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		<title>By: One Old Vet &#187; Immigration News 08.27.09</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-6468</link>
		<dc:creator>One Old Vet &#187; Immigration News 08.27.09</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Elrey Jones</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-6122</link>
		<dc:creator>Elrey Jones</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kick the foreigner out.  Give us back our sovereignty.  I don&#039;t want the foreigner here.  Don&#039;t give me the same immigrant BS.  I am a sovereign American.  Give me my country back!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kick the foreigner out.  Give us back our sovereignty.  I don&#8217;t want the foreigner here.  Don&#8217;t give me the same immigrant BS.  I am a sovereign American.  Give me my country back!</p>
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		<title>By: Sue</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1530</link>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Immigration law .. Teddy Kennedy... what happened was good or bad is one thing... but we are all immigrants anyway! Legal or Illegal.. immigrants nevertheless.. The only &#039;Americans&#039; are Native Americans.. to whom this land belongs! 

Are whites better than Yellow/Brown/ Black ethnicity? The answer lies in finding out what segment of society and people from what socio economic group are being compared!

A doctor.. white/Brown/Yellow will sound like a doctor... a Hillybilly from any part of the world will also sound the same.. only will speak a different language.. Education &amp; Wealth make all the difference!

Immigrants can be anyone.. Docs.. Teachers.. Software professionals... plumbers.. .. contractors.. and they are not ruining the US... its people who are governing this country that force the poor immigrants to stoop to any levels to be able to bring food to the table...

A dishonest man is a dishonest man.. whatever ethnicity he may be from... how many of the comments here are from people who have not done wrong ever... havn&#039;t cheated ever? Have not stolen ever.. whether its an object or a job!

Crime rates go up when people lack something... usually it starts at a base level where you have no choice and its your survival instinct that is the driver for the choices &amp; mistakes one makes..

A bigger population also means more consumption... and the more population the country is the more healthy it is for the economy.. Provided.. the population is not wasting time in stealing/figthing for survival and accepting underpaid jobs and thus ruining the economy..

How much do you blame import from countries like China.. who put so many Americans out of business because they cant compete chinese import prices...

There are many reasons for bad economy and immigrants are a part of it too.. but by the end of the day.. anyone who is not Native American is an immigrant.. 

so.. now what do you have to say!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Immigration law .. Teddy Kennedy&#8230; what happened was good or bad is one thing&#8230; but we are all immigrants anyway! Legal or Illegal.. immigrants nevertheless.. The only &#8216;Americans&#8217; are Native Americans.. to whom this land belongs! </p>
<p>Are whites better than Yellow/Brown/ Black ethnicity? The answer lies in finding out what segment of society and people from what socio economic group are being compared!</p>
<p>A doctor.. white/Brown/Yellow will sound like a doctor&#8230; a Hillybilly from any part of the world will also sound the same.. only will speak a different language.. Education &amp; Wealth make all the difference!</p>
<p>Immigrants can be anyone.. Docs.. Teachers.. Software professionals&#8230; plumbers.. .. contractors.. and they are not ruining the US&#8230; its people who are governing this country that force the poor immigrants to stoop to any levels to be able to bring food to the table&#8230;</p>
<p>A dishonest man is a dishonest man.. whatever ethnicity he may be from&#8230; how many of the comments here are from people who have not done wrong ever&#8230; havn&#8217;t cheated ever? Have not stolen ever.. whether its an object or a job!</p>
<p>Crime rates go up when people lack something&#8230; usually it starts at a base level where you have no choice and its your survival instinct that is the driver for the choices &amp; mistakes one makes..</p>
<p>A bigger population also means more consumption&#8230; and the more population the country is the more healthy it is for the economy.. Provided.. the population is not wasting time in stealing/figthing for survival and accepting underpaid jobs and thus ruining the economy..</p>
<p>How much do you blame import from countries like China.. who put so many Americans out of business because they cant compete chinese import prices&#8230;</p>
<p>There are many reasons for bad economy and immigrants are a part of it too.. but by the end of the day.. anyone who is not Native American is an immigrant.. </p>
<p>so.. now what do you have to say!</p>
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		<title>By: Amar Jit Singh</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1308</link>
		<dc:creator>Amar Jit Singh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Immgrants also make your market bigger, they&#039;d live here, the consumption per citizen would increase, they may look odd by skin of colon, they&#039;d do odd job that white children won&#039;t have to do, thus in a way your children are automatically promoted, however it&#039;s enough a we&#039;ve reached at a saturation limit have to check that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Immgrants also make your market bigger, they&#8217;d live here, the consumption per citizen would increase, they may look odd by skin of colon, they&#8217;d do odd job that white children won&#8217;t have to do, thus in a way your children are automatically promoted, however it&#8217;s enough a we&#8217;ve reached at a saturation limit have to check that.</p>
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		<title>By: Joan-Marie</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1298</link>
		<dc:creator>Joan-Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>America, being primarily a Christian nation, has always
had a tradition of helping the less fortunate.

LEGISLATION, in order to be any good, must benefit widely, not norrowly.  And it can nor seem to overturn
historic immigration law.

(1)     Ted Kennedy, and his supporters for the original immigration bill, were asking to legitimize people who broke immigration law by sneaking into this county, and, 

(2)    just as important, these migrants broke the U.S. Health Code requirement that required immigrants to be screened for communicable diseases. Thanks to Ted Kennedy and his supporters, leprosy, contageous respiratory diseases, among other horrors, are now increasing. 

(3).      The immigrant of 1895, 1918, 1946 and
1950&#039;s (remember the Hungarians who came to the U.S. as
political refugees? ) NEVER DEMANDED that our government
provide them with English Second Language classes.  They
never insisted that the rest of us learn Hungarian in order to communicate with them.  Their priority was
America first, etnic presevation to follow, but DID NOT
impose their way of life on everyone else.  As a good
example of the Hungarian immigrant&#039;s focus, look at the
Hungarian settlement experience in New Brunswick, N.J.
in the 1950&#039;s,  Our government had no place to house
many Hungarian refugees at once, so the Hungarians were
housed in Camp Kilmer, N.J. (not far from New Brunswick,
N.J.) as wave after wave of Hugarian refugees came through
Camp Kilmer.  Some of the children of Hungarian refugees
attended public school, but a surprising number of Hungarian refugee children attended Saint Ladislaus R.C.
Church School, located on Minzenty Square.  Especially in
a small urban school, children and traditions flourished
at St. Ladislaus.   My children attended this elementary
school in the 1970&#039;s so this is my personal experience to
get to know many Hungarian immigrants and their children.
Contrast the 2009 position of a militant Spanish group
that paraded in Los Angeles recently with Mexican flags,
and whose mission it is to take over the Southwest after
it has bankrupted its hospitals and its local government.

(4)   Edward Kennedy&#039;s true legacy will be appreciated in time to come for the changes he helped bring about for the
handicapped, for the WIC program for women and children,
for head-start and other programs that DO NOT favor any
one ethnic or social group.  Legislation to be any good
must benefit widely, not narrowly.  Further, English is
the national language of this country, and the more the
Spanish-speaking rebels insist on isolating themselves
by failing to encourage their children to learn and
to improve their  English skills,  the further behind these children will be in competition for good jobs. 

Edward Kennedy had to know that stoking the fires of Spanish rebellion would be counter-productive for the children of the rebels.  He told them what they wanted to hear, not what they needed to do in order to succeed.  The
Irish did not have a language problem when they came
to America for a better life.  He never acknowledged to
voters that it is futile to expect business to be transacted in the language of each immigrant.  There are
just too many languages to make it work.  On immigration,
he supported what was popular among Spanish immigrants,
not what was going to help them succeed financially.

(5)  Edward Kennedy did not offer a solution regarding
who was going to pay for all uninsured persons (The
draft resolution does not exclude illegal immigrants,
so we need to assume that any group not excluded will
remain included).  

(6) John McCain, understandably, is sorry to see his collegue pass.  They worked together on the recently failed amnesty project  to  try to legitimize  an illegal popultion that is  estimated between 20 and 35 million illegals.  It would be cheaper to set up low cost health clinics for the illegals than continue to allow illegals unfettered access to hospital emergency rooms for minor illnesses.

Also, low cost health clinics are needed to properly
screen illegals carrying contageous diseases, and treat
them before the larger population becomes contaminated. 

7. Judging Kennedy must also include whether Obama was Kennedy&#039;s  best choice for Presidential candidate.  Obama ran a
slick campaign based upon slogans &quot;Hope&quot; and &quot;Change&quot; --
possibly selling us the proverbial cat in a bag.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>America, being primarily a Christian nation, has always<br />
had a tradition of helping the less fortunate.</p>
<p>LEGISLATION, in order to be any good, must benefit widely, not norrowly.  And it can nor seem to overturn<br />
historic immigration law.</p>
<p>(1)     Ted Kennedy, and his supporters for the original immigration bill, were asking to legitimize people who broke immigration law by sneaking into this county, and, </p>
<p>(2)    just as important, these migrants broke the U.S. Health Code requirement that required immigrants to be screened for communicable diseases. Thanks to Ted Kennedy and his supporters, leprosy, contageous respiratory diseases, among other horrors, are now increasing. </p>
<p>(3).      The immigrant of 1895, 1918, 1946 and<br />
1950&#8217;s (remember the Hungarians who came to the U.S. as<br />
political refugees? ) NEVER DEMANDED that our government<br />
provide them with English Second Language classes.  They<br />
never insisted that the rest of us learn Hungarian in order to communicate with them.  Their priority was<br />
America first, etnic presevation to follow, but DID NOT<br />
impose their way of life on everyone else.  As a good<br />
example of the Hungarian immigrant&#8217;s focus, look at the<br />
Hungarian settlement experience in New Brunswick, N.J.<br />
in the 1950&#8217;s,  Our government had no place to house<br />
many Hungarian refugees at once, so the Hungarians were<br />
housed in Camp Kilmer, N.J. (not far from New Brunswick,<br />
N.J.) as wave after wave of Hugarian refugees came through<br />
Camp Kilmer.  Some of the children of Hungarian refugees<br />
attended public school, but a surprising number of Hungarian refugee children attended Saint Ladislaus R.C.<br />
Church School, located on Minzenty Square.  Especially in<br />
a small urban school, children and traditions flourished<br />
at St. Ladislaus.   My children attended this elementary<br />
school in the 1970&#8217;s so this is my personal experience to<br />
get to know many Hungarian immigrants and their children.<br />
Contrast the 2009 position of a militant Spanish group<br />
that paraded in Los Angeles recently with Mexican flags,<br />
and whose mission it is to take over the Southwest after<br />
it has bankrupted its hospitals and its local government.</p>
<p>(4)   Edward Kennedy&#8217;s true legacy will be appreciated in time to come for the changes he helped bring about for the<br />
handicapped, for the WIC program for women and children,<br />
for head-start and other programs that DO NOT favor any<br />
one ethnic or social group.  Legislation to be any good<br />
must benefit widely, not narrowly.  Further, English is<br />
the national language of this country, and the more the<br />
Spanish-speaking rebels insist on isolating themselves<br />
by failing to encourage their children to learn and<br />
to improve their  English skills,  the further behind these children will be in competition for good jobs. </p>
<p>Edward Kennedy had to know that stoking the fires of Spanish rebellion would be counter-productive for the children of the rebels.  He told them what they wanted to hear, not what they needed to do in order to succeed.  The<br />
Irish did not have a language problem when they came<br />
to America for a better life.  He never acknowledged to<br />
voters that it is futile to expect business to be transacted in the language of each immigrant.  There are<br />
just too many languages to make it work.  On immigration,<br />
he supported what was popular among Spanish immigrants,<br />
not what was going to help them succeed financially.</p>
<p>(5)  Edward Kennedy did not offer a solution regarding<br />
who was going to pay for all uninsured persons (The<br />
draft resolution does not exclude illegal immigrants,<br />
so we need to assume that any group not excluded will<br />
remain included).  </p>
<p>(6) John McCain, understandably, is sorry to see his collegue pass.  They worked together on the recently failed amnesty project  to  try to legitimize  an illegal popultion that is  estimated between 20 and 35 million illegals.  It would be cheaper to set up low cost health clinics for the illegals than continue to allow illegals unfettered access to hospital emergency rooms for minor illnesses.</p>
<p>Also, low cost health clinics are needed to properly<br />
screen illegals carrying contageous diseases, and treat<br />
them before the larger population becomes contaminated. </p>
<p>7. Judging Kennedy must also include whether Obama was Kennedy&#8217;s  best choice for Presidential candidate.  Obama ran a<br />
slick campaign based upon slogans &#8220;Hope&#8221; and &#8220;Change&#8221; &#8211;<br />
possibly selling us the proverbial cat in a bag.</p>
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		<title>By: manuela matees</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1296</link>
		<dc:creator>manuela matees</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Viva Kennedy!!!!!!</description>
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		<title>By: AmericanPatriot</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1292</link>
		<dc:creator>AmericanPatriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Since 1965, our U.S. Government, led by forever Senator Teddy Kennedy, passed the Immigration Reform Act, which bumped annual immigration from 100,000 to 1.2 to 1.5 million annually from third world countries. As the U.S. filled up with poverty-prone citizens, the welfare safety net costs U.S. taxpayers, according to the Edwin Rubenstein Report of 2008, a whopping $346 billion annually across 15 federal agencies. 

English--America’s national language for 233 years. But today, millions of illegal criminal aliens along with legal immigrants drive America’s language and culture into a fragmented polyglot pile of mush. Already in America, hundreds of Mexican radio and television stations supplant English and American culture by injecting Mexico’s culture and language into the heart of America. 

Detroit resembles a second Baghdad with close to a million immigrant middle-easterners that refuse to speak English. Los Angeles features 40 percent of its population foreign born. Our whole society is inundated with another culture and it’s having an adverse affect.

It was the politicians, like Kennedy, Reid, Pelosi, and other Dems who caused the problem of between 13 to 30 million settling here and unable to support themselves. Since 1986 there have been seven amnesties, amnesties with the promises of future enforcement, ALL have failed to provide enforcement. The President and Dems are now planning another attempt at amnesty, We The People refuse, absolutely refuse to be sold on another &quot;path to citizenship&quot; amnesty for illegal aliens.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since 1965, our U.S. Government, led by forever Senator Teddy Kennedy, passed the Immigration Reform Act, which bumped annual immigration from 100,000 to 1.2 to 1.5 million annually from third world countries. As the U.S. filled up with poverty-prone citizens, the welfare safety net costs U.S. taxpayers, according to the Edwin Rubenstein Report of 2008, a whopping $346 billion annually across 15 federal agencies. </p>
<p>English&#8211;America’s national language for 233 years. But today, millions of illegal criminal aliens along with legal immigrants drive America’s language and culture into a fragmented polyglot pile of mush. Already in America, hundreds of Mexican radio and television stations supplant English and American culture by injecting Mexico’s culture and language into the heart of America. </p>
<p>Detroit resembles a second Baghdad with close to a million immigrant middle-easterners that refuse to speak English. Los Angeles features 40 percent of its population foreign born. Our whole society is inundated with another culture and it’s having an adverse affect.</p>
<p>It was the politicians, like Kennedy, Reid, Pelosi, and other Dems who caused the problem of between 13 to 30 million settling here and unable to support themselves. Since 1986 there have been seven amnesties, amnesties with the promises of future enforcement, ALL have failed to provide enforcement. The President and Dems are now planning another attempt at amnesty, We The People refuse, absolutely refuse to be sold on another &#8220;path to citizenship&#8221; amnesty for illegal aliens.</p>
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		<title>By: heya</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1268</link>
		<dc:creator>heya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is funny to hear from Yeh Ling-Ling because sounds like you and your ancestors are NOT American American...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is funny to hear from Yeh Ling-Ling because sounds like you and your ancestors are NOT American American&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Bobby</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1265</link>
		<dc:creator>Bobby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kennedy might have shaped the modern day immigration system, in which the whole world is invited to the U.S., but where were the citizens all of that time?? Answer: They did not care enough, just like today they don&#039;t care enough. Americans have decided that immigration law is unimportant and we will pay the price, a very heavy price.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kennedy might have shaped the modern day immigration system, in which the whole world is invited to the U.S., but where were the citizens all of that time?? Answer: They did not care enough, just like today they don&#8217;t care enough. Americans have decided that immigration law is unimportant and we will pay the price, a very heavy price.</p>
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		<title>By: Dana Garcia</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1261</link>
		<dc:creator>Dana Garcia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ted Kennedy did more to destroy America than anyone else in the last half century. I don&#039;t believe that his intentions were good in the 1965 immigration bill, since the Senate amnesty legislation in 2007 was similarly filled with loopholes to benefit foreign gang members and other criminals.

Look at what&#039;s happened to California for a hint of the future for America. Open borders and permissive immigration have created a permanent underclass of low-skilled foreigners and their children. According the state Legislative Analyst Office, »  25 percent (1.6 million) of California’s K-12 students are English learners. About half of hispanic students don&#039;t graduate from high school. Gang activity is up, state revenues are down and the future workforce doesn&#039;t look promising. 

Whole books have been written on how third-world immigration damages the society, and Californians are living that fact -- those who haven&#039;t yet moved out of Mexifornia.

Ted Kennedy&#039;s legacy is all about immigration anarchy, which will continue to shape America to the detriment of citizens.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ted Kennedy did more to destroy America than anyone else in the last half century. I don&#8217;t believe that his intentions were good in the 1965 immigration bill, since the Senate amnesty legislation in 2007 was similarly filled with loopholes to benefit foreign gang members and other criminals.</p>
<p>Look at what&#8217;s happened to California for a hint of the future for America. Open borders and permissive immigration have created a permanent underclass of low-skilled foreigners and their children. According the state Legislative Analyst Office, »  25 percent (1.6 million) of California’s K-12 students are English learners. About half of hispanic students don&#8217;t graduate from high school. Gang activity is up, state revenues are down and the future workforce doesn&#8217;t look promising. </p>
<p>Whole books have been written on how third-world immigration damages the society, and Californians are living that fact &#8212; those who haven&#8217;t yet moved out of Mexifornia.</p>
<p>Ted Kennedy&#8217;s legacy is all about immigration anarchy, which will continue to shape America to the detriment of citizens.</p>
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		<title>By: Delaware Bob</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1253</link>
		<dc:creator>Delaware Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ted Kennedy was a loud mouth liberal work of art.  Yes, some people worshiped him, but he made me sick the way he thought he was better and anyone else. Amnesty for illegal aliens.  He condoned breaking the law.  My history is not real good, but didn&#039;t he kill a woman by letting her drown because he was drunk?  I guess the people of MASS. liked him for keeping him in office for so long.

Well, I hope the loud mouth rests in peace. AMEN!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ted Kennedy was a loud mouth liberal work of art.  Yes, some people worshiped him, but he made me sick the way he thought he was better and anyone else. Amnesty for illegal aliens.  He condoned breaking the law.  My history is not real good, but didn&#8217;t he kill a woman by letting her drown because he was drunk?  I guess the people of MASS. liked him for keeping him in office for so long.</p>
<p>Well, I hope the loud mouth rests in peace. AMEN!</p>
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		<title>By: liberalseatshit</title>
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		<dc:creator>liberalseatshit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>filthy drunken scumbag - thanks for turning this nation into a cesspool teeming with subhuman third world vermin.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>filthy drunken scumbag &#8211; thanks for turning this nation into a cesspool teeming with subhuman third world vermin.</p>
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		<title>By: Kennedy helped destroy the United States with his 1965 immigraton policies &#171; Stoptheinvasionoforegon&#8217;s Blog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kennedy helped destroy the United States with his 1965 immigraton policies &#171; Stoptheinvasionoforegon&#8217;s Blog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Kennedy helped destroy the United States with his 1965 immigraton policies  [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Kathleen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kathleen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Kennedys, especially Ted Kennedy, have done more to destroy this country than the Bush or Clinton families  combined.  Just as the government&#039;s attempted, unconstitutional takeover of health care has served as the catalyst to awaken Americans, my hope is that Ted Kennedy&#039;s passing will force people to finally see these politicians as the severely flawed, power-hungry human beings they are/were and not the superior, infallible people they believe themselves to be.  For the first time in my adult life I could not conjure up one ounce of sadness re the passing of another human being (Ted Kennedy).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Kennedys, especially Ted Kennedy, have done more to destroy this country than the Bush or Clinton families  combined.  Just as the government&#8217;s attempted, unconstitutional takeover of health care has served as the catalyst to awaken Americans, my hope is that Ted Kennedy&#8217;s passing will force people to finally see these politicians as the severely flawed, power-hungry human beings they are/were and not the superior, infallible people they believe themselves to be.  For the first time in my adult life I could not conjure up one ounce of sadness re the passing of another human being (Ted Kennedy).</p>
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		<title>By: Russell</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1234</link>
		<dc:creator>Russell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeh Ling-Ling is absolutely correct and to think otherwise is ridiculously ignoring the consequences to our nation&#039;s unity, English as a unifying language, failure to assimilate and form large, poverty-striken neighborhoods (particularly in Miami, NYC and Los Angeles) full of crime, children out of wedlock, and an uneducated population with no chance of succeeding and the increase drain and overcrowding of our health care system, educational institutions, all at the expense of Americans.  Kennedy&#039;s character is deeply flawed, and his extreme views on immigration have done irreparable damage to this nation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeh Ling-Ling is absolutely correct and to think otherwise is ridiculously ignoring the consequences to our nation&#8217;s unity, English as a unifying language, failure to assimilate and form large, poverty-striken neighborhoods (particularly in Miami, NYC and Los Angeles) full of crime, children out of wedlock, and an uneducated population with no chance of succeeding and the increase drain and overcrowding of our health care system, educational institutions, all at the expense of Americans.  Kennedy&#8217;s character is deeply flawed, and his extreme views on immigration have done irreparable damage to this nation.</p>
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		<title>By: Yeh Ling-Ling</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1226</link>
		<dc:creator>Yeh Ling-Ling</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You termed Ted Kennedy&#039;s move to change our immigration policy &quot;victory?&quot; Do you realize that this move drove the U.S. population from less than 200 million people in 1965 to now over 307 million? Are you aware of the impact of this explosion of U.S. population on our labor markets, energy shortages, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure?  Kennedy could afford open door policy because he always had an easy life!

Three decades ago, China already understood that population growth and immigration would impede its economic success. It has seriously controlled its population growth and restricted immigration even for people of Chinese descent. But the U.S. has done just the opposite.  Should we be surprised that China now is the largest holder of foreign currency reserves in the world while the U.S. is the greatest debtor nation on this planet?

The need to learn from China was briefly explained in my article which appeared on 12/31/07 in the Providence Journal, &quot;My New Year&#039;s Wish: Learn from China.&quot;

Americans must wake up and urge President Obama and Congress to enact some sort of immigration moratorium because one million legal immigrants a year will essentially mean more jobseekers, students, patients and energy users.
Yeh Ling-Ling
Alliance for a Sustainable USA</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You termed Ted Kennedy&#8217;s move to change our immigration policy &#8220;victory?&#8221; Do you realize that this move drove the U.S. population from less than 200 million people in 1965 to now over 307 million? Are you aware of the impact of this explosion of U.S. population on our labor markets, energy shortages, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure?  Kennedy could afford open door policy because he always had an easy life!</p>
<p>Three decades ago, China already understood that population growth and immigration would impede its economic success. It has seriously controlled its population growth and restricted immigration even for people of Chinese descent. But the U.S. has done just the opposite.  Should we be surprised that China now is the largest holder of foreign currency reserves in the world while the U.S. is the greatest debtor nation on this planet?</p>
<p>The need to learn from China was briefly explained in my article which appeared on 12/31/07 in the Providence Journal, &#8220;My New Year&#8217;s Wish: Learn from China.&#8221;</p>
<p>Americans must wake up and urge President Obama and Congress to enact some sort of immigration moratorium because one million legal immigrants a year will essentially mean more jobseekers, students, patients and energy users.<br />
Yeh Ling-Ling<br />
Alliance for a Sustainable USA</p>
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		<title>By: Shannon</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1197</link>
		<dc:creator>Shannon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief...These comments are moderated by WBUR...&quot;

One out of three isn&#039;t bad.  At least Hagop was brief: as for &quot;on topic&quot; and &quot;civil&quot;--highly questionable.

Senator Kennedy was a compassionate person with a flawed past, yet leaves a legacy of civil and human rights legislation demonstrating the better nature of human beings.  

“He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone...” John 8:7</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief&#8230;These comments are moderated by WBUR&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>One out of three isn&#8217;t bad.  At least Hagop was brief: as for &#8220;on topic&#8221; and &#8220;civil&#8221;&#8211;highly questionable.</p>
<p>Senator Kennedy was a compassionate person with a flawed past, yet leaves a legacy of civil and human rights legislation demonstrating the better nature of human beings.  </p>
<p>“He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone&#8230;” John 8:7</p>
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		<title>By: Hagop</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2009/08/27/kennedy-immigration/comment-page-1#comment-1188</link>
		<dc:creator>Hagop</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He was an idiot, cheated at college, coward &quot;The Chap&#039;s Acquitted&quot;</description>
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