Comments on: Fighting Words

By: Dr. Zaius

Dr. Zaius — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:04:30 +0000

call me old fashioned, but I believe fire is magic!

By: Captain Howdy

Captain Howdy — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:50:14 +0000

MJ,

there is no sales tax on clothing, or food (there is, however, sales tax on prepared food, like the kinds found at Taco Bell, Baja Fresh, or Q’Doba).

also, I have a hard time believing anyone was lynched in their bathtub for racial motives, had to be something else. Not after racism was ended forever by having Don Imus removed from the airwaves…

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:09:37 +0000

Anna,
lets not forget that illegal immigrants are also paying our taxes on items they purchase while here without recieveing ANY of the benefits from those tax dollars. They purchase things like food, clothing, and work neccessities for themselves while they are here and they bring business into small towns that might otherwise be going under simply by being bussed into them looking for jobs. Just because the business they are bringing is of a different skin color than the white majority, and just because the businesses they support are those that have learned to cater to their needs as opposed to yours is no reason to suggest that we ought to run them out of town. More than this- a larger white population does not make a town diverse by its sole existence. Lets not forget that whites of european immigrant backround have been the majority in this country since the very early days of our nationhood and immigration laws- with an immigration rate of only 2% at times, and often the largest immigrant groups coming from western and eastern europe.

And on another point, while it certainly is inexcusable that anybody be lynched (in their bathtub or otherwise), how can you be so ignorant as to ignore the fact that this is effectively what the white settlers sere doing when they took over the midwest from the native americans. Or lets go even one step further here- whites were lynching blacks until the 1960′s for god sake and while two wrongs don’t make a right I would just question the self righteousness behind your assertion that their desire to take back the land:land we- to be honest- did steal from them, is some sort of atrocity. Perhaps we ought to be looking at ways to give it back to them in ways that are safe, sane, and fair to both parties.

But then thats just this east coast liberals point of view- what do I know.

Oh one more thing. Whites have had the upperhand with employment opportunities since the inception of immirgration law-and slavery really- white men still make 1.00 dollar to every 80 cents black men make ( this figure may be slightly outdated to be fair, though its definitely still not equal) and black women are still the lowest paid workers on the pay scale, coming under white women.

By: anna

anna — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:25:54 +0000

Dear Caroline: I do understand your feelings, but you are not here. A white woman in my neighborhood was lynched and hung in her bathtub, jeers are made in the street. Members of La Raza (the race) are openly stating there are here to take back their land by violence. Actual polls show the American majority (not minority) is against this energy. It is a shame, since it hurts cross-culturing with friendly forces and countries, which everyone wants. Men (for whom there really isn’t work) are being bussed into areas, then there is nothign for them to do all day (but our taxes are teaching them skills, anyway). The push is from big business to break the unions (so that all Americans will not get benefits. It really is a larger game that you’re not more aware of. Already, with redlining, taxes, higher housing costs, whites often cannot (truly) afford to stay and work in urban areas (which KEPT them more diverse, which is what we want). As that demographic is pushed out, the country is becoming LESS DIVERSE since many other factors come into play, making there be less exchange, not more. Please keep reading the other side of the issue (about taxes, money and how real areas necessarily become less diverse) with badly managed “immigration.” (This is not really what’s going on, judging from my area—which is trying to bust American worker unions).

By: Nancie Kay Shuman

Nancie Kay Shuman — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:27:16 +0000

Brava!