Gavin in Va Beach Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 That brings us to today's "based-on-a-true-story'' character: Harold is a white retiree who is kind to the Latina cashiers at the supermarket, loves his grandchildren profoundly and hates illegal immigration with a bitter passion. If you hooked him up to a truth machine and offered to put his grandkids through college in exchange for his blunt views on immigration here's what he'd say: "All my life I worked hard for my family so that they'd have better than I did. My wife and I skipped vacations and drove used cars to start a college fund for our sons. We cleaned our own house and cut our own grass. We could've cut corners, cheated here and there on our taxes, but we played by the rules instead. We cut coupons. If an unexpected cost came up we went without something else. We did things by the book even when it didn't seem fair. "We would've liked three kids, but we settled for two. It took a while to save enough to have our first child. As the second one got to school age he needed surgery that our insurance only covered half of, so we took out a loan and never did feel like we could afford a third child." "Now I've got grandkids I'd like to help send to college. It costs more every year. Already I've had to put some of that money toward an emergency room visit for my wife. It didn't used to cost so much, but they say the illegals don't have medical insurance, so it drives up the cost for the rest of us. "That's my beef with illegal immigration: It makes me think that those of us who play by the rules just keep getting screwed. We must've been chumps to plan and save for a family, when these illegals have three, four, five kids that they can't afford. The kids get welfare too. So I missed out on trying for a girl so that I can pay for other people's kids that they can't afford? "Later these kids grow up and they want to go to college for free. They actually talk about that here: free tuition for illegal aliens! Are we a nation of laws or not? Do we want our grandkids growing up and seeing all around them that the way to get ahead is to break the rules? That's what Mexico is. The police stop you for a traffic ticket, they'll just take a bribe right there on the side of the road. Everything there is corrupt. "And we're adding to it. "We've made it so the people who play by the rules and try to come here legally are still stuck in Tijuana. It's the people who break the rules that get ahead. How long can we keep taking all the Mexicans who don't mind breaking the law before we become more like Mexico? "Already we have these Mexican gangs, we have people working illegally, we have people buying fake documents, stealing people's identities. We have signs in Spanish, stores where they only speak Spanish. "It's got to stop or our country will end up as lawless and corrupt as their country. Old guys like me who played by the rules are going to die off. The young people will have learned all their lives that illegal isn't bad, it's OK. If you decide something is unfair, or you want a better life, just break the law, that's the way to get ahead. "I'm glad I won't be around to see it.'' http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3637547
pdh1 Posted March 25, 2006 Posted March 25, 2006 http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_3637547 641972[/snapback] "At least 500 students at Huntington Park High School near Los Angeles walked out of classes in the morning. Hundreds of the students, some carrying Mexican flags, walked down the middle of Los Angeles streets, police cruisers behind them." http://www.wral.com/politics/8237543/detail.html If you protesting your right to be in the USA, why the hell are you marching around with Mexican Flags? Doesn't that seem provocative?
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