California gets taste of life without immigrant workers

AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 5/1/06 | Lisa Leff - ap

[RedMonqey]

I had chinese.

[altura]

I loved it! You could actually stroll through the aisles at Wal-mart.

[zip]

I think its great that Americans were there to do the jobs that illegal immigrants wouldnt do.

Great line. lol

[SierraWasp]

Tasted purdy danged gud ta me up here in the Stupid-Sierra-Nevada CONservancy!!! Phhhhhht!!!

[GOP Poet]

While industries with heavily Hispanic staffs saw the biggest impact, the boycott also had a trickle-down effect. Bay Area 2nd Mom Inc., a Palo Alto-based caregiver referral service, saw a sharp increase in calls on Sunday and Monday from parents who needed a last-minute nanny or baby sitter, said Chief Executive Shalini Azariah.

Are you kidding me? WHat sort of person leaves their most precious gift with someone who doesn't even speak English. Nanny? What can an illegal immigrant teach my child besides, Spanish and other cultural Mexican traditions? I see this in LA all the time when I am out jogging. They pool in groups with baby carriages and when I smile at them I am given dirty looks that seem to say, "Whitey, how dare you smile at me." I can't beleive people leave their babies with these people. Some of the 'nannies' are very young. Insanity.

[detsaoT]

Went to Walmart for the first time in 3 yrs, it was nice. Traffic on the highways was a heckuva lot less and easy to get around today. I love this day without illegals. Everyday please!

Traffic was much nicer around Northern Virginia as well. I'll take 365 days without illegal invaders, please...

[PeteB570]

We had grilled steaks, baked potatoes and salad. Other than that, we had a great day. Work was normal.

[beethovenfan]

I can do without your f-ing burritos just fine, thank you!

[surely_you_jest]

OMG! Life without burritos! Oh! The humanity!

Without burritos America would have no problem meeting the Kyoto accords, were we to be silly enough to agree with them.

I worry, though, that the sudden reduction in the production of burrito-fueled greenhouse gases will throw the Earth off its axis, or out of its orbit.

We should immediately throw ourselves upon the tender mercies of our illegal betters, just to save ourselves from the horrible fate of a shortage of burrito gasious emissions.

[zip]

In Georgia, In Mid Missouri, it was an absolute failure even though we have hundreds of criminals illegal (oops, undocumented workers) here.

[SierraWasp]

"No-No De Mayo"

WOW! I like it! I love it!! I want some more of it!!!

That's REALLY catchy... Giddy up Gringos!!!

[uncitizen]

uncitizen checking in. I'm still alive!

[PushinTin]

I thought it was just me. My drive to/from work was nothing short of FANTASTIC!!. No trespassers in the left lane driving 5 miles per hour below the speed limit in fear of being pulled over.

[Yogafist]

I went to a Best Buy in Cerritos, CA. Traffic was heavy getting there and when I walked in, I passed two guys walking out that were speaking Spanish. I guess they didn't get the memo.

[Supernatural]

I had a most excellent day myself.

Didn't set eyes on an illegal, except on TV.

[stopem]

Everyone hear? They are planning this again on May 19th because they want to convince Congress to give them amnesty.

Imagine the horror if they get amnesty and bring in millions more.

This country is NOT big enough for them and us!!

[stylin_geek]

Funny thing, I live in Bakersfield, and work for a major Bakersfield employer, and we didn't have many workers miss work today. In fact, I talked to a couple of gals who are of Mexican decent, and they think the whole thing is ridiculous.

[Californiajones]

All today proved is that the country does great without illegal immigrants.

What were they trying to prove again?

[FunkyZero]

Is that it? That's the best they can come up with?
Cmon! They even had to stretch THAT out.
hehe... Bet your last dollar... liberal columnists are pulling out their best stuff tonight to hype this one up into something it was not.
I'll tell you what it WAS, however; A peaceful day, uncrowded roadways. The few mexican workers I DID see today, hung their heads and looked at the ground. I wanted to shake their hands for boycotting the boycott.

[Watershed]

My husband is the the distribution business. ALL of his drivers showed up for work--mostly hispanic--and were given a 50.00 bonus. The guys on the lines and in the warehouse were a little short of help, but they had called in extra help in anticipation. Those that showed up were given one of their new accounts to work on which will lead to many, many more hours and overtime for them.