This Time, Look Behind the Curtain

Much has been said about immigration and the poor immigrants that come to America looking for a better life, and doing the jobs that most Americans won't do and sacrificing even their families to get money to live on.....and on. All this amounts to political slight-of-hand. Most of these arguments occur in the larger urban areas, where the "wannabes" need slaves to maintain their lifestyles.

Historians have said that it is the Roman Legions that built the Roman Empire as they went about conquering different lands and peoples, showing their superior knowledge, culture and engineering....But the Legions didn't do most of the work, it was the slaves that they captured and had to continually conquer in order to get things built. It was the elite classes that took in slaves and allowed the elites to spend their time in debauchery. What about the Egyptians?? Their empires lasted for centuries. Was it because of their superior intellect? Was it because of their cultural superiority? Was it because of their intermarriage within the same family? No, it was because of their slaves! The same with the Babylonian and Assyrian empires. They became "great" because of their oppression of other peoples and used them to do their dirty work.

The U.S. is going down this same road. The cultural elites may assuage their conscience by paying them a pittance, but it amounts to slavery. The circumstances may be a little different because they are not being conquered and brought into the U.S., but come here willingly, but nonetheless they are being used as slaves.

I was reading about Pres. Calderon of Mexico calling the U.S. racist (see article) for the way we treat immigrants. I wish he were a little bit smarter, or maybe more precise in his language (it might be the translation), because the immigrants are actually treated just fine. It is the people that enter the U.S. illegally that aren't treated well. It begins at the U.S./Mexico border where on the Mexico side the Mexican police and armies actually abuse, rape and extort their own people. You don't have to take my word for it, see the latest issue of National Geographic Magazine.

Does Pres. Calderon just kick in the spin machine (read "sincere lying") to draw sympathy to Mexico's failed social system/government. That is why I say, look behind the curtain (as in the Wizard of Oz) There is no substance to the bloviation of the political animal, and no truth as well. Do they cry equally for the immigrants coming into Mexico from poorer Central American countries? The Mexican Government encourages its poor to enter the U.S. illegally; Is that fair? If people desire to enter this country, they can do it legally, then the infrastructure to support them in the U.S. wouldn't be overwhelmed, as it is today. There are repeated stories about Emergency Rooms and hospitals throughout the country that have to close because of the inundation of illegals that don't/can't pay for services rendered. Lawyers representing illegals have taken advantage of property owners and have seized their properties unjustly, while the illegals were trespassing.....and on.

This country's priorities are upside down. The criminals are rewarded, while the innocent are punished, all while the politicians are pandering for voters (who are not citizens and are not legally allowed to vote). But this is ......just an observation.