Navarrette get’s to me….
Posted by Pete | Posted in News | Posted on 01-08-2010
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Mr. Ruben Navarrette, Jr said in today’s Albuquerque Journal (Aug 1, 2010). “The eyes of the nation are fixed on Arizona, the undisputed problem child in the nation’s immigration debate.” …..but America says “Arizona is the leader in fighting the law breakers who have entered our country illegally.” Nothing is wrong with that Mr. Navarrette….Then he says, “Then there is Texas, which used to be a part of Mexico……” and it seems this takes us to the bottom of Mr. Navarrette’s problem, which seems to be ownership of the lands immediately adjoining the Mexican northern border…. You see, these people are not illegal aliens, the American people are the illegals and pretty soon the Mexicans will have it back, lets say 1 million illegals coming up every year, 10 years another 10 million and if they can get amnesty for the 12 million here now, that’s 22 million…..it will not take long and Mexico will have never fired a shot….And then he takes off on Texas trying to make a class A misdemeanor criminal offense for an illegal to be within the state of Texas and will oppose amnesty in any form….Sounds to me like Texas is doing it right…I am going to quit reading this fellow because he upsets me so….he claims to be an American citizen, but I wonder….I don’t know, he may have a bunch of kin who do not have their green cards, maybe that’s it…..Mr. Navarrette, I don’t oppose immigration, I oppose illegal entry into our nation….Get a green card..Mexico must be a terrible place for those folks to just keep leaving in such great numbers, I feel for them….. But our economy is going belly up….And how is California doing with it’s economy, Mr. Navarrette?…
It is good to see that New Mexicans are having their problems with the Media too. The Media, whether print or visual, is supposed to be the guardians of democracy. If that is the case, then our democracy may be in very grave danger. It is difficult to demand that poor, illegal Mexicans obey the law when our President won’t even obey it.
I would like to disagree with Mr. Navarette. Texas has never been a part of Mexico. The national government of Mexico may have laid claim to parts of the American Southwest as well as Texas, but so did Spain. Any historical claims of Mexico are no longer any more valid than the historical claims of Spain that were made via the Conquistadors. The Mexican War was a historical event. Unless my PCHS history was all wrong, the United States won that war. Perhaps we should resurrect the cry, “Remember the Alamo!”
Well, I have cooled off some today but “Remember the Alamo” may one day again be our rallying cry….
Mr. Navarette is all wrong. Texas was never a part of Mexico. It may have laid claim to it at one time, but General Santa Anna was not good enough in military strategy to bring Texas and the American Southwest into Mexico. After all, the Mexican War is also called the “War for Texan Independence”, especially in Texas. The real tragedy is that there may be more Mexicans coming across our southern border today than Santa Anna had under his command in the early 19th century. I suppose that the real Mexican War (War for Texan Independence” has now begun, and our Federal government seems to have already “thrown in the towel”.