This article is not about radical islam. I just felt compelled to get the correlation out of the way right up front. Do you mind? Good.
There is a large portion of our population who scoff at the notion that radical muslims could conceiveably win enough support and subsequent positions of influence in our governmental structure to bring about Shar’ia Law. Skepticism is one thing, and an understandable position to take. Outright denial is dangerous. I intend to demonstrate the inherent danger in looking the other way.
While Shar’ia Law is still a minor threat, it is nonetheless a distinct possibility despite the lack of overt support from our current crop of elected officials at all levels. Illegal immigrants are the clear and present danger, admittedly not on the same level as jihad, but still enough of a threat to change forever the face of America. And they have a broad support structure that reaches high into our Governmental offices, not only from the obviously pandering, power hungry “leaders” of both political stripes, but from the seats their countrymen have managed to gain legitimately, through the ballot box. Here’s where the title of this article get’s its origin…
Throughout our relatively brief history, elected officials have sworn to uphold the laws and sovereignty of America. While they have become increasingly corrupt through the “lobby” heirarchy, they have maintained a somewhat healthy love of country. That is all beginning to change, and right before our eyes. I’m not even referring to the obvious; Republicans joining with Democrats to ram through an amnesty bill we clearly do not want. No! I’m talking about ethnic groups gaining seats and “represen’in” fellows of their ethnic group, at the peril of our nation.
I have a local example (New York), but I welcome any similar situations from you, the reader. This example should raise your awareness and to be blunt, piss you off, especially if you are able to relate a story from your own particular part of the country.
From my local newspaper, Newsday:
“ALBANY — Millions of dollars in sales tax revenue for Suffolk County were imperiled Thursday by a dispute between County Executive Steve Levy and a group of black and Hispanic members of the Assembly upset over his strident opposition to illegal immigration.
In a rare move here, the minority lawmakers forced a sales-tax bill for Suffolk to be tabled in protest of Levy. He then responded angrily, vowing not to bow to pressure to open a hiring hall for immigrant day laborers. He said he would rather forgo the $300 million in revenue.”
“Immigrant day laborers”. Notice the absence of the word “illegal” in the second paragraph?
We have elected members of the New York State assembly taking punitive action against a county executive (and ostensibly the people) for having the audacity to insist on upholding the law.
Here’s a summary for those unfamiliar with the situation here:
There is a town named Farmingville on the Eastern portion of Long Island where perhaps 100 illegal aliens gather every morning to get what has affectionately been termed “day laborer” jobs. They clog the street and intimidate passersby. I have personally witnessed the crowds, and can attest that they are large. There has been a running battle between “immigrant advocates” and regular Americans for years. Rather than determine the legal status of these trespassers and remove them, a segment of our own government apparatus determined that building a taxpayer-funded hiring hall would alleviate the congested streets. Levy, a Democrat, has held strong in opposition, and he is now being labelled a “racist”, among other things. I, a staunch Republican, have Levy’s back on any given day.
The fundamental issue here is that people we elect are beginning to behave in a tribal fashion rather than as representatives of the community as a whole. They are beginning to unabashedly endorse the positions of people who have not the rights to even vote for them, at least until they can succeed in making that legality a reality, even if it is by nefarious means.
In a nutshell, they are gaining elected seats in the governance of our cities , counties and states, and they are instilling their own beliefs and misguided policies on the rest of us with no motive for the betterment of America but rather for the advancement of “their own people”.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is how empires fall.
-Woody
