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Mexico did NOT invoke that war. President Polk ran on the platform of capturing the southwest under manifest destiny. How can anyone not know this?
Absolutely.
Moreover, in 1849 after the fall of Mexico City, Polk sent orders for the army to keep going -- to the tip of South America and take the whole continent for the U.S. But by the time that message reached Mexico City, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo had already been signed on behalf of the U.S., agreeing that the conquest would stop with taking "only" 55% of Mexico's land.
Kirim, if only our neighbors here in Los Angeles were as genial and genteel as you seem to be. We are out and out detested by the majority here for being Americans born in the U.S. who speak English.
I know you will do well in your retirement move with your friendly attitude. That's a guaranteed ice-breaker. My brother used to live in Leipers Fork. Good luck to you.
Thank you Fastfilm, We are here in Beautiful middle Tennessee and loving it.
I have great neighbors (not hispanics) that have made us feel at home living in a quiet neighborhood. Just what we always wanted for our retirement.
People in middle Tennessee are warm and friendly. I know that even though I speak english they can tell by my accent (sometimes you never loose it) that I am not an anglo, but we have been treated very well and we have also noticed quite a difference between Miami where we used to live and here. People are more polite, not agressive, not ugly gestures while you are driving. It is tough in Florida, specially in the Miami area and it is a shame. It was wonderful 41 years ago when we moved there from Cuba. It was probably a perfect place to live, not any more.
I wish you all well, we are all entitled to our opinions, only hope that if we cross our pass one day, maybe I can help change your minds a little bit about hispanics. Some of us like it here and love the USA and want to be a good part of it.
God Bless
Why don't you move to another country? Hispanics are a growing population and are here to stay. BTW, you dont have to eat the tacos. You can drive by them and completely ignore them. If they are everywhere, there is a high demand for them. Everybody likes tacos.
Why don't you move to another country? Hispanics are a growing population and are here to stay. BTW, you dont have to eat the tacos. You can drive by them and completely ignore them. If they are everywhere, there is a high demand for them. Everybody likes tacos.
Because I BELONG HERE. This is my country. BTW I like tacos. I like hispanics, just dont like people that think they can trash and use America. Hispanics citizens can stay, illegals ,Hispanic or not can leave.
Could somebody recommend me a community with a low Irish population? I'm tired of those damn rowdy red-haired drunkards lowering property values, overcrowding the hospitals, and sending schoolastic scores into the dumper!
Could somebody recommend me a community with a low Irish population? I'm tired of those damn rowdy red-haired drunkards lowering property values, overcrowding the hospitals, and sending schoolastic scores into the dumper!
What I don't get about the illegals is that it doesn't take a whole lot of brain power to figure out that they would get further faster and garner more respect if they helped keep their neighborhoods quiet, learned english, kept their kids on a tight leash so that they don't commit crime or become gang members and study in school and didn't blast rancheras to 100db at 2 a.m.
But yet, they disrespect America every single day by blaring that cheesy crap they call music at loud volumes, their kids tagging and shooting up the neighborhood and having a culture where they don't blink if their 15 year old daughter gets pregnant by a 25 year old illiterate gardener and continues the cycle of poverty.
The immigration issue is not about race or ethnicity; it is about comportment and economics. Period. I've grown up around hispanics all my life, have had them as friends (hell, one guy in my neighborhood was the brother of the current head of Bush's Peace Corps; their family came here as farm workers). If illegals tried to assimilate into American culture then there would be far less resentment against them and loads more sympathy.
I have lived overseas and am bilingual (my other language is one of the Asian tongues). When I lived in those countries I tried to learn their language, follow their customs, show respect for their feelings and keep my little corner of their country clean and quiet. The current generation of illegals aren't doing that. Every majority hispanic neighborhood you go to it is a crap hole. The El Modena section of he city of Orange, Panorama City, Santa Ana, La Palma, La Habra, and, increasingly, Anaheim, are pits. There is something culturally wrong with Mexicans that causes them to act with such disregard for the well being of the United States and its citizens. But those with blinders refuse to recognize that.
I'm a liberal and voted against prop 187 because it was just a stupid, wrongheaded piece of legislation, but people need to be realistic and come to terms with what illegals are doing to the U.S. We need to bring our troops home from Iraq and then use them in large scale mass roundups of illegals.
Even hispanics whose families have been in the U.S. for a hundred years look down on the illegals. They call them "wabs." THAT should tell you something.
What I don't get about the illegals is that it doesn't take a whole lot of brain power to figure out that they would get further faster and garner more respect if they helped keep their neighborhoods quiet, learned english, kept their kids on a tight leash so that they don't commit crime or become gang members and study in school and didn't blast rancheras to 100db at 2 a.m.
But yet, they disrespect America every single day by blaring that cheesy crap they call music at loud volumes, their kids tagging and shooting up the neighborhood and having a culture where they don't blink if their 15 year old daughter gets pregnant by a 25 year old illiterate gardener and continues the cycle of poverty.
The immigration issue is not about race or ethnicity; it is about comportment and economics. Period. I've grown up around hispanics all my life, have had them as friends (hell, one guy in my neighborhood was the brother of the current head of Bush's Peace Corps; their family came here as farm workers). If illegals tried to assimilate into American culture then there would be far less resentment against them and loads more sympathy.
I have lived overseas and am bilingual (my other language is one of the Asian tongues). When I lived in those countries I tried to learn their language, follow their customs, show respect for their feelings and keep my little corner of their country clean and quiet. The current generation of illegals aren't doing that. Every majority hispanic neighborhood you go to it is a crap hole. The El Modena section of he city of Orange, Panorama City, Santa Ana, La Palma, La Habra, and, increasingly, Anaheim, are pits. There is something culturally wrong with Mexicans that causes them to act with such disregard for the well being of the United States and its citizens. But those with blinders refuse to recognize that.
I'm a liberal and voted against prop 187 because it was just a stupid, wrongheaded piece of legislation, but people need to be realistic and come to terms with what illegals are doing to the U.S. We need to bring our troops home from Iraq and then use them in large scale mass roundups of illegals.
Even hispanics whose families have been in the U.S. for a hundred years look down on the illegals. They call them "wabs." THAT should tell you something.
I agree. it is the lack of respect for America it's customs and people, that irrates me. I too have been to other countries and did my best to respect their way of life. I learned their language and didnt expect a thing.What I recieved in return was their respect. I dont think that is asking that much. But to come here, disrespect, trash, break laws then have the nerve to demand things is wrong, and people wonder why we are fed up.
Yeah, but why do you have to disrespect my country by working hard, having strong family ties, and contributing to the local economy?
Oops, sorry, got you durned Irish immigrants confused with those durned Mexican immigrants.
Why do you have to disrespect my country by... um. Turning the Chicago River green on St. Patrick's day!?! Maybe that kind of behaviour is acceptable in Ireland, but this is Amerika, and we don't appreciate shamrocks, leprechans, or Catholicism.
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