Please Fence US In

MayorBob.

Posted to Etcetera on Wed Aug 13, 2008 at 06:48:21 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Some claim that strong fences make good neighbors. As you read this work continues apace to build a good fence system to separate the US from Mexico. Whether that will make for better neighbors is moot but as work progresses in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas a question does arise - can it possibly be completed without hiring those it's intended to keep out?

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From Way Down South, Not So Very Far Off, Illegals Brought Us The Whooping Cough.

pO157.

Posted to Legal on Sun Dec 10, 2006 at 10:26:09 AM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

"Whooping cough" causes about 30 to 50 million cases per year, worldwide, and kills about 300,000 (although no more than a few dozen annually in the US). However, it is preventable with vaccination and until recently was not a major problem in the United States. This may be changing as the pool of unvaccinated, illegal immigrants in the US grows to ever-larger numbers. With such numbers rising, the inevitable pointing of fingers is taking place.

Some blame schools for crowding children into cramped classrooms, some blame the fact that the whooping cough vaccine loses effectiveness over time and patients are not requesting boosters as often as they should. Others point out that this may be part of a larger trend of preventable diseases returning.

Then there are those that cast aspersions at illegal immigrants.

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