May Day is Workers Day
Now it’s also immigration day here in Salem. We have a history in this country of the immigrants being the bottom rung of the working class. The result was a hard working underclass bent on making a better world for themselves and as a by product a better world for all of us. However this immigration rally was all about one immigrant group, and that is the facts of it. It was not a immigration rally as much as it was about Amnesty and change the hurdles that immigrants need to climb to gain entrance to the United States. We all want it easy, hell that’s why I buy a lottery ticket once in a while. I once had a fellow tell me that if I did win I would not appreciate it, because I did not earn it. He was right, at least for much of my life that would be true. Frankly at my age, my pride can take a back seat and I am more than willing to win so that my family has it a little easier in their life. I have also been frugal enough in my life when I did have money, that I would not run right out and spend like there was no tomorrow. That said, there is no argument, that which we gain by luck or accident is far less appreciated than that which we work for. So it goes for citizenship to the United Sates. Those that go through all the steps to become a citizen, make far better citizens than those that do not. The rally itself in Salem probably had three to four thousand in attendance about the same as the April 15th Tea Party. More than obvious was the police presence which was easily four times that at the Tea Party. I was at the rally from Noon to 12:30 which should have been their peak time. During that time I did not hear one word of English from the speakers or the musical acts. As I was thinking of the plight of the Hispanic workers, I think back to the immigration of the Irish to this country. For those of you unfamiliar to history, except for slavery, the Irish were treated with much the same disdain and prejudice as the Africa-Americans in this country. As late as the 1930’s there were still signs on restaurants that said “no Irish allowed”. As a matter of fact until the illumination of slavery the Irish were of less value than the slaves of their day. This was evident in the building of the railroads. During the construction of the railroads there were many dangerous jobs, including blasting holes into mountains. The railroad owners had slaves that they had paid good money for and were unwilling to risk that investment in a dangerous situation. They would hire the Irish or the Chinese , that they paid twenty-five cents a day, and would lose nothing if they blew themselves up. The reason I tell you that story is that directly relates to why so many in power want amnesty for the millions of illegals in this country. How many times do we hear of these social elites , both Democrats and Republicans, that are found out to have an illegal immigrant as a nanny or some other job. That is why they want them here, cheap labor. Amnesty is todays slavery. Cheap labor , to mow lawns, clean houses, and so many other jobs for big business that looks to take advantage of these poor immigrants. Rememberer “amnesty is the new slavery”.
