fingers in your ears, your eyes shut tight, stomping your feet right now? |
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Deleted message |
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
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supernova
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because migration is a natural human state |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. ¿Qué? ¿Es ése usted Lou Dobbs? |
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EFerrari
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. If it weren't for these Cheneying PC "democrats" women wouldn't be |
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Cleita
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. Do Americans speak English? |
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DaveJ
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
12. My view probably isn't politically correct |
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Cleita
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You seem to think that immigrants don't want the same things? |
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DaveJ
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I'm not asking for over-achievement |
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Cleita
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. Do you have any reliable studies or sources to back this claim up? |
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brer cat
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. What does this have to do with immigration |
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Lost-in-FL
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. ... |
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Lost-in-FL
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. So according to you... |
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DaveJ
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Yes, there probably are differences based on where we live |
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Lost-in-FL
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. So, are all immigrants... |
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Zynx
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. I can accept the economic arguments long before I hear the cultural |
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GUYMAN
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Wow, Very Scientific... |
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Zynx
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Sat Feb-03-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
85. I would that is the case. |
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LeftishBrit
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Sat Feb-03-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
81. Isn't this basically a matter of some immigrants being poor, especially at first? |
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Lost-in-FL
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. It is ironic to... |
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Cleita
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Fri Feb-02-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes, and there are many languages other than Spanish spoken |
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supernova
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Currently the latins are the most visible; ergo |
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Cleita
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Yes, and who is making them more visible than other |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
17. Wage suppression and job competition from unregulated sources harm us. |
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Marrah_G
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. I agree with some/most of your post |
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Lost-in-FL
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I wouldn't think of you as racist. |
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Marrah_G
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Fri Feb-02-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. He wasn't paying us anything |
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GUYMAN
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. They Are The Ignorant Ones Marrah |
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Lost-in-FL
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. THE MEXICANS ARE COMING!!! |
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supernova
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. The entire state of Georgia |
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GUYMAN
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Sat Feb-03-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #38 |
71. I Have No Problem With Political Refugees/Asylum |
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EFerrari
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Fri Feb-02-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
60. Is that you, Rush? |
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Telly Savalas
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Fri Feb-02-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
65. Reminds of that sick fuck who vandalized the Statue of Liberty |
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Change has come
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Fri Feb-02-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
68. Oh Jesus |
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Lost-in-FL
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. There's people who yell at others |
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Critters2
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. When I lived in Massachusetts, the Spanish-speakers I knew weren't immigrants |
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Marrah_G
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. I agree with you |
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Kerrytravelers
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. I've read all your posts thus far on this thread. I'm waiting for the citation to back up the claims |
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GUYMAN
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Show Me Exactly Where I Referred To Limbaugh |
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Kerrytravelers
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Just as I figured. |
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Kerrytravelers
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Sat Feb-03-07 10:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
82. Yep. just as I figured. |
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VP505
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Here is one link |
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MissB
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
51. Welcome to DU! |
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WillYourVoteBCounted
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Fri Feb-02-07 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
54. Why make immigrants do what we can't do right? |
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UTUSN
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Fri Feb-02-07 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
61. I smell me the blood of an ENGLISHMAN!!!1 |
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ithacan
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Fri Feb-02-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
62. US is already bilingual |
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Dastard Stepchild
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Fri Feb-02-07 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
63. Perhaps your anger should be directed at the US business mindset... |
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GUYMAN
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Sat Feb-03-07 01:33 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. I Said In an Earlier Post That I Blame Business |
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blonndee
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Sat Feb-03-07 02:11 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. But don't you advocate just that? |
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kineneb
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Fri Feb-02-07 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
66. Geh zum Teufel- nicht Englisch, wir sollen aber Deutsch sprechen. |
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judaspriestess
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Fri Feb-02-07 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
67. I just spoke to several 'illegals' |
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GUYMAN
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Sat Feb-03-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. You Just Spoke To Untypical "Illegals" |
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judaspriestess
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Sat Feb-03-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #69 |
79. no your sadly mistaken |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Sat Feb-03-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #67 |
77. If they are illegal, they obtained tax id's through fraud. |
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judaspriestess
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Sat Feb-03-07 07:33 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. tax id's through fraud? |
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goodhue
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Sat Feb-03-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #77 |
84. No, actually the W-7 allows folks who do not have green cards to obtain tax #s |
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Sat Feb-03-07 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
73. Why do you think we need an official language? |
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WillYourVoteBCounted
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Sat Feb-03-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
74. tell McDonalds and the Grocery store that. |
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WillYourVoteBCounted
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Sat Feb-03-07 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
76. actually its about flooding US with cheap labor |
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goodhue
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Sat Feb-03-07 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
83. common language is b.s. |
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Sat Feb-03-07 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
86. Alright, here's the thing. |
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