May 12, 2010

It is not "leftist" to defend the Constitution as some in Arizona are implying (State senator Sylvia Allen) after she voted for their draconian immigration bill. It's not. Unfortunately, this is where we are heading... the Constitution is for whites and something other than that for non-whites.

The pressures on the Constitution are clear and are from the right. For example, Dubya called the Constitution “just another god damned piece of paper” after his Patriot Act went through and he went wild spying on everybody and got caught. This sums up his administration and the Republicans in power with him. Unfortunately many of those slugs are still in office.

There is little faith in our border patrol system and the Arizona police who will enforce the laws. Again, what about the Latino American citizen who will be compelled to carry identity papers like in Nazi Germany? Whites and illegals who are white will have little to fear. It is now time for illegals from Asia and especially Europe to settle in Arizona!

Certainly, securing the borders is necessary before a "path to legality" is created. But is was not done before or after the Reagan administration which gave blanket amnesty to millions in the late 1980's. The amnesty greatly magnified the problem to benefit corporations and other businesses which want cheap labor. Think construction, agriculture and casinos. We need to make those businesses accountable and throw corporate officers in jail for hiring illegals.

But then, Reagan and Bush didn't do that did they? They actually encouraged illegals while Clinton was basically neutral. And now conservatives blame liberals. What bullshit that is. Really! BS to cover up their inaction and active participation and encouragement in this mess.

The drug trade drives the violence at border states, especially in Arizona. Until Americans stop using drugs, this will never go away. There is too much money in it. A solution would be to give addicts free drugs via prescription where they go to clinics for them and where there is treatment so maybe 10 percent can be successfully rehabilitated. This would take the profit out of this situation.

Whenever making drugs freely available is suggested, the police groups get up in arms. Not surprising, they get loads of money from the "War on Drugs" bureaucracy. A third of the cops would probably be out of a job. Drug dealers and cops have a sick and twisted symbiotic relationship, they need each other to survive. Pathetic. Nixon started that nonsense in the early 1970s and everyone bought into it without looking at the economics and societal impacts. Trillions later and what do we have to show for it? A bigger problem.

Maybe the Arizona laws will bring this to a head and force states and the nation to really look at the problem. The Arizona laws are a knee jerk reaction borne out of frustration. The counter reaction will surely hurt their economy. In the end, the pressures for illegals to enter the US will still be there... that is, someone wants to hire them for low wages and the drugs guys want to move their product. This is certainly a capitalist process on all sides.