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Illegals from Brazil? Had to chuckle at the stories this week, apparently, the media thinks they arrive only from Mexico, China and Central America.
Spend five minutes in New England, however, and you'll quickly realize the extent to which immigration from Portuguese-speaking countries, Brazil, Cape Verde and Portugal, has reshaped the region.
Providence now has two commercial Portuguese FM radio stations, owned by major operators, while understanding the language is now a survival skill in New Bedford, Fall River, parts of Boston and increasingly, Cape Cod.
Massachusetts officials seem to believe they can solve their population drain issue through illegal immigration, but you can't build an economy based on chasing away your best and brightest young people, who'd rather live in Arizona, Colorado, or Florida.
Most important: illegals are illegals, it doesn't matter where they're from, race isn't a factor either.
New arrivals from Brazil can be of any ethnicity, European, African, Indian or Asian.
Speaking of population, look how liberal cities are losing big numbers to conservative Sunbelt areas.
Meanwhile, the real racists are in Mexico, pushing postage stamps.
Normally, I'm all for a city's competitive newspaper environment, but in Seattle, it's good news the ultra-leftist Post-Intelligencer has lost a key Washington State Supreme Court ruling, which could lead to the rival Times being the only daily in town.
It's one thing to have a slant, it's another to relentlessly push a political agenda. Need an example? How about this editorial: "Iraq: No Reason For Hope".
Venezuelan thug Hugo Chavez is trying to bribe neighbors with cheap oil, especially for Fidel Castro.
Gay activists are increasingly at odds with West Indians, in a variety of tourism and cultural settings. Most Caribbean countries are made up of socially conservative Christians, who strongly oppose homosexuality.
Tucker Carlson's MSNBC ratings have so far been horrible, but a few people (mostly liberals) are rising to his defense.
Illegals from Brazil? Had to chuckle at the stories this week, apparently, the media thinks they arrive only from Mexico, China and Central America.
Spend five minutes in New England, however, and you'll quickly realize the extent to which immigration from Portuguese-speaking countries, Brazil, Cape Verde and Portugal, has reshaped the region.
Providence now has two commercial Portuguese FM radio stations, owned by major operators, while understanding the language is now a survival skill in New Bedford, Fall River, parts of Boston and increasingly, Cape Cod.
Massachusetts officials seem to believe they can solve their population drain issue through illegal immigration, but you can't build an economy based on chasing away your best and brightest young people, who'd rather live in Arizona, Colorado, or Florida.
Most important: illegals are illegals, it doesn't matter where they're from, race isn't a factor either.
New arrivals from Brazil can be of any ethnicity, European, African, Indian or Asian.
Speaking of population, look how liberal cities are losing big numbers to conservative Sunbelt areas.
Meanwhile, the real racists are in Mexico, pushing postage stamps.
Normally, I'm all for a city's competitive newspaper environment, but in Seattle, it's good news the ultra-leftist Post-Intelligencer has lost a key Washington State Supreme Court ruling, which could lead to the rival Times being the only daily in town.
It's one thing to have a slant, it's another to relentlessly push a political agenda. Need an example? How about this editorial: "Iraq: No Reason For Hope".
Venezuelan thug Hugo Chavez is trying to bribe neighbors with cheap oil, especially for Fidel Castro.
Gay activists are increasingly at odds with West Indians, in a variety of tourism and cultural settings. Most Caribbean countries are made up of socially conservative Christians, who strongly oppose homosexuality.
Tucker Carlson's MSNBC ratings have so far been horrible, but a few people (mostly liberals) are rising to his defense.
published by Brian Maloney at
14:38
5 Comments:
In defense of the P-I, the ridiculously obvious bias makes for great inspiration.
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Nathan, at 01 July, 2005 21:45
Eminem hates gays. However, I don't think you will see him siding with James Dobson or Pat Robertson on too many other issues.
Gay bashing doesn't alway equate to conservatism, though I do agree with you most conservatives hate gays.
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Anonymous, at 02 July, 2005 11:19
How can you be sure that all those blue staters moving south won't turn the red states blue or at least purple. Not everybody who likes warm weather is a Republican. (See Miami, West Hollywood, etc.). Florida used to be reliably Republican in Presidential races, now it has been close the last four times.
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Anonymous, at 02 July, 2005 13:58
Wait a minute. Who said that opposing homosexuality means hating gays?
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Nathan, at 02 July, 2005 14:01
Racist images are not confined to Mexico, you might want to check out this story..
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/montreal/story.html?id=40ab7d29-7b3c-41c8-9f5e-4641f8959c1e
PS my site is currently under a hacker attack and has been taken off-line for the moment
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Anonymous, at 14 July, 2005 10:54
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