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May 10/06: May Day! May Day! (Migra! Migra!)
Uh, oh, things didn't work out so good for the "day without
immigrants." Sorry, did you not notice? Neither did much anyone else, including
a -- get this -- San Francisco Chronicle columnist:
The 'Day Without Immigrants' Backfires
With last month's barrage of anti-immigration-enforcement protests, Americans
had their fill of the issue. The sea of Mexican and Latin American flags, the
scuffles in schools and other public buildings over the raising of Mexican
flags, all the "reconquista" and "stolen land" rhetoric and the sight of
thousands of illegal immigrants demanding citizenship had done little to gain
supporters.
So when organizers insisted on continuing the offensive with a nationwide
boycott aimed at crippling the nation's economy on May 1, it was a political
disaster waiting to happen. Immigrants (legal or otherwise) were urged to
boycott work, school and commerce and go out and demonstrate instead.
This time around, organizers had obviously spoken to participants about the
Mexican flags, because American flags were now the order of the day. Never mind
that organizers could be seen in television footage quietly replacing Mexican
flags with American ones. All of a sudden we were to believe that patriotism was
back in style. Needless to say, the subterfuge did not succeed.
As for the boycott itself, the much-ballyhooed "Day Without Immigrants" came and
went, and the country is still standing.
Remember this brave columnist's name: Cinnamon Stillwell.
Something's right with the world if the SF Chronicle publishes a voice
such as this:
Holding the boycott on May Day, an international
workers holiday with communist connotations, didn't help. While much of Latin
America celebrates May Day, most Americans aren't particularly fond of anything
associated with communism. But despite its failure in practice and the attendant
body count, communism is still being touted by the American far left. And it was
they, among other special-interest groups, who organized the "Day Without
Immigrants" boycott and last month's protests.
International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism), a group that,
in its own words, wants to "transform society, disarm the Pentagon and win back
all that has been stolen from us -- from Los Angeles to Baghdad, Mexico City to
Manila, Port au Prince to Gaza and everywhere," was one of the main organizers.
This fact was overlooked by most of the mainstream media protest coverage,
despite the wealth of signs carrying the group's logo. Such coverage almost
uniformly omitted the word "illegal" as well.
We've dealt with here with
ANSWER and its sponsor, Ramsey Clark
well enough. Fools all, grabbing air, and catching nothing.
But what of the honest illegal who wanted to make the point
that we couldn't live without 'em on May 1? Sorry, amigos, but we didn't notice.
As Stillwell points out, it was Hispanic-owned businesses that suffered the
boycott not the rest of us. The fact is, while the grass may have grown an extra
quarter-inch that day, legal briefs were filed, computer code was written, laws
were passed, and stocks were bought and sold -- all without delay or
interruption.
The day off proved only that the immigrants -- legal and not --
need us more than we need them.
She's not there as a worn-out welcoming mat -- or a distress
sign. She's a gift, not a right. She's a sign of hope, not despair. They abused
her on May 1, and it didn't fly.
Her flame shines bright with or without 'em. It's up to them
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