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Bryan Sean McKown's avatar

Which laws Bill must be amended, abolish asylum? Chisel out the motto on the Statue of Liberty or re-write it: "Don't gives your poor or sick.Add "No Irish please. Absolutely no refugees from the Third Reich." Yikes -- send them back on the boat they rode in on.

How does one amend any law Mr. Speaker? Mr Speaker, Mr. Speaker -- does anyone know where the Dude is?

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Bill Katz's avatar

Wh are you getting bent out of shape for nothing? I simply want to win an election. I’m less concerned about the disruptions this out of control migration is having. You don’t want to believe it and that’s your prerogative. The poll numbers are not looking very good in spite of a candidate who normally would be laughed off. I’m suggesting for better explanation, a Madison Avenue kind of approach. We must win his election and you just don’t understand.

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Bill Katz's avatar

And btw, the Statute of Liberty was a gift from another country. Don’t get teary eyed over it.

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Cécile Stelzer-Johnson's avatar

Yes. It came from France as a gift. June 17, 1885

After the Statue was presented to Levi P Morton, the U.S. minister to France, on July 4, 1884 in Paris, it was disassembled and shipped to the United States aboard the French Navy ship, Isère. The Statue arrived in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885, and was met with great fanfare.

It is not as widely known, but America reciprocated by giving the French a smaller ,otherwise identical Statue: Bartholdi's original model -- on a smaller scale -- is in the Jardins de Luxembourg. A smaller reproduction of the statue sits on the Pont de Grenelle, more or less in the middle of the Seine, and visible from the Tour Eiffel. She was a thank-you gift to the French people from the US.Mar 18, 2008

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Karen Estby's avatar

True. Saw it in 1972 along with the major attractions in Paris. The fire that destroyed part of Notre Dame was painful to see.

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Cécile Stelzer-Johnson's avatar

Yep. I'm not even religious, but I cried. There are so many buildings like that and they represent so much history. I was there with my students, long before it burned. It was so sad.

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Bryan Sean McKown's avatar

Wow, you are definitely on a roll Cecille. I have to learn how to put the correct little mark above your "e". : )

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Cécile Stelzer-Johnson's avatar

Because I used to teach French, I figured out how to manipulate those characters in French and Spanish.

Of course, they have changed the program since then and I can no longer print them as I go. However, if I start typing in French in the Word program, before too long, I see appear at the bottom of the page an indication that it recognizes that I'm typing in French. It then makes the corrections, which is pretty handy. I used to use the Control and/or shift plus [ ' or` or^ or and ,] to get the necessary accents.

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John Schmeeckle's avatar

Working-class Mexican-Americans and even Blacks (to some extent) are taking a look at Trump because the perception of Biden being soft on illegal immigration goes hand in hand with their concerns about job security.

I don't think this can be reversed with Biden as a candidate, because hatred for Trump's "build a wall" approach has been such a part of Biden's message.

Proposed solution: Get Biden to go along with the thought of a brokered convention.

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Karen Estby's avatar

I agree with the Madison Avenue approach. The facts won’t penetrate the brains of the MAGA crowd but they might be swayed by a campaign of perception. Perhaps subliminal advertising would work to counteract their brainwashing. I’m serious about this, especially after seeing the “interviews” of some Trump supporters. They have bought the BS completely and are quite ridiculous in their beliefs.

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Bill Katz's avatar

I was once a political insider locally and I understand how politicians think. And some of it includes what will sell to the different segments of the community. We are becoming numb to what is really going on. We don’t quite understand that this is the real challenge and if we lose ou chance, democracy falls as we have known it. So I keep hammering away that I’m sorry, the hundreds of thousands of peasants wanting in all at once will need to wait because saving my country is more important than them walking a thousand miles north.

Oh and another point. John Schmeekle consider him a blessing. He is teaching you something don’t ignore it. By his own myopic views, you want to read his screeds and learn from it. And he is no troll. He is just having a little fun making many of you scream. John, I understand you little rascal. John believe what he writes but he sometimes chooses to read stuff not well written but that it agrees with his view points. He doesn’t want to expand his mind. Oki dokie?

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