Mexican Flags Show Contempt For America
The national debate over immigration reminds me of Jed Clampett, who while “shootin’ for some food,” inadvertently created a gusher. What started off as the relatively innocuous Minute Man Project grew into a national debate and is now quickly growing out of control. And the Mexican flag is at the center of the storm.
Even a high school principal has stupidly jumped into the fray by raising the Mexican flag along with the American flag and the Texas flag on the high school flagpole. Houston school officials thankfully had the sense to order Reagan High School Principal Robert Pambello to take the Mexican flag down, but the damage was done. The message that Pambello and others, including millions of illegal Mexicans, are sending is clear - contempt for the United States and the rule of law.
University of Houston professor Raul Ramos in defending the overt use of the Mexican flag said, “Most students at Reagan High School have relatives or ancestors from Mexico. The flag represents Mexican heritage as much if not more than citizenship.” But this begs the question, then why are they here and not in Mexico? Ramos’ statement exposes the problem - they are here to take advantage of American generosity with no accompanying sense of obligation.
America is full of people from every different heritage imaginable, yet, we’re not all clambering to run our own flags up the high school flagpole.
You may have heard the theory that President Bush is a member in good standing of the Illuminati, that mythical organization affiliated with the Free Masons whose goal is to hasten a One World Government. I personally don’t buy into conspiracy theories, but there may be something to this.
The open borders crowd, which includes prominent individuals on both the left and the right, likes to continually remind us less-informed creatures that immigration is good for America. The problem is, in the context of the current debate, they confuse immigration with the all-out assault we are experiencing on our southern border. Many of the open borders crowd are highly suspect but many are intelligent, knowledgeable and level-headed and I find it hard to believe that the confusion they are creating is an accident.
Rather, I think they believe that the noble goal to which they aspire requires some pain, much like childbirth. Of course, they also believe that the Mexicans swarming past our meager border patrols are here to taste the American dream and all of that. But the facts tell a different story.
What we saw this past week were scenes of thousands of marchers in the streets and thousands of Mexican flags waving but what the cowardly, or should I say complicit media failed to show us were Mexicans attacking other Mexicans for carrying American flags, Mexicans burning American flags, and the signs that said things like, “We Didn’t Cross The Border - The Border Crossed Us!”
If Congress fails to act, and lets face it, that’s what Congress does best, look for the unrest and violence to escalate. The solutions that various Senators and Representatives are huffing and puffing about this week are not solutions at all, they are smoke and mirrors and they know it. Mexicans here illegally are not about to turn themselves in knowing they will be rewarded with a fine and eventual deportation.
As I see it, the only real solution is to criminalize the employment of illegals. Make it a felony to hire or in any way employ an illegal and the job market for illegal immigrants will dry up. This will never happen, of course, because powerful lobbies like the National Restaurant Association will never let it happen, so let the fireworks begin.
April 2nd, 2006 at 6:14 pm
I don’t care about the Mexico flag one way or another. This is the good old United States of American. Let’s fly our flag! A hell of a lot of people have died to insure we have this flag flying. American
Mexicans want Mexico’s flag, great just cross that river an enjoy all of those Mexican benefits. What ever they are? I will stay on this side of the river and enjoy our benefits.
April 6th, 2006 at 10:20 am
I don’t care at all about the mexican flag, but we are in america and we should be proud and excited about flying our flag and our proud heritage, lots of people have died for the stars and stripes.
If they want their flag then go south and fly it, in fact let all the illegal people who beat up the young men and women that were flying the US flag go back home to their country, leave this place.
We don’t need illegal people telling the US how and what to do in our own living space, this is America it’s based on freedom of choice and the right to choose as you wish and live along beside each other and enoy the life you have made and the life our founding fathers fought to preserve.
Send all the people home who don’t want our flag, put up that high wall and keep them all out.
September 8th, 2006 at 10:31 am
If I were to visit another country, I would never demand that they fly my American Flag or speak English. How dare these people come into America, not to visit but to LIVE and INSIST that we speak THEIR native language and fly THEIR country’s flag? What’s wrong with this picture? What’s worse, this country is accomodating them. Have you been to Miami? The street signs are in spanish and that was 10 years ago, last time I was there.
My grandfather came here from Italy through Ellis Island when he was 19 (early 1920s). He spoke not one word of English. He taught himself English; in fact, he used to read the dictionary. When I knew him, he never spoke with an accent. He never received any handouts from this country. He had to be sponsored by a U.S. citizen (his uncle in Ohio) to come into this country. He worked hard and learned our language and culture. He never demanded anything from America but was thankful to be here. He always said that if you come into this country, you should speak the language.
If these people have a problem with this country, then they can just leave! Go back to where you came from. America is a wonderful place to live, despite its problems. If you don’t like it, LEAVE!