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minnow 
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Posted on: Jan. 31 2004,12:09 pm |
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Both of those wars had nothing to do with the freedoms I have had. Nothing.
Vietnam couldn't have helped me because we LOST!
This Iraq war is costing me my freedom, yours too...where have you been...are you nuts!?
You've been duped, bamboozled, hoodwinked and are just to stupid to realize it. 
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irisheyes
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Posted on: Jan. 31 2004,12:20 pm |
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| Quote (minnow @ Jan. 30 2004,10:55:pm) | | But I remained strong. I kept my head above the crowd and realized the WMD hype. Needless to say I was CRUCIFIED by this crowd as unpatriotic. Now you all can see who was the TRUE patriot afterall. |
Here we go again... "Minnow the martyr"?!!  Every thread we go thru the same thing, "minnow the hero", "minnow the patriot"...
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minnow
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Posted on: Jan. 31 2004,12:32 pm |
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And......scene!
Cut. Print.
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Posted on: Jan. 31 2004,1:04 pm |
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Get a life minnow. You and hoser are a couple of f-cking idiots.
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cwolff
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Posted on: Jan. 31 2004,2:06 pm |
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Oh no! Minnows gone mad! Attention ladies and gentlemen, we have a conflict alert, Minnow, the bottom feeder, is in full meltdown! 
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guppie
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Posted on: Feb. 03 2004,8:15 pm |
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minnow's a moron, minnow's a moron...
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Clovis
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Posted on: Feb. 07 2004,9:54 am |
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I'd like to make a point concerning the original topic of the thread here (non-documented workers from other countries, if you lost track).
cwolff, you brought up the point of industries in which many of these people work. So... who among us is willing to work in a slaughterhouse or processing factory? Some of us... but not nearly enough to cover the needs of that particular industry. I agree that the wages paid to the non-documented immigrants are deplorable, as well as the conditions in many of the industries where they find work. This has been going on since immigration to the US started, and you can find hundreds of cases just by looking for them - the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in NYC, for example... or Asian immigrants who were worked to death on the railroads out west.
Fact of the matter is, this country lives and thrives on "illegals" in the workforce. It has for a long time. Many of them take jobs that no one would otherwise take so they can support their families. I would much rather have a documentation program available for these individuals than read more stories like those about the coyotes, or people traffickers, who pack people searching for a better life into boxcars and semis and then dump them out and rent them out to employers (if they haven't starved or suffocated on the way, that is). To me, it's a basic issue of human rights.
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Clovis
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Posted on: Feb. 07 2004,10:04 am |
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Et une chose de plus... les français sont très reconnaissants de l'aide américain qu'ils ont réçu pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale. Peut-être si vous feriez l'effort de faire la connaissance d'un Français ou une Française, vous verriez le monde d'un côté différent.
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Ole1kanobe
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Posted on: Feb. 07 2004,10:27 am |
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One of the biggest reasons for there being so many jobs that Americans will not take is the plain fact that companies do not want to pay a livable wage. Why pay employees a better wage when companies could be keeping more for profit instead? Can anyone here say greed?
Has anyone here tried supporting a family on $6 or $7 per hour? I have, and it is not possible without supplementing your income with an additional job, and if you are staying around here, then it will be equal to or less pay than your primary job. So in essence, if you are relying on the local economy and businesses to support your family, you had better be ready to have a minimum of 3 paychecks coming in for a family of 3 or 4 if you wish to actually live, not only survive. Sure am glad Pam and Sparks have done soooooo much to get so many new businesses to locate here.
It's just a big circle that once people get caught in it, it's almost impossible to get out; almost.
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Some of what is said here (myself included) is about as tolerable as listening to someone vacuum a cat.
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Madd Max
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Posted on: Feb. 07 2004,12:24 pm |
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| Quote (Ole1kanobe @ Feb. 07 2004,10:27:am) | | Sure am glad Pam and Sparks have done soooooo much to get so many new businesses to locate here. |
Ole1kanobe
Good post I can't agree more.
So Pam and Sparks Where are all the Jobs! I see jobs leaving but not much coming here. We even have a Tax free zone to help bring jobs here. How many jobs has that brought to Albert Lea? 7 or 8 with only 2 employees being hired from the Albert Lea area. You know what happens to retirement communities, they die out.
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