Originally Posted by BigDavyG

I haven't moaned about anyone, and prefer not to cos there are just so damned many of them.
I think that if someone constantly berates one particular channel for being biased then that might say as much about the berator as it does about the beratee.

Originally Posted by Elvira

Ah - that's so sweet of you! Are you a bit like that nice Mr Robinson then?

Originally Posted by Elvira

I don't actually recall having berated Fox News in recent memory. However, how anyone could claim that they are not biased is beyond me. Fox News is trash TV that caters to people's prejudices in a shameless manner.

Originally Posted by Elvira

Ah - that's so sweet of you! Are you a bit like that nice Mr Robinson then?

Originally Posted by Elvira

I don't actually recall having berated Fox News in recent memory. However, how anyone could claim that they are not biased is beyond me. Fox News is trash TV that caters to people's prejudices in a shameless manner.

Originally Posted by BigDavyG

Indeed - my jams and marmalades are simply stunning

Originally Posted by Kate2112

Will anyone here be going out today to spend extra dollars to make up for illegal immigrants withdrawing their spending power today? Personally I will choose not to, not to support any interest group but so I dont take part in what I think is essentially a pathetic stand on both sides.

Does anyone here watch any of the Fux News, CNN, NPR blah blah and believe that it is absolutely correct with no agenda of its own? One of the first topics examinded in Sociology at A level was to read/listen/examine for yourself and decide where you stand on it independantly of whatever interest group would like you to think. I dont watch Fux News as I find it dull watching, whatever about its slant or misinformation.

I think most of us make up our own minds and recieving an email like this is something that many of us would just dump. The people who would support extra spending to nullify any effect by protestors will do it with or without this kind of request.

Just my 2c

Originally Posted by gruffbrown

'Robertson'...... I know he's not a dead Opera singer, so it must be difficult

Originally Posted by gruffbrown

Does this mean my grass won't get mowed on May 1st? Bugger.

Originally Posted by lee_in_nj

PS. I dont count one alien worker missing from out back, and thats a lot. There are also about 12 mexicans working the lawns outside. Shame, but not really.

Originally Posted by Kate2112

Will anyone here be going out today to spend extra dollars to make up for illegal immigrants withdrawing their spending power today? Personally I will choose not to, not to support any interest group but so I dont take part in what I think is essentially a pathetic stand on both sides.

Does anyone here watch any of the Fux News, CNN, NPR blah blah and believe that it is absolutely correct with no agenda of its own? One of the first topics examinded in Sociology at A level was to read/listen/examine for yourself and decide where you stand on it independantly of whatever interest group would like you to think. I dont watch Fux News as I find it dull watching, whatever about its slant or misinformation.

I think most of us make up our own minds and recieving an email like this is something that many of us would just dump. The people who would support extra spending to nullify any effect by protestors will do it with or without this kind of request.

Just my 2c

Originally Posted by lee_in_nj

PS. I dont count one alien worker missing from out back, and thats a lot. There are also about 12 mexicans working the lawns outside. Shame, but not really.

Originally Posted by TruBrit

This is an email sent from a friend in Az...dunno what y'all think but thought I'd pass it on.......imho it's gonna get a whole lot worse before it gets better

THIS IS IMPORTANT!



WASHINGTON (AFP) Immigrant's rights advocates, elated by the resounding success of Monday's "National Day of Action," which drew the backing of hundreds of thousands of protesters across the United States and infinite media coverage, are now planning a national boycott which they hope will have an even greater resonance. Organizers are planning the May 1 "Great American Boycott," urging illegal immigrants -- who cannot vote and who have only limited political power -- to flex their economic muscle. Protesters are being urged to refrain from shopping, and to stay away from school and work.



You should take a moment to let that sink in.



This is a movement orchestrated by people who entered the US illegally, and who then want to scream about their "rights." WHAT RIGHTS? YOU?RE HERE ILLEGALLY!



Let's take a look at some of the many benefits that illegal aliens have blessed our great country with: Street gangs, graffiti, drugs, skyrocketing Healthcare, depreciation of property value, illiteracy. The list could go on. What they actually have to offer (cheap labor) pales to what they have given our country to deal with. I'll take expensive vegetables over expensive Healthcare any day!



And now, like terrorists, they are going to attack our economy -- the one entity that makes our nation stand out from all the others: The backbone of our nation. The country they came to like locusts so they could reap the benefits is now the focus of their boycott. You've seen it on TV: Marching on our American streets waving their Mexican flags, boldly showing that they can be more racist than who they accuse of, and yet the obvious is totally oblivious to them. LOOK! IF YOU'VE GOT IT SO BAD HERE, THEN LEAVE!!!



To all the real Americans, you can do one small thing on May 1, 2006. It won't be rait, nor will it be violent. It will not be boastful, arrogant, selfish, or distasteful. It will not be any of those things that our "guests" have already displayed. What it will do is nullify a movement.



All you have to do is buy something on May 1st. Make up for what they will try to take away. It doesn't have to be a new car or house (unless you were already planning on getting one). It simply needs to be a day of trading.



Hold off grocery buying until May 1st. Take your wife out to eat that night. Get the kid?s pizza, hamburgers, whatever (AND NO MEXICAN FOOD!!). Make several trips to the convenience store. Buy your meals at work. Fill up your tank. Shop for clothes, furniture, and outdoor equipment. If it needs to be bought, BUY IT ON MAY 1st!



Those are just a few suggestions. We're not asking you to spend your inheritance that day, but just to spend more than you normally would. Even if it's only a few dollars, this will help soften the blow that the Mexicans will try to inflict on our economy that day. It sounds trivial at first, but if this idea gets around, what the Mexicans set out to do will fail.



NOW COMES THE HARD PART: This email will not self-destruct if you don't send it to someone. It will not cause bad luck, nor will it make you impotent. It will not do some trick or show a cute little animation if you send it to "X" amount of people. You will not get paid for doing it. And Bill Gates doesn't?t give a flip about it, so he won?t be sending you any spare cash. If you have read it, you might be inclined to send it to someone else. It will not happen though, if it just gets deleted. So forward it at will. IN FACT, FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE ONE YOU KNOW! YOU WILL BE DOING YOUR COUNTRY (AND YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS) A BIG FAVOR!