So, I guess if you're somebody who's hightailing it to America and living on my dime, you are one smart cookie. No morons there. Yep, the real stupidity is...again...our government for letting this all happen.
Admittedly, this is one complicated issue. Much bigger than my brain can comprehend. At the same time, it shouldn't be. America needs to close for a while. Shut the doors. Lock the windows. We used to be a country that took great pride in taking in those who were looking to work hard and build a better life. There are those around us who still think like that. We welcome all comers.
Those are our morons this month. The clowns who think that immigration in 2014 is equal to immigration in 1914. Note to all: it's not. And it's a misguided principle. Indeed, the biggest culprits in this act of blatant stupidity are our own elected officials. From the lowest alderman to the guy with the big ears living in the White House.
I've never been to the Ellis Island exhibit in New York City and I need to. I want to see if I can find the exact date that my paternal grandparents came to this country from Germany. I assume they entered through this portal because most of the immigrants in the early 20th century did.
Legally.
I am not 100% sure but I doubt my grandmother and grandfather spoke English on their first days in America. Somehow they learned. Grandpa could eventually read and write. Grandma could simply scrawl her name. But any limitations didn't prevent them from setting up a new life. Raising four sons who all served in the US Armed Forces during World War II. One didn't make it home from the battlefield.
Grandpa worked hard. He was a bartender. An employee at Borden's Milk. I think I heard once that Grandma doubled as a housekeeper for a while. They didn't get handouts. They didn't expect them. There wasn't much money but, miraculously, they bought their own home and property. All by themselves. Well, not really. They got a loan for a down payment from a cousin. They paid it back with interest in three years. I've seen the receipts myself.
The saga of my grandparents is not unique. There are countless tales of the same migration. I've heard it from friends. Indeed, one of my closest chums from childhood came here from Italy with his parents. They, too, did what they could to make a better life. Even broken English couldn't prevent them from coming to America.
With pride. And that's the one word missing today.
We've lost the influx from Europe. That's over. I hear the movement has reversed. There are those who think Switzerland is a better option today. Now we still hear that myopic tune from Neil Diamond. "They're coming to America." And the magic of those lyrics has totally worn off.
We have people sneaking over the borders everyday. Children are being dumped on our doorsteps. The border towns in California, Arizona, and Texas are being flooded. People are coming in sick and diseased. The Christian approach would be to say that we need to take care of everyone.
But, also in the Bible, there is an adage that the Lord helps those who help themselves.
See how complicated this is allowed to get?
Once again, cue the politicians. They're cramming notions down our throats. The Dream Act. Amnesty. Let bygones be bygones. And you know that the only reason why our "leaders" want to give these....I will say the word...illegal aliens a free ride is because they are potential voters. And cheap labor.
I am meandering here. But what can we expect when the folks in charge do the same thing? They fail to recognize that what was a beautiful tenet of our country's history is now an albatross around the necks of all taxpayers. This is now a nation where the English language is no longer enforced. As a matter of fact, you are told to embrace your mother tongue. So what if you can't read the street signs and the highway directions? Who cares if you need to sift through a dozen language choices when you are trying to do your banking at an ATM?
America is dying as a result. And if you're one of those folks who still views immigration into this country romantically as if it's still 1910, you are truly an idiot. Ellis Island is closed. The borders are now open.
The United States of America is going out of business. It's the final price markdown for a civilized life. And, truly, as is always the case, we have the elected officials on both sides of the aisle at the center of yet another problem.
Dinner last night: Vegetable stir fry.
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