Monday, May 01, 2006

Boycott? Very well...

Boycott?

Very well. If our "undocumented workers" a.k.a. lawbreaking illegal immigrants want to boycott America, then America can fight back.

This blog site will be working with other sites in taking note of businesses that will be closed during this " May 1" boycott. Such businesses WILL be posted online. Be assured, these businesses support illegal immigration by either hiring illegals or standing by them in their protest. For this, they should suffer the consequences.

I hereby call on all readers of this site to look for the names of these businesses and avoid, at all costs, patronizing them.

It's time America realizes that the most vocal aren't necessarily the majority, and in a capitalist system the voice of the majority should get their due respect.

Illegal immigration has become a parasite of our beloved country. I, like many other law-abiding Americans, work hard only to have much of my paycheck ripped from me so the federal government can enable people to break the law and take advantage of our freedoms. This will be my form of protest. I ask you to join me, and many others. Tune in for more.

11 comments:

Dan Trabue said...

What if it backfires on you and we use your list as groups to support?

Dan Trabue said...

I have pride in the US of A, in her ideals, in her nobler moments, in her acceptance of the poor, tired, huddled masses. I disagree with the notion of criminalizing immigration and proudly stand up as an American in support of our Mexican brothers and sisters. It's not from a lack of pride, at least for me.

Bushwack said...

Dan, WTF? Do you not understand the difference in between Illegal and Legal?
Try this, The next time you are shopping and a homeless man asks you very nicely for some change; Imagine this same person saying to you "Give me five bucks now damn it" would you hand over your money? If your answer is NO you are backing the wrong side. If your answer is yes you should be granted sainthood.
Essentially that is what this is about. Ilegal aliens are taking money from me and demanding I give it and increase the amount. To hell with that I'm boycotting anything to do with Mexico (The country) and also any company supporting this garbage.

Dan Trabue said...

I think we need to do a better job of being a good neighbor in order to help Mexicans not feel like they need to break our laws. But by passing treaties like NAFTA, CAFTA and the direction we encourage the World Bank and IMF to take, we are only contributing to making the matters worse there.

So we shouldn't be surprised when the former farmers in Mexico who turn up jobless start getting desperate enough to leave their homes (which they hate to do) in order to get money to send back so their loved ones don't starve.

Something certainly needs to change, but we must own up to our part of this problem and work for more sensible solutions. Criminalizing people who are just trying to work is not the solution. Seems to me.

Dan Trabue said...

"Are these the people you want here in our country?"

Me? Yeah, sure. Or, at least I'm not especially opposed to them in general.

I've already stated my position: That we have created policies that have contributed to the problem. To be sure, Mexico herself can own some portion of the problem, but "to those whom much has been given, much is to be expected," to reference the Bible.

And, at least for me, it's not even so much saying that we owe them something but rather we have a debt of honor and responsibility that we owe to God (for we believers) and to society. It's partially a matter of personal responsibility on our part.

If I take actions that cause harm to my neighbor then, as a responsible adult, I will want to make restitutions as much as I am able - even if the obligation were not a legal one. Personal responsibility used to be a Conservative ideal, and it's one that I hold to.

Do some research and you'll find that our policies have often caused harm, not good, to the average Mexican. One of the chief responsibilities of gov't according to conservative doctrine is "To do no harm." And yet, by doing the research we can see the harm of our NAFTA policies and how it has come back to bite us:

"By 1999, about five years after NAFTA's implementation, 656,000 undocumented migrants were streaming into the United States -- a 66 percent increase over 1992 -- according to a study by the Pew Hispanic Center."

I'm talking basic personal responsibility, that's all. Do no harm. Clean up your mess. Leave it cleaner than you found it. etc, etc.

Anonymous said...

It is simple, if they don't like it here, and the way we do things, leave!

Dan Trabue said...

So, if your children were starving and you couldn't figure out a way to stop that in your country but you could figure a way to go to the next country over and make money to stop them from starving, you wouldn't do that - even if it were illegal?

Dan Trabue said...

Thanks for the continued dialog on this issue, Mr. Bishop. I appreciate the rational discussion we're having.

If I may, I'll borrow a story from the prophet, Nathan:

"Judge this case for me! In a certain town there were two men, one rich, the other poor.

The rich man had flocks and herds in great numbers.

But the poor man had nothing at all except one little ewe lamb that he had bought. He nourished her, and she grew up with him and his children. She shared the little food he had and drank from his cup and slept in his bosom. She was like a daughter to him.

Now, the rich man received a visitor, but he would not take from his own flocks and herds to prepare a meal for the wayfarer who had come to him. Instead he took the poor man's ewe lamb and made a meal of it for his visitor."

What shall we do with the rich man in this story?

In our story?

Mexico and Central America are not exactly in a bargaining position. The playing field t'ain't level. They have little choice but to accept what treaties the US offers. And, if they don't, they will be perceived to be an upstart nation like Bolivia, Cuba or Venezuela that the US perceives as a threat. Because of their real life experience with US invasions, overthrows, wars in Latin America, they know that there is a sincere and honest threat from the US if they don't go along with our wishes.

What is one to do with a bully that imposes their own (perceived) best interest on others, regardless if it's in the others' best interest?

What are you to do if you are a farmer and barely making a living selling their goods at the market, when FTA's come in and US agribusinesses can sell their produce at 1/2 the price that you can afford to sell them?

I ask, as Nathan asked, what shall we do with this rich, powerful and arrogant person?

Yes, we could say to Nathan, "Well, that poor guy can just go get another lamb!" but to say that would be missing the point of the story indeed and expose on which side we have cast our allegiance.

Dan Trabue said...

Yes, we are to obey laws. We can agree upon that. But I think just as surely, we must also agree that there comes a time to break laws. German citizens in Hitler's day ought to have disobeyed laws to overthrow him. Our civil rights heros rightly disobeyed laws.

And, if my children were starving and I could think of nothing else to do then I would disobey laws if that is what it took for me to secure food. (With the caveat that I wouldn't cause physical harm to others in my efforts to secure food). Wouldn't you?

Dan Trabue said...

For the record, Jesus told us to give to Caesar what's Caesar's and to God what's God's. He didn't say that Rome was just in creating laws.

Paul did tell us in Romans 13 to "be in subjection to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God." But that is one passage. There are times when we, like Peter, like Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego, like Rahab, must decide to disobey our rulers. I'm guessing we probably agree upon that notion, even if we disagree on when that is justified.

Dan Trabue said...

You disagree with civil disobedience? The Germans shouldn't have broken laws if necessary to stop Hitler?! Tell me you don't believe that!