MAY 2, 2010
BY
BOB
GRIGGS, PUBLISHER
Nothing Mexican on Cinco de Mayo
The following article was originally
published on May 1, 2006. It garnered national attention after it was read
on air by WSB Radio talk show host Neal Boortz. I was subsequently
interviewed by dozens of newspapers and web sites from across the nation and
appeared on the Fox News' "Fox & Friends" Sunday morning show.
In light of the protests over Arizona's new immigration law, I thought it
appropriate to republish this slightly revised version of the 2006 article.
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I am becoming more nationalistic by the day.
I have always believed that I live in the greatest country in history, and I
am unapologetic for the blessings that God, a pioneer spirit and a favorable
climate have bestowed upon us. But, day by day, I become more aware of the
forces, from within and without, that want to destroy my homeland or, at the
very least, abuse its resources. And I am growing angry.
For example, I have finally reached the boiling point on illegal
immigration. We are a nation of laws, including those that control how
visitors can enter this country, how long they can stay and how they can
become permanent citizens. I expect those visitors to obey the same laws
that citizens are expected to follow; and I expect my government to enforce
the law when those visitors choose to ignore it.
It’s bad enough when the invaders (and that’s what they are) sneak across
the border by night, then hide in the undocumented crevices of society. It
is quite another thing to then demand, by the light of day, that their
lawlessness be excused. Such have been the marches staged across the nation
and in my Capitol– thousands of lawbreakers protesting my representatives’
efforts to control our borders and stop the lawlessness.
It angers me when the interlopers so brazenly demand the protection of the
same law that they flaunted with their very first steps on American soil. My
blood boiled as I watched student illegals skip the classes that you and I
paid for to protest that you and I aren’t doing enough. I fumed as I watched
illegals, waving the Mexican flag, insist that I “treat them like
Americans.”
America is my home. I consider myself a generous and hospitable guy, but you
have overstepped your bounds when you break into my house… eat my food and
sleep in my bed, and then demand that I “forgive and forget” and treat you
like a member of the family.
It is not like we ask the impossible. Millions of people from around the
world have come to this country legally, persevered through the
process and earned the precious honor of American citizenship. It can be
done; the invaders simply choose not to make the effort.
I probably wouldn’t be so angry if I trusted my elected officials to do the
right thing– but I don’t. I have never seen so many spineless and
self-serving excuses for leadership as I have in elected office, primarily
in the U.S. Senate. Some of proposed “solutions,” especially the ones that
include amnesty for lawbreakers, cheapen the freedom that we hold so dear
and are a slap in the face of those immigrants who came here legally.
Many state and local officials– the folks who actually face the chaos caused
by illegal immigration every day– have a better understanding of the crisis
than do the clueless in Washington, DC. The locals see the gang warfare, the
declining neighborhoods, the glutted job market and the hospital emergency
rooms crowded by sniffling children.
The problem, unfortunately, has grown so large that it demands a national
solution. And I don’t think that the incompetents in Washington have the
fortitude to do what must be done.
“Nothing Gringo on May 1″
I finally reached the end of my rope when I read of yet another protest, a
“Day Without Immigrants” boycott scheduled for May 1 (2006) that was
marketed by activists as “Nothing Gringo on May 1.” Judging by the
conversations I have had with friends and family, I know that many of you
have had enough as well.
There is little that we can do on our own except support like-minded elected
officials with our dollars and our votes. But I plan to do something that
may make me feel just a little better. And I invite you to join me.
“Nothing Mexican on Cinco de Mayo“
This year, “Cinco de Mayo” (“the 5th of May”) falls on a Wednesday.
Normally, I would be in my favorite Mexican restaurant enjoying a “burrito
supremo” and a couple of monster margaritas. This year, that ain’t
happening.
For the most part, the holiday of Cinco de Mayo is a limited, regional
holiday in Mexico, celebrated most vigorously in the state of Puebla where
the Mexican militia repulsed a French invasion attempt in 1862. The holiday
has actually become a bigger deal in the U.S. where commercial interests
have promoted the holiday with products and services focused on Mexican
food, beverages and festivities.
This year, Cinco de Mayo will be a celebration of my hope that America will
repulse the current invasion of illegal aliens. I will not patronize my
favorite Mexican restaurant nor any other Hispanic-owned or “Mexican-themed”
business on May 5 or the week thereafter. Neither will I employ the services
of any company that I suspect to hire illegal aliens.
If you feel as frustrated and as voiceless as I, please join me in my
mini-protest and support America’s sovereignty with your dollars on
Wednesday, May 5. You are also invited to express your opinion by commenting
on
this article at TalkGwinnett (registration required).
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