COME INTO MY COUNTRY!

I guess I need to weigh in on the immigration issue too. I wish I didn’t have to. Our family’s history of immigration isn’t much to brag about. You may remember the first of the Moorhead immigrations. It was from Scotland into Ireland. I’m not sure we were legal immigrants. It wasn’t our fault anyway. King James I tricked us into emigrating out of Scotland by offering free land in Ireland. How did we know it wasn’t his to give? Then we immigrated again. This time we entered the American colonies of Great Britain. I’m pretty sure that was legal. The interesting thing is that the Moorheads never immigrated into the United States. We were citizens of Great Britain who rebelled against our rightful sovereign, King George III. At least it wasn’t the same king who gave us the free land in Ireland! That would have showed a certain lack of appreciation.

So, here we are. A country made up primarily of immigrants. We behaved very much like good old Queen James I. (Did you know he was a homosexual who loved to dress in women’s clothes? Check it out!) We stole land from people who were unable to beat us in a war. First we stole land from the Indians (oops, Native Americans). (The Irish should have warned them what was going to happen.) Then we stole land from the Mexicans. Remember the Alamo! Do you remember the Alamo? It was a mission on land which we had stolen from the Mexicans. We lost a short battle there when the Mexicans decided to keep their own land. Then we made a Mexican mission into a battle cry which motivated us to steal more land from Mexico. (The Native Americans should have warned them what was going to happen.)

What really is the question about immigration? I’m all for immigration. It is immigration that made this country great! Are we talking about removing the legal process for immigration? I hope not! Are we going to just open our borders and let anyone come through who wants to? I hope not!

We need immigrants! I’ve been attending parent/teacher conferences for over 20 years now and I still have a few more years to go. I can tell you from first hand experience that they are not teaching math in school anymore. What would we do without the Asian immigrants who can do the most difficult calculus in their sleep? Nor are they teaching reading or spelling. Did you see the picture of the Mexican high school students marching? The one where the girl was holding a sign that said, “Immigrants are Amercas Workers.” (You know what’s criminal? Telling these poor Mexican kids that we’re giving them an education!) How will we ever keep up with the rest of the world unless we bring them here?

Should we try to find a way to give California back? Should we try to find a way to give land back to the Native Americans? Should we find a way to give the Church of the Smoking Christian a big casino?

Personally, I would prefer to find a way to keep terrorists out of this country. Can we still try to do that? I just don’t know! What do you think?

You guys are great! Thanks for stopping by.