twa Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 we probably have more Mexicans here than the population of Canada there is also less of a pass thru from other countries issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, twa said: we probably have more Mexicans here than the population of Canada Basic math isn't one of your strong suits I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 minute ago, clietas said: Basic math isn't one of your strong suits I see. well canada pop is about 37M most orgs agree the mexican immigrants here are about 12M (best guess, but probably light imo) I of course add in their children since most have been here awhile(well above immigrant avg) and us hispanics are prolific breeders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, twa said: well canada pop is about 37M most orgs agree the mexican immigrants here are about 12M (best guess, but probably light imo) I of course add in their children since most have been here awhile(well above immigrant avg) and us hispanics are prolific breeders. Those children would be natural born American Citizens rather than immigrants, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 “Prolific Breeders” is a strong blow on the dog whistle. My last girlfriend is first gen Mexican/Argentinian-American. Both her and her sister are in their 30s with no children. #personalanecdote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, twa said: well canada pop is about 37M most orgs agree the mexican immigrants here are about 12M (best guess, but probably light imo) I of course add in their children since most have been here awhile(well above immigrant avg) and us hispanics are prolific breeders. If your talking illigal mexican immigrants your way off. Theres around a total of 34 million Mexican Americans. 39 million people live in Canada. Do math better. You really think all the supposed 12 million illegal immigrants here are all from Mexico? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 minute ago, PokerPacker said: Those children would be natural born American Citizens rather than immigrants, no? in america yes , and also mexican.....see how that works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Just now, twa said: in america yes , and also mexican.....see how that works? To be an immigrant is to immigrate. Those children, born and raised in the US, did not immigrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, TryTheBeal! said: “Prolific Breeders” is a strong blow on the dog whistle. My last girlfriend is first gen Mexican/Argentinian-American. Both her and her sister are in their 30s with no children. #personalanecdote I compare my hispanic side of the family to the other side #personalanecdote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, PokerPacker said: To be an immigrant is to immigrate. Those children, born and raised in the US, did not immigrate. true, so why do people refer to them as a product of immigration when discussing correcting declining birth rate? if they are pregnant on arrival does it matter? would they be here if their parent wasn't? numbers change as you decide what counts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 51 minutes ago, twa said: we probably have more Mexicans here than the population of Canada there is also less of a pass thru from other countries issue What does that have to do with quality of life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 17 hours ago, CousinsCowgirl84 said: Dont over sell it. It snows there... like.... a lot. i learnt growing up in ak that there are all kinds of fun things to do in the snow we had canadians that would visit to see real snow....and, of course, russia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Cooked Crack said: What does that have to do with quality of life? it had more to do with the border control priority in the post before it. but number of people certainly impacts quality of life and your ability to get economic impact from neighbors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 23 hours ago, Springfield said: I’ve considered, but never seriously, moving to Canada. I’m American, but my last name is French Canadian so my family and I might just fit right in. Plus, I’d be able to play hockey a lot more. That would be a bonus. Also, the snow! Negative is that all of my friends and family are in nova for the most part. You’ll make new, friendlier froends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 1 hour ago, twa said: in america yes , and also mexican.....see how that works? He's actually right on this one, y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 this went a tad ot but wth...it's sunday right before i dropped out of jr high school (not to return to an academic institution until my mid 40's), and being a dedicated student of National Lampoon magazine (and later, all the albums) i penned an essay for my 7th grade world affairs class titled "Canada: The Retarded Giant on Our Doorstep" which definitely crossed into plagiarism per the magazine. i followed it up with another theme "borrowed' from lampoon for another class titled "Famous White People in American History" .....mainly i just listed various categories of occupations/positions/fields of endeavor, etc. and made really, really long lists of famous white people under the headings... all behaviors well within my sense of humor today, though with more caution in being sure the audience is one that will know you're ****ing around.... and as a final exit to school....we had one teacher who was just an airhead...a solid late 60's caricature of a daffy hippy type, but of the lecturing snotty form, not the peace and love version, and not really very smart or well-informed, which you should at least be that, if you're going to play that card a lot...anyway, she would go way off topic all the time to talk about the purity and superiority of her life/way since she married the "umiak" of a group of king island eskimos...when she said that in class i told her that was the name of a boat, not a tribal leader position, and wondered how she could not know she wasn't married to a boat...she got mad and said all the kinds of stuff you might figure on why she would be the one to know what's up and i wouldn't......she later said in the same hour that to her the tlinget tribe's language was musical so i followed that up in a form that might get me compared to smirk-face magahat kid, mainly to annoy her (i was 13), but also being truthfully shallow in the matter at the time, i said "really? becuase it sounds like someone throwing up in a bucket to me".....now i never have had a biased bone in my body, as they say, when it comes to indigenous peoples, but that reads bigoted to me now, and she was mortified....she actually froze up for a couple seconds and then sent me to the veep's office he knew i didn't have any race/hate issues, but had smartass-humor/being raised wild issues, and he certainly supported my dropping out he'd **** more than a brick---a WALL--- if he knew what my academic/professional situation became much later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 10 minutes ago, Jumbo said: i said "really? becuase it sounds like someone throwing up in a bucket to me" Legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 The milk in a bag thing would definitely take some getting used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 27 minutes ago, clietas said: The milk in a bag thing would definitely take some getting used to. We went through a bagged milk phase in elementary school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I was 19 when I first saw bags of milk in a grocery store. Confused the hell outta me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Bag of milk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 “Hey, Canada is number 1 in quality of life.” ”Hmmmph, America would be #1 if it weren’t for the damn Mexicans coming here.” What???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berggy9598 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I’ve only been to Nova Scotia but I’d move there in a heartbeat. A chance to bump into Sidney Crosby is just a bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 28 minutes ago, Berggy9598 said: A chance to bump into Sidney Crosby is just a bonus. I hope you mean "bump into" in the Tom Wilson kind of way...😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 46 minutes ago, Elessar78 said: “Hey, Canada is number 1 in quality of life.” ”Hmmmph, America would be #1 if it weren’t for the damn Mexicans coming here.” What???? Would they be #1 w/o us as a neighbor? or maybe I should say ya'll since I'm on the ass end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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