When Racists Cry "Racism!"

With a President who will send 160,000 troops to Iraq to fight to protect this nation from Al Qaeda but who refuses to do anything to stem the invasion by criminal aliens flooding by the hundreds-of-thousands across our borders, the compromise of our laws and national security continues.

There are few Americans, born or naturalized, who would state that the numbers of criminal immigrants coming into this country is not a problem. Even those who would say that would still concede that the lack of security leading to this issue is a problem, since if we don't know who is coming over the border, it would be very easy (and I hate to speak in the hypothetical, as I'm quite sure that this is happening now) for terrorists to walk right on in.

But just try to speak out about this. The CAs already here along with their friends, relatives, advocacy groups, and politicians looking at this population segment as a rich pool of potential votes will shout you down in a din worthy of a group thousands of times their numbers. What's their argument? Well, you might hear the occasional "[Criminal Aliens] take jobs Americans won't do," argument, but since it has been proven that many jobless Americans have pointed to jobs held by CAs as being jobs they'd gladly do, that one fizzled out. So what are they left with? Absolutely nothing. So what can they possibly say?

The "R" word.

Here's where the Irony comes into play.

Americans who truly love America and want to protect our country "from all enemies, foreign and domestic," want to stop criminal immigration. We simply want to stop this blatant disregard for the laws of this country, and we want to know who is coming and going. There is a process in place for people who want to come here and we want that followed. If the unfortunate aspiring immigrant is denied, that is because, through our representative democracy, we have decided that there is a reason why we don't want this person coming into our country. You know that. I know that.

However, when the pro-CA crowd has nothing on us, they play the race card. This is the political equivalent of, "I know you are, but what am I?" They call us "Racists" and even invoke the names of such horrid organizations as the KKK, Nazis, etc. They say that we hate Mexicans, Latinos, and Hispanics. But did we say anything about race? I didn't. Did you? I didn't think so. So here's what I think of these claims...they are calling me a racist to mask their own racism! "How's that?" you might ask. Well...allow me to digress for a moment.

Growing up in Boston in the 1970s, I experienced a huge amount of racism. With the desegregation and busing debates going on at the time, racial tensions between whites and blacks were at their highest point of any time in my life. My neighborhood was a mixture of predominantly Irish and Italians. Racism against blacks was the order of the day. The "n" word was commonplace. There was so much fear and hate that it was almost palpable. We were taught, by word or example, that if we saw a black person walking down the street we should avoid him and be watchful. Why? He might be a criminal. Rightfully and thankfully I, as well as the community as a whole, has outgrown that attitude.

But think for a minute what your reaction would be if I happened to be walking down the street with you today and we saw a black stranger walking toward us and I crossed the street to avoid him because, "He might be a criminal." You'd be appalled, right? Of course, and rightly so! Why? Because, while anyone might be a criminal, it was racist of me to single that man out as a possible criminal based on his race. How about a little word association? You say "criminal," and I respond with "Black," or worse, the "n" word. Would that make me a racist? You bet it would!

"Ok, so what does this have to do with CAs and the people that love them," you might ask. Well, did I say "Mexican?" Did I say "Latino?" Did I say "Hispanic?" Nope. Not me. I said "Criminal Alien," (my preferred term, although you might prefer the more common "Illegal Immigrant"). So, by calling me a racist, the pro-CA set inadvertently calls attention to the fact that when I say the words "criminal," and "alien," they think "Mexican," "Latino," or "Hispanic!"

That's right, they are the true racists!

In fact, I don't care who the CAs are. The fact that the vast majority are Mexican is completely immaterial to me. I want all immigration controlled. Not stopped, controlled. If we had a glut of illegal Canadians here, I'd be saying the same thing. I wouldn't be learning how to say "Eh," or teaching ice-fishing in the schools to accommodate their anchor-babies. I'd be calling for securing the border and for the deportation of as many as we can find.

And one last point: The goal here is to control who comes into our country so that we don't get other countries' refuse and undesirables coming here. The goal is to enforce the law. It so often gets lost in the shuffle of shifting arguments the fact that there are laws in the United States of America that say it is not OK to come into this country without a visa. Questioning my motives for demanding that those laws be enforced does not, in any way, diminish the importance of enforcing those laws. I could be the biggest racist in the world, thinking that Latinos are the scum of the earth (a view which I most certainly do NOT espouse), but that doesn't make it wrong to enforce the law.

If you hate the law so much, change it. But don't resort to subterfuge, argument-dodging, and obfuscation to push your agenda. If you truly believe you are right, then you can say with conviction that anyone who wants to come here should be allowed in, and petition your representatives to make that so. So far, I haven't heard anyone make that argument.

Until then, you need to have the same respect for the laws that all Americans are taught.

Ahmadinejad Honored at Columbia

"Honored," you might ask? How was he honored? Well, let me explain...

Aside from the fact, which I can only attribute to international diplomacy law of which I have no knowledge, that he hasn't been arrested and charged with war crimes the moment he set foot on our soil for supplying munitions, insurgents, and IEDs (called "bombs" in antiquity), to the Iraqi insurgency to fill his anticipated "power vacuum," he was honored by being allowed to speak at the widely-held-as-prestigious Columbia University. Speaking there is, among the left, an honor in and of itself.

What makes this a great honor is that he was allowed to speak while speaking.

On October 4th, 2006, Jim Gilchrist and two other speakers from the Minuteman project, an organization of volunteers who, in an effort to protect what's left of our national sovereignty, stand guard at our borders to monitor and report illegal entry by criminal aliens, were shouted down by student protesters who rushed the stage in an effort to physically attack, or at least physically intimidate, the guests. Said one protester, "The Minutemen are not a legitimate part of the debate on immigration."

The message is clear: At Columbia University, we honor free speech under the First Amendment, unless, of course, we disagree with you. It must follow, therefore, that they agree with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

What higher honor could there be than for a terrorist and dictatorial leader who publicly advocates the killing of Americans, who publicly states that the nation of Israel should be "wiped off the map," and who actively supplies and incites the efforts against America in the democratic nation of Iraq, to be invited to speak at a "prestigious" university in a country which is his sworn enemy?

Sure, Lee Bollinger asked some tough questions, apparently putting Moudy on the spot and making him agitated. But what choice did he have? He'd invited the terrorist to speak at his university. Then, of course, there was the normal firestorm of controversy which occurs whenever Bollinger does something.

But this time, it was more than just the normal firestorm; This time he had his own alumni up in arms about the visit.

We all know Bollinger's pat reaction is, if covertly, giving the middle finger to the common sensibilities of the country. This time, he did something so bad it upset the alumni (and it has to be bad to do that). And we also all know what it means when you upset alumni...It means your cashflow diminishes.

So what would one do in that situation? After saying, "Oops!" One would call off the speaking engagement with a sincere apology to the offended terrorist/dictator/enemy of the state. But one would most likely not be Lee Bollinger. If one were Lee Bollinger, one would keep the engagement and just hammer the speaker with some hardball questions in an effort to mask the original intent of the event and make it seems like he really is opposed to this guy being there.

I can just see the two of them talking before the show:

Lee: "Hey Moudy, listen, I'm in a bind here...I want you to speak cause I know they'll just love you here, but the rest of the country is a bit iffy...would you mind if I ask you some hard questions while you're out there?"

Mahmoud: "Not at all, my friend. The fact that I am still alive right now is a blessing. The least I can do in gratitude is make you look as good as I do."

Lee: "Oh, thanks, Moudy...do me a favor and just act upset, k?"

Mahmoud: [Nodding and smiling] "Allah Akbar!"

I have to admit, as transparent as it may be, it is a pretty good move, as it will most certainly keep the revenue stream uninterrupted, as well as shield him from any criticism from the left-wing university core, leaving him only to be criticized by conservative bloggers and radio commentators...and no one pays attention to them anyway, right?

Well, that about ends my rant. This subject got my ire up enough so that I decided to start my long-planned but long-procrastinated first blog entry.

As a side note, I want to express my sincere gratitude as an American to the Police Department of the City of New York for refusing to provide security to this monster on his planned visit to Ground Zero. This spot is hallowed ground, stained with the blood of innocent Americans, innocent citizens of many other countries, and many of the heroes who went there to try to save them. Apparently we can't stop him from going there, but we can, at the very least, not assist him. We can't keep the devil out of a church, but that doesn't mean we have to shake his hand when he enters.