Destruction of America

I think Rome collapsed because they didn't have the communication technology to manage their whole massive territory. Also, they started to use lead piping and that makes you crazy.

Why reference ancient history? I guess why not.

i dont get your title... 

I'm with Hway. Illegal aliens are one of the worst things going for this country. Right along with big business shafting the working man every which way. However, diversity is not a bad thing. If done properly it can lead to a rich and wonderful culture. Look at us so far, this is because of immigration and diversity. I'm all for social cohesion but I think alot of people don't just want to stop the salad bowl but they want to put a lid on the melting pot and that just wouldn't be smart. That article used all of those other countries as examples but, if you think about it, their problems weren't diversity in their cultures it was the lack of tolerance in them, on both sides. Immigrants need to learn to be American just as we need to learn to let them. But, that said, I wholeheartedly agree with the article about our culture of victimism. Everyone wants to blame someone else for thier problems and THAT is what is destroying this country, family by family.

Let's face it, any way you want to look at it this country is going to hell. Our only hope is that somehow we can get someone in office that isn't worth hundreds of millions of dollars and isn't stuck on outside allegences but is in there to help us, the people. I think we should make anyone making over 80k inelligible for office. Get normal people with common sense in there and get stuff fixed.

Hrmmm.

I work at McDonalds, with a bunch of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Guatamalan (sp) people. A few of them dont speak English.

What did I do? Did I complain and throw a fit and get all patriotic and command they learn 'Merican to talk to me?

Nope. I learned enough Spanish to communicate with them, and am actually getting them to teach me Spanish. We are a country of diversity that from its beginnings has spoken many languages. Just becuase you all are too lazy to learn another language dosent mean they should be forced to.

Speaking of this, between their jobs, when do you propose they learn English? Do you support funding for public English classes for working aldults? How do you want them to learn English? Most of them learn "working English" in due time anyway.

Oh, and about being lazy...Yeah, I dont want to hear any talk about anybody "Stealing Jobs". 1) They are not stealing jobs, people are giving them jobs 2)Why dont you try working as well as they do for the pay that they get and the hours they spend at their jobs and see if you want to or not.

Living in Florida has forced me to become intolerant of ignorance twords immigration neo-cons.

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I am sure if a lot of them had an oppertunity to learn english they would. I have had some Cubans in Miami pretend to not speak English to me but that is rare now.

I thought my post was obviously sarcastic and in reference to the "too liberal for my taste" post directly above it. Sorry if I dissapointed anyone.

Nickodemus wrote: Your right, I forgot this is paintball - supposed to be a bunch of wealthy white kids. Where's the representation... must be their logic doesn't pull through.

Bugg wrote: Dune wrote: You're pointing fingers and calling them terrorists because you've been scared into thinking it. And whos been sacring us? The media, and mainly the liberal part

Your president, in order to win the election:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-10-ridge-ale rts_x.htm?csp=34

badsmitty had a whole thread on it.

I'm a big proponent of the current administration's five step plan to destroy our country:

1. Encourage companies to send our jobs overseas.

2. Inflame and insult the world's largest religion, known for radicalism.

3. Torque-off nuclear powers by calling them the "axis of evil."

4. Turn a $trillions budget surplus in the largest deficit ever.

5. Take away the rights of anyone who doesn't walk lock-step with the program and throw them in prison.

What would have happened if the indians had closed the borders 500 years ago? We'd all be back in our respective European countries.

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SeaWolf wrote: Liquid3 wrote: We are starting to sound a little too Third Reich for my taste.  We are starting to sound a little too liberal for my taste.

Yeah, I"m with him on this one.  LIttle bit to liberal.

No offense to you home school kids.