The working immigrants in America are demanding an opportunity to gain citizenship.
Of course that is what we are going to do. There is no other option that could be justified or carried through.

Enough with the taking-the-jobs talk, too. Is anyone really afraid of Mexicans taking his or her job in America. People should be much more concerned with the fact that Indians are taking our jobs in India. Columbus would be sleeping comfortably in his grave. To think that any of these people have supplanted American workers is to be a lazy fat ass in a trailer who considers the transformation of an empty beer bottle into a shooting target a form of recycling (poor shots make great environmentalists).

And “COME ON, PLEASE!” with the terror talk. I mean even George W. TERROR-TERROR-TERROR Bush thinks we should give these people citizenship. But a wary conservative base fears that Iranian-financed terrorists are going to use a back-door entry to the United States where they can detonate a nuclear bomb. That’s the bottom line. The only reason this is an issue is because of that fear. No one really cares about the right way to earn citizenship in this country.

You’ve got to enjoy the fact that this terror-driven widespread paranoia throughout the red states is a direct result of a six-year marketing effort by the Bush administration to create widespread paranoia in those states.

As the administration sees it, however, is that politics is a market like any other business and the Hispanic vote has shown an increasing market share over the last few elections. Plus, the companies that line the Bush administration’s pockets rely on the cheap labor of Mexican immigrants. I’m sure that they are not totally on board with the paying-a-fair-wage thing, but it is generally acknowledged that the flow of goods and services in this country would be brought to an oh-snap-there’s-a-fucking-cop-up-ahead halt if there was an actual mass exodus of cheap Mexican labor from the farms, kitchens, construction sites, animal clinics, hotels and other venues these dudes have been giggling at for over a decade.
But while that is a good line for a presidential candidate, it does little to help the scores of Republican congress people who represent border states. So a Republican Congress in Washington has proceeded to scuttle bills and compromises in fear of enraging the base in the upcoming elections – even after accepting a handsome bribe from Democrats in the form of $1.9 billion for increased border security.

I do feel for the ranchers, though. I don’t feel too bad. It’s kind of like buying property on a fault line. They knew what they were getting into. The fact remains that whether these illegal immigrants get citizenship or not, the same number of illegal immigrants is going to be crossing that border until we implement tighter security control and a guest worker program that makes sense. The only thing I could suggest at this point is to make lemonade out of lemons. Literally. Yeah, do that and pass it out to border crossers in paper cups while holding up signs that read “VOTE FOR PEDRO.”

On a side note, some “hard-core” conservatives have come out with their gloves on against any bill that would pave a road for citizenship for people who came here in an illegal manner. To put it in the words of the Sean Hannitys out there, this effectively “rewards criminal behavior.” Again, who knows? I mean, isn’t “rewarding criminal behavior” exactly what the American electorate did in November 2004. Bush feels their pain.
Hannity really gets under my skin because of the third-grade approach he takes with every issue. That is the problem with religious fanatics. The poor dude sees policy decisions with such EITHER/OR precision that he doesn’t realize that he’s a moron. Okay, I liked the third grade too.

How about when we invade Afghanistan and then let Warlords become governors? Why do we do that? Because reality says moral authority ain’t gonna do jack shit. I would love for Sean Hannity to go into the kitchen of a Ruth Chris’s Steak House and see how many members of the staff are here legally. Maybe two people get that joke, and I doubt that either of them will ever read this.

Which brings me to my original point: Americans have to realize that Mexico is not just another country. It’s a big country with a lot of cheap labor that is directly next to the world’s biggest economic engine (I’m just quoting the brochure, there. I don’t see how America is the height of economic success when it also holds the title for biggest deficit). Mexican labor is to going to find its way into this country no matter what, if only for the sheer fact that this country has plenty of labor to offer them. Often times not the type of labor anyone in this country enjoys doing for the bottom-of-the-barrel wages and hazardous environment combo that has lured millions–nevertheless, labor needed.

So here comes the storm. Who knows what kind of dramatic effect a boycott by immigrants could have in this country? I remember when major league baseball players went on strike and there was no World Series Championship. Should I prepare myself for a canceled Cinco de Mayo? I hope not. That’s my absolute favorite day in May. Plus, I own several hundred shares of Corona Light.

08/05/2006
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