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This is supposedly from the newspaper, but since I do not subscribe to that one, maybe someone from that area can tell us if it is true-- Subject: Illegal aliens report from the L.A. Times This is from the L.A. Times... (Surprising) Think about this... 1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County (L. A. County has 10 million people) are working for cash and not paying taxes. This was because they are predominantly illegal immigrants, working without a green card. 2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens. 3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens. 4. Over 2/3's of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal whose births were paid for by taxpayers. 5. Nearly 25% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally. 6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages. 7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border. 8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal. 9. 21 radio stations in L. A. are Spanish speaking. 10. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English. 3.9 million speak Spanish (10.2 million people in L. A. County). (All 10 from the Los Angeles Times) Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops but 29% are on welfare. Over 70% of the United States annual population growth (and over 90% of California, Florida, and New York) results from immigration. The cost of immigration to the American taxpayer in 1997 was a NET (after subtracting taxes immigrants pay) $70 BILLION a year, [Professor Donald Huddle, Rice University]. The lifetime fiscal impact (taxes paid minus services used) for the average adult Mexican immigrant is a NEGATIVE 29% of inmates in federal prisons are illegal aliens. If they can come to this country to raise Hell and march by the thousands, Why can't they take charge over the corruption in their own country? We are fools for letting this continue. fritz

Jose Karl, After hearing of the plan (I doubt if it will happen) by the organizers of these illegal immigrant marches to stay home from work tomorrow, not buy anything, etc---I plan to go on a shopping bing. But does anyone really think that this will amount to anything? On the part of the non-buyers, or the buyers? And as to the much mentioned idea of enforcing the law against hiring illegals, the government is starting to do just that. I don't have the article handy, but it was in the papers last week about a crackdown on some of the biggest companies caught hiring illegals. They made raids on a big company that made pallets or something, because they had been under surveilance for a long time. The final straw was when they saw an illegal tearing up his W-2 form (because he had no intention of paying taxes). I have said it before---as a longtime friend (whose father came from Mexico illegally many years ago) told me repeatedly----dry up the demand for the illegal jobs, and they will stop coming. He told me that the word about no new jobs here gets back to Mexico faster than FedEx could deliver it. BTW, my friend's father eventually went through the process of becoming legal. But he told me he knows of many Mexicans coming here now that have no intention of doing that. Why are there so many jobs for them with some big companies? Simply because a company's biggest expense item is not wages, but benefits. The companies hide the illegal workers from government scrutiny so as to get around having to pay them benefits. The illegal workers get no benefits from the company, but we all know that they get benefits. The benefits come from our government, in the form of free medical care, free education, etc. The company does not pay it, you and I pay for it. And we are going to pay even more for it unless it is stopped now. Our government can do more to help stem this invasion, but they are too busy stemming the invasions of other countries! fritz

Hey, that stuff melts and produces water! I remember how beautiful the grass was last spring, after the snowfall on Christmas Eve '04. Tony, no rain at all again from the storms that passed through (around) on friday night. I was in Austin for my grandaughter's birthday, and they had just had another 1/2". No hail this time, but last week they had 3" of rain and golf ball size hail. I got quite a shock when I saw how green his lawn was. Actually the area south of Austin, all the way to Cuero, got another rain. Things are greening up in the area just 20 miles north of me. But those 20 miles have become a barrier to all the fronts coming down. It has to be all those non-believers around me. fritz

I too, would like to better my life. I know a way to do it, but it is illegal (AGAINST THE LAW). There is a lot of money that is held by the rich people, and they keep it in a place called a bank. If I could break into (cross the border into) that bank, I could better my life. As long as nobody stops me, I am home free. A better life for me, a better life for all the little ones in my family. A better life because I saw a way to break into (cross the border into) that bank. Since I feel that the rich should help feed me (and all the little ones in my family), I will break into (cross the border into) that bank. And if I get caught, they will only send me back home (where I can draw up a new plan to repeat the mission). I see a better life now, for me and the little ones in my family. If that damned bank didn't have so much security (more than our borders), I would be enjoying it already. To hell with security! And you really think that giving them all jobs (at the pay scale you are tooting) will keep them away from the bank? If so, why do we still have bank robbers? Why do the banks still have all that damned security? Why don't we trust everybody? A chicken in every pot, and a job for every Mexican! fritz

If you buy one, get the best condition you can. The shooter grade (sold byAIM last year) is a piece of crap! Good luck, but the Chinese models of the SKS that were sold for $85 were much better. It's the times we live in. I will sell you mine, if you really want a piece of crap. Oh schitt, I forgot you reside in California. Sorry, no sales to California. fritz

"Somebody get that fire agoing, somebody beat the drums. Step back, non-believers, or the rain will never come. And if you think I'm lying (?) looky yonder, here comes the rain!" Well, I beat the drums (55 gallon), but since the county fathers have enacted a burn ban I cannot get that fire agoing. Maybe it is those non-believers, because the rain never comes. What does it take? Is there someone who I can bribe that can help me? Is there someone who will march with me (you pick the day, it don't have to be the same day the illegals march). Is there someone who will march with me for a cause, which is much more serious than the ones marches have been held for? Will GW (or his puppet in Austin) guide me in the direction where the rain is? I really need the rain here, on my ranch (I am tired of seeing it on the Weather Channel) and I really don't want to have to pack up all the cows and move them to where the rain is falling. Is there a rainmaker in the audience? Hell, at this stage of the game (and that is what it is turning out to be) I'll even accept advise, as long as it is in my favor, from other boards. That's how desparate I am. Please don't tell me I'm a non-believer. At this point, I'll believe in anything. I guess that is what has kept me (and a lot of others) going. fritz

I ordered a Huber trigger for the Jap rifle to install on a customer's rifle. I sent it back. It was no better than the factory Jap trigger (which in my opinion is not that bad). I am waiting for Timney to fill the orders thay have for these Jap rifles. I have been waiting for three years. Huber=overpriced and does not live up to advertising claims. fritz

"Stay home ...buy nothing on April 30th." That will be easy for me. I plan to be in Austin all day the 29th, and return home by midnight (hopefully). So I will be sleeping late and staying home the 30th. Going back to a post that FC made the other day concerning the Texas concealed carry law, it (the old law) seems to spell out the definintion of a "traveler" as someone who spends the night on the road during his/her trip. I fail to see why someone who prefers to make a long trip and return home the same day (after driving 400 miles) is not considered a "traveler". So, under the old law I would not be considered a "traveler" by traveling to Austin and returning the same day (if I make it home before midnight). But I hope I read it correctly that this law is been changed (at least someone is trying to change it). Sorry to hijack the post on staying home and not buying on April 30th, I plan on doing just that. And since I'll be out of Austin by the 1st, I doubt if I'll encounter any marchers/protestors. That will keep me out of trouble, hopefully. fritz

" GOP having learned its lesson will , if it wants power, fix things in 2012." I wasn't joking, and I don't want to wait until 2012. There must be a better way, and those who entrust their support to a party that may or may not win, in the year 2012, is not in touch with the world today. Hell, I should be so fortunate as to be around in 2012. Let's see, that will make me 69 years old. Old enough to claim full benefits under SS. I would be able to retire with all the benefits due an old man who has done his best to be a patriot and not surrendered to any enemy. I feel better already! fritz

That is the headlines in my newspaper today. I'm sure you know what they are talking about. Hell, it's the biggest thing on the talk waves right now. So, do we surrender? Or do we keep struggling? We are losing the war, but surrender seems like a bitter pill to swallow. So, do we keep struggling, even when our Senate has sidestepped the bill (killed it) when the House voted for it? Do we surrender to an enemy that our government is bringing to us, compliments of the current administration? Why do we struggle, when the federal government is against us? We are supposed to be patriots, are we not? Why struggle against the inevititable? Enough questions! We all know what to do, and if we don't do it, we deserve it. We have met the enemy, and he is us. fritz

Not sure about this one, Tony. Just don't enact an across-the-board income tax that excludes deductions. That would, as any fair person could see, tax the income of someone in a business like mine on the gross and not the net. I would love to show everyone my net, and be taxed on it instead of my gross. And that is the way it is now. In simple words, in my business I gross about three times what I net. Whereas someone who is a salaried employee has about the same net as gross. How can you compare the two? I know you didn't mean the flat tax that a lot of salaried workers seem to wish upon someone in my business, but I mentioned it anyway. Seems like as good a time as any. fritz

And all the time I thought Iowa was heaven. From what you say, Minnesota is heaven. At least in the aspect that you are being spared the mass invasion from Mexico. Still, while I do not like to compare myself to an illegal immigrant, that cold climate is (for now) shielding you from the Mex. I am sure you have a lot of legal immigrants up there, that came from the colder countries of Europe back when they declared themselves citizens. Maybe you ought to pray that our government (in all it's infinite wisdom) will continue to spare you from the invasion us down here in the warmer climes are experiencing. If you continue to support the party, that has brought us down here this plague, you can expect them in your neighborhood soon. I schitt you not. fritz

Have you seen the commercial (paid for by the state of California I presume)? They claim to have the happiest cows there. I'm not sure exactly what product of the cow that this commercial is promoting. My simple farm boy thinking is that it has to be either milk, cheese, or ice cream. mrs fritz mentioned one other product of the cow, but I won't mention it here. This is supposed to be a friendly forum. I can see why the cows in California are happy. They pay no taxes, they get free food and water, they get free veterinary care, they are even considered sacred in some countries. I guess if they ever found themselves being predjudiced against, they could always go to India. They, being simple bovines, might find this task hard to achieve. But I am sure there will be a coyote, or greedy employer in another country that is going to welcome them with open arms. Do you see where this is leading up to? The cows in California have nothing on the millions of illegal Mexicans here right now. In fact they are probably outnumbered by the Mexicans right now. I'd bet money on it. fritz

NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) had a lot to do with plants located here in the USA closing up and moving to other countries, but the trend of cheaper products coming to our shores happened a long time before NAFTA. I remember the foreign made tractors arriving here long before NAFTA. Long was one of the brands, made in Romania, Belarus was another, from Russian Belarus. There was Zetor, another Romanian/Bulgarian tractor. Then Mahindra, the one from India. John Deere (one of the oldest American ag companies) began having their low-end tractors, the ones less than 100 hp, made in France and Germany. I have one made in 1991 with a French engine and a German cab. Ford did the same, their smaller tractors were being made in Europe. This was before NAFTA. So was the invasion of foreign autos arriving. And selling, because they were better built, even though costing more sometimes. So, there are reasons other than NAFTA that caused foreign competition/merging with American companies. NAFTA was largely responsible for the profusion of products with the words "hecho en Mexico". Products that span the horizon, ranging from medical products to auto parts. From surgical gowns to spark plugs. Yep, made in Mexico. Thanks to NAFTA. I still like my John Deere with the French engine and German cab, but when I buy a part for it at the dealer (and it says Bosh or whatever) I pay Deerely. fritz

The fact that it is Spanish, with some questions floating around as to the soundness of those receivers, I suppose that one could be concerned about the safety of shooting hot .308 loads in them. I have a Chilean Modelo 1895 that was converted to 7.62 Nato. I shoot it with reloads that are on the mild side. I saw no reason to rebarrel, with the associated costs, when I already have several of the 7x57mm Mausers. If I thought it was unsafe, I would sell it as such. If you want to sell that .308 barrel someday, let me know. fritz

Jerry, I don't know your plant's status (Union or non-Union) or if you all have a good benefits plan (pension, medical, etc.) I take it you all have at least a plan that pays on medical care and other insurance. Mrs fritz has brought up the point that it is not the salaries that the local plant workers make, but the cost to the company of the insurance. That is, in her opinion, why American companies are leaving our shores for foreign plants, along with the cheap labor, but mostly because of the decreased cost of insurance and other benefits to the workers in those plants. I don't like it. I think it stinks. I think that Pogo the Possum said it best many years ago. We have met the enemy, and he is us. fritz

Flat bottom bolts for these are easy to find. It's the 1895 Chilean Mausers that have the round bottom bolt that are hard to find bolts for. Some of these were also converted to 7.62 Nato, and they will not accept a flat bottom bolt. If it says Oviedo, it's Spanish. fritz

I'm no expert in the financial world. I just take the advise of my financial advisor, whom I believe is making more off of it than me. Such is the world of high finance. Sometimes I wish I were just a poor illegal Mexican immigrant. Some of them make more money on the job than me, and they don't have to pay any taxes. They don't have to have insurance (either automobile or health). They get free lunches at school for their numerous offspring. They get preferential treatment in all federal and state programs. Hell, I could go on and on. Anybody wanna buy my stock in HCA? The fellows handling the stock keep saying that since everybody will eventually need to use health care facilities, that that stock is a good investment. It's just that I ain't seen it yet. When I have to go to a hospital owned by HCA, I pay through the nostril for their "care". At the time, I think that since I am paying them so much money for my "care", that it will go towards increasing the value of my portfolio. I ain't seen it yet. fritz

Pogo the Possum once said, "We have met the enemy, and he is us". I think we are about to arrive at that same conclusion ourselves. Think about it, they (the invaders) are telling "us" that they (the invaders) are taking over this country. They claim to do so by becoming "us". Need I say more? I take comfort in the thought that once they (the invaders) become "us" they will then become their own enemies! fritz

I agree, it's about time. Now let's see how much spine they have in their plans to expand. Leave it to people like the senator from Mass-a-Two schitts and they will have trouble getting the funding for the necessary agents. Why not lend them a few agents from the ATF? Maybe the fellows who were at Ruby Ridge and Waco. They were real gung-ho. fritz

They wanted to know where the scratches on a '93 Ford truck came from? Hell, they should see my old '91 Dodge! Each scratch, dent, rust hole has a story of it's own. I could keep them entertained for hours! fritz

Jason, You don't have to be a white guy to express the same sentiments you did. I have a friend, in his 70's, that is hispanic. His father came here illegally many, many years ago. After he had a family here, they convinced him to go through the process of becoming legal, and he did. My hispanic friend voices the same attitude towards illegal immigrants as many white guys. He has told me repeatedly that the way to stop (at least slow) the migration is to crack down on the greedy employers who are paying/arranging their jobs here. He is now retired from an industrial plant, and has told me of many illegals that his company hired while he was employed there. He was legal, payed his taxes that were withheld from his pay. But the illegals would claim about a dozen dependents (in Mexico, although the company never checked) and with those deductions, paid no taxes. So you see, you don't have to be a white guy to see the wrong that is being done to this country. The legal hispanics see it also. But they are Americans, and I have serious doubts about the fellows that that Brown Beret claims are Americans. fritz

No website or product samples yet. Word-of-mouth advertising has been enough for now. However, in the future I may expand and hire additional employees. My son (who is a sales manager for a high-tech company) told me that I would need to turn out 10,000 units a day (and compete against 10,000,000 10 year old kids from China and India. Since there are no 10 year old Chinese kids around here, that leaves me the option of hiring illegal Mexicans. I'm sure they could do the job, but with INS cracking down on employers more right now, I believe I'll settle for a small-scale operation. Yes, I know I am passing up the chance of bettering myself (and the lives of some illegal Mexicans), but I have always obeyed the law and don't intend to change now. I have enough trouble keeping the boys from ATFE off my case. fritz

Yeah, times are getting hard down on the farm, and I have had to enter a sideline business. At least that is what it says in today's newspaper. Some fellows know how to pull a good practical joke--- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0603/fritz/23.jpg fritz Sorry I had to bleep out the phone number, but business has been so brisk that it is overloading my bandwidth.

Is there anyone else here that has had experience with being transferred to an answering service, instead of being able to talk to a real (if they exist anymore) human being? I have always been able to deal with most of the wholesale distributors of guns and parts, but the last few days of trying to get through to an oil company's department that sends out the checks (and I have a legitimate problem) has gotten me downright frustrated. I believe they do this on purpose so as to discourage you from pursuing them further. Maybe you will just give up and quit dialing. Well, when money is involved, fritz takes a very hard line on getting the runaround. I never knew there so many keys on a simple telephone that you must punch, in a certain order, to arrive at the promised office. Did you know that there is now (at the big companies) a "punch pound, then star, then (a number from one to ten) and this will lead you to the promised land (office)? I usually just end up punching the telephone with a good uppercut, and then sitting down to the computer, and using Microsoft Word, write out a long detailed letter to the department to which I have been trying to access. Takes a few days longer, but worth avoiding the temptation of pounding the telephone into little pieces. And I used to think a pound was 16 ounces, and a star was a bright thingy up in the sky. How times have changed. Not always for the better. fritz