in what world do the people who have entered a country without going through legal channels have an expectation of a citizen's rights? in the [race] apologists' world. in what country do these people reside? why the united states of america, of course.
among those clamoring for the u.s. to open our borders is the president of mexico himself. 
by now, i'm sure you've heard that he made some remarks if not the actual words; if this is redundant for you, i apologize in advance. earlier this month mexican president, filipe calderon, gave a state of the union address to his constituents and he said "I have said that Mexico does not stop at its border, that wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico. And, for this reason, the government action on behalf of our countrymen is guided by principles, for the defense and protection of their rights." talk about imperialistic aspirations!
and yet, although you've heard much from the likes of michelle's gang over at hotair and other bloggers big and small, there has been precious little to expose this man for who he is in the msm. however, i do want to give credit where due so i must acknowledge that chris dodd did speak out against calderon's arrogance. further, there has been no condemnation from anyone in our government - or at least none that i can find. nor can i find any from any of the presidential candidates on either side of the aisle. in fact, the only one i can find who has denounced this at all is walter moore, candidate for mayor of los angeles; hat tip to vanishing american.
it's amazing to me that any candidate for the american presidency would allow this comment to stand unchallenged. but that is a whole other discussion.
here in kansas city, the town where i have now lived for nearly 3 years, we have a skirmish that is reminiscent of some of the larger battles being waged nationwide in this immigration debate. and trust me, i use the word 'debate' loosely.
here in kc, la raza was scheduled to have their 2009 national conference but they are apparently threatening a pull out now. and some of the members of the naacp have questioned the planned 2010 conference, but so far no one from the leadership has said anything about it.
what is all the fuss about, you ask? well, in june our new mayor, mark funkhouser, appointed frances semler to the board of commissioners for the department of parks and recreation. so? well, horrors of horrors, ms. semler is a member of the minuteman civil defense corps. now, la raza and members of the local media as well as much of local lefties are up in arms.
it seems that if you are a member of a group which states its mission statement as: "To see the borders and coastal boundaries of the United States secured against the unlawful and unauthorized entry of all individuals, contraband, and foreign military. We will employee all means of civil protest, demonstration, and political lobbying to accomplish our goal." you are a racist and maybe worse. the number of people gunning for her is seemingly endless.
in fact, for standing up for what she believes to be right, she has even been accosted by illegal-alien supporters in her own home! the thug tactics being employed follow the normal lines of threats and attempting to get the focus off of illegal immigration is no real surprise.
the advocates of shamnesty believe the calderon lie that we, the us of a, have no right to limit those who come into our country. perhaps they actually believe the lie being spewed by oaxaca that we "stole" the southwest from mexico. based on the constant pandering of the various different groups it certainly seems that way to me.
in fact, we've made two purchases of land from mexico getting us Arizona, California, Nevada, New 
Mexico, Texas, Utah, and western Colorado. when money has changed hands between the rightful owner and a willing buyer, a theft has not been perpetrated. but don't look to anyone in the msm to educate the masses. and don't look for anyone in the msm to stand up for ms. semler. or to speak out against calderon.
they are too busy attempting to cast aspersions on those among us who want to enforce the immigration laws of our country. in researching this post, i found several people who posted these two links as proof that the minuteman organization is a racist hate group: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lOE_LQfWgA and www.minutemenunvarnished.com/minutesite/home.html. i watched them a 
number of times and i fail to see what they see - but you be the judge and let me know what you think.
in the meantime, i support the appointment of frances semler to the the board for the dept of kansas city's parks and rec. i support what the minutemen are doing. i have written to both to tell them and to funkhouser's office as well.
i believe it is time that all of us who are on the side of enforcing our laws and sealing our borders to illegal entry, to stand up and say so. and i think that we need to make our voices heard that we are no longer going to allow the pro-illegal people in this country (and mexico) to cast us in the light of racists or hate mongers. there is no other country on this earth that would even entertain unfettered immigration, including mexico, and we need to stop the people in this country who would have us believe otherwise.
what do you think?
