OK I was making some beef stew and I get a call from HSBC bank and some woman speaking English horribly about "...some benefit I have with the card...". I finally ask her where she was and she says "Panama". I pretty much hung up and called the 800 number on the back of my credit card and I get a woman who speaks excellent English...but she tells me that she is in Manila, the Phillipines.

Well, we all know about the call centers in India but this is the first time I have ever been solicited from overseas. That I know of anyway? BTW I thought that if you were on a no call list with the FTC that solicitors could not call? Probably an exception from overseas.

Again, export jobs and import people. (Illegals who cross the border and those who overstay a valid visa mind you!)

I would look for a new credit card but hell they probably are using the call centers overseas as well. BTW There was an ad in the Bogota, Colombia newspaper 2 years ago looking for bi-linguals to work in some call center. I saw it and shook my head. Maybe this is why the CWA union is so anti-free trade with Colombia?

I also called the Trac-Fone number for assistance and got a woman in Belize who spoke English with sucjh a heavy accent I hung up.

BTW Had to take my daughter to the "Mexican" Catholic Church behind my house. Some group was singing and all Spanish speaking. There were like 4 Anglos in the whole building and the other 75 were all Hispanic. Anglo priest and anglo nun!

I cannot believe how this country is being invaded and sold. Then we have these three clowns for president. Hey Barack, the new scab is the ILLEGAL immigrant why did you march with them two years ago and then you go to Ohio and tell UNION members you are gonna change NAFTA?

BTW Anybody listen to Michael Savage on the radio. He is peeved about these 400 citizen kids that Texas Social services "kidnapped" from their parents. Mormon or not they have their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! SAVAGE is right! It sounds like Nazi-germany. Any illegals in Texas?

One other thing, why do I see my tax dollars going for government commercials where some winter road crews find some guys stomach on the snow? Because the guy went out and did some exercise so he lost weight but why can't the government ICE run a television commercial with an 800 toll free number to report ILLEGALS? I can call the IRS and talk to someone? Why not a 800 number to report illegals and television commercials for that?