Good points Willy! Have you noticed the difference between the Tea Party demonstrators and the Anti AZ demonstrators? Fox News channel showed a split screen with Tea Party demonstrations in Washington D.C., middle class and peaceful and the Pro- illegal demonstrators in AZ throwing bottles and other objects at police, trying to incite riots and defacing property. I was kind of hoping to see at least one sign proclaiming *We don't need no stinkin' badges!*
________________________________ From: WillyTex <willy...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, April 27, 2010 10:04:08 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Rachel Maddow: What does an illegal immigrant look like? do.rflex: > What does an illegal immigrant look like? > This is the wrong question, John, the question should be: 'What you *get* by crossing the border illegally?' In North Korea, get caught crossing the border illegally and you get arrested, held in solitary confinement in a freezing cold prison, fed white rice and water once a day, interrogated six times a day without a legal representation, denied contact with family or friends, denounced in public by a dictator, put on a military show trial for weeks, and then you get 8 years at hard labor in a coal mine in the mountains. In Brazil, get caught crossing the border illegally and you get arrested and sent back to your native village in Argentina to answer to Hugo Chavez about how you lost the cocaine stash. In China, get caught crossing the border illegally, and you disappear forever. In Afghanistan, get caught crossing the border illegally, and you get shot. In Cuba, get caught crossing the border illegally, and you get tossed into a political prison without a trial. In Russia, get caught crossing the border illegally, you get arrested, and after a short trial, you get sent to Siberia. In Libya, get caught crossing the border illegally and you get arrested and put on a show trial, and then sent to a prison in the desert with no food or water. In Iraq, get caught crossing the border illegally and you get arrested, beat up, tortured in a secret underground prison, get your head chopped off, and then your headless body gets dumped on a side street at night. In Iran, get caught crossing the border illegally, and you get arrested, held in Evan Prison for months, put on a show trial, and then maybe, you get deported to the U.S., France, or Great Britain. In the United States, get caught crossing the border illegally, and you get a job, housing, food stamps, free legal aid, free medical aid, free hospitalization, free education for your children; millions of dollars worth of free printed materials and U.S. Social Security; an advocate, and you get to hold up and wave an American flag, in a public protest downtown; a video on cable TV, and a humorous report on 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart and you get Rachel Maddow to stand up for your rights? Go figure: 'Man gets 8 years' hard labor in North Korea' Associated Press, April 7, 2010 'Stewart Hammers Lawmakers For Immigration Bill' Huffinton Post, April 27, 2010 'Murdered Rancher Along Mexican Border' Fox News, April 04, 2010