Dave, You wrote: I wasn't talking about Reparations, OK, but the post you were responding to was about reparations.
more of one's desire to work at work, work at getting work and the opportunities that do exist. Everyone should learn MORE then one job, have more then career so if one fails, one can still survive. I agree with all that.... I think the thread started several posts back with talk about undocumented immigrants, etc., then moved on to English only, assimilation, etc. Very complex issues from listening to the debates on C-Span during recent attempts at "fixing" the immigration laws. Doesn't seem to be down party lines either. Personally, I hate going to Home Depot or any other store, turning over a box several times trying to find the English version of contents/instructions. Once I do find it, the words "Made in China" will most likely be there. I also hate having to push a button for the English version. My father, an immigrant from Italy, spoke very broken English throughout his 60 some years here. And yes, he worked very hard -- to enable my brother and me to better ourselves through education. And yet -- at a nearby garden center, for example, I always get the best service (pricing, loading the car, etc.) from employees who are brown-skinned immigrants; most of the "white" boys there are rarely as helpful. I stupidly left my wallet on the roof of my car one day last year. I fell off onto Sunset Ave, but I didn't miss it until I got to Red Bank. A day later I get a call I could barely understand. It was a Mexican man (one of many who bicycle to work every day on this route) who found it and all my money and all my credit cards strewn on the street. He asked if I would drive to his apt just off Kingsley to pick it up. He had put everything neatly back in the wallet. The only thing missing was my Triple A card which I found in the gutter a few days later, so I know everything had spilled out. Yep, an anecdote. But I still have mixed feelings, as in I don't know enough, about all the proposed "fixes" out there. I do know that I can count on AM radio and some bloggers to stir up more emotional culture wars. Isn't that how Sunni vs. Shia started? I could be wrong! _Click here: YouTube - But I Could Be Wrong_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-5d5IfdYK4) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.
