Fu*%face Von Clownstick

Reach said:
. . This is a nation of immigrants, let’s not chase all the good ones away!
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Trump's own immediate ancestors were German immigrants; his actual family name is not even Trump. (It is Drumpf, changed because it is largely unpronounceable to any non-Teutonic individual). Two of his gold-digging trophy wives are immigrants as well, including the last one, the invisible first lady Melania.
 
Burrapeg said:
Trump's own immediate ancestors were German immigrants; his actual family name is not even Trump. (It is Drumpf, changed because it is largely unpronounceable to any non-Teutonic individual). Two of his gold-digging trophy wives are immigrants as well, including the last one, the invisible first lady Melania.
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I believe I have heard that, but it’s been a while. I appreciate the reminder!
 
Boomslang said:
Thank you @Reach for commenting and bringing a personal perspective to the matter, rather than ragebait and inflammatory comments (myself included). These are the things people need to hear.
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Yes, I believe that stories like this are what need to be heard. Outrage in and of itself is not wrong, anger and rage can in fact be right, if properly directed and used.

I use Jesus as an example of that myself, when he went through the Jewish temple in Jerusalem with a whip and drove out the dishonest money changers and merchants who were ripping off those who came from out of town to worship there. There’s a time to sit back and keep quiet, and there’s a time to step up and do something.
 
Reach said:
I am not usually one to post in political threads, as I am in the minority here and don’t wish for contention. However, I received a phone call this evening that has prompted a post in this thread.

The family of a former employee of mine (he had to leave trees for a while for health reasons, but he was expecting to get back to it this Spring) called me to ask if I could recommend a lawyer.

My former employee, whom I’ll call Marco, was picked up by ICE back in November. Now mind you, he has a green card he just got last year, after nearly 20 years working in this country and tens of thousands spent on lawyers and paperwork. Therefore, he is legal. He owns a house here, which is paid for. He has a wife and kids here. Owns a paid-for pickup truck here, and has worked and paid taxes here for more than two decades. Seems like the kind of person we should desire to have in this country.

Since he’s been in custody, his family called a lawyer and paid more than $10,000 to help Marco get out. Turns out the lawyer was a scammer, so now they’re pretty well broke as well as missing a husband and father. That makes me just as mad as the fact that ICE picked him up to begin with.

All this makes me want to do something, but there’s not an awful lot I can do besides help his family find a good lawyer and pray that Marco gets out and can get back to work and his family quickly.

I’m against illegal immigration, yes, but I also believe as a Christian that we are responsible to help those who need it, and believe as an American that we need people like Marco in this country. This is a nation of immigrants, let’s not chase all the good ones away!
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Thanks for sharing this Reach. Kinda puts it all in perspective and paints a very different picture as to the kind of people a vast majority of immigrants are. They are in fact not much different than you and I, and want the same basic things in life. Peace, safety, security, a roof over their head, and decent job, good food on the table, and to spend time with their loved ones. Reality doesn't really jive with the boogie man MAGA is trying to sell us, does it..

Your story of Marco is one of cruelty on top of cruelty on top of cruelty. Unfortunately it is not an uncommon story in this current version of the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I hope and pray that Marco, his wife, and his children can get the help they need. This seems to have stirred something inside you, so go fight that fight. Please keep us posted...
 
Even though I'm in the portion that would be expected to not attract attention...tall, old, white guy...when I'm out in public I keep my head on swiv el

Look around
See escape paths
Stay away from groups of vehicles...esp black SUVs
Stay away from strobe lights

The Twin CIties mayors and our AG have filed a lawsuit. The trick is to find a law to use by the state against the Feds. Then...if the lawsuit is successful how/who enforces it?
 
Tom Dunlap said:
Even though I'm in the portion that would be expected to not attract attention...tall, old, white guy...when I'm out in public I keep my head on swiv el

Look around
See escape paths
Stay away from groups of vehicles...esp black SUVs
Stay away from strobe lights

The Twin CIties mayors and our AG have filed a lawsuit. The trick is to find a law to use by the state against the Feds. Then...if the lawsuit is successful how/who enforces it?
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Any chance of the governor actually deploying the NG to patrol to keep the people of the state safe? Or was that just posturing?
 
We the American tax payers are now shelling out $1 trillion annually just to pay the interest on our national debt, and it will rise to $1.5 trillion in 2032, and $1.8 trillion by 2035. Trump's defense budget for 2026 is $1 trillion, and he is already calling for a $1.5 trillion defense budget in 2027. Meanwhile he is attempting to pay for all this by ushering in a new era of massive austerity for We the People. You name it, its on the chopping block.

www.crfb.org

Trillion-Dollar Interest Payments Are the New Norm | Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

2025-12-16-As the national debt continues to climb toward record levels – totaling 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 – interest on the national debt has also risen signi
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Wait until we invade:

Cuba
Mexico
Greenland
Iran
Panama
Phillipines
Gaza
Nigeria

Plus Minneapolis, LA, Seattle, San Fran, Baltimore, NYC, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Memphis, San Antonio.
 
data farm 26 said:
All the signs of societal collapse are unfolding quickly. Jingoism and foreign wars. Fear of others, scapegoating immigrants and minorities for the failures of the state, erosion or destruction of institutions and social programs. People have studied this shit and written books about it for ages; we are hitting all the marks.
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Someone should inform it’s a warning not a fucken manual
 
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