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I swear I had nothing to do with this. Donations are welcome. dj On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 12:11 AM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > ...and, the corporations must remain that way due to the law. They > have a legal and feduciary responsibility to the stockholders...no > legal responsibility to other customers. > The Boston Tea Party was about big companies getting too much of a > break...read: East India Traiding Company. It was so bad that our > founding fathers risked death...until the day they did die...to go > against the powers that were. Few today have that courage. > > On Apr 10, 6:35 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> There is always enough to go around without corporate interventions >> rewarding "non-crop incentives" to farmers. The more we as a global >> community allow corporations to harness the earth, the sooner we will >> all be living like captive chickens in the box. Those are the same >> entities that enslaved the masses in the past, those that would live >> in luxury while others wallowed in mire. The founding fathers foresaw >> such events but the weakness of common man fell prey to the complacent >> offerings. We are now on the borderline. Billions going to >> corporations while children starve, what is wrong with the picture? >> Corporations are not human, they have no compassion, no morality, not >> a shred of concern. They are all about money, that is all. >> >> On Apr 10, 3:33 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > "... Dreams my friend, dreams!" - SD >> >> > Yes, many do dream of redistribution. I've heard tell that there IS >> > enough to 'go around'. >> >> > On Apr 9, 4:36 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > Dreams my friend, dreams! Sure it would be nice if 5 million people >> > > showed up unexpectedly and there just happened to be enough food, >> > > housing, medicine, employment and room in schools to accommodate all >> > > these people at the onset of their arrival. Dreams my friend, dreams! >> >> > > On Apr 9, 10:56 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > Hey Slip, >> >> > > > No I do get it, I don't like it but I do get it. My stance is really >> > > > one of what I belive should ultimatly happen >> >> > > > On 9 Apr, 16:04, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > If you can't see that immigration needs to have some sort of control >> > > > > then you are ignoring an important point I made above. >> >> > > > > Problems quickly arise when the influx of >> > > > > foreigners cause bottlenecks in the flow of necessary goods, medical >> > > > > care, education and housing. We can't just open the floodgates of >> > > > > immigration without some control over the process. >> >> > > > > Immigration is good when the flow is manageable. I think that is very >> > > > > obvious! >> >> > > > > On Apr 9, 9:26 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > Hey Slip, >> >> > > > > > You start by declaring that freedom of movment nor immigration is >> > > > > > in >> > > > > > question, and then go on to tell us why movement and immigration >> > > > > > should be controled more vigourously? >> >> > > > > > Heh so apart from that, I also don't get the home thing? You are >> > > > > > eqauting somebodys home, with a country that has an influx of >> > > > > > immigrants? >> >> > > > > > In all honesty slip, I am disgusted with the issue of immigration, >> > > > > > the >> > > > > > worms really do start to crawl out of the wood. To my mind a >> > > > > > human is >> > > > > > a human is a human, faith nor 'race' nor politics changes that >> > > > > > fact. >> > > > > > If we do not offer aid to those that truely need it, like for >> > > > > > example >> > > > > > an immigrant fleeing their war torn country, then what sort of >> > > > > > people >> > > > > > are we? >> >> > > > > > Patriotism? Well that's just such a divisive thing that I have no >> > > > > > time for it. If we were indeed all free to move, live and work >> > > > > > where >> > > > > > we wanted to, then the notion of culture would eventualy goe out of >> > > > > > the window. >> >> > > > > > Why is it important to cling to culture anyway? >> >> > > > > > On 9 Apr, 15:09, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > > Freedom of movement nor immigration is in question. The >> > > > > > > disproportionate figures that inhibit gradual assimilation and >> > > > > > > further >> > > > > > > undermine the native culture is obviously a dilemma for many >> > > > > > > countries. Further it is not about a specific cultural >> > > > > > > immigration, >> > > > > > > though there are some that are flowing in faster than a country >> > > > > > > can >> > > > > > > properly account for them. Problems quickly arise when the >> > > > > > > influx of >> > > > > > > foreigners cause bottlenecks in the flow of necessary goods, >> > > > > > > medical >> > > > > > > care, education and housing. We can't just open the floodgates >> > > > > > > of >> > > > > > > immigration without some control over the process. In similar >> > > > > > > respects, after disasters, shelters find themselves overburdened >> > > > > > > by >> > > > > > > the sudden demand on accommodation. Consider thousands of >> > > > > > > foreigners >> > > > > > > moving to a region that is experiencing high unemployment and a >> > > > > > > serious ongoing drought that is causing a depletion of >> > > > > > > resources, and >> > > > > > > see that the migration as problematic. Who might feed these >> > > > > > > immigrants and who is going to pay for their survival? >> > > > > > > Immigrants can be irresponsible in respect to not addressing the >> > > > > > > issue >> > > > > > > of available resource at the intended location and instead >> > > > > > > usually >> > > > > > > just pack up and move out hoping things will be better elsewhere. >> > > > > > > Then once there, they start demanding rights under the >> > > > > > > immigration >> > > > > > > laws further putting a strain on the native culture. When the >> > > > > > > melting pot starts to boil over everyone gets burned. I >> > > > > > > provided a >> > > > > > > link to show how Taxi drivers are treating "citizens" with >> > > > > > > discriminatory practice based on personal religious belief. >> > > > > > > This is >> > > > > > > not how it works in a separation of church and state country, >> > > > > > > but you >> > > > > > > can see how, as numbers increase and infiltration within >> > > > > > > governmental >> > > > > > > position (also going on) by Muslims take place, that the laws of >> > > > > > > the >> > > > > > > land will lean towards their perspective and persuasions. >> > > > > > > I'm sure you don't want people moving into your house because >> > > > > > > things >> > > > > > > aren't going too well for them at their place. If you came home >> > > > > > > one >> > > > > > > day and found 5 people sitting around your house because they >> > > > > > > lost >> > > > > > > theirs to foreclosure, what would you do? I can hear it now, >> > > > > > > "Hi >> > > > > > > Lee, thought we would come over your place because we lost our >> > > > > > > house >> > > > > > > to the bank, oh by the way I want you to know we are Muslims, >> > > > > > > strongly >> > > > > > > disapprove of alcohol so please don't drink any around my family, >> > > > > > > please keep the noise down while we are praying, and thanks for >> > > > > > > putting us up until we can get our own place, don't worry about >> > > > > > > our >> > > > > > > dogs out back because they are friendly pit bulls, Now! what's >> > > > > > > for >> > > > > > > dinner?". >> >> > > > > > > On Apr 9, 3:23 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > Hey Slip. >> >> > > > > > > > The freedom of movement I belive is a fundemental one. We >> > > > > > > > should all >> > > > > > > > be free to move, live and work where we want. To be able to >> > > > > > > > better >> > > > > > > > our condition espeacily if we have dependants. >> >> > > > > > > > I get you point about staying put and working to change that >> > > > > > > > inviroment for the better, but really these types of changes >> > > > > > > > are >> > > > > > > > brought about by great people, and as we know great people are >> > > > > > > > great >> > > > > > > > because they are better than the norm. >> >> > > > > > > > I'm not a great man, I am agreat dad, and great at my chossen >> > > > > > > > carrer, >> > > > > > > > but to change the world, naah mate that needs better people >> > > > > > > > than I. >> >> > > > > > > > On 30 Mar, 14:56, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > > > > > > I've read about some of the serious problems facing >> > > > > > > > > countries due to >> > > > > > > > > Muslim immigration proportions. I find it bad enough here >> > > > > > > > > that >> > > > > > > > > signage needs to be English and Spanish and wondering how >> > > > > > > > > long it will >> > > > > > > > > take for the signs to also accommodate the Muslims. This is >> > > > > > > > > "Not" >> > > > > > > > > assimilation but first level overpowering! >> >> > > > > > > > > Why don't people just stick it out in their homeland and >> > > > > > > > > find a way to >> > > > > > > > > make life better there? >> >> > > > > > > > > Please be >> > > > > > > > > Opinionated!!http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,511361,00.html >> >> > > > > > > > > Article: >> >> > > > > > > > > As America's Muslim population grows, so too does the >> > > > > > > > > influence of >> > > > > > > > > Islamic law, or Shariah, in daily life in the U.S. >> >> > > > > > > > > "Shariah Law is the totality of the Muslim's obligation," >> > > > > > > > > said >> > > > > > > > > Abdullahi An-Na'im, a professor of law at Emory University >> > > > > > > > > in Atlanta. >> > > > > > > > > According to An-Na'im, Shariah is similar to Jewish Talmudic >> > > > > > > > > Law or >> > > > > > > > > Catholic Canon Law in that it guides an adherent's moral >> > > > > > > > > conduct. >> >> > > > > > > > > "As a citizen, I am a subject of the United States," >> > > > > > > > > An-Na'im said. "I >> > > > > > > > > owe allegiance to the United States, to the Constitution of >> > > > > > > > > the United >> > > > > > > > > States. That is not inconsistent with observing a religious >> > > > > > > > > code in >> > > > > > > > > terms of my own personal behavior." >> >> > > > > > > > > While many view this as a testament to the "great American >> > > > > > > > > melting >> > > > > > > > > pot," others see Islamic law's growing influence as a threat. >> > > > > > > > > Shariah's critics point to cases such as the airport in >> > > > > > > > > Minneapolis, >> > > > > > > > > where some Shariah-adherent taxi drivers made headlines in >> > > > > > > > > 2006 for >> > > > > > > > > refusing to pick up passengers they suspected of carrying >> > > > > > > > > liquor. The >> > > > > > > > > drivers' aversion to alcohol stemmed from a verse in the >> > > > > > > > > Qur'an that >> > > > > > > > > describes "intoxicants and gambling" as "an abomination of >> > > > > > > > > Satan's >> > > > > > > > > handiwork." >> >> > > > > > > > > Last year, a Tyson Foods plant in Shelbyville, Tenn. >> > > > > > > > > replaced its >> > > > > > > > > traditional Labor Day holiday with paid time off on Eid >> > > > > > > > > al-Fitr, the >> > > > > > > > > Muslim festival — marking the end of fasting during Ramadan. >> > > > > > > > > A labor >> > > > > > > > > union had requested the change on behalf of hundreds of >> > > > > > > > > Muslim >> > > > > > > > > employees— many of them were immigrants from Somalia. >> >> > > > > > > > > But public outcry over the decision to dismiss Labor Day >> > > > > > > > > quickly >> > > > > > > > > prompted the company and union to negotiate a new contract >> > > > > > > > > that makes >> >> ... >> >> read more »- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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