[ale] Off topic - And now, Arizona

[Jim Philips]

  On 07/09/2010 04:23 PM, William Fragakis wrote:
> It's so full of irony that people in GA are so wound up about this. The
> poultry industry in N. GA, farming in S. GA and the building trade in
> Atlanta would be devastated if, overnight, GA was swept "clean". They
> tried once to clean the illegals off the farms in FL and the farm owners
> revolted on the spot.
>
> How many of those most fervent are the same ones who pick up laborers
> behind Home Depot or have their yards done by a bunch of guys south of
> the border?
>
> wf

A couple of years ago, there was a bill that would have put much 
stricter document requirements on farmers hiring migrant laborers. It 
was killed by none other than Saxby Chambliss. I'm sure his onion farmer 
and pecan farmer constituents were howling at him to stop it from happening.

> On Fri, 2010-07-09 at 16:07 -0400, Jim Philips wrote:
>> On 07/09/2010 03:50 PM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>>> Especially the Roberts Supreme Court.
>>>
>>> Don't worry about Georgia being passed by Arizona though - at least one of the Republican gubernatorial candidates has something in their ad about how we should follow Arizona's lead.  I forget which one though.
>>>
>> That would be Nathan Deal. He's doing his best to out-wingnut the other
>> candidates. I don't think he can catch Oxendine or Handel, though.
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