Michael Cash wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 08:06:16 -0400, Kevin Gowen
> <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> brought down from the Mount tablets
> inscribed:
> 
> 
>>necoandjeff wrote:
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>>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
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>>>>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
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>>>>>>Eric Takabayashi wrote:
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>>>>>>>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?
> 
> 
> We conservatives hate immigrants and furriners....remember?

Oh yeah, I forgot! Mike, what should I do? I not only married a 
furriner, but I made a baby with one!

I had better become a Democrat, but quick, since that is the party of 
America's jingoes.

> Did you know that on a program sponsored by H.J. Heinz Co. a panelist
> stated that ketchup is a vegetable? (I could make an audio clip if you
> want) I feel vindicated, don't you?

Bring on the clip!

- Kevin