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[misterx]

eh.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TN_TENNESSEE_MINUTEMEN_TNOL-?SITE=VABRM&SECTION=US

i'm not optimistic that this will go well. remember, they once hung an elephant around here.

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[evilbeth.livejournal.com]

This is a really, really bad idea.

This will end badly for all involved, mark my words.

From the article: "But they also gripe that immigrants generally get more social services, pay fewer taxes and don't even have to read English to get a driver's certificate in Tennessee."

Hell, there are plenty of people born in Hamblen County who can barely read English!

And this:
"There are people who would just as soon pick up a gun and shoot somebody walking down the road because, hey, their family got cut off from TennCare and he knows that Mexican over there is on it. You have that mentality all throughout Tennessee," said Minuteman supporter Ron Livingston, a computer technician.

"Now there is a central point to organize all the people to gather together so their voice will be heard. Where people can speak out rather than to talk amongst themselves on a porch."

So, let me get this straight, there are lots of people around the area who see nothing wrong with shooting people simply because they have better insurance coverage than they do and you think it's a good idea to bring these people together into an organized posse? WTF?

This whole part:

Against that backdrop, members of the Hamblen County Commission suggested recently that if property taxes have to be raised some $1 million next year "you can blame the Hispanics" because of their impact on schools and juvenile courts, The Citizen Tribune newspaper reported.

Commissioner Tom Lowe, who sympathizes with the Minutemen but isn't a member, said he was talking about "illegal aliens" not all Hispanics.

"We do not want Hispanics stereotyped as illegal. That is not our goal," he said, but added that he believes the county's Hispanic population is dominated by illegal immigrants. "Eighty-five percent may be too conservative a figure," he said.

Lowe, a retired pharmacist, said his particular fear is that immigrants carry drug-resistant infectious diseases. "We could be two or three aliens away from an epidemic that would sweep through our county and state," he said.

is just fucking insane.

Sometimes I hate this area.

[evilbeth.livejournal.com]

I'm also going to post this in my journal. More people deserve to know how stupid some folks can be.

[rhapsody-98.livejournal.com]

I'm suddenly very worried.

[melanie.livejournal.com]

Did you know that they have gorgeous adobe houses in New Mexico?

And the sun shines a lot, too. Very good for people with depression and SAD.