immigration Category

Racism: 2006 style

In: bigotry, immigration

Last night on 60 Minutes there was a story about the Hazleton ordinance banning landlords and employers from dealing with illegal immigrants.  Five years ago Pennsylvania enacted tax breaks to attract new business to the state - it worked, attracting tons of manufacturing jobs to the state.   With these jobs came people to rural areas [...]

Just a thought

In: Politics, immigration

But Latinos — immigrants and those born in this country — are driving the population growth. They accounted for almost half the increase last year, more than any other ethnic or racial group. White non-Hispanics, who make up about two-thirds of the population, accounted for less than one-fifth of the increase.
So I read this in [...]

Writer’s block

In: Music, Politics, george bush, immigration

It’s been awhile since I’ve written (honestly I wrote a long post about the double standard where women say things that if a man were to say would cause such a stir, but accidentally deleted it - it sucked any way). I honestly can’t think of a thing to write about. 24 is [...]

Assholes in charge

In: Politics, immigration

Wondering what the Republican Party is - listen to Congressman Tom Tancredo, son of an Italian immigrant, who recently said illegal aliens are “A Scourge That Threatens The Very Future of Our Nation”. Now I have a list of things that threaten the future of our country and illegal aliens didn’t make it. [...]

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