so, how'd the boycott go where you live??
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I'm in So-Cal and it when great!!!  No traffic, the lines at the DMV where non-existent, and I got home sooner to spend time with my family!!  I loved it.
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Statistics lie and liars use statistics.\n\nThe May Day boycott was "A Day Without Immigrants", not "A Day without Illegal Mexican Immigrants".  The people boycotting were both immigrants (legal and illegal) from all over the world and their supporters.  Their were many countries of origin represented, not just Mexico.\n\nNational retailers are not able to report on shoplifting stats in such a short amount of time: 10 days between the date of the boycott and the date of your posting is not enough time for individual retailers to perform inventory, file reports with their national office, and have the national offices report on their findings.  \n\nIf there was a 67.8% reduction in reported arrests for shoplifting on that day, then we should be thankful to our immigrants.  A reduction in arrests may be attributed to store security staff participating in the boycott.  So, the stores should be thankful for their immigrant supporting security staff that does such a wonderful job of catching shoplifters.  After all, when their immigrant supporting security staff are working, they catch 67.8% more shoplifters.\n\nAdditionally, by calling people "illegals" you are dehumanizing them.  This is similar to what has been done throughout history: people dehumanize groups of people to justify genocides.  The Germans, Austrians and Polish governments did it to the Jews; the Serbians did it to the Croations, the Tootsi's did it to the Hutus.  You are not the only one guilty of dehumanizing an entire group of people.  I just finally had to say something.  \n\nThe term "Illegals" is used to dehumanize immigrants to the United States of Mexican origin.  And, people will argue, "but they are illegal".  Many of them ARE legal, many are not.  But, we don't call Jaywalkers "illegals", even though they are doing something illegal.  Please refer to people who are here without proper paper work as "illegal immigrants" - this term is not dehumanizing.\n\n\n------------------\n\nAs for the other stats listed in the answers portion:\n\n1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County (L. A. County has 10 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. \n> Most eBay vendors don't pay taxes.  I didn't realize they were all in LA county.  Let's call all those eBayers who don't pay taxes "Illegals" too.  I love pulling statistical B.S. out of my tush.\n\n5. Nearly 25% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally. \n> That's because they are arrested for being here illegally.\n\n6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages. \n> So what?  Wait! I thought they were all on welfare and living in HUD housing. Which is it?\n\n7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border. \n> "Most likely"... now that's a good one to quote!\n\n8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal. \n> Boyfriends, girlfriends, ex-husbands, roommates and youth over 18, and cousins aren't allowed in HUD housing - they are all illegal.... though not necessarily illegal immigrants.\n\n10. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English. 3.9 million speak \nSpanish (10.2 million people in L. A. County). \n> This is such a silly stat: probably about 3M out of the 3.9M speak both English and Spanish, so do we have 4M people in LA who are deaf, dumb and mute and speak no language?  Your numbers don't add up.\n\nOver 70% of the United States annual population growth \n> If we didn't have immigration, the population of the US would actually be decreasing due to a low birth rate. Since the birth rate makes the population decrease, of course the increase is due to immigration (and people living longer) \n \n29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens. \n> Makes sense if illegal aliens are
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For the record, I personally boycott anything Made in China..and trust me, if you try to do this, you can buy.....almost nothing! It blows. However, given the atrocious human rights violations, I cannot, in good conscience, support an economy that enslaves it's own people. \nSo, would I boycott Olympic Games...youbetcha.
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I just cancelled a vacation to Mexico. I refuse to give them a dime. I am also boycotting Mexican made products. They are interfering with our sovereign rights. I hope more people join in this boycott.
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I'm from Tahlequah. Not far from there. Used to live in tulsa for 3 years. damn $hitty state if you ask me. Still trying to get out. But that's just my opinion.
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katrina support, huh. i was in hancock county, ms. when it hit. i have to say that if it were not for the private sector, things would have been alot worse than they were. the first morning after, there was no law, there was no government. it was the second day after the storm when we first saw the busses and trucks loaded down with water and supplies. not one the the supply trucks we saw in the first days were government. now it's 4 months later and there are still people living in tents. my personal experience with fema has been a complete joke. i don't want to take anything away from the people who drove hours on end to deliver the needed supplies or the thousands of people who donated their time and money to help people pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. but i am damn mad at my government. i have had to relocate to another state. the only assistance my family has gotten was the initial $2000 check from fema. past that we have been made to feel like charity cases. we are not begging. these are our tax dollars. since i have been in nc, i have paid in more taxes than i recieved from fema since this whole nightmare began. when i got to nc, so i didn't have to sleep on someones floor, i got a job to provide for my family and because i got that job, was told that i didn't qualify for any public assistance. so no, i don't consider it support, no, it wasn't soon enough, racial bias, i'm white. thanks for letting me vent. and by the way, have any of you asked yourself where all the money you gave went?........
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I hate Wal-Mart! I never shop there unless I have to I absolutely cannot find the item anywhere else. \nI boycotted them for several reason:\n1) Have you seen the episode of Frontline about it? (If not check out the site at the bottom---you can see the full show online.There is another documentary available on DVD about it too, which I have not seen entitled " Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" by Edith Arana, Red Esry, Rev. Altagracia Perez, and Donna Payton. Supposedly Wal-Mart attempted to have it stopped but was not able to. I do know people that work there that were instructed not to watch it.) \n\n2) extremely poor service. If you go in there looking for something, you can never find it & if you ask someone that works there they send you on a wild goose-chase before you find out they do not even carry it! Last time I was in there, I went for two items, it took forty-five minutes & I was not able to get either one of them! One of the items [Scotchgard] they did not even know what it was! Then I lost money in the soda machine, but the line for customer service was wrapped all the way around to the corner of the store, filled with people wanting to make returns. I asked a manager if they could help me & they said waiting in that line was the only way to get my money back. They only had one of three counters open, but there were several employees just standing around gossiping. The manager could have at least sent people over to open the two other counters so people did not have to wait so long. I have had several similar instances when the employees are unhelpful. I work in customer service & it just makes me so mad that I bend over backwards to help my customers but that it is extremely difficult to get good service when I go somewhere. Like, when you ask their employees if there are any in back---they do not even check. They just say the do not. Or when you ask where something is and they say "If it's not over there I don't know where it is" . \n3) Lack of selection. In most cases they only carry one name brand & their housebrand & the namebrand carried is not the one I use.\n4) Some items (especially the clothes) are low quality. We used to call them "Wal-Mart-fall-a-parts growing up.\n5) I can almost always find stuff cheaper somewhere else. I do not know why everyone thinks they are so cheap!\n\n(Sorry for any typos, spell check was not working.I do not think it likes long answers.)
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What state do you live in?
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I want to know where the hell you live that voting is compulsory at all.
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The boycott was organized so that people who claim that we do not contribute to the economy can be proven wrong. Also, to understand the immigration debate you must do some research. Find out why people are risking their lives to come to a land where they will be exploited. Think about what it would take for you to do the same thing, and realize that whatever your answer is, that is what they are going through. Research NAFTA, CAFTA, and FTAA, and you will find out why people are coming to this country. And when people start a revolution to change their situation at home, what happens? Research Salvador Allende, his ouster, and the Pinochet Regime. The complaints that some Americans have, i.e. foreigners coming into our country..., well we have been complaining about these things for decades. I guess you can blame this immigration problem on karma.\n\nAnswer for RAM- Good point, but what if your cousin had to move into your house because your burnt his house down, or you got him kicked out of his house. Most immigrants are here because of the U.S. foreign policies that they have signed with corrupt governments.
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Isn't it ironic that the protest makes me want them to protest everyday!\n\nThis was the best traffic day in the Long Beach area. I am actually planning on going to the mall after work because it wont have as many crying babies and little brats!
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Be happy to answer the question. What state do you live in?
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1)Yes, we still live in a racist country.  I am a 46 year old Black woman who has experienced quite a bit of racism bcos of the color of my skin (caramel) without any knowledge of who I really am.  I have traveled quite a bit within the states as well as other countries & honestly cannot see much of a difference.  Point in case...I've even traveled to Africa & have been faced with questions like "what are you?".  I think that I offended the one asking the question bcos I said "I'm an American".  They responded "do you mean African-American?" to which I responded "sure if thats how you would like to phrase it".  2) Yes my parents had a hard time but they "dealt with it" by being active in the civil rights movement.  My great-grandmother would never let me work in the fields when I visited saying " no way, your Mom & Grandmama would have a fit & besides those days are over for your generation".  She was right, however there are others here who seem to forget that.  With regards to "us guys" still living in this country...this is our country & we'll fight for the right to live here....in peace.
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First of all i want to thank all who did support the march this sat. IT WAS A SUCCESS!\nand for those ignorants who believe that we should just get a job and quit living of your taxes.. ha ha honey please educate yourself!!  Immigrants aren't living off your taxes but rather working hard to earn the exalt life that they deserve.. Im am almost positive that your parents and if not your ancestors were at one point immigrants..So what your going to tell me that they werent living of other peoples taxes ha ha..it is only odvious that you aren't any better than any of the immigrants that live here..And how about you go back to your country..and learn some history while your at it..since this country belongs to what you so call "immigrants" - this land originally belonged to Mexico..and your ancestors migrated here..ha ha so i guess that makes you the immigrant right.. \n..And to the person who wasn't even aware of this March how about leaving LA-LA land and getting in tune with the News.. LIKE I SAID BEFORE EDUCATE YOURSELF..
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It is too bad that there are so many of you ignorant people out there answering these questions about the boycott today.  There are immigrants that do things the right way and others that don't, just like anybody else.  You can blame mexicans, italians, germans, etc. for whatever you want but there are many of white people that are doing wrong things just like anyone else is.  Something I heard a lady say this morning on the radio was that the immigrants are taking all the jobs with the benefits.  Instead of complaining why isn't her voice heard in positive ways instead of just talking sh!t...\n\n*To those of you who have previously answered this question, why do you complain about immigrants not knowing english when you yourselves don't even know how to spell correctly?  If you are going to talk sh!t then I suggest you atleast take a minute to spell check and read back your answer to yourself!
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Maybe "Boycott"?\nhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255851/
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Sorry,\nI used to be a wal-mart boycotter.\nBut, they sell the some stuff cheaper than Costco and Sam's Club, both of which you have to be a member of.\n\nThey sell name brand sundry items, and usually it is a great deal.  In the name of saving money , why not shop there.  The  lawsuits are probably mostly locals trying to keep them out of their area.  And also from employees trying to get MORE money than they are worth.  I would guess Wal-Mart is the "target" of more lawsuits, and unfortunately, most of them are frivelous.  \n\nWith the advent of the internet and online shopping, people are prooving they want their items cheap.  Local companies don't want to be pushed out of their 'market'.  I used to feel for the local businesses, but after being screwed too many times by them, I lost interest in trying see their side.