Bad Guests
I'm sure everyone has seen the immigration marches (for the record, they are not 'undocumented workers' as the overly pc media would present, they are illegal immigrants). Marches are good, and typically, if they are well thought of and, when done effictively, can sway a lot of opinions. But the protests/marches I saw was nothing constructive, nor did I think it progressed the immigrants agenda.
Those that engaged in the debate (though not all) who marched carrying, not the American flag, but the Mexican flag, represent their plight not by wanting to embrace what America is about, but to voice displeasure at America by parading the flag of the country they were desperate to leave. At best, this struck me as a conflicted message.
By declaring their allegiance to the country they've just left, I can only guess their motivation for being in America is purely economic. If so, that's the most distressing part of this whole debate. What I don't sense, is any gratefulness of any of these illegals for our country, in that it already provides them free health care and education (among many other services). Yet still they want more. The current debate is trying to figure out how to pave a way for them to become citizens, yet they wave another country's flag indicating they would rather be nationals of their old home. So the message didn't come off as-- 'we want to be Americans', as much as it come out as, 'we want to be working Mexicans'. If the later is the case, then great! Just take the message to your own country.
None of the proposed plans from either party, nor the President's plan has really swayed me on this issue and I think there's still an opportunity to show compassion, but yet be forceful in securing our borders. But seeing all those Mexican flags didn't help their cause in trying to make me sympthetic to their plight to become citizens. My hope is that they get their act together and present their cause in a better manner because as guests (and that's saying it kindly) of this country, they have not behaved very well (if invited at all).
Not In My Backyard
Oh the irony (from NewsMax)....
The infamous environmental group Greenpeace is targeting Sen. Ted Kennedy for opposing a wind farm in the Nantucket Sound because it would interfere with the view from his Hyannis Port mansion.
Greenpeace is launching a nationwide TV ad campaign against Kennedy, with spots that portray the Massachusetts Democrat as Godzilla.
The Cape Cod Times reports:
"In the 30-second spot, a cartoon Kennedy looms over the water like a Japanese movie monster, pounding wind turbines as they sprout from the water, and barks, 'I might see them from my mansion on the Cape.'"
Kennedy's nephew, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a leading environmentalist who urges Americans to cut back on energy consumption and who blamed Bush environmental policies for Hurricane Katrina.
But he, too, opposes the wind farm in Nantucket Sound - going so far as to argue that it would cause pollution.
By running the ads, Greenpeace hopes to torpedo an amendment to a Coast Guard bill that would make a proposed Nantucket wind farm vulnerable to state veto.
"'We've targeted the Senate because we need leaders to stop this amendment before it can even be voted," Greenpeace spokesgal Kate Smolski told the Times.
I'm usually pretty critical of the 'chicken little' enviromentalists, but gotta give props to Greenpeace for at least attempting to expose the Kennedy's hypocrisy. Takes a lot of guts to bite the hand that feeds.
Alright...so my Av's were the lucky ones last night. But what another nail biter!
Being an American born and raised, with a Hispanic backround I can say this without feeling any type of guilt.
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