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- border controls will not help with something like the flu - any flu. You can be contagious before you even start to show symptoms - up to 1 or 2 days before symptoms might show up. I don't know why everyone is getting all flustered about border controls working or not working. Even if they were in place, and had been for awhile, it won't stop the flu from spreading.
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- Many of my fiends here are Democrats - just reasonable ones.
I am not into extremists on either side.
Posted by TheMasses02 at 9:06 AM : Apr 28, 2009
Extremes are dangerous...on both sides. And...I'm not necessarily a dem... - Reply to this comment
- How the heck do we know they don't work? No one has tried any border controls!
This is just a laugh riot, folks...the first time anyone mentioned the possibility of border controls was yesterday, but today we are "stopping" them because they don't work? What the heck is going on here?
Posted by thewisewoman at 8:41 AM : Apr 28, 2009
Yeah, I was quite hysterical over that myself. : )
No one has even tried to stop anyone from crossing. But that wouldn't have been enough anyways. They would have had to stop flights as well. The problem is that realistically something would have had to be done immediately. - Reply to this comment
- It's not often I agree with TheMasses...but I do here.
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Many of my fiends here are Democrats - just reasonable ones.
I am not into extremists on either side. - Reply to this comment
- The article reveals the tip of the iceberg.
It is not cost effective for the global economy to close the borders.
Posted by TheMasses02 at 8:58 AM : Apr 28, 2009
It's not often I agree with TheMasses...but I do here. Why bother? It's already out and about.
That, and I didn't buy trip insurance for my vacation in a month! - Reply to this comment
- mrs entity, if god exists he should kill you first and do the world away with a huge sinner. Go commit suicide like your fanatic friends the davidians.
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If he did that he would lose one of the few good people on this earth. - Reply to this comment
- but today we are "stopping" them because they don't work? What the heck is going on here?
Posted by thewisewoman
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The article reveals the tip of the iceberg.
It is not cost effective for the global economy to close the borders. - Reply to this comment
- Hatred in any form is dangerous.
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Yet, as human beings; it remains alive and well. - Reply to this comment
- What border?
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- mjm... why does it have to be all that??? maybe hes like you ,, skinny,pale, with glasses you paid too much for.. poodle for a pet.. I am thinking your attitude about americans protecting the border is shallow at best.. how about you adopt 20 or 30 of those illegals and pay for their futures
Posted by orthotek-2009 at 8:45 AM : Apr 28, 2009
You may be right, I could have gone a little overboard. My point was more geared towards generalizations and pure hatred. To blame an entire group of people for all of our problems is simply insane. So, I treated his post with the same insanity.
As for me, yes...I'm pale...but it's because I live in the NW. The rest...well, you have me all wrong.
I hope you see the point I was making. Hatred in any form is dangerous. - Reply to this comment
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