Anderson Cooper 180

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CNN's Anderson Cooper on the red carpet at the Quill Awards Gala.

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[Uncle Kvetch]

You couldn't find a hotter topic than illegal immigration in Arizona; I guess you would have to live in it to understand it.

Yeah. Living here in ethnically pure and homogeneous New York City, I guess I'm really not in a position to comment on this.

[Count Zero]

Yeah. Living here in ethnically pure and homogeneous New York City, I guess I'm really not in a position to comment on this.

Since New York doesn't border Mexico, I suppose not.

[The Phantom]

If you lived in a state that bordered on an huge basket case country like Mexico that is basically allowing unchecked illegal emigration in immense numbers, you'd be concerned alright.

Its interesting that Mexico is all upset about the fence that we propose to build, but what has it ever done to stem the illegal flow north?

Mexicans are terrific, hard-working, family-oriented people for the most part, but Mexico the government has not made much of an effort to provide jobs and an economy for its own people, and is basically exporting the "surplus population". We cannot and should not tolerate this, or enable it, for those who like psychobabble.

I don't watch Dobbs much but when he criticizes "broken borders" he tells the truth.

[Count Zero]

Its interesting that Mexico is all upset about the fence that we propose to build, but what has it ever done to stem the illegal flow north?

I think it sends a message they don't like, but in reality I doubt the fence will do much. They've dug tunnnels half a mile to buildings on the other side of the border, so I doubt a fence is going to stop anyone from crossing if they want to cross.

I agree with the problem being the Mexican government, which is rife with corrutption on a grander scale than ours, and the only way to make illegal immigration less of an issue would be to end corruption in Mexico. How you can change a system that's corrupt from the local to the federal is beyond me.

[The Phantom]

regime change!

With Mexico's proximity to the US and a hard-working population, it should be a pretty rich country. It would have had a golden opportunity to grow rapidly in the 1950s-1970s--but now China and Asia generally have pretty much seized the opportunity for manufacturing growth that could have been Mexico's.

[The Phantom]

Mexico blew a historic opportunity to grow in manufacturing in the 1950s-1980s. But now the ship has sailed, and Asia will get all the meaningful jobs that aren't in the US and Europe. With the proximity to the US, and with a seriously hardworking population, it should not be poor. But it is, and thanks to its politicians and other leadership, poor it will remain.

[The Phantom]

oops

thought the one comment did not take, which is why I resent it. My bad.

[Count Zero]

regime change!

I don't think it's quite that simple. How could you change the cultural establishment of an entire country? Not just the national, but the state and local as well? It would take a massive revolution, and I don't think Mexico's there yet. I think they're much happier leting it continue, and let whatever fallout happen, illegal immigration or otherwise.

[Uncle Kvetch]

Since New York doesn't border Mexico, I suppose not.

Count Zero, just a few comments upthread you were insisting that Dobbs was concerned about illegal immigration in general, not Mexicans per se. Now you're telling me that if I don't live in a state bordering Mexico I just can't grasp what the big deal is with illegal immigration, because it's all about the Mexicans. Which is it?

[Count Zero]

Count Zero, just a few comments upthread you were insisting that Dobbs was concerned about illegal immigration in general, not Mexicans per se.

No, you stated that he was concerned with the cultural issues of Hispanics. Mexicans are not the same as Hispanics, one is the superset of the other. Now had you said, he tends to focus on Mexcican illegal immigration, I would probably agree with that statement. However, hispanic culture? I disagree.

He tends to rant about Hispanic birth rates and Hispanic culture.

Now you're telling me that if I don't live in a state bordering Mexico I just can't grasp what the big deal is with illegal immigration, because it's all about the Mexicans. Which is it?

New York in no way experiences the same degree of illegal immigration problems as that of a border state. I never said you couldn't grasp it. I said you wouldn't be as influenced by the issues as someone who actually lives there. Many areas are as ethnically diverse as New York, however, that doesn't make them a border state with the same immigration problems as one.
Whether or not your city is diverse or not has little to do with it.

[Athenais]

I love this man and anyone who has anything nasty to say is just a jealous bitch! BTW, I'm a straight woman and couldn't care less if he's gay. It kinda makes him hotter.

[The Phantom]

Jealous bitch, c'est moi! Hi, Athenais!

[XT]

Anderson Cooper. Intelligent, gorgeous, witty, perfect.

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