IF it were anything other than a political stunt it might be of note. I had already seen discussions about it and thus had the notion in mind already.
On Apr 10, 10:33 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Speaking of Tea Parties... > > http://michellemalkin.com/2009/03/30/tea-party-progress-report/ > > 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." > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
