Mexico capitulates to Trump

[TLK Valentine]

I'm not worried.

You have something that makes you useful to them? Do tell...

 

[TLK Valentine]

Do you think I'm so stupid as to believe that the scripture above means to let people die who are seeking help?

No, you're supposed to so greedy as to not care.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Unless the guards actually expect to get paid...

They're already being paid, tens of thousands of them...the military. Most of the equipment is already paid for as well, just sitting there doing nothing. The southern border is a great place for desert military training. Also a great place to train for future border security duty.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

You have something that makes you useful to them? Do tell...

What I do is very useful, necessary even.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Do you think I'm so stupid as to believe that the scripture above means to let people die who are seeking help?

Helping someone isn't the same as adopting them. I help the homeless through various charities, but I'm not going to invite them into my home.

 

[childeye 2]

No, you're supposed to so greedy as to not care.

I'd rather die than become a cold stone heart that sits on it's fat butt reading the paper pleased by the news of the death of those poor families who would intrude upon my comfort.

 

[childeye 2]

Helping someone isn't the same as adopting them.

He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

 

[Arcangl86]

Yeah, I saw your NYT link where it said "things Mexico largely already agreed to" meaning there's more, and they know there's more, but articles for the "gotcha" people still have to be written. Stopped reading when it called him Mr. Trump and not President Trump. Imagine them disrespecting President Obama like that. LOL

It's part of the style handbook at the NYT. In fact reporting you always use the least amount of characters possible, and by AP standards the word President is never abbreviated, though pure AP standards wouldn't include the courtesy title of Mr.

 

[iluvatar5150]

How does it help to overload the boat so that it sinks, drowning everyone?

Helping someone isn't the same as adopting them. I help the homeless through various charities, but I'm not going to invite them into my home.

How small do you think our country and its economy are? Not only could we easily afford all of these people, but some regions need them. Refugees have helped prop up and turnaround regional economies that otherwise would have depopulated. It’s sad that some of the folks most opposed to immigration are the ones who would most benefit from it.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

He actually was the kids brother. And, I have actually contributed to Boy's Town. Have you?

 

[OldWiseGuy]

How small do you think our country and its economy are? Not only could we easily afford all of these people, but some regions need them. Refugees have helped prop up and turnaround regional economies that otherwise would have depopulated. It’s sad that some of the folks most opposed to immigration are the ones who would most benefit from it.

Such growth is cancerous, spawning more problems than it solves. Uneducated immigrants will use more services than they provide. Of course that spawns more needed government services to provide them. While at the same time they will send $Billion of U.S. dollars, which are needed here, back to their home countries. They are a social and economic liability, not an asset.

 

[hedrick]

In this story about this topic, Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal, "President" was used in a caption and the first reference in the text. Thereafter "Mr" was used. This story about Gov Cuomo follows the same pattern: Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal. I picked a random story about Obama from Jan 2016: Obama Takes First Step in a Cancer ‘Moonshot’. It follows the same pattern. The title is used the first time, then Mr.

 

[childeye 2]

He actually was the kids brother. And, I have actually contributed to Boy's Town. Have you?

No I haven't, I guess that makes you more loving than me, in some vain sick way.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

No I haven't, I guess that makes you more loving than me, in some vain sick way.

How charming.

Well, agape is more pragmatic than phileo; gets the job done.

 

[childeye 2]

Well, agape is more pragmatic than phileo; gets the job done.

Neither is phobia.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

Neither is phobia.

Are you saying that phobia's are immoral?
Judgment isn't phobia.

 

[childeye 2]

Are you saying that phobia's are immoral?
Judgment isn't phobia.

I'm saying an imaginary boat where we have to let others die so as to save our selves is an imaginary fear.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

I'm saying an imaginary boat where we have to let others die so as to save our selves is an imaginary fear.

But in my metaphor everyone drowns if the boat is overloaded. The greater conversation would encompass the concept of 'death by a thousand cuts'. This is happening here, and illegal immigration is a pretty big slash.

It's difficult to move forward when you are going backward.

 

[childeye 2]

But in my metaphor everyone drowns. The greater conversation would encompass the concept of 'death by a thousand cuts'. This is happening here, and illegal immigration is a pretty big slash.

How about eaten by squirrels? That's something all nuts fear.

 

[Pommer]

The house democrats are always upset and making noise no matter what the POTUS does...they have been doing so since he was elected and haven't done anything, but rant and rave since then. So more of the same here as usual.

You know, I’ll betcha that if we looked real good at forum posts from 2010 we’d see the same complaint levied against the GOP House caucus.