Posted on 08/13/2008 6:18:19 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
“The Hispanic population in the United States has more than doubled in the past 15 years”
And what is it that happened exactly fifteen years ago? NAFTA did exactly what opponents said it would do. But its advocates said it would DECREASE illegal immigration. And those same folks are advocating more “free trade” agreements, using the same old lies.
Illegal Alien by the band, Genesis
Got out of bed, wasn’t feeling too good
With my wallet and my passport, a new pair of shoes
The sun is shining so I head for the park,
With a bottle of Tequila, and a new pack of cigarettes
I got a cousin and she got a friend,
Who thought that her aunt knew a man who could help
At his apartment I knocked on the door,
He wouldn’t come out until he got paid.
Now don’t tell anybody what I wanna do
If they find out you know that they’ll never let me through, cos
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, no
It’s no fun being an illegal alien
Down at the office had to fill out the forms
A pink one, a red one, the colours you choose,
Up to the counter to see what they think
They said “it doesn’t count man, it ain’t written in ink”.
I don’t trust anybody, least not around here, cos
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, I tell ya
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, no no no no no
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, I mean it when I tell ya that
It’s no fun being an illegal alien,
An illegal alien, O.K.
Consideration for your fellow man
Would not hurt anybody, it sure fits in with my plan
Over the border, there lies the promised land
Where everything comes easy, you just hold out your hand
Keep your suspicions, I’ve seen that look before
But I ain’t done nothing wrong now, is that such a suprise
But I’ve got a sister who’d be willing to oblige
She will do anything now to help me get to the outside
So don’t tell anybody what I wanna do
If they find out you know that they’ll never let me through, because
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, I tell ya
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, and it’s getting me down
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, no no no no no
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, yeah yeah yeah
It’s no fun (not much fun) being an illegal alien, I tell ya that
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, I tell ya
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, no no no
It’s no fun (not bloody much fun) being an illegal alien,
It’s no fun being an illegal alien, and that’s what I am.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7q1H3VKdp0
Sorry....
"Visite una sala de urgencias...."
Don’t worry. If they get really sick they can go to the emergency room and skip out on the bill.
That is the case here too. Any of the doctors I go to, I'm in the minority sitting in the waiting room surrounded by mexicans all speaking spanish to each other, listening to spanish radio the staff have on. All the doctors now have mostly or all mexican staff who treat me like a second class citizen.
Me too
This one goes back a ways...
Even though Florida is my adopted home (for over 30 years)...ALL, absolutely ALL of my family has Chattanooga roots.
Born there,churched there, schooled there, married there...
So hard to believe the invasion has reached Chattanooga....
...and all the little burgs & hometowns of our Freepers everywhere...
Good deal! And you’re right, it does go back to early Genesis.
When you work under the table irregularly, can’t hold a legal job, and can’t speak the language you will have these problems. But, they are no one’s fault but your own.
So how does that differ from us Gringos? I've always done the same.
hmmmmm ... maybe that's why I was given 3-9 months to live in June and currently in hospice?
He may be onto something there!
Illegal immigration plays a role, but it is our pro-population growth legal immigration policies and the Hispanic birth rate that are the main causes for the increase in population.
Unless the life chances of children raised by single mothers suddenly improve, the explosive growth of the U.S. Hispanic population over the next couple of decades does not bode well for American social stability. Hispanic immigrants bring nearThird World levels of fertility to America, coupled with what were once thought to be First World levels of illegitimacy. (In fact, family breakdown is higher in many Hispanic countries than here.) Nearly half of the children born to Hispanic mothers in the U.S. are born out of wedlock, a proportion that has been increasing rapidly with no signs of slowing down. Given what psychologists and sociologists now know about the much higher likelihood of social pathology among those who grow up in single-mother households, the Hispanic baby boom is certain to produce more juvenile delinquents, more school failure, more welfare use, and more teen pregnancy in the future.
The dimensions of the Hispanic baby boom are startling. The Hispanic birthrate is twice as high as that of the rest of the American population. That high fertility rateeven more than unbounded levels of immigrationwill fuel the rapid Hispanic population boom in the coming decades. By 2050, the Latino population will have tripled, the Census Bureau projects. One in four Americans will be Hispanic by mid-century, twice the current ratio. In states such as California and Texas, Hispanics will be in the clear majority. Nationally, whites will drop from near 70 percent of the total population in 2000 to just half by 2050. Hispanics will account for 46 percent of the nations added population over the next two decades, the Pew Hispanic Center reports.
But its the fertility surge among unwed Hispanics that should worry policymakers. Hispanic women have the highest unmarried birthrate in the countryover three times that of whites and Asians, and nearly one and a half times that of black women, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Every 1,000 unmarried Hispanic women bore 92 children in 2003 (the latest year for which data exist), compared with 28 children for every 1,000 unmarried white women, 22 for every 1,000 unmarried Asian women, and 66 for every 1,000 unmarried black women. Forty-five percent of all Hispanic births occur outside of marriage, compared with 24 percent of white births and 15 percent of Asian births. Only the percentage of black out-of-wedlock births68 percentexceeds the Hispanic rate. But the black population is not going to triple over the next few decades.
As if the unmarried Hispanic birthrate werent worrisome enough, it is increasing faster than among other groups. It jumped 5 percent from 2002 to 2003, whereas the rate for other unmarried women remained flat. Couple the high and increasing illegitimacy rate of Hispanics with their higher overall fertility rate, and you have a recipe for unstoppable family breakdown.
The only bright news in this demographic disaster story concerns teen births. Overall teen childbearing in the U.S. declined for the 12th year in a row in 2003, having dropped by more than a third since 1991. Yet even here, Hispanics remain a cause for concern. The rate of childbirth for Mexican teenagers, who come from by far the largest and fastest-growing immigrant population, greatly outstrips every other group. The Mexican teen birthrate is 93 births per every 1,000 girls, compared with 27 births for every 1,000 white girls, 17 births for every 1,000 Asian girls, and 65 births for every 1,000 black girls. To put these numbers into international perspective, Japans teen birthrate is 3.9, Italys is 6.9, and Frances is 10. Even though the outsize U.S. teen birthrate is dropping, it continues to inflict unnecessary costs on the country, to which Hispanics contribute disproportionately.
Which only goes to prove that I am getting old. When I start playing records, it’s like Night at the Museum around here.
I worked in Chattanooga years ago. Went to a club called “E.L’s Fuzzy Duck”. Did you ever hear of it?
Watch it...
Facts and common sense confuses some people...
:)
Sorry to hear that...
Prayers for you..
He sent His Word and healed Moonman.. Psalm 107_20
“Back in Mexico I would go often because the doctors spoke my language, she said, speaking in Spanish. Here, sometimes theres not an interpreter available, and it is hard to explain whats wrong.
Theres also the factor of health insurance. Its really expensive to go to the doctor and, if you dont even have a job, how are you going to pay for medical care? she asked.”
Sounds like a case for veterinarian intervention.
God bless you and grant you the strength you and your family will need.
So what?
Cancer?
I was just a country girl :^)
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