IT'S ALL ABOUT LA RAZA-THE RACE

The May Day illegal alien “Great American Boycott” and Communist Workers’ Day strike/boycott/protests/ demonstrations (you pick your favorite) are all about “the race”—the Hispanic race, that is. Mexicans who would be arrested—or even shot—if they attempted to protest in their homeland against their own government’s corruption, which keeps a vast number of its population in continued impoverishment, have decided to demand that to which they are not entitled in the United States.

Other than Muslims who have been told by various Islamic organizations to join the protests (recent history—worldwide—has shown us that many Muslims will join any and all protests in order to “vent”), do you see or hear of any other ethnic groups joining the “we’ll-shut-down-the-US-if-it-doesn’t-meet-our-demands” movement? Where are the Poles, Swedes, Australians and Germans who have applied for “legal” immigration? We haven’t seen any of these or other groups carrying flags from their home countries and waving banners reading that the United States of America really belongs to them, as have many of the Hispanic marchers and protestors. And we haven’t heard US immigrants from other countries demanding that their illegal status immediately be recognized as legal.

These protests against the US are purely, simply and quite realistically about La Raza (“the race”). And if one disagrees with the illegals’ tenets of “the US is ours!” and “the US is stolen land” he or she is called “racist” by the invaders. Note: The insanity of American political correctness has now reached its logical lunatic conclusion: “If we don’t allow our country to be invaded by a foreign power, we’re being discriminatory. Oh, and by the way, if you don’t support the overthrow of your country by these invaders—you’re a racist!”

So, instead of being called the “R” word, liberals support the country’s takeover or simply run for the hills. And those left who are actually working to protect our borders (due the US government’s unwillingness to do so), including the Minuteman Project, are called racist. Conservatives who want our borders secured from terrorism and the onslaught of millions of bodies from South of our borders are racist. And any and all who want the US to remain a sovereign country are racist.

But, the radical Hispanic organizations really are (from their own statements) patently racist—and that appears to be acceptable to liberals and leftists alike. This from MEChA’s “El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán” (the spiritual plan for Aztlán) tells us, in no uncertain terms, what their mission truly comprises: “In the spirit of a new people that is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of the brutal “gringo” invasion of our territories, we, the Chicano inhabitants and civilizers of the northern land of Aztlán [the US Southwest] from whence came our forefathers, reclaiming the land of their birth and consecrating the determination of our people of the sun, declare that the call of our blood is our power, our responsibility, and our inevitable destiny. We are free and sovereign to determine those tasks which are justly called for by our house, our land, the sweat of our brows, and by our hearts. Aztlán belongs to those who plant the seeds, water the fields, and gather the crops and not to the foreign Europeans. We do not recognize capricious frontiers on the bronze continent.” Just as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and terrorist Hamas refuse to recognize Israel as a nation, none of these exponentially growing La Raza movements recognize the sovereignty of the USA. The Mexica Movement advises that it is determined to “take back” the entire North American continent for Chicanos and Chicanas and MEChA states in its Action 3 (from El Plan Espiritual de Aztlán): “Self-Defense against the occupying forces [USA] of the oppressors [US citizens of European ancestry] at every school, every available man, woman, and child”.

These groups are calling for La Raza militancy, typically leading to attempts at violent takeovers. This is their ultimate stated goal.

The bottom line is that we US citizens will either be cowed by the word “racism” (a term now used against anyone who deigns to want to protect themselves against these marauders) and give up our country to the foreign raiders or we will fight back. As always, it’s your choice. But, don’t wait too long. They have made both their intentions and agenda clear. Have we?

References:
http://www.mexica-movement.org/ENTERHERETEXTONLY.htm
http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/mecha/archive/plan.html

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A DAY TO HATE THE YANQUIS

By Michelle Malkin

Welcome to May 1. It's the day to hate the Yankees. That is: Americans, not the baseball team. Via Mexidata:

In Mexico, what began as a vague appeal for cross-border solidarity on the Internet is snowballing into a movement as well. In various parts of the country, labor unions, regional and local business groups, and ex-bracero associations are supporting a one-day boycott of US products and businesses.

"For me, the protest serves a double purpose: I get to support the immigrants and I also get to express my slightly anti-Yankee sentiments," said Mexico City cafe owner Joaquin Garcia Nava.

As in the United States, the Roman Catholic Church is adding legitimacy, voice and presence to the movement. And the bishops of the Mexican border cities of Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Mexicali, Nogales, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, and Piedras Negras have all endorsed the May 1 action.

Lonewacko keeps track of the who's who behind the boycott.

My Vent is here. And we're maintaining The Multimedia Mother of all May Day Posts over at Hot Air.

Kit Jarrell has a new Guard the Borders blogburst.

THIS IS OUR ANTHEM

By Michelle Malkin

In response to the "Nuestro Himno" illegal alien anthem nonsense, I thought it would be nice to celebrate the history of our national anthem--instead of rewriting it to pander to ethnic grievance-mongers who don't respect Amerian laws or traditions.

Via Wikipedia, here's a copy of Francis Scott Key's original manuscript of the "Star-Spangled Banner" poem:

And here's one of five copies that his brother-in-law printed up as a broadside titled, "Defence of Fort McHenry:"

From the Library of Congress website, here's a copy of the first printed edition of the anthem combining words and music -- one of only ten copies known to exist:

And the text:

(The Defense of Fort McHenry)
September 20, 1814
By Francis Scott Key

Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner forever shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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Previous:
The anthem and the White House website
Your new national anthem (full audio of Nuestro Himno linked)
Whose national anthem?
The illegal alien anthem

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EXCLUSIVE ILLEGAL ALIEN DAY PLANNING

By Michelle Malkin

Courtesy of an inside tipster at the LA Unified School District, I've obtained documents showing the public school teachers and officials' plans in advance of the Monday illegal alien boycott. (Click on each page for full-size PDF).

The teachers' union (UTLA - United Teachers of Los Angeles) gives out obligatory warnings not to abandon the classroom without a good excuse--wink-wink, nudge-nudge--and then voices its opposition for the Sensenbrenner immigration enforcement bill. The warning wraps up with endorsement of pro-illegal alien activities taking place Monday afternoon.

Excerpt:

Meanwhile, the school superintendent begs teachers not to join the walkout...

...and begs parents to try and persuade their children to come to class and express their opinions at school, where "instructional material" have already been prepared. I'm sure they present both sides fairly. So sure.

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Meanwhile, another tipster sends a bizarre message from the radical ethnic separatists of La Voz de Aztlan. Take a look:

From: la-voz-de-aztlan-admin@aztlan.net To: la-voz-de-aztlan@aztlan.net Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:27:37 -0700 Subject: [La Voz de Aztlan] URGENT ALERT: From The Revolutionary Council and Provisional Government of Aztlan

Dear La Voz de Aztlan Subscribers:

We have received the following communique from the
Minister of Information of the Nation of Aztlan. We rarely
receive any communiques from the "Revolutionary Council
and Provisional Government of Aztlan" so we must assume
that it is of upmost importance. We urge that you carefully
consider the information that it contains. Please pass this
to others in your network!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

URGENT ALERT: From The Revolutionary Council and
Provisional Government of Aztlan

April 26, 2006

Estimada Raza de Aztlan and Beyond,

Our Director of Special Intelligence Services has brought
to our attention disturbing information that threatens the
safety of our families. This information requires that we
prepare a defense strategy to protect our communities.

Due to the recent large demonstrations of our people in
major cities in occupied Anahuac, extremist European
invaders are preparing violent actions against us.
They are expected to use physical violence in the upcoming
marches and rallies planned for May 1, 2006 and we must
take steps to protect our families.

The Director of Special Intelligence Services has reliable
information that anti-Mexican forces in Aztlan and in
certain other area of Anahuac, are preparing to utilize
explosives and snipers to kill our people. We urge our
community to arm themselves to protect our families. We
are also urging our soldiers presently serving In Iraq,
Afghanistan and other foreign lands to do everything
possible to return home and fight for your own. The
situation here is critical.

In addition, all political prisoners shall be in constant
alert and ready for action. Also, youth groups in our
barrios shall call truces and direct their energies against
the racist enemy that has vowed to annihilate our families.

Our Prime Minister is instructing every able bodied male to
arm himself to protect the women and children in his home.
We can not depend on local White law enforcement
authorities because in many cases they will join the
criminal elements and participate in the slaughter of our
people. Make sure you have weapons and plenty of
ammunition in your homes at the ready.

Criminal racist elements have already made death threats
against certain "occupation administrators" and they will
not stop at killing our civilians. We hope that the
massacres of Mexicans that the White criminals have vowed
to undertake are just the rantings of cowardly insane minds
but we must take these threats seriously.

Cuauhtli
Minister of Information
Nation of Aztlan
La Voz de Aztlan

***

The Spanglish-ized national anthem that I have been blogging about all week got some attention from AP. They contacted me for the story, but I just didn't have time to get back to them yesterday. Mark Krikorian and Bryanna Bevens did a fine job schooling the reporter:

Some Internet bloggers and others are infuriated by the thought of "The Star-Spangled Banner" sung in a language other than English.

"Would the French accept people singing the La Marseillaise in English as a sign of French patriotism? Of course not," said Mark Krikorian, head of the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that supports tighter immigration controls.

The initial version of "Nuestro Himno," or "Our Anthem," comes out Friday and uses lyrics based closely on the English-language original, said Kidron, who heads the record label Urban Box Office.

Pro-immigration protests are planned around the country for Monday, and the record label is urging Hispanic radio stations nationwide to play the cut at 7 p.m. EDT Friday in a sign of solidarity.

A remix to be released in June will contain several lines in English that condemn U.S. immigration laws. Among them: "These kids have no parents, cause all of these mean laws ... let's not start a war with all these hard workers, they can't help where they were born."

Bryanna Bevens of Hanford, Calif., who writes for the immigration- focused Web magazine Vdare.com, said the remix particularly upset her.

"It's very whiny. If you want to say all those things, by all means, put them on your poster board, but don't put them on the national anthem," she said.

You can listen to the new version of our national anthem at Hot Air.

***

Related: Drudge headlined a story out of Sacramento last night noting that the California Senate gave two-thumbs up to the scheduled May 1 "strike" by illegal aliens and their advocates pushing for amnesty.

Via Jason Smith, California Democrats plan to walk out of the Assembly to show solidarity with the illegal alien strike...and they want taxpayers to cover them.

Monday is going to be a very interesting day.

OPEN-BORDERS BUSH: THE FINAL STRAW?

By Michelle Malkin

Not that this is a surprise to anyone who has actually listened to President Bush's open borders-sympathizing over the last five years, but here's the "news" from AP tonight:

Privately, Bush Says He Favors Citizenship

By DAVID ESPO
The Associated Press
Wednesday, April 26, 2006; 7:54 PM

A more accurate headline: Privately, Bush Says He Favors Amnesty

More:

WASHINGTON -- President Bush generally favors plans to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at U.S. citizenship without leaving the country, but does not want to be more publicly supportive because of opposition among conservative House Republicans, according to senators who attended a recent White House meeting.

Several officials familiar with the meeting also said Democrats protested radio commercials that blamed them for Republican-written legislation that passed the House and would make illegal immigrants vulnerable to felony charges.

Bush said he was unfamiliar with the ads, which were financed by the Republican National Committee, according to officials familiar with the discussions.

At another point, Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other members of his party pressed the president about their concern that any Senate-passed bill would be made unpalatable in final talks with the House.

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat, said the lawmaker who would lead House negotiators, House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, had been "intractable" in negotiations on other high-profile bills in the past. Bush did not directly respond to the remark, officials said.

The Republican and Democratic officials who described the conversation did so Wednesday on condition of anonymity, saying they had not been authorized to disclose details.

Bush convened the session to give momentum to the drive for election-year immigration legislation, a contentious issue that has triggered large street demonstrations and produced divisions in both political parties. Senators of both parties emerged from the session praising the president's involvement and said the timetable was achievable.

"Yes, he thinks people should be given a path to citizenship," said Sen. Mel Martinez., R-Fla., a leading supporter of immigration legislation in the Senate.

Martinez said it was implicit in Bush's remarks that many of the immigrants illegally in the U.S. would be permitted to remain during a lengthy wait and application period.

Here's a small sample of the e-mail I'm getting from fed-up conservatives forwarding the messages they've sent to the White House:

From Christopher G.:

No amnesty. No "guest worker" status. No sellout!

Enforce existing law. Deport illegal aliens to their country of origin.
Enforce the border to combat illegal traffic of people, drugs, weapons,
biohazards.

What part of "preserve, protect, and defend" doesn't my President
understand?

As a former military officer, President Bush knows that when given a task,
an officer doesn't get away with telling his commander why it can't be done.
His job is to do as he is ordered, or face the consequences. As President, his job is to enforce the law. He's not allowed to whine about why it can't be done.

The American people have, overwhelmingly, voiced opposition to this
legislative action. We didn't elect President Bush to serve the agenda of Vicente Fox.

Enforce existing law. Deport illegal aliens. NO AMNESTY!!

From a 9/11 family member:

Hello, Mr. President. I am an American citizen represented by the wonderful God-fearing people who brought petitions to the White House yesterday, and were turned away along with 570,000 signatures. Now, I have absolutely no doubt about what this President thinks of me because of the way he treated these fine, humble Americans who were, after all, only asking him to order our immigration laws to be enforced instead of preventing enforcement as he has done.

This President has stated time and again that he wakes up every morning thinking of how to protect the American people, how to keep this country safe. Well, that is a news flash. Because if his White House can turn away family members of 9/11 victims as well as victims of crimes by illegal aliens, then somehow he has forgotten to tell us he doesn't mean THOSE Americans. They are outside the reach of his 'compassionate conservatism.' I wonder which Americans he thinks of protecting. I really do.

Maybe the group he spoke to on Monday gives me a clue. The Orange County Business Council, Big Donors all to the Republican Party, have their privilege of cheap labor protected.

I have a message for the President. The White House is not an Ivory Tower, where you can exercise your power by thumbing your nose at the American people, all the while exclaiming 'Neener, neener, neener.' Every time you fling your fighting words at us, sir, and your smug attitude, it is only inspiration for us to fight for what is right. And we will.

There will be no guest worker amnesty. There will be border security and there will be law enforcement. The people have spoken. Thank you for your time and have a nice day."

Steve J.:

President Bush has the strength of will to pursue the war on terror. It's too bad he does not have that same strength when it comes to enforcing out Immigration Laws.

Anthony B.:

It wasn't surprising that USCIS almost immediately released 1,000 of the 1200 illegal aliens working at IFCO. After all, it would have been expensive to lease 50 Greyhound buses to transport them back to Mexico. This is going to be another "Tyson Two Step" case, where two mid level managers from Tyson Foods were "chosen" to be the sacrificial lambs, with one of them getting a year's probation and a $2.000.00 fine and the other a year's probation and a $3,000.00 fine (I'll be THAT put the fear of God in the Tyson Corporation...NOT). It's also interesting to note that Tyson Foods still employs thousands of illegal aliens at their meat processing plants, but without the "interference" of the USCIS or Border Patrol...thanks to some influential folks in Congress who told them to "lay off" doing any more raids on Tyson facilities. I will guarantee you a $50.00 Steak dinner at the restaurant of your choice if any IFCO executives get any prison time out of this latest scam by the Bush Administration.

From Ted K.:

I am a conservative Republican activist working the last two cycles.

I do not see, for one second, how, since you can’t even enforce the laws as written now, you can ever enforce this boondoggle going through the senate right now.

I do not support this, and may just stay home come November.

Alan B.:

I have been one of President Bush's strongest supporters. But respectfully, he is simply wrong on this issue. Our current immigration policy is fine. We just need to enforce it. After we get control of the borders again, we can tinker at the margins all you want. From a purely pragmatic viewpoint, our ability to continue the majority of the things which matter, such as the War on Terror, is being jeopardized by his refusal to back away from a flawed, open doors policy.

It is truly heartrending to hear my President publicly call those who believe in the rule of law, and the security of our nation, compassionless and unrealistic. Even more frustrating is to hear him using a straw man in saying that mass deportation is impractical. Of course it isn't practical, but it isn't needed! We did not import the illegal aliens en mass, and we don't need to deport them en mass. Just enact the changes necessary to "demagnetize" the United States.

We have instant background checks for guns. The Social Security Administration says something similar could be up and running for verification in less than a year.

Prohibit the issuance of any sort of driving certificates without proof of legal residency or citizenship.

Modify the Simpson-Mazzoli Bill to allow and encourage local law enforcement
agencies to question and apprehend illegal aliens.

Send a few businessmen to prison, and heavily fine the businesses involved.

Change our citizenship rules to be in compliance with most of the other
countries, which require at least one parent to be a citizen of the country
for a child to be a citizen by birth.

Build a meaningful fence or other barrier along our southern border.

Do these few things, and the flow will slow, and eventually reverse itself. Fail to address this issue, and it almost certainly will result in a situation which is beyond repair in the future, and terrible political damage in the present.

Respectfully, the proud son of a naturalized citizen,
Alan [B.]

Jeffrey B.:

Mr. President: I am a member of the Republican Base. I give money and the five members of my family vote in every election. I have supported you through all of your troubles because I always thought you had the Country's best interests at heart. I am so disgusted with the current path that immigration reform is going, that I no longer support you. SECURE THE BORDERS AND NO AMNESTY. My family and I will no longer stand in line to vote for Republicans who act like Democrats.

Much more swamping my e-mail box. And the White House's, I assume.

DEMS ALREADY ATACKING TONY SNOW: TALK IS CHEAP

Except if it’s coming from DNC Spokeswoman Karen Finney. Then it’s worthless. Catch this quote from this morning’s DNC press release:

“The American people should get ready for another Snow job from the Bush White House. Tony Snow represents more of the same, not the fresh start the Administration needed,” said Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney. “This is an interdepartmental move from one part of the conservative infrastructure to another that allows a darling of the right-wing to deliver the same misleading message, cherry-picked information and spin to the American people. Josh Bolten’s plan for re-energizing the White House called for more happy talk and a better PR campaign for the same failed policies. Snow’s track record of delivering misleading rhetoric is a perfect fit for this Administration that refuses to change and has a problem telling the truth.”

[Publisher’s note: It really says something about Tony Snow and the Dems who are perceiving him as such a threat. After all, they’re already publicly attacking him for “misleading rhetoric” before the man has even uttered a word on behalf of the White House. Must be a sign of good things to come.]

In Ms. Finney’s world, Fox News Channel and talk radio are merely the propaganda arm of the Bush administration. Ms. Finney’s quote of “Snow’s track record of delivering misleading rhetoric is a perfect fit for this Administration that refuses to change and has a problem telling the truth” is bizarre. Then the press release notes all the times that Snow’s ‘misled the American people’. Here’s one of the things cited in the DNC’s propaganda sheet:

Snow Falsely Claimed That Intel Committee “Discovered” That Plame Recommended Wilson For The Niger Mission. In his July 15, 2005, column, Snow further claimed that the Senate Intelligence Committee, in its 2004 “Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community’s Prewar Intelligence Assessments on Iraq,” “discovered that Wilson’s wife, Valerie Plame, did indeed recommend him for the trip” to Niger. But the committee did not officially conclude that she had been responsible for Wilson’s assignment.

There isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between what Tony Snow said and what the Committee concluded. It’s just that the DNC wants to plant the seed that Tony Snow is just another Bush shill, something that anyone with a brain knows better than to believe.

Finney was just on Dayside. Finney did everything she could to not call Snow a liar, often saying that “this isn’t about changing flacks. It’s about this administration’s need to change policies.” Of course, she didn’t say which policies needed changing. I’m presuming that she’d change every Bush policy. The reality is that Ms. Finney’s and the DNC’s rhetoric is transparently absurd. It’s typical of their brain-dead propaganda.

At the end of the day, that’s what will drive people into the Republican Party. People that voted against Kerry and Gore hated their talking down to them. This DNC diatribe is just the latest DNC attempt to talk down to the American people.

Insulting the collective American intelligence is a sin that Democrats won’t be forgiven for.