With one notable exception, I tend to publish one post per day, so I am a couple of days behind on the story of Texas governor Abbott's declaration that he would bus border-crossing asylum seekers to Washington DC:
At a press conference on Wednesday, Abbott unveiled a stunning plan that sent a shockwave through the immigration rights community: Texas would place state troopers in riot gear to meet migrants at the border and bus them straight to the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., where he said the Biden administration "will be able to more immediately address the needs of the people that they are allowing to come across our border."
Sure, it's unconstitutional, but Abbott succeeded in his goal of trolling the libs. Personally, I would much rather have migrants as neighbors than MAGAs. Donald Trump infamously said that Mexico wasn't sending its best people, but the people that Mexico and Central America are sending are a damn sight better than Trumpers.
On a serious note, the crises in Central America are the result of American policies, specifically Republican policies- whether its climate change exacerbated by Republican denialism, or the societal crises rooted in Reagan's support of violent right-wing regimes in the 1980s. We owe a debt, or more properly punitive damages, to Central and South American peoples, and satisfying that debt would go a long way toward ameliorating the border crisis that Abbott is trying to overplay in this election year.
How exactly, does he propose to do that? Does he have a plan, or is he just another doddering old fool pandering to his base? Total BS. Call me a Democrat, or whatever, but that guy is talking out of his poor sad rectum.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Republican power hair styles, they should really go for a new look. Look what happened to Blagojevich. At least he went to jail for a short time.
The hardest workers I see every day are the Spanish speaking guys who replace roofs here. They work hard and I enjoy the music they play; pissed me off when the bitchy old broad next door made them turn it off because she didn't like it.
ReplyDeleteAlso you remember, for every 5 young men, at least two will be fuckups. Don't mess with them. Let them do the job, get paid, and move on. It is not about racist attitudes ,it is about these boys. We can't exactly send them back to the Civil War and turn them into PBS donors.!
ReplyDeleteWe have a lot in common. I like Mexican people. I speak poorly, and my accent betrays me. But i am not afraid.
I think i am part Mexican. At this time, i am close to home. What if Putin ideology would come here?
What if he decided to kill everyone?
This is not a fantasy. It happened here.
Spot on, BBBB!
ReplyDeleteI call 'em like I see 'em, Ali.
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