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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:13 AM Original message |
Oklahoma law targeting illegal workers had some unforeseen results |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. guess they will have to start paying a liveable wage.. |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. It will be interesting to see how much that costs each of us |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. probably 3 cents a pound for veggies, around 10 cents for a Tee shirt, it isn't much per item, but |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. yeah because after all i can only pick up tree limbs by stepping on somebody's face |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Did they still have slaves in Oklahoma or are you just a little |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Put up signs that say $10 an hour for storm clean up |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. guess they will have to start paying a liveable wage, to keep the kids down on the farm.. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Have them on the payroll to clean up after an ice storm that MIGHT come every fey years? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. are you advocating opening the borders wider |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Immigrants don't frighten me |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. If I may ask |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. I consider any human being who is here to be as much of a citizen as the next person |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. So |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. GOP supports illegal workers because they'd rather never see a black man get a dollar |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. All the Repigs I am forced to associate with would just as soon see immigrants shot on sight |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. what is rational and fair? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I would begin by stopping the diverting of 95% of the Colorado River before it reaches Mexico |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Water rights |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. in other word you have been pretty much shielded from having to compete with |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. Who else do you have the right not to compete with? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
55. do you know that there is jobs not being done or is it there hasn't been enough time |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. The Colorado flows through Mexico for only a small fraction of its course |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. Yes it is quite amazing our government allowed any part of the Colorado to be located in Mexico... |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ummmmm |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. I guess Americans will just have to take jobs that the they don't want to do |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. There are no jobs Americans won't do |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I was just having some fun with the talking point... |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. There are no jobs Americans won't do |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I've known a lot of Americans |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. If you've seen Michael Moore's film "The Big One," |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. The economics are such that |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Yes, I remember that scene... that's why I made that comment... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. hell back in the 80's, when we had an ice storm like this one I was one of the folks |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. Same exact thing happened in Hazelton, PA |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. And now he plans to run for Congress |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. We're already in a recession - and that asshole wants to make it worse |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
30. explanation needed, please |
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AlertLurker (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
24. Perhaps if you pay a fair wage to get the branches removed? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Kind of like this huh |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Ummmmm |
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AlertLurker (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Local workers are the best. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Then where are the Americans? |
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AlertLurker (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. There are many good reasons for minimum wage laws. |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
27. Let's bring back slavery! |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
38. Lots of heat and little light on immigration labor |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. If you look at the Dept. of Labor web page |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. what a warped sense of fair play |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
42. Tough shit, fuckwads .... now you have to pay higher wages to your actual citizens ...... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
43. Undocumented workers are so interwoven in our economy |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. Another fine Republican community project is a success. |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm sick of these articles. Hire legal immigrants or citizens for the work and pay |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
47. How about fair wage legislation? |
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NaturalHigh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
48. I live in Oklahoma... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Yep, same here, done it all by myself in about 3 days time |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
49. LOL how aawful we get rid of a black market cheap workforce |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. It'll be quite a twisted pleasure watching Rethug states & towns go default... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
51. fucking repukes and libertarians are among the stupidest fuckwads |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
52. The nativists who holler the loudest about "illegals" just don't get the complexity.... |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
54. You mean the community didn't take responsibility for itself? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
57. The same thing appears to be happening in Virgina.. |
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