tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post7656680648353899051..comments2023-12-21T04:41:43.537-05:00Comments on Jesus' General: Papers, Please: Asserting White Supremacy Since 1492Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-33226510436287217012010-05-02T20:04:26.673-04:002010-05-02T20:04:26.673-04:00Since these immigration laws originate in the stat...<i>Since these immigration laws originate in the states, I don't see the lack of Tea Party protests against them as inconsistent.</i><br /><br />And when they secede from the Union that too will be an act consistent with (insert world's largest dog whistle here) states' rights.<br /><br />++++mjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233294798002466875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-2767148384277640072010-05-02T17:46:46.427-04:002010-05-02T17:46:46.427-04:00Lookyhere Cline -- maybe you don't understand ...Lookyhere Cline -- maybe you don't understand this because you're a iggerent Godless liberal <i>(Liberal! LIBERAL! <b>LIBERAL!</b> There -- I said it! Aren't you ashamed?)</i> is that when Teabaggopatriots say "America was founded as a Christian nation" what they REALLY mean is "America was founded as a WHITE nation."<br /><br />After all, there were no people here when the first white Englishmen found the place. Except for the Red ones, who we eventually got outta the way. And the black ones, except we brought those over to work for us, so they should be damn grateful. And the brown ones that the Spaniards didn't kill off, and white people stole this country from them fair and square. So this is a WHITE MAN'S land!<br /><br />Now it's too bad that several generations of Whitomericans have been raised with too much sissyfied political correctness to say so. They have to couch it in terms of "Christian" instead of being honest and screaming "White Power!"<br /><br />Little by little, though, starting with the demonization of "political correctness," the conservative movement is making it OKKK to be proud of whitness. (And to hate anythingelseness.) The Arizona law -- soon to be the Texas law, and Colorado, and Alabama, etc. -- is another step on the road to full-throated whitepowerhonesty.<br /><br />Give it a few years, and a few dozen states, and a few hundred thousand police stops with arbitrary arrests, jailings and summary deportations. After all that, white people will feel free to strut around, secure in the knowledge that they will never be hassled by the oppressive government. Then they can start demanding to see the papers of any notwhitenough person they encounter, and siccing government agents on them if they backtalk.<br /><br />Oh, how those with the wrong skin tone will quaver at the sight of a white person! It's the Teabaggamerican Dream. Most people outside of a patriotikk site like this are afraid to say it, but down in the most hidden parts of their hearts, they know that's what motivates them.<br /><br />Thanks to Arizona's lead, soon kkkonservatives will again be able to party like it's 1859.Bukko Boomerangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02424677168216647964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-62721399874403466842010-05-02T16:09:06.914-04:002010-05-02T16:09:06.914-04:00While I agree that this law is racist and unconsci...While I agree that this law is racist and unconscionable, I was under the impression that Tea Partiers were mostly advocating for state rights and protesting the power of the federal government. Since these immigration laws originate in the states, I don't see the lack of Tea Party protests against them as inconsistent.leisurelyvikinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16041697282005473619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-50262251586043858902010-05-02T13:24:06.007-04:002010-05-02T13:24:06.007-04:00It is a recipe for a corporatized wasteland: goods...It is a recipe for a corporatized wasteland: goods can move easily across borders, without concern for where they came from or the people who made them. Just product, unencumbered, abstracted from the workers who labored along the way. Ah, but when the workers arrive--and brown workers at that--and times are hard for many, well, the first ones to go are the workers, not the goods (heaven forfend!). The corporations rule the tides of flesh and goods--the goods may pass and the flesh may rot--what washes up on our shore is none of their concern.<br /><br />++++mjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233294798002466875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-88611824914348218532010-05-02T12:04:45.276-04:002010-05-02T12:04:45.276-04:00William:
1. You don't have to "show"...William:<br /><br />1. You don't have to "show" anyone your Social Security number. You just have to write it down on an application. Technically, your social security number is not allowed to be used for identification. A biometric ID would, by definition, be an ID.<br /><br />2. You need an SS number to work because, if they are following the law, employers need to report your income and pay taxes on it. It has nothing to do with proving your identity, citizenship, or anything else. That's why some people use false SS#s when working. A biometric ID has an entirely different purpose. Requiring you to prove your identity and citizenship to a private employer is nothing at all like requiring you to make it possible for your employer to pay their legally required taxes.<br /><br />3. There is the problem of "mission creep". Even though it's not allowed to use your SS as ID, companies try to do it as much as they can. They are limited by the fact that it's only a number - there isn't anything about it linking it directly to you. That would be "fixed" with a biometric ID because that would be "you." So it would be much more useful as a permanent ID. You can assume, without hesitation or qualification, that everyone who can do so will immediately start requiring it as proof of identity to whatever extent is possible. If it contains info on a thumbprint, they will ask you to show it and have your thumb scanned to prove who you are.Austin Clinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15277940533571121800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-62269590267720576272010-05-02T10:59:51.202-04:002010-05-02T10:59:51.202-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5099635.post-25637175713945572742010-05-02T10:14:47.456-04:002010-05-02T10:14:47.456-04:00Though I heartily agree with every other point in ...Though I heartily agree with every other point in your post, I have just a quick question concerning the last paragraph. How would showing an employer a biometric id differ from giving an employer your social security number? In fact if social security numbers could be made biometric (perhaps by applying an algorithm to points on a thumb print) it would remove an threat of fraud the right wing could use to stir up resentment and fear.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035843451288931977noreply@blogger.com