Yesterday was "A Day Without Immigrants". A large number of citizens and immigrants protested against proposed immigration law changes by skipping work and taking to the streets. We watched the local news last night (yes, ugh) to see their coverage. One of the news stories showed how people were upset that some of the Taco Shack locations were closed, and the camera focused on a note on the ground saying, "Dear Taco Shack, you have lost my business" or something cheesy like that. A friend of ours who works in a restaurant (non-Tex-Mex) said that last night the managers had to pitch in in the kitchen because most of the kitchen-workers hadn't come in.
And that was the whole point of the protest, wasn't it? Could we survive a day without the contributions of immigrants? Certainly it was only one day, and that might not be enough to gauge the effects, but it seems to us we wouldn't get much done without them. Of course, we knew that without needing a "day without" them to prove it.
For more thoughts on yesterday's boycott:
- Global Voices has opinions from both sides on the boycott.
- AlterNet: Why I Will Boycott on May 1
Wonk--try pulling your head out of your ass and open your eyes to the reality of what would happen if we kicked out all 11 milloin. No dishwashers, people picking fruit and vegetables, mowing lawns, cleaning hotel rooms, etc. Sheesh--how can someone be so blind?
Wonk's forgetting his time in the food service industry and the pervasiveness immigrant labor.
He's also got something like 20/240 vision so that blind crack hit a lot closer to home than you might think.
blah...blah..
Did this day without aliens affect your life?
I bet you didn't notice a damn thing.
I didn't...
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at May 2, 2006 10:42 AM
yeah, we had people out in SoCal who drove up to LA. They took a 'vacation day' but no one would have fired them anyway.
Apparently you weren't on I-35 at 5:00 when downtown was immobilized and the exit ramps were backed up onto the highway. However, the morning commute was lovely.
I'm talking about this supposed economic impact. It was zero.
And I was on 35-south and 5:00 my commute the the Marcos was no different.
at May 2, 2006 11:12 AM
By all accounts, the effects were a mixed bag. Some businesses weren't affected while others were hit hard. It seems to me that a prolonged action (weeks) would hurt the economy.
(Oh yes, the commute was lovely!)
River Oaks Couple Have To Cook For Themselves, No Longer Agree With Sean Hannity:
http://www.houmidity.com/?p=309
Goodness, PDiddie, that is too funny.
All I noticed was much lighter traffic on the way to work and many less day laborers hanging out in the usual spots. Life carried on as usual for me!
So yeah. Insecure used to be an issue for me. Then it wasn't. Now it is again. If you think you are puzzled, walk in my shoes for awhile.
A second line of fire rose in her cheeks as again Suzanne screamed.
Which reminds me of a very strange site that I dont understand
This is where Mr. Tall comes in. HeÒs not one to forget. Yay for horny men!
We're currently shooting the movie's prequel to explain why all of the living characters are covered in more blood than the zombies in Second Death.
I switched the vibrator off and set it aside. My hips were starting to get sore, so Dangly picked me up & scooted me up the bed. I straightened my legs as he moved his to the outside.
ItÒs simple but effective. They also do other genres. Adolescent poetry is worth a look.
Tristan Taormino (one of my favorite sex writers and educators. She's awesome)
‘and what makes it worse is that you stopped to think about it and have a look to see if anything was coming before you went through’
And my collar is lost somewhere in there.
so i figured the best thing to do is offer an inside look to the demon that drives this crazy train, and tell obnoxious anecdotes about my sister, since she's not here to stop me.
With a turn she left the blushing girl at the counter, but not before saying in a reassuring tone, ÓYou really should take him up on the offer. He is very good at itÔ
there are variations on this including adding some carnation milk (my mam) or using horror of horrors margarine. but I like it this way.
i'd like you to untie me now, thank you, i said, in as assertive a voice as i could manage.
Would you like to walk around the markets on Saturday? And, by the way, don't email me again.
"You said that you didn't care if I went record shopping."
Well, IÒm fully back to Trent Park now and struggling to combine catching up with doing new things and unpacking. We have a desperate need of shelving which is currently being thwarted by the system.
These ornate brass lockbusters looked like they opened the door to a secret garden× or maybe Bluebeard's worst room! It was like receiving a box of jewels.
"Okay lady," he says. We say our goodbyes inside MGM.
Which of the following is most similar to ÑdogÒ and ÑcowÒ?
Sounds good to me. IÒll tell you later what theyÒre like on a rainy afternoon in a London park.
it was like he had me where he wanted me, so he could do anything he wanted to me, and yet he wasn't that good at what he wanted to do.
I encouraged Kiloh to keep her ears open. She has scared off burglars from their garden in the past.
ladies go a stealing (from an alleged criminal organisation)
IÒm so glad I still had the best part of a bike in a bin liner in the shed.
I had to ask myself if I could get used to a life like that. How much *exactly* did it bother me that He was not only serving Himself, but serving ME also?
I notice, btw, that we refer to these as ÑfreeÒ CDs but the magazines theyÒre ÑfreeÒ with cost nearly four quid eachÅ
Hanna was just talking about my tooth fairy story and then last night Apoa announced that she too had been experimenting with the tooth fairy.
So I wonÒt go to MacyÒs any more more more
I'm a good girl. I do my best to follow the golden rule. I floss every night. I love my grandmother. I sponsor a woman in Nigeria. I trap kitchen spiders in tupperwear and free them out in the garden.
Cre(a)mola Foam found as far south as Sheffield? I thought it was an experiment on us Scots only. So did they have the poll tax in Sheffield too?
Any particular reason you'd want to fly to San Francisco? IIRC, Swingers is set in Los Angeles.
and i figured that was what the ropes were for. to stop me squirming away when the body odour hit.
Fear, loathing, and perfunctory seduction
My main areas within linguistics are semantics (about the general linguistic meanings of words and things) and pragmatics (about how we work out what people mean in a particular context).
She pulls out the garment tag and reads it. "This is for babies," she scowls. She unbuttons the skirt, slides it on, and it fits.
and he started to come, bucking and thrusting me about in my bonds, the satin sheets complicit.
I've put off this post because it's long and overwhelming. In the porn world, sex infiltrates every offshoot of your life. It takes that kind of infestation for the magnificence to wear off.
IÒve a feeling this isnÒt quite the thing we had in mind when we made The Lecture List
George Bush is an Islamic fundamentalist (obviously)
We have diveded all the sites into different niches, so it will be easier for you to find exactly what your looking for.
I forgot to mention that Donald Davidson also climbed mountains and wrote radio plays (some of which featured Edward G. Robinson). I wonder what heÒd have made of The Dark House?
I finally got round to posting about it on London Language today and found Mai had beaten me to it. I then discovered that the language nerds of the world are all linking to it.
Even with acceptance that it's not my right to have it, that He can and will spill it elsewhere just to drive that fact home, it still hurts.
Plus, I'm supposed to be the quietly accepting slavegirl right? Whether it's locking me in a closet or sending me off to work or expecting me to function without Him, I'm to just obey.
ÑIÒm not angry and IÒm not boring. IÒm just bored.Ò
Typically, Master is not aroused during punishment. However, He is a sadist, He was hurting me, I was naked and squirming and moaning. He wanted to fuck.
From a legal perspective, the policeman is correct. Intent is a rather important concept in law.
Reminds me of the great HimALayas debate
How exciting is this do you think? IÒm really not sure.
The Female Talent turns around. Her back is now facing the camera.
Bedroomdancer's Dirty. Filthy. Princess.
i stood there in my bra, my limbs tied, my mouth taped, my clothes taped, and i waited with more than a passing interest to see what would happen next.
I acknowledge that bagels are comparatively rare outside the U.S. and Canada, but if you can get them that will make the experience even better.
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The Rolling Stones cancel a gig in Hawaii and postpone other tour dates as Mick Jagger suffers throat troubles...
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The Rolling Stones postpone a show in the US to allow singer Sir Mick Jagger time to rest his voice...
The first stage of a £150m investment in regional museums is praised for boosting visitor numbers...
Colombia's vice president is "baffled" by Kate Moss's success following cocaine allegations...
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A musical about the witches from The Wizard of Oz breaks West End box office records, its producers say...
A musical about the witches from The Wizard of Oz breaks West End box office records, its producers say...
The Rolling Stones postpone a show in the US to allow singer Sir Mick Jagger time to rest his voice...
A musical about the witches from The Wizard of Oz breaks West End box office records, its producers say...
A musical about the witches from The Wizard of Oz breaks West End box office records, its producers say...
Singer George Michael lends the piano on which John Lennon wrote Imagine to an anti-war exhibition...
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are leading the way at this years MTV Europe music awards with four nominations...
London-born rapper Sway is to be honoured at the BET Hip-Hop awards in the US...
London-born rapper Sway is to be honoured at the BET Hip-Hop awards in the US...
London-born rapper Sway is to be honoured at the BET Hip-Hop awards in the US...
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Social networking site MySpace is to block users from uploading copyrighted music to its pages...
Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer's likeness...
Veteran actor William Franklyn, known for voicing the 1960s Schweppes TV adverts, dies aged 81...
Veteran game show host Bob Barker is stepping down from hosting The Price is Right after 35 years...
Pioneering screenwriter Nigel Kneale, best known for the Quatermass TV serials and films, dies aged 84...
Veteran game show host Bob Barker is stepping down from hosting The Price is Right after 35 years...
TV host Oprah Winfrey gives audience members $1,000 (£526) each to donate to a charitable cause...
Singer George Michael lends the piano on which John Lennon wrote Imagine to an anti-war exhibition...
Classical singer Russell Watson postpones his forthcoming UK tour after undergoing brain surgery...
Veteran actor William Franklyn, known for voicing the 1960s Schweppes TV adverts, dies aged 81...
Colombia's vice president is "baffled" by Kate Moss's success following cocaine allegations...
Singer George Michael lends the piano on which John Lennon wrote Imagine to an anti-war exhibition...
Singer George Michael lends the piano on which John Lennon wrote Imagine to an anti-war exhibition...
Madonna says she may adopt another child from abroad following her proposed adoption of a Malawian boy...
TV host Oprah Winfrey gives audience members $1,000 (£526) each to donate to a charitable cause...
A musical about the witches from The Wizard of Oz breaks West End box office records, its producers say...
Pioneering screenwriter Nigel Kneale, best known for the Quatermass TV serials and films, dies aged 84...
A musical about the witches from The Wizard of Oz breaks West End box office records, its producers say...
Pioneering screenwriter Nigel Kneale, best known for the Quatermass TV serials and films, dies aged 84...
TV host Oprah Winfrey gives audience members $1,000 (£526) each to donate to a charitable cause...
Colombia's vice president is "baffled" by Kate Moss's success following cocaine allegations...
Pop trio Atomic Kitten will reform to play a concert in support of jailed Liverpool football fan Michael Shields...
Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer's likeness...
Pop trio Atomic Kitten will reform to play a concert in support of jailed Liverpool football fan Michael Shields...
TV host Oprah Winfrey gives audience members $1,000 (£526) each to donate to a charitable cause...
The first stage of a £150m investment in regional museums is praised for boosting visitor numbers...
The Rolling Stones cancel a gig in Hawaii and postpone other tour dates as Mick Jagger suffers throat troubles...
TV host Oprah Winfrey gives audience members $1,000 (£526) each to donate to a charitable cause...
Pop trio Atomic Kitten will reform to play a concert in support of jailed Liverpool football fan Michael Shields...
Madonna says she may adopt another child from abroad following her proposed adoption of a Malawian boy...
Social networking site MySpace is to block users from uploading copyrighted music to its pages...
Alec Baldwin asks for his voice to be removed from an "unfair" documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly signs a $42.5m (£22m) film deal starring his character Bruno...
The Rolling Stones postpone a show in the US to allow singer Sir Mick Jagger time to rest his voice...
William Styron, whose Holocaust novel Sophie's Choice became a film and an opera, has died, aged 81...
Doctor Who takes three prizes at the National Television Awards in a repeat of its success last year...
Doctor Who takes three prizes at the National Television Awards in a repeat of its success last year...
Pioneering screenwriter Nigel Kneale, best known for the Quatermass TV serials and films, dies aged 84...
London-born rapper Sway is to be honoured at the BET Hip-Hop awards in the US...
Veteran game show host Bob Barker is stepping down from hosting The Price is Right after 35 years...
A musical about the witches from The Wizard of Oz breaks West End box office records, its producers say...
Alec Baldwin asks for his voice to be removed from an "unfair" documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Alec Baldwin asks for his voice to be removed from an "unfair" documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger...
London-born rapper Sway is to be honoured at the BET Hip-Hop awards in the US...
The first stage of a £150m investment in regional museums is praised for boosting visitor numbers...
The Rolling Stones postpone a show in the US to allow singer Sir Mick Jagger time to rest his voice...
Doctor Who takes three prizes at the National Television Awards in a repeat of its success last year...
Doctor Who takes three prizes at the National Television Awards in a repeat of its success last year...
Doctor Who takes three prizes at the National Television Awards in a repeat of its success last year...
Classical singer Russell Watson postpones his forthcoming UK tour after undergoing brain surgery...
The Rolling Stones postpone a show in the US to allow singer Sir Mick Jagger time to rest his voice...
The Rolling Stones postpone a show in the US to allow singer Sir Mick Jagger time to rest his voice...
Social networking site MySpace is to block users from uploading copyrighted music to its pages...
The Rolling Stones postpone a show in the US to allow singer Sir Mick Jagger time to rest his voice...
The Rolling Stones cancel a gig in Hawaii and postpone other tour dates as Mick Jagger suffers throat troubles...
The Rolling Stones postpone a show in the US to allow singer Sir Mick Jagger time to rest his voice...
Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly signs a $42.5m (£22m) film deal starring his character Bruno...
Veteran actor William Franklyn, known for voicing the 1960s Schweppes TV adverts, dies aged 81...
Veteran actor William Franklyn, known for voicing the 1960s Schweppes TV adverts, dies aged 81...
Social networking site MySpace is to block users from uploading copyrighted music to its pages...
Record company EMI sign a deal with the estate of crooner Dean Martin to use the singer's likeness...
Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly signs a $42.5m (£22m) film deal starring his character Bruno...
Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen reportedly signs a $42.5m (£22m) film deal starring his character Bruno...
We wouldn't get much done without them?
lol
Nothing happened....