Comments on: Introducing the Reverend T.J. Graham http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:43:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: E. W. http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-68907 E. W. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:58:13 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-68907 Thanks Mary! I appreciate you anwering my post! :o) Thanks Mary! I appreciate you anwering my post! :o)

]]> By: Mary http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-68768 Mary Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-68768 It's never too late! If more people knew history as you do, perhaps there would be more understanding of the issue. Thanks for your comments. It’s never too late! If more people knew history as you do, perhaps there would be more understanding of the issue. Thanks for your comments.

]]> By: E. W. http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-68697 E. W. Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:27:50 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-68697 I know i am late on this subject,..but i am just now hearing of it. I have a cousin who lives in Nashville, who told me a little about the issue. As an African-American,..I know of the injustices of America in the past and now. As far as i am concerned the Mexican people that are coming to this land belong here just as much or MORE than the people already here. They are linked to the Native Americans over here which as we all know have been pushed off of their land. Mexicans are Natives of the Americas in my opinion. The thing is our government has to stop being so selfish and accomodate the people who come here to make a decent life for themselves. We can talk immigration all we want. While we're talking,..the Meixcans citizens are crossing the borders,..and most of them will be here to stay. I can actually see in the next 15-20 years or so this issue won't even be talked about anymore. By then the Mexican population here will be well settled into this society. I'm already seeing more and more bi-racial children born here who are of half Latino decent. Its already happening. In the big picture we should learn to accept this change that this land is going through. We are all just seeing this country evlove. Through learning history we know that any civilization never stays the same.' I know i am late on this subject,..but i am just now hearing of it. I have a cousin who lives in Nashville, who told me a little about the issue.

As an African-American,..I know of the injustices of America in the past and now. As far as i am concerned the Mexican people that are coming to this land belong here just as much or MORE than the people already here. They are linked to the Native Americans over here which as we all know have been pushed off of their land. Mexicans are Natives of the Americas in my opinion.

The thing is our government has to stop being so selfish and accomodate the people who come here to make a decent life for themselves. We can talk immigration all we want. While we’re talking,..the Meixcans citizens are crossing the borders,..and most of them will be here to stay.

I can actually see in the next 15-20 years or so this issue won’t even be talked about anymore. By then the Mexican population here will be well settled into this society. I’m already seeing more and more bi-racial children born here who are of half Latino decent. Its already happening.

In the big picture we should learn to accept this change that this land is going through. We are all just seeing this country evlove. Through learning history we know that any civilization never stays the same.’

]]> By: El Dano http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-45266 El Dano Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:17:44 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-45266 In his excellent and readable book "Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market", Eric Schlosser looks back to the Bracero program and states "Once in the country, the braceros were all but powerless and were bound to a single employer." Sounds like indentured servitude to me. He continues, "The Bracero program was terminated amid revelations that its guest workers were widely being abused. Historians now agree that the program established social networks and migratory patterns responsible for subsequent waves of illegal immigration." (p. 100). No wonder business likes the guest worker program. He also cites the 1951 Presidents commission on Migratory Labor (p. 98-9), which argued that the only way to stop illegal immigration was to punish thise who employ them. What a fascinating concept... For all the talk of border security, I think that the root cause of this issue is the ability of employers to hire illegal workers at below market wages without fear of punishment. Until that happens, there is little incentive to dry up the money that lures foreigners across our borders. In his excellent and readable book “Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market”, Eric Schlosser looks back to the Bracero program and states “Once in the country, the braceros were all but powerless and were bound to a single employer.” Sounds like indentured servitude to me. He continues, “The Bracero program was terminated amid revelations that its guest workers were widely being abused. Historians now agree that the program established social networks and migratory patterns responsible for subsequent waves of illegal immigration.” (p. 100). No wonder business likes the guest worker program.

He also cites the 1951 Presidents commission on Migratory Labor (p. 98-9), which argued that the only way to stop illegal immigration was to punish thise who employ them. What a fascinating concept…

For all the talk of border security, I think that the root cause of this issue is the ability of employers to hire illegal workers at below market wages without fear of punishment. Until that happens, there is little incentive to dry up the money that lures foreigners across our borders.

]]> By: Mary http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-45257 Mary Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:49:46 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-45257 You're right. The guest worker program in the bill that's before the Senate is unacceptable. That said, we do not support illegal immigration either. We support intelligent comprehensive immigration reform. You’re right. The guest worker program in the bill that’s before the Senate is unacceptable. That said, we do not support illegal immigration either. We support intelligent comprehensive immigration reform.

]]> By: david http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-45248 david Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:32:48 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-45248 yeah I know my typing sucks yeah I know my typing sucks

]]> By: david http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-45247 david Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:31:49 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-45247 Actually Im a liberal and I do not support illegal immigration, nor should any liberal. Not only does it widen the gap between the rich and poor. I brings down the wages for all laberors. Furthermore, why do we want to support the likes of Bush and Trent Lott and their efforts to sell out to the business interest that put them in and bought them off. I just hoe we get some honest intelligence third and fourth party candidates very soon. Its time to stop drinking the machine's Kool aid and think for a change Actually Im a liberal and I do not support illegal immigration, nor should any liberal. Not only does it widen the gap between the rich and poor. I brings down the wages for all laberors. Furthermore, why do we want to support the likes of Bush and Trent Lott and their efforts to sell out to the business interest that put them in and bought them off. I just hoe we get some honest intelligence third and fourth party candidates very soon. Its time to stop drinking the machine’s Kool aid and think for a change

]]> By: Freddie http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-44993 Freddie Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:54:15 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-44993 Uh, go ahead and call it illegal, which it is. It just isn't, by definition, criminal. Uh, go ahead and call it illegal, which it is. It just isn’t, by definition, criminal.

]]> By: Volunteer Voters » Civil War http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-44986 Volunteer Voters » Civil War Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:06:54 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2007/06/25/introducing-the-reverend-tj-graham/#comment-44986 [...] The folks over at Liberadio have an outstanding podcast up featuring the Reverend T. J. Graham calling in to speak on immigration. It was an unscheduled call and the background behind it is just as interesting as the call itself. [...] […] The folks over at Liberadio have an outstanding podcast up featuring the Reverend T. J. Graham calling in to speak on immigration. It was an unscheduled call and the background behind it is just as interesting as the call itself. […]

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