Immigrants Can't Vote, But Do They Read Blogs?

We've had a busy couple of days here at wojr.com. A couple of our rants & musings received some eclectic links. Lukeisback.com pointed towards an entry weighing in on elderly gang bangs. (We're proud of that one. Darn tooting) Also, a poster over on craigslist.org's "Rants and Raves" section pointed out how we've been having some fun with their personal ads.

If you, like myself, haven't checked out the Rants and Raves there, you'll find a lot of individuals just posting anonymous mini-tirades and remarks on a wide variety of subjects. I guess these people don't have stupid ass blogs like yours truly.

However, when I looked at their site, the majority of the one-sided conversations seemed to focus on the immigration issue. I can't be too surprised since our government and new media have also made the subject one of their focal points. (Plus, we have reports that there will be marches in nearly 70 US cities today). What does surprise me is how the feelings expressed by the posters at craigslist are filled with such vigor and personalization (and the occasional venom).

The immigrant issue, obviously, is one that people have developed strong personal feelings about. Many are divided on that issue. Personally, I admit, I have a “pie in the sky” approach to the problem. As I said on this blog before, I think anyone that legitimately wants to pursue the American Dream should be allowed to – in America. Since I am the son of an immigrant and the boyfriend of an immigrant, I do have a bias on the issue – but if you put a hard working day laborer born in Latin America next to an American welfare mother pregnant with child #5 and ask me who has more of a right to be an American citizen. You can guess my answer.

America is a nation of immigrants. Hell, even the Native Americans may have come across the Bering Strait. Its economic strength and success has been built on the backs of our newest neighbors, both the legal and illegal variety.

Whatever difficulties our nation is facing today, immigrants, like gay marriage before it, are not a cause of them, but rather a distraction from actually solving them.

I’d rather be reading about legislation working to combat the outsourcing of American jobs. I’d be more interested in a health care initiative that allowed small businesses to offer their employees quality medical benefits and not resort to illegal immigrant workers to just make ends meet. I would want our government officials to offer solutions to our country’s problems, both foreign and domestic, rather than talking points set up to divide the Democrat base. (And don’t get me started on the “cost-plus” contracts our government hands out left and right. I could be here all day on that one.)

Plus, I would want to examine what is wrong with our immigration process that some many people need to circumvent the legal avenues of immigration. Are our economic requirements too unrealistic for these prospective citizens? If they are coming to America to work for slave wages in search of a better life, can we really expect them to have thousands of dollars in the bank as proof of financial support? Look at the thousands of young women who are sold into prostitution in order to come to America. How can a change in our naturalization system help them? Because if you're willing to chug penis to get into this country, there should be an express lane of sorts for that.

Like all large groups of people, one can find the good eggs and the bad seeds. You can point out the bad elements in every race, culture, ethnicity or social class. Most of the hatred I read on craigslist was directed at those immigrants that paint their ilk in a bad light. That’s like saying I’m not funny because I write a “holier than thou” rant like this one every so often. That’s a lie. I’m not funny, because I have no sense of humor. But I try.

I just hope our country can let these people try to be solid American citizens. If they mess up, we can always reserve the right to kick them out. Then, I can go back to discussing elderly group sex.

wojr  ¶ 2:05 PM