Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-28 Thread Allan Streib
Indiana is actually in better financial shape than its neighbors, particularly IL and WI. Especially IL. Bloomington in particular is faring better than much of the nation, our recently announced county unemployment rate was 6.6%. A couple of big construction projects here are University proje

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-28 Thread Mountain Man
Allan wrote: > Construction is booming here. How long can that last what with IN playing the same games as WI with union trades and money deficits? mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-28 Thread Allan Streib
Bloomington, IN On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 07:55 -0600, "Craig" wrote: > On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:00:15 -0400 Allan Streib > wrote: > > > Construction is booming here. > > Where is here? > > > Craig > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-28 Thread Mitch Haley
Craig wrote: On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:00:15 -0400 Allan Streib wrote: Construction is booming here. Where is here? CS.INDIANA.EDU implies Bloomington, but he's posted Indianapolis Craigslist ads in the past. MLH ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-28 Thread Craig
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:00:15 -0400 Allan Streib wrote: > Construction is booming here. Where is here? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-28 Thread Allan Streib
Mountain Man writes: > Construction picks up again? > Don't count on that happenin' in the next decade. > This econ is dead, Jim. Construction is booming here. More than I've ever seen. New apartment buildings sprouting like weeds, the university is building new dorms and administrative buildi

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-28 Thread Max Dillon
ject: Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals Max wrote: > Once construction picks up again, then perhaps the climate will change. We > have the finest government money can buy. Construction picks up again? Don't count on that happenin' in the next

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Mountain Man
Max wrote: > Once construction picks up again, then perhaps the climate will change.  We > have the finest government money can buy. Construction picks up again? Don't count on that happenin' in the next decade. This econ is dead, Jim. mao ___ http://www.okiebe

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Max Dillon
finest government money can buy. -Max -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Allan Streib Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 11:08 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals Rich Thomas writes

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Nope, next door to our place is a colonia that a local farmer houses his migrants in for a few weeks during the summer (these are graders not pickers, "your higher class of julio" as he explains it) and they are all legal. Now this fella did spend a little time paying off a federal felony the

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Allan Streib
Rich Thomas writes: > Big fines for employers (I think $10k/head), if caught they are sent > off. It is a distinctly unfriendly place for illegals though there > are still quite a few around, but not nearly as many as NC or other > suthrun states. So in SC do the crops rot in the fields as the

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Big fines for employers (I think $10k/head), if caught they are sent off. It is a distinctly unfriendly place for illegals though there are still quite a few around, but not nearly as many as NC or other suthrun states. --R On 3/26/11 9:48 PM, Dieselhead wrote: So what is SC doing about the

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-26 Thread Mountain Man
Dieselhead wrote: > So what is SC doing about the problem? Document the problem, then develop a plan. All I hear is innuendo and supposition followed by outrage that there is a problem. I was part of that crewe for a while. I don't join in the hollerin' anymore about this problem, because I don'

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-26 Thread Dieselhead
So what is SC doing about the problem? Or move to SC where the problem is being dealt with. And participating (agitating) in local politics is kinda fun. --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-26 Thread Rich Thomas
I went to the gubna's town hall meeting last week, asked her (Nikki Haley, first female gubna of SC and an Indian (india indian) too) a question, she said if I sent her an email she would get back to me, one of her flunkies gave me her card and said she would definitely follow up. I was sorta

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-26 Thread Mitch Haley
Mountain Man wrote: Ya think? "Kinda fun" and "politics" don't seem to mesh... mao My Congresscritter is hosting a 'town hall' in town here on Monday. I'm trying to figure out whether it would be 'kinda fun' to outline my illegal alien amnesty program. (if they quit breaking our laws by leavi

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-26 Thread Rich Thomas
http://teageegeepea.tripod.com/maumau.html --R On 3/26/11 4:03 PM, Mountain Man wrote: --R wrote: Or move to SC where the problem is being dealt with. And participating (agitating) in local politics is kinda fun. Ya think? "Kinda fun" and "politics" don't seem to mesh... mao _

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-26 Thread Mountain Man
--R wrote: > Or move to SC where the problem is being dealt with. > > And participating (agitating) in local politics is kinda fun. Ya think? "Kinda fun" and "politics" don't seem to mesh... mao ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okieb

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-26 Thread Rich Thomas
Or move to SC where the problem is being dealt with. And participating (agitating) in local politics is kinda fun. --R On 3/26/11 2:34 PM, Mountain Man wrote: Roger wrote: ...if we don't start getting serious and fixing things, then the joke will be on all of us. Look around. The

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-26 Thread Mountain Man
Roger wrote: >...if we don't start getting serious and fixing things, then the joke will be >on all of us. Look around. The joke has been on us for quite a while. I have believed the lie also, but I am aware now that there is a huge lie being played on me and reject it wholesale. There is no vot

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-24 Thread rogerhga
Gee guys, Can you really equate entering a country illegally and stealing resources away from the rightful citizens of that country to speeding. If you can, then maybe you missed Civics class in high school. I'm by far NOT a law and order citizen, but I do believe that you try to obey all laws

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-24 Thread Mountain Man
OK Don wrote: > and Mao already tells us that our country is "go to hell > in a hand basket". Defeat the argument, if you think that is possible. Is the argument sound or faulty? We are all welfare recipients, or welfare recipients in waiting. We want big honkin' government as much as any ill

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2011-03-24 Thread OK Don
I love the way law and order citizens holler about the illegal immigrants, then break the speed limit every time they drive. We already decide which laws to obey and Mao already tells us that our country is "go to hell in a hand basket". On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:26 AM, wrote: > But while

Re: [MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-24 Thread Dieselhead
And of course "la raza" could never be considered a racist organization and the fact that their gummit sends them here to "take back their territory" could have nothing to do with the problem nobody ever has their head stuffed in a dark place. ___ http

[MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-24 Thread rogerhga
Tim, I would agree with your statement below, except that they are only improving their situation by making our situation worse in the USA. Why can't they take "courageous action" in Mexico or any of the other OTM countries? I'm not a banned member, nor want to be. I was stating facts about Geo

[MBZ] Way ot Re: illegals

2011-03-24 Thread Tim C
There are a variety of opinions on the subject, but this is definitely a conversation for banned, IMO. (I am firmly in the discussion-okay camp, but I think politics and/or inflammatory rhetoric crosses the line set by our moderator, no?) So while I would be inclined to support any human beings wh