Young Turks: Lou Dobbs Goes Off On John Stossel!!!

[CherylK]

Run time: 03:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_TRbGV2d7w   Posted on YouTube: October 24, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 25, 2009 By DU Member: CherylK Views on DU: 1533

 
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/23/lou-dobbs-john-stossel/

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[Cirque du So-What]

1. Yep. Looks like Dobbs won't be gracing FAUX with his presence anytime soon

Even though I think he's nuttier than a squirrel turd, apparently he's not crazy enough for FAUX.

[imdjh]

7. I have yet to see any proof of the allegations made against Dobbs.

And since I have never watched his show, clearly I am not a fan. But I have been around the immigration issue long enough to know that a certain subset of the "immigrant community" and "immigrant "rights" community" not to mention the illegal immigrant community and the illegal immigrant community supporters, ..... do not distinguish between a legal immigrant and an illegal one. They also do not differentiate between a citizen immigrant and a noncitizen immigrant. Some also don't seem to understand that someone born here is not an immigrant, he's a first generation American if his parents are foreigners or immigrants.

What exactly is Dobbs supposed to have said?

[rhett o rick]

8. What allegations? Sounds like you are defending Dobbs? nt

[Quantess]

9. My goodness. You obviously have never watched Lou Dobbs.

Suffice to say that he's OBSESSED with illegal immigration, speaking English, border patrol, etc.

[imdjh]

11. So what is the allegation?

In case you hadn't noticed, there is plenty of reason to be concerned about illegal immigration and border enforcement as well as border violence and criminality crossing the border. There is a legitimate concern and debate about legal immigrants who are not becoming Americans other than in the paperwork, and whose lack of assimilation is perceived to have the potential of generating a regional and ethnic "two Americas" (multiple Americas actually) which threatens the country itself. Many people believe, and can present a plausible case, that a single unifying language is central to E Pluribus Unum as well as an egalitarian society. The good intentions of welcoming and accepting Americans doesn't change the fact that at the highest levels of government and commerce, the inability to speak English or even speak "accentless" English while not guaranteeing poverty (as certainly there are wealthy folks who speak little English) certainly limits ones options.

It's funny really. Even those of us who stubbornly defend our use of imperial weights and measure rarely claim that there is any advantage to keeping two systems of measurement. Any do it yourselfer or mechanic will tell you what a waste of time and money it is to switch back and forth between standard and metric tools, especially when you have mixed parts on a single machine. So we all pretty much agree that metric is the way to go and many of us dream for a day when even more tools and parts will be standardized. USB and Firewire replaced all sorts of VWV (variation without value). As we speak, a standard for charging cords is being debated. But there are still people who for some inexplicable reason think that there is a good reason to have no standard in language in this one country, much less the world. It makes a person wonder how dedicated to progress some folks really are.

[fubarsnafu]

2. Who's he kidding

I love the way these guys are EATING EACH OTHER ALIVE! hahahhahah

[Grassy Knoll]

3. Looks like dobbs is a little jealous that stossel got the fox gig and not him.

But look how slyly the WH got them to fight amongst themselves. HA

[sasquatch]

4. I never tire of that clip of Stossel getting slapped either

[ProgressOnTheMove]

5. +1

[Quantess]

6. That was amusing!

[Rudy Adams]

10. Win-Win

Stossel and Dobbs are both idiots!