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slackmaster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-04 10:24 AM
Response to Reply #79
87. He had the option of simply going home to India
And not exposing himself to the dangers of war. He chose to join the USA's (misguided, unfortunate, tragic...) cause and become a citizen.
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  -Bushler's Mexican "Guest Workers" will have to register for the DRAFT!! ElementaryPenguin  Jan-09-04 12:09 PM   #0 
  - aha!  fertilizeonarbusto   Jan-09-04 12:10 PM   #1 
  - You just knew there was a catch with these  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 12:48 PM   #15 
  - never happen -- this bill is not voted on until 2005 and the repugs don't  cthrumatrix   Jan-10-04 10:22 AM   #86 
  - HOLY SHIT! It makes perfect sense now!  Fenris   Jan-09-04 12:11 PM   #2 
  - Precisely!! These bastards don't miss an evil trick!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 12:17 PM   #4 
  - Oh  judge_smales   Jan-09-04 12:14 PM   #3 
  - So out of character for the BFEE , isn't it?  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 12:25 PM   #9 
  - They have plans  seemslikeadream   Jan-09-04 12:18 PM   #5 
  - Yes, and so must we! We should point this issue out to the Dem candidates  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 12:21 PM   #6 
     - They have been targeting the Mexican community  seemslikeadream   Jan-09-04 12:26 PM   #10 
  - They are already being given citizenship  leetrisck   Jan-09-04 12:22 PM   #7 
  - I have noticed.  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 12:30 PM   #11 
  - Will likely include women as well  truthseeker1   Jan-09-04 12:25 PM   #8 
  - The menial jobs they'll come here for...they'll be doing in Iraq!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 12:33 PM   #13 
  - This is Rangel's plan, not Bush's immigration proposal  GRClarkesq   Jan-09-04 01:36 PM   #36 
     - Yes, I know  truthseeker1   Jan-09-04 02:51 PM   #55 
  - As the mother of 4 boys, this is sickening  lovedems   Jan-09-04 12:33 PM   #12 
  - I no longer tolerate Bushler support in my family either, lovedems!!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 12:38 PM   #14 
     - Nope, I don't give  lovedems   Jan-09-04 12:49 PM   #16 
        - Well said, LD!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 12:58 PM   #18 
  - People, undocumented immigrants are already required to register  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 12:56 PM   #17 
  - I understand that.  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 01:00 PM   #19 
  - Are you suggesting they should be exempt?  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 01:00 PM   #20 
     - your missing the point  el_gato   Jan-09-04 01:05 PM   #22 
     - So many possible contrary positions one could argue  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 01:09 PM   #24 
     - Do they have the right to vote?  truthseeker1   Jan-09-04 02:55 PM   #57 
        - No, but they have the right to leave and go back to their own country  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 03:58 PM   #67 
           - U.S. expats fight for their resident countries too?  japanduh   Jan-09-04 09:17 PM   #78 
              - It depends on the laws of the country of residence, I believe  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 09:58 PM   #81 
     - Bingo, eg!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 01:16 PM   #27 
     - and granting amnesty to rich employers who rely on the cheap labor  havocmom   Jan-09-04 10:52 PM   #83 
     - I'm suggesting the whole "guest worker" concept is fucking outrageous  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 01:09 PM   #25 
        - My perspective as a member of a military family  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 01:17 PM   #28 
           - Cut me some slack, slack - or YOU try Canada!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 01:26 PM   #30 
           - My brother is over in Iraq right now, EP  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 01:31 PM   #34 
              - I'll pray for your brother, slack.  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 01:46 PM   #42 
              - All this talk of "fulfilling obligations as a citizen"...  Efilroft Sul   Jan-09-04 02:10 PM   #45 
                 - I quite agree, ES!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 02:30 PM   #50 
                 - Well stated ES...I like the Starship Troopers analogy  U4ikLefty   Jan-09-04 08:28 PM   #77 
              - yes there is.  uncle ray   Jan-09-04 01:55 PM   #44 
              - Get off the soap box already... Geez n/t  are_we_united_yet   Jan-09-04 10:07 PM   #82 
           - Well, I am being denied rights and priveledges AS A US CITIZEN  lovedems   Jan-09-04 02:36 PM   #52 
           - right on, lovedems!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 02:47 PM   #53 
           - I appreciate your families committment to the armed services  are_we_united_yet   Jan-09-04 11:49 PM   #84 
              - Straw Men, Overgeneralizations, and Guilt By Association, Oh My!  slackmaster   Jan-10-04 10:21 AM   #85 
                 - Don't you put words in my mouth!!  are_we_united_yet   Jan-10-04 07:40 PM   #90 
  - And how exactly  NicoleM   Jan-09-04 01:37 PM   #37 
     - Well, this is part of the plan  truthseeker1   Jan-09-04 03:04 PM   #59 
  - thanks for the post  sal   Jan-09-04 01:04 PM   #21 
  - You're welcome!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 01:31 PM   #33 
  - Chinga tu madre Bush  Bushknew   Jan-09-04 01:05 PM   #23 
  - Say what? Something about the fuhror's mother...  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 01:11 PM   #26 
     - It means ...  Bushknew   Jan-09-04 01:25 PM   #29 
        - Gotcha.  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 01:29 PM   #31 
  - That's what was done to My IRISH ancestors during the Civil War  proud patriot   Jan-09-04 01:30 PM   #32 
  - My uncle is from India, his brother came to visit during the Vietnam War  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 01:33 PM   #35 
  - Many others were not so lucky.  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 02:17 PM   #46 
  - He was lucky  japanduh   Jan-09-04 09:23 PM   #79 
     - He had the option of simply going home to India  slackmaster   Jan-10-04 10:24 AM   #87 
  - Leave it to ChimpCo to repeat a shameful chapter in our history!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 01:50 PM   #43 
  - That sounds reasonably fair  Fescue4u   Jan-09-04 01:38 PM   #38 
  - Good point about them having the option of leaving  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 01:43 PM   #40 
  - Tin-foiler's notion??  truthseeker1   Jan-09-04 03:08 PM   #60 
     - I read Bush's motivation quite differently  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 03:59 PM   #68 
        - It's BOTH!  truthseeker1   Jan-09-04 06:17 PM   #69 
           - The fact that guest workers will be able to LEAVE negates the draft  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 07:13 PM   #72 
  - You can vote - they can't.  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 02:20 PM   #47 
  - Not exactly  GRClarkesq   Jan-09-04 01:43 PM   #39 
  - A "guest worker" would not be a nonimmigrant program and will  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 02:25 PM   #48 
  - Read it again  truthseeker1   Jan-09-04 03:25 PM   #66 
  - Now it makes sense  tom_paine   Jan-09-04 01:46 PM   #41 
  - Even that I wouldn't put past them - and you're right -  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 02:27 PM   #49 
  - BFD - they should have to register  KFC   Jan-09-04 02:33 PM   #51 
  - They can't even vote - and you expect them to be asked to die??  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 02:50 PM   #54 
  - As long as they understand registration is a condition of their status  KFC   Jan-09-04 03:03 PM   #58 
  - That is a descipable policy (which is natural, since Bushler supports it)!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 03:12 PM   #64 
  - Asked, not required  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 07:22 PM   #75 
  - because they can't VOTE  alarimer   Jan-09-04 07:02 PM   #70 
     - People here on green cards can't vote either  slackmaster   Jan-09-04 07:21 PM   #74 
  - Uhhh.... wait a minute..  AntiCoup2k   Jan-09-04 02:54 PM   #56 
  - It kind of acknowledges illegals, doesn't it? (nt)  truthseeker1   Jan-09-04 03:12 PM   #63 
  - To inject a little humor:  kiahzero   Jan-09-04 03:09 PM   #61 
  - Illegal aliens always had to register  Walt Starr   Jan-09-04 03:11 PM   #62 
  - Bingo, Mr. Starr!  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 03:19 PM   #65 
  - Privatization of War  jokerman2004   Jan-09-04 07:07 PM   #71 
  - "An entire slave labor class and a bountiful supply of cannon fodder"  David Zephyr   Jan-09-04 07:18 PM   #73 
  - Good post, David Z! At least these greedy bastards know that...  ElementaryPenguin   Jan-09-04 07:23 PM   #76 
  - Bingo!!!  RobinA   Jan-09-04 09:32 PM   #80 
  - Told You So.  arwalden   Jan-10-04 10:25 AM   #88 
  - It is already happening. True story  anarchy1999   Jan-10-04 11:43 AM   #89 
 

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