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April 08, 2006

Dallas Pro-America Rally: Day 1

 

 

Today’s was the first (and smaller) of two pro-America immigration rallies scheduled for this weekend - the other is set for tomorrow. I’ll try to have some pictures up later on (unfortunately, my camera died, so I’ll have to link to others who have them later).

 

 

Media Coverage and Checking-In with WBAP

 

Unfortunately, I couldn’t stay for the whole rally, but before I left a very cute reporterette with WBAP (AM 820) happened to interview me. The sign I was holding stressed how important it is that new immigrants be loyal to their new homeland. As a grandson of legal immigrants, I told her, I knew what it meant for my grandparents to come to this country and how honored they were to be here, but that was during a time of saner immigration enforcement. I also told her I supported a guest-worker program, but obviously not the kind offered by Senators Cornyn, Hagel, et al. And granting legal status even to those who have arrest records for other crimes is worse than bad policy – it’s certifiably insane. We needed a plan that first included enforcement, I explained, and then we should look at a sensible, limited worker program.

 

The WBAP reporter was also curious about our venue at Walnut Hill and Central Expressway (Hwy 75). Good question, since downtown might be offer better exposure. Tradition is most likely the reason – it’s been CFIR’s spot for some time now, as per my reply, but since I’m not a CFIR member, it’s a mystery to me too. I’m sure the girl with the sparkly eye shadow eventually found her shop-talk answer somewhere though.

 

WBAP was still there when I left, and I give them credit for really doing a good job. Unlike other media who obviously already had their stories before they showed up and were unwilling to have any facts confuse them. Among those were some who chose to come half an hour before the protest was announced to begin, the video from which will no doubt will be used to spin the event as something attended by about 20 people. Nothing could be farther from the truth at this weekend’s first rally, though – WBAP says it was over 300. Two TV stations, a Spanish station and KXAS NBC5 were among those who came early and left in a big hurry. Clearly channel 5 had more important things to do, like broadcast the results of its online poll, “How much are you willing to pay for a cup of coffee?”

 

 

The Folks, the Flags, the Spirit

 

I met several wonderful new people today at the pro-rule of law protest in North Dallas. The rally went off well with great attendance, lots of American flags held by those who love them, great signs (including Forget the illegals, deport the Senators), and other signs which likely portend the outcome on election day.

 

In spite of the cold, windy, and overcast day, we had many new Americans present thanks in part to the insulting parades of lawless protests by illegal aliens, and to the fine senators who prefer them over the taxpaying citizen. Yet many more Americans than have time to show up at these rallies are calling their congressmen in historically unprecedented numbers and making election day decisions even now that will, to put it in a different vernacular, rock Washington’s world.

 

Among those today were members of Citizens for Immigration Reform (who hosted the event), ProtestWarrior, Freepers, union members, and of course the otherwise politically unaffiliated. Demographics as always, included white collar, blue collar, old, young, white, black, hispanic, Asian, and other flavors of patriotic American. One lady was assisted in her wheel chair by another person to the spot where she unfurled and raised a huge Stars and Stripes banner, though there were several other such flags of enormous size. Some flags were the historical kind, reminding us of that noble struggle during the Texas Revolution, including that famous red and green “1824” ensign. But the winner for best flag by far went to a lady waving and honking at us from her old VW convertible painted to resemble a Texas flag, who later joined us after a couple of victory laps.

 

The senate had better take notice -this is middle America. If members of the house are wise, they’ll utterly reject anything like the “legalization” bill that just went comatose in the senate. It takes quite a bit to get the American people to crash the phone systems in Washington and show up at these rallies, and Americans won’t likely forget by election day; not as long as illegals continue to cross their paths every day, reminding them there are two standards of law in this country: enforced against citizens and legal aliens, not enforced against illegal aliens.

 

By the way, I regret to mention that Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison voted for cloture on the senate’s presently derailed amnesty bill. She’s also up for re-election this year. Find how your senator voted here.

 

Et tu, brute?

 

Like a jilted spouse, the American people will have only divorce on their minds this November if the senate fails to duly repent in sackcloth and ashes, though it may already be too late despite any amount of legislative genuflection they may muster.

 

But at least our poor senators won’t need to worry about losing their maids and yard help – they won’t have any money with which to pay them.

 

Posted by Martin at April 8, 2006 05:59 PM

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