[color="DarkRed"]*I just happened upon this provocative and timely discussion and wanted to share it with the group. Here's some samples from about 16 pgs of discussion:

Children? Look, when a boot once belonging to Santa Anna finally gets passed around to be licked upon, my children ain't going to be doing it and I'm not going to. For me, this is all about being tolerant. My pants are pulled up snug because ain't no one going to get this cookie. If you don't care what your daughters do or whether or not they are treasuring their cookies, then, like I said, that is your right to float your boat in the direction of however the wind blows you.
What do we have to do? Declare war on Mexico? You see, if we were at war with these people and their mindless promiscuity to revel in all things tyrannical, then we could finally defend ourselves by shooting them between the eyes.

America is odd because of its immigration paradox. It's our motto to take on immigrants with open arms and hearts, but our attitude throughout history has been quite different. It isn't a race thing either, but rather a cultural thing. In our earlier days it was the Irish, the Italians, and the Polish that were treated with disrespect and hatred as they came in large herds across our borders. As Americans, we resented these (gasp!) white immigrants and the culture they brought with them. Eventually their immigration slowed down and they assimilated. They became Americanized, and pieces of their culture enriched ours.]

Don't you think that that maybe this has already happened or at least is happening? Look at Eva Longoria. Isn't she one of America's sweethearts and favorite actresses? (note I didn't say Hispanic Actresses). Don't all American men love looking at J-Lo's butt if not her acting? (note I didn't say just Hispanic men love ...). What about Gay American men swooning over Ricky Martin from Puerto Rico (I didn't say Gay PR men ...). Maybe not completely yet but Hispanics are pretty close to reaching acceptance by the majority of Americans (maybe not Tea-Party pinhead types, but most THINKING Americans) in the way that Italians and the Irish were accepted after some rough times in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Unfortunately, The Dallas of the Future looks far WORSE than Mexico City, Today.

Mexico, currently, is a relatively-rich nation neighboring a (still, but only temporarily) rich nation. Much of Mexico's wealth is due to its proximity to the US. The US, once it sinks into poverty and dysfunction, will not have a rich neighbor. The only rich countries will be China, Korea, and Japan.

Whether the US splinters into smaller nations, or simply goes the way of Russia and China, sinking into a morass of murder and poverty (after they had succumbed to Marxist Ideologies and regimes), but with borders intact, things are almost surely going to be horrible. Western Civilization, itself, will probably disappear.

So, the standard of living in Dallas will not even approach that of Mexico City, today.

And remember that Dallas has a horrible climate, given to temperature extremes. Mexico City has a very stable and benign climate, due to its high altitude and low humidity. Once Dallas' infrastructure decays to match America's new Third-World populace, those central heating and cooling units will be too costly to run and maintain, for most people. And when all those tarpaper roofs on all those Dallas McMansions start to leak...and Black Mould starts growing in the insulation.... Ewwwwww.....

And take a look at the National IQ Tables from IQ & The Wealth of Nations. Currently, America is importing hordes of people from places where the Average IQ is far below that of Pre-Columbian North American Natives. The Average IQ in Dallas may end up far lower than that of today's Mexico City. Low IQ has a high correlation with poverty and crime.

Plus, there will be famines, and government purges of targeted groups, and armed paramilitary groups from various factions roaming about robbing and torturing and maiming and murdering, and riots... and no-telling-what-else... (like regular prison trains, loaded with Americans, imprisoned on one pretext or another, being shipped off to points unknown, to be worked to death as 'contract labor' for one corporation or another).

So no: only in one's wildest dreams will the Dallas of Tomorrow be like the Mexico City of Today.

(But don't worry: this will only last a couple of decades. Without altruistic Europeans around to lobby for environmental causes, technology will run amok, and the Planet will soon be incapable of supporting higher life forms.)

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