Fun with the White and Unemployed

Hello! It's been awhile. I have missed you. I know I haven't written much here lately, but it's just that so much has happened, it's kind of difficult to keep up with it all. I am so sorry I put you aside. Just know you've always been in the back of my mind.

On to the events of the day! Immigration. This is the 800-lb, elephant that no one can find a window or mouse hole large enough to squeeze out. The ruling today by the Supreme Court of the United States split a rather large, American-born baby, and left it's guts lying on the courthouse steps. Arizona is being told, yeah, you can look at who is here already, but ONLY if you have probable cause, and if they're not too Hispanic-looking, and if they've had their afternoon siesta. Basically, they were asking for lawsuits to be filed and refiled. I'm sure this disappoints His-pandering groups like LULAC and La Raza, because the very last thing they want to do is file lawsuits (*eyeroll*).

Meanwhile, here in the real world, where people who live in actual border states are being overrun by both legal and illegal immigrants, it's kind of like a "Twilight Zone" episode whenever you step out to get a burger or grab a beer. Not sure what the unemployment rate in Arizona is right now, but the unemployment rate in the Great State of Texas is around 8.5 percent - something that Lt. Governor and senatorial candidate David Dewhurst likes to call "The Texas Miracle". Excuse me, but when Bush was president, it was around 4.5 percent, a miracle if I ever heard one. Oh, yes, Bush certainly did his own share of Hispandering, and did very little to help with border security. However, in the fallout of the latest economic crash, it is cruel and subhuman to continue to allow people to come here willy-nilly; without documentation, without knowing who they are, what kinds of skills they possess, what kind of criminal record they have - if any, and most importantly, what kind of diseases they may carry or may have been exposed to. This is a real problem, not something made up by the Ku Klux Klan. After all, was it the Klan who ran all those troublesome European people through Ellis Island, or was it a legitimate government agency? That was a bit before my time. You may have to help me out on that one.

Unemployment is kind of a sticky issue right now nationally, and that's not going to go away anytime soon. Obama's fiscal policies are losers. They are designed to help very specific minorities and unionists, not the country as a whole. This can't be denied. The only problem is that when you "help" such a problematic minority as the people who break immigration laws is, someone has to live with the consequences. It used to be, even in those horribly racist times such as the 70s and 80s, that it was the law breakers who were the ones who were punished and sent back. Now, hey, just like at the Olive Garden - if you're here, you're family!

It might interest you to know that the vast bulk of the people that I went to school with were, in point of fact, Hispanic. However, language was somehow never a barrier, nor was their immigration status. Go figure. I imagine many of them do speak Spanish, but it's more of a hobby, not a matter of survival. Nowadays, it is getting to a point that I find myself at a crossroads: do I stay here into my "retirement" years, when Hispani-mania takes hold and "American" becomes basically counter-culture? Or do I find a place to live and work where 99 percent of the classified ads don't call for "bilingual only"? It looks like the Obamanation has made that choice for me, and my faith in Mittens is not strong enough to say that he will repel the changing tide. It is regretful, because Houston and Texas generally are going to suffer for many generations to come because of a few very poor decisions made by some incredibly bad leaders and decision makers. God save us all.