May 1 - Pet Peeve Monday

I first addressed this topic as just an issue in my March 29 Blog about Illegal Aliens. It has now been raised to the stature of a PET PEEVE.

Let's see if I have this right: Thousands of ILLEGAL immigrants and their children are demonstrating that the U.S. Congress must change the laws they've BROKEN.They hold signs in Spanish demanding rights while waving Mexican flags. Their protests disrupt traffic and normal commerce. Now they change the words and meaning of our Star Spangled Banner when they translate it into Spanish.They send their earnings back to Mexico (without paying income taxes); our public schools provide their children a free education (without collecting any property taxes); and they get free medical services for their families (while raising the rates for those that are insured). We also pick up the tab for the criminal aliens that account for 27% of all inmates in the federal prison system.It is basic economics that if you can’t control supply (the flow of immigrants across the boulders) then you affect demand (the companies that hire the illegal aliens).

I welcome LEGAL immigrants ... the ones who honor our laws and assist in supporting the infrastructure that they use.

Unfortunately with our attention-deficient society, the weekly media cycle had moved on. To recap, two weeks ago the issue was Immigration. Last week the news was all about Donald Rumsfeld, and his lack of support among retired Generals. This week the issue was obscene Oil Company profits.

However with the release of a Spanish version of The Star Spangled Banner, the May 1 protests, and Cinco de Mayo this Friday, I’m sure the story will get nuevo piernas (new legs).

It would be ironic if not tragic that more people are killed in Los Angeles on May 5 than on any other day of the year. It’s not because of violence but because of celebration. The Mexicans, legal or not, fire their guns into the air in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. The law of gravity takes over and the bullets fall to earth and strike and kill innocent people. I lived there in the late 80's. I stayed inside on May 5th. No one every gets shot on St. Patty’s Day, they do shots.

Today (May 1) they planned and held a large boycott where many immigrants, legal or not, did not go to work. They should have waited till May 5 or 6. They don’t work those days anyway.

I proudly shopped at Kroger, Target, and Wal-Mart today to show my American support. And you know what, it was a nice change to have the employees speak English to me. Do you think we could have a boycott every Monday? It really decreased my total shopping time.