necoandjeff wrote:
> Kevin Gowen wrote:
> 
>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>
>>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>It is a real disappointment to find that the process to get into
>>>>
>>>>Japan and get
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>a permanent resident visa, involving a wait at home of a few weeks
>>>>>from start to finish and accomplished locally in minutes of
>>>>>requesting or submitting papers, was easier than getting my wife
>>>>>into the US will be.
>>>>
>>>>You may wish to consider the volume of immigration that the US and
>>>>Japan process in a given year.
>>>
>>>
>>>The US is generally not the country of the two considered to be
>>>xenophobic or exclusionist.
>>
>>Yes. That is why the US's immigration rate is measured in millions,
>>not thousands. Last year the U.S. processed over 6.4 million
>>applications for immigration benefits, and naturalized 456,000 new
>>citizens. This is why our population is growing even though our
>>fertility rate is below replenishment.
> 
> 
> If only we could get the supreme court to stop allowing people to suck their
> babies down the sink, we could keep out all those damn furriners...

I'm sorry that you think abortion was not allowed before the Supreme
Court took up the issue. What did they teach you at Boalt Hall, "dude"?

What's with the "damn furriners" crack?

- Kevin