[Vision2020] Say What?

[Tom Hansen]

"I was a stranger, and you welcomed me."

- Matthew 25:35

Good words, wouldn't you say, Arnold?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


> 
> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:15:03 -0700
> From: donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
> To: thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com; kjajmix1 at msn.com
> 
> Keely,
>  
> I don't know where you get your information that 135 million American
belie> ve as Buchanan does. However, I do agree that illegal immigration 
is a
se> rious threat to the survival of the United States as an economically
strong>  nation with a positive future. 
>  
> The strength of the United States is based on the diversity which it
has,>  a commitment and loyalty to the nation, a willingness to put more 
into
t> he community than they take out, and adherence to its laws and
conversion>  to its societies norms.  
>  
> I don't think see that with most illegal immigrants. For starters, most
o> f them don't even hold a loyalty to the United States and many are not
even>  willing to learn English. Many of them wish to convert their 
environment
t> o the nation they came from, not convert to the US. 
>  
> Second, they do not follow the nation's laws. They disobey and destroy
th> e communities they live in, and send money out of the country, to
their>  country of origin. They often return to their nation of origin and 
still
d> o not consider the US home. They just work here seasonally, or for just
a>  few years. 
>  
> Third, they take jobs from other US Citizens. Which weakens the
economy> , increased unemployment, and reduces tax revenues. 
>  
> Look at California and Southern Nevada. These areas are stricken with 
dire
> poverty, record unemployment rates, astronomical deficits, and an
ina> bility to govern themselves. The proof is in the pudding.
>  
> There is absolutely no reason to support a system which exploits illegal
wo> rkers, US workers, and the community tax base in favor of a handful of
> businesses trying to make a few bucks.  
>  
> Finally, It is incredibly discriminatory to deny people who follow the
la> w in over 200 nations worldwide fair and equitable access to the US and
bid>  on a chance for citizenship in favor of flooding the country with 
illegal
> immigrants from a handful of nations to our south that follow no rules or
r> estricts. 
>  
> Best Regards,
>  
> Donovan
>  
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 3/26/09, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Say What?
> To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 2:01 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm far more concerned about the 135 million people in this country who
bel> ieve as Pat Buchanan does, presuming that the only way our nation
"surviv> es" is if it remains, or reverts to, a nation full of
European-immigran> t descendants.  My 11 years of ministering to largely 
undocumented Mexican
> immigrants has convinced me that we have nothing to fear, and much to
gai> n, from Hispanic immigration.  Recognizing that we have millions of
hard-> working, loyal, decent immigrants who desperately love the United
State> s of America would best be demonstrated by a broad and generous 
amnesty,
> one that enfranchises people and, not insignificantly, allows the
count> ry to collect taxes and regulate employer abuse they often suffer.  
> 
> Why Pat Buchanan is so frightened would be a mystery to me, if I didn't
r> ead his stuff and have it confirmed that the "browning" of America, and
t> he "accented" English he hears, threaten his position as a privileged
whi> te
>  male and his dream of a country led and populated by people just like
him.>   Believe me, he makes it perfectly clear . . . 
> 
> Keely
> http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > From: thansen at moscow.com
> > Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:22:35 +0000
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Say What?
> > 
> > "Who is going to care 30 years from now whether a Sunni or a Shia is 
in 
> > Baghdad or who's ruling in Kabul? We're going to have 135 million 
> > Hispanics in the United States by 2050, heavily concentrated in the 
> > southwest. The question is whether we're going to survive as a 
country."
> > 
> > - Pat Buchanan
> > 
> > 
> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > 
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> > 
> > Join us at The First Annual Intolerista Wingding, April 17th,
featuri> ng 
> > Roy Zimmerman and Jeanne McHale. For details go to . .
>  .
> > 
> > http://www.MoscowCares.com/Wingding
> > 
> > Seeya
> > there.
> > 
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Join us at The First Annual Intolerista Wingding, April 17th, featuring 
Roy Zimmerman and Jeanne McHale.  For details go to . . .

http://www.MoscowCares.com/Wingding

Seeya
there.

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