Most Americans won’t tolerate amnesty for illegals
by Tom Joyce1 day 13 hrs ago | 746 views

A funny thing happened on the way to making the state of Arizona a national laughingstock over the passage of its illegal immigration law: It never happened.

The squeaky wheels around the country — meaning certain politicians including Barack Obama and various talk-show hosts with social agendas — wasted no time in condemning our 48th state over its dastardly act.

Also jumping on the would-be bandwagon were those well-meaning, but irritating folks who naively think the world is just one big happy place without threats or hostilities — where butterflies fly around sprinkling pixie dust on beautiful flowers covering the ever-peaceful countryside.

In those people’s defense, I would like to think their belief that it’s just fine and dandy to have 12 million undocumented people in the United States is mostly due to the high-detergent brainwashing sponsored by various corporate special-interests. In other words, those who are benefiting from the cheap, black-market labor illegals provide.

But once again, the backlash these forces attempted only proved how disconnected their way of thinking is to that of rank-and-file, hardworking (or used to be) Americans. You might say this gap is as wide as the Grand Canyon, Arizona’s top tourist attraction.

Rather than stir up widespread public anger toward Arizona’s action calling for police officers to question people about their immigration status if there’s reason to suspect they’re in the country illegally, the opposite has occurred. The Arizona bashers have re-ignited fierce opposition to the presence of undocumented workers which was last witnessed on a large scale when Edward Kennedy and George Bush attempted an amnesty bill in 2007.

Polling shows that up to 80 percent of Americans favor Arizona’s law, and similar legislation now is being sought in nearly 20 other states — North Carolina included.

So yes, rather than serving as a convenient means of slamming Arizona for daring to do what the federal government lacks the will to, this issue has provided a perfect forum for those who are sick and tired of illegal immigration. And their strength is increasingly evident.

I think folks mainly object to a large chunk of people being allowed to ignore our system of rules and order which has existed for centuries. That includes the most basic requirement of all: the right to be here in the first place.

At an early age, we’re taught what Deputy Barney Fife tells all new prisoners at the Mayberry Jail — “Rule number one: Obey all rules!â€