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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: SADShooter on September 15, 2011, 09:23:02 PM

Title: Immigration Issue Time Capsule
Post by: SADShooter on September 15, 2011, 09:23:02 PM

I just watched an episode of Lou Grant (70's newspaper drama starring "Red" Ed Asner for the uninitiated). Immigration was the central plot theme. As you'd expect, it was a sympathetic treatment, but reasonably balanced pro and con.

It's noteworthy because the only things significantly different then to now were the clothes and cars. As I listened to the dialogue, it could have been right out of a current news story or a discussion here.

Frustrating and depressing.

Title: Re: Immigration Issue Time Capsule
Post by: TommyGunn on September 15, 2011, 11:54:51 PM

I recall any number of TV cop shows from the 70s where the police would go into a  warehouse or whatever and yell "immigration" and it would rouse all the illegals and cause a diversion so the cops could catch their intended badguy.
It is an old old old problem .......

Title: Re: Immigration Issue Time Capsule
Post by: Jamie B on September 16, 2011, 12:24:50 AM

Maybe a creative individual could slink into the WH, scream "INS" and "IRS", and see how many run.....

Title: Re: Immigration Issue Time Capsule
Post by: Perd Hapley on September 16, 2011, 01:31:27 AM

Quote from: Jamie B on September 16, 2011, 12:24:50 AM

Maybe a creative individual could slink into the WH, scream "INS" and "IRS", and see how many run.....

Winning!

Title: Re: Immigration Issue Time Capsule
Post by: SADShooter on September 16, 2011, 11:40:12 AM

Quote from: fistful on September 16, 2011, 01:31:27 AM

Winning!

Indeed. Nicely played, sir.

Title: Re: Immigration Issue Time Capsule
Post by: Jamie B on September 16, 2011, 03:47:28 PM

No personal credit due here- I am becoming a function of the APS environment....