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Patrick Landeza, famed slack key guitarist, will perform “The Sounds of Aloha” from 2-3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 22, at the Pleasanton Public Library, 400 Old Bernal Ave. Landeza is considered to be a leading force behind Hawaiian slack key guitar, or ki ho’alu. Call 931-3405.

By Amory Gutierrez

Amory Gutierrez

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  1. This post relates to the hundreds of thousands of women and children who are trafficked into the USA and are purchased for SEX by American males: fathers, husbands, uncles, brothers, cousins, grandfather’s, etc. etc. etc. Are some of you surprised? READ ABOUT HOW THEIR PRESENCE IMPACTS THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM THAT YOU PAY FOR.! NOT ONLY THAT, IT’S A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY IN THE USA AND THEY DON’T EVEN PAY TAXES…TEE HEE HEE, TEE HEE HEE…how do you like them apples? Hmmmmmm….the point, it’s NOT JUST “MEXICANS” WHO ARE THE PROBLEM! This group of illegals are brought in by organized crime and they are all here illegally…tee hee hee, tee hee hee…

    http://www.soroptimist.org/trafficking/faq.html

    I won’t rub anymore posts in your face….I REST MY CASE!

  2. Cholo:

    The sexual exploitation of girls/women has nothing to do with this post. What you are talking about happens mostly in the asian/european countries. Thailand is especially bad, but some of the russian areas are awful too. In the US, it happens mostly when some pervert kidnaps and enslaves a girl for sexual purposes (Dugart case for instance) and that is because our laws are not tough enough on sex offenders. That is not to say that it does not or cannot happen with mexican girls as well, but that is not as common and it is not what this post talks about.

    I can tell you that, having friends in Mexico, I know for a fact that over there, if you do not speak Spanish, you are not going to make it as far as going to school, holding a decent job, etc.

    Mexico does not provide free health care for people who are not Mexicans, nor does it provide pensions to people who cannot prove their Mexican citizenship. It does not give official government forms in languages other than Spanish. Want a driver’s license? Speak/read/write spanish or forget it.

    Illegal immigration is a big problem in the US. I see it in our public k-12 schools. We have kids who cannot speak English. Now, the asian kids come up to speed quickly and they are soon helping our schools with their high test scores. Their parents are hard working and do not drain the system financially speaking. The spanish speaking ones, most of them, are usually behind grade level and don’t have the support system needed at home, plus they are the ones using free lunches, their parents are often here illegally and are a drain in the system.

    The Arizona law may not be perfect, but it passed because the federal government refuses to deal with the problem. Amnesty is not the solution, as it would reward an illegal act and encourage more illegals to come in.

    Sad to say, but the illegals that come to the US from Mexico are the bottom social classes in Mexico. The educated mexicans come to te US LEGALLY, as they are professionals and well to do people.

    Illegal immigration is a problem and has to stop, period.

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