xenophobia

For those of you who don't know Greek, that means the fear of foreigners—a fear that seems to be rampant right now. But, it seems for all the fear mongering, the net affect of illegal immigrants is actually positive! Jim West quotes from a Newsweek article that crunches the numbers. Now, last time I checked, Newsweek wasn't listed among those "evil, liberal media rags" like Time, but this might have it make the list :)

Oh, by the way, have you recently checked to see who the largest media mogul is? I'll give you a hint, it isn't a liberal, or even a middle-of-the-road billionaire; it is the ultra-conservative owner of Fox and company, Rupert Murdoch. So much for the liberal media brainwashing conspiracy.

On that note, I think maybe it would be nice to read a bit of Isaiah:
  “Do not call conspiracy
everything this people calls a conspiracy;
do not fear what they fear,
and do not dread it.
The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy,
he is the one you are to fear,
he is the one you are to dread. —Isaiah 8:12-13

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Would that all people would fear YHWH instead of being afraid of their own shadow!

It would be good to bear in mind that every non-Native American was once an immigrant on these shores...
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