Immigrants "stealing our jobs" - Page 5

HungLikeJesus · 02-28-2008, 04:02 PM

Are none of your clients immigrants of some sort?

lookout123 · 02-28-2008, 04:17 PM

I have one WWII warbride.

illegals can't invest. and i don't run into that many legal immigrants in a position where they would need my services.

monster · 02-28-2008, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

...Just minutes ago -the last thing I was doing before I opened this thread- I came across an essay competition about global warming that my daughter would have enjoyed entering. But she can't because she's not a US citizen and the prize is a US savings bond. What harm would it do for a non-citizen permanent resident to own a savings bond? She can't even enter and forego the prize, apparently.

Quick update. I emailed them and apparently what they meant was that entrants needed to have an SS#. So she is allowed to enter even though the rules say entrants must be US citizens. Now wait, who can't get ss#s? oh yes, that's right -illegals. Yet another situation where the two are lumped together for convenience. Now the question is, should I alert all legal residents that they can enter and dilute her chance of winning but prove a point....?

lookout123 · 02-28-2008, 08:04 PM

do what you want with the contest, but try this first. Go back and reread the rules to the contest. When you see US citizen don't read it as exclusionary or insulting. Realize that it is a positive - you are included with us.

monster · 02-28-2008, 08:22 PM

Only in this instance, hon, and only because I spoke out. we are not US citizens (yet). It is exclusionary (is that a word?). Many situations make that very clear. Like voting and jury duty. here it was just an "lumping all together" type oversight and fortunately those in charge were big enough/responsible enough to realise that. But more often than not it's jobsworths enforcing these rules. I feel black.

the rules: (see #5) http://www.recycleannarbor.org/pdfs/...ry_form_08.pdf

(they are changing the wording in future to omit this rule, as a result of my email)

jinx · 02-28-2008, 08:26 PM

Maybe you should have moved to Australia instead. Apparently it fucking rocks...

TheMercenary · 02-28-2008, 09:22 PM

Reminds me of my white friends from South Africa who tried to get a scholarship for African Americans and were told they were not qualified when no where does it mention black skin.

Aliantha · 02-28-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

Maybe you should have moved to Australia instead. Apparently it fucking rocks...

It does rock.

It's getting to be a bit of a problem to find a house to live in though, so don't come if you aren't cashed up.

monster · 02-28-2008, 10:09 PM

Earthquakes?

Aliantha · 02-28-2008, 10:10 PM

not for a while now, but there have been a couple.

TheMercenary · 02-29-2008, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

It does rock.

It's getting to be a bit of a problem to find a house to live in though, so don't come if you aren't cashed up.

I would love to have a go at it. First I have to get rid of these kids.

02-28-2008, 04:02 PM	#61
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Are none of your clients immigrants of some sort? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-28-2008, 04:17 PM	#62
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I have one WWII warbride. illegals can't invest. and i don't run into that many legal immigrants in a position where they would need my services. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

02-28-2008, 08:04 PM	#64
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	do what you want with the contest, but try this first. Go back and reread the rules to the contest. When you see US citizen don't read it as exclusionary or insulting. Realize that it is a positive - you are included with us. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

02-28-2008, 08:22 PM	#65
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Only in this instance, hon, and only because I spoke out. we are not US citizens (yet). It is exclusionary (is that a word?). Many situations make that very clear. Like voting and jury duty. here it was just an "lumping all together" type oversight and fortunately those in charge were big enough/responsible enough to realise that. But more often than not it's jobsworths enforcing these rules. I feel black. the rules: (see #5) http://www.recycleannarbor.org/pdfs/...ry_form_08.pdf (they are changing the wording in future to omit this rule, as a result of my email) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-28-2008, 08:26 PM	#66
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Maybe you should have moved to Australia instead. Apparently it fucking rocks... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-28-2008, 09:22 PM	#67
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Reminds me of my white friends from South Africa who tried to get a scholarship for African Americans and were told they were not qualified when no where does it mention black skin. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-28-2008, 10:09 PM	#69
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Earthquakes? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-28-2008, 10:10 PM	#70
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	not for a while now, but there have been a couple. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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