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it ain't as much where you;re born, but where you're at in your heart and in your head.
always good to hear from a fellow American. God bless you and yours badger
I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.
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i'm thankful i shared a campfire with you.
God bless Texas-----------------------
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I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull
Its not how you pick the booger..
but where you put it !!
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Glad to have you here! iv got a buddie, his wife is from SA, and Iv met her folks, Great people! her flamily still lives there, I fear form them!
Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!
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Best wishes to you and family.
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My wife and I arrived in the USA, still bright eyed and bushy tailed. Our 4 suitcases contained all of our worldly goods, including my mechanics tools, having sold our cars, motorcycle, furniture and household goods in South Africa. I came here to train BMW technicians at a dealership here in Atlanta on a 12 month contract. Well, after 3 months I pretty much knew that I wanted to make America my home and set the wheels in motion for my green card. BMW was apparently pleased with me too, because they went to bat for me in extending my work visa so I could continue training technicians. Fast forward 5 years and we had our resident alien status granted (and many thousands of dollars in legal costs etc), our first child was born a US citizen, and the second wasn't far behind. We became citizens in 2000, my oldest daughter is a USAF Vet, the youngest is married and we are grandparents. I have a successful business, and I count my blessings every day. Life has been good to me, and the opportunity to live a good life is because I live in this great country.
Thankful. Now if your predecessors had played "Cowboys and Indians" after Rourke's Drift, you'd still be in SA and I'd be the immigrant! 
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My wife and I arrived in the USA, still bright eyed and bushy tailed. Our 4 suitcases contained all of our worldly goods, including my mechanics tools, having sold our cars, motorcycle, furniture and household goods in South Africa. I came here to train BMW technicians at a dealership here in Atlanta on a 12 month contract. Well, after 3 months I pretty much knew that I wanted to make America my home and set the wheels in motion for my green card. BMW was apparently pleased with me too, because they went to bat for me in extending my work visa so I could continue training technicians. Fast forward 5 years and we had our resident alien status granted (and many thousands of dollars in legal costs etc), our first child was born a US citizen, and the second wasn't far behind. We became citizens in 2000, my oldest daughter is a USAF Vet, the youngest is married and we are grandparents. I have a successful business, and I count my blessings every day. Life has been good to me, and the opportunity to live a good life is because I live in this great country.
Thankful. And many born here can't appreciate what they "inherited" Welcome to you and your family - wish we had many more like you!
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
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We need more like you and less of those that break into the US of A and as ILLEGAL ALIENS suck funding meant for citizens programs.
And vote . . . VOTE to maintain the nipple they suckle.
Thank you for your time effort to become a productive citizen of the US which is what we all want from immigrants.
Thank you!
Some spelling errors can be corrected by a vowel movement.
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Congrats Badger...
wish you represented the average style immigrant that we have in this nation.
after reading the book "Into the Cannibal's Pot", its a tragedy what has happened
to your native home.
We should open the door for all white South Africans who want to come here.
"Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC
“Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez
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Precisely why accepting good people as this nations immigrants is far preferable than recruiting Muslim scum. We'll take more like badger any day.
�Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politician.� �General George S. Patton, Jr.
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You , and those like you who come legally, are the finest in the country. Having dealt with legal immigrants for much of my career, I have the highest respect for them. Please tell newcomers they do not have to pay the lawyers such ridiculous fees, The Immigration Service will do all the paperwork necessary, lawyers only make the process more complicated and charge you unnecessary fees. They are bloodsuckers! Having worked for the immigration service for 27 years, I have nothing but hatred for immigration lawyers, They are leeches! Those who are trying to come to this country legally can save a lot of money and frustration by bypassing the SOBs! On the other hand, those who are attempting to come in illegally need them!
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"I Birn Quhil I Se" MacLeod of Lewis
I Burn While I See
Hold Fast MacLeod of Harris
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Thanks friends. I didn't post this to toot my own horn, but rather to reflect on my good fortune and the opportunity I was given. I have shared a campfire with many here on the Fire, and am doubly blessed to have made great friends.
To anger a conservative, lie to him. To annoy a liberal, tell him the truth.
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Badger,
I'm glad you made the effort and are here. We are a better nation for it.
Happy Anniversary!
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Hard for me to fathom some people's disdain for this country. I suspect their upbringing coupled with the fact that they've simply not lived anywhere else, and don't realize how fortunate we are............. That could be a poster statement right there. Good on you badger.
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Badger,
39 years , 4 months and a few days . life is good. I would have been dead if I stayed.
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Exactly! I know several folks that have done as you have and better Americans are hard to find!
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
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Seems both you and the US were fortunate.
Congrats!
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee
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Glad you're here, and in the South to boot.
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Badger--I was born here thanks to my great great grandparents coming to this country from England and Scotland. You and your wife came here and became citizens by choice. My wife came here from the Philippines on a work visa twenty one years ago, and became a citizen, and every day I thank God she stayed. We are ALL Americans, and live in the greatest country on earth which is one of life's greatest blessings. Your coming has made our country richer and stronger.
Last edited by sharpsguy; 05/25/17.
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