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Old 09-27-2006, 04:49 AM
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Another Hard Working Undocumented Worker

Another heartwarming story of an undocumented worker

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/4208808.html
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Old 09-27-2006, 09:08 AM
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Never,but never accustom your mind to mingle right from wrong.

Undocumented Worker is simply newspeak for Illegal Alien.

If the guy whacked another illegal O.K.it would lessen the burden that us taxpayers bear supporting them.
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Old 09-27-2006, 09:12 AM
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How easy or difficult is it for a cop to miss a gun during a patdown?
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Old 09-27-2006, 10:28 AM
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Illegal Immigrants are the 21st Century economic equivalent of slave labor.
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Old 09-27-2006, 10:16 PM
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Illegal Immigrants are the 21st Century economic equivalent of slave labor.
That is totally wrong. Slaves died trying to get *out* of slavery. Wetbacks are more than happy to find their way here for the opportunity.

Now if you are talking about a cheap labor source, you may be closer to the truth.
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Old 09-28-2006, 02:20 AM
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That is totally wrong. Slaves died trying to get *out* of slavery. Wetbacks are more than happy to find their way here for the opportunity.

Now if you are talking about a cheap labor source, you may be closer to the truth.
Exactly. That's why I said "economic equivalent", not "replacement for".
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Old 09-28-2006, 02:31 AM
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That is totally wrong. Slaves died trying to get *out* of slavery. Wetbacks are more than happy to find their way here for the opportunity.

Now if you are talking about a cheap labor source, you may be closer to the truth.
Hell, the illegals are dying to get here. Kinda the opposite of slavery.
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Old 10-01-2006, 02:39 AM
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That is totally wrong. Slaves died trying to get *out* of slavery. Wetbacks are more than happy to find their way here for the opportunity.

Now if you are talking about a cheap labor source, you may be closer to the truth.
I agree with both of you more or less.

It's not slave labor but the people doing it often work their behinds off for half of what a gringo would need and they struggle like hell to get here. That would be just fine (the struggle part) with me except we've gotten to where we almost need them.

See my earth-shaking thread for more on that.
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Old 09-27-2006, 12:07 PM
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How easy or difficult is it for a cop to miss a gun during a patdown?
It happens more often than people realize (unfortunately).

Was the guy handcuffed in the back of the car?
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Old 09-27-2006, 12:08 PM
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Never,but never accustom your mind to mingle right from wrong.

Undocumented Worker is simply newspeak for Illegal Alien.

If the guy whacked another illegal O.K.it would lessen the burden that us taxpayers bear supporting them.
The guy had been already deported once for committing sex crimes with a child.

Nice, very nice......
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The guy was not patted down or searched when officer Johnson handcuffed the guy and put him in the back of the car. The gun was in the back waistband of the guy's pants, the cop should have seen it since he handcuffed the guy in the back.
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Old 09-27-2006, 12:22 PM
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The guy was not patted down or searched when officer Johnson handcuffed the guy and put him in the back of the car. The gun was in the back waistband of the guy's pants, the cop should have seen it since he handcuffed the guy in the back.
That's a little different than what the paper article quoted at hte top of the thread stated.

Of course, I am not surprised, papers often get it wrong.

One fatal mistake caused the officer his life. That is sad.
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Since he has no rights in this country deport him to a comfortable CIA run jail and house him for the rest of his life at the cheapest possible price. A long life is costly, hint hint.
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