Anyone see Pat Buchanon on the Daily Show last night? If you had, you would have seen a true American patriot. A true American patriot interviewing the reactionary, xenophobic, crazy-ass factist-extraordinaire Pat Buchanon, exposing his insanity for all to see. He was out pimping his new book detailing his plan to combat illegal immigration, which basically includes two 10-12 foot fences with a road running between them. Now, at first he seemed damn near lucid, admitting that the Mexican immigrants were only looking for work, and that for those already in the country, we should help make them real American citizens.
However, this is where the veil of crazyness inevitably falls off. Patty's plan of naturalizing these immigrants involves making them learn English, introducing them to American culture, and teaching them our "history," with specific emphasis on traditional American heroes (Custer? McCarthy?). Sound familiar? A bit like the 19th century "Americanization" we performed on the Native Americans. And look how well that turned out - there aren't any Native Americans left. So, perfect approach to the new problem...if you hate Mexicans, that is.
When Stewart questioned the validity (sanity?) of this plan, Buchanon explained its importance - - the Mexican gov't is conspiring to take over America through illegal immigration. They already consider the southwestern portion of the US to be part of Mexico. They'll be making their dirty way into the U.P. any day now. Just imagine, they'll have their stinkin' enchiladas and unclean water all up in our shiznit before you know it.
But by far the craziest thing I heard all night was when Stewart continued to prod Buchanon about why this approach is needed, and Buchanon had this pearl of wisdom: "The Indians had a liberal immigration policy, and look how it worked for them." SNAP! He totally just said that.
You know, we all used to think it was hilarious, but pretty soon we'll all be shouting that battle cry, all across the United States of Meximerica - - "Dey Tuk Ir Jabs!!"
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Whoa! Two posts in as many days? This is unprecedented! This is awesome!
I love it when racists and shit get on the air and intelligent people like Jon Stewart both expose and ridicule them.
2 12-foot fences with a road in between? On top of being ugly, how fucking cost effective do you really think that's going to be? Does this psychopath say that we should build a similar fence along the Canadian border? No, surprisingly.
Look, I know lots of Mexicans, and few of them want to be an illegal immigrant. In fact, if it were possible, they'd all love to become full-fledged American citizens, go to school, pay taxes, vote, etc., etc.
Oh, but, I guess maybe we don't want them here? I see. Then let's just make it impossible for them to have better lives. And who cares if their kids starve to death, right?
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