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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:57 AM Original message |
A very radical idea re: Mexico |
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Possumpoint (937 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. What? |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I understand what you are saying |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Okay. You're nuts. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. Mexico has no wish to be "absorbed" |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Maybe |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I don't believe most Americans can do that |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. Mexican elites want to export their problems to the U.S. (and they're successful at it) |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. You do realize that a North American Union will nullify the Constitution don't you? |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. That is ONE way it could go down |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Why is it so creepy? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's being plotted for IN SECRET-I find that EVIL & CREEPY. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I must not have made myself clear |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Then what are we fighting for here on DU? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Killing time |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 05:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. No it isn't. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
65. YOur'e right |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. great idea |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. I think you have some good points. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. It's an old idea--called Imperialism. |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Does not have to be |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. Why not simply cede back the Mexican cession over a long period of time? |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. why not just move every white American back to Jamestown while we're at it. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Because you can't force people off their land |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. My point was purposely ridiculous to illustrate the ridiculousness of your own statement. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I would agree with you that it is ridiculous except for one point |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. ------------------ |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I fail to see how your point is no less hypothetical than mine. |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. You said it yourself, Native Americans aren't the fastest growing minority group in America |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 09:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
51. Do you mean "Cession" instead of "Cessation"? |
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MGD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Still a bit churlish I see. |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. The demographics of the southwest are a legitimate concern |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #28 |
68. Would you do the same if the south seceded |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Interesting point |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Maybe resources not realized |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
15. Canadian government, US capital, Mexican labor? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's how America came to be |
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donco (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. yes and they willl move the world capital |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
19. It always amazes me that Mexico is poor |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 12:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. They do have that |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. The United States of Amexica |
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enfield collector (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. the kleptocracy that rules mexico will not allow this. they are using |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. We have no environmental safety standards anymore, nor rule of law. |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
30. You must be |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. If you educate Mexico |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. If you educate your own government not to f$ck with Mexican democracy |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
31. You ever stop to think that the fucking MEXICANS might want a say in this? This is the most |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Calm down |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Uh, right here. You said: |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I see |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Ah, now comes the CYA smooth talk, in direct contradiction to the letter and spirit |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Nice attempt at spin |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
54. You're the one showing "disdain for the Mexican people" |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 06:00 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. So, don't discuss it? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
38. What? |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. See my responses to Redstone |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. How can you have a "union" with such an imbalance of power? |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 06:46 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. 110 million Mexicans |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. "our rule of law", |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-01-07 11:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. OK, well |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. This falls under... |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 06:45 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Utter nonsense |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 01:35 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Suggesting that the US "absorb" Mexico is not suggesting a union of equals. |
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LuckyTheDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 05:52 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Look |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
58. You apparently assume that the resulting nation would combine the |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-02-07 09:45 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Don't worry, the Chinese are planning to do the samething to us |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Yes, the Chinese have used our own corporations as "useful idiots" to |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
66. We need their labor force? |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-03-07 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
67. You're too late - Bush is all ready to go with this! Some Dems for it too! |
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