Si, Se Puede
— Yes, We Can!
Any time you have a protest
march, there’s always someone loping along with a portable loudspeaker
trying to get all the marchers to make the same chant in an effort to demonstrate
their unity. The May Day march in Houston in favor of amnesty for illegal
immigrants was no exception, with two particularly grating individuals
trying to get the crowd riled up.
One individual, a female,
seemed to be more at home with Spanish chants, “Si Se Puede” (Yes we can)
in particular. She attempted English a few times, but I’m afraid her extremely
thick accent defeated the purpose, since very few of those of us who heard
her felt compelled to take up the rant.
The other chant-leader, a
young man apparently affiliated with an organization with an affinity for
the color red, had one theme he seemed pretty good at and he stuck to it:
“What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!”
Give the boy credit, he tried
to do good for his cause. But I don’t think I’m alone in wondering what
the hell he was talking about.
“You’ve got to be kidding,”
noted one downtown office worker whose path accidentally crossed that of
the marchers. “They want justice? Why? They have everything else!”
Therein lies the rub that
I think the politicians and the mainstream news media just don’t understand.
The overwhelming majority of the American public is tired of the giveaways
and all the special treatment afforded to people who – by law – are criminals.
The federal government and
the states spend up to $90 billion a year of our tax dollars for welfare,
food stamps and Medicaid for illegal immigrants, all in the name of “compassion.”
Another $14 billion is spent to educate the children of those same criminals
– “anchor babies,” although there is a growing sentiment to challenge the
prevailing interpretation of the 14th Amendment which automatically makes
them citizens.
The presence of illegal immigrants
has resulted in $200 billion in lost wages for American workers – just
in case you were wondering why the economy has slowed down. We spend another
$3 million a day to incarcerate the illegal immigrants who have committed
crimes in the U.S. (when we can catch them).
All told, it’s estimated
that we’re spending $338 billion dollars a year to support illegal immigrants.
And these clowns want “justice?”
If anything, Americans should
be staging their own marches demanding justice and demanding accountability
of our elected representatives who are so taken with feeding forever at
the public trough that they’re willing to sell our culture and our way
of life for that of a people whose country has for more than 200 years
led the world in poverty, despair, misery and corruption.
Where is the justice for
the family of Rodney Thompson, the Houston police officer shot five times
in the head by an illegal immigrant he’d arrested for not having a valid
driver’s license? (His killer is now trying to pled insanity) Where is
the justice for the family of Tina Davila, the Houston mother of five who
was stabbed five times by an illegal immigrant trying to steal her car?
(Timoteo Rios is believed to have fled back to Mexico and faces capital
murder charges in Texas.) Even convictions and rightful executions of the
offenders will not restore to the Johnson and Davila families their loved
ones.
More Americans are killed
every day by illegal immigrants – 13 by either drunk or notoriously-bad
drivers, 12 by outright murder – than are killed on the battlefields in
the Middle East. And this knucklehead with a megaphone wants “justice”
so even more criminals can invade our land?
Want to hear a funny one?
The Mexican state of Sonora now plans to sue the American state of Arizona
after the latter passed legislation which prompted many employers to terminate
the illegal aliens they had hired. Seems Sonora is upset about having to
provide for its own people – were there any doubt that the Mexican government
is complicit in the immigration problem, there’s your proof.
One of the other marchers
during the May Day rally carried a body-length sign proclaiming, “They
can’t deport us all!” I’m sure the screeching young lady with the megaphone
won’t mind if I borrow her pet phrase to respond to him: Si, se puede –
yes, we damned well can! |