Savage to immigrants: ‘Go back to where you came from.’
Savage to immigrants: ‘Go back to where you came from.’
On July 5, hate radio host Michael Savage discussed a recent hunger strike organized by five students in the San Francisco area to show their support for the immigration bill:
Then there’s the story of college students who are fasting out here in the Bay Area. They’re illegal aliens and they want green cards simply because they’re students. … I would say, let them fast until they starve to death, then that solves the problem. Because then we won’t have a problem about giving them green cards because they’re illegal aliens; they don’t belong here to begin with. [...]
We don’t need you as engineers. Go back to where you came from. Go back to where you came from and be an engineer. That’s all. Go give your talents to your home country. Go be an engineer there. You stole the education from us; now give it back to your home country. Go make a bomb where you came from. This is unbelievable.
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I'm a stone cold liberal - and I agree with him.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:20 pmMichael Wiener Savage's soul is dead.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:23 pmAny good reasons why these people should be given green cards?
July 9th, 2007 at 6:26 pmI'm surprised he didn't blame immigration on the gays. That's his schick: blame everything on the gays.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:30 pmThis would be fair if all white descendents of European settlers returned to their native lands as well. Two hundred years or so ago you stole this land from the native Americans.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:31 pmI imagine the students were here on Student Visas, therefore not illegal aliens. However, if they were demanding Green Cards I'd say they were wrong in their efforts. But, still Savage does what all talk-radio hosts do: yell loudly and wait for the ad dollars to come in.
There was a time when getting a student visa was allowed for only four year colleges and for specific fields of study. Now you can come from Saudi Arabia to a community college and take general accounting classes or art classes. Since 9/11 nothing has changed the path the hijackers took.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:32 pmHey, Michael Savage, we Native Americans demand you go back to whatever sh*thole you or your ancestors were kicked out of before you invaded our country, how about that.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:33 pmI'm no fan of Savage but I'm sure he was referring to 'illegal' immigrants, a distinction that Lefties refuse to make for no other reason that to obfuscate they issue.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:33 pmWhen are all the Conservative Christians going to denounce this hate speech?
Silence is complicity...
July 9th, 2007 at 6:37 pmI’m no fan of Savage but I’m sure he was referring to ‘illegal’ immigrants, a distinction that Lefties refuse to make for no other reason that to obfuscate they issue.
Comment by Ringo
Want to be technical about it, if you are not Native American, you or your ancestors are ILLEGAL immigrants.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:38 pmI tell this to all racist assholes, why don't YOU go back to your country. The rest can stay.
When are all the Conservative Christians going to denounce this hate speech?
Silence is complicity…
Comment by AkaDad
For that matter, when will ALL denounce hate speech.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:39 pmDo immigrants listen to his show?
July 9th, 2007 at 6:41 pm#9 - Actually, it's more so because the people so adamant about 'illegal' immigrants and are so eager to harp on that distinction tend to be not so adamant about it when picking out who they consider 'illegal' or not, usually having the innate ability to pick out who's an 'illegal' just by sight (and usually being flat out wrong about it).
That's the problem with the immigration debate. While it starts about being against 'illegals', it usually warps into being against ALL immigrants of a certain type, and then usually against all PEOPLE of a certain type. We see it in how quick these nativists are to spout "GO BACK HOME!" to someone who may have been an American citizen for decades, simply because they 'look like an illegal'.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:42 pmSeriously, just let them enter and stay here legally. Is it really so hard? Is it really so bad? Just ensure governmental enforcment of labor standards and fair wages, etc, and all will be fine.
Oh, one other thing, we do need to do a better job of teaching immigrants about what it means to be American - freedom, human rights, democracy, our legal system, representative government, etc. Come to think of it, I think most Americans are due for a refresher on those things. Anyone who yearns to breathe free belongs here, and we need to do a better job of letting those people in.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:45 pmIn the early 1900's Americans were afraid of Italian immigration. Congress went so far as to stop all immigration of Italians and Eastern Europeans. The very same hatred was spewed back then. Many came to America WithOut Papers (WOP) and stayed. Those Italians didn't turn out so bad did they?
July 9th, 2007 at 6:45 pmI'm waiting for this schmoe to have an stroke and have to be sponge bathed by some illegal immigrant home service provider everyday. I can dream.....
July 9th, 2007 at 6:46 pmTo the students, NO, NO, NO! You will not receive green cards for the purpose that you demand them. Libs, can't you comprehend that these immigrants want to demand certain rights and force their culture on our society? I agree with Savage. If they want to push us, let us send them home.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:46 pmThese kids are not stealing their education. Since they are undocumented, they cannot receive grants or financial aid -- they are paying for their entire education.
This is from the article:
These students entered the country as children. They had no choice in the matter. They are getting an education, and would most likely stay in this country, if permitted, and we would all benefit from their contribution.
But yeah, they're ILLEGALS, so f*ck 'em. Right?
July 9th, 2007 at 6:47 pm(sarcasm)
Oh yeah, and don't be so quick to piss off an immigrant and send him home with bomb making knowledge. That could come back to haunt us...
July 9th, 2007 at 6:48 pmMeanwhile, our army will promise green cards to anyone who will go to Iraq and pick up the slack. Every Honduran I have spoken to mentions that that first casualty of this war was from Honduras.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:49 pm"Michael Wiener Savage’s soul is dead.
Comment by Mistress Z — July 9, 2007"
Maybe so, but his brain is alive and functioning intelligently!
July 9th, 2007 at 6:49 pm...what it means to be American - freedom, human rights, democracy, our legal system, representative government, etc. Come to think of it, I think most Americans are due for a refresher on those things.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:49 pmComment by Ben B
Point well taken.
This was a class Bush missed.
"Any good reasons why these people should be given green cards?
Comment by No-one in particular — July 9, 2007"
NO!
July 9th, 2007 at 6:49 pmSeriously, just let them enter and stay here legally. Is it really so hard? Is it really so bad? --- Ben B
I'm not so sure, see the Indians let the people from the Mayflower stay. Just look at the results of that, from a Native american point of history =)
I am joking of course...... sort of =D
July 9th, 2007 at 6:50 pmMaybe so, but his brain is alive and functioning intelligently!
Comment by michael
Like yours?
That's not saying much, dingleberry.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:50 pmThe entire subject of immigration reform has brought out the racist bigots in droves. The nasty bunch of hypocrits have forgotten that THEY were once immigrants. How dare they speak of immigrants' "changing America" what do you think happened when their ancestors arrived? What do they think America is about? ALL immigrants face this type of prejudice, regardless of where they come from. My ancestors came from Ireland and England and they faced this same type of racism. All new immigrants fight that attitude. These small minded "it's mine" attitude is anti American. Righeous people SUPPORT immigrants and HELP them adjust to life in America with a HELPING HAND not with racism and hate.The influx of many different people are what MAKES America great. All the anti immigrant jerks should be shipped back to wherever they came from.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:53 pmThe type of immigrant reform we need is to streamline the system and make it friendlier to the immigrant, and we should place limits on immigrants if we feel there are too many and not attack individuals. It is sickening the abuse being heaped on immigrants with brown skin. The true level of racism in America is being exposed and it is shameful. I feel for all LEGAL immigrants, they are being maligned by these racist jerks.
I agree with Savage. If they want to push us, let us send them home.
Comment by Daryll
Ahhhhh.......another one we Native Amercans need to demand to be sent back to where he came from. Go away bigot. Catch the next boat.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:53 pmThe DREAM (or Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act would provide a pathway to citizenship and other benefits for certain illegal immigrants who entered the United States before the age of 16 if they graduate from high school and enroll in either college or the military.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:54 pmComment by Mistress Z
This is a good Act. These kids have not broken any laws. We have too many U.S. born kids who have tossed their education to the wind.
Maybe so, but his brain is alive and functioning intelligently!
Comment by michael
Unlike yours
July 9th, 2007 at 6:54 pmI haven't heard those words in a long time. I remember when the civil rights bill passed African Americans were told to go back where they came from.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:54 pmMost just looked around and said I'm from New York.
Now those words are used again. As for these young people being students well Americans have no problem with the US outsourcing jobs even the government now does it. With segregation back and colleges accepting more foreign student then Americans, we will have a majority of American children working at McDonalds. Talk about the
dumbing down of America at lease we are seeing how
it works. These young immigrate engineer students
need not worry Boeing is hiring now and will give them employment with the education they have. Most large companies don't hire American student just ask the one's working at the fast food places with their BA degrees.
These students are NOT seeking 'green cards' - only the opportunity to attend state colleges at in-state tuition rates.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:55 pmMany have only known California as home, having come with parents that are un-documented (sorry no human being is 'illegal'). These students have attended CA high schools and only want to further their education by attending college ~
Yes, I'm aware of the First Amendment to our constitution (free speech) but Mr. Savage is truly reprehensible.
PS I feel for all the ILLEGAL immigrants that are suffering this abuse too, but I am aware they are breaking the law being here without papers, HOwEVER the immigration system is so horribly screwed up, trying to immigrate legally is a JOKE, a bureaucratic nightmare that is incredibly expensive and CORRUPT so you can hardly blame them for remaining "illegal"
July 9th, 2007 at 6:57 pmThey work hard, pay taxes and then the govt. KEEPS their tax money because they are "illegal" what a racket that is, the goct. collects BILLIONS a year in taxes that SHOULD be refunded to these hard working people who work for low wages.
(sorry no human being is ‘illegal’)
Comment by justWondering
Amen to that
July 9th, 2007 at 6:57 pmRigheous people SUPPORT immigrants and HELP them adjust to life in America with a HELPING HAND not with racism and hate
July 9th, 2007 at 6:58 pmComment by Justice
Well said!
I hope Savage gets butt raped to death by a group of Mexican aids patients.
Savage is a closet fag.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:59 pmWayne and Justice- You're my kinda folks!
July 9th, 2007 at 6:59 pmLibs, can’t you comprehend that these immigrants want to demand certain rights and force their culture on our society?
Comment by Daryll — July 9, 2007 @ 6:46 pm
And what culture would that be that is so repugnant to you?
I hope you have never had Mexican food because that would mean they have successfully (gasp!) forced their culture on you.
July 9th, 2007 at 6:59 pmJust wish Savage's earlier relatives had been turned away at Ellis Island..How the hell does he think we all got here?
July 9th, 2007 at 7:01 pmAnd I'll bet his immigrant ancestors were welcomed with open arms (not).
July 9th, 2007 at 7:02 pmLibs, can’t you comprehend that these immigrants want to demand certain rights and force their culture on our society? I agree with Savage. If they want to push us, let us send them home.
Comment by Daryll
And yet, you will attempt to force YOUR culture on the residents of the favelas of Brazil, and wherever else you decide to witness.
Hypocrite.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:05 pmSavage just tries to stir up those with weak minds into an emotional frenzy. He never has his facts straight, and even if he did, he'd mangle them.
Evidently several are here to agree with him.
I can't wait until these people get what they want. All the undocumented go home, and lettuce is $5 a head.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:08 pmSavage is a moron.
"Go make a bomb where you came from."?
Yeah, because you know the US is teeming with Hispanic bomb-making terrorists...
July 9th, 2007 at 7:08 pmI can’t wait until these people get what they want. All the undocumented go home, and lettuce is $5 a head.
Comment by nell — July 9, 2007
So that's why they should stay? cheap produce?
July 9th, 2007 at 7:10 pmMaybe that's why we should keep NAFTA. to heck with opening new American plants and production facilities that will provide work and stability to thousands of Unionized American workers; We would have to pay more for a DVD player that we can outsource to China for .30 cents a day.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:13 pmHey guys,
Doesn't everyone have all the rights ever, no matter if they rape little girls or break all of the laws in the US...
I say we let everyone do anything they want... solely because they are oxygen breathing!!!
Are you guys with me?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!
July 9th, 2007 at 7:15 pmWhat a disgusting display of racism (not to mention elitism and a few other nasty isms).
Daryll (and his other brother Daryll) claims to be Christian. HA! You've turned your back on the teaching and beliefs of Jesus Christ. You will spend your afterlife in hell burning for these very words.
What a hypocritical piece of $hit you (and these other a$$hats) are. Why don't you go back to the country your parents immigrated from. You are a perfect example of the kind of person that Jesus would have turned his back on - oh wait, Jesus didn't turn his back on anyone, did he? Some Christian you are! HA!
July 9th, 2007 at 7:16 pmOur outsoursing without regard for workers rights, envirnmental concerns, or ecconomical impact has created more poverty than it has eased.
Our main national product is poverty. The Philippines, Central America, Mexico, India, Indonesia, China. This is what we do.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:22 pmWe shouldn't have any foreign students here!
July 9th, 2007 at 7:25 pmThere are plenty of Americasn that can do doctor and engineering jobs.
These foreigners depress wages for high skill workers!
I agree with Savage on this one!
Are people here arguing immigration laws are all forms of bigotry?
July 9th, 2007 at 7:25 pmWe should let everyone in who just crosses the border?
There are laws and they should be followed. You should not be put on the fast track to citizenship or even legality simply because you've been here a while (and breaking the laws for the same amount of time).
I have no problem with illegals becoming legal but they should go thru the same process as everyone else.
I do think military service should be a fast track to citizenship, though.
That is called Libertarian. We are Progressives. You need to study up. Bill Maher is Libertarian. Ron Paul is Libertarian. We have some things in common, but a lot of things we don't agree on.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:29 pmBut, keep in mind, that we are not just talking about jobs going to people here legally or not, because they will do it for half the money, we are now talking about the H1-B visas that Mr. B. Gates wants to up to 200,000 per year. That gets him an increase of 80k people every year that will work for 1/2 of what your children will work for when they finish they're engineering degrees.
So you go on and complain about that guy and laugh when he has to pay $5.00 for a head of lettuce.
To me that is dismissive. because these people coming over the border aren't just farm laborers. Coporate influences on our legislation have bigger fish to fry than that.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:30 pmAce Ventura,
That is suprising, considering the way you responded to Libtard Bait, when he called you illegal.
But, I agree with you.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:32 pmToo bad Mikey Weiner didn't say that to Ahmed Chalabi before he engineered Dumbya's Waterloo!
July 9th, 2007 at 7:34 pmOther than the fact that a very alarming portion of americans are plain stupid, cromagnons of this type would be talking to themselves under a bridge someplace waiting for the Food Not Bombs people to show up with a free lunch.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:36 pmThere's a straight line from Bill the Butcher to Michael Weiner, but at least Bill the Butcher was a lot better looking.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:44 pmAre you guys with me?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!
Comment by Mr. President
No, we Native Americans demand you need to go back to your ancestor's homeland, go home squatter!!!!!
July 9th, 2007 at 7:55 pmYeah, because you know the US is teeming with Hispanic bomb-making terrorists…
Comment by Gregor Samsa
Its those taco Bell burritto bombs.
July 9th, 2007 at 7:58 pmDon't stay in a closed room after eating one!!
Since Michael Alan Weiner's (aka Michael Savage) family comes are Russian immigrants, does this mean he should go back to Russia?
July 9th, 2007 at 7:59 pmAce Ventura ( The Joker)
We Native Americans realize if we sent you to the home of your ancestors they would shoot you, so you need to go to a rubber room and the key thrown away. =D
July 9th, 2007 at 8:04 pmSince Michael Alan Weiner’s (aka Michael Savage) family comes are Russian immigrants, does this mean he should go back to Russia?
Comment by lestatdelc
of course
July 9th, 2007 at 8:04 pmWell, if you believe in Adam and Eve or Evolution or whatever, you believe that all of us came from one place.
Which makes us all immigrants and interlopers. even the native Americans.
So really, by your logic, any and all countries should be freely open to you to go to and live in with no paperwork or permission.
So, please, before you gleefully ridicule another person, look up the process for becoming a Citizen in a few other countrys. See what they do with people who just "walk on in".
See what the punishment is in Mexico for peruvians who are trying to "live a better life".
Please. Be my guest.
i don't think that any country as is currently defined by legal boundries was "designed" that way by the great provider. They were all taken and conquored by someone or the other.
So tell the Frenchys to "go home" or the italians. or, for that matter, tell the native Americans to walk back across that Ice Bridge. Because i doubt they were "miracled" here.
July 9th, 2007 at 8:17 pmNo, we Native Americans demand you need to go back to your ancestor’s homeland, go home squatter!!!!!
Comment by Wayne — July 9, 2007 @ 7:55 pm
Wayne stop being a silly lib. Nobody even knew America existed with the Indians here. You wouldn't be typing on comp right now if it weren't for them. Its 2007 buddy and times have changed since peace pipes an bows and arrows. How would you like it if some illegals demanded to have your money from your casinos. Its the same thing as them demanding in state tuition in cali. Highway robbery. why should they get in state tuition? I'd have to pay like 30 grand a year to go out of state there. why? because im American.
July 9th, 2007 at 8:19 pmAmericans should stop blaming illegal immigrants. If you were in their shoes, you'd do the same thing and cross the border to look for work.
Try this instead: Stop incentivizing anchor babies (i.e. put an end to birthright citizenship), and build a wall on the border and hire more CBP (customs and border patrol agents). Some hungrier German shepard dogs might not hurt either.
What Savage is whining about is really 15 to 20 years of American complacency about illegal immigration. All of the sudden it's a "big problem".
Where the hell was Savage 10 years ago? He wasn't complaining about lax immigration enforcement then. He was probably yelling his head off about all the evil things Bill Clinton and that intern had "done to American children everywhere"!
This country needs an anema and to stop taking anti-depressants.
July 9th, 2007 at 8:22 pmThis country needs an anema(sic)...
Comment by Markus Arelius — July 9, 2007 @ 8:22 pm
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You're not The Joker!
July 9th, 2007 at 8:29 pmMexico has a population of ~100 million more than half of whom live on less than $2/day. China has some 300 million unemployed. If global warming continues apace both and China and India will have large part of their countries become uninhabitable.
July 9th, 2007 at 8:40 pmWhere the f%ck did Michael Savage come from? The Mayflower?!
July 9th, 2007 at 8:42 pmMexico has a population of ~100 million more than half of whom live on less than $2/day. China has some 300 million unemployed. If global warming continues apace both and China and India will have large part of their countries become uninhabitable.
Comment by ken melvin — July 9, 2007 @ 8:40 pm
ok so give them your home and let them spend your money when they come here.
July 9th, 2007 at 8:53 pmNo, we Native Americans demand you need to go back to your ancestor’s homeland, go home squatter!!!!!
Comment by Wayne — July 9, 2007 @ 7:55 pm
The Indians have only themselves to blame, who taught the original white settlers how to survive in the 1st place?
July 9th, 2007 at 9:00 pmThe Indians have only themselves to blame, who taught the original white settlers how to survive in the 1st place?
Comment by beefeater
Right you are, we were too kind for our own good =)
July 9th, 2007 at 9:19 pmThis is why right wingers have a lock on AM "Hate Speech" radio.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:21 pmHating is the only thing right wingers can do better than "Libruls".
Motion pictures, Broadway theater, Dance, Music recording industry, Network and cable television, Print media, etc., all contolled by the evil "Libruls".
But for some reason the evil "Libruls" can't control AM "Hate Speech" radio.
It's because of the hate, which is what AM radio is selling, sponsored of course by Conservative Corporations in that good old Repub Welfare system they created.
Its 2007 buddy and times have changed since peace pipes an bows and arrows.
Comment by drock
Religious freedom, we still use the pipe in ceremonies, just like we still use sweat lodges.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:23 pmfrankly we have more to worry about with the FBI spying on us at sun dances and such than we have to worry about immigrants
Dont you see that this speech is more of a promotional stunt. Paris Hilton, Micheal Jackson and anyone in the public eye uses the media to get noticed. If he just said illegals should go home, he never would have made this website.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:53 pmOn the other hand, what would the left do about the illegal aliens coming across the borders? And realize before you answer, that anyone who works in the meatpacking industry, contruction, lawn care and maintenance as well as Hotel workers that the average wage has gone down in all of these fields because of an oversupply of labor. I thought the left was the dmeocraticic farm/labor party.
“Any good reasons why these people should be given green cards?
Comment by No-one in particular — July 9, 2007″
Yes. If they have valuable skills it's in our interest.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:58 pmSavage's comments are racist and anti-American. This is by far the most un-Christian thing he can say to another human being. What would Christ think of his un-Christian behavior? They are fasting for a good cause. They are not hurting anyone. Unfortunately for Savage he doesn't get to decide who gets to stay here and who gets to leave. These individuals are not getting educated for free. They are paying for their education and deserve to be here. He is equating them with terrorists. He is wrong to do so. He owes them an apology.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:18 pmComment by Probus — July 9, 2007 @ 10:18 pm
Being a
July 9th, 2007 at 10:35 pmcompassionateconservative means never having to say you're sorry.and force their culture on our society?***********************
July 9th, 2007 at 10:39 pmat least America would HAVE some culture then. What is American culture, killing every living thing in sight?
OMG!! I wrote this in the wrong place.. SORRY!! I didn’t intend to put this here… Can it be deleted???
Comment by JG
No harm done. :)
July 9th, 2007 at 10:46 pmSavage is not an American, he's a j*w. Nothing worse than a redneck j*w, lol! Whoever listens to him is a total fool.
July 10th, 2007 at 12:49 amSavage is a braindead fool.
July 10th, 2007 at 1:52 amThe table is set and there's room for all. I say let them come as they have since the start. The scary ones that don't look like us may have to sit at the card table fro a few generations but you know they're still welcome
July 10th, 2007 at 3:13 amPssst, Savage. You too did not originally come from the US. You may have been "made in the US", but all your grandparents certainly were not. If it weren't for immigration, you would have been born in old Europe, mkay? Come back to where you came from, you'll learn why the whole world hates the US: it's because the US is full of people who are stupid enough to pay attention to an ignoramus like yourself.
July 10th, 2007 at 4:29 amit not hate speach
they are here illegally, the broke our laws, they are a burden on tax payers.
how is it hate speech to tell people that are here illegally to go home.
it waters down the idea of hate speech, which should be reserved for when some uses racial slurs or calls a fat woman blimpy.
July 10th, 2007 at 8:44 amMichael Savage-
July 10th, 2007 at 11:00 amYou are on someone else's land that you and your people took illegally. You must all go back to where you came from. We who are native born will stay here and devise a plan for you to come to this country legally. The plan will include learning to speak the native born language of the area where you wish to settle. You will be required to pay taxes...etc. In the meantime get off my land and take your trash back with you.
What is wrong with you people? If your progressive ideals were so palatable Air America wouldn’t have gone into bankruptcy or embezzled funds from a charity. Conservative talk radio garners ratings and advertisers want shows with ratings. If the sound of a bird singing got high ratings advertisers would buy the time!
I don’t presume to know why people don’t want to listen to Progressive (or Liberal) talk radio in numbers great enough to make the format a success. You must face the fact that when it comes to Progressive talk… no one is listening.
July 10th, 2007 at 5:16 pmWhat is Savage saying about the corporations that are all-to-willing to pass over Americans to hire immigrants (illegal or otherwise) who are willing to work for next to nothing? Savage doesn't deal with that reality because he would no longer be able to worship the gods of capitalism.
It's an irony to witness GOP-greed-apologists go after illegal immigrants rather than bash those who give illegals the incentives to keep on coming here. If employers were forced to only hire legals, there would be no incentive to jump the fence.
But, it is far easier to demonize illegals and scapegoat them rather than get at the root of the problem. And with a non-thinking audience that is eager to blame, you've got a recipe for a "successful" talk show.
July 10th, 2007 at 5:45 pmOK... anytime someone uses the term "Libs" to address progressives, liberals, Democrats, etc. you know they're full of $hit and they only get their "news" from folks like Limbaugh.
Conservatives like Savage/Weiner, and many commentors in this thread, are hung up on the term "illegal immigrant." They foam and froth and scream bloody murder over it. They act as if the only problem is with people breaking immigration laws. That is not the case. The real problem is with undocumented WORKERS.
The term that we should all be using is "illegal labor". THAT is the problem. Employers who choose to hire undocumented workers are the true criminals. They are leveraging the willingness of undocumented immigrants to work for less money to drive down the cost of labor across the board. They are profiting off of the decreased labor costs that come with hiring compromised employees.
Anyone who seriously wants to address the immigration issue should be focusing on one thing: enforcement of labor laws. Each and every employer in this country should be held responsible for verifying the legal status of its employees. Any employer found knowingly using undocumented workers should be imprisoned. Fine them too if you want to, but prison time should be compulsory. If we were to put the CEO of WalMart (or another large company who routinely uses undocumented workers) in prison for ONE NIGHT there would be a "great whooshing sound" of undocumented immigrants heading back across the border. Work is the only reason that 98% of them are here. If they can't come here and get a job, they will go back home.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:47 amHey Mike @ #84. Do some research into the ratings for talk radio and you'll see that Air America is kicking Rush and Hannity's ass all over the place.
You act as if the domination of talk radio by right wing blowhards is because of the so-called "free market" at work. Bull. Aside from the fact that there is no such thing as the "free market", the truth is that corporate owners decide what gets on the air and not the "market". Ask Phil Donahue why his top rated show on MSNBC got cancelled in the runup to the Iraq War. His show got more viewers for MSNBC than any other program, which would translate into higher advertising revenue, etc., but yet because Donahue's anti-war views conflicted with the bottom line interests of GE (who owns MSNBC) he was cut.
Air America has had its share of problems, like any business, but don't be so stupid as to assume that it is the entirety of progressive talk. It's not. Progressive talk radio has a market and is serving a segment of the market that right wing talk ignored for many years. Were the radio business truly run by market demands you'd see much more balance between right-wing and progressive talkers - in fact, they'd be up against each other on the same stations. Instead of segregated stations, they'd be integrated.
Don't buy into the nonsense that "no one is listening". Do the research for yourself and see the truth.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:02 amanyone who agrees with savage needs to stick there head in a hole. he has no clue why these pepole come here . They come here to work, study, and feed there families. they are not terrorist nor bomb makers. What a shame if he thinks he represents all americans . That would say that all americans are bigots and ediots,we know that isn"t true! Just maybe he's afried they will do on to him what pepole like he, have done to immigrants for so meny years! If he is so unhappy here, why doesn't he go back where you came from. Oh! gee that would be the slug in the hole in the grown.---- P.S.-- thank God there still are some pepole with live souls, and a sense of realildy . Like some who express themself on this list.
August 16th, 2007 at 5:27 am