Comments on: … And another thing http://rationaloptimist.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/and-another-thing/ Frank S. Robinson's blog on life, society, politics, and philosophy Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:52:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Drona K http://rationaloptimist.wordpress.com/2008/08/03/and-another-thing/#comment-185 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:50:47 +0000 http://rationaloptimist.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-185 I often wonder how much an apple or head of lettuce would cost if we had to pay legal immigrants (I doubt we could get citizens to do this work so let’s not even discuss this) to do the job?

We often forget that our early forefathers were illegal immigrants to a land that belonged to someone else. The strong, bright, and persistent made this nation great. The present consumer society that considers education for geeks and will rarely get higher education and only wants to play Nintendo will not continue this tradition. It is up to the brilliant fugitives, outcastes, or those just seeking opportunity in America to continue this tradition.

“We’re all very different people. We’re not Watusi, we’re not … our forefathers were thrown out of every decent country in the world–’), …” – John Winger (Bill Murray’s character in STRIPES, 1981)

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