I've made several posts about my friend Pat --- first I explained to her the difference between the civil rights movement of the '60s and the protests of illegals for civil rights and she got angry about the comparison of the two. She said everybody wants to ride on the shirt tails of the black people for their 'rights.'

She didn't think things were as bad as what I was saying. Well she called first thing this morning to let me know that last night while at prayer meeting, one of the older men said he went to apply for a job -- he didn't get it because of all the Mexican's!! She said they all got into a big discussion about the protests and she told them about some of the things I have told her.

She said they ALL agreed, this is not a black/white issue, nor is it RACIST . . . they all agree we need to stick together -- we are ALL AMERICANS

Their conclusion was FIRST we need to secure the border -- THEN we need to decide what to do about those here. Her husband had a solution to prevent further border jumpers -- let's just say, he said it wouldn't take them long to learn not to cross the border, he is sooo bad.

When I told her about the 'in-state tuition' she said her husband, who works at the university, had already told her that most of the students on campus are foreigners. He said these foreign countries send their smartest students to be educated and most future doctors, nurses, etc. will be foreigners NOT Americans -- black or white.


The only problem my friend has is what to do with those that have been here for years. One of her son's good friends is of Mexican descent, she said he was born in California and he was legal, I told her if his parents were from California, they were probably illegal. She said he is and American and would be lost in Mexico and she didn't think he even knew how to speak Spanish.

Her sons best friend since elementary school is a white guy. She laughs at them riding all over town in the kids pickup truck with Confederate flags, she says he's far from being a racist and each would lay down their life for the other.

Pat and I worked together and have been friends for over 19 years, sometimes when we'd walk at lunch (trying to lose weight ), her and another girl would joke that we were like an "oreo." Our boss didn't like me being friends with them and told me not to have lunch with them -- let's just say, I have a mind of my own and that didn't work. So, after I ignored his 'request' he changed my lunch hour. He could tell me what time to go to lunch, but he wasn't going to tell me who to be friends with.

Every where I went today I told them about what's going on and how the NAACP is backing this mess -- nobody was too happy, I told them to start watching Lou Dobbs. Miss Annie said we are AMERICANS and we WILL stick together.