Posted on 02/14/2009 8:20:02 AM PST by org.whodat
"We're probably anticipating a big crowd to start to live in Shelbyville," said Father Boutros Boutros.
Boutros leads a congregation of about 1,700 families. Recently, dozens more arrived in Nashville from Egypt on temporary visas. Some of them of them have alreadyu been hired by tyson food!
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These people sound more like Coptic Christians than Muslims.
“I’ve filled out applications for places that are hiring, and I haven’t heard anything back yet,” said Glen Campbell, who has been out of work since January.”
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You know times are tough when Glen Campbell is looking for work at Tysons.
“These are Egyptian Christians (Copts), and no matter what kind of hell the people in Shelbyville have gone through I can guarantee you that these people have gone through 10 times worse.”
That has nothing to do with anything.
There are many cesspools around the world with desperate people. The Tyson’s of the world are despicable to bring these people in.
Tyson just shifts their costs onto the local taxpayers. The taxpayers subsidize Tyson’s operations by having to take care of 3rd world immigrants.
Another example of how moral relativism is destroying our once great nation.
Gee, that's too bad. But they need to stay the hell out of our country, unless they're going to be starting businesses of their own and employing Americans.
You don’t see how this might be a classic poison-apple ploy?
The Copts have been hard-working decent citizens no matter where they have gone. Australia is a case in point. And I can guarantee you this, within a generation most will have started businesses that will employ the Tennesse Know-nothings. And don’t give me any of that garbage that locals need jobs but can’t afford to work for slave wages. I spent years working for slave wages, as I imagine the majority of people on FR have while they were working their way up the ladder. Something tells me that Tyson probably couldn’t get local work so went after Mexicans; now that pool is diminished they went looking for someone else. Don’t blame the Copts, they would do anything to leave Egypt and persecution from both the Muslim Brothers and an Islamic military dictatorship. You don’t like Tyson, so be it. But don’t take it out on people who came here, just like your forebearers, in search of freedom.
Oh, and nice talk about Tennessee "Know-Nothings." You sound like you're from the Arlen Specter wing of the party.
If Nashville can’t employ them then shut-off the pipeline. Shelbyville is rural and cannot provide for these migrants.
And you sound like you are a follower of the Know-Nothing Pat Buchanan.
Dane, is that you?
I’m sorry, I missed your post. The Copts are the descendents of those who accepted Christianity through the evangelism of Saint Mark. The Coptic Church =see Google for information on this= is thus about on a par with the ancient sites that Saint Paul visited. Some very ancient Coptic churches with ancient manuscripts and relics are found in the old city of Cairo.
Than you, Melchior. Actually, I phrased my question in a bad way. I know what Copts are, but I was hoping you’d prove to the people on this site that they really are the kind of people who are applying for jobs instead of muslims. Sorry about that. In any event, your post was a good one.
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