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marym625

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26. I appreciate your opinion

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Tue Oct 20, 2015, 04:11 PM

Oct 2015

Don't agree at all but I thank you for it

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just curious who thinks we should take more Syrian refugees [View all] marym625 Oct 2015 OP

I want millions but I do know America is running out of natural resources and space yeoman6987 Oct 2015 #1

I agree, to an extent marym625 Oct 2015 #5

Paraguay enid602 Oct 2015 #51

Huh? We're swimming in natural resources and space Recursion Oct 2015 #62

Why just Syrians, tho, guys? Other refugee groups are being discriminated Hortensis Oct 2015 #123

Me, and believe it or not, Rick Snyder! KamaAina Oct 2015 #2

I'm sorry I missed your post! marym625 Oct 2015 #6

Wow! I've got a fan! KamaAina Oct 2015 #18

I left Chicago about 2 months ago. marym625 Oct 2015 #20

And I'm down in San Jose! KamaAina Oct 2015 #22

LOL! marym625 Oct 2015 #23

We do have DU meetups on occasion KamaAina Oct 2015 #27

sounds like a plan marym625 Oct 2015 #30

Union City Blue merrily Oct 2015 #66

Who knew!? marym625 Oct 2015 #68

Marily knew! We're very welcome. merrily Oct 2015 #70

LOL! marym625 Oct 2015 #75

P.S. Maybe it could be the theme song for your Bernie Group? merrily Oct 2015 #71

not a bad idea! marym625 Oct 2015 #77

We could probably do more than 10,000, but how many more could we reliably vet in terms of TwilightGardener Oct 2015 #3

If Senator Durbin, Warren and Klobuchar aren't worried, marym625 Oct 2015 #7

Eeek! Muslins!! Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #10

Quite a few Syrians are Christian. KamaAina Oct 2015 #24

+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #25

100,000 or more BainsBane Oct 2015 #4

Totally agree. Thank you marym625 Oct 2015 #9

Yep, agree! mountain grammy Oct 2015 #14

Agreed. closeupready Oct 2015 #35

I think 100,000 is a good start Marrah_G Oct 2015 #8

I like it. marym625 Oct 2015 #11

We've already provided 4.5 billion dollars in relief aid Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #12

yes, I know marym625 Oct 2015 #13

Why do we need to take them in Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #16

because it's the right thing to do marym625 Oct 2015 #19

Playing a devil's advocate, I might say the 'right thing to do' is Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #29

yep. marym625 Oct 2015 #38

No doubt, many people believe the right thing to do is much more predicated on imaginary borders LanternWaste Oct 2015 #114

"Imaginary borders?" What the hell are those? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #115

Look what's happening in Germany. Go 840high Oct 2015 #33

I do. I have. It's the right thing to do marym625 Oct 2015 #39

European newspapers hardly differ from their American counterparts eissa Oct 2015 #43

I see mostly able bodied men. I call them migrants. 840high Oct 2015 #47

Yes, because if you haven't noticed eissa Oct 2015 #49

Yes, god forbid they return home and fight or something... Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #113

Fight for what? For whom? eissa Oct 2015 #116

Take their country back? Topple Assad? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #130

Congratulations, eissa... Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #134

Let's help our children and elderly - it's the 840high Oct 2015 #48

Absolutely no reason we can't do both marym625 Oct 2015 #52

We don't. Read a story last 840high Oct 2015 #55

I know we don't. That's why I'm trying so hard to make sure Sanders is elected. marym625 Oct 2015 #60

Germany can't absorb them all BainsBane Oct 2015 #40

Turkey needs to step in and help. 840high Oct 2015 #56

There are already about 2 million Syrian refugees in Turkey. It doesn't treat them too well. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #57

Thanks. 840high Oct 2015 #58

Where do you think they were all going before now? Blue_Tires Oct 2015 #73

Yes I know. Europe is stasrting to say 840high Oct 2015 #85

Where does the money go though? Marrah_G Oct 2015 #15

Refugees should be located in a place from which it's plausible they'll return home one day. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #17

I appreciate your opinion marym625 Oct 2015 #26

Refugees in the United States are given permanent residency when they successfully... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #117

They should go home especially all the young men. WDIM Oct 2015 #21

completely disagree but I appreciate your thoughts. eom marym625 Oct 2015 #28

On which side should they fight for? eissa Oct 2015 #32

...+1 840high Oct 2015 #34

Isnt it sexist to say the men should stay and fight, while the women leave? Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #88

+1 marym625 Oct 2015 #94

This is a remarkably stupid post, both sexist and classless. Something more appropriate.... Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #119

if we take more they should all go live with obama and w, who caused this whole problem nt msongs Oct 2015 #31

uhm, can't really blame him for all of it marym625 Oct 2015 #42

Pretty sure those voting against allowing any in eissa Oct 2015 #36

+1 .. n/t obnoxiousdrunk Oct 2015 #37

+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #41

I would feel the same way. How 840high Oct 2015 #59

We have the resources to do both eissa Oct 2015 #61

We won't do both. Our poor and elderly are mostly ignored. 840high Oct 2015 #86

And there is the real point. We have spent trillions destroying jwirr Oct 2015 #105

Helping refugees is orders of magnitude more helpful than bombing people. Maedhros Oct 2015 #44

+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #45

Plus if we look at the Vietnam War refugees we will see that jwirr Oct 2015 #106

Not only should we take in more, we should ask for host families to foster them. Stinky The Clown Oct 2015 #46

+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #53

Everyone from Syria and Iraq should be settled in red states that supported the wars frizzled Oct 2015 #50

while it would be nice to have those who want war to support those who are caused injury marym625 Oct 2015 #54

Force Republicans and neo-cons to pay for the damage they've done. frizzled Oct 2015 #93

I like it. marym625 Oct 2015 #95

Let's not forget the journalists - Fox HQ would make a nice refugee camp frizzled Oct 2015 #96

Excellent point! marym625 Oct 2015 #102

Will this tax include pro war Democrats? NobodyHere Oct 2015 #120

We're now in the realms of fantasy fiction frizzled Oct 2015 #122

Maybe we should take ISIS ozone_man Oct 2015 #63

interesting thought marym625 Oct 2015 #67

Maybe we should take ISIS ozone_man Oct 2015 #63

Maybe we should take ISIS ozone_man Oct 2015 #65

Not a single one until every immigrant already here is legitimized. pipoman Oct 2015 #69

I agree wholeheartedly we should do that years ago. marym625 Oct 2015 #79

That also is a good point. jwirr Oct 2015 #107

>100,000 IVoteDFL Oct 2015 #72

+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #125

100,000...at least. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2015 #74

+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #80

Our fucked up policies are what destabilized the region in the first place PatrickforO Oct 2015 #76

+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #82

We should take in as much as possible prouddemfromaustin44 Oct 2015 #78

and so many are marym625 Oct 2015 #83

We broke it... nt Live and Learn Oct 2015 #81

+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #84

I would take them into my own home if I could. Lyric Oct 2015 #87

that's wonderful and beautifully generous marym625 Oct 2015 #97

Churches did that for the Vietnam refugees. I remember jwirr Oct 2015 #109

We, America, has plenty of room for people so we can easily take more. YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #89

We sure do. And frankly, besides being the right thing to do, marym625 Oct 2015 #98

As a bonus it pisses off the xeonphobes YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #103

That's an excellent reason all by itself! marym625 Oct 2015 #104

I think we should take one for every ten the arab nations take. CBGLuthier Oct 2015 #90

well, that's more than some people think. marym625 Oct 2015 #99

I read that while many are going to Europe many are also jwirr Oct 2015 #110

More. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Oct 2015 #91

+100,000 marym625 Oct 2015 #100

We should take zero bigwillq Oct 2015 #92

They're not mutually exclusive. But thank you for your reply marym625 Oct 2015 #101

Saudis and the Gulf states are not allowing refugees in, nor are they meeting the needs of the UNHCR JCMach1 Oct 2015 #108

Isn't that what they are doing by not supporting the refugees? n/t Humanist_Activist Oct 2015 #118

We're also a major cause. you don't think we have an obligation to help? marym625 Oct 2015 #126

Plenty of blame to go around, but the current war in Yemen and ISIS funding JCMach1 Oct 2015 #131

Stop supporting the foreign islamists CJCRANE Oct 2015 #111

While that may be true for the future, it won't change what is currently happening. marym625 Oct 2015 #128

i support large increases in taking of all refugees La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2015 #112

I love this response. Thank you! eom marym625 Oct 2015 #127

We created the refugee problem, in Syria and everyone forgets the 4 million Iraqi sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #121

A little unbalanced? You really give us too much credit, and Hortensis Oct 2015 #124

Totally agree marym625 Oct 2015 #129

The US did not create Syria's refugee problem... JCMach1 Oct 2015 #132

The US has been playing in Syria from the beginning, first with the CIA, now openly. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #133

Sorry, but compared to Gulf Arab involvement, that footprint is tiny... JCMach1 Oct 2015 #135

Where does all their money and weaponry come from? CJCRANE Oct 2015 #136