Robert Krentz didn't live the life of most Americans. He was a rancher from Arizona who had the misfortune of owning property on the Mexican border. He tried to do his part by reporting illegal border crossers to the authorities. And he paid for his crime of being a cattle rancher and diligent citizen with his life. It is suspected that he was killed by a member of Mexico's drug cartel as drugs were being stashed on his property. This is the kind of threat that the citizens of southern Arizona face everyday. A threat the the USA fails to recognize and/or control. So when the state has to resort to extreme measures protect their citizens, something the government has failed to do, they are branded as being un-American and civil rights abusers. Poppycock.
But back to Highland Park HS, and their thin veil of an excuse that the "students safety or liberty might be placed at risk..." Again, poppycock. They don't even have the guts to stand by their decision. These girls are about to have a once in a lifetime dream squashed because some PC board member has a bug up his ass. These girls raised their own money to help pay their way to the finals, first time in 26 years for HPHS. Why don't we ask the team how they feel about it? Yet the high school is also sending a group of students to China. Yep, China, the poster child for human rights abuses is "OK" in the eyes of HPHS, where they jail, torture, and kill their own citizens. But when Arizona actually tries to "protect" it's citizens with a tough new law that holds law breakers accountable, the knee jerk reaction is to jump on the PC bandwagon and deny innocent kids their dream.In some house in Highland Park, someone is sitting smug this morning that a decision they have made will reflect well on the schools image. A decision that gives hope to a bunch of criminals. In that same town, my guess is that a bunch of teenage girls are waking up in tears, knowing that all the hard work, dribbling in the driveway, shot after shot on the court, lessons, AAU tournaments, tryouts, camps and the like has all been a monumental waste of time.
That law essentially codifies racial profiling. It's bullshit. As for Robert Krentz, I'm not sure they've made any arrests yet, and even if it was done by an illegal alien, you're conflating the drug problem with illegal immigration. It does suck that the team may not go, but that's how pressure is put on governments who do stupid shitty things. Arizona had the Super Bowl pulled because they wouldn't recognize MLK. I hope MLB pulls the All-Star game in 2011. Racist assholes need to be called out and made to recognize that yeah, you can do that, but there are repercussions to being assholes.
ReplyDeleteDA, I can empathize with your point, but Robert Krentz was killed on his property because he was forced to patrol his own lands due to the immigration problem. In Arizona, the rate of illegals is nearly twice the national level. It is not a stupid shitty thing to enforce laws already on the books. You have to draw a line somewhere and say enough is enough.
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