I've got to vent re: Immigration

[WolverineDG]

I was listening to Ed Schultz today & one of the main topics was immigration. I was handling it okay, until some woman from Tennessee got on the horn & asked why the 500K Mexicans who demonstrated in LA on Saturday didn't organize & demonstrate in their own country?

HELLO! IS THIS THING ON? THE PEOPLE DEMONSTRATING ***WERE*** IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY DAMMIT! Believe it or not, there are American citizens of Mexican descent & Americans of all ethnicities who actually give a crap about this "reform" being pushed through Congress right now & are willing to protest against it. Top on the list? The Catholic clergy, including one archbishop who has publicly stated he would tell his priests & nuns to disobey the law & provide humanitarian relief to immigrants (the bill as passed by the House would make it a felony to give ANY assistance--not just jobs, but medical, shelter, food, water, counseling--to undocumented people. The local DA's are worried, as are the cops. If they help a crime victim who is undocumented, would THEY be felons?

Maybe I've just had to put up with too many statements from people who aren't joking when they say "you're not a real American; you were born in Occupied Mexico." :nuke:

dg

[RevCheesehead]

1. This may be the final straw in Senselessbrenner's career.

Puffy Jim has outlived his usefulness. He is such a tool, pushing a program that the blivet wants. Believe me, immigration is NOT a major issue in WI. He is such an ass, it will be a joy to see him defeated this year.

I'm with ya on this one, DG. :grr:

[SharonRB]

2. I had C-SPAN on and there were some really nasty callers

"Send them back where they came from," etc. Unbelievable.

[Janice325]

3. Add me to the "I'm with you, too, camp."

Jeez. What ever happened to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"
Also, what is the inscription on the Statue of Liberty? "Send me your tired, poor,huddled masses yearning to be free?" or something like that, I think.
I want my country back from Dimson and Company.