tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post2332031345641643926..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: It's not even autumn, but ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61435674429927624392012-06-05T09:07:04.368-07:002012-06-05T09:07:04.368-07:00http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/judge-orders-...http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/judge-orders-adolf-hitler-kept-child-custody-173659145.html<br /><br />Idiot parents but this is unconstitutional. People cannot be targeted by government for their creed. Otherwise, communist parents naming their children Mao, Lenin, or Che should lose their kids too. Where is the ACLU on this?<br /><br />In new America, gays can adopt but wrong creed gets kids taken by the state. Chilling implications.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43372757019542222802012-06-05T07:28:35.190-07:002012-06-05T07:28:35.190-07:00>You can look on Ancestry.com and find the link...>You can look on Ancestry.com and find the link from [the first slaver in Jamestown] to me through twenty three generations.<<br /><br />Assuming that you're around 40, and given that the Jamestown settlement was founded in 1607, it seems that you believe a generation is equal to 16 years. Yet according to the authority you cite, Ancestry.com, one most accurately calculates "three generations per century (33 years each) for male lines and 3.5 generations per century (29 years each) for female lines." Which is about double your definition of generation. You would in fact be roughly 12 or 13 generations removed from Piersay, not 23. Perhaps you typo'ed.<br /><br />I am unable to find a record of an Alistair Piersay connected with the Jamestown settlement, but I do find mention of one Abraham Piersay (b. circa 1587), described as "the colony's wealthiest resident" <a href="http://www.project2019.com/blkmayflower.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. In 1619 he and Governor Sir George Yeardley bought from a privateer about half of the 50 or so African slaves or black indentured servants working in the Jamestown colony in its early decades. Lazy whites being kept alive by superior Africans I am unable to find mention of: I do note, however, that the slaves or black indentured servants were brought in to help the work of the tobacco plantations after these were successful. The mainstay foodstuff of the colony was wheat, grown from 1618. The importation of German and Italian craftsmen (who built sawmills and made glass for export) also had something to do with the colony's eventual success, as well as a great deal of English reinvestment and reorganization after the disastrous winter of 1609-10. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jamestown_Settlement_(1607%E2%80%931699)#Expansion_beyond_Jamestown" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a good article; note that Rolfe made his fortune some years prior to Abraham's shepherding in his 20 Africans).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56360868249675644202012-06-05T06:16:35.163-07:002012-06-05T06:16:35.163-07:00To the Wall Street Journal crowd, the moral worth ...To the Wall Street Journal crowd, the moral worth of anyone outside their circles is gauged by how willing he is to work for free. If you want a dollar more than the next guy, you're a lazy bum who doesn't want to work.<br /><br />In the eyes of our economic overlords, the ideal human worker is the slave. Forget about minimum wage laws; the true bete noir of the economic right is the constitutional prohibition against slavery.<br /><br />But even better than the human slave (who after all has to be fed and housed and otherwise maintained) is the machine. And the best machine is one that requires no maintenance, no oil, no fuel, and no attention. Something nearly like an iPad or a Blackberry. Push a button, make a trade - and earn thousands on the backs of Chinese coolies.<br /><br />It's a wonderful life for the few who hold the whip hand. No so much for those under the whip, which will include many of our grandchildren, if we have any.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8510525024260283702012-06-04T13:46:05.054-07:002012-06-04T13:46:05.054-07:00Anonymous @ 6/3/12 11:59am
said..." Do cons ...Anonymous @ 6/3/12 11:59am<br />said..." Do cons ever care about Christians as they do for Jews?"<br /><br />Sure. Surely you've read all of the 5,000 word starting-above-the-fold articles in various influential organs about the decimation of the 2,000 year old Christian populations in Egypt since Mubarak fell, in Iraq since Hussein fell, Libya since Cud-Hoffy was killed, and which will soon happen in Syria once their Moslem hordes learn the wonders of democracy. <br /><br />You can't pick up a NYT without reading about the destructive effect of our foreign policy on ancient Christian populations surrounded by Moslems. Its non-stop: Christians, Christians, Christians. All of our foreign policy should be oriented towards defending Christians. Oh wait...I'm sorry, I had the wrong group in mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61186658654177289982012-06-04T13:38:22.219-07:002012-06-04T13:38:22.219-07:00Beecher Asbury said...
...This reminded me of Joh...Beecher Asbury said...<br /><br />...This reminded me of John McCain in 2006, when he said Americans would not pick lettuce, even for $50/hour. Here is a video clip of him making that remarkable claim."<br /><br />John McCain is Exhibit A of what happens when you take stupidity, mix in an enormous sense of entitlement, add a bad temper, and finish with a complete lack of intellectual curiosity. I'm sure there are worse politicians in terms of their sheer destructiveness (Ted Kennedy, last seen at the drunk driving checkpoint into hell comes to mind) but I'm not sure there is a worse person in Congress, either house. Btw,I used to know one of his sons socially a few years back and he was much the same - loud, arrogant, spectacularly uninformed yet constantly on transmit, and convince that people disagreed with him for only one of two reasons: 1) evil, or 2) corruption.Doesn't Like John McCainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87455725956766606862012-06-04T13:29:25.396-07:002012-06-04T13:29:25.396-07:00Cesar Chavez was very much against immigration. Un...Cesar Chavez was very much against immigration. Unlike much of our current chattering classes, he knew what that would do to the wages of those he represented. This is interesting because he is routinely held up as hero by the "leaders" of the "hispanic community" - the same leaders in favor of unrestricted immigration. Army Street in San Francisco was renamed "Cesar Chavez Street" 15-20 years ago - I doubt it was because of his immigration restrictionist views though. <br /><br />I used to live near Cesar Chavez (street, not the guy) and used to get a kick out of telling people I live near the intersection of "so-and-so and Army"...most people seemed confused but those who knew better became furious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-858809595934429252012-06-04T11:59:14.968-07:002012-06-04T11:59:14.968-07:00I believe the first case of importing minority lab...I believe the first case of importing minority labor for agricultural purposes was done by my direct ancestor Alistair Piersay.<br /><br />He brought in the first black slaves to Jamestown. The situation was well documented. Piersay had brought white Londoners to work in the fields. The deal was that they had their passage payed for but they were indentured for seven years. <br /><br />It didn't work. More than half died in the first six months. Hardly any survived a year. The colony government asked Piersay to procure some Africans. He did. The colony survived and the slave trade began.<br /><br />This is a true story that is easy to verify. You can look on Ancestry.com and find the link from him to me through twenty three generations. I have a cousin who is interested in such things.<br /><br />I told a pair of lovely young women this story once. They were appalled. It's an interesting story but not effective. Now I skip the slavery part and point out that Piersay also owned the first windmill in America. Being a pioneer environmentalist works better than being a pioneer slave trader. <br /><br />AlbertosaurusPat Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477950851915567863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75713441227917667382012-06-04T11:20:24.612-07:002012-06-04T11:20:24.612-07:00the only reason i can think of to subsidize or oth...<i>the only reason i can think of to subsidize or otherwise encourage farming in a country is to make sure you have enough farmers in your country to feed everyone. you don't want to be dependent on russia or the ukraine for all your grains if/when wwiii happens.</i><br /><br />OTOH, cross border food trade is a hell of a disincentive to waging war.<br /><br />Still, I have to wonder how disingeous these people really are... All about more illegal immigrants to pick crops, not near so much about how we need to fund new research programs to boost yields...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86347047212876076742012-06-03T18:55:28.549-07:002012-06-03T18:55:28.549-07:00Here's the roll call of the largest farm subsi...Here's the roll call of the largest farm subsidy recipients:<br />http://farm.ewg.org/top_recips.php?fips=00000&progcode=totalelvisdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16180964484545761852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-5318118229022790602012-06-03T17:25:21.451-07:002012-06-03T17:25:21.451-07:00Action Item
When you hear of employers hiring ille...Action Item<br />When you hear of employers hiring illegals, complaining about labor shortages, etc. place help wanted ads on free sites like Craigslist as if you are the employer.<br /><br />Use phrases like<br />Apply in person at their address<br />We need 25 people immediately.<br />Ask for Mr Complainer<br />Must be US citizen or legally authorized to work in US.<br />Bring your own tools.<br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br />Google my name.DirtyTricksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45489374522884068532012-06-03T17:11:03.090-07:002012-06-03T17:11:03.090-07:00All my life (I'm in my 50's now) I've ...All my life (I'm in my 50's now) I've been reading stories in the press about how employers are desperately seeking people with basic reading and arithmetic skills. If you can read and write then you can not only have a job, but a darn <i>good</i> job too!<br /><br />As with these stories about the need for more farm workers, the problem is that our journalists act as stenographers for the Chamber of Commerce. Because journalists now mostly come from the upper class they have no first hand experience to let them know that what Joe Employer is telling them does not pass the laugh test. And they're too lazy and/or incompetent to do any investigating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47889494947322724112012-06-03T16:23:06.999-07:002012-06-03T16:23:06.999-07:00"I wouldn't work for 3 dollars an hour. I...<i>"I wouldn't work for 3 dollars an hour. It's a disgrace."</i><br /><br />I think the first commentator was saying that wages had been increased by up to $3 per hour. So if they were getting paid $8 before, maybe now it's $11.<br /><br />Even illegals don't make as low as $3/hour in the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37603844118095125112012-06-03T16:20:25.840-07:002012-06-03T16:20:25.840-07:00Commonwealth contrarian, can you clarify please wh...Commonwealth contrarian, can you clarify please which slavic countries the farm workers in Australia are coming from?<br /><br />The problem is of course that the children of agriculture workers will refuse to do agriculture work, so you need to make damn sure that you have jobs for those children that they are actually willing to do that they can do effectively. <br /><br />This is not a problem if you import young ukranian females to do the fruit picking. True, their children won't be willing to pick fruit, but due to genetically high Ukranian iq their children will have the IQ to be ironworkers or nurses or to have some profession that pays much better than farm work<br /><br />Sounds like Australia has farm workers now who can be counted on to produce high IQ offspring, but I would like clarification of thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79104778482901328162012-06-03T15:50:09.993-07:002012-06-03T15:50:09.993-07:00@irishman - "...for the life of my think of a...@irishman - <i>"...for the life of my think of a single rational argument for farm subsidies."</i><br /><br />the only reason i can think of to subsidize or otherwise encourage farming in a country is to make sure you have enough farmers in your country to feed everyone. you don't want to be dependent on russia or the ukraine for all your grains if/when wwiii happens.hbd chickhttp://hbdchick.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-86094739812301447192012-06-03T15:39:16.594-07:002012-06-03T15:39:16.594-07:00"Unemployment rates in the agricultural count..."Unemployment rates in the agricultural counties of California's Central Valley are astronomically high -- sometimes above 20%. A highly disproportionate number of these unemployed are Hispanic."<br /><br />It's the same the Anglo world over. Downunder we have Slavic Europeans immigrants doing the jobs that Polynesian immigrants don't want to do any more. <br /><br />Somebody must have forgot to send them their white privilege cards.commonwealth contrarianhttp://comcontrarian.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4386868629541983162012-06-03T15:23:26.386-07:002012-06-03T15:23:26.386-07:00You mean Non-Whites. Only 10% of the world's p...<i>You mean Non-Whites. Only 10% of the world's population is White, so how are we not minorities?</i><br /><br />I think that number is from 40 years ago. It seems that the <b>percentage of the world's population that is White has fallen to only 6%.</b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62436028080787213992012-06-03T15:21:31.266-07:002012-06-03T15:21:31.266-07:00The Latino lobby does not want a formal guest work...<i>The Latino lobby does not want a formal guest worker plan instituted because there will be no reason to hire Mexican contract workers when you can get far more pliable workers in SE Asia.</i><br /><br />Actually, their primary motivation in opposing guest worker programs is that such programs make explicit that residence in the United States is to be <i>temporary</i>. That is problematic when what is really going on is an invasion and grab for resources in perpetuity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-69806127232206904102012-06-03T14:47:13.570-07:002012-06-03T14:47:13.570-07:00Shouldn't the newspapers bill the growers for ...Shouldn't the newspapers bill the growers for the paid Help Wanted advertisementsAlcalde Jaime Miguel Curleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11801154986193443160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77877192696985385772012-06-03T11:59:17.003-07:002012-06-03T11:59:17.003-07:00http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/06...http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/06/03/what-russia-doesnt-forget/<br /><br /><br />Do cons ever care about Christians as they do for Jews?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-8335385120072495262012-06-03T10:01:57.944-07:002012-06-03T10:01:57.944-07:00Anonymous 1:49 said:
"Poor Ireland was not a...Anonymous 1:49 said:<br /><br />"Poor Ireland was not a constant phenomenon. Ireland was wealthier than Piedmont and Sweden around 1900.<br /><br />Which Piedmont?"<br /><br />The Italian one.irishmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65094156070459416712012-06-03T09:45:07.846-07:002012-06-03T09:45:07.846-07:00"Anthony said...
"upped hourly wages $1..."Anthony said...<br /><br />"upped hourly wages $1 to $3 to entice workers"<br /><br />The horror."<br /><br />I wouldn't work for 3 dollars an hour. It's a disgrace.<br /><br />At least the slave owners of the past had to take care of their slaves the whole year.<br /><br />These "farmers" or corporations really are worse than slave owners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72139117085922812582012-06-03T09:43:05.009-07:002012-06-03T09:43:05.009-07:00Did y'all hear this guy on NPR this morning? -...Did y'all hear this guy on NPR this morning? -- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Speech-Oliver-Wendell-Holmes-Lectures/dp/0674065891" rel="nofollow">Jeremy Waldron, "The Harm in Hate Speech"</a><br /><br />He's English, and daring to tell us Yanks about our laws, in the name of the 'human dignity of vulnerable minorities'. It's only a book, but I'm sure we'll be reading and hearing about it for the next few weeks.society for the advancement of firenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74628089506100881752012-06-03T09:28:50.601-07:002012-06-03T09:28:50.601-07:00"I am from an agricultural area in Ireland. I...<i>"I am from an agricultural area in Ireland. I spent my childhood and teen years(I'm in my 20s now) picking strawberries and working on a horse stud. I know farming and I know farmers and I think I'm in a position to make a few general observations about them which I think are pretty true the world over.<br /><br />Firstly; they are the meanest employers you will ever have.<br /><br />Secondly; they tend to do better than they let on.<br /><br />Thirdly; they have an undeserved reputation as a working class hero. The prototypical farmer in the public consciousness is the farmer from Babe, the sheep-pig movie. In my experience the farmer from animal farm is much more representative."</i><br /><br />This was certainly one of the main messages I took from Ronald Blythe's <i>Akenfield</i> and <i>The View in Winter</i>. IIRC, even the well-to-do people in the Halls and big houses were more generous or at least less punitive than the farmers were to the farm laborers in Suffolk. Apparently, nothing has changed in the last 45 years since their recollections, stretching back decades, were recorded.Kylienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34750741407610244612012-06-03T09:04:30.567-07:002012-06-03T09:04:30.567-07:00Another way to look at it: how long does it take f...Another way to look at it: how long does it take for one immigrant to pick a head of lettuce, another to wash it, and another to package it? Maybe 30 seconds, when you add up the time it spends in someone's hands? Let's round that up to a generous 60 to be conservative. That means that if the grower has to raise wages by $3/hour (the high end of the scale mentioned above) to get workers, the head of lettuce I bought today for $1.79 would have been $1.84. Raise wages by <em>$20/hour</em> to make people seriously compete for the job, and that head of lettuce could be $2.12. The horror!<br /><br />I don't like to call these employers farmers, because my parents and grandparents and great-grandparents are/were all farmers, and I live among farmers in the Midwest, and none of them run their farms like this. These owners who hire illegals and use their political clout to push for more legal foreign labor and benefits aren't farmers in any sense of the word that I understand. They're factory owners; their factories just happen to be outdoors on dirt instead of indoors on concrete.Aaron B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15629153841120627618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-30385767941442531142012-06-03T08:58:02.348-07:002012-06-03T08:58:02.348-07:00Why not import ukranians to pick the fruit? I t...Why not import ukranians to pick the fruit? I think ukranians have genetically quite high iq but still earn very little money in ukraine. If the plutocrats insist on cheap fruit pickers i humbly suggest ukranians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com