Sunday, July 16, 2006
Politics, Ignorance, and Ambition
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How the King of the Heap [that is Hazleton] Bullshit His Way to Capital City
Reluctant views from just outside by Doyna Yar
Is it not plain for all the world to see? Political pandering for self-gain is truly disgusting. When I was first informed of “Fascio” Mayor Barletta actually taking a *stand* on illegal immigration I honestly thought someone was yankin’ my Nathan’s Famous! My first reaction was it was ridiculous for Hazleton’s government to take on illegal immigration since this is the clear [and derelict] jurisdiction of our federal government. I remember saying something to the tune of “…what’s he trying to get on Lou Dobbs?!! He may as well impose Hazleton sanctions on the DPRK or require ALL of Hazleton’s troops home from Iraq by Columbus Day for all it will accomplish…” Well the next day my dinner was crow. Actually it was something else until Lou Dobbs ruined my day by swallowing Barletta’s bait and giving this backwater politician a national platform from which to spout half-truths and blatant lies about Hazleton being on the front lines of the immigration war. After a video montage Highlighting Hazleton’s plight was piled deep, footage of an inarticulate Hazleton PD jackboot, cruisers ablaze with intimidation lights parked in front of the Road’s End Pub (isn’t that West Hazleton jurisdiction?) it was stated that the only thing police accomplished that night was to harass some teenagers! Sounds like a crisis, would Lou like some national guard troops, or the limelight? Talk about over inflated! Like a skillful ringmaster Mr. Barletta placed himself at the center of a tempest he hopes will blow him up the political ladder. What is one of many problems in Hazleton has provided him the opportunity to feed his political aspirations, so everybody dance to il Duce’s flute. The only kernel of truth in the interview was when he ducked Dobbs’ repeated question of actually rounding up illegal aliens for transfer to federal authorities. Truth be known the ordinance is only a landlord [read slumlord] tax and a way for city hall to acquire a database on all city residence (how East German of them)! I’d hate to be Hispanic in Hazleton now as it’s open season for police harassment. Divide and conquer il Zilcho? Not in a town where the typical yolkle thinks Puerto Ricans are foreigners, these people are too sharp for such carpet-bagging politics. Who knew Hazleton was a boarder town? Bullet-proof vest and jackbooted lackeys blocking traffic on 309, what a fucking joke unless you needed to drive across town during Lou’s circus. It kinda makes ya pine for the daze of "I'm the Mayor, and you're under arrest!"
Anywho, I really did not want to hear any more of this farce but it won’t go away. Because the issue is something that politicians in a position of responsibility don’t seem the have the nerve to tackle, because they can’t separate legitimate voting hispanic-Americans from euphemized *undocumented immigrants* [read ILLEGAL ALIENS], the lightweights with big mouths can seem larger than they really are. Also because of federal sidestepping the problem won’t get fixed any time soon giving slick politicians like Barletta cover because he can say he did his part with the authority of mayor. What a great way to ‘suggest’ to the voting masses to kick him up to state of fed? The shame of it is the ignorant and uninformed will buy into his ploy. Immigration is just another revolving issue, like minimum wage, abortion, or social security, that seasoned politicians on both sides love to wrap themselves in every few years and say "look what I did [vote Quimby!]" when it should be fairly obvious to identify the problem and fix it!!!
I guess my rambling has brought me to a good as any place to address the issue itself as I see it:
1) Illegal immigration was a problem in the 90s, 80s, 70s, and probably back at least to post WWII.
2) Illegal means Illegal no matter how you try to white wash terminology and blur the distinction. An illegal alien may be an *undocumented immigrant*, but that does not change the fact of breaking our laws by crossing our boarder without proper permission or legitimate intention. Doing that along the Iron Curtain a few decades back was a good way to get yourself shot.
2.5) When illegal alien activists use the term *undocumented immigrant*, do they realize that they mean WOP? A ‘With Out Papers’ immigrant is still legal, as opposed to illegal aliens, because despite their undocumented status they are coming to the shores of America to become AMERICANS!
3) All illegal aliens should be immediately repatriated to their resident state. They should be blacklisted from becoming American citizens as a lesson to their countrymen to follow accepted legal immigration procedures. Their homeland should be required to pay compensation to our Federal government for their detainment and processing.
4) Repeat offenders should face incarceration in their home state or execution here in the US at the choice of their home state. I can’t stress enough the value of sending a message of personal responsibility and the price of violating the sovereignty of a state.
5) Mexico particularly benefits and encourages her citizenry to violate American sovereignty both for population reduction and economic gains. Leveraging unwanted population over our boarder and bleeding our economy and social services is an Act of War against the United States. It remains to be seen if there is a darker and more insidious plot by Mexico thru encouraging Mexican citizens to emigrate to the American southwest without assimilation. Could this be laying the groundwork for reversing the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ala Reconquista ‘greater Mexico’?
6) The notion that illegal aliens take jobs our citizens won’t do is fantasy. Employers who use illegals for labor are cheating free market forces in pursuit of profits. Take for example Truck Farming. They’d have you believe our citizens won’t pick tomatoes. They would for a fair wage based on our labor market, so what if tomatoes cost 3 times as much and x% of tomato farmers go under? This would only be a market correction to the artificial pricing and wages caused by the employment of illegal aliens and greed of their employers. If a business can’t compete and adapt in the market it has no right to exist. Businesses who knowingly hire illegal aliens should be seized and auctioned off by the Fed, another lesson in responsibility. Their management and human resource staff should be prosecuted for aiding and abetting illicit activities and the economic sabotage of the US market.
7) Boarder security is a Federal responsibility. If boarder guards are ineffectual then it should fall to the military. Use eminent domain to seize and federalize a boarder no mans land. Sounds like a good place for training army snipers! I can’t help but imaging the impact on would be illegal aliens if they knew they could be shot on sight!
Damn, now I have a headache… glad I don’t live in Hazletijuana (don’t drink the mine run off water)! So I have to give Barletta credit for what it’s worth. Wrapping himself in an issue he cannot possibly solve. Getting the ignorant Hazletonians to embrace their xenophobia rather than face the real troubles of crime in the area. Getting his mug on television nationwide- that’ll stick on the way to congress. So if Hazleton won’t vote him out, then by all means vote him up and we’ll see who gets the last laugh. The PA voters can vote him out or up to Congress. What will America do when he’s entrenched and ineffectual in Washington? The world wonders…
-OR-
How the King of the Heap [that is Hazleton] Bullshit His Way to Capital City
Reluctant views from just outside by Doyna Yar
Is it not plain for all the world to see? Political pandering for self-gain is truly disgusting. When I was first informed of “Fascio” Mayor Barletta actually taking a *stand* on illegal immigration I honestly thought someone was yankin’ my Nathan’s Famous! My first reaction was it was ridiculous for Hazleton’s government to take on illegal immigration since this is the clear [and derelict] jurisdiction of our federal government. I remember saying something to the tune of “…what’s he trying to get on Lou Dobbs?!! He may as well impose Hazleton sanctions on the DPRK or require ALL of Hazleton’s troops home from Iraq by Columbus Day for all it will accomplish…” Well the next day my dinner was crow. Actually it was something else until Lou Dobbs ruined my day by swallowing Barletta’s bait and giving this backwater politician a national platform from which to spout half-truths and blatant lies about Hazleton being on the front lines of the immigration war. After a video montage Highlighting Hazleton’s plight was piled deep, footage of an inarticulate Hazleton PD jackboot, cruisers ablaze with intimidation lights parked in front of the Road’s End Pub (isn’t that West Hazleton jurisdiction?) it was stated that the only thing police accomplished that night was to harass some teenagers! Sounds like a crisis, would Lou like some national guard troops, or the limelight? Talk about over inflated! Like a skillful ringmaster Mr. Barletta placed himself at the center of a tempest he hopes will blow him up the political ladder. What is one of many problems in Hazleton has provided him the opportunity to feed his political aspirations, so everybody dance to il Duce’s flute. The only kernel of truth in the interview was when he ducked Dobbs’ repeated question of actually rounding up illegal aliens for transfer to federal authorities. Truth be known the ordinance is only a landlord [read slumlord] tax and a way for city hall to acquire a database on all city residence (how East German of them)! I’d hate to be Hispanic in Hazleton now as it’s open season for police harassment. Divide and conquer il Zilcho? Not in a town where the typical yolkle thinks Puerto Ricans are foreigners, these people are too sharp for such carpet-bagging politics. Who knew Hazleton was a boarder town? Bullet-proof vest and jackbooted lackeys blocking traffic on 309, what a fucking joke unless you needed to drive across town during Lou’s circus. It kinda makes ya pine for the daze of "I'm the Mayor, and you're under arrest!"
Anywho, I really did not want to hear any more of this farce but it won’t go away. Because the issue is something that politicians in a position of responsibility don’t seem the have the nerve to tackle, because they can’t separate legitimate voting hispanic-Americans from euphemized *undocumented immigrants* [read ILLEGAL ALIENS], the lightweights with big mouths can seem larger than they really are. Also because of federal sidestepping the problem won’t get fixed any time soon giving slick politicians like Barletta cover because he can say he did his part with the authority of mayor. What a great way to ‘suggest’ to the voting masses to kick him up to state of fed? The shame of it is the ignorant and uninformed will buy into his ploy. Immigration is just another revolving issue, like minimum wage, abortion, or social security, that seasoned politicians on both sides love to wrap themselves in every few years and say "look what I did [vote Quimby!]" when it should be fairly obvious to identify the problem and fix it!!!
I guess my rambling has brought me to a good as any place to address the issue itself as I see it:
1) Illegal immigration was a problem in the 90s, 80s, 70s, and probably back at least to post WWII.
2) Illegal means Illegal no matter how you try to white wash terminology and blur the distinction. An illegal alien may be an *undocumented immigrant*, but that does not change the fact of breaking our laws by crossing our boarder without proper permission or legitimate intention. Doing that along the Iron Curtain a few decades back was a good way to get yourself shot.
2.5) When illegal alien activists use the term *undocumented immigrant*, do they realize that they mean WOP? A ‘With Out Papers’ immigrant is still legal, as opposed to illegal aliens, because despite their undocumented status they are coming to the shores of America to become AMERICANS!
3) All illegal aliens should be immediately repatriated to their resident state. They should be blacklisted from becoming American citizens as a lesson to their countrymen to follow accepted legal immigration procedures. Their homeland should be required to pay compensation to our Federal government for their detainment and processing.
4) Repeat offenders should face incarceration in their home state or execution here in the US at the choice of their home state. I can’t stress enough the value of sending a message of personal responsibility and the price of violating the sovereignty of a state.
5) Mexico particularly benefits and encourages her citizenry to violate American sovereignty both for population reduction and economic gains. Leveraging unwanted population over our boarder and bleeding our economy and social services is an Act of War against the United States. It remains to be seen if there is a darker and more insidious plot by Mexico thru encouraging Mexican citizens to emigrate to the American southwest without assimilation. Could this be laying the groundwork for reversing the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ala Reconquista ‘greater Mexico’?
6) The notion that illegal aliens take jobs our citizens won’t do is fantasy. Employers who use illegals for labor are cheating free market forces in pursuit of profits. Take for example Truck Farming. They’d have you believe our citizens won’t pick tomatoes. They would for a fair wage based on our labor market, so what if tomatoes cost 3 times as much and x% of tomato farmers go under? This would only be a market correction to the artificial pricing and wages caused by the employment of illegal aliens and greed of their employers. If a business can’t compete and adapt in the market it has no right to exist. Businesses who knowingly hire illegal aliens should be seized and auctioned off by the Fed, another lesson in responsibility. Their management and human resource staff should be prosecuted for aiding and abetting illicit activities and the economic sabotage of the US market.
7) Boarder security is a Federal responsibility. If boarder guards are ineffectual then it should fall to the military. Use eminent domain to seize and federalize a boarder no mans land. Sounds like a good place for training army snipers! I can’t help but imaging the impact on would be illegal aliens if they knew they could be shot on sight!
Damn, now I have a headache… glad I don’t live in Hazletijuana (don’t drink the mine run off water)! So I have to give Barletta credit for what it’s worth. Wrapping himself in an issue he cannot possibly solve. Getting the ignorant Hazletonians to embrace their xenophobia rather than face the real troubles of crime in the area. Getting his mug on television nationwide- that’ll stick on the way to congress. So if Hazleton won’t vote him out, then by all means vote him up and we’ll see who gets the last laugh. The PA voters can vote him out or up to Congress. What will America do when he’s entrenched and ineffectual in Washington? The world wonders…
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