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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 12:38 AM Original message |
Immigration by the Numbers |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. Perfectly reasonable |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thanks. This is what I wondered |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 01:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Here's what the SPLC has to say about Roy Beck: |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Mellon Scaife funding racists? I'm shocked. Shocked! |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. "John H. Tanton". I missed one in my first glance at that website. Thanks! |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. I heard that the 'carrying capacity' of the US was 200 million |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The US is nowhere near its carrying capacity |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's true in certain terms but not in other areas. |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Oh yes, there's certainly damage |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 01:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. 14 Amendment allows you to live where you want, even if the environment can't sustain you |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. It doesn't say government can't plan & act |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. ICE, formerly FEMA, concentration camps in your state |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. What's this got to do with anything? |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 11:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Kneejerk attacks to my posts...you didn't read any of it did you ? Read about Marin ICE raids... |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 03:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Nope, I never said anything about infinite |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. So you want the US to adopt Chinese birth restrictions and abortion laws ?? |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 06:47 AM Response to Reply #38 |
60. I never said unlimited anything |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. The current system says we'll need 5 planet earths to keep up... |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 02:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Doomsday got postponed |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yeah, hey, how's that Soylent Green taste ? LOL ! nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Deleted message |
Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I read somewhere that if you wanted to bring down a population, you urbanize it. |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Yep, they tend to go together |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. yeah rats in a bucket don't have as high a birth rate |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Question is, what's the US going to do to set an example? |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Unliimited immigration isn't a solution dave |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Again, who said unlimited anything? |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:26 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. They aren't moved, they choose to move |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Rates may fall but the total numeric NUMBER is what ? |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. The number is falling too |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. No the problem's guys like you who'd zap me like one of Milgram's experiment |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. But if you don't know the facts, why prattle on? |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. I'm trying to pursuade you to look at facts. Again, more projection. Seek help. |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
61. No, you look at the facts |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. straw man |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 08:14 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. Whose? |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Simplistic and misleading |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. A wake up call |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. No, no, no, no |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. One no would be sufficient |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 08:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. No |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Good luck with that |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Ah, you just meant "growth"? |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Increase in labor supply + Decrease in labor demand (due to outsourcing) = Decrease in wages |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Economics is never simple |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. You need a New Deal style reinvestment program. |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. We need the political will |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. There must be an international answer to an international problem. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
47. The world population is 6.6billion. The US population is 302million |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. I don't operate under the belief that the current US standard of living is sustainable. It isn't. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I agree with this. The question is how will the smaller pie be divided. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
45. Linear immigration growth |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 08:24 AM Response to Reply #45 |
66. Not quite that either |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. Read what the Southern Poverty Law Center has to say about Numbers USA. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 01:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Now that the obligatory charge of racism is out of the way, back to facts... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. "obligatory charge of racism" is certainly dismissive of Post #17's hard citations, isn't it. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Just had to get it out of the way. I note no mention of the Robt. Samuelson article...too bad |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. It is not obligatory to respond to what parts of your post you want (SAMUELSON). I responded |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Forgot to post the link I was talking about (SPLC/DOBBS), plus |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. So the borders aren't broken at all. If you want unlimited immigration just say so. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. O.K., since you posted these flamebaits, I'm going to answer so as not to let them stand alone |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Cesar Chavez on illegal immigration to Congress in 1979... |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Your post #50 says it is responding to my #39. I don't think so, but since you |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Hard truth for those willing to read it (so I'll re-post it) |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
67. He's talking about annual flow |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. I'm glad you agree |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:27 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Educate and import |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Curious |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Lived there till '05 |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
70. Chavez was talking about illegal status |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. If the "illegals" are made citizens then they would both pay and receive. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. ...Or, they could file suit against the employers who illegally hired them |
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mdw (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
43. THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. The Heritage Foundation is a right-wing think tank. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #43 |
64. Know your sources.... |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #64 |
72. Why would the moneypower folks in business NOW want to limit immigration |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #43 |
73. The Heritage Foundation..........what? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
78. I think it's crap |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. What? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I know that |
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