Weren't just a few of those R.R. workers Chinese?
Maybe they were from Eastern Ireland. ; )
Randy
Weren't just a few of those R.R. workers Chinese?
Maybe they were from Eastern Ireland. ; )
Randy
Remember they met in the middle - the whole "Golden Spike" thing.
How about "The Fighting Irish"?
Oh well, back to rocket stuff....
-Fred Shecter
My Great Grandfather was one of these. Helping dig the Wabash & Erie Canal by hand. Then went on to help biuld the railroads. When my Grandfather went into the nursing home I brought home a child hood treasure, his work bench. Now it is not much but full of great memories. In one of the drawers much to my surprise was a box with a Smith and wesson 32. Now my Grandfather was dead set against guns. Shortly after he called and wanted to get this gun back and give it to the police. I asked about it and was told his father was so scared to come home at night from the rail yards that he carried it for protection. I still have that pistol and will pass it and the story onto my son.
Dennis
"The Rocket Scientist" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I didn't go into all of that because it was off the point. I'm pretty well versed in the history of immigration though and what you say is indeed, correct. I did not mean to imply that past European immigrants were all voluntary. Sorry if it came across that way.
No apologies needed, sir.
Truth to tell, I'm quite pleased that my great-grandfather decided to emigrate from Bantry. (He came voluntarily.) Despite its many blemishes, America has been good to me and I am proud to be an American.
Bill Sullivan
"Well, I think so Brain, but I can't memorize a whole opera in Yiddish." - Pinky
All they have to do is run Maria as Pres and have Arnie as "first terminator".
Jerry
We were discussing the air, not the land.
Jerry
Simply false. "Illegal aliens" have been common for over a century.
This issue was exasperated by the simple facts that Mexican immigration is so convenient, that some walk less distance to work than a typical Californian drives to work.
In addition they are socially acceptable (much like pot is in CA), and are offered jobs easily and are eager to work.
No, no, no. The people of California are exasperated.
The issue was 'exacerbated'...
David Erbas-White
But they're political opposites.
You do know why Maria married The Terminator? To breed bullet proof Kennedys.
It's usenet. I am sloppy on spelling.
That's why they might actually get elected.
Remember the story about Americans of "average intelligence".
Jerry
I thought Ted solved that problem by growing a layer of protective fat.
Get a computer with a spell checker. Oh wait, that won't work, you spelled "exasperated" correctly.
Poor sloppy jerry.
I can picture Arnold in foreign trade negotiations, smoking up a storm eager to move on to the light saber phase of negotiations.
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!
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