Every New Year Comes With A Free Trip Around The Sun
Dear J,
I notice that the author of
"Free Lunch" did not sign his name. Anonymous sources are always
suspect and their testimony carries no legal weight. (If I were as angry
as the author of "Free Lunch," I would want to
attach my name.)
Also, note there are no links
to online sources confirming the assertions made in your forwarded email email.
Urban Legends reports
that "Free Lunch," is a constantly-morphing email dating back to 2006
when the original author claimed to be "the husband of a
teacher." http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/government/a/cheap_tomatoes.htm
Here's the deal...
Angry white guys are doing
what beleaguered ethnicities have done whenever their "favored status"
is threatened They pick on minorities.
Burdened by socio-economic
frustration, many people take pleasure in kicking the dog.
Humankind's enduring passion
for pummeling the runt is rooted in the same psychology that
accompanied the rise of Nazism.
***
It is widely known that
right-wing email is super-saturated with alarmist lies.
Conservative ideologues
extrude falsehood so tirelessly that the aggregate of Earth's truth-telling
people could spend the rest of their lives "setting the record
straight" and by the time the last falsehood bites the bullet, the volume
of uncorrected lies would still fill the world's oceans.
It is a harsh truth that
falsehood can be told in a twinkle, whereas fact checking is long, tedious
work, and, not infrequently, impossible.
If I were to tell you that
John Paul II had a torrid affair with Mother Teresa, how would you disprove the
allegation?
Trust me: you can't.
You can enlist a conveyor
belt of character witnesses, but you cannot prove that the affair did not take
place.
Mingya! Obama releases a
valid long-form birth certificate... and birthers still run
their mouths.
Bill Maher
nailed it when he said these folks would not be convinced even if you
handed them Obama's original birth certificate -- with the placenta -- and a
videotape of baby Barack emerging from the birth canal with Don Ho playing
ukulele in the background.
In the absence of scientific
rigor, people hear what they want to hear, see what they want to see, and
disregard the rest. (Perhaps the fundamental teaching of higher education - at
least when it's successful - is how to distinguish fact from opinion.)
As Lonnie C pointed out...
'When the economy turns, we will beg illegal immigrants to come back."
On balance, latinos -
including those who are undocumented - have been a benefit to the economy,
contributing more value than they take. http://www.
Still, pharisaic
conservatives think perfection is possible and in their prissy rectitiude are
outraged by the slightest imperfection that contradicts their "certain
knowledge" of God's Will.
Perhaps the most
serious "susto" suffered by conservatives is
the prospect of a "free lunch."
Not surprisingly, your
forwarded email, "Free Lunch," starts with a grievance about... free
lunch. (And free breakfast! And free dinner!)
Not long ago, I said goodbye
to an illegal friend who was moving back to Mexico after a full decade
imparting great value to "the economy," never accepting a smidgen of
government handout.
Tomorrow I attend the "despedida" of
an illegal Guatemalan who is returning home after a decade of similar
high-value economic contribution. And like Lino, Carlos has always paid his
way.
Keep in mind that the
billions of dollars paid as FICA tax by millions of illegals like L and C redounds
to the sole benefit of the Social Security System. Illegal latinos will
never see a penny of their contributions.
Washington
Post writer, Edward Schumacher-Matos, says:
"In response to a research inquiry for a book I am writing on the
economics of immigration, Stephen C. Goss, the chief actuary of the Social
Security Administration and someone who enjoys bipartisan support for his
straightforwardness, said that by 2007, the Social Security trust fund had
received a net benefit of somewhere between $120 billion and $240 billion from
unauthorized immigrants."
1. 5 myths
about Social
Security - 2 - retirement
savings - MSN Money.
On those occasions when homeowners
learn that legal immigrants charge a minimum of $12.00 an hour
(and often command $15 to $18 an hour) they are shocked.
Then, when they hire
these legal immigrants, they are pleasantly surprised by the
tremendous value-for-money they receive.
You can count on this.
Every scenario that is
hyper-simplified by America's hyper-simpletons is far more complex than it
seems.
On balance, America is not getting
ripped off by illegal aliens.
On balance, America is getting
too fat, too sedentary, and too habituated to air-conditioning to perform its
own hard labor.
In the final analysis,
hostility toward latinos feeds on the same Know
Nothing animus that white Americans have harbored since the 19th
century, specifically, a hatred ofCatholic immigrants - especially those from
Italy and Ireland. (And now, from Mexico.) http://en.wikipedia.
The simplest way to go
radically wrong in these "United" States is to ally oneself with
aggressively ignorant white bigots.
As a white person, I wish it
were otherwise, but know it isn't.
Cassius Clay got it right:
"White people are good thinkers, man, but they're crazy." http://www.playboy.com/playground/interviews/playboy-interview-muhammad-ali
Now the remaining question is
whether or not we are witnessing the fulfillment of Euripides' prophecy "Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad."
Alan
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM, JT wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: JDMTo: Undisclosed RecipientsSent: Friday, May 25, 2012 1:06 PMSubject: Fw: Fwd: Free Bkf, lunch and now Supper in Santa MariaFree Lunch... 900 teachers just got laid off from the Los Angeles Unified School District . They are $650,000 over their annual budget.
The following English teacher helps to explain one area that looms large over California's educational crisis.
THIS HAS GOT TO BE PASSED ALONG TO AS MANY AS
POSSIBLE OR WE WILL ALL GO DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE A FEW DON'T CARE.
This English teacher has phrased it the best I've seen yet.
This should make everyone think, be you Democrat, Republican or Independent.
From a California school teacher - - -
"As you listen to the news about the student protests over illegal immigration, there are some things that you should be aware of:
I am in charge of the English-as-a-second-language department at a large southern California high school which is designated a Title 1 school, meaning that its students average lower socioeconomic and income levels.
Most of the schools you are hearing about, South Gate High, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park , etc.. where these students are protesting, are also Title 1 schools.
Title 1 schools are on the free breakfast and free lunch program. When I say free breakfast, I'm not talking a glass of milk and roll -- but a full breakfast and cereal bar with fruits and juices that would make a Marriott proud. The waste of this food is monumental, with trays and trays of it being dumped in the trash uneaten.
(OUR TAX DOLLARS ATWORK)
I estimate that well over 50% of these students are obese or at least moderately overweight. About 75% or more DO have cell phones. The school also providesday care centers for the unwed teenage pregnant girls(some as young as 13) so they can attend class without the inconvenience of having to arrange for babysitters or having family watch their kids.
(OUR TAX DOLLARS ATWORK)
I was ordered to spend $700,000 on my department or risk losing funding for the upcoming year even though there was little need for anything; my budget was already substantial. I ended up buying new computers for the computer learning center, half of which, one month later, have been carved with graffiti by the appreciative students who obviously feel humbled and grateful to have a free education in America.
(OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK)
I have had to intervene several times for young and substitute teachers whose classes consist of many illegal immigrant students here in the country less than 3 months who raised so much hell with the female teachers, calling them "Putas"(whores) and throwing things, that the teachers were in tears.
Free medical, free education, free food, day care, etc, etc, etc. Is it any wonder they feel entitled not only to be in this country but to demand rights, privileges and entitlements?
To those who want to point out how much these illegal immigrants contribute to our society because they LIKE their gardener and housekeeper and they like to pay less for tomatoes: spend some time in the real world of illegal immigration and see the TRUE costs.
Higher insurance, medical facilities closing, higher medical costs, more crime, lower standards of education in our schools, overcrowding, new diseases etc., etc, etc. For me, I'll pay more for tomatoes.
Americans, We need to wake up. The guest worker program will be adisaster because we won't have the guts to enforce it. Does anyone in their right mind really think they will voluntarily leave and return?
It does, however, have everything to do with culture: A third-world culture that does not value education, that accepts children getting pregnant and dropping out of school by 15 and that refuses to assimilate, and anAmerican culture that has become so weakand worried about"political correctness " that we don't have the will to do anything about it.
If this makes your blood boil, as it did mine, forward this to everyone you know including your Congressmen and Senators.
CHEAP LABOR? Isn't that what the whole immigration issue is about?
Business doesn't want to pay a decent wage.
Consumers don't want expensive produce.
Government will tell you Americans don't want the jobs.
But the bottom line is cheap labor. The phrase "cheap labor" is a myth,afarce, and a lie. There is no such thing as "cheap labor."
Take, for example, an illegal alien with a wife and five children. He takes a job for $5.00 or 6.00/hour. At that wage, with six dependents, he pays no income tax, yet at the end of the year, if he files an Income Tax Return, he gets an "earned income credit" of up to $3,200 free.
He qualifies for Section 8 housing and subsidized rent.
He qualifies for food stamps..
He qualifies for free (no deductible), noco-pay) health care.
His children get free breakfasts and lunches at school.
He requires bilingual teachers and books.
He qualifies for relief from high energy bills.
If they are or become, aged, blind or disabled, they qualify for SSI.
Once qualified for SSI they can qualify for Medicare. All of this is at (our) taxpayer's expense.
He doesn't worry about car insurance, life insurance, or homeowners insurance.
Taxpayers provide Spanish language signs, bulletins and printed material.
He and his family receive the equivalent of $20.00 to $30.00/hour in benefits.
Working Americans are lucky to have $5.00 or $6.00/hour left after paying their bills AND his.
The American taxpayers also pay for increased crime, graffiti and trash clean-up.
Cheap labor? YEAH RIGHT! Wake up people!
THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING TO THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR EITHER PARTY. 'AND WHEN THEY LIE TO US AND DON'T DO AS THEY SAY, WE SHOULD REPLACE THEM AT ONCE!'
THIS HAS GOT TO BE PASSED ALONG TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OR WE WILL ALL GO DOWN THE DRAIN BECAUSE A FEW DON'T CARE.
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