KSHB has a pretty good story about the dangers awaiting Latino immigrants working in Kansas City:
Day Laborers Take Risky Jobs
It turns out the dude who was impaled to a fence yesterday while painting a house was one of the guys who hangs out at the Westside CAN Center.
Of course there's nothing but the typical racism and ignorance from annony commenters on this story but it demonstrates an important point:
Legal or not, Latinos working in Kansas City are willing to die on the job for AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES!!!
Sorry, but there's just not that kind of commitment or drive among American workers who get awesome things like OSHA regulation, health insurance and hazard pay.
Racists and other d-bags who are frustrated that nobody cares about single-issue voters often lament each and every instance of Latino immigrants harming U.S. citizens . . . However, this is a case where good-old fashioned American capitalism killed somebody. Far be it from me to try to convince anybody of the humanity of brown people (especially since the term "white devil" is one of my favorite phrases [only when it comes to sessy, dirty, phone talk]) but I'm guessing that until there are homegrown workers willing to take the risk of impaling themselves to a fence and dying a bloody, gruesome death for a wage that's only slightly above cost . . . Then there's nothing anybody can really do about the immigration problem that doesn't involve pie-in-the-sky multi-faceted solutions like ridiculous border walls, eliminating welfare and urging white women to stop dating minorities . . .
Before the cruel and racist comments start (as they invariably do)I just want to say that this man who went to work one day and never came home could be any one of us - with a family and people who loved him. The Westside CAN Center is a great place, run by a great woman. Why not honor this man's memory by donating some money to them so they can continue with the wonderful work they do for the community? www.westsidecan.org
ReplyDeleteWhy not donate to the Minutemen to get all of these illegals back to where they came from for their own good and ours:
ReplyDeletehttps://secure.responseenterprises.com/minutemanhq/?a=730
Viva la migra
ReplyDeleteDon't start with the Minutemen crap comments again, 8:34am.
ReplyDeleteYOU should just donate to the Klan - most of them are 60secondmen too and they all regurgitate the same racist premise.
Same group of people - different target for their venom.
And the same apologists screaming racism to defend illegals. Plenty of hateful venom on both sides.
ReplyDeleteInstead of American Capitalism being the culprit here I see Mexican greed as being at fault. If he stayed in his own country this would never of happened.
ReplyDeleteNowhere is it reported that this man was not an American citizen! His driver's license was issued by Washington state. Last time I checked , that was in America. His two daughters live in Long Beach, CA. Again, America.
ReplyDeleteTony raises the issue of legality to blanket cover all Latinos in this very post. I quote:
ReplyDelete"Legal or not, Latinos working in Kansas City..."
And if your relatives stayed in their country you would have never been born 10:22am and we would be relieved of reading your comments.
ReplyDeleteSounds pretty ridiculous right? So does your comment.
Amen 10:47am!
There is a common trend of just accusing all Latinos as illegals. Eventhough a lot of them like myself has family roots here in Kansas City and the U.S. that will rival anyone else commenting here on this blog.
STOP THE HATING, NOW!
ReplyDeleteWhy don't we stand up for the rights of the man who was killed? Join me in calling for federal prosecutors to charge the employer under 8 USC 1324 and seek the death penalty.
ReplyDeletehttp://thekansascitian.blogspot.com/2008/06/will-prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-in.html
The employers are the real criminals of illegal immigration.
james is correct. Illegal or not, there were probably gross violations of safety regulations. He didn't even have the right shoes for the job.
ReplyDeleteLike Tony and his audience cares, give him something he can take to bed.......sorry this is not a story about a "young, semi-nude female".........you all are whistling in the wind. Give Tony something that he longs for...stories about youthful sex.
ReplyDeleteThat's just gross dude. You sound like a pervo. Tony posts photos of swimsuit models that I like. You on the other hand just scare me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with James that the employer should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
ReplyDeleteWill the advocates of open borders also support prosecuting this employer as well as other employers who violate the laws of this nation?
We are told it is inhumane to enforce our border and crack down on the so-called illegals who are just being exploited by the greedy gringos. Yet when the government directs its efforts at employers through raids, fines or E-Verify, the same crowd complains.