@El'endiaStarman Sure, but my point is that I was born here and as far back as we know our genealogy, all but one of my direct family was born here too. This goes back almost 200 years. Wax's comment seems to imply that we are all immigrants, but that would require a very warped use of the word.
@TRiG If you don't think about how ridiculous a statement it implies, that people like me, whose family has lived here for generations and about 200 years or more, is an immigrant just the same as José who moved here from Mexico last week, then perhaps you might find it "an excellent soundbite".
I believe they call that a category error.
@TRiG Sounds like conspiracy nonsense. You don't really believe that stuff without some cold facts backing it up, do you?
The part about the CIA intentionally destabilizing S. American countries.
It's a bold claim sitting right next to the chemtrails and the evils of the federal reserve.
A common problem with all three of those conspiracies, and most others actually, is a lack of a clear motive. Why would the CIA intentionally do that? To what end?
Another common factor is the assumption that the government can accomplish these fantastic manipulations of the common person. The idea that the CIA, or any single entity, can through espionage destabilize an entire nation is such a fantastic claim.
Surely, if they were that good, they could do much more lucrative, productive, fruitful things than make Venezuela worse than it already is.
Just like the claim that an omnipotent God is responsible for some silly thing that happened, but can't seem to do anything important like prevent child rape.
To what end was it important that you made all the green lights on the way to work today?
To what end was it important that another child was raped and murdered while you were so self-absorbed all you could think about was the inconvenience of stopping a few times on the way to work?
Wow. This went weird quick. I started with immigration and ended up here.
I think I need an appropriate outlet.