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On May 20, 9:18 am, GeorgeWashingtonAdmirer >
wrote: > The following is from an online forum I don't normally ever read but was > found in a newsgroup. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PERCEPTIVE COMMENTARIES AND > GUIDES FOR ACTION REGARDING THE ILLEGAL ALIEN CRISIS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN. > > PLEASE CONSIDER PASSING IT ALONG TO OTHERS. > > THE COUNTRY YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN. > ------------------------------------------ > STOP AMNESTY NOW!! WE CAN DO IT!! > 05-17-2007 > > Posted on 05/16/2007 by Cacique > > Many of you who know me from either my pings or past posts and FReeps may > know that I do not post that often since I have been here. But recent > events and what appears to be a penchant by the elites to ram changes in > law and the constitution down our throats, regardless of the fact that most > Americans oppose such changes has prompted me to write this about an issue > I think is critical to the both the long term and short term future of this > country. I am of course speaking of that farce in the senate under the > guise of reform, but which is in reality a mass amnesty for people who are > here illegally. Many who arguably mean to do harm to this country. > > To begin with, I feel I must tell you a bit about myself and my credentials > on this subject so that you understand why I urge you to act now. > > I am a legal immigrant to this country who arrived here on my 10th birthday > with my parents in April of 1962. I was born in Latin America and I am > tri-lingual and fluent in all three languages I speak. Spanish is of course > one of them. Things were different way back then, at least as far as > immigration laws were concerned. My parents and I had to wait several years > to be given permission to emigrate here. At that time I had both an Uncle > and an Aunt living in the Unites States, a sister and a brother of my > mother's. It was her wish to join them that convinced my father to move > here although initially he was against it. Since there was no family > reunification at the time he had to get someone else to vouch for him (so > he wouldn't become a vagrant dependent on the state) and obtain employment > before coming here before he would even be allowed to emigrate. My father > should have had an edge due to the fact that he had served with US forces > during World War II under the command of US officers in what were then > known as "Slavonic" Divisions. None of that mattered, he had to stand in > line like everyone else. > > I could bore you with more details but I simply bring these things up as a > reference point to what follows. > > I am a political scientist by training a PhD Candidate at the CUNY graduate > Center, otherwise known as an ABD. I have been involved in numerous > political campaigns starting with Giuliani's first run for mayor (a race he > lost to Dinkins). I have run assembly campaigns, a US Senate campaign and a > US Congressional campaign. I have been active in politics for all of my > adult life and have traveled the ideological road from being a committed > Marxist and Stalinist in my College years to being a staunch conservative > republican today. I think I know a thing or two about politics and what > makes both people on the left and the right tick. > > I am familiar with Latin culture not only from an academic perspective, but > also from an interactive one, as I interact with all my fellow Latinos each > and very day. I know what they think and I know what their attitudes are as > they will tell me things they will not tell outsiders. a couple of years > ago I posted a piece by Sam Huntington that I believe is a must read by all > here. > > Fast forward to the present and I currently live in a section in Brooklyn, > New York that is by all accounts a major focus of illegal immigrants. > Mostly from Mexico, Ecuador and San Salvador with a sprinkling of > Dominicans and even Chinese illegals. > > Very briefly I will tell you that if there is an amnesty in this country > America as we know will cease to exist in less than a generation. I am > totally dismayed that many countries in the West have opted to commit > national suicide and we seem to have decided to join them. > > The elites in Washington have decided that their short term interests trump > the long term interests of the nation. The issue of immigration is NOT a > democratic or republican issue. IT IS a national issue. The supporters of > amnesty have narrow interests that are either economic or political short > term interests without having given any thought whatsoever. The crowd in > Washington goes to the same clubs, eats in the same restaurants, live in > gated communities and socialize with other members of the financial and > political elites. Any negative impacts on the society at large they tend to > be immune from. It is clear there is a faction that is hell bent on > depressing wages and attract cheap manual labor in order to compete with > third world hellholes. At the same time the catholic church is salivating > at the prospect of filling the pews and collection baskets in their > churches. The activists in the democratic party are salivating at the > prospect of another underclass they can control and exploit. All these > forces have coalesced to bring about the present situation. Polls have been > consistent in that over 68% of american voters oppose amnesty to illegal > immigrants. Over 60% of union households oppose amnesty. Yet the elites are > in total disconnect with this because they have decided the public can do > nothing to stop them and will likely not do anything to penalize them > later. What matters to them is the fact that corporate donors who fund > their campaigns have made no bones about the fact that they want an > amnesty, or more precisely they demand one. > > A few myths > > The excuses to support amnesty are many and varied. One is that most of > these hispanics are family oriented and will become conservative. The real > fact is that most illegals come from the poverty stricken lower classes. > Many have relationships and children out of wedlock. The catholicism they > practice is much closer to the "liberation theology" variant which is > nothing more than Marxism with a God. They bring with them a deep class > resentment of not only the wealthy but the middle classes and a racist > resentment of whites. Latin American Christianity is also a heavy admixture > of traditional pre-colombian gods and elements and would be totally > unrecognizable to catholics here. The church pretends all these people are > catholics so they can claim their numbers. > > Democrats have a delusion that they will be able to manipulate them and > garner their votes. Activists in their community are very much aware of > this. Most latin american marxists are much closer to the stalinist type > than the fashionista left in this country who is leftist because it's the > fashion of their peers. Latinos who are marxists, are committed doctrinaire > marxists much closer to the Cuban or North Korean model. They have little > use for rich white kids who want to be weekend revolutionaries. They also > understand that they have a greater chance of projecting power and > influence if they keep their communities in control and separate. I had > expected them to demand schools exclusively in spanish but they were beaten > by the muslims by a hair here in brooklyn. The Madrasa in brooklyn may have > been delayed but it is only a matter of time before the demands will > surface again. Accusations of cultural imperialism and racism will be > lodged against those that demand they assimilate. The "community leaders" > know full well that any assimilation is a dilution of their power, > therefore they will promote the opposite. > > Any comparisons between immigrants of today and those of yesteryear are > irrelevant. They were different times and the world was quite different. In > 1900 an immigrant to America came on a one way trip, he knew he was not > going back. Entire villages collected money for the trip to send one of > their own. Passage meant at least a year's wages even in steerage. Today's > immigrant is a cheap plane ticked and a few hours away from home. He > arrives to a country where he can feel at home in an insular community > where his language is spoken. There are radio and television stations > available in his own language as well as newspapers and magazines. Mass > communications means he is just a phone call away from speaking to his > friends back home. The economies of scale make all of this possible in > today's world. Today's immigrant is helped by modern technology to feel > like he is home in any community of his compatriots abroad. And should he > feel homesick it takes only a couple of week's wages and a plane ticket to > return home for a visit. None of these things were available to the > immigrant a century ago. Another difference is that the immigrant of a > century ago came mostly from Western countries to another western country > the main difference being the food and language from where he came from. > > Latin America is nominally Western. The western portion resides in the main > cities and among the educated. In most countries with the possible > exception of Argentina and Brazil the indigenous cultures that were found > by the conquistadores still exist in stark contrast to what one finds in > the cities. It is those who are predominantly the "mojados" that one finds > in this country, not the country club upper class that Bush hob nobs with. > > Two things happened in Spain in 1492. One was the trip by Cristobal Colon. > The other was the final conquest of Andalus. The inquisition was organized > mainly to reconvert all those souls who were under islam for 700 years. The > result is that many of the conquistadores who came here were a generation > away from being muslims. They brought with them a world view much closer to > islam than the view of a sophisticated catholic from Italy. The concepts of > machismo, guerra sin cuarto, Caudillismo etc. are elements from the islamic > period that remained a part of spanish culture in Latin America. There are > a lot of parallels between Latin American culture in it's conservatism and > what one would find in the middle east. This is something that needs to be > kept in mind. > > Assimilation is not a guaranteed phenomenon. We have currently numerous > groups that have as yet not assimilated even though they have been here for > over a century. I can think of the Hasidic jews for starters, or the Amish, > or perhaps the Hutterites. The only difference is that their theology has > nothing in it that compels them to try to conquer our lands and convert us. > > Demographics > > I don't think I need to write much on the birth rate factor. One can search > all over the net to see the statistics. Muslims and illegals are the > fastest reproducing segment of the population. As the population shifts and > new groups become more numerous the power center will shift. The losers? > Indigenous american indians, caucasians and blacks. > > There is the lie that there are only 12 million illegals in this country. > That number keeps getting thrown around as if is gospel. The fact is that > we have no clue how many are here. If one takes the estimate that ten years > ago there were 10,000 crossings a day at the border and extrapolates 3.5 > million illegals a year then we can rest assured the 12 million figure is > totally wrong. It could be as high as 35 million or even as high as 70 > million. Do a search on the web and you will see that all the claims could > be valid. remember the last amnesty in 1984? I do. We were promised that > they would secure the borders, that the amnesty would mean that fewer > people would come and that we would enforce immigration laws. Of course it > was all naive and a pipe dream. Think this amnesty will stop more people > coming? You haven't seen anything yet. Once people all over the world get > wind of what a bunch of chumps we are they will come over in droves like we > have never seen. You can't feed a crocodile and expect it to be satisfied > with a morsel. > > The losers > > So who will lose if there's amnesty? Oddly enough most of the big losers > are part of the grand democratic coalition. Union workers, their leaders > only see more members, the rank and file will fall to depressed wages and > downward pressures in their standard of living. Blacks will lose influence > as a group and will be played off against the emerging mexican hispanic > power block. Their population which reached a peak of 14% of the population > is in decline and will continue to decline as illegals have more children. > Women will find that the male dominated culture of machismo and the > misogynist muslim outlook will make for interesting times in the future. > Gays will find much less tolerance among Latinos and Muslims for their > lifestyle, even from the left. They ought to get an idea at how gays are > treated in Cuba to get a hint. The middle class as always will face > increasing taxation to pay for all the programs and services that will be > demanded by the new majorities. The elderly will find that most of the new > workers brought in to prop up the welfare state will have little tolerance > to pay for those on the retirement dole. That will have implications in the > near future. Other hispanics, in particular Puerto Ricans and Dominicans > who will find themselves elbowed out by the Mexicans. This phenomenon is > already happening in the hispanic caucus and other national hispanic > organizations where the divisions among hispanics are coming into the open. > For many hispanics who are second and third generation americans the > honeymoon is begriming to come to an end. Jews will find perhaps a rise in > anti semitism. Latin America is home to a particularly virulent form that > rears it's ugly head quite often. Ingrained in Spanish catholicism and fed > by marxist solidarity for arabs it will always be there under the surface. > Republicans and Conservatives we will be the biggest losers in this game. > Most of the activists among the Mecha and Aztlan types are already forging > alliances with radicals in the muslim community. We may get a few new > republicans from these new immigrants, but the reality is that the class > and race hatred that many of them bring with them will likely be passed on > to new generations as they are in most groups. > > The next stage > > I could go on and write a dissertation on the subject, but that is not my > purpose nor is there time for that. One side argues that we can;'t get rid > of all illegals in this country. I believe they are wrong. They don't want > to get rid of the illegals here. There was a time not long ago, about 15 > years ago that New York was home to one of the largest communities of > illegal Irish immigrants. It was estimated at the time there were upwards > of half a million illegal irish immigrants in New York. An interesting > thing happened though. It was the Irish miracle, the economy took a turn > North and opportunities were everywhere. The result is that almost all of > those half million illegals returned home. It was a matter of incentive. If > you make it difficult for illegals to work in this country and punish those > who hire them I guarantee you will see the phenomenon repeated again. > > What is to be done? > > In 1902 V.I. Lenin published a pamphlet entitled "What is To Be Done?" it > was a blueprint for his political ideas on taking power. In a way, we need > our own approach to this problem. The issue of immigration is an issue that > affects all of us in a very likely negative way far beyond our political > ideologies if we are Americans. We need to reach out and awaken all those > groups that do not currently see the urgency but who will be adversely > affected by the coming changes. We need a coalition of the unlikely. > > We need to reach out to rank and file workers, both union and outside. This > has to be a grassroots mobilization made up of individuals rather than a > national organization. American Hispanics born here must understand that > they are about to be elbowed out and will lose big time. Gays must > understand that if they think Jerry Falwell was bad for them, they haven't > seen intolerance yet. Women must understand that any gains they may have > had with regards to the workplace and society can be swept away just as > easily as they have been put in place. Jews must understand that the rising > anti semitism will get worse, not better. > > A postage stamp an envelope and e-mail > > In politics as in economics, perception is reality. The level of commitment > by an opponent is gauged by his determination and how much he is willing to > invest in opposing something. The anti-amnesty crowd has not been very > successful because they have been disorganized and have been painted as > racists and bigots as the Minutemen have. You cannot give them a target to > latch onto. Responding to such attacks gives only credence to the attacker. > This has to be totally a citizen to citizen uprising. If you know other > Hispanics who oppose amnesty contact the. Have Black friends? Explain to > them how they stand to lose out (they know already) start networking. Call > all your acquaintances and friends and send them e-mails. Fear is a great > motivator, it is the one thing that moves people to action and motivates > them to show up at the polls. > > DO NOT JUST SEND EMAILS TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN OR SENATOR. For the most part > they get deleted as spam and don't have much impact. It also shows a lack > of commitment and that you are lazy. INSTEAD INVEST IN POSTAGE STAMPS. > There is nothing more impressive than postal service trucks showing up at > congress with bags full of envelopes with paper mail. > > USE THE PHONES, CALL AND CLOG THEIR LINES. ONA CELLPHONE A CALL TO > WASHINGTON IS A LOCAL CALL. Faxes are a waste of time. There is a physical > limit to how many faxes a fax machine can receive. > > FReerepublic is the right place to start this. But we must reach out from > beyond our narrow confines. Beyond conservatives, beyond republicans, > beyond democrats. > > Do this as if your future depends on it, because it does. > > Do this as if your children's future depends on it, because it does. > > Do this as if the nation's future depends on it, because it does. > > SEND AN ENVELOPE WITH A PERSONAL LETTER TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN, YOUR SENATOR. > CALL THE LOCAL COUNTY LEADERS. DON'T LIMIT IT TO WASHINGTON, CALL THE LOCAL > POLITICIANS AS WELL. THE GOVERNOR OF YOUR STATE ETC. > > YOU MUST RAISE HELL!! THE ONLY WAY TO BE HEARD IS TO YELL. > > Source:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1834958/posts > ********************************************** > PLEASE EMAIL THESE LINKS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW: > > "The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave" by Heather MacDonaldwww.City-Journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html > > http://www.PredatoryAliens.comwww.Im...a lAliens.org > See the COLOSSAL costs of illegal aliens to the American taxpayer:www.ImmigrationCounters.com > --------------------------------------------- > "Por La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada" > ("For The Race everything, for those outside The Race nothing") > > -- Motto of MEChA, one of the nation's largest publically-funded > organizations with cells on high school and college campuses across the USA > (Note: Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez says he "used to be" a member) > --------------------------------------------- > "How Eisenhower solved illegal border crossings from Mexico" > By John Dillinhttp://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0706/p09s01-coop.html > > Excerpt: > > "General Eisenhower ... quoted a report in The New York Times, > highlighting one paragraph that said: 'The rise in illegal border-crossing > by Mexican 'wetbacks' to a current rate of more than > 1,000,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious relaxation > in ethical standards extending all the way from the farmer-exploiters > of this contraband labor to the highest levels of the Federal > Government ..." > > "Herbert Brownell Jr., Eisenhower's first attorney general, said the > president had a sense of urgency about illegal immigration when he took > office. > > "America 'was faced with a breakdown in law enforcement on a very large > scale,' Mr. Brownell said. 'When I say large scale, I mean hundreds of > thousands were coming in from Mexico [every year] without restraint.'" > -------------------------------------------------- > Just two of MANY American cops murdered by illegals:www.DeputyDavidMarch.comwww.KrisEggle.org > > "Unfortunately, the majority of illegal aliens who are here are engaged in > criminal activity. Identity theft, use of fraudulent Social Security > numbers and green cards, tax evasion, driving without licenses represent > some of the crimes that are engaged in by the majority of illegal aliens on > a daily basis merely to maintain and hide their illegal status. In > addition, violent crime and drug distribution and possession is also > prevalent among illegal aliens. Over 25% of today's federal prison > population are illegal aliens. In some areas of the country, 12% of > felonies, 25% of burglaries and 34% of thefts are committed by illegal > aliens." > > -- Testimony of District Attorney John M. Morganelli before the House > Subcommittee on Immigration, Border, Security and Claims [Note: 99% of > warrants for murder in Los Angeles, California -- the USA's 2nd > most-populous city -- are for illegal aliens] > > "It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, > tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of > men." > -- Samuel Adams > > ""All great truths begin as heresies." > > -- Former Democrat Governor of Colorado Richard Lamm, official of > Defend Colorado Now, a movement opposed to illegal immigration > and public services for illegal aliens |
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