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hanera
2012 Apr 18, 5:30am
Incidentally, the Mexicans ... believe Califorina was stolen from them, and they also believe that poverty in Mexico is our fault, so it's justified in their feeble minds.
The Europeans stole the entire American continent from the native American. Whoever has the bigger gun can do what they want. Currently, America still has the bigger gun. Is why US dollar is still the world reserve currency.
rooemoore
2012 Apr 18, 5:36am
Maybe where you live a home can be had for very little. You get what you pay for.
I get what I DON'T pay for. I get far MORE here for far LESS money compared to CA.
But hey, if you want to live in a run-down shack with no yard in a bad neighborhood...and pay half a million for the privalege, that's your business. Enjoy a lifetime of debt-serfdom to pay for it. Some banker will get rich off your labor.
I hope the nice weather* makes up for it.
*except there's no rain during the warm season, which is when you need it for growing things
I'm teasing you of course with my "fly-over" comments and am now sorry it has gotten you so riled up. My point is simply if you're happy with where you live why do you feel the need to come on this forum and denigrate California? California is not stealing money from you -- in fact we pay out more federal $$$ than we receive.
Enjoy your life in Corning. I've been through there a few times and it is very nice.
rooemoore
2012 Apr 18, 5:40am
Everyone who believes that the people south of the border are NOT capable of sitting through classes and studying is of course the bigot racist, not I.
Incidentally, the Mexicans know they're ripping us all off. They believe Califorina was stolen from them, and they also believe that poverty in Mexico is our fault, so it's justified in their feeble minds.
No, you're not a racist. Saying Mexicans have feeble minds is probably a compliment from someone who lacks one.
That's true. California has always attracted the intelligent, creative and adventurous people who were itching to escape the god-awful states they were born in.
That's actually a somewhat nasty reading of what I was pointing to, but I can't tell tongue-in-cheek from chips-on-shoulders in text, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. I think anyone with any of their five senses working loves the state for its landscape/ecology. The California mentality is probably what the "hater" above was referring to -- you know, the one where Californians think everyone with any merit is just itching to leave their god-awful state to move to California.
BTW John Lautner -- one of the most magnificent architects of the 20th century who contributed some of his greatest work all throughout California had always maintained that LA was a total, inexcusably ugly dump compared to his hometown in Michigan.
I say feeble minds belong to the Mexicans who 1. didn't finish high school 2. came here illegally 3. believe that their poverty was caused by us.
I should qualify that not all Mexicans have feeble minds. My friends in Mexico did not have feeble minds. Of course, they stayed and studied and became successful members of their society.
The people I know in Mexico are very different from the ones I know up here.
The guys up here tended to be all barely literate in Spanish, no skills, low to no English ability, and young.
Maricela has a feeble mind. She will soon have her kid but the identity of the father is unknown, it's one of three guys. Her girlfriend Carol has lost the $10,000 in cash she stashed in her room, another feeble mind. Carol evidently thought she'd owe income tax if she deposited the dough. I have tons of stories if anyone wants to know.
So, how many illegal aliens to you employ rowe?
freak80
2012 Apr 18, 11:56pm
I think anyone with any of their five senses working loves the state for its landscape/ecology. The California mentality is probably what the "hater" above was referring to -- you know, the one where Californians think everyone with any merit is just itching to leave their god-awful state to move to California.
Correct. I don't hate California. But I don't care for the extreme arrogance of SOME of its people. Ever see the South Park episode "Smug Alert"? ;-)
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