tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715375047734985778.post538588504462871410..comments2023-05-11T02:43:40.926-07:00Comments on Read Me Sometimes, Think of Me Often.: Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685607101782412986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715375047734985778.post-55653336279118200532009-03-13T12:46:00.000-07:002009-03-13T12:46:00.000-07:00for the record, the independent newspaper is a neo...for the record, the independent newspaper is a neoliberal paper which has historically served the interests of the business class whilst eliding other strands in irish culturea syncretisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16662842593825772215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715375047734985778.post-39850648260370972172009-03-13T07:19:00.000-07:002009-03-13T07:19:00.000-07:00Dad, you make good points, of course. As time goes...Dad, you make good points, of course. As time goes on, the "foreigners" are no longer foreign. And being part of the EU means that citizens here enjoy the luxury of exploring and working in other countries of Europe. A luxury I am not privy to as a non-EU, I should say! But people who complain about these issues are usually not educated about them, I'm afraid.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05685607101782412986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715375047734985778.post-35026968046461223482009-03-12T19:20:00.000-07:002009-03-12T19:20:00.000-07:00I forgot to mention that the quote from Tina when ...I forgot to mention that the quote from Tina when she first got to Alabama is very high on my list of quotable "quotes"Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02191928582431656692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715375047734985778.post-33030370382130974802009-03-12T19:16:00.000-07:002009-03-12T19:16:00.000-07:00If you reread what you wrote you will maybe recall...If you reread what you wrote you will maybe recall comments made by people, like yourself, but in the US and it's the same the world over. We are all living in an international world. There are multi millions of people who left their country to get work somewhere. This caused a reduction in competition in their old world. But, none the less. they took jobs away from the locals. Is that really true? I don't know for sure. I do know that in New Hampshire, in order to bring the harvest of apples, they have to import workers from some Caribbean island. The local workers are either NOT available or do NOT<BR/>want to pick apples. Education, special talents, knowledge levels and the such do not exist in the same amounts in all countries. Instead of moving on to some more opportune place in their own country (Probably nonexistent), they move somewhere else in their international world. There is not always a one to one replacements in the working community. Foreigners,(Quote, etc) earning money abroad most times send the money to family at home. Some countries rely on that money to keep their own economy from falling apart. Foreigners may someday disappear and just become people from another international city.<BR/>Having been born, as were my 7 siblings, of those<BR/>"foreigner" types who left home and family for sure work and money to raise a family feel that we, me, and my parents and my siblings, helped a great deal to better the USA. <BR/><BR/>Sorry about that. I got carried away!!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Ang, HAPPY BIRTHDAYDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02191928582431656692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715375047734985778.post-35673405366404886852009-03-12T18:06:00.000-07:002009-03-12T18:06:00.000-07:00So... I think it's "wicked cool" that your blog ge...So... I think it's "wicked cool" that your blog gets mentioned in other sources. (How do you know when it happens??)<BR/><BR/>And I do also remember fondly Tina's sudden southern accent. I love her line (with southern drawl, about 6 day after arriving in AL), "All this time I thought I was slow... turns out, I was just born in the wrong part of the country." LOL!Charlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476307880348143430noreply@blogger.com