#90079 - 23/04/2002 21:24
this poor, silly bastard.
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Registered: 18/02/2002
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seriously, i could not stop laughing. then i got really depresssed because of the situation, then started laughing histerically again.
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#90080 - 23/04/2002 21:28
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: visuvius]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
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Man, if i was a border gaurd, i would have given that guy an A+ for effort and let him in.
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#90081 - 23/04/2002 21:39
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: loren]
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Registered: 18/02/2002
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thats what i mean man. Just let the poor bastard in. Think about it, this sonova bitch woke up that morning and was like, "alright, running across the border didn't work, time to move to plan B -- chair o' flauge". i would've totally looked the other way if i was that gaurd.
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#90082 - 24/04/2002 14:36
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: visuvius]
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journeyman
Registered: 22/07/1999
Posts: 60
Loc: St. Paul, MN, USA
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Personally, I think he's displaying the good old-fashioned ingenuity Americans are so proud of in themselves. Hell, we need people like that dude. If space is an issue, kick out a bland white suburban bottom feeder -- no one will miss his/her featureless existence.
Edited by mafisto (24/04/2002 14:36)
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#90083 - 24/04/2002 16:54
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: mafisto]
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Registered: 22/03/2002
Posts: 251
Loc: Ramsey, NJ
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That was me.......I snuck in the next week as a glove compartment (If the airbag went off it would have been 'goodbye kids'.)
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#90084 - 24/04/2002 16:55
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: visuvius]
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old hand
Registered: 16/02/2002
Posts: 867
Loc: Oxford, UK
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I watched a documentary about US 'illegal immigrants' a while back and that particular case was featured in a very negative light - depicting the lengths (the bad people) people will go to to get across the US/Mexico(?) border.
It's enlightening to see the humane, understanding and compassionate views taken by posters here (so far) in response to that situation.
I'm left with the feeling that that documentary was (potentially) mostly propaganda.
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#90085 - 24/04/2002 17:09
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: AndrewT]
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Registered: 14/04/2002
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Yeah I showed the picture to my friend, and Ill admit here we have a huge illegal alien problem and tend to be pretty harsh towards them, mainly because they cant drive and dont pay taxes (but there are plenty of citizens that do the same things so its not a good excuse), anyway he and I were discussing how we need people like that guy here in the states Im sure he would do more work in one day than a whole family of lazy welfare leeches would do in a month, maybe a years time.
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#90086 - 25/04/2002 01:52
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: acurasquirrel_]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
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...they can't drive...
And when did not being able to drive become a criminal offense ?
...and don't pay taxes...
Well, if you're an illegal immigrant, it seems daft to attempt to pay taxes -- the goverment would suddenly notice the extra money and wonder where it's coming from...
On the other hand, if the goverment gave these people citizenship (or working visitor status), maybe they'd be grateful enough to pay their taxes.
Disclaimer: Note that I'm not having a dig at you, but at the people "who tend to be pretty harsh towards them".
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#90087 - 25/04/2002 08:38
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: acurasquirrel_]
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old hand
Registered: 12/01/2000
Posts: 1079
Loc: Dallas, TX
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Well, the "huge illegal alien problem" you refer to is not a one way street. Their hard work is a big reason that the cost of housing is so low here in dallas.
Sean
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#90088 - 25/04/2002 08:59
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: Terminator]
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 241
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Yes and I can vouch for it being cheap here. My parents sold their house for $300,000 here. Do to a job transfer(my dad nows deals with the NSA and CIA) he was forced to move to the DC area. For $500,000 he got a smaller house a nonexistant yard and has to share a driveway. I have noticed that most of the workers are not immigrants like I am used to here.
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#90089 - 25/04/2002 18:09
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: Roger]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5549
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
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And when did not being able to drive become a criminal offense ?
I think what he meant was, they don't drive capably -- but that doesn't deter them from getting into a car and being a menace to other people on the road.
tanstaafl.
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#90090 - 26/04/2002 01:10
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: tanstaafl.]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
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Ah. That makes sense. Maybe I'm just tetchy about the whole subject because I couldn't drive until recently.
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#90091 - 26/04/2002 01:12
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: Roger]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
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You call that driving?
Rob
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#90092 - 26/04/2002 05:46
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: rob]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 18/01/2000
Posts: 5683
Loc: London, UK
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...and still can't, if Rob is to be believed .
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#90093 - 26/04/2002 07:05
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: acurasquirrel_]
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old hand
Registered: 28/01/2002
Posts: 970
Loc: Manassas VA
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I wouldn't necessarily compare the cost of living in DC to other places... It's insanely expensive... I work in Chantilly VA (used to be in DC) we moved outside of DC (15 miles or so) and got a really nice townhouse (brand new) for 140k in a good neighborhood.... inside the beltway is crazy expensive...
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#90094 - 26/04/2002 09:56
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: lopan]
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 241
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Oh my family is a good distance outside the beltway. They are even in Fairfax. They are out near Leesburg in Ashburn.
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#90095 - 26/04/2002 10:28
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: lopan]
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carpal tunnel
Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
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My family's inside the beltway. You're right, it's nuts! My parents bought the house we're in now in about 1984.
Recently, they started looking to move into someplace smaller, like a townhouse, but be in the same area. All the townhouses were more expensive than our freakin house! And that's for less floorspace and 1/5 the land! It's crazy, man. But I love the area.
ps-I know some folks in Ashburn, and my girlfriend lives in Sterling. I would barely call Ashburn the DC area to me, it's like the middle of nowhere (no offense)
Edited by DiGNAN17 (26/04/2002 10:32)
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#90096 - 26/04/2002 11:44
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: Dignan]
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Registered: 14/04/2002
Posts: 241
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Well its basically a huge planned out community in the middle of nowhere. My parents close on there new house the 13th of May and guess who is living next door? The new center for the Redskins. Oh I take no offense I dont have to live there I have an apartment in the city of Atlanta, barely in the city limit but none the less still within the limits.
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#90097 - 26/04/2002 13:09
Re: this poor, silly bastard.
[Re: acurasquirrel_]
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old hand
Registered: 28/01/2002
Posts: 970
Loc: Manassas VA
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yup... fairfax is getting expensive too... I'm kicking myself for not buying something 4 years ago... I could pay for a new house with the frickin equity I would have by now.... anyway back to the poor silly bastard.... is that a toilet he's sitting on?
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