Lone Protester- Am I a racist and bigot or am I angry?
When I got up this morning, the first thing I did was to go on line to check out what kind of havoc our friendly undocumented Hispanics have caused the American people since yesterday. One article is headlined "Hispanic leaders say reform laws have devastated undocumented families (code words for illegal aliens to the politically correct). Why isn't there ever any articles on how the illegal alien tsunami has devastated American families?
Another headline reads "illegal enters home with rifle, seriously assaults woman". Too bad that woman didn't have a double-barreled twelve guage handy when he came in. And here's another one "business owners angry over rounding up illegals". Well, I am a businessman and I am mad as hell that they aren't rounding up illegals here. If they did maybe my business could start making money again. In Columbia they never round up illegal aliens, they can live and work around here just like they are in Mexico and never have to worry about getting arrested and deported. Here they are home free. This headline says "Maryland delegate calls for illegal immigrant crackdown", damn, I wish some responsible politician in the great state of South Carolina would call for an illegal immigrant crackdown. Here, they do not have a backbone, here we have spineless politicians who close their eyes between travel from their gated communities to the statehouse They don't have to go out into the real world every day like I do, looking for work but knowing that it isn't going to be there because of illegal competition.
No, they keep their eyes closed to the major problem in this state and just pretend that it isn't there. If anybody speaks up they are called racists and bigots. Like the honorable Senator (soon to be ex I hope) from my state, Lindsey Graham likes to say. These people do not go out like me and thousands of others every day being forced to compete on the front lines with illegal aliens from another country on construction sites. No, they stay in their little glass houses, like Alice in Wonderland, and just completely ignore the problem. I can give you the mindset of the local upper class here. Yesterday, I was on a call in talk show on 1230AM in Columbia. It was supposed to be an hour long call in discussion on illegal immigration. Two guys are hosting and before any calls one of them says that maybe South Carolina's workers needed to develop a better work ethic so as to better compete against what he classifies as immigrants. When I called in, I said I was offended by that comment, that workers here are not lazy, and I started telling about how hard it is to compete against companies employing illegal aliens. How I am gong broke because of it.
So, am I a racist and bigot or just angry, continue reading and determine for yourself. After taking my daughter to the bus stop this morning I come back inside to get ready to go out and look for some work to do this week since I don't have any lined up. My wife is in our daughter's bedroom crying because she is worried about a bill that is already behind. I feel like crap once again, helpless, useless for a bit. Then I start getting angry because I know what I will find at the job sites. I drive to Lake Carolina, a huge subdivision in northeast Columbia to look for some jobs. As I drive through the first thing I notice is 7 Hispanics with leaf blowers and lawnmowers. I go into a place called The Penisula and notice a home under construction and I pull over to see if there is something I can bid on. The sign says Berry Builders and as I walk up I see six Hispanic brick masons working. I notice a truck parked on the lot and the sign in the back window of it says "Acapulco woodworking and Cabinets". Hmmm. I go inside and there are four Hispanics installing the interior trimwork. No where do I see any black or white Americans working on the job. I leave and drive through the area and notice that there is mostly Hispanics working. In Lake Carolina I count about fifty Hispanic and maybe twelve Americans working.
Every subdivision that I drive through it is the same, on most jobs there is no use stopping because Hispanics are there doing the jobs I want to do but can't. So tell me, am I a racist? Am I a bigot? Or am I just angry, damn angry at a system that is supposed to be working for me but is in fact a sanctuary city for the illegal competition that is running me out of business.
So you tell me, South Carolina politicians, where do I and thousands of other small businessmen go to to solve our problems? Do we go to you, knowing that you are the ones totally responsible for the root of our problems? What solution can you come up with? Don't tell me, I already know. Silence, that is your best course. That way it all gets swept under the rug, out of sight, out of mind. Do I report employers breaking the law to the police? After all it is the employers drawing all of the illegals here. And it is against the law to employ illegal aliens. What will they do besides arrest me? Nothing at all. The only thing that will happen for sure is even more illegal aliens will be coming to this area and take the last little work that I have.
So, am I a racist and a bigot or just damn angry? I do know there are millions of Americans just as pissed as I am about illegal immigration. Some of them are in a lot worse shape than my family is. Does anyone in the mainstream media want to interview me, an American who is devastated by the effects of illegal immigration? Or would you continue to always portray the other side of the equation as being in the right and simply call me a racist and a bigot (like you have already done) and ignore me? My guess, if you will play by the rules, is that you will come to the same conclusion that Bill Tucker(CNN) did. He said that Terry was angry. And he is right!
