tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post2198301909361702496..comments2024-03-18T04:47:16.199-07:00Comments on The Gray Report: Immigration: We need farmworkers, not felonsW. Blake Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-53794609274725927162011-05-16T13:22:22.536-07:002011-05-16T13:22:22.536-07:00Blake: No fair being self-deprecating. I can't...Blake: No fair being self-deprecating. I can't think of any smart-aleck comebacks for that.Kent Bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-33280711948838193892011-05-16T09:42:30.160-07:002011-05-16T09:42:30.160-07:00Kent: I believe you, but let's face it, making...Kent: I believe you, but let's face it, making me look silly is kind of a layup, right?W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-82624723658490126762011-05-16T09:03:33.526-07:002011-05-16T09:03:33.526-07:00Blake, I wrote probably the most eloquent comment ...Blake, I wrote probably the most eloquent comment I've ever written. It was truely inspired and irrefutable. It was a masterpiece of logic, which I could never reproduce. Trust me, it made your argument look silly!Kent Bensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-29093552878003861362011-05-14T18:15:21.340-07:002011-05-14T18:15:21.340-07:00it's the great Google outage of 2011it's the great Google outage of 2011TWGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592548268341500443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-346026043457257432011-05-13T13:17:08.425-07:002011-05-13T13:17:08.425-07:00Folks, for some reason Google deleted a bunch of c...Folks, for some reason Google deleted a bunch of comments on this post while I was in Europe and had limited access. If you're wondering why I deleted your comment, the answer is that I didn't, and I'm as mystified about why it happened as you are. Sorry to truncate the debate.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-740423056176735652011-05-11T17:07:56.740-07:002011-05-11T17:07:56.740-07:00Mark: I'm not going to pretend to be neutral w...Mark: I'm not going to pretend to be neutral when I'm not. I do try to be open-minded. But this is my blog, not a newspaper's front page, and nobody is paying me anything for it. If you want to write me a check every week, I'll be happy to pretend to be objective.W. Blake Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755307711801965966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-43109090717600406362011-05-11T16:53:57.509-07:002011-05-11T16:53:57.509-07:00BS is right!!! ha,ha,ha
Illegals=cheap ag product...BS is right!!! ha,ha,ha<br /><br />Illegals=cheap ag products.<br />Imagine how much your meat, bread, veggies, etc will cost you if you have to hired people with minimum wages and benefits!<br />On top of that, have you ever seen a white guy doing a good job in the vineyard??? just kidding...<br /><br /><br />MMPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-57545215855879875842011-05-11T16:33:48.818-07:002011-05-11T16:33:48.818-07:00Blake, I enjoy your blog, but some food for though...Blake, I enjoy your blog, but some food for thought - you'd have a lot more credibility if you weren't so consistently pro-Democrat/anti-Republican throughout all your other blogs. Inserting your political bias in posts where politics has little to no relevance simply diminishes your POV when politics becomes the actual topic at hand.<br /><br />And this from someone who can't stand Mark Sinnott, Issaquah WAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-83757486339321290202011-05-11T15:38:02.523-07:002011-05-11T15:38:02.523-07:00Mexico's biggest import from California is mon...Mexico's biggest import from California is money. Cash sent home by workers - legal and illegal - to families back home. If the Mexican laborers are barred from working the fields here we will not only see a huge increase in the the price of all of our agricultural products (like wine), but also construction, manufacturing and service industries. There will also be an increase in the drug Bill Stephensonhttp://www.adahelper.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-66240225818654291622011-05-11T13:48:49.408-07:002011-05-11T13:48:49.408-07:00GREAT ARTICLEGREAT ARTICLEbenjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493640235140978152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-47347302562582034432011-05-11T13:00:52.599-07:002011-05-11T13:00:52.599-07:00You ask why we need more felons? The answer is so...You ask why we need more felons? The answer is so that we need more prison guards. More prison guards means more members of the union, means more money for the union, means more money to give to politicians, means more felons coming over the border, means more prison guards, means more .... (it's turtles all the way down).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-71765988726641682032011-05-11T10:31:35.188-07:002011-05-11T10:31:35.188-07:00@ Patrick: "All illegal workers pay into une...@ Patrick: "All illegal workers pay into unemployment insurance and social security, and they will never see this money." <br /><br />Most of us legal citizens will never see the social security money we pay in either, but in addition, we pay other taxes illegals don't pay (income, property, etc) for the services they use. So, there goes the "balance".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-60998769811117660392011-05-11T09:17:21.743-07:002011-05-11T09:17:21.743-07:00People who say that illegal immigrants are a drain...People who say that illegal immigrants are a drain on our health & education systems need to remember this: All illegal workers pay into unemployment insurance and social security, and they will never see this money. So the picture does have some balance.Patricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-80155662769726063232011-05-11T09:07:57.096-07:002011-05-11T09:07:57.096-07:00Regarding the H-1B visa.
What if we did not have...Regarding the H-1B visa. <br /><br />What if we did not have anyone wanting to come to the US? <br /><br />What if everyone wanted to go to Asia because that is where the opportunities are?<br /><br />What if the next Google and Apple companies are founded overseas?<br /><br />The times they a are a changin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-80292413401001932352011-05-11T09:06:19.522-07:002011-05-11T09:06:19.522-07:00@ Texas grape man: amen amen amen!! I agree.
Rem...@ Texas grape man: amen amen amen!! I agree. <br /><br />Remember, until we get our own healthcare and educational systems figured out, the growing immigrant population will continue to strain them and cost legal citizens an inordinate amount in taxes and "borrows" from other systems such as emergency services. I'm 100% for documented workers - seasonal or perennial - but we Aa a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-78523437136861159572011-05-11T08:33:33.710-07:002011-05-11T08:33:33.710-07:00We, in Texas, believe in legal means of being here...We, in Texas, believe in legal means of being here, but the illegal number of immigrants is killing us from the economic (schools, healthcare) and criminal justice standpoint. We are about to pass a voter I.D. act, and we should pass an act which allows citizen status check if a person is arrested for a crime.<br />I have known many Mexicans, and most of them are very hard-working and great Texas Grape Mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-5346368245763346842011-05-11T08:27:57.568-07:002011-05-11T08:27:57.568-07:00You may get your most comments ever by wading into...You may get your most comments ever by wading into this one... for the record, while you rightly take a very sensible position on this issue, you totally mis-state the Republican party's position. As you stated, former President Bush basically took the same approach you advocate - no illegals, but an increase in temporary worker visas. He received pushback from his own party because his Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-63235303853390837242011-05-11T08:20:29.037-07:002011-05-11T08:20:29.037-07:00Well, this is just about the most reasonable thing...Well, this is just about the most reasonable thing I've read on on the subject of immigration and politics in a long time!!<br /><br />Tom WarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210235767643862872.post-8991548315320882982011-05-11T07:57:19.410-07:002011-05-11T07:57:19.410-07:00If you get felons rather than workers then blame t...If you get felons rather than workers then blame the manpower agency that hires these type of people.Passport Applicationhttp://www.immigrationdirect.com/noreply@blogger.com