[Vision2020] Re: Potlatch (was Immigration or Invasion?)

[Mark Solomon]

Dick,

I kind of assumed from your email handle that you had retired. From 
the Port as well? Enjoy.

But you really believe that immigration in the Valley is a larger 
issue than whether the region's largest private employer stays in 
business? Better cash out that pension now before it evaporates.

Mark

At 7:19 AM -0700 4/25/06, rvrcowboy wrote:
>Mark,
>
>I worked for Potlatch for over thirty years.  You probably don't 
>know I retired three years ago.  According to the company and the 
>media, the company lost millions nearly every quarter, especially in 
>contract years like this one.  Still the company continued to 
>produce product and operate.  I don't believe everything I read.  I 
>truly believe a lot of it is printed merely to convince the suckers, 
>which it does.
>
>As for whether or not this is as important as the immigration issue: 
>No, I don't believe it is even close.
>
>Dick
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:msolomon at moscow.com>Mark Solomon
>To: <mailto:rvrcowboy at clearwire.net>rvrcowboy ; 
><mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>Vision2020
>Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:17 AM
>Subject: Potlatch (was Immigration or Invasion?)
>
>Dick,
>
>This just in on the wire 
><http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=100877&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=847067&highlight>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=100877&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=847067&highlight=:
>
>  "The Pulp and Paperboard segment reported an operating loss of $2.4 
>million for 2006's first quarter, versus operating income of $2.4 
>million for the first quarter of 2005. "A 13 percent increase in 
>paperboard shipments, combined with higher selling prices for 
>paperboard and increased pulp shipments to external customers, were 
>more than offset by higher maintenance, chemical, freight and energy 
>costs," Covey said. He added that energy expense, including natural 
>gas, was $2.0 million higher than in the first quarter of 2005. "
>
>So Dick, now that the mills are separate from the land and timber in 
>a very real way due to the REIT conversion, how long can money 
>losing divisions like pulp and paper last? Seems like this is a much 
>larger question for folks in the Valley than immigration.
>
>Mark Solomon
>
>At 11:39 PM -0700 4/24/06, rvrcowboy wrote:
>
>>HISPANIC LEADERS SPEAK OUT! 
>>
>>Augustin Cebada, Brown Berets; "Go back to Boston! Go back to 
>>Plymouth  Rock, Pilgrims! Get out! We are the future. You are old and tired. 
>>Go on. We  have beaten you. Leave like beaten rats. You old white people. It 
>>is your duty to die . . . Through love of having children, we are going 
>>  to take  over. 
>>
>>Richard Alatorre, Los Angeles City Council. "They're afraid we're  going 
>>to  take over the governmental institutions and other institutions. 
>>They're  right. We will take them over . . We are here to stay." 
>>
>>Excelsior, the national newspaper of Mexico, "The American Southwest 
>>seems  to be slowly returning to the jurisdiction of Mexico without firing a 
>>single  shot." 
>>
>
>   Professor Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas; "We have an 
>aging white  America. They are not making babies. They are dying.
>
>The explosion is in  our population . . . I love it. They are shitting in
>
>  their pants with fear.   I love it." 
>
>Art Torres, Chairman of the California Democratic Party, "Remember 
>187--proposition to deny taxpayer funds for services to 
>non-citizens--was the last  gasp of white America in California." 
>
>Gloria Molina, Los Angeles County Supervisor, "We are politicizing 
>every single one of these new citizens that are becoming citizens of
>
>this country .  
>. I gotta tell you that a lot of people are saying, "I'm going to go 
>out  there and vote because I want to pay them back." 
>
>Mario Obledo, California Coalition of Hispanic Organizations and 
>California  State Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under
>
>Governor Jerry  Brown, also awarded the Presidential Medal of
>
>Freedom by President Bill  Clinton.
>
>
>"California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like 
>it should  leave." 
>
>Jose Pescador Osuna, Mexican Consul General , "We are practicing 'La 
>Reconquista' in California." 
>
>Professor Fernando Guerra, Loyola Marymount University; "We need to 
>avoid a  white backlash by using codes understood by Latinos . . . " 
>
>Are these just the words of a few extremists? Consider that we could   
>fill  up many pages with such quotes. Also, consider that these are 
>mainstream  Mexican leaders. 
>
>THE U.S. VS MEXICO: 
>On February 15, 1998, the U.S. and Mexican soccer teams met at the 
>Los Angeles Coliseum. The crowd was overwhelmingly pro-Mexican even 
>though most lived  in this country. They booed during the National Anthem
>
>and U.S. flags  were  held upside down. As the match progressed,
>
>supporters of the U.S. team   were  insulted, pelted with projectiles, punched
>
>and spat upon. Beer and  trash  were thrown at the U.S. players before and
>
>  after the match. The coach of the  U.S. team, Steve Sampson said,
>
>"This was the most painful experience I have  ever had in this profession." 
>
>Did you know that immigrants from Mexico and other non-European 
>countries  can come to this country and get preferences in jobs,
>
>education, and  government  contracts? It's called affirmative 
>action or racial
>
>
>privilege. The  Emperor of Japan or the President of Mexico could migrate
>
>here and  immediately be  eligible for special rights unavailable for
>
>Americans of European  descent. 
>
>Recently, a vote was taken in the U.S. Congress to end this  practice. 
>It was  defeated. Every single Democratic senator except Ernest Hollings 
>voted to  maintain special privileges for Hispanic, Asian and African 
>immigrants. They  were joined by thirteen Republicans.
>
>Bill Clinton and Al Gore have  repeatedly stated they believe that massive
>
>immigration from countries like  Mexico  is good. They have also backed
>
>special privileges for these  immigrants. 
>
>Corporate America has signed on to the idea that minorities and 
>third  world  immigrants should get special, privileged status.
>
>Some examples are Exxon,  Texaco, Merrill Lynch, Boeing, Paine Weber,
>
>Starbucks and many more. 
>
>DID YOU KNOW?: 
>Did you know that Mexico regularly intercedes on the side of the 
>defense in  criminal cases involving Mexican nationals? Did you know
>
>that Mexico  has NEVER extradited a Mexican national accused of
>
>murder in the U.S. in spite of  agreements to do so?
>
>
>
>
>According to the L.A. Times, Orange County, California  is home to 275
>
>gangs with 17,000 members; 98% of which are Mexican  and Asian.
>
>
>How's your county doing? 
>
>According to a New York Times article dated May 19, 1994, 20 years 
>after the  great influx of legal immigrants from Southeast Asia, 30%
>
>are still  on  welfare compared to 8% of households nationwide.
>
>  A Wall Street Journal  editorial dated December 5, 1994 quotes law
>
>enforcement officials as stating that Asian mobsters are the
>
>"greatest criminal challenge the  country faces." Not bad for a group
>
>  that is still under 5% of the  population. 
>
>Is education important to you? Here are the words of a teacher who 
>spent  over 20 years in the Los Angeles School system.
>
>"Imagine teachers  in classes containing 30-40 students of widely
>
>varying attention spans  and motivation, many of whom aren't fluent
>
>in English. Educators seek learning materials likely to reach the
>
>majority of students and  that means fewer words and math problems
>
>and more pictures and  multicultural  references." 
>
>Immigrants that came through Ellis Island wanted to learn English. 
>They wanted to breath free. They wanted to become Americans. Now too 
>many immigrants come here with  demands. They demand to be taught
>
>in their own language. They demand special  privileges--affirmative action.
>
>They demand ethnic studies that  glorify their  culture. 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20060425/f17aadfc/attachment-0001.htm