Thursday evening, August 10, 2006, in Hazelton, Pennsylvania will perhaps be the dawn of a revitalized civilization. The City Council voted four to one for a city ordinance which does the following:
1. Deny business licenses to any business which hires an illegal
2. Fines landlords $1,000 for each illegal renting from them.
3. Requires all city forms to be printed in English only.
Lou Barletta, the mayor says that illegals are “Destroying small towns.” Hooray! Illegals are destroying big cities too. Imagine. Little Hazleton has enacted a city ordinance, which for all practical purposes starts a process which other towns and cities will follow, and shame the feds enough, so that possibly this wholesale invasion will cease and desist. Colorado now has a law, already signed by the Governor, which denies benefits to any but legals, and recipients must prove they are legal before any checks are written.
Palm Bay Florida is passing a similar ordinance, and several other Pennsylvania towns and cities are also about to follow Hazelton. The lawyers are lining up to defeat this of course, but overwhelming public sentiment may prevail. When it gets to the Supremes, no one knows how these rapscallions may decide, but remember, the Congress can over-ride the Supremes.
I still say the best way to stop it is to place signs in Spanish which say “All trespassers will be shot,” plus loudspeakers blaring that message all along the border. Woe to the land OWNER who shoots an illegal trespasser now, although hundreds of them would do it in an instant. Would you attempt to cross the border if you knew shooting you was condoned and encouraged? Doubtful. Would you shoot a trespasser in your home? Why not on your land? Does this nation belong to its citizens and property owners, or to the fuzzy headed bureaucrats in D.C.? Are our borders just as sacred as our homes? If not, why not? I am damned sick of “Press one for English.” A close friend who is divorced, met an attractive gal who is Mexican, but her English is so bad that communication is virtually impossible. Guess what? She’s been here for 15 years! Is she on welfare? How can she work if she can’t speak the language? I don’t know. When the Norwegians, Swedes, Germans, and Italians came here decades ago, they instantly learned the language. They may never have gotten over an accent, and even a thick one, but they learned to SPEAK THE LANGUAGE of their adopted land. They learned to read, and blend in with Americans, and became one of us. We are a nation of dozens of original nationalities. We’d have to be, because the only original Americans are the Indians. All of us are descended from some other land originally. We’re AMERICANS, and proud to be so. Why can’t the immigrants from South of the Border do so?
I am closed a week, from September 1 (Friday) to September 8 (Friday), and will be open again on Monday, September 11th. Going to the Old Thresher’s Reunion in Mt Pleasant, Iowa, and see my Son and grandkids in Madison, Wisconsin. We’re taking the train round trip to Burlington Iowa and renting a car to drive around. (Believe it or not, it makes economic sense). If anyone wants to have me as a speaker at a service club during that period, or meet me, I will try to arrange it. Call me.