Minuteman Salsa...buy a jar and kick an illegal outta here

[footstepsfrom#27]

Heard about this on the radio today...25% of the profits go to support the private border patrol known as the "Minutemen" that are keeping an eye on illegals coming over the border. From the website: http://www.minutemansalsa.com/default.html

Supporting our country by supporting the Minuteman Project
A portion of the proceeds of every sale of Minuteman Salsa will benefit the courageous men and women of the Minuteman Project, guarding America’s borders.

These good people are watching our border while our government is too busy doing other things.

America's Patriotic Salsa

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[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Cool.

Hopefully the idea will take off and we'll see the emergence of businesses like "Minuteman Construction Company" and "Minuteman Landscaping" sometime soon.

[RMT]

Originally Posted by footstepsfrom#27

Heard about this on the radio today...25% of the profits go to support the private border patrol known as the "Minutemen" that are keeping an eye on illegals coming over the border. From the website: http://www.minutemansalsa.com/default.html


America's Patriotic Salsa

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Awesome - I wonder if anyone will bring some of this stuff to the tailgates

[footstepsfrom#27]

One problem...it's $4.95 a jar.

[Orange4ever]

Originally Posted by footstepsfrom#27

One problem...it's $4.95 a jar.

Quite cheap, if you ask me, to secure our borders!

[Spider]

I wish I could get on the hate bandwagon ...... I did for a bit when all that protesting went down , but now that time is passed , I dont hate em anymore ...... it is just damn hard to hate a hard working man supporting his family any way he can ..........But Iam working on it

[SteveTensi13]

Originally Posted by Earl or Cledus

I wish I could get on the hate bandwagon ...... I did for a bit when all that protesting went down , but now that time is passed , I dont hate em anymore ...... it is just damn hard to hate a hard working man supporting his family any way he can ..........But Iam working on it

Yea, Know what you mean. Imagine all the time and effort it takes to pack all that cocaine, heroin and marijuana into those tiny little spaces upinside a cars dashboard or wheel well. Then have to truck all that stuff hundreds of miles across the border dodging cops left and right. Man I feel for them!

[spdirty]

good deal...I'll have to get some.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

Originally Posted by SteveTensi13

Yea, Know what you mean. Imagine all the time and effort it takes to pack all that cocaine, heroin and marijuana into those tiny little spaces upinside a cars dashboard or wheel well. Then have to truck all that stuff hundreds of miles across the border dodging cops left and right. Man I feel for them!

I guess it takes one to know one.

[SteveTensi13]

Originally Posted by L.A. BRONCOS FAN

I guess it takes one to know one.

Good God that was weak! Tired are we?

[BKK]

Great idea! and kind of ironic, being that it is salsa. I will buy it, but what needs to be done is to get it served in restaurants to drive the message home.

[Hotrod]

I'd buy it if its good I love a good salsa...

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by Earl or Cledus

I wish I could get on the hate bandwagon ...... I did for a bit when all that protesting went down , but now that time is passed , I dont hate em anymore ...... it is just damn hard to hate a hard working man supporting his family any way he can ..........But Iam working on it

Don't have to hate anyone to understand that allowing criminals unfettered access to this country is a critical security risk let alone the billions and billions these people that break our country's laws cost American taxpayers every year.

About Minuteman Salsa

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Minuteman Salsa is American-made salsa. We are proud of our country, and believe it’s worth defending.
Leading competitors – including brands you probably have in your pantry – are either foreign made or rely on foreign-sourced ingredients.
At Minuteman Salsa, American citizens are proud to make America’s Patriotic Salsa. We don’t rely on illegal workers, foreign factories, or crops grown south of the border.

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You won’t see “Product of Mexico” on our label, because it’s not.
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[Spider]

Yeah I knw they are criminals , oh and Steve you should be kiising all thier asses without them you are back to metermais status ............. Busting those bastards that try to park for 2 ½ hours in a 2 hour parking zone

[orangenblue2]

Originally Posted by SteveTensi13

Yea, Know what you mean. Imagine all the time and effort it takes to pack all that cocaine, heroin and marijuana into those tiny little spaces upinside a cars dashboard or wheel well. Then have to truck all that stuff hundreds of miles across the border dodging cops left and right. Man I feel for them!

Yeah, they all do that. Have another frickin donut...

[El Minion]

Blending In, Moving Up

By Tyler Cowen and Daniel M. Rothschild
Monday, June 12, 2006; A21

Beneath the surface of the immigration debate is a debate about shared values. If we look at just three of those values -- the English language, family and hard work -- we see a higher level of Latino assimilation than is often presumed.

Despite claims to the contrary, census data show that most Latino immigrants learn and speak English quite well. Only about 2.5 percent of American residents speak Spanish but not English. The majority of residents of Spanish-speaking households speak English "very well."

Only 7 percent of the children of Latino immigrants speak Spanish as a primary language, and virtually none of their children do. Just as they did a century ago, immigrants largely come knowing little English. But they learn, and their children use it as a primary language. The United States is not becoming a bilingual nation.

A key indicator is the rise of the English-language Latino publication market. National magazines such as Hispanic Business (circulation 265,000) and Latina (circulation 2 million) are published in English. So are regional publications in cities including New York, Houston and Los Angeles. The reason is simple: English is becoming the language of Hispanic American commerce and culture. Just as few Jewish-interest magazines are published in Yiddish, in a generation most Latino-interest publications will probably be in English.

The family has long been the core social unit in America, and immigrants share that value. Census data show that 62 percent of immigrants over age 15 are married, compared to 52 percent of natives. Only 6 percent of Latino adults are divorced, compared with 10 percent of whites and 12 percent of African Americans. Latino immigrants are more likely to live in multigenerational households rather than just visiting grandparents a couple of times a year.

Most Latino immigrants want to become U.S. citizens. This process takes years, so recent immigrants are not a good barometer. But according to the 2000 Census, the majority of Latinos who entered the United States before 1980 have become citizens. And second-generation immigrants are more likely to marry natives than immigrants, further assimilating their children. The majority of immigrants also own their own homes, a key part of the American dream.

Immigrants from Central and South America share the American predilection for hard work and economic advancement. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that Hispanic men are more likely than white men to be in the labor force. While immigrant Latinas initially lag behind native women, Francine Blau and Lawrence Kahn of the National Bureau of Economic Research have shown that, despite initial inclinations to be stay-at-home moms, immigrant women quickly assimilate into the American workforce.

The children of Latino immigrants do especially well at work. James P. Smith of Rand Corp. has shown that the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants come very close to closing educational and income gaps with native whites. This is the same as it has always been in American immigration: Newcomers know what keeps them outside the mainstream and work hard to make sure that their children do better. Immigrant Latino men make about half of what native whites do; their grandsons earn about 78 percent of the salaries of their native white friends.

Studies such as Smith's, because they track trends over time, are better at discovering patterns of assimilation than studies that compare immigrants in 2006 to natives. The latter present a snapshot; they can't demonstrate long-term trends.

It's true that recent immigrants have not been closing the wage gap as fast as earlier immigrants. But David Card of the University of California at Berkeley, John DiNardo of the University of Michigan and Eugena Estes of Princeton attribute this to an increase in inequality nationwide. Controlling for this, Latino immigrants are doing as well as immigrants a century ago.

Of course, assimilation is not instantaneous. First-generation immigrants often hold on to the language and customs of the old country. Some immigrants ghettoize themselves and avoid the mainstream. But the overall patterns are far more positive than many recent debates have suggested.

Let's not forget that assimilating into American culture means taking the bad with the good. Robert Sampson of Harvard has found that immigrants are 45 percent less likely than third-generation Americans to commit violent crime. Divorce rates increase with each generation.

For all the rhetoric on both sides, the evidence deserves a closer look. Latino immigrants, like generations of immigrants before, are entering the mainstream of life in the United States. Ours is the best country in the world at assimilating immigrants. This should be a badge of honor, and one that we wear proudly.

Tyler Cowen is a professor of economics at George Mason University and general director of its Mercatus Center. Daniel M. Rothschild is associate director of the Global Prosperity Initiative at the Mercatus Center.

© 2006 The Washington Post Company

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by El Minion

Blending In, Moving Up

By Tyler Cowen and Daniel M. Rothschild
Monday, June 12, 2006; A21

Beneath the surface of the immigration debate is a debate about shared values. If we look at just three of those values -- the English language, family and hard work -- we see a higher level of Latino assimilation than is often presumed.

Despite claims to the contrary, census data show that most Latino immigrants learn and speak English quite well.

Where are your stats for ILLEGALS in this country?

[RMT]

Originally Posted by Earl or Cledus

I wish I could get on the hate bandwagon ...... I did for a bit when all that protesting went down , but now that time is passed , I dont hate em anymore ...... it is just damn hard to hate a hard working man supporting his family any way he can ..........But Iam working on it

It isn't that easy - they aren't all "hard working." I've heard personal accounts of some heinous crimes committed against American citizens. Then we end up paying for those illegal immigrants to sit in American jails.

I also do not agree with children of illegal immigrants being given citizenship. Educating a child of an illegal immigrant costs about $100,000 per child and most of these families are large. Just think - a family with 5 children cost taxpayers $500,000, and that's just to educate the children (and assuming they don't drop out). That does not include the welfare, WIC, food stamps, free healthcare benefits these families are given either. I don't have a problem with people living a decent life but I do when it's at the expense of the American taxpayer. I resent the fact that our generosity is being taken advantage of.

The sense of entitlement, along with the Aztlan movement in the southwest part of the United States that was evident during the spring "boycotts" only solidified my opposition.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by RMT

It isn't that easy - they aren't all "hard working." I've heard personal accounts of some heinous crimes committed against American citizens. Then we end up paying for those illegal immigrants to sit in American jails.

I also do not agree with children of illegal immigrants being given citizenship. Educating a child of an illegal immigrant costs about $100,000 per child and most of these families are large. Just think - a family with 5 children cost taxpayers $500,000, and that's just to educate the children (and assuming they don't drop out). That does not include the welfare, WIC, food stamps, free healthcare benefits these families are given either. I don't have a problem with people living a decent life but I do when it's at the expense of the American taxpayer. I resent the fact that our generosity is being taken advantage of.

The sense of entitlement, along with the Aztlan movement in the southwest part of the United States that was evident during the spring "boycotts" only solidified my opposition.

isnt that easy huh , all summer i have been in the deep south , Heat you wouldnt believe , I seen these illegals working , damn hard I might add .... this is the majority of them , sure some are lazy , drug runners and oh my Gawd some are even Democrats ( shudder) ............ you realy didnt think that cause they are all from mexico , they all behave the same way ?
some bad apples ruin it for everyone I guess

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Originally Posted by Earl or Cledus

isnt that easy huh , all summer i have been in the deep south , Heat you wouldnt believe , I seen these illegals working , damn hard I might add .... this is the majority of them , sure some are lazy , drug runners and oh my Gawd some are even Democrats ( shudder) ............ you realy didnt think that cause they are all from mexico , they all behave the same way ?
some bad apples ruin it for everyone I guess

I'm pretty sure Illegals don't register under any party in the U.S.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

I'm pretty sure Illegals don't register under any party in the U.S.

ya think

[Spider]

rumor has it ..................this is just so shocking .......... that some of these illegal men have fathered ...... hope yo uare sitting down ... black children .....

[footstepsfrom#27]

Originally Posted by Earl or Cledus

rumor has it ..................this is just so shocking .......... that some of these illegal men have fathered ...... hope yo uare sitting down ... black children .....

I guess your point is that poverty tends to breed social problems...right?

[Spider]

Originally Posted by footstepsfrom#27

I guess your point is that poverty tends to breed social problems...right?

no not realy , I just think a man working to improve his standard of living for himself and family shouldnt be looked down on , or called a criminal ..... FS27 , how far would you go to improve the life of your family ?
could you go to bed knowing your kids are hungry ?

[El Minion]

Originally Posted by Bronco_Beerslug

Where are your stats for ILLEGALS in this country?

We all know it's about (illegal) immigration. Thats what these studies are about:

Study: Immigrants Not Hurting U.S. Jobs
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
The Associated Press
Thursday, August 10, 2006; 9:16 PM

WASHINGTON -- Big increases in immigration since 1990 have not hurt employment prospects for American workers, says a study released Thursday.

The report comes as Congress and much of the nation are debating immigration policy, a big issue in this fall's midterm congressional elections.

The Pew Hispanic Center found no evidence that increases in immigration led to higher unemployment among Americans, said Rakesh Kochhar, who authored the study.

Kochhar said other factors, such as economic growth, played a larger role than immigration in setting the job market for Americans.

Kochhar cautioned that immigration could affect job markets in some local areas, but the study found no national trends supporting a link. States with big increases in immigration were just as likely to have low unemployment as states with little immigration, he said.

"We cannot say with certainty that the growth in the foreign born population has either hurt or helped" the job market, Kochhar said.

The study, however, did not look at whether wages were affected by immigration. Advocates for tighter immigration policies argue that immigrant workers depress wages for American workers, especially those with few skills and little education.

Immigration supporters argue that foreign workers often take jobs that Americans don't want and won't take.

The Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization that does not advocate policy positions. The center studied census data on the increase in immigrants from 1990 to 2000, and from 2000 to 2004, for each state. It matched those figures with state employment rates, unemployment rates and participation in the labor force among native-born Americans.

The U.S. had 28 million immigrants _ legal and illegal _ age 16 and older in 2000, an increase of 61 percent from 1990. By 2004, there were 32 million.

Among the study's findings:

_Twenty-two states had immigration levels above the national average from 1990 to 2000. Among them, 14 had employment rates for native-born workers above the national average in 2000, and eight had employment rates below the national average.

_Twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia had immigration levels below the national average from 1990 to 2000. Among them, 16 had above average employment rates for native-born workers in 2000, and 13 had below average employment rates.

_Twenty-four states had immigration levels above the national average from 2000 to 2004. Among them, 13 states had employment rates for native-born Americans above the national average in 2004, and 11 had employment rates below the national average.

_Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia had immigration levels below the national average from 2000 to 2004. Among them, 12 had employment rates for native-born Americans above the national average, and 15 had employment rates below the national average.

Immigrants tend to be younger and have less education than American workers. The study, however, found "no apparent relationship between the growth of foreign workers with less education and the employment outcome of native workers with the same low level of education."

However, Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, said his research shows that many young workers with little education are hurt by competition from immigrants.

"Employment for less educated natives has declined, and their wages have declined," said Camarota, who advocates stricter immigration policies. "There is no shortage of less educated workers in the United States."

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On The Net:

Pew Hispanic Center: http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID69

Center for Immigration Studies: http://www.cis.org/