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  1. Testing the waters.... 1971 chevy. Cucv frame. 14 bolt rear, Dana 60 front. Np205. Th400 and 355 sbc. 37" tires. Lots of other stuff, just ask. $25,900
    15 points
  2. There are some people coming here for a handout, but it's so few of them that it's intellectually dishonest and lazy to lump them together. Similarly, vilifying all illegal immigrants as drug mules and child sex traffickers is just a tool to dehumanize the whole group, so you'll hate them and think of them as the boogeyman. There's tons of good reasons to stop all illegal immigration. I just wish folks would remember that regardless of how people got here, they are human beings and most mean you no harm. They're just trying to make a better life for themselves. Who wouldn't do the same thing if you couldn't feed your family where you live?
    5 points
  3. Take a few thousand buddies down to the Rio Grande and try to bust into Mexico. The Federales will show you how to deal with it.
    4 points
  4. As dire Mexican invasion is, our politician problem is much, much worse.
    4 points
  5. We can't even find Americans to do certain jobs and I'm supposed to be concerned about Jesus putting a new roof on my house? I recently paid a Hispanic guy to do landscaping work for me. I have no clue if he is here legally or not but he works his ass off and his price was great. I initially called a friend that has his own landscaping company but he didn't seem interested. Too busy I guess. The situation at the border is not even in my top 20 list of concerns. I can't do anything about it, and apparently neither can either party. As long as people in those countries can't find jobs at home they will continue to try coming here for a better future. This "crisis" will continue to come and go from the media cycle every time they need to fire up their base and incite outrage before an election. We're all being manipulated. We're supposed to believe these people are looking for a handout when the majority work harder than many Americans.
    4 points
  6. Grayfox is still correct- 2020 election, 66% of Hispanics voted Democrat. The Dems know they can flip Texas and never lose the Presidency again if they let in enough illegals and grant them voting rights. It's not about crops or caring about humanity; it's a calculated plan guaranteed to change this country to have a Democratic super majority, a la California. Reagan cut a deal once to legalize nearly 3 million illegals in a compromise with Democrats. Now the Dems are seeing that as a blueprint to do a repeat, with the idea of pretending it will stem illegals entering & staying in the country. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22557613/reagan-immigration-reform-amnesty-legalization-biden Considering we have 4x's the number of illegals now (more really, but who is allowed to quibble?) that's an obvious lie. We need secured borders, controlled immigration, and a return to work Visas for agriculture needs. Reagan tried to work with Dems. It was a bust. But the Dems see a route to never ending political control if they can sucker another president to sign off on a similar "amnesty citizenship" deal.
    3 points
  7. Sounds good, but how many Americans are going to pick produce for the wages farms are paying immigrants? There is a farm worker shortage. If farmers were able to pay the wages necessary to get Americans to work on a farm all day, that cost would certainly be translated to higher food costs for all. I don’t have any answers. I simply know that our government and society needs immigrants to continue doing the work they’ve done for ages to sustain our economy and keep America fed. Outside of small family operations, very few medium and large operations can or desire to function without an immigrant work force. It’s like another member mentioned, the government knows, but the government also knows the migrant worker is a necessary evil, so we look the other way.
    3 points
  8. It’s not Buc-ee’s, but I can’t come to Memphis and not sometimes hit this place for fried Gizzards and Livers or maybe the steak (CFS) sandwich. Am I the only one who likes this old Memphis chain?
    3 points
  9. Unfortunately, the only way that would work would be if you also made it impossible for those people to get any kind of aid, essentially starving them, which would sure increase crime. I think the solution is obvious: seal the borders, and deport anyone who's here illegally. Previous posters have mentioned that the door is open, and I think it should be closed. But I sure don't blame poor people for wanting to come here where they can get lots of help and probably find work. I DO blame our government for letting illegal immigration get out of hand.
    3 points
  10. Doesn't matter what's going on. Just get it done. Please
    2 points
  11. To second what Macgyver said, don’t be so quick to dismiss the idea that you might benefit from at the very least a visit or two with a therapist to debrief. Trauma isn’t a competition and just because someone else was more directly or horrifically affected doesn’t mean that you aren’t allowed to experience or process it in your own way. Even if only as a prophylactic measure, I’d seek out some professional outlet as you’d be surprised how your body might keep score in ways that your brain will dismiss or suppress. I suspect @Luckyforwardmight concur on that point.
    2 points
  12. Combat Infantry in 'Nam were called "grunts". I was there in "67 , so...
    2 points
  13. The Democrats want the illegals here. They want open borders and to fast track the road to citizenship. The reason is simple. The vast majority of these people vote Democrat. I have no problem with legal immigration or work visas. The problem is that there are thousands of illegals crossing our borders daily without any papers at all, They're scattering all over the country to take advantage of government programs that they don't pay one cent for. Migrant workers may be a necessary evil in regard to farming and food processing. But what about the thousands of them in New York, Chicago or even Memphis and other large cities? There ain't a whole lot of farm work there.
    2 points
  14. Beef liver, I can agree. But there is just something about chicken entrails……
    2 points
  15. This thread has drifted into very troubling territory. Liver has to be the most vile, disgusting thing there is.
    2 points
  16. 2 points
  17. That one is on EP Blvd, south of Graceland. I’m working over near the Allen Fossil plant and had to run to FedEx by the airport. I had to have some livers and gizzards.
    2 points
  18. I have worked with a lot of illegals over the years. The city I worked for used a lot of illegals for menial manual labor. They got them through one of those temporary worker agencies. But you ask How can a city (government) hire and use illegals? Simple, the contractor they were hired through absolutely swears they're legal and the City just takes their word for it. The city just plays dumb in order to get cheap labor. I've talked with lots of them over the years. They freely admit to being here illegally. What's more is that most of them have absolutely no desire to become U.S. citizens. The general plan is to work in the U.S. for 10 -15 years. Save their money and go home to mexico or wherever and retire in comfort. Meanwhile they take advantage of everything our government gives them. Their kids go to our schools for free, they get food stamps and health care. But never pay any medical bills that this care might leave. They don't pay taxes. I've been told by them that as many as a dozen of them share the same fake social security number. Simply put, these people come here to make a lot more money than they can at home and use us for all they can get without giving us anything in return. One guy in particular worked with us in the city shop for about 8 years. Nice guy, good worker. We all liked him, but we hated what he represented. He started out as a clean up guy. Just pushing a broom. He finally talked the boss into letting him do simple stuff like oil changes. The guy had a knack for it and over the years, with our teaching, he became a pretty good mechanic. But then he started doing side work at home for his illegal friends. Before long, when he could make more money at home than working for us, he didn't bother to come in. Didn't even bother to call in. BTW: He got caught a deported 3 times while he worked for us. He was usually back in about 3 weeks. Some of you may recall his story from the news. One day the cops were serving a warrant. By mistake, they went to his house when they should have been across the street. He answered the door drunk and had a gun in his hand. Police shot him dead on the spot. His wife ended up with a million dollar+ settlement and went back home to mexico. So don't tell me they're harmless and not to worry. I know better.
    2 points
  19. With my current career, I've been forced to work with a much larger, multi-national workforce. I'm a small town country boy... so it's definitely taken me out of my element. Year after year, I partner with white collar knowledge workers from all over the globe. They jockey for position to be able to get a visa into the US. They work, they pay their taxes, they take on the culture and almost 99% of the time, they're sent back home (99% is probably high, but i rarely see them get to stay long term). Even IF they got to stay, it's luck of the draw based on a lottery and a green card is only about 15 years away. Meanwhile, people cross the border illegally and our government wants them to stay. Honestly, i'm not saying one is better than the other. If i lived under a brutal starvation government, surrounded by gangs and drugs... i would RUN LIKE HELL for the US border. But my point is to highlight just how stupidly broken our immigration system is. So I don't blame these people for coming over the border. I blame their government for making their lives so miserable that they have to. I also blame our government for using these people as pawns for control instead of going after their corrupt government and tellling them to pony-up
    2 points
  20. As long as one or several of the high up's in DC are profiting from illegals then we will always have them. Just another case of follow the money.
    2 points
  21. if you leave the gate open the cows will wander off But if you intentionally leave the gate open you want the cow to wander off. You can’t blame stupidity or laziness. It was intentional
    2 points
  22. See pictures, purchased a while back from the original purchaser, He thought he did shoot a mag through it, but upon inspection, it appears unfired, but you are welcome to look at it and decided for yourself. I can send more pictures, it only allows me a few. Pick up in Bartlett TN, bill of sale needed
    1 point
  23. Mossberg 930 tactical 12 gauge. Breacher barrel, fiber optic front sight, ggandg extended tube. $750 maryville area meet
    1 point
  24. The inflation of recent times has shown us people want their food cost back down, quickly. That means migrant workers in the fields. Nowhere close to even half of Americans are willing and able to meet the productivity to pay ratio of migrant. Also, the news is queueing up their summer stories to fill time when Congress takes summer vacations once the debt ceiling is in the rear view. See y'all back here in this thread or a new one in a few years.
    1 point
  25. I heard someone on YouTube this morning saying New York now has 33,000 illegals and is spending one billion a year on public assistance for them. ( housing assistance, medical care, food assistance, cell phones, etc). With 5 million entering the country since Biden took office and figuring $27,000 per immigrant per year year cost to the government, which is what the governor of New York claims it costs, They are costing American taxpayers 130 Billion per year just for the 5 million that have come in since Biden opened the border. This works out to $407 for every man, woman and child citizen in this country. If you are married and have two children your share of the migrant cost is $1,628 a year. Disclaimer, I have not researched these figures and am just repeating a YouTube poster but have no reason not to believe the figures.
    1 point
  26. It's been widely reported that Hispanic voters are turning more and more conservative. Many of them don't agree with liberal views. I'm not picking on you Grayfox but this seems to be a widely held misconception. A lot of these people are hard working, family oriented and religious. During the last election a record amount cast their vote for Trump. Even NPR reported on this trend.
    1 point
  27. Right. Does any other country take in 5 million illegals immigrants And demand taxpayers pay. the cost. Other countries know it would bankrupt them America is 32 Trillion dollars in debt and is close to defaulting on their debt if the ceiling is not raised. Which it will be We may need immigrants but this is. to many to fast
    1 point
  28. MIght be Parker's Barbecue in Greenville: https://www.parkersbbq.com/pages/menu
    1 point
  29. Oh man, where? I did graduate work at East Carolina in Greenville.
    1 point
  30. There was a gas station in Enterprise Alabama that had the best gizzards. Whenever we would go to Florida I would take a longer route just so I could get some of those gizzards. I have not found any good gizzards in Nashville in quite a while.
    1 point
  31. I haven't had any really good livers and gizzards since I lived in Siler City, NC in the '80s. A volunteer fire department would cook gizzards and livers for a fundraiser. All you could eat . . . I think I'm gonna cry at the memory . . .
    1 point
  32. There’s still a few in the city that I know of. Bellevue, Mt. Moriah and Highland locations for certain, maybe one more. Usually stop on Mt. Moriah whenever I’m going home from the airport.
    1 point
  33. I can post some on this later today. Our immigration system is totally broken - and a lot of that frankly is by design. I'm not sure what a path forward looks like in our current political environment.
    1 point
  34. Nice, snagged a spot have heard decent things about the fieldcraft training.
    1 point
  35. I haven't eaten breakfast yet and am now dying for a great burger from all the comments . . .
    1 point
  36. Dude, I like the way you are thinking !
    1 point
  37. This is an Astra Cub. Made for and imported by Colt in the pre-GCA '68 days. Its actually a well made little gun. I had one once many years ago in .22 Short.
    1 point
  38. Excellent comparison...both set high standards, follow-through on them, and get the results they aim for.
    1 point
  39. Goodness. I’m so thankful y’all are safe. Talk to someone. A professional. Make sure your kids do to. If you want to talk more about that, give me a shout.
    1 point
  40. I'm thinking that gun is in the hands of a cartel down in Mexico.
    1 point
  41. Thanks all, I try to get over there at least every other month to stay somewhat sharp but not always easy with 2 kids. Luckily they've taken interest in shooting so we can occasionally get some family time in.
    1 point
  42. I do pray, everyday, God gives us free will. Now if we can get God back into the schools it will make a difference.
    1 point
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