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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:50 PM Original message |
Privatized Immigrant Detention Facilities for Families Revealed to be Modern-Day Concentration Camps |
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trixie (696 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. So this is the angle |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. include illegals as taxpayers n/t |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. funded and approved by Congress. What more to say. |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for posting this. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. KUT (our local NPR affiliate) |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. the comments section needs some DU attention - it's being Freeped |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Slaves who escaped from The South were also committing a crime. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Are you sure it's exactly the same? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The escaped slaves were "detained" and returned to their owners. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yes, but is being enslaved and living in Mexico equivalent? |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. not Mexican |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I should have read more... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. The slaves were poor and helpless as are the really poor anywhere. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Would you support 40+ million fleeing poverty to come to America? |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. This is about what I don't support. n/t |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Poverty and immigration are casualties of a global free market |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. In line with the subject of this thread |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. you act as if Mexico is on another continent |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
51. I appreciate your posting this. Takes some courage |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Gosh, why are you folks called "racist"? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. I Property-managed in sausalito |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. A historical note ... the first concentration camps, called 'reconcentrados', ... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
55. The Boers often fought in "commandos" |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. I knew the rumors of camps would prove true. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. The concentration camp reference doesn't make sense here. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. So, it was okay for the Nazis to round-up and kill the gypsies then? n/t |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. So there have been illegals killed at these facilities? |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Should we wait until we see the mass graves and the crematoria? n/t |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Why not march on the WH tonight? Should we wait until Democrats... |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:12 AM Response to Reply #16 |
40. 1936 anybody expected Nazis to kill jews? |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Keep your logic straight, and don't miss the point. We look foolish |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. non-Mexican immigrants |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Stop and THINK about what you're saying, fer chrissake |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
63. So, you favor open borders. Feed, teach, hospitalize, house, defend |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. All that I'm saying is... |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. and send them where? |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. send them where? |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. The concentration camp reference is entirely right. |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
62. Except that I've never heard of anything you're saying, before. |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. so just because YOU'VE never heard of it, the historical fact is irrelevant? |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. No one's ever heard of it. Period. |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. At least 3 people in this thread have mentioned the historical fact of concentration camps |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 06:57 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. framing issue? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #8 |
56. See posts #6 & #55 for historical background on "concentration camps" |
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tnlefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. K & R |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. "Corrections Corporation of America"??? |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
59. The facility's operator draws a daily profit |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. Disgusting |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
24. Welcome to the future. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
25. Don't you know Homeland "Security" ... aka FEMA |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. Criminilizing poverty and desperation is always popular. |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. and turning those who're a rung above ... |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
46. yes, indeed -- divide and conquer |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Mexico ranks 32 out of 111 countries surveyed for quality of life... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #31 |
45. I doubt that the people coming here are fleeing prosperity. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
33. The upside is... |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. OMG -- read this |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Well, that got me. Holy fucking crap! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. The Vietnamese boat people were treated WORSE for many years. |
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Ms. Clio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. and this is exactly what is happening to the Iraqis, now n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
37. These were not just built for aliens |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
60. Good point nt |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-21-06 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. Profit per person. That says it all. Mix hate with greed and an endless revenue |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
61. and we didn't even invent it! The Nazis had it all down pat. n/t |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
44. Unacceptable- but predictable |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. Private detention facilities |
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G_Leo_Criley (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. This is their idea of |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
52. ICE's Swift Plant Raids Netted Only Poor Folks Caught Up in the `War on Illegal Immigration' |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
53. I'm not a fan of illegal immigration...but...WTF this is horrible! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. I told you so. Not you specifically, but generically all you |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-24-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Yes it is the wrong thing to do... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-24-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Oh, snark! |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
57. HALLIBURTON $385 million contract to build "detention facilities" (prisons) for immigrants arrested |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-23-06 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
70. Thom Hartmann called them the disappeared last week. |
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City67 (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-25-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
75. From what Ive seen |
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