On Don Francisco Presente ( TV talk show) they were saying that protestors in LA were carrying only the American flag, to show their respect, and picking up trash on the street to prove that they are not trying to make things worse. Does that change the opinion of any of you?
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Yes, but I also think that it'd be better if the world was one mass country. Of cousre, that'll never happen.
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The idiots who have answered this question so far are obviously ASSUMING by your name that you are not an American citizen.  Their racism is showing, no?  Dear friends, this man is an American citizen.  Want to maybe rethink your answers now?\n\nDear sweet Mimi, and the Titanic was unsinkable, right?  And the earth was flat.  Racists have never won in this country.  You will be the ones shunned when we get through this current new politically correct wave of racism and everyone starts recognizing Hispanics as the human beings that they are and allowing them their God-given rights as such.  God didn't put a better soul in you because of the WHITE packaging.  Sorry to burst your bubble!\n\nWHEN amnesty and/or the Guest Worker Program goes into effect I think the Minutemen will run like the lily-livered cowards that they really are.  How much courage does it take to stand at a border heavily armed and face unarmed desperate men, some of whom are on the verge of death from their journey and act like God?  What heroes!
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How Do I Feel About The Protests??\nIll TELL You How I Feel\n\nThe media estimates that almost ONE MILLION ILLEGAL FOREIGN MIGRANTS and their advocates Militantly Marched in the streets of America UNDER THE FLAG OF MEXICO. Their agenda is for our FEDERAL LAWS TO BE IGNORED , and their Criminal Trespass into these sovereign United States to be rewarded with unlimited benefits that include the rights of American Citizenship! \n\nAs these large mobs of foreigners marched proudly UNDER THE FLAG OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY to demand the right to live and prosper in the United States, they claimed that the issue is immigration. But their own actions reveal what is in fact a determined effort to FORCE Americans to ACCEPT LARGE FOREIGN COLONIES in our midst, and to pay handsomely for the privilege of doing so. We have both the RIGHT and the moral MORAL OBLIGATION to DEFEND AMERICA , and JUST SAY NO !!!\n\nIt REALLY BURNS My *** That A Large Portion Of The Latin Community (Citizens And ILLEGAL ALIENS ALIKE) Are MARCHING On Our Cities Carrying The FLAG Of ANOTHER NATION , And DEMANDING The Rights Of AMERICAN Citizens... THAT Is The ICING On The Cake \n\nFolks .. You WANT To Be Treated Like AMERICANS Yet You Will Protest Under A FOREIGN FLAG ... And You Expect ME To RALLY With You??? And SUPPORT Your Cause??? \n\nI Think NOT.. Perhaps You Should Realize Exactly What It Is That You Are Trying To Accomplish... Because To ME It Looks Like An INVASION From A Foreign Army .. \n\nWe cannot allow illegals to remain in this country because it sends the very clear message to anyone from any country: Go ahead and enter the U.S. illegally. Nothing will be done to you. The stupid Americans will pay to feed you, clothe you, educate your kids and pay for your medical care while they themselves are forced to go without because they can't afford health insurance because their tax dollars are paying for you! Ha, Ha! Go ahead and enter the U.S. illegally If you're a terrorist, no problem, go ahead and build your cells, blow up buildings and schools. Nothing will happen because American politicians are too cowardly to repel this invasion and deport the millions of illegals aready here while the illegals rub their lawlessness in our faces.\n\nYou Wish To Become AMERICANS With The RIGHTS Of AMERICANS .. \nYet Many Of You REFUSE To SPEAK My/Our LANGUAGE \nAnd REFUSE To Honor My/Our Flag \nWell I REFUSE To Let YOU Continue To Burden My Pocket \nAnd The Pockets Of My "PROUD TO BE AMERICAN" BROTHERS \nOf ANY DESCENT\n\nYou Call It INTOLERANCE???Call It What YOU Wanna Call It-\nIf It Makes YOU Feel Better-\nCall It RACISM,\nIf It Makes YOU Feel Better\nCall Me A NAZI\nIf It Makes YOU Feel Better\nCall It WHATHEF**KEVERYOU Wanna Call It-\nAs Long As It Makes YOU Feel Better\n\nWhats Gonna Make ME Feel Better???\n\nI Pledge ALLEGIENCE To The FLAG\nOf The UNITED STATES Of AMERICA\n\nI KNOW Im Not A Racist\nI KNOW Im Not A Nazi\nI KNOW Im A PROUD AMERICAN CITIZEN \nAnd A HARDWORKING TAXPAYER\nAnd A MILITARY VETERAN\nAnd NOTHING YOU Call ME Is Gonna Change That\n\nYou DISGRACE My NATION???-\nYou DISGRACE My FLAG???-\nNO SOUP FOR YOU!!!\n\nThe LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY Brought This Upon Themselves\n\nPUSH HR 4437 AS IS-NO AMNESTY\n\nDEPORT ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS UPON DISCOVERY\n\nHasta La Vista BAYBEE--LeEmigre Is ON THE WAY
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Source: \nImmigration Watchdog \nhttp://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/ \n\nOn March 17, 2006, an estimated 25,000 illegals from Ireland marched boldly in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in NY without fear of any enforcement of our immigration laws. I told my friends at the time: this unchecked in-your-face, "we demand respect" display by illegals will embolden them to demand they be given a free pass and when that doesn't happen, it will reach the point of violence.\n\nOn March 24, 2006, hundreds of high school students in LA walked out of their classrooms to protest the newest piece of completely unnecessary immigration legislation by the incompetent fools in Congress. Within hours 15,000 criminals (illegals) were marching in Phoenix and roughly 10,000 in Georgia. \n(Seems Fairly ORGANIZED) \nOn March 25, 2006, waving their Mexican flags chanting the same worn out "racist" garbage and demanding their "rights" 50,000 of these criminals marched in Denver, thousands in North Carolina and in Sacramento. All because the House of Representatives has passed legislation that would make it a felony to be in the U.S. illegally, impose new penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants and erect fences along one-third of the U.S.-Mexican border                                               \n\n (AGAIN Seems  ORGANIZED-- On A NATIONAL Level)\n     ************************************************\n\nSent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:35 PM \n\nSubject: VIDEO: HISPANICS ADMIT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN "CIVIL WAR" WITHIN THE UNITED STATES\n\nSource: \n\nImmigration Watchdog \n\nhttp://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/...\n\nThey openly state they have "The armor, the infantry and the artillery" to wage war here.This video PROVES beyond any doubt, the people marching in our streets under Mexican and other foreign flags, over pending immigration legislation, are engaged in a WAR against our nation.The U.S. Government has failed its duty to protect this land from these invaders; invaders who are openly stating they intend to takeover a portion of this land and carve out their own "Mestizo nation of Aztlan."\n\nClick below to play the video \n\n     http://tinyurl.com/pqzpe \n\nRead The Story-Watch The Video-You Decide
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Absolutely beautiful,  you are one of the smartest people on this site.  Yes they should when you go to another country you need to respect their culture and flag.  I would not go to mexico and wave an american flag.
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Didn't hear it on any of the major news organizations but not real surprising. I do know John Monti supports the minutemen and has taken pictures in the past at underpasses and illegal worker camps . At those times he was also getting pictures of person trying to hire illegals and telling them it was a federal offense.\nFunny when the police are called - they tell the photographer to leave not the illegals. American justice at its finest...... \nThe peace loving ,hard working ,illegal laborer act is wearing thin. John must of been attacked by "rogue" illegals that are soliciting work as a second job as their first would appear to be criminals.
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Hip! Hip! Hooray! for you I come from from my father's side, mexican and from my mother's american. Both of our parent's had instill in us to be patriotic to our country, which is the good old U.S. of A. and I am proud to be an american. I am a 64 yr. old women and What you wrote about the illegals is very true. Why do they have to flaunt their flag in our soil, we do not go to Mexico and do the same. They should be ashamed of themselves in trying to force their ways in us. Can't they see that they all looked ridiculous doing that.
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I honor our servicemen EVERY day. I have my brother's Plebe Summer cap in my back window along with the American flag. I am a flag waver from WAY back...when it was unpopular and frowned upon...it still sickens me to remember the turbulence of the 60's. It wasn't all wonderful music. It was practically another Civil War. I love my country so much.\nTo honor our Veterans:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyI8By-a5uM
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I THINK i know what you mean??!! The "news"people in THIS country are mostly ALL liberally minded,and as such,they put a SLANT on the way they do news reports!!! Just like,during the ILLEGALS "protest march". A LOT if them (news media) did NOT show the MAJORITY of mexican flags being flown in this country!!! They did NOT show the way mexicans were THROWING things at the protesters!! They did NOT show the mexicans putting THEIR flag ABOVE the flag of the United States,nor did they show the U.S. flag,hung UPSIDE down UNDER the mexican flag!!! There were only a FEW newsmedia with the GUTS to show these pictures!!! WHY??? BECAUSE, big businesses in this country WANT illegals here,and OUR President,wants to allow them to stay to APPEASE the big businesses!!! ANd, yes,i'm sure you're right!!!I'm sure that if this country was like mexico,then the newspeople who reported what was ACTUALLY HAPPENING in the country,would have been silenced.
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I'm white and American and I support immigration, illegal or legal.  Everyone should have a chance to experience, freedom and democracy, even if our current government takes such things away minute by minute. People come here illegally so that they may have a new chance at life and usually willing to work to acheive it. Hispanic Immigrants are always hard workers and work for less than minimum wage.  If you want to clean up America, why don't you find all of the whites and blacks who are too lazy to get up off of their asses to do an honest day's work and just sponge on welfare.  As to the t-shirt question, Cafe Press has the ability to make your own. Fidelche has some good political shirts too. The second link in my sources has some "Smash Racism" t-shirts.
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They simply refuse to assimilate into American culture. As a country of immigrants, we are all keenly aware of who we are, and where we came from. All said, the only flag I fly at my house is an AMERICAN flag! In other words, they have no respect for us, and it's time we return the sentiment! Look at it this way. When we start rounding them up for deportation, we'll know who's who and where they're going by the flags on their houses, cars, shirts, in their hands... just makes it easier for us! After all, you know how lazy we are!!
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it is Ignorance. They are showing support for the country that they are illegally fleeing from to be in the U.S. though it could be argued that they are showing support for their heritage and culture.  and if that is the case that is fine . But I consider it ignorant if they are protesting to stay within this country which they are already in ILLEGALLY! It does not gain them any favor. Because in all REALITY they do not have the right to protest picket or march unless they are legally in the country. technically they should all be arrested and deported because they have no legal right to be here.
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I saw a sign on the way in this morning that said:\n"Illegals want the same rights as citizens"  That is want they think they are going to get.  By the way, I saw at least 50 day laborers in front of our local Home Depot.\nMaybe they think a boycott is something a young male child sleeps on.
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was this sort of on, sort of not on, the news tonight?  All I saw was them talking about an "incident" and not saying what it was.  \n\nWhat you describe is a horrific crime and brings shame on those men's families, combrades, country, and flag.   But the answer to the question is that everyone is capable of their very own acts of evil.  \n\nThe question here may be partly one of respect.   If you think you're part of the best nation on earth, what is everyone else?   If you can dehumanise the "others", regarding them as less than you, you can justify anything. That is not a uniquely American problem - aggressor nations very often commit horrible violations, with attitudes like that never far away from the action.\n\nBut it's also about self-respect.   If that were you doing that, could you look yourself in the eye afterwards?   Of course not.   So how can they?   People who have pride in their good qualities are less likely to descend to such horrible depths.\n\nNot much of an answer, more of just a train of thought.   Not much shocks me these days, but that does.   If I believed in hell, I reckon I would believe in it for that.
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Seinfeld himself said 'no' after the flak from when it aired. I saw the episode, and thought it was funny. I think that, taken out of context, people think 'Sienfeld burnt a PR flag' sounds bad, but if you saw it, it's not like that.\n\nI think.
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I agree. Wouldn't it have been a lot more beneficial for the illegals to have gathered in protest of the Mexican government than in protest of the American government?  I would imagine that if the "demonstrations" where aimed at the Mexican government..the illegals would have the total support of the American people. In essence, they would have been asking for the backing of Americans instead of demanding something that they don't deserve. It was a colossal mis judgment on the part of the organizers.
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It should. They were trying to hurt in their protest. Remember don't buy day-our economy. They didn't behave like guest but rioters. I see their plight but there are good and bad ways to do things. This was bad-The flag, the anthem, hurting the schools that have accepted them and have helped. Very bad behavior and a lack of respect for many. They could of held peaceably in parks-media would have shown them. No-they used bullying practices. And demanding. Where else would that be tolerated?  We are not at war with them-just asking for what every country would-get legal(yes even Mexico has immigration rules)Behave well and act well-not to much to ask don't bully. Unless you want to fight.