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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:21 PM Original message |
Mexican "immigrants" getting most New orleans reconstruction jobs |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought with the repealing of |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. the reality is quite otherwise |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Good, but I think the workers |
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hwmnbn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Jeese Jackson and his organization.... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. VERY good to hear... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. WOW! What Wonderful News!!! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. yes i absolutely agree |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's Davis-Bacon Act |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. Thanks! |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Ironically |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. stories |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. well come to new orleans honey |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 12:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. like I said, stories |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 08:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Thanks for that post. |
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cami715 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Mayor Nagin is laying off 3000 city workers in NO. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Davis Bacon is for later once things die down. |
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mshasta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 08:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. because the mexicans |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. well those are different types of jobs of course |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. And THE/Your Point Is??????????? |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. And people are surprised at this? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. it's perfectly safe |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
16. Once more the citizens of New Orleans get the shaft! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. yes we need decent housing |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I think that contractors should be required to advertise in areas |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. So what will you have them do? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. How about getting some trailers in there or better yet.... |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
21. They are paying $15 to $17 an hour. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Maybe because they have been scattered to the wind? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I'm not talking solely about ex-NOLA residents. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. I would NOT believe anything a corporate business owner said-EVER. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 08:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
42. I read last week that the owner of the biggest hotel chain |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. They gave a ninety day grace period for I-98 papers |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. no... it's just playing one group off against another |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 06:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. From the excerpts, the article is conflating two groups.... |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 02:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Why are the American people |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 06:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. But someone who read the article said they WEREN'T illegal! |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
47. okay. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 07:28 AM Response to Reply #31 |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 01:28 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Word. eom |
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nomatrix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
29. U.S. History of the South |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:02 AM Response to Original message |
32. How are they buying abandoned properties? |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. here's the link to the LATimes article |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:35 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. This was entirely predictable. You knew illegals would be ... |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. from reading the article |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. Good for them. Why shouldn't they get jobs? |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. well, given that this is all on "Merkun" soil... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Big news! Immigrants ARE "displaced" people too. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. so tell that to their respective governments! |
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sepia_steel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. If they want the benefits that living in America has to offer |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
40. Well, despite the economic gain, it's also true that non of those |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
50. I dont see the problem... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. sorry, but the scene of this tragedy isn't just another "opportunity"... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. The people of NOLA will need to fight for their city. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 03:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. its not exploitation... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 04:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. actually, my only claim is that America belongs to Americans... |
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