Think it's racist to say...?

[wRek]

Obviously, but you can trash this wonderful country. Great.

How did I trash this country? I simply trashed a majority of it's inhabitants.

[808BMW]

Thats okay, the sugar industry crumbled and the white guys came back and stole everything anyway.

[1991 318is]

The original post mentions Teddy Roosevelt. He also made statements that were outright racist against the Japanese and advocated for not allowing them to immigrate at all. Here's another quote: "We are therefore faced by the fact that our people will not tolerate, and ought not to tolerate, the presence among them of large bodies of Japanese; and that so long as they are here in large bodies there is always chance either of violence on the part of mobs or of indiscreet and improper action by the legislative bodies of the Western states under demagogic influence. Furthermore, in Hawaii the Japanese already many times outnumber the whites, and have shown on more than one recent occasion a spirit both truculent and insolent.
In Hawaii the trouble is primarily due to the shortsighted greed of the sugar planters and of the great employers generally, who showed themselves incapable of thinking of the future of their children and anxious only to make fortunes from estates tilled by coolie labor."

Because I have a well paying job working for the federal government, a wife, and a daughter. The move wouldn't make sense for me.

Obviously, but you can trash this wonderful country. Great.

[wRek]

Why don't you take your stupid ass back to Costa Rica if you love it so much, jackhole.

Because I have a well paying job working for the federal government, a wife, and a daughter. The move wouldn't make sense for me.

[Maluco]

Lol. Ethanol. Another liberal joke. And so what if my boycott is not radial? Do you hear me asking you to join? At least I am not pushing Spanish on you and making you push 1.

Oh, I see now. You are Mr. Political. Well, I don't argue politics. I didn't understand your last statement.

BTW: the "am I asking you to join, believe, pray, vote" statement is classic.... I didn't mean for you to take it personal. Just discussing things.

Are you at all reading what I have posted my last two posts? I have never once said that the United States is completely dependant on these other countries. What I have said is that many Americans ARE dependant on the products of those countries.

I know my heritage. I'm not saying that they didn't work hard, or that the hispanic/spanish immigrants to this country deserve free hand-outs. But when you get a bunch of people sitting around talking about how annoyed they are with spanish people not speaking english... It strikes a bit of a soft spot, considering that my family LIVES in Costa Rica. I have a very large problem with the very hypocritical attitude that many Americans have towards the people of foreign countries.

Why don't you take your stupid ass back to Costa Rica if you love it so much, jackhole.

You've proven that arguing with you is completely pointless.

You probably hate all Arabs too, don't you?

HAha, you wish idiot. So, you just realized I love starting shit, or was that last week? INTERNZT SERIOUS BISSNIS

[wRek]

Lol. Ethanol. Another liberal joke.

You've proven that arguing with you is completely pointless.

You probably hate all Arabs too, don't you?

[SnowFiend]

I believe a large percentage of illegal immigrants don't speak English because they choose not to learn it. That in itself is disrespectful to this country and its residents. Also, I have a beef with illegal and legal immigrants alike because when they had their walkouts last year they waved Mexican flags. If they wanted the public support, they should have shown that they indeed live in the United States and are greatful for the opportunity by waving the flag of their new country. I wouldn't ask them to forget their culture, but merely become a functioning part of ours.

[wRek]

I'm obviously reading a lot more than you are considering that the posts you have contributed to this thread have made either no or very little sense at all. If many Americans ARE dependant of the products these countries supply us with then yes it does sound like your IMPLYING that the US in general depends on them. I have not once said that is in fact what you are stating but its how its said. Many of those products you listed we do get from other countries as well. With that being said, it is easy to boycott products from those countries.

The posts I have contributed to this thread have been of a differing opinion than your own, and because of that you have chosen to believe that they "make little or no sense." My posts make perfect sense, you simply do not agree with them.

Just because many Americans depend on a product, or group of products, that does not mean that the United States as a whole depends on the product. Electricity is something that the United States would depend on. Coffee, sugar, and fruit are agricultural products that some Americans depend on. If you want to consider the American people and the United States as being one single thing, than yes... The United States IS IN FACT dependant on many of the countries south of the United States border.

Is boycotting not a little extreme? You make it seem like you are funding terrorism. What if other countries were to take up your same concept and apply it in different forms; say not participate in free trade? Or pull a Chavez and whoever else. Do you view the US as a self-sustaining nation? We already know the US imports way more than it exports, hence the trade deficit. What if those countries were to say enough, get out. Are you familiar at all with the agreements the US and Brasil have made regarding Biotechnology, mainly Ethanol via imported Brazilian Sugar Cane and Soy beans and technologies? Of course there are alot of American Farmers that aren't happy about that. (do you farm by chance ;)) IMO your boycotting view is a bit radical. There is probably so much you do on any given day that is tied to products and/or services related to south of the border.... and the rest of the World.

Lol. Ethanol. Another liberal joke. And so what if my boycott is not radial? Do you hear me asking you to join? At least I am not pushing Spanish on you and making you push 1.

Well, since we're having a discussion about immigrants learning english I feel that you should be an expert. The sad thing is that obviously you are not...

Good thing you can only concentrate on misspellings, instead of actually trying to attack my point. INTERNETZ SIRIOUS BIZZZNIESS

[Maluco]

If it saids "Made in Mexico" or whever else is in my boycott, I do not buy. Yes, I realize that some products are a conglomerate, and yes, I do my best to avoid them.

Is boycotting not a little extreme? You make it seem like you are funding terrorism. What if other countries were to take up your same concept and apply it in different forms; say not participate in free trade? Or pull a Chavez and whoever else. Do you view the US as a self-sustaining nation? We already know the US imports way more than it exports, hence the trade deficit. What if those countries were to say enough, get out. Are you familiar at all with the agreements the US and Brasil have made regarding Biotechnology, mainly Ethanol via imported Brazilian Sugar Cane and Soy beans and technologies? Of course there are alot of American Farmers that aren't happy about that. (do you farm by chance ;)) IMO your boycotting view is a bit radical. There is probably so much you do on any given day that is tied to products and/or services related to south of the border.... and the rest of the World.

[White Nightmare]

Are you at all reading what I have posted my last two posts? I have never once said that the United States is completely dependant on these other countries. What I have said is that many Americans ARE dependant on the products of those countries.

I know my heritage. I'm not saying that they didn't work hard, or that the hispanic/spanish immigrants to this country deserve free hand-outs. But when you get a bunch of people sitting around talking about how annoyed they are with spanish people not speaking english... It strikes a bit of a soft spot, considering that my family LIVES in Costa Rica. I have a very large problem with the very hypocritical attitude that many Americans have towards the people of foreign countries.

I'm obviously reading a lot more than you are considering that the posts you have contributed to this thread have made either no or very little sense at all. If many Americans ARE dependant of the products these countries supply us with then yes it does sound like your IMPLYING that the US in general depends on them. I have not once said that is in fact what you are stating but its how its said. Many of those products you listed we do get from other countries as well. With that being said, it is easy to boycott products from those countries.