Mexican Standoff by Charlie Daniels
Mexican Standoff
Claim: Country singer Charlie Daniels wrote an editorial about illegal immigration.
Status: True.
I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I
Think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally,
Made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations.
I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the
United States of America , as it is a truly wonderful place.
But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American
Soil is illegal -- it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many
Lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying
To give me sensitivity lessons.
I don't need sensitivity lessons, in fact I don't have any-
Thing against Mexicans! I just have something against criminals
And anybody who comes into this country illegally is a criminal
And if you don't believe it try coming into America from a
Foreign country without a passport and see how far you get.
What disturbs me about the demonstrations is that it's tanta-
Mount to saying, "I am going to come into your country even if
It means breaking your laws and there's nothing you can do
About it."
It's an "in your face" action and speaking just for me I don't
Like it one little bit and if there were a half dozen pairs of
Gonads in Washington bigger than English peas it wouldn't be
Happening.
Where are you, you bunch of lily livered, pantywaist, forked
Tongued, sorry excuses for defenders of The Constitution? Have
You been drinking the water out of the Potomac again?
And even if you pass a bill on immigration, it will probably be
So pork laden and watered down that it won't mean anything any-
Way. Besides, what good is another law going to do when you
Won't enforce the ones on the books now?
And what ever happened to the polls, guys? I thought you folks
Were the quintessential finger wetters. Well you sure ain't
Paying any attention to the polls this time because somewhere
Around eighty percent of Americans want something done about
This mess, and mess it is and getting bigger everyday.
This is no longer a problem, it is a dilemma and headed for
Being a tragedy. Do you honestly think that what happened in
France with the Muslims can't happen here when the businesses
Who hire these people finally run out of jobs and a few million
Disillusioned Hispanics take to the streets?
If you, Mr. President, Congressmen and Senators, knuckle under
On this and refuse to do something meaningful it means that you
Care nothing for the kind of country your children and grand-
Children will inherit.
But I guess that doesn't matter as long as you get re-elected.
Shame on you.
One of the big problems in America today is that if you have
The nerve to say anything derogatory about any group of people
(except Christians) you are going to be screamed at by the media
And called a racist, a bigot and anything else they can think
Of to call you.
Well I've been pounded by the media before and I'm still rockin'
And rollin' and when it comes to speaking the truth I fear not.
And the truth is that the gutless, gonadless, milksop politicians
Are just about to sell out the United States of America because
They don't have the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the face
Reality.
And reality is that we would never allow any other group of
People to have 12 million illegal in this country and turn
Around and say, "Oh it's ok, ya'll can stay here if you'll just
Allow us to slap your wrist."
And I know that some of you who read this column are saying
"Well what's wrong with that?"
I'll tell you what's wrong with it. These people could be from
Mars as far as we know. We don't know who they are, where they
Are or what they're up to and the way the Congress is going
We're not going to.
Does this make sense? Labor force you say? We already subsidize
Corporate agriculture as it is, must we subsidize their labor
As well?
If these people were from Haiti would we be so fast to turn a
Blind eye to them or if they were from Somalia or Afghanistan ?
I think not.
All the media shows us are pictures of hard working Hispanics
Who have crossed the border just to try to better their life.
They don't show you pictures of the Feds rounding up members of
MS 13, the violent gang who came across the same way the decent
Folks did. They don't tell you about the living conditions of
The Mexican illegal some fat cat hired to pick his crop.
I want to make two predictions.
No. 1: This situation is going to grow and fester until it
erupts in violence on our streets while the wimps in Washington
drag their toes in the dirt and try to figure how many tons of
political hay they can make to the acre.
No 2: Somebody is going to cross that border with some kind
of weapon of mass destruction and set it off in a major American
city after which there will be a backlash such as this country has
never experienced and the Capitol building in Washington will
probably tilt as Congressmen and Senators rush to the other side
of the issue. I don't know about you but I would love to see just one
Major politician stand up and say, "I don't care who I make mad and
I don't care how many votes I lose, this is a desperate situation
and I'm going to lead the fight to get it straightened out."
I don't blame anybody for wanting to come to America , but if you don't
respect our immigration laws why should you respect any others.
And by the way, this is America and our flag has stars and
stripes. Please get that other one out of my face.
Charlie Daniels
April 10, 2006
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