That’s Right Nate

When Roy Beck went to the Immigration rally in Washington, DC yesterday he did so carrying the hopes and aspirations of the 25 million Americans who are out of work and universally blame illegal immigration for the loss of their livelihoods.  As the financial services and biotechnology industries shed American workers, you can be sure it is illegal immigrants from Mexico who will be willing to develop a new drug or invest a portfolio for $5 an hour paid under the table.   The American worker can’t keep up with that and it was with that grim reality in mind that Roy Beck went to the immigration rally to demand that illegal immigrants go home.

Unfortunately, Roy was immediately set upon by 5 mimes.   Mimes have always terrified me.  I was scared of clowns as a children and with their strange silent ways, I have always regarded mimes as clown ninjas.   However, the mimes who harassed Roy were not even good at their jobs.  In the video one of the mimes can clearly be seen using a cell phone.   Whatever happened to Omerta–the mime code of silence?   In fact, one of the main ways that the mimes harassed Mister Beck was with whistles.   Good mimes would never drown out somebody with noise and I call upon whatever union or guild licenses mimes to disbar the ones at the protest.

According to Anne Manetas of Beck’s organization NumbersUSA, a group of female mimes threatened Beck and his bodyguards with “constant efforts at crushing physical intimidation” instigated by “blowing hateful whistles” and waving balloons.   Speaking as somebody who has been smacked by a balloon before, I can understand how Beck may have felt it necessary to send his bodyguard into action to protect his well-being.   Yet, somehow in this upside down post Obama world we live in, it was the bodyguard who was arrested for assault after the mimes repeatedly attacked him getting their face makeup on his elbow and forcing him to use a knife to defend himself from the balloons.

If you believe in the cause of justice, this travesty cannot be allowed to stand.   I call for a Department of Justice investigation into these hateful mimes and their oppressive balloons and hateful whistles.  As Americans, we must stand up for what is right and demand that the security guard be set free.

As much as we don’t like to admit it, the time has come for Republicans to accept that Hispanics are the fastest growing population group in the United States.   Now, I’m certainly not in favor of illegal immigration, but we need Mexican immigrants in this country.   In my case my four Mexican employees work harder than my other employees, make $3.50 an hour less, and don’t require a lunch break.  This is the work ethic that built this country and as Republicans we need to embrace it.  I was overjoyed today to learn of New Gingrich’s new website to reach out to Hispanic voters.

When you go to The Americano.com, you immediately know that you’re in a site designed to appeal to today’s Hispanic voter.  This is an extremely valuable resource that will allow Hispanics to keep up on conservative issues like Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and his tough talk on immigration or Newt Gingrich’s latest appearance on Meet the Press.  Remember, it isn’t only Mexican immigrants that this site is aimed at.  There are all sorts of immigrants coming from South American countries with long traditions of conservative strong man governments.   These are very natural targets for the Republican message.  It isn’t a huge jump from a Noriega or a Pinochet to a Bachmann.

If you meet a Mexican or South American immigrant, do not automatically assume that they are here illegally.  Instead, in a very friendly manner ask them if you can see their papers.  If they are here legally, they should have no trouble showing you their green card.  If the language barrier is too great be sure to use gestures and talk loudly and slowly.  I have found that many Spanish words end in vowels and often times adding a long “o” sound to the end of words, it helps to make you more easily understood by native Spanish speakers.  If we reach out to our friends from the South, we have a very good chance of taking back the White House in 2010.

Happy Saint Jing-Tao-Wow Eve.  As you know, Saint Jing-Tao-Wow Day is America’s newest holiday.  First created by Lou Dobbs, and promoted by myself and several other bloggers, Saint Jing-Tao-Wow Day is a celebration of the ethnic stereotypes that bind us all together.  Go on out there and indulge to your heart’s content.  I will say between the Pakistani cab drivers, Chinese drivers, and Irish drinkers–tomorrow is probably a good day to stay off the road.  As envisioned by the great Loud Dobbs, this day shows us that all Americans who enterred the country have had to deal with stereotypical bullshit as we’ve tried to find our place in this world.  Before Mexicans were taking all our jobs, it was Irish, Italians, Germans, Jews, Chinese, and Polish.  May you all have a wonderful Saint Jing-Tao-Wow Eve and be sure to toon in tomorrow for a recap of my activities for the day.  Do be sure to check out the interview with me at Zenyenta’s site. I think I did a good job explaining WASP culture for the uninitiated.  I like opportunities like this to broaden understanding.

I’m really pushing this holiday folks.  I don’t know if my little blog has the gravitas needed to give this idea the push it needs, but over the next 12 days, I’m going to be pushing hard for Saint Jing-Tao-Wow Day wherever I can on the internet.  I think Lou Dobbs has inspired me  and I feel compelled to act.  Let’s spread the word.

The great .   If only there head been men like him here during the potato famine so that he could have turned the boats away from Ellis Island.  Now, unlike me Mr. Dobbs has nothing against the Irish.  His problem is with ethnic holidays.  Still his point makes a lot of sense.  What gave the Irish the right to have their own day?  Why don’t the Jews have any Saints days?  Lou Dobbs is even against Saint Columbus Day.

My main problem with St. Patrick’s Day is that the Irish are drinkers and since they’re Catholic they don’t use birth control.  As a result every December comes a new Mary Elizabeth or Patrick John out into the world with no discernible skills and ties to big labor.  What Mr. Dobbs has called for is a day for us to celebrate the fact that there isn’t one iota of difference among any of us, I mean except Mexicans of course.  He would like an American Day and I agree.  We need a day not to celebrate a bunch of drunken Irish, but to celebrate what it truly means to be an American on non-Mexican origin. I for one like the sound of that.

You don’t have to watch Lou Dobbs for very long to reallize just what a threat the United States has on its Southern border.  Even semi-legitimate organizations like the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce “is effectively an organization that is interested in the export of American capital and production to Mexico and Mexico’s export of drugs and illegal aliens to the United States. This is crazy stuff.”

We must get control of the Mexico situation.  The Mexican towns on the border with the United States are  getting more and more dangerous as drug fueld violence is escalating.  Illegal immigrants continue to flood into the United States and As Mr. Dobbs has pointed out Mexican immigrants are responsible for the health care crisis, our failing schools, the economic downturn, the failure of the war in Iraq, and leprosy.

I have an idea that will solve the Mexican problem and help our economy at the same time.  Back in 1847, the United States sent General Zachary Taylor into Mexican territory where 11 soldiers were killed by the Mexican cavalry in what became known as the Thornton affair.  As a result, the United States plunged into the Mexican-American War–a war that brough us both Texas and California.  By sending troops down to Mexico we can start a war that gives us a legitimate claim to a large chunk of Mexican territory.  Unlike Islamic extremists, most of Mexico would be thrilled to be conquered.    We could use this area (which I would place just South of Monterey) as a sort of proving ground for Mexicans who want to come into the United States proper.   Believe it or not, it would reduce the size of our border with Mexico too if we want to build a fence.

This is the time for bold thinking.  It is an excellent time for provoking a war–not a depressing war that goes on forever, but a quick and decisive vicyory that can revive our economy.

The movie Groundhog Day further secularized this special day.

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Like many people this season I enjoyed the heartwarming story of how Christianity’s message was spread using the Christmas Carrol The Twelve Days of Christmas.  There are a lot of seemingly secular holidays and traditions in our society that have a Christian tradition behind them.  In the middle ages Christians throughout Europe were persecuted and in many countries the teaching of Christian doctrine was forbidden.  The Christians of the time being men and women of good faith looked for a way to pass the story of Christ’s resurrection down to their children.

The day which the Europeans called Candlemas Day was full of symbolism.  For those of you that need a refresher, on February 2nd the groundhog comes out of his burrow and looks around.  If he sees his shadow there will be 6 more weeks of winter.  If not there will be an early Spring.  This story was used to teach children of how Christ exited the tomb after 40 days.  Those 40 days are represented by the 6 weeks.  The shadow represents the shadow of sin.  Of course Spring represents the new life that Jesus calls us all to.

I suppose the obvious question is why a groundhog?  The groundhog was chosen because the European groundhog is considered a noble animal and the combination of white and gray fur can sometimes give the appearance of a robe like Jesus’s burial robes.  Also, the early Christians needed an animal that hibernated and the only two animals native to Europe that hibernate are the bear and the groundhog and you sure wouldn’t want to be waking up a bear for this.

For many centuries, European Christians used this holiday on February 2nd to keep their faith alive in the face of great persecution.  When the earliest settlers came to Pennsylvania they brought Candlemas with them.  Unfortunately, much like in our own times there was a battle over Candlemas between those for whom it was a sacred religious holiday and those who wanted to call it Groundhog Day and remove all religious significance from the day.  Sadly, Groundhog Day won that war and much of Candlemas’s religious significance was lost.   My goal is this year to remind everybody of the religious significance of Candlemas.

[On his special day please take a moment to thank the noble groundhog for how he kept our Christian tradition alive through centuries of persecution in Europe.  With the secular forces taking the religions out of so many of our holidays, maybe we can put the religion back into this one.  Please pass this on to any Christian friends who await the eternal light in this bleak and dreary time]

The Bush administration has done an admirable job of slowing down the flood of illegal immigration into this country over the past year or so.  Knowing that illegals frequently come here looking for jobs in such fields as construction and food processing the government has agressively tried to slow down the construction industry and raise the price of food in an attempt to lower the demand for immigrant labor.  Knowing the foreign workers send money home to Mexico, the Bush administration has worked behind the scenes to lower the value of our currency making it impractical for immigrants to send money home.

McCain has a different policy.  McCain has recently become really impressed with the surge in Iraq and has called recently for surges to help with crime, education, and energy.  Now, he takes it one step further with a surge to battle immigration.  The plan is simple enough.  If we can keep a close tab on the number of illegal aliens crossing the border we can send an equal or greater number back across the border in the other direction.

Say that 1,000 immigrants cross the border from Mexico heading North into the United States.  Normally, this is 1,000 more people in this country.  McCain’s plan would send 1,000 other people heading South across the border which would give us a net gain of zero immigrants.  By “surging” emigrants across the border we will keep a balanced population.

According to McCain, ”Our surge has succeeded in Iraq militarily. Now we need an immigration surge to immigrants at home or replace them with new people.  It is precisely the success of the surge in Iraq that shows us the way to succeed in fighting illegal immigration.”  McCain has also promised to continue George Bush’s policy of removing extra jobs from the economy as a way to avoid tempting new immigrants.

I’ve never had any use for the Catholic church.  I’ve mentioned before that my sister married a papist.  As many know the Catholic church lost its way in 1090 when Peter the Hermit began using rosary beeds to pray.  I’ve always admired John McCain for his vigilant anti-Catholicism including courting the endorsement of Reverend John Hagee who calls the Roman church, “The Whore of Babylon.”

The pope Wednesday exhorted Americans to “welcome the immigrants who join your ranks today, to share their joys and hopes, to support them in their sorrows and trials and to help them flourish in their new home.”

Basically, the Pope encourages illegal immigration, but why?  What does he have to gain?  Why should he care?  It took the brilliant conservative representative Tom Tancredo to nail him. On Thursday Tancredo called the Pope out on wanting more foreigners here because Mexicans are all Catholic.  There’s a reason that Tancredo is on the short list of McCain’s VP candidates and it is courageous statements like this one.

Illegal immigration is a very tricky subject.  On the one hand, Illegal immigrants help keep the cost of doing business in the United States down.  On the other hand we have laws for a reason.

America is a great melting pot where people come from all over the world and give up their old cultures to become American.  However, if you think of it as a stew, Mexicans are one spice in the stew and lately the stew has beeen getting too spicy.  In our culture white anglo-saxon protestants are the meat and you don’t want the meat overpowered by the spice. 

The obvious solution is too build a large wall separating the United States from Mexico, but it is important that we build one to the North as well and too often that discussion is neglected.  Esitmates are that 6% of illegal immigrants in this country came in through Canada and if we build a wall to the South that number will escalate.  Not only will Mexicans try enterring through Canada, Canadians themselves in the worsening economy will attempt to head South to avoid their welfare state.  The extreme lines for medical care and the lack of quality care will send more and more Canadians to the United States as will their tax burden and their inferior government services.  Canadians are great, but like Mexicans they’re a spice.  If we don’t want this country overrun with beer drinking, hockey watching, lumberjack who are looking for more government help and higher tax rates we need to take action now and build a wall to the North as well.