I was just reading this news about a protest being held in Arizona this Saturday against SB 1070. Juan Baez, a trucker, created a t-shirt that says, "We are hard workers, not criminals! We believe in USA justice. Arizona's SB 1070 is not justice."
Am I the only one who's angry about this? Juan Baez was an illegal alien who was allowed to stay due to an amnesty law signed by Ronald Reagan in 1986. He has learned something that all poor people south of the border know: Sneak in your poor, your tired, your huddled masses! America doesn't want you. But in the end, they will embrace you!
Ostensibly, Juan Baez considers a law valid only if he agrees with it. Juan, I don't agree with the amnesty you were given. I only agree that you committed a crime coming here. But unfortunately, I have no say. You have already been given the keys to my kingdom. I agree with you on one point: SB 1070 is not justice. It's a law. And even if it's applied zealously, justice won't come for you or your ilk. The worst that could have happened if you hadn't received amnesty would have been your deportation. But Justice, rotting corpse that she is, still demands from the grave that you be punished for your crimes. And unfortunately, that's not going to happen.
I'd like to see you tried for the crime of entering this country illegally. The crime of stealing WIC, welfare and food stamps. The crime of getting medical care and not paying for it. The crime of impersonating an American. The crime of stealing our jobs. The crime of attending our schools, schools funded by and for hard-working Americans. And scores of other crimes you committed, stealing from tax-funded programs intended for poor Americans, in the course of survival here as an illegal alien while you waited, loudly and impatiently, for an unprincipled politician to sign a paper making you legal.
At this demonstration, where illegal aliens attended in force, another family pushed a toddler who held a placard that said, "Mommy, why is my skin color a crime?"
Why say that? It's not true, and nobody is stupid enough to believe it is. Even the person who created the placard knows that the simple purpose of the law is to make it a state crime to enter the nation illegally. This is a conscious act that has nothing to do with skin color.
Why say that? It's not true, and nobody is stupid enough to believe it is. Even the person who created the placard knows that the simple purpose of the law is to make it a state crime to enter the nation illegally. This is a conscious act that has nothing to do with skin color.
But I know why rhetoric like this is being used.
It's simple. These people know that the politicians in our government are easily moved by public sentiment. They know that a public outcry trumps principles, morals and common sense in this country every time it's heard. And they know that if they accuse Americans of any form of prejudice, Americans will let them have their way.
So they sneak into our country, knowing that eventually they will be allowed to stay. In the meantime, they loudly accuse us of racism, while openly admitting their undocumented status. They celebrate Cinco de Mayo in our schools, and call the patriotic Americans who object and are paying for their education, racist. They scream, "La Raza!," refuse to learn English, take advantage of our social programs, while waiting for their chance at the asylum they have learned to expect. They ridicule our ways, and take advantage of our economy and freedom. They wear t-shirts that display the Mexican flag. They also display this symbol of offense on bumper stickers, hats, flags and handkerchiefs.
As a people, we're not doing them any favors by allowing them to be here. They could demonstrate against the political system in their country that creates the economic mess they are currently escaping by coming here. They could effect positive changes there. Maybe these people who "just want to work" could replace their government with one that would give them better opportunities to do so.
But if they really believe what they're saying about us, they're too stupid to be Americans anyway. We have enough stupid people already living here. We don't need more.
Congratulations!