May Day!

What does it mean, to be "American"? Lately, we have seen protest rallies with misleading signs: "We are a nation of immigrants" they say. But this is just as disingenous as the LA Times polling whether or not you support immigration; it is just as warping as gay activists proclaiming "Wear blue jeans this Friday to show your support and solidarity for gay rights." Well, how many people do you suppose just happen to wear blue jeans on any given day of the week?

No one I know who is against illegal immigration, denies that we are a nation of immigrants. And we all take pride in our ethnic heritage and the cultural background of our ancestors. We often celebrate one another's cultures and traditions as well, whether it be celebrating Cinco de Mayo, wearing green on St. Patrick's Day, gift-giving at Christmas time, or any other number of traditions.

That being said, I am really bothered by the liberal notions of "diversity" and "multiculturalism". Because the manner in which these concepts are promoted by the Left erodes the very fabric that holds our nation together. Rather than "out of many: one", what we end up with is, "out of many: many". There is no unity; no cohesiveness. Probably the only thing I will ever agree with Michael Savage on, is this: Borders, language, culture. America is not "many nations". It is ONE nation. The duty of immigrants is to assimilate into American culture; not to replace it with their own. They can add their own unique cultural flavor to the melting pot; but not segregate themselves into a whole different stew.

The problem facing us today, is that the Left have promoted and propagated into our heads, the notion that we must be "tolerant" and welcoming of others; rather than immigrants adapting to America, America is asked to adapt itself and be accomodating to the immigrants. This is backwards. All things are not equal; and what we are being asked to do, in essence, is allow the very traditions and values that MADE America what it is today, to be dissolved and diluted by the values and traditions of foreign nations.

I appreciate the unique immigrant cultures and traditions that have been brought to these shores, and successfully integrated into American mainstream life, as well as the non-mainstream. Each group has added their distinct flavor. What I am opposed to, is the liberal concept of diversity and multiculturalism, that sets foreign cultures on an equal plane as American culture. It's the same thinking that has pushed our Judeo-Christian traditions into being marginalized, rather than being the core-center of our national identity. And by "Judeo-Christian", I am not speaking religiously. But it is out of the religion (s), that our moral identity of tolerance, compassion, value for human life, has arisen.

I've been sitting on this post for a month, and what I really wanted to speak about, wasn't the topic of immigration; but since it is May Day, I figure I might as well tie in my actual topic to the current event of illegal immigration protests going on today.


Ack! Forget it. I'm heading to bed. I'll either finish this post tomorrow, sometime; or tell my tale in a subsequent post. Hope my thoughts aren't too jumbled together. I'm too tired to even proof-read, but feel like publishing anyway.

No way am I driving anywhere near downtown L.A.....or Wilshire and UCLA, for that matter.

Good night, and good morning!

(I'm boycotting Mexican food today! Ha! Let 'em take that! Not that anyone'll probably be working at those places anyway...but you get the point.)