The idiots in charge of the state of California have made this disaster even worse over the past several years by taking on a widening process of this road. As a result, there are construction snarls all over the west side of the city. And the crew hired to do the work made a major mistake and had to start all over. Your tax paying and stimulus dollars at work. Shovel ready jobs. Done by human beings who are also shovel ready.
But, I digress...
I suppose that, if you live in any big American city, you have your share of traffic woes. It's inescapable. Way, way too many people behind the wheel. And therein lies my focus today. The main reason why traffic is so freakin' bad in Los Angeles and New York. And I will warn you that it's a radical viewpoint.
My theory is that traffic sucks in major metropolitan areas because of our current immigration regulations. Or lack of them.
What???
You heard me.
The big urban areas are now magnets for immigrants, both illegal and otherwise. And I will contend that it's these assholes who are crashing our daily commutes. And into our cars.
Go ahead. Do your own informal research. See who's pulled over onto the side of the road, trading information with some poor slob. Tell me who they are. Am I doing an ethnic profile? You bet I am.
The next time you're cut off by a driver who is making a last minute dash for the next exit, take a close look. Tell me what you see. Yeah, I thought so.
When you see a pick-up truck with its load precariously tied down, see who's behind the wheel. Yeah, I thought so.
A couple of years ago, I was on the said 405 coming back from a Sunday afternoon in Long Beach. We were breezing along and then, without warning, traffic came to a standstill. We crawled for about three miles until we all could get past the clogging culprit. A big blue bookcase lying in the center lane.
About two miles later, I spotted a van on the side of the road. Its passengers were standing outside and staring at their load. There, in the back of the vehicle was another big blue bookcase. The other part of a matched set. And the idiots were chattering away. Probably asking each other what happened to the other half of their entertainment center.
Likely the question was being posed in a language other than English.
Sorry, but this is no longer the country that embraced your ancestors in the 1920s.
Our biggest problem on our roads are the folks who came into this nation on a freebie. They can't read the signs in English. They can't communicate with the rest of us who speak English. Most of them are illegal and haven't bothered to visit their local Department of Motor Vehicles.
When you have that nasty combination, it's deadly for our traffic patterns.
America was built on immigration. Give us your tired and poor and oppressed. Back in the early part of the 20th Century, the people that came here from the lowly parts of Europe did so with the notion that they wanted to be Americans. They helped to build our cities and infrastructure. They did so by taking the time to learn English. How to speak it. How to read it. How to be part of their new home.
Today, that style of immigration and ultimate assimilation is no longer embraced. As a matter of fact, it's virtually discouraged. Stay connected to your own roots. Speak your own language. We'll accommodate you. Press "1" for English and all other digits for your own personal language. Indeed, the immigrants coming here are no longer predominantly from Europe. Name the squalid countries of the world and that's who is showing up at our doors. Leaving their lands where a discouraging word gets them shot by the demonic dictator in charge.
Come to America. You can say what you want. You can complain about the country all you want. We don't care. Oh, and here's the keys to a car which you can drive without a valid driver's license.
Sheer madness.
We are becoming a third world cesspool. So, are these the folks who are morons in my book?
Absolutely not. The true idiots are once again the people we put in charge on a state and federal level. The shitheads on both sides of the aisle who refuse to anything about the antiquated and largely ignored immigration laws of this country.
Shame on them. Shame on us for electing this roster of scumbags.
The only solace we can get is that they are sitting in traffic right alongside us. Or, in the case of our President's seemingly endless trips for fundraising dinners in Los Angeles, actually creating the jams we are stuck in.
Dinner last night: Sandwich and salad.
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