Wake Up America.... Please

[Keith Tedford]

Not is the Muslim religion the fastest growing, they are pushing for their own Sharia law here in Ontario. Someone had better give their heads a shake for even remotely considering this idea.
With three of our family in the Canadian forces, we are more aware than most regarding what is going on outside our borders. Our lads have been in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan and have seen how the rest of the world lives. It is a different world for sure.

[firstgenaddict]

Politically correct till the Muslims kill them as well... then it's too late!!!

[JoeG]

At least you fellas up north have a National Language ---The Politicians are dragging their butts down here to make English the National Language...I go into some areas of Brooklyn and can't read the store signs since they're in some arabic or slovic language or some other language of the month with no English translation..............

[firstgenaddict]

As long as we keep being so politically correct, not wanting to offend anyone... there is a reason why people immigrate to the US.
What is it?
They come here leaving their own country behind for a variety of reasons, if they come on their own free will, then why would they want things to be done like it was in their former country?
What would be different about America? It will turn into the same crap that they left.
Then they are gonna do what... move on to the next host?

[MosportGreen66]

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As long as we keep being so politically correct, not wanting to offend anyone... there is a reason why people immigrate to the US.
What is it?
They come here leaving their own country behind for a variety of reasons, if they come on their own free will, then why would they want things to be done like it was in their former country?
What would be different about America? It will turn into the same crap that they left.
Then they are gonna do what... move on to the next host?

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That is a rather complex question you want answered. I can offer you a certain simple answer with many varying avenues however.

American Exceptionalism. (and Jealousy)

Americans have been governed by a free body will of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and when we see a change needed, we amend for the purpose of increasing the quality of life. One of the many reasons for the current spike in immigration is the fact that numerous countries do not share these uniquely "American" traits with their people. Liberties and freedoms that we often take for granted such as freedom of speech, are not tolerated in these other countries.

I do not want to offend anyone here but for example Mexico. In the wealthiest cities and towns in Mexico, the highest paid worker might be making $100 a week. The same worker in the United States could be making $400-500 a week. A fair assumption can be drawn that freedom and money drive immigration. But while this worker is pleagued by long work week hours and terrible working conditions, because he is living and working in the US he feels a common bond among other workers. He now wants to assimilate and amalgamate into culture. Little does he know, his attempts to escape the dooms of marginal society will fail, because he cannot success cross the boarder-land.

But at the same rate, The United States fuels its economy off of the immigrant. How people do you know, would work for $5-$10 an hour to fulfill the challenges of life (rent, car payments, gas money, food money, clothing, insurances, doctor visits) not many I'm sure. So this new wave of worker is willing to bust his case in order to keep the American company owner happy. If the United States did not a huge population of this worker then close to 100% of all consumer goods would be outsourced for production. Then people within the United States would be out of jobs, the economy would plummet and (for example) the GDP would look like ground zero. So while some of the immigration issues we're facing today are intensified because of large masses of immigration, when immigration was less sevre, our liberities were not challenged like they are today.

There are so many ways to tackle this question; this is just a taste of one direction.



-Dan