May 1st...Gringo protest day!

[archangel]

Ahh the day of recconing is almost upon us...The illegals are taking to the streets...no work,no school,no buying US products...
So I am taking it to the streets starting on Sunday...No going to church(Catholic) to protest the churches nonsense...On monday I am going shopping,I usually shop on the 1st for a two week supply of groceries...this 1st I am going to shop for a month and only buy products that I can verify are US products...I would go to work...but sigh, I am retired...so I am putting my boat up for sale to protest the high fuel prices...this weekend I am going to the moto-cross races in town and watch the kids have fun and take some spills...My grandaughters boyfriend is in the races...so I will buy em coca colas till they bloat and hot dogs galore... May 5th(Cico de mayo I will stay home) thats about all I can do to protest...but it twill be fun!

side note: I will only buy and drink US beer this fine and sunny weekend forward!

 

[dmp]

how is ANYTHING you are doing really 'protesting'? Selling your boat to protest high fuel costs??

wha??

I think on Cinco De Mayo I'll take my family out for mexican food, buy a boat to haul behind my 14mpg F150 4x4, and drink a LOT of Corona Beers.

 

[archangel]

how is ANYTHING you are doing really 'protesting'? Selling your boat to protest high fuel costs??

wha??

I think on Cinco De Mayo I'll take my family out for mexican food, buy a boat to haul behind my 14mpg F150 4x4, and drink a LOT of Corona Beers.

except the Ford F-150 4x4....hey I'll trade ya the pu for my Bayliner 15' with a Force 125 ob and ya can haul it behind your Mazda...hows that?

 

[dmp]

Give me the boat plus $15K and i'd consider it.

 

[archangel]

Give me the boat plus $15K and i'd consider it.

I already have a offer...just running the ad for another week or two to boost the price...keep the truck and enjoy...!

 

[Abbey Normal]

 

[jillian]

how is ANYTHING you are doing really 'protesting'? Selling your boat to protest high fuel costs??

wha??

I think on Cinco De Mayo I'll take my family out for mexican food, buy a boat to haul behind my 14mpg F150 4x4, and drink a LOT of Corona Beers.

I agree with you. Chicken fajitas all around and a nice margarita!

It's really interesting watching the republicans implode over this issue, though. It's kind of like the corporatists, who want the cheap labor so they can drive down the cost of middle class labor versus the racists who are terrified of having brown people overtake them.

Not commenting on the drivel coming out of Congress on this issue, just observing.

 

[archangel]

I agree with you. Chicken fajitas all around and a nice margarita!

It's really interesting watching the republicans implode over this issue, though. It's kind of like the corporatists, who want the cheap labor so they can drive down the cost of middle class labor versus the racists who are terrified of having brown people overtake them.

Not commenting on the drivel coming out of Congress on this issue, just observing.

Being that I could be considered 1/2 'brown' in your comment...I don't really believe that the brown side or the white side will be overtaken anytime soon!


side note: we are talking about "Illegal Aleins" boycotting our laws,economy and way of life...fair is fair...No? I suppose that is just a conservative thingee! :scratch:

 

[The ClayTaurus]

Being that I could be considered 1/2 'brown' in your comment...I don't really believe that the brown side or the white side will be overtaken anytime soon!

You're half mexican?

 

[archangel]

You're half mexican?

as my grandmother on my dads side is Spanish...had California Spanish land grants prior to 1840...related to General Castro!

 

[jillian]

Being that I could be considered 1/2 'brown' in your comment...I don't really believe that the brown side or the white side will be overtaken anytime soon!


side note: we are talking about "Illegal Aleins" boycotting our laws,economy and way of life...fair is fair...No? I suppose that is just a conservative thingee! :scratch:

The conservatives are split on this one, no? I was just making an observation. And for most moderates or liberals, it isn't a priority issue. The economy, the war, gas prices, education... THOSE are the priorities. It's only the super-conservatives who prioritize wedge issues like immigration and gay marriage.

PC? To what, not want the middle class destroyed because an underclass of indentured servants is being pushed by huge corporations that want the cheap labor? Okie Dokie....

Truth is there are already lots of immigration laws. Those should be enforced before any sweeping changes are made. It's the same garbage Congress does with anti-gun laws.... over reach instead of dealing with the narrower problem.

 

[archangel]

The conservatives are split on this one, no? I was just making an observation. And for most moderates or liberals, it isn't a priority issue. The economy, the war, gas prices, education... THOSE are the priorities. It's only the super-conservatives who prioritize wedge issues like immigration and gay marriage.

PC? To what, not want the middle class destroyed because an underclass of indentured servants is being pushed by huge corporations that want the cheap labor? Okie Dokie....

Truth is there are already lots of immigration laws. Those should be enforced before any sweeping changes are made. It's the same garbage Congress does with anti-gun laws.... over reach instead of dealing with the narrower problem.

both sides of your mouth(write in this case) I was referring to your comment about 'vs racists being overtaken by 'brown'' You want your cake and eat it too...take a side and stick with it...don't mix and match...as for enforce the laws in existence...I say hell yeah...this was what I did prior to retirement...adding the corporate insourcing of cheap labor was cute...yet distracting from the issue of this thread...I say again boycot the boycotters who are in fact "Illegal"...end of story!

 

[dmp]

I'd still like to know how ANY of your agenda equates to a 'protest'. Buying groceries? Selling a boat? Only made-in-USA stuff?

 

[archangel]

I'd still like to know how ANY of your agenda equates to a 'protest'. Buying groceries? Selling a boat? Only made-in-USA stuff?

just being confronting? If the illegal boycot is to disrupt the economy...then I will buy buy buy this fine day...and only USA stuff because in Mexico they are boycotting USA products this fine day!...and I'm selling my boat for a statement in protest of high fuel costs! :cof:


In simple terms...protesting the protestors and boycotting the boycotters...a polar opposite of what they are trying to accomplish!

 

[dmp]

whatever floats your...uh...boat? I guess.

 

[GotZoom]

I'm going to eat lunch at a mexican restaurant and make sure my table is really messy before I leave.

 

[archangel]

I'm going to eat lunch at a mexican restaurant and make sure my table is really messy before I leave.

the only Mexican restaurants that will be open will be the ones owned by Gringos!..Part of the protest/boycot is to close all Mexican(owned)restaurants!

 

[dilloduck]

the only Mexican restaurants that will be open will be the ones owned by Gringos!..Part of the protest/boycot is to close all Mexican(owned)restaurants!

Are they going to stay out of hospitals, welfare lines and grocery stores too? Might be a great day to get some shopping done.

 

[GotZoom]

the only Mexican restaurants that will be open will be the ones owned by Gringos!..Part of the protest/boycot is to close all Mexican(owned)restaurants!

Not going to happen. The Mexicans who own businesses will be open. They are not going to pass up the american dollar.

They had a "immigration rally" here in Memphis.

200 people showed up.

The Mexican restaurants here will be open. Kitchens and bus staff will be Mexicans. They aren't going to miss a day of work.

Off subject: If you sell your boat, what is going to happen to all those romantic evenings you have?

 

[-Cp]

State Senate Supports Immigrant Walkout On Monday

California's state senators on Thursday endorsed Monday's boycott of schools, jobs and stores by illegal immigrants and their allies as supporters equated the protest with great social movements in American history.

By a 24-13 vote that split along party lines, the California Senate approved a resolution that calls the one-day protest the Great American Boycott 2006 and describes it as an attempt to educate Americans "about the tremendous contribution immigrants make on a daily basis to our society and economy."

"It's one day ... for immigrants to tell the country peacefully, 'We matter ... (we're) not invisible,'" said Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, the resolution's chief author. She said immigrants make up a third of California's labor force and a quarter of its residents.

Opponents said the nonbinding resolution was misleading because it failed to mention a goal of the boycott was pressuring Congress to legalize millions of undocumented people.

"It is a disingenuous effort to put the government of California on record supporting open borders," said Sen. Bill Morrow, R-Oceanside.

The boycott, also called "A Day Without Immigrants," grew out of huge pro-immigrant marches across the United States in recent weeks. Organizers are urging people to stay home from school and jobs and avoid spending money on Monday to demonstrate their importance to the U.S. economy.

California's top education official appeared with school officials in several cities Thursday to urge students to stay in school on Monday.

State Superintendent for Public Instruction Jack O'Connell encouraged students interested in the immigration issue to voice their opinions by participating in protest activities but only after attending their classes.

"If students need to protest, they should feel free to do so after school," O'Connell told students and reporters at San Jose High Academy. "We want students to exercise free speech, but not at the expense of their education."

Rallies are planned for Monday in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Gardena, Bell, Santa Ana, Sacramento, San Jose, Oakland, Concord and other cities.

School officials in San Leandro, meanwhile, said Thursday that rising tensions over the immigration issue may have contributed to a series of brawls between Hispanic and black teenagers.

Over a dozen San Leandro High School students were taken into custody Wednesday following the fights that started on campus and spilled over into the parking lot of a nearby convenience store.

While educators theorized that the stress children of immigrants are under while the immigration debate roils may have played a role in the violence, students said that racial tensions predated recent developments.

Several senators equated the protest with the civil rights movement of the 1960s and other major events in American history.

Segregation was ended in part because of the public bus boycott by blacks in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955, said Romero.

Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, likened the debate over immigrant rights to the fights over slavery, women's suffrage, the internment of Japanese during World War II, and the Vietnam War.

America wouldn't have been created without illegal action, said Sen. Richard Alarcon, D-Van Nuys. "They dumped a bunch of tea in Boston harbor, illegally. God bless them," he said.

But Sen. Dave Cox, R-Fair Oaks, said lawmakers should not encourage lawbreakers even if they disagreed with the law.

"It is irresponsible for this body to advocate that students leave school for any reason," Cox said.

He introduced a bill that would require a special school attendance audit on Monday, so that schools would not receive state aid for any student who was truant. School funding is based on attendance levels. O'Connell said the state would not grant waivers to schools that lose funding if students were absent while out protesting.

The debate was personal and emotional for some senators.

Sen. Nell Soto, D-Pomona, recalled watching as a child as immigration police swept up brown-skinned farmworkers, "not even asking if they were illegal or illegal."

Sen. Martha Escutia, D-Norwalk, described how her grandfather remained in the country illegally after overstaying a work permit during the 1940s, when he picked fruits and vegetables while American men were fighting World War II.

"This happened 60 years ago. And you know what? The story still continues," Escutia said, choking up as she described her 11-year-old son asking her about the controversy. She said the Great American Boycott should be renamed "the Great American Secret, and that is we all rely on someone who is here illegally."

Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks, while citing immigrants' contributions, said the nation's goal should be assimilation: "From many people, one people, the American people. One race, the American race."

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