Posted on 12/05/2013 6:26:41 AM PST by NYer
No one is JUST another human being. We are all created by God in His image and likeness. THAT is what I believe. What do you believe?
We are talking in the context of illegals yes? Yes, the subject was about amnesty and Ronald Reagan. So my statements still stand with respect to the subject of illegals. Ronald Reagan did not live to see the gross failure by the federal government to control the border.
There have almost always been legal Hispanic-Americans that have averaged around 4% to 5% of the American population.
See Slide 5:
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/cspan/hispanic/2012.06.22_cspan_hispanics.pdf
And African Americans have always averaged around 13%. Blacks were always the largest minority group until the 2000s when Latinos became the largest minority group.
Certainly Ronald Reagan’s immigration reform was a factor in the growth of the hispanic population but much of it can be attributed to the chain immigration policy of the Kennedy immigration reform of 1965.
It matters not so much now because the economy in the USA is so sick that many illegals have returned to Mexico, at least those that were seeking work. But those who did not intend to work and learned how to game the social safety nets have kept coming and they are the ones that democrats want to cultivate as democrat voters.
2) I doubt many would object to the document if the Cold War were still going on. Plenty of alternatives to Communism were considered acceptable to prevent the Communists from taking over. Now that the Soviets are gone there's a tendency to assume that everything that falls short of thoroughgoing laissez-faire is socialist or Marxist.
3) It also has a lot to do with cultural politics in the world of countries like Italy or Spain. True and strong believers in the free market tended to be members of secular liberal parties hostile to the Catholic church. So there was a limit to how much clerics could praise the unfettered workings of free markets alone. It also may have to do with the crony capitalism of countries like Argentina.
4) I'm not clear how seriously to take objections to extreme laissez-faire. As some have pointed out, such a thing doesn't really exist. If you object to it, are your objections merely formal objections to a theory that has never actually been put into effect, or are they real efforts to get as far away from that side of the political debate as you possibly can? It's not always clear.
What Kennedy had more than one divorce?????????
No. What’s RR have to do with the current discussion? >>
He wasn’t catholic and did support amnesty for illegal aliens. re: post 14.
That democrat politician is more conservative than most republicans. Why she remains in the democrat party is beyond me. Read her article. She blasts both parties.
So did Ernest Shilling of Piedmont Texas. Again, so what?
Is 1 divorce okay? How about 2?. How many is too many?
No divorce is OK. Read your Bible.
I think you worship a church and not a Savior, and I think this causes a lot of problems with your processor .
Jesus hated the pharisaical spirit more than divorce….
Just sayin….
Pure ad hominem. Sad.
May God bless you with His Goodness.
Pure Pharisee. Even sadder. (and no, it was not ad hominem. It was harsh, but accurate.)
It was indeed ad hominem....as was your pharisee remark.
Thus, I see no reason to continue with one who is similar to:
http://www.politicsforum.org/images/flame_warriors/flame_20.php
Some are more subtle than others. When it matters most they will tear you to pieces. Never trust a double-minded person.
Actually, I’ve never believed any such thing.
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