Houstons Problem,
  Can I copy your post and send it to all my elected officials ????

 Here is what I would propose to them:  No amnesty, no guest worker program, no rewards for illegal aliens, nothing but enforcement of  US laws and more strict US laws until Mexico enacts SWEEPING AND MEANINGFUL REFORMS to dramatically improve the conditions inside of Mexico. These reforms are to include ownership of land by non-mexicans, harsh sentences for corruption, extremely harsh sentences for govt officials and employees involved in the drug trade.

When we see these reforms IN PLACE then we will start to find ways to increase the numbers of workers allowed in BUT NOT BEFORE ALL ILLEGALS are sent packing.

Thanks
rj

Quoted: Sorry to disrupt your racist musing with cold, hard facts.

You are not disrupting my worldview, don't worry.  Although I wouldn't classify it as racist as that term is used today.

But if it makes you feel better to think you have just slain evil in human form, be my guest.  

Thank you for the view on IQ and the Wealth of Nations.  I always like to hear opposing views.  I'm not saying low IQ causes circumstances, but it certainly affects how a group reacts to them.  Some groups react successfully, and some do not.  Perhaps it is just chance--just chance that America, Europe and Asia are so technologically above the rest of the world.  What are we proud of again?

I have to admire someone with a Ph.D. level grasp of stats.  I am doing multiple regression homework as we speak, well between posting here that is.

It is kicking my butt...

To make sure the record is kept straight, my Ph.D. is not in statistics.

There's alot of good info in this thread.

One thing I have personally observed is that I have spoken to a few obviously illegal Mexican immigrants about the whole "white man keeps us down, we deserve welfare, it's all racist" attitude and all 3 of them (they were eating lunch) said the same thing.  They said that they wish the Mexican AMERICAN and WHITE activists would quit making such a big deal so they could just work without having people put the spotlight on them and words in their mouths.

That's a paraphrase obviously.  I thought it was very interesting and probably true that you have utopian socialist liberal white American and Americans of Mexican descent doing all the racist shit flinging as a justification for doing nothing about the problem.  In the meantime, the people at issue are going "hey I just work here!" lol.