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People to counter Monday's boycott by shopping and speaking up
The Orange County Register ^ | Sunday, April 30, 2006 | PEGGY LOWE

Posted on 04/30/2006 6:50:14 AM PDT by Ladycalif

MISSION VIEJO - Sandra Sweet was 8 the last time she did anything political in public. She thinks.

She has this vague memory of being a little girl when her father took her to a political rally in Washington, D.C., that involved the Vietnam War and something about "a march for victory."

So it's surprising that Sweet, 45, is organizing a "pro-American" rally in Santa Ana on Monday to counter what some are calling "the Great American Boycott." Armed with her e-mail address book – and a sense of alarm – Sweet is taking the first political action of her adult life.

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderlist; boycott; illegalimmigration; immigrantlist; immigration; unodemayo
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To: hispanarepublicana

#88 comes dangerously close to laying claim to more than the small piece you personally may own.


101 posted on 04/30/2006 12:10:23 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Old Professer

Words matter; so shoot me for my respect for the English language. People should say what they mean and mean what they say accurately.


102 posted on 04/30/2006 12:17:53 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (The GOP should not fall for the soft bigotry of assuming all Hispanics are pro-amnesty.)
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To: Old Professer

PS: I'll bet words mattered to lots of folks when they wanted to ensure they were Germans but not Nazis.


103 posted on 04/30/2006 12:18:37 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (The GOP should not fall for the soft bigotry of assuming all Hispanics are pro-amnesty.)
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To: hispanarepublicana

Here's the problem; the influx of those who come across any of our borders knowing full well they are here secretly and are not here legally have long been tolerated as a matter of inconvenient exigency but that was before the wholesale march northward that we have seen in the last 40 years, made worse with every amnesty program sold politically as a way to defuse a touchy, ticking timebomb of cultural disruption.

The current focus on national security demands that we address the concerns that have gotten worse with every passing year since 9/11 because the world is watching and there is a growing perception here that we are losing the very identity that made us an inviting target to begin with.

America, the U.S., can no longer afford to treat warrior scouts as ordinary tourists, motives are paramount and I.D. must be established at the expense of host and guest alike; this party has just begun so the message to all is, mind your manners, clean your plate and we'll count the silverware when the guests go home.


104 posted on 04/30/2006 12:31:35 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: hispanarepublicana
re: And, yes they're ALL OUT TO GET YOU with the old mal de ojo.

The "mal de ojo" I was given to understand (when it was explained to me years ago in El Paso by an American with a Spanish surname) was not something a Mexican would do to *me*, but was something they were afraid I'd do to a child. "Don't stare at Mexican babies," I was told, particularly if the mother was obviously an India with a long braid. The other thing I was startled to learn was the deep prejudice that Euro-Mexicans had for the more indigenous. They called the Indian women "Marias."

Since people like to look at babies, and babies like to look back, this has jerk-the-child-away reaction has startled many Americans. I'd think the superstition would be easier to understand than outright unfriendliness.

As for the curanderos, they could be dangerous midwives, as anyone who's hung around a border ER in the past thirty years could tell you.

105 posted on 04/30/2006 2:00:17 PM PDT by Mamzelle (American Shopping Day--May 1)
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To: newzjunkey

Hey, buy a red/white/blue ribbon and hang around your favorite store, or window shop the stores that are open and smile at the management.


106 posted on 04/30/2006 2:05:04 PM PDT by Mamzelle (American Shopping Day--May 1)
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To: Old Professer
Once upon a time in El Paso, it was considered lowdown behavior to exploit illegal labor. People who got caught at it were sneered at for more than breaking the law-- Nice Anglo ladies who kept basement "slaves" got their cars impounded and auctioned off--those were the days!!--

People forget that this is also exploitation. As soon as a worker gets "amnesty" the employer is just going to look for someone else that's illegal and easy to intimidate! Those who suffer most from black market labor are recent legal immigrants. Anyone at the bottom rung, or starting out, is going to suffer.

This "compassionate" business is crap. There's no compassion about it--the truly compassionate thing is to protect the law-abiding by punishing the law-breaker.

107 posted on 04/30/2006 2:12:07 PM PDT by Mamzelle (American Shopping Day--May 1)
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To: Brad's Gramma
The Czarina has many purchases planned for tomorrow.

Happy Credit Cards!

108 posted on 04/30/2006 3:55:20 PM PDT by Czar (StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: Czar
The Czarina

LOL!!!! Happy shopping to you, too!!

109 posted on 04/30/2006 4:05:44 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Call The Cee Eye A. I dare ya!)
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To: hispanarepublicana

"My point is that not all hispanics are either illegal or legal immigrants or anchor babies."


That and your tagline get you a big American HUG!


110 posted on 04/30/2006 4:10:34 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: Brad's Gramma
"Happy shopping to you, too!!"

Believe me, the Czarina is always a happy shopper...

111 posted on 04/30/2006 4:12:31 PM PDT by Czar (StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: Mamzelle
. . .the truly compassionate thing is to protect the law-abiding by punishing the law-breaker.

Worth repeating. I wish Bush would grasp this fact.

113 posted on 04/30/2006 11:34:22 PM PDT by djreece ("... Until He leads justice to victory." Matt. 12:20c)
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To: Ladycalif

There has already been flags burned, this time it is Mexican flags.

http://www.staggeron.org/homeland.html#Mexican_flags_burning


114 posted on 05/01/2006 11:18:51 AM PDT by rockbobster
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To: Ladycalif

How can we assure that purchases made today get credited as today's business? Seems that some businesses sympathetic to the illegals' cause might not report sales until tomorrow. Probably credit card purchases will have to reflect today's date.

We'll be shopping this afternoon.


115 posted on 05/01/2006 12:12:16 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: clamper1797

That's great!! Business owners need to know these kinds of things.

I happen to think we should go one step farther and boycott businesses whose employees speak to each other in foreign languages in front of, or within earshot of, clients and customers. It's stunningly rude and insulting.


116 posted on 05/01/2006 12:29:41 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Ladycalif; All

Yesterday I posted a story about a restaurant that was to close today in support of pinko de mayo. My wife and I called and emailed everyone we could think of to ask them to boycott the restaurant. Apparently the restaurant owner got the message as the restaurant opened today with a limited menu and an open bar and the notice that was posted was forgotten. I will go in tomorrow to thank the restaurant owner for his courage.


117 posted on 05/01/2006 10:07:24 PM PDT by clamper1797 (Be careful what you tolerate - it guarantees that you will get more of it)
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To: clamper1797

Good job, we all need to speak out.


118 posted on 05/01/2006 11:00:34 PM PDT by Ladycalif (She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain. -- Louisa May Alcott)
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