Posts by fairchild

CW, I certainly am familiar with the situation over in your corner of the world. There will always be honest people who try to make a living by hard working, and there will always be people who prefer to milk out the system without lifting a finger, and they will be the first ones to bitch about the system. In this case, I am talking about citizens and foreigners alike, of any country..

Immigration always has been and always will be a problem anywhere. I spent my college years in the city of Gent (Belgium), where I was a member of a movement that worked towards solving issues between the Turkish and the Flemish people. We can beat this horse to death, but after we're done, the problem is still going to be there.

We start living on the island Goeree-Overflakkee (more then 45 years ago) and we still are "overkanters" from the overside of the river....

Hmm.. never heard of that place. I grew up on the island of Walcheren. You're out of luck, especially on an island, people are very protective of 'their land', at least that is my general experience (with exception of the island Kriti (Greece), where I lived as well.

people from Suriname and the Antilles who came here, don't work at all, live here for more then 20 years and still don't talk Dutch.

Something like this never fails to make me mad. If you are going to live in a foreign country, at least be respectful enough to learn the language. If you don't learn the language, you are showing that you are not interested in integrating yourself in society to say the least. I know a woman from Germany who has been here for FORTY years and she STILL doesn't speak English. If you want my opinion on this, I think it is rude, really rude and no matter how hard I try, I can't find it in my heart to have respect for people like that. I speak several languages and I'm not exactly the brightest bulb around.. take this from me, when you are exposed to a language on a daily basis, and you don't end up speaking that language, it can only mean one thing.. refusal to learn.

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Move on...

by mrsjones5 in

as i was taking my shower this morning i was musing about certain posts i had read the day before.

the one about the tampons just tickled me to no end.

crazy stuff people will do to enforce whatever crazy ideas they have about human sexuality.

fairchild

adelmaal,

i want a better life for my family and i try to make that a reality by taking a stand on the issues that affect us as citizens.

I totally understand your feelings on this. Because of too much immigration, the quality of YOUR family goes down as well. Like you said, more chance of getting hit by a car without insurance, schools overcrowded, less jobs, etc.. I see that you are in California, this is the state which suffers most under the huge amount of illegal immigrants. It is a sad situation both ways and it doesn't look like anything effective can be done within the near future. The world is pretty messed up. and immigration is only one aspect of the many urgent problems humans have come to face. I wish there was a solution. In the meantime, all we can do is try to help in our own little way.

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One more challenge...

by misspeaches in

sorry guys - i know i keep posting these but they are so addictive... .

this one is my favourite so far!

http://www.albartus.com/motas/

fairchild

Thank you misspeaches, I had much fun last night, but only had 3 hours of sleep. Going to make some dinner now, and then I'll be back to work my way through some more levels. How many levels are there total?

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Move on...

by mrsjones5 in

as i was taking my shower this morning i was musing about certain posts i had read the day before.

the one about the tampons just tickled me to no end.

crazy stuff people will do to enforce whatever crazy ideas they have about human sexuality.

fairchild

(LisaBObeesa) I can educate my kids and the students I work with.

Bingo!

(Merry) I often hear the white folk around here (and this is my race coloring) blaming the Indians for their current condition and waving the Move On wand, especially when it comes to the "special treatment" Indians get or reparations they want made (in regard to broken treaties and such). Although not of a violent nature, there is a fair amount of racism here and I don't like it.

There's a lot of talk about this in my area as well. Many people are ticked off because the Indians don't pay taxes. Whenever I hear people complain about that (and that happens almost daily), I always suggest they read the book "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee", then come back and tell me one more time that Indians should pay taxes.. (Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, imo, is one of the most truthful books on American history).

Do I have a problem with the Netherlands being overrun by immigrants who bring nothing - just take ... oh I most certainly do.

(adelmaal) I hear ya Viv. Interesting twist. Here it's called "illegal immigration".

No, not exactly. The California area being overrun by immigrants is not comparable to the Netherlands being 'overrun' by immigrants. I am probably going to get some grief for posting this, but it is a fact that there was a time when the Western European countries welcomed immigrants with open arms. They were being employed in jobs nobody else cared to do. Dangerous jobs, as well as jobs like picking up the garbage and such. The immigrants were paid minimum wage or less, but this was still a much higher wage than what they could ever dream of making back in their homeland. Of course the word spread quickly, and before you knew it, the immigration from the south became a real problem. It wasn't until then that people started complaining about immigrants taking their jobs. (please read my post on the previous page). However, I know that this is not the same situation in California. As far as I know, the immigration there is indeed illegal for the most part.

Although I can understand where you're coming from (and you made some good points in your post), do think about the following. Suppose you lived in a poor country, you and your family were really very poor and couldn't make ends meet. Would the thought ever cross your mind to 'immigrate' to a place where you could make a better living for yourself, and where your kids could have an education, and perhaps a future? When all is said and done, both sides of the fence are tough to be on.

I am an immigrant myself, but I didn't come here because I was poor. Au contraire, today I'm making about 25% of what I made in Europe 14 years ago. I fulfill my duties to the community and think I have contributed to the general well being of the area where I live, by being involved closely with nature preserve, as well as volunteering for diverse non profit organizations. But all this has not stopped people from pointing the finger at me and telling me that I should go back to where I came from.

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One more challenge...

by misspeaches in

sorry guys - i know i keep posting these but they are so addictive... .

this one is my favourite so far!

http://www.albartus.com/motas/

fairchild

Thanks. it's going on 3 in the morning and I have to get up at 6. I guess I'm off to bed as well. Going to bite when I have to get up in the morning.