gas stations being bought left and right
not to be rude or anything, but within the last few months every gas station in my town, which is about 8 has been bought by, how do i say nicely, iraqy citizens. well talking to a friend online today from cali, he had said that the same thing is over there. now do you think it's possible that this may be a plan to buy every gas station in the u.s, and blow them all up simultainiously? therefore no more u.s.a? i mean if they do suicide bombings meaning they are careless of there lives do you think that'd be possible?
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I know a guy who is Pakistani who bought and set-up gas stations. It is just something they know how to do and they help each other do it.
Like other asian immigrant groups, they chip into a private bank of sorts and loan money to the new guy, who then pays it back and chips into the pot for the next person coming over. They do this because they know the new guy has zero credit rating with real banks, etc.
I don't think I would freak out about it.
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LOL CO!
It's been common practice for ages - middle easterners set up convenience stores and hotels.
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The same is true of other ethnic groups and operating certain types of businesses. Entreprenurial talent and hard work are the main ingredients in running a lot of small businesses.
The local pizza place here is run by a nice Greek gentleman who got started 20 years ago working for a cousin's pizza parlor. He buys stuff from his cousin in the fruit and vegetable business and trains the next generation of immigrants.
Another new immigrant dominated business is dry cleaning. Small businesses with moderate specialized vocabulary and people who work hard and remember customer service builds repeat business do very well compared to the "pay some kid $5.50 per hour" and milk it business.
A key ingredient is often large extended families.
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Originally Posted by Bridgette
LOL CO!
It's been common practice for ages - middle easterners set up convenience stores and hotels.
So true times have not changed peoples outlook have . They are not the enemy here people they are hard working people ...
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What deogal and monty posted above is exactly true. Tootsie this is common practice EVERYWHERE and has been for god knows how long.. sheeet I have never come across a petrol station, postal office, convenient store, chicken shack that isn't owned by an Asian family, in business they support their own its common knowledge... many minority communities do the same thing. Are you sure that they are even "iraqy citizens"?
Seraya.
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Are you sure that they are even "iraqy citizens"?
Seraya.
Exactly (maybe they're Brazilian :O) and furthermore, "Iraqy" does not always equal "Muslim" (just a little note to those that like to tie religion with ethnicity).
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Get your panties out of a wad, BG. In IRAQ, the main religion is obviously Muslim - 95% as a matter of fact (either Shi'i or Sunni). However, there are churches/temples of other religions there also. A simple google search would reveal that. However, we are not talking about "Iraqys" in Iraq. We are talking about Iraqis here in the U.S. of Freaking A., where just because someone is Iraqi does not automatically mean they are Muslim. The people the OP menitoned could be Christian, Buddhist, atheist. We don't know. We - meaning YOU - just assume they are Muslim, and therefore must be hellbent on killing folks.
Edit: Just did another google search (Google is such a handy tool, btw) and found a listing of Christian churches (about 40 of them) in Baghdad.
Saying "all Iraqis are Muslims" is just as stupid as saying "all Americans are Christian Conservatives", which, thank Jeebus, we are not, even though Christianity is our national religion ::)