Guaguacoa
Guaguacoa's JournalI'm done with this forum.
Adios for good. I am from mexico, live here, and have lived in the us the "I word" without papers before (I have to say it this way or some white person will come by and get me removed from posted in the thread even though we, they, refer to ourselves/themselves this way in the usa) and am very concerned with the fact that 36% of latinos vote conservative when I have thought all along it should be 0%. There is a problem though with "our side" where white people like to tell us what is racist, or what acceptable labels are and shut us down if we do not agree. This is just as racist as the other side so I see no point in going any further. Now I know there are good people here, but these are the most vocal here and even in the us.
You have NO right to tell me what I should find acceptable. I would not think of telling you. Since that is the way here, even with the jury's, then I no longer care which side latino's vote for. I will be going back to the us in a few months and am formally retired from worrying about how anyone else votes. For this I am done here, dealing with some here is worse than dealing with conservatives. Hopefully you don't drive us all away.
Obama touts new China visa deal as way to create U.S. jobs
Source: CNBC
President Obama announced a new plan Monday to extend Chinese student visas to five years and business and tourist visas to 10 years, saying the move will boost jobs in the United States.
The visa plan was part of Obama's overall call for improved economic ties between the two nations, he said, and would help China "do well."
The visa change will also apply to U.S. citizens in China. Previously, visas were granted on a year-at-a-time basis.
Asia represents an incredible job-creation opportunity in the United States, Obama said, and that the new visa agreement could inject billions into the U.S. economy. A White House statement said by 2021, Chinese travelers to the United States will contribute nearly $85 billion a year to the economy and support up to 440,000 jobs.
Obama was in Beijing for the annual of meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit (APEC). Two rival trade agreements promoted by China and the United States are at the heart of the summit.
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102170430
Will this really help create jobs, or will just make it easier to hire workers from out of the country? Serious question.
Democrats taking latinos for granted?
I really think Democrats are taking latino's in the us for granted. They think latino's automatically vote democrat and it's not true. Granted democrats get the most latino's votes but it's not that far apart.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/us/hispanic-votes-republicans-midterm-gains.html
"Greg Abbott, the Republican who defeated an underdog campaign for governor by Wendy Davis, a Democrat, won 44 percent of the Hispanic vote, while Ms. Davis took 55 percent. In 2010, Gov. Rick Perry, also a Republican, won his race with 38 percent of Latinos."
Texas is a minority, majority state and is conservative. Just as is arizona. Granted Wendy davis got 44%, but abbott got 45% and that's only 5% away from half. Rick perry got almost 40%, that's a lot and not at all close to democrats having the vote sewn up.
"In Georgia, where a small but rapidly growing population of Hispanic citizens now represents 4 percent of voters, Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, was re-elected, winning 47 percent of Hispanic voters while his Democratic challenger received 53 percent. In the hard-fought Senate race in Georgia, David Perdue, a conservative Republican businessman, received 42 percent of the Latino votes while his Democratic opponent, Michelle Nunn, got 57 percent."
In georgia the vote was not as heavy for the democrats as one would think.
"In Kansas, Gov. Sam Brownback, a conservative Republican who had been under fire even from some in his own party for sharp tax cuts, received 47 percent of the Latino vote, while his Democratic challenger, Paul Davis, won 46 percent. The exit polls were conducted by Edison Research for the television networks and The Associated Press."
Take note, in Kansas Sam Brownback got the majority over the democrat.
Yes, a poll says 45% of latinos say immigration reform is the most important, but that would not make them vote for the people against it. It also means to 55% it is not.
The Democrats seem to think they have latino's in their pocket, it's not the case. There is also a notion that most latino's are for amnesty, I think that's probably true for the 45% above. I have lived in the US and know people there, by far most that went there legally oppose it. Many have family members waiting to get approved and consider this as them getting moved back.
People also think new immigrants to the US will automatically vote democrat. Most are the very poor, very religious people. They are very much against abortion and gay rights. I'm not saying this is good, that's just how it is. I think with the voting numbers the way they are a lot of the newer immigrants are on the conservative side.
People can, and will, ignore this but the amount voting conservative bears this out.
Just the opinions of someone that knows the pulse of these people.
This also points out a problem of the democrats in the us. Anyone trying to point out problems is considered an enemy and attacked. It's fact that 38% of the latinos in florida and the whole us vote conservative, but anyone pointing that out is the enemy. It's true that this 38% are people that democrats should have and it should be corrected, but anyone pointing that out is the enemy. It's also true that they are not the majority but again votes democrats should have. Pointing to past elections mean nothing, the past election is the only one that matters.....it and the next.
In reality those ignoring these problems are part of the problem and this means you also. Is there really any point in discussing this with someone that is part of the problem and closed minded? Do you still deny those 38% in florida and nation wide?
US President Obama is here in Toluca.
We saw a large plane fly over earlier, there are no other planes allowed so it may have been him.
Pena Nieto has handled this very badly and as a result people here are directing their distaste for it at obama. It's really the hypocrisy of our own government.
Pena nieto is from here in mexico state, he was once governor and his friend eruvial avila is governor now. Mexico state is the most populated state but has the worst streets and a high indigenous population that are very poor.
For this visit streets that should have had potholes filled several years ago have been filled, flowers and gardens have been planted, for the last 5 days police are everywhere bothering people (still won't come if you call them), most bus drivers and taxi drivers not allowed to work , people not allowed to get to work, no cars older than 1995 allowed on the streets, schools and government offices shut down. All of this started saturday and goes through today. All a show put on to make pena nieto look good, but proof that he cares nothing for the people out of work for 5 days and poor that have old vehicles that can't even go into toluca or even use the bus system that he has crippled badly just to make it look like there is order on the streets.
Don't get me wrong, I know obama is not at fault in this in any way, but most people here are directing their angst at obama as well as pena nieto as they already know what pena nieto is like.
I just thought I would post some feelings "behind the scenes". Please take this as a comment on OUR president, not yours.
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