So here I sit trying to enjoy the sun and sand of the South Carolina coast, and what am I doing instead? Fuming and raging over the way the people supposedly reprensenting ME and MY INTERESTS are busily handing my country over to Mexico and other invaders from points south (mostly).
It seems I'm in good company too. A lot of other CITIZENS are pretty pissed off, and I'm left with just one fucking question:
If the goddamn "will of the people" is so fucking important when it comes to Iraq, if the national interests be DAMNED in that situation, if all that matters is what Jane and John Q. Ignorant on Main Street have to say about the "quagmire" that they believe Iraq to be, if their say-so is what turned the House and Senate even more corrupt and incompetent, even more bent on the total destruction of the America I know and love, then why doesn't the same "will of the people" matter at all when it comes to illegal immigration? Are we talking about the will of DIFFERENT PEOPLE HERE? Are these assholes now admitting outright to representing only NON-citizens and ILLEGALLY REGISTERED VOTERS?
WHAT THE FUCK?
I'm so angry I can hardly breathe. I can't be rational about this, I can't remain calm. I can't even regain my composure long enough to PRAY to the God that I believe in my heart of hearts is the only power left that gives a rat's ass what happens to this country (and I fear maybe He too has already given up on us). I'm just furious and thrashing about in my swamp of impotence.
I feel like I'm drowning, and even as I gasp for air, people around me are saying "What water?"
I mean seriously! If this isn't enough to force the President to DO SOMETHING I don't know what will be.
CIUDAD DEL ESTE, Paraguay - The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia has taken root in South America, fostering a well-financed force of Islamist radicals boiling with hatred for the United States and ready to die to prove it, according to militia members, U.S. officials and police agencies across the continent.From its Western base in a remote region divided by the borders of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina known as the Tri-border, or the Triple Frontier, Hezbollah has mined the frustrations of many Muslims among about 25,000 Arab residents whose families immigrated mainly from Lebanon in two waves, after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and after the 1985 Lebanese civil war.
U.S. officials fear that poorly patrolled borders and rampant corruption in the Tri-border region could make it easy for Hezbollah terrorists to infiltrate the southern U.S. border. From the largely lawless region, it is easy for potential terrorists, without detection, to book passage to the United States through Brazil and then Mexico simply by posing as tourists.
The CIA singles out the Mexican border as an especially inviting target for Hezbollah operatives. “Many alien smuggling networks that facilitate the movement of non-Mexicans have established links to Muslim communities in Mexico,” its Counter Terrorism Center said in a 2004 threat paper.
“Non-Mexicans often are more difficult to intercept because they typically pay high-end smugglers a large sum of money to efficiently assist them across the border, rather than haphazardly traverse it on their own.”
Oh, that's right...In this country we're supposed to wait to be attacked before we raise a hand to defend ourselves...
I respect the President's devotion to his Christian principles, but sweet Jesus, I didn't think that meant I had to turn the other cheek to make it easier for my beheader to access my NECK!
Great news out of France today!
What this means is that at least half (53% to be exact) of the French population have not completely lost their minds, do recognize the threats from French youths who--as I type--are busy torching the cars of their fellow citizens. These brave voters were not threatened by the likes of Mohamed Mechmache, President of AC Le Feu--an association created following the November 2005 riots.
He and the other Islamist thugs currently trying to intimidate the French people into handing over their country without a fight are as surprised as I am, frankly, at the way the French are refusing to go quitely into that dark night.
At any rate, it's a great day for France, and an even better day for Americans. I can only imagine how Hillary is quaking in her pantsuit, wondering if she will meet the same fate as her Socialist counterpart Royal did, wondering if perhaps there is a silent majority in this country as well, just waiting to let her know exactly what it thinks of "surrender and run" policies and open borders "tolerance."
But don't look for any celebrating by the Daily Kossaks. To read what they have to say, you'd think it was a bad think that we're about to have a friend leading France!
Sarkozy plans to pursue close ties with Bush and the U.S. and a neoliberal economic program that will hurt the most vulnerable in French society.It's a disappointing development for our French friends and for the whole world. As many mistakes as Segolene made, I believe that she would have made a remarkable president. Sarkozy is poised to institute Le Pen-esque policies cracking down on those he has previously referred to as "rabble" and promised to clean out "with a fire hose"--anybody who doesn’t look and act French. If anything, this election proves that Americans don’t have a monopoly on reactionary politicians who get elected by using fear, division, and the politics of exclusion. Here's hoping for a better result in the upcoming French parliamentary elections.
What would they call "youths" who torch cars in protest, who take to the streets wearing black masks and pelting riot police with everything from garbage to feces to bottle rockets? "Rabble" seems too genteel a word to me, but not to the Kossaks. They are very worried about these people (poor babes in the woods that they are).
I'm worried about them too, and so (apparently) are the French voters. Good thing for us ours is a different kind of "worried," the kind driven by a keen understanding of REALITY, not fantasy.
Congrats Mr. Sarkozy! Out with the old, in with the Jew!
Yup, I caught her telling the TRUTH! Stop the presses, mark the date and time, this may be the last time you see something like this.
Oh, almost forgot, you probably want to know what she said!
"I may be the most famous woman you don't really know."
Think about it.
Rick Santorum must feel vindicated right about now. But I bet it's a hollow victory. After all, unlike the hypocrites who tarred and feathered him for suggesting that Constitutionally protecting a "right" to consensual sex in your own home would grease the slippery slope for legalizing incest, he actually CARES about the future of the whole country. Unlike the politicians who kept their jobs (while turning their backs on their oaths to defend the Constitution) he stuck to his guns, he clearly and bravely told us all what such a "right" would mean legally, and he suffered the consequences.
It sure didn't take long for the "If Them Why Not Us" (a.k.a. "What do you care if I sleep with my sister?") crowd to come forward in full force. They sure are making a lot of noise for a group of people who were thought to exist only in the shadows, whose shame and awareness of the revulsion of others would be enough to keep them from challenging the laws against their behavior in the future.
I sure am looking forward to hearing those who support legislating from the bench argue this one. I sure can't wait to watch them explain in interview after interview why gays and lesbians should have Constitutionally protected rights that some other group of people do not have. I might even allow myself the extra carbs so I can eat popcorn while I'm watching!
[Note: I say all this as a woman with a gay member of my own family. I am NOT homophobic, I've even revised my position on gay marriage, what I have NOT done--and will not do--is change my attitude regarding the separation of powers in this country]
I'm not talking about the people I'm being accused of joining, I'm talking about the people who are labeling me thus simply because (egads) I have the temerity to call a spade a spade (or rather an invader an invader).
There are people in this country who--when they can't argue against the FACTS of my tirades about illegal immigration--resort to calling me a "racist" or the newfangled, broader, (I'm guessing they think) more wounding "HATER!"
So here I am addressing them directly. If you have written to me, or plan to, about the "disgraceful" way I singled out "Mexicans" in my May Day post, here's what I have to say to you:
The reason I singled out "Mexicans" is that they are--far and away--the worst offenders of our immigration laws. In terms of sheer numbers, the way they not only come here intentionally to have children (some even make the trek while pregnant) so they will instantly be citizens and legally entitled to all the financial benefits thereof (which of course the little tikes--primarily because they can't walk or talk yet--will be happy to share with dear-old-mom or dad, or both), and the way they arrogantly march to DEMAND a path to citizenship every May Day, they are not only breaking into the home that is our nation, they are angrily acting like it's our fault that they are criminals.
Or, put more simply: If the Swedes lived nextdoor and started doing what Mexicans are doing--if rather than demonstrating their "hardworking" nature by staying home to "work" on their own country, to work on getting rid of the corruption, racism and poverty there, they brought those same nasty ills across our borders to infect us, you can bet your Che Guevara T-Shirt I'd still be ranting against them and their blonde-haired blue-eyed anchor babies.
But it's not the Swedes, or any other group. The Mexicans are the target of my ire because it was their flags waving at those protests, their children skipping out of school and their President joining the chorus of protesters from afar (and not just yesterday either). Right now, almost 50% of the Mexican population has at least one relative in the US right now. HALF of their country is HERE already. And you want to tell me that's not an invasion?
Since I've mentioned the marches and the loud, arrogant, demanding types of illegals, I'm sure some wiseass will suggest that I give a pass to those who stayed at work yesterday, those who snuck in just the same, but who were at the Macy's waxing the floor yesterday while I was shopping, or those who were mowing my neighbor's lawn while my daughters were trying to nap...You might say that my issue is that I'm offended by the "uppity" way they are "fighting for their rights" and that I want to "keep them in their place." Well, if the "place" in question is wherever the fuck they came from (i.e., Mexico or Central America, not the Barrio), then sure, yeah, I want to keep them in their "place," but otherwise, heck no.
Again, if they want to come here legally, become citizens who speak our language (at least a little) and respect and honor our Constitution, and THEN march in the streets speaking their minds on any subject, I'll concede that they have that right. Until then, they should go "speak truth to power" in whatever capital houses the "government" that claims to give a crap about their well-being, but consistently induces them to leave their homes, loved ones and culture so they can toil and sweat in the USA and send the money they make back to prop up their broken or non-functioning economies. A GPS device and a map does not qualify a leader for the Nobel Prize.
The truth is, I don't "hate" anyone. Just because I want illegal immigrants to get out doesn't mean I want them dead, doesn't mean I want anything to happen to them that they don't richly deserve. For the purposes of this discussion, that's limited to their removal from this country forthwith, either voluntarily because their job goes away--because the government (starting with the local authorities and moving up the food chain accordingly)--finally cracks down on their employers and punishes them appropriately for inducing criminal activity (with jail time, not just a fine and a slap on the wrist), or invountarily through raids and forced deportation (and yes, they should take their children with them because I also think they richly deserve to have that citizenship stripped because of their parents' status as violators of federal law).
As you can see, all of this is a far cry from a "pass."
But that's what we've come to in this country. If you refuse to give lawbreakers a pass because, well, they "had to do it" for some reason they deem appropriate (even if you don't, or wouldn't if the shoe were on the other foot, namely yours), you are a "hater." You're not a fierce defender of your nation's sovereignty, or a patriot, or a concerned citizen, you're not even a "hardworking" person who fiercely guards your own livelihood against those who would take it from you unlawfully and in violation of YOUR rights.
I just have one question: What do we call the people who call me a hater? What are they exactly, they who can so easily label such a large number of people who don't want what they want, don't think like they think, but are (and this is key) otherwise law-abiding citizens of this nation? And if those pointing and calling names aren't white, don't speak English and consider themselves members of "La Raza?" or their supporters? What do we call THEM?
I have a few choice names we could choose from, and guess what? "Hater" is at the top of the list.
Amy Proctor reports on tonight's veto and makes the following salient point (that the MSM has been working overtime to obscure):
Joe Biden, D-Delaware, and the Democrats are bitter and angry that their supposed mandate on the war in Iraq keeps failing. They managed to pass bills in the House and Senate, after loading them down with unrelated pork to ensure passage (who wants to vote against Katrina aid?), but knew the bill would be vetoed by the President. If the Democrats really had a mandate on Iraq, they would have been able to pass their bill without the pork. If they really had a mandate on Iraq, they would be able to override the President’s veto. DOH!
So how does it feel Joe, to be reminded of the OTHER HALF of the country that doesn't think freedom is a gift from the government?
Alois has a piece that says it all today.
I have only a few things to add to what he's got there. I really want to tell to those who took to our streets today, marching with MEXICAN FLAGS, "protesting" the fact that our borders exist at all (or that we have the audacity to sometimes make feeble attempts to protect them from foreign invaders)to just GET THE FUCK OUT.
So sorry to put such a fine point on it, but I've lost all sense of reason on this subject. If someone is here illegally, I don't give a shit why. I don't care if they're sending every dime back to Mexico to support a desperately ill relative, I don't care if they are here "trying to make a better life" for their five adorable little children. And I sure as hell don't give a rat's ass if they make it possible for me to pay less for lettuce or lawn care. I mow my own lawn for starters, and I'd grow my own lettuce if I had to!
NOTE: I said if they are here ILLEGALLY. You wait in line, sign the guestbook and LEARN THE LANGUAGE, just a little, and I'll personally roll out the welcome mat for you. I'm not a racist, I'm a PATRIOT. There is a difference.
And by the way, did anyone ever stop to think about the fact that the lettuce had better be cheap! The company paying those invaders to pick it are making plenty of money, and yet they aren't picking up the tab for the rest of their existence in this country, WE ARE, through higher taxes. They get subsidized cheap labor, we get what exactly? Cheap lettuce with a side of higher crime, increased gang activity, identity theft, free-and-easy passage for terrorists, drug dealers, human smugglers, diseases we haven't seen in a generation, and millions of people who have no desire to be Americans, now or ever.
By my calculation, that's some pretty pricey lettuce after all!
And what makes it all possible?
That we keep filling the feeder. Time to take it down (or at the very least, make the birds clean their own poop).