tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post1793964495588820645..comments2024-02-05T03:22:31.011-05:00Comments on Tahoma Beadworks & Photography: A Touchy Subject and I Make No Apologies for My OpinionJoJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-65558917098957916622010-05-30T15:02:25.491-04:002010-05-30T15:02:25.491-04:00i have to concur with val - i don't have a pro...i have to concur with val - i don't have a problem with immigrants - it's natural for people to move around and to want to do their best for themselves and their families - even those who are not persecuted or refugees<br /><br />i also had a bump years ago with someone with no road tax or insurance - he was english, a yob who threatened us and the police did nothing - so it's not just illegals or immigrants, certainly not in this country<br /><br /><br />sure some abuse the system, but so do the locals, the young girls who purposely have baby after baby to be housed by the council and to live on benefits<br /><br />i like living in a diverse cultural society and it's only the bad uns who are in the media <br /><br />tell me where do i stand as a jew - some would say go back to your own country - where would that be? my roots are spanish, portuguese, russian, polish, countries where jews are not welcome, or to israel, a country whose very existence is a fight for survival<br /><br />jojo, please don't take offense, but your country, as a generalisation, is paranoid and xenophobic - entering and leaving your airports is a nightmare!!!!annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10520900940014508061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-4099659349314312242010-05-29T01:40:43.052-04:002010-05-29T01:40:43.052-04:00I just read this tonight (behind on my blog update...I just read this tonight (behind on my blog updates) and I can totally see where you are coming from. I truly do not understand where these people get off saying they have a right to something when taking it illegally. I just doesn't make sense.<br /><br />I recently came into contact with a woman that was here legally from Mexico. Awesome. Unfortunately she has been here for over 20 years and does not speak one word of English. Really? How does that work? <br /><br />I have to acknowledge the comment that was made about Native Americans as well. My grandpa (not biological but been around since my mom was a teen) is half Chippewa. He has brought this up before with us and shouldn't we all speak some form of Native American? I've honestly never had a come back for that because in reality he does have a valid point. I do love this country and am proud to be an American but when I look back our founding fathers did push themselves in here and treated those already here like crap. To me it is a big black spot on history. That said, none of us can go back and change that at this point. All we can do now is to move ahead and grow and take care of those that are here, that were born here or moved here legally instead of handing out more welfare to people that will never pay a dime in taxes to reimburse the system that they are taking advantage of.Siobhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03735878460049127592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-30037921053438999012010-05-27T20:37:50.321-04:002010-05-27T20:37:50.321-04:00Tess - See? That's my point exactly. America...Tess - See? That's my point exactly. Americans end up paying higher insurance premiums b/c of those bastards driving w/o insurance. It's bullshit.<br /><br />Axe - Well said. As Val points out, the white euros invaded this land and wiped out the native americans, which they did. it sucks. it happened, and it's ugly and it was wrong. the broken treaties, the near extinction of the buffalo, horrific massacres at Sand Creek and Wounded Knee, pox infected blankets. And now here are the white euros complaining that the mexicans are invading us.<br /><br />As it turns out, that illegal mexican guy who raped the woman in Everett last week had been deported NINE. not four, times. NINE FUCKING TIMES. And every time, he committed some horrible crime, then deported. <br /><br />And Americans are becoming more and more bitterly divided, angry, miserable, rude, pissy, and just generally assholes to each other. Obama was supposed to unite us and the rift just grows further and further apart.JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-79624304207347052102010-05-27T16:13:17.400-04:002010-05-27T16:13:17.400-04:00....and there is another thing I'd like to mak.......and there is another thing I'd like to make clear:<br />I in no way call myself an AFRICAN and I don't care if anyone thinks I don't belong here. By all means, if you can help me get out of this AFRICAN SHIT HOLE that the BRITISH monarchy forced upon me and my children, I'd be happy to go. I'd be throwing a PARTY actually.<br /><br />And what about the Native Americans getting killed off in droves and nobody even talks about them anymore. They are virtually non-existent in anything "American", so do not for a moment call US opressors.....genocidal monarchies/ governments.<br /><br />Americans and the British are quick to jump on the Racial Pity Party bandwagon, when they have the honor of living in their own country of heritage.<br /><br />I'd be happy to live in Scotland, like my ancestors, but I have to endure racial discrimination every day because of the governments who put my family here in the first place.<br /><br />In closing: Do not act like you know anything about these problems, unless you are affected by them.<br /><br />*****<br />When I refer to "YOU", I refer to all nations who oppose, and have opinions, when they are the very cause of the bastardization of nations.Axehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532988118061144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-79489035350459958182010-05-27T16:04:19.072-04:002010-05-27T16:04:19.072-04:00I absolutely agree with you. And I don't give ...I absolutely agree with you. And I don't give a fuck if some of your friends see the White Opressor in what I say, but you can just raname some parties in this blog, and it will be SOUTH AFRICA.<br /><br />Especially hitting home, exact replica of our local disrespect for ummm...just about everything, was your statement on how they WANT EVERYTHING FOR FREE or they will kill.....but should WE do such a thing, we'd be kissing the wall of a jail cell, getting butt fucked wihtin a day!<br /><br />Good on you, Jojo! You have my backing 100%, and anyone who has a problem with it, can go live with the pests and see how they like it!Axehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872532988118061144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-69598779139486640952010-05-26T14:30:59.377-04:002010-05-26T14:30:59.377-04:00I have mixed feelings about it...I will say the la...I have mixed feelings about it...I will say the last time I was in a car accident, I was hit by an illegal alien. No drivers license, no insurance, she broke the law and just disappeared. If I had been driving without a license or insurance I can tell you where I would have landed...Jail.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186511870988332347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-17806047558259982362010-05-26T10:56:57.963-04:002010-05-26T10:56:57.963-04:00You all make great points, and I'm especially ...You all make great points, and I'm especially pleased to see that there were no 'attacks'. :D<br /><br />There is no easy solution, that's the problem. It's gotten to the point where we are so far gone w/ the amt of illegals streaming into our country that I'm not sure we'll ever get a handle on it.<br /><br />What's particularly troubling is that, in addition to the trash being left by the Mexicans, several Muslim prayer mats have also been found in the Desert Southwest. Our southern border is like a sieve and it scares me that radical Muslims are also breaching our borders.JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-22809373011218504222010-05-25T19:07:06.675-04:002010-05-25T19:07:06.675-04:00I am totally with you, Joanne! The entire culture ...I am totally with you, Joanne! The entire culture of entitlement in America is sickening..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-69547962978110616342010-05-25T17:38:39.128-04:002010-05-25T17:38:39.128-04:00PPS I am only second generation myself, and our b...PPS I am only second generation myself, and our backgrounds are strikingly similar! I forgot to mention that. A fun little side line.Petit fleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626110471501778855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-55089030287648786782010-05-25T17:36:21.767-04:002010-05-25T17:36:21.767-04:00Hey,
Just got here. I don't agree with the ...Hey, <br /><br />Just got here. I don't agree with the AZ law for LOTS of reasons. <br /><br />I do agree that you are right, that something needs to be done, but the problem is systemic. Our economy depends on these people, and then we punish them whenever their presence is inconvenient. I'm oversimplifying but my thinking is that the band aid type thinking has got to go... this situation needs major surgery.<br /><br />Also I'm well acquainted with how police have a tendency to abuse their authority, and free license in most cases to do so. No need to give them any encouragement.<br /><br />Not sure what the answer is, just pretty sure what it isn't.<br /><br />Good for you for standing up for what you believe though. I would not kick you out of my life for that. I think many people on both sides are frustrated and experiencing high emotions and backlash reactions.<br /><br />See you soon,<br />pfPetit fleurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626110471501778855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-9014969208483828312010-05-25T15:59:21.271-04:002010-05-25T15:59:21.271-04:00JoJo, the biggest environmental disaster waiting t...JoJo, the biggest environmental disaster waiting to hit the US - and the rest of the planet - is global warming, which the legal US citizenry is making worse in massive leaps and bounds.<br /><br />There is NO reason for English to be the lingua franca of the US. You are ALL illegal immigrants if you are not Native Americans. What right did the colonial powers (like the UK, guilty as charged) have to take the country from the indigenous population and impose its language and culture, its illnesses, not to mention death?<br /><br />I'm completely relaxed about immigration into the UK. The jobs our immigrants do are jobs that the natives will no longer consider. Without them, our food would be rotting in the fields, our hospitals would be even filthier than they are, and our old peoples' homes would be unable to run. <br /><br />In the UK, the gutter press scares ordinary people into thinking the country is overrun, and those who buy it tend to live in areas where there are hardly any immigrants. My cousins are rabidly anti-immigrant, yet they rarely see any, and believe the stories without evidence. I live in an area with a high immigrant population. Most have come legally from the eastern countries of the EU.<br /><br />AND THEY EAT OUR BLOODY SWANS!<br /><br />Other than that, we've interfered in enough countries in the past, and taken their wealth, to justify their wanting a bit of what we have, that their countries are now too impoverished to get, because of our theft.<br /><br />Still love you JoJo.valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08784717652044574470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-52962473853049541702010-05-25T15:18:30.856-04:002010-05-25T15:18:30.856-04:00I've been too frightened to comment, haha.I've been too frightened to comment, haha.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06277815742084284392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-74879852189292716652010-05-25T14:12:56.143-04:002010-05-25T14:12:56.143-04:00Not mad at you dear, I only just read this ;0)
I ...Not mad at you dear, I only just read this ;0)<br /><br />I thought it was only the UK that had this problem. In our case, people seem to forget the UK is a TINY island in the Atlantic Ocean. We have a finite amount of space, and finite resources to spend on the population, so nothing gets me madder faster than reading in the paper (about every other day) that someone is here from somewhere else, and, having never paid a fucking penny in tax (you can tell how much this winds me up!), or contributed to society in ANY way whatsoever, has hooked into the benefits system, and is living rent-free, being paid a salary by the British tax payer that's 10 times what my parents get for their pension, having spent a lifetime working and paying their dues. And don't even get me started on how we can't deport someone to their country of origin, after they've been arrested for being involved in a terrorist plot, and is still considered a 'threat' to national security, because it will 'infringe' his 'Human Rights' as we can't guarantee he won't be tortured in his own country....and I'd give a damn about that because...???! <br /><br />We've really lost the plot. If someones finds it, please return to......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-12177723692113345942010-05-25T11:36:06.124-04:002010-05-25T11:36:06.124-04:00Thanks WR. Some people agree w/ me, some don'...Thanks WR. Some people agree w/ me, some don't. My overseas friends tend to disagree w/ me, b/c they don't have to deal with this issue on the scale that we do. You might change your mind if you lived in the States, esp. in along the border. :)JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-29626450199615691352010-05-25T10:51:21.283-04:002010-05-25T10:51:21.283-04:00Don't agree with you. You're still my virt...Don't agree with you. You're still my virtual friend, though.<br /><br />:Dwhite rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693920049571164318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30172845.post-80738707063134444872010-05-25T10:21:38.914-04:002010-05-25T10:21:38.914-04:00Wow, no comments. Either everyone is mad at me or...Wow, no comments. Either everyone is mad at me or they don't want to start a firestorm.....JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.com