Are you saying there's something wrong with a person's argument because the polity in which that person lives is dominated by parties who are either happy to play the race card or too gutless to make a principled stand against it? What the hell kind of arguing is that?
You've a social system on your hands which is bound to throw thousands of your constituents on to the slag heap of unemployment, piece work and poverty whether Buchanan's line or the neoliberal globalist line prevails.
You've let someone else draw the square you're in, Tom, and you help no-one who counts until you step outside it. As it is, I reckon you're well on your way to proving Max wrong (and I'm not at all one inclined to think Max wrong about things - his woeful misreading of the destruction of Yugoslavia notwithstanding, natch). It seems agitproping for international solidarity IS urgent if it is this easy for the conversation to get this parochially competitive.
Being the last chook to get the axe is rather too modest a goal for a big butch union like yours, doncha reckon?
Cheers, Rob.
> The "official" White Australia policy speaks for itself and from what I
>have been told even after the "official" abandonment of that policy the
>Aussies are still really tough on immigration, one hell of a lot tougher
>than we are in the USA. Although, I understand they do ask people to
>leave Australia in a nice way! :o)
>
>If you ever want a laugh, ask an Australian labor worthy about the white
>Australia policy. Btw, whatever happened to the Australian takeover artist
>who was a player in the steel industry in the 80's?
>
>Max, I don't think Henry would be critical. Because Henry is an American
>and he has a panoramic knowledge of the Chinese experience in America and
>the hardships of the Chinese pioneers in building America.
>
>The way I understand it. You could be working for an Austrailian
>engineering firm(that's the Aussie term) and there is no such thing as an
>H-1B visa; overstay your welcome and it's bye-bye. Maybe this is what
>rc-am is suggesting that we do away with the H-1B visa program
>altogether. Which might not be a bad idea considering there are a million
>or more Americans in prison or who knows how many sleeping under
>bridges:o) of which 40% are employed in some fashion according to some
>sources,etc. etc. All of this while times are good!
>
>One thing about the internet, it's getting harder to bullshit Americans of
>all races, colors and creeds about what is going on in other countries.