I wonder if Joe can play the banjo?


Joe wrote:
Yes...but that song is offensive...almost racist Doug.


No, it isn't.
Read the words to the song, it does not say one word against
teen-agers, immgrants, welfare mothers, or drug addicts.
OTOH it is making fun of bigots, so perhaps it is "racist"
in that sense.




If the Feds went to a dozen randomly selected large
corporations, checked for the presence of illegal
immigrants, and arrested the CEO and Board, the problem
would go away.


Exactly, if we enforced current laws, there would not be a problem. If
I dropped a dime to INS it would be easy to get every contractor doing
bottom jobs shut down here. Well except they have way bigger fish to
deal with and could care less.

Maybe we should think about ****canning the director of the INS and
keep firing them until we can find one who will enforce the laws we put
them in charge of enforcing. You are right, we need a few Enron type
trials of CEO's ect using illegal labor.


The most likely outcome, in today's political world, would
be a rapid re-writing of the laws on hiring illegal
immigrants... written by the CEOs themselves...


Meanwhile, I recommend learning a little Spanish. It'll
expand your potential cruising grounds too.


You planing on cruising Texas and California or NY Amigo?.


Already have, actually. And will definitely go back. I would
like to cruise lots of the Gulf... just not in hurricane season!


Need real world tips on entering port in Mexico?
My company always had a big box of goodies for the Port Captian and
customs to share on the galley table ready to be seized. American
smokes, Playboy magazines, Couple cases whiskey......cash...ect. Then
the PeMex guys, Mayor, Dispatcher, ect.ect.ect. Lot's of cash came in
handy..


I did some work on tankers down there, just played stupid
when getting shaken down. The company man was *very* eager
to get me aboard and get his ship fixed, so he took care of
it. That approach won't work travelling on private means,
though.

DSK